In 1995, Sega CD planned to release Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors, a video game featuring a slew of mini-games invovling P&T's distinctive brand of humor and magic. Sadly, the developer went under before release and the game never made it to market.
Thankfully, the source code was released years later, allowing folks to use all the mini-games to fool and amaze their friends. All except for Desert Bus, that is.
Now the most well-known of the mini-games, Desert Bus is simple: all you have to do is drive a bus from Tucson to Las Vegas, with little scenery and few controls. In real time. At the max speed of 45 mph, it takes about 8 hours to make the trip. That'll earn you one point.
This article appears in Dec 3-9, 2008.