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Get the Picture (online game)
Get The Picture was an online game, the object of which
was to come up with the funniest caption (as determined
Current status
by fellow players) to match a picture that appeared on Bezerk included advertisements between rounds, but due
the screen. The game was developed by Bezerk and en- to lack of revenue produced by these adverts, the game
joyed its peak popularity during the late 90s. was abandoned. Message boards and petitions often pop
up around the Internet with a common desire of bringing
back or coding the game anew.
Gameplay
The player enters a lobby and proceeds to pick a game
room, where a game is about to begin or is already under-
External links
way. Players are shown a picture at the top left corner of • Words That Follow is a browser game based on the
the screen, and each user must enter a caption in an al- gameplay of Get The Picture.
lotted amount of time. When the time elapses, the quotes • A project by a small team of developers creating
are displayed for all to see but with no mention of their their own version called Name The Picture.
author. Those present in the room then vote to decide • An attempt by an independent programmer at
which quote is the funniest; the player with the most recreating the original Get The Picture. This project
points at the game’s end is declared the winner. In addi- has been abandoned as of August 2005.
tion to the regular rounds, all games ended with a spe- • Caption THAT flash game attempting to recreate Get
cialty round where more points were at stake, and usual- the Picture.
ly required a caption of specific nature (ex. in the style of
an advertisement).
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