What is Acrobabble?

It all started in the mid 90's with an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) game run by a bot called "Acrobot." The idea was simple: Players are presented with an acronym between 3 and 7 letters long and their task is to concoct the funniest, whackiest, witiest acronym expansion in the alloted time. Players then get to vote on the best entry and points are awarded based on the entries. The original idea for the game is attributed to Anthony Shubert which was subsequently developed by Mach and Eingang. The game could be played (and sometimes you still find a few players) in the #acro channel on popular IRC servers such as DALnet, EFnet, Starnet, Undernet, etc.

A few years later, a downloadable PC version of the game called Acrophobia was released by Bezerk (Berkeley Systems). Never before had such mindless creativity generated so much entertainment and fun! The game caught on quickly with its innovative use of graphics and voice prompts and in-game advertisements, creating a T.V. show like effect. The game exploded in popularity and people started to become addicted to Acrophobia. However, shortly after the Internet bubble burst, the game was taken down.

Acrobabble is a reincarnation of the game with its own twists and tweaks. The game is Flash based, which means it can run on any browser and on any operating system that supports Flash. It also means that the user interface is interactive and fluid. The goal of acrobabble is to present a fully functional, immersive acronym game experience including music effects and voice prompts. If you have any suggestions to improve the game, please do post it in our forums.