Parking: Battle of the Sexes
One of the issues being discussed lately in the game development community is about how to make games that engage girl gamers. And while I cannot offer any insightful ideas on the subject, one thing I am sure of is that pitting the girls against the guys is a sure fire way to get everyone involved.
Parking: Battle of the Sexes is an excellent Flash game in the park-your-car genre that does just that. From the Zurich home and car insurance company in the UK, this well produced game has nicely polished graphics, an excellent implementation of soundtrack and effects, and a cute gimmick that keeps a running tally comparing the average scores of all the guys and all the girls that play the game.
There are three different parking scenarios of increasing difficulty, and you are given 60 seconds in which to complete parking your vehicle. Press the [Z] key on the keyboard to begin, then use the arrow keys for steering the wheel left and right, and for moving forward and back. Press [Z] again when finished.
It's a cute parking game with a unique twist that is sure to get people of both genders involved playing. And yes, the guys are better at parking cars. Is that surprising?
Update: Unfortunately, the site that was hosting this game has taken it down.
i got a score of 435 after trying about 20 times. What's the highest any1 have gotten ??
I got 235 on my 2nd go, thats my higghest lol xxx
I made 463 after trying about a 100 times. Can top it ?
it doesnt keep any score
guys and girls stay at 0!
i got 512 so i guess i got the most only tryed a few times my gf still couldnt even get a 100 lol
jay, did they take this game down, or is the link just broken?
Unfortunately, they have taken the game down.
anybody know why they took it down??
i got 600! :D and im a girl!
Play the game here! I got 455 tops. 512/600 is impossible by the way. For each level there is a max of 160, which makes a max total 480. Even if you do it perfect in 1 sec for each level, you will only get 477.
A big thanks to Dave that we can play this game!! Thank you so much...
Thanks for the comments about the game - it was taken down because we had a dart tag in the back end of it which was charging us every time someone clicked through onto the site and I was getting into trouble!
There is another game which should be live in a month or two - it's a sort of 'son of parking'. I'll let you know when it goes live.
Thanks again.
you should get parking-battle of the sexes up and running again......it was an awsome game - i used to play it all the time and my top score was 475....its shame dat it isnt on n e more
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