The game is simple; Experiment 625 (known these days as Reuben) wants to eat some sandwiches! Move 625/Reuben back and forth in front of Gantu's refrigerator using the left and right arrow keys to catch ingredients falling from above for his tasty sandwich on his plate and top them off with a slice of bread that will randomly pop from the toaster to score points. But avoid catching yucky items also falling from above or the ick-meter will fill up; if you catch three yucky items, or if your sandwich gets too tall, the game is over.
You can still play the game online today over on the
Internet Archive where it's emulated.
625 Tropes Stacker:
- Big Eater: No matter how many sandwiches you make, Reuben will eat them all.
- Cartoon Meat: Among the foodstuffs that you can catch for the sandwich is a full ribeye steak, although moldy steaks will also appear.
- Cap: You cannot have any more than three empty bars in the "ick-meter".
- Dagwood Sandwich: You can make a sandwich taller to get more points. However, the taller your sandwich gets, the more it sways, making it harder to catch more food and dodge yucky items.
- Endless Game: The game doesn't appear to end until you get three bars on the "ick-meter".
- Every 10,000 Points: A bar is removed from the ick-meter at every one thousand points, provided there are one or two bars.
- Life Meter: Or in this case, "ick-meter", though it's inverted in that you don't want to fill it up. You get one bar in the ick-meter every time you catch a yucky item.
- Midnight Snack: Possibly, considering that the game takes place right in front of an open refrigerator.
- No Plot? No Problem!: Reuben is hungry; help him make sandwiches. Don't ask why there's food (fresh and old), smelly boots, and fish bones falling from above.
- Pardon My Klingon: The Game Over screen uses the word "blitznak", the alien word Gantu says most often, to reinforce Reuben's frustration of having dropped his sandwich on said screen.
- Satiating Sandwich: This game is all about Reuben's love of sandwiches, and you get to help him make as many of them as you can.
- Scoring Points: You get more points for each level by getting more ingredients on the sandwich, but you will only score points when you top off the sandwich with bread.
Ah blitznak! Looks like you need to work on your troping skills. Keep trying!
FINAL SCORE: 12
FINAL SCORE: 12
