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Whacked! is a party video game developed by Presto Studios and released in 2002 by Microsoft Game Studios exclusively for the Xbox. It is a gameshow in which contestants compete for the Prize, whatever they wish, by hitting each other with objects such as missiles, hammers and pitchforks. Whacked! was the last game developed by the now defunct Presto Studios.

Gameplay
There are 8 playable characters and a wide variety of levels which are unlocked throughout the game. The game's levels are usually absurd or surreal, such as the back of a pickup truck involved in a police chase, up in space, on top of city buildings, under a Christmas tree, in the Arctic pipeline, at the scene of a car crash, on the roof of "Club Baño" (literally meaning "Club Bathroom" in Spanish), on a toy pirate ship floating in a bathtub of electrified water, and a kitchen sink; which is a reference to the colloquialism "Everything but the kitchen sink".

Xbox Live
The game was key to the beta testing of Xbox Live as it and MotoGP demos were distributed to the beta testers. The same Live enabled demos were originally given out for one year with the purchase of the Xbox Live starter kit. As of 2010, Xbox Live for the original Xbox was discontinued, ending support for online play of all Xbox titles, including Whacked!.

At this time, Whacked! is backward compatible on the Xbox 360, albeit with some glitches, including graphics not loading properly or loading screens not displaying.

Good Qualities

 * 1) It has a great story where the characters compete and kill each other in a game show run by Van Tastic, the host (who looks like a caricature of Elvis Presley and Bruce Campbells Doppelganger), for the mystery prize (which is revealed to be nothing mid-game). The contestants are pitted against each other in different games, such as Dodgeball, King of the Hill, Fragfest, and more.
 * 2) The characters are well written, such as Lucky, Lucy, Eugene, Toof, Charity and more.
 * 3) The animation in the commercials are great and they look like something out of Alien Hominid.
 * 4) The CGI animation in the FMVs are decent in some scenes.
 * 5) Every character has a different ending which is unique.
 * 6) The levels are amazing such as Club Baño, Christmas Tree, Can Can, and much much more.
 * 7) The commercials are very funny and great.
 * 8) The "!" Mark has gives the player their own personal attack.
 * 9) The Big Red Button gives out great effects or powers such as Upside-Down Cam, MISSLE FEST, Hand of Death.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The CGI animation in the FMVs (despite being decent as mentioned above and natural for an Xbox Game) can be cheap, lazy, and unfinished, even for 2002 standards.
 * 2) "All you sick weirdos in between," would get this game sued in todays society, as Issac Plumbo says it.
 * 3) Eugene can sometimes be offensive to canadians.
 * 4) If playing on Xbox 360, then it has (again) some glitches, including graphics not loading properly or loading screens not displaying.
 * 5) The scene where Eugene, Lance, and Otto burn (Or Toof if your playing as said three characters) can be disturbing.