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Rodeo

March 24, 2005

Tags: action coldtomatoes flash free game kidsafe macwinlinux mouseplay simpleidea unique

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Rodeo is a Flash game that is clever in its simplicity of style and remarkably fun in execution. Created by Mark Vertegaal of Coldtomatoes in the Netherlands, the object of the game is to ride the bull for as long as you can.

Click the rider's hat to begin, and then try to keep the mouse in the center of the bull as the animal runs around. It would be easy if the cursor didn't disappear! You will continuously score points for as long as you remain on the bull. You have 4 tries to rack up as many points as you can. Click.

My top score is 33004. How long can you rodeo?

Currently 4.7/5
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Rating: 4.7/5 (7 votes cast)

Comments (may contain spoilers)

42,934

Gotta love it when the bull runs into a corner and you don't even have to move the mouse to get a nice high score!

Posted by: Daddaluma | March 24, 2005 6:11 AM

Yay I've suggested so many games you've stopped crediting me :D.

I don't mind at all. Keep up the good work Jay :)

Posted by: Capuchin | March 24, 2005 10:00 AM

Thank you, Capuchin, I was thinking of just signing your name to the post. =p

Posted by: jay | March 24, 2005 10:41 AM

54,692 in one try

Posted by: Michael | March 24, 2005 11:57 AM

107287. Bulls run when they see me.

Posted by: Capuchin | March 24, 2005 5:49 PM

In a word... annoying...

Posted by: Ben | March 24, 2005 7:32 PM

my top score is 234,000, but i don't get how that guy gets the top score they hacking?

Posted by: elvis | March 25, 2005 12:07 PM

77,900 and only because I had to blink! My eyes kept drying out... :D

Posted by: Darren | March 25, 2005 3:28 PM

22302! You don't have to keep your mouse over the crouser! you just make the guy lean to stay on!

Posted by: Hey jay! | March 25, 2005 6:02 PM

52,770

does your mouse movement affect the bull's movement in any way?

Posted by: schteeeven | March 26, 2005 10:39 AM

48679. took 4EVER! worth it tho :)

Posted by: Billy | May 21, 2005 9:41 PM

112,670

I beat Jay's score with four lives still left

Posted by: Mike | June 15, 2005 11:06 AM

Sure, go ahead Mike, rub it in! =p

Posted by: jay | June 15, 2005 11:15 AM

52 beat that

Posted by: Chico | July 6, 2005 11:01 PM

How do you end up with 52?

Posted by: Adeel Syed | July 27, 2005 12:44 PM

31,541 =D

Posted by: Carrie | July 28, 2005 3:55 AM

Chico, try to beat 37 :P

Posted by: Desincarnage | August 22, 2005 3:05 PM

51,276, first try

Posted by: Ashley | September 16, 2005 9:02 AM

45575 using all my lives :~(

Posted by: Dojo (i used to be Help me and Hey jay) | October 30, 2005 10:08 AM

Got a 12. You can get a 0 for a final score too, maybe if I tried a couple more times, I got 0 for 3 out of 4 then 12 on one of them, just have to click and twitch the mouse off the screen. I do mean twitch.

Posted by: Role | November 6, 2005 3:41 AM

155994

not bad, starts getting hard around level 8 somewhere.

Posted by: the flying monkey | November 8, 2005 9:05 AM

93,893 #49 Woot

Posted by: Typnonet | February 3, 2006 11:05 PM

on the off chance you guys see this....Chico and Desincarnage...beat 0 :P

Posted by: sean | May 2, 2006 6:03 AM

285,000
had 130,000 before I died the first time. then screwed it up later on.
still wanna get on the list though :)

Posted by: Alex | July 30, 2006 10:19 PM

ooh! i figured something out!

while your cursor does disappear when you start the game, you can tell where it is by looking where the man is leaning. if you're stopped by a wall, you can use this to straighten yourself out before you get going again!

Posted by: art begotti | October 25, 2006 10:41 PM

begotti, you're a genius...

Posted by: Anonymous | September 4, 2007 5:56 PM

My tip:

Think of the hat AS the cursor

Posted by: MissDeeDeeBird | November 4, 2007 5:45 PM

Also,

Take the bull by the horns

that means follow the horns more than the center of the bull.

Posted by: MissDeeDeeBird | November 4, 2007 5:52 PM

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