Yeti Arcade: King's Quest III & V

The King's Quest series had two yetis.

King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human (1986):

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King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder! (1990):



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Yeti Arcade: Bigfoot

A couple years after Alpiner, Bigfoot (1983) (also for the TI-99/4A) featured a yeti. Well, they called it a Bigfoot. But, I mean, a white ape monster is at the top of an icy mountain. What do you think they meant?

Also, look at the manual cover:



Official Description:

"It's 50 degrees below zero, your guide is nowhere to be found, and you are clinging to a snowy ledge by a rather shaky-looking piton. Can you make it to the top of the mountain, collect food and gold on your way up, and cage the raging Bigfoot?"

Yeti Arcade: Alpiner

According to my findings, the first electronic game ever to contain a depiction of a yeti was Alpiner (1981) for the Texas Instruments computer TI-99/4A.

Official Description:

"Climb six of the world's tallest mountains and evade dangerous obstacles. But be careful - the Abominable Snowman is waiting for you atop Mt. Everest!"

It took me a while to find visual evidence of the Abominable Snowman boss at the end of the game. Here is some rare, blurry home-made footage. It's no Patterson-Gimlin, but it should do the job:



Even in the video, he's kinda hard to spot. Using the latest state-of-the-art technology, I have carefully digitally reconstructed what the Alpiner yeti looks like:



HUH... That's it?

Geez. They must not have spent more than two seconds drawing that guy. Not exactly the most auspicious beginning to a long successful career starring in video games.

But this was a whole decade before SkiFree had a yeti try to remove the player from a mountainside.

And it's also probably the first instance of a yeti wearing a propeller hat. But more importantly, it's the first ever instance of one wearing skis, which helped begin his strong association with winter sports, an association which continues to this day.

So... yeah.

Not Yeti Friday - Gwani

The Gwani are a white-furred race of bestial humanoids that you encounter in the computer game, Ultima VII: Part Two Serpent Isle (1993)



They're peaceful inhabitants of the ice regions, hunted for their fur by trappers.



Here are some of their names:

Yenani, Baiyanda, Bwundai, Gilwoyai, Kapyundi, Mwaerno, Myauri, Neyobi

Note the large number of letter y's.



Trivia from here:

They're referred to as savage, fearsome beasts by the Monitorians.

They have a death temple, where they entomb their dead in ice.

They believe magic corrupts the balance of nature.

They have a matriarchal society.

So that's the Gwani.

Hope you like video games. Starting Monday: A whole WEEK of Yeti Arcade.

Adidas Baby Shoes Yeti

Hi Henry,

Spotted at Costco recently: Adidas baby shoes with a tiny stuffed yeti wearing a wristband.



He's a little smooshed in this photo. Here's a better one from the internet. Apparently he's a rattle. Starting the yeti love early!



(From here)

-Val

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Great find! Thanks, Val!

Pictoplasma Yeti still goin' strong!

Last year, I named the Pictoplasma Missing Link Project as the # 1 most important yeti event of the year.

And since then, more and more submissions for the Paris exhibition have made their way to the web.

Thank you, Pictoplasma, for convincing so many artists to create yeti depictions! You should get some sort of award; you're makin' my job as a yeti-blogger so much easier.


How They Looked On Display


Zoo Valdes


Cecilie Ellefsen


Paula Romani


Celsiuspictor


Matt C


Carlos Fernández


Tanya Aydostian


Jon Ocasio


Dreyk the Pirate


Suero Studio

Yeti Loves Tea, Apparently

"We need to sit down with him, drink some tea and talk about life."

- Kemerovo Gov. Aman Tuleyev, after offering a one million ruble reward to anyone who finds the Yeti. (Source)


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