I-Whack-A-Mole iwumdlalo we-arcade wakudala okulula ukuwudlala futhi ojabulisa ngendlela emangalisayo. Ukusethwa kwegeyimu kuvame ukufaka indawo eyisicaba enezimbobo ezimbalwa, lapho ama-moles amathoyizi avele avele ngokungahleliwe. Inhloso yomdlali ukushaya la mavukuzane abuyele emigodini yawo esebenzisa i-mallet ethambile ngaphambi kokuthi anyamalale. Lo mdlalo waziwa ngamagama ahlukahlukene, okuhlanganisa i-Whack A Mole, i-Whack A Mole PikoPiko, i-Super Whack A Mole, kanye nezinguqulo ezixakile ezifana ne-Whack a Crackhead.
Lapho umdlalo uqala, ama-moles aqala ukuvela ngokungahleliwe kusuka emigodini. Imvukuzane ngayinye ihlala isikhashana nje, ngakho abadlali kufanele basheshe "ukuyishaya". Inselele iwukubona ukuthi mangaki ama-moles ongawashaya ngaphambi kokuthi kuphele isikhathi. Umdlalo uvamise ukuqala kancane, kuqhamuke imvukuzane eyodwa noma amabili ngesikhathi, kodwa njengoba iqhubeka, amavukuzane amaningi avela ngokushesha, okwenza kube nzima ukuwashaya wonke. Lokhu kwengeza injabulo futhi kugcina abadlali bemi ezinzwaneni zabo.
Umdlali uhola amaphuzu kuyo yonke imvukuzane hit ngempumelelo. Kwezinye izinguqulo, ezifana ne-Whack A Mole Bonanza kanye ne-Mole's Adventure Story, kungase kube namavukuzane akhethekile anikeza amaphuzu engeziwe noma ama-moles ajezisa umdlali uma eshaywe ngephutha. Lokhu kuhlukahluka kwengeza amazinga ahlukene enselele futhi kumnandi kumdlalo. Kukhona nezinguqulo ezinetimu ezifana ne-Hit the Beaver kanye ne-Whack A Mole: Thepha! okuletha inguquko entsha kumdlalo wakudala.
Ngokungeziwe kuzinguqulo ze-arcade, kukhona ukujwayela kwedijithali okufana ne-Amazing Mole Hole Tap!, lapho abadlali bangajabulela umuzwa ofanayo othokozisayo ezikrinini. Lo mdlalo ukhona futhi njengethoyizi le-Whack-A-Mole, eliyintandokazi ezinganeni, ezivumela ukuthi zijabulele ubumnandi ekhaya. Lawa mathoyizi avame ukuza nemiklamo emibalabala nemisindo, njengokuthi "i-thud" lapho imvukuzane ishaywa, okungeza okuhlangenwe nakho okugxilile.
I-Whack-A-Mole imayelana nokukhalipha okusheshayo nokugxilisa ingqondo. Nakuba kubonakala kulula, ijubane elikhulayo kanye nenani lama-moles kwenza kube inselele impela. Umdlalo ulungele yonke iminyaka, okuwenza ube yinketho edumile kuma-arcade, ama-fairs, ngisho nanjengomsebenzi wasekhaya ojabulisayo.
Izinguqulo eziningi zegeyimu, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi i-arcade noma idijithali, zilandelela amaphuzu aphezulu omdlali, zikhuthaza ukudlala okuphindaphindiwe ukuze kudlule amarekhodi adlule. Lesi sici sempumelelo yomuntu siqu sengeza esinye isendlalelo senjabulo kugeyimu, njengoba abadlali bengabona amakhono abo ethuthuka ngokuzijwayeza.
Sekukonke, i-Whack-A-Mole nezinguqulo zayo ezihlukahlukene, kusukela ku-Whack A Mole PikoPiko kuya ku-Whack a Crackhead, inikeza ulwazi olulula kodwa oluluthayo lokudlala umdlalo osekuyiminyaka ludumile. Noma ngabe udlala inguqulo ye-arcade yakudala, i-twist enetimu efana ne-Hit the Beaver, noma inguqulo yedijithali efana ne-Amazing Mole Hole Tap!, igeyimu iyaqhubeka nokuheha abadlali ngomqondo wayo oqondile kodwa ohehayo.
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Eph 4, 2025