Kraken in sight! All About Edge's Hidden Surf Game
Surely we have come across the classic Google Chrome dinosaur game before. This mini-game is included in the browser and appears to us when we try to go on the internet but for some reason we don't have an internet connection. If it is a specific failure, as soon as the connection is reestablished, we can continue browsing without problem. And if he doesn't come back, surely more than one of us has spent hours jumping bushes and dodging other dinosaurs. This minigame became so popular in the browser that other companies wanted to include minigames in their browsers, as Microsoft did with Edge.
Edge is a browser based on Chromium, Google Chrome's OpenSource browser. However, although the code is the same, Microsoft is completely free to modify the browser and adapt it to your tastes and needs. And besides a lot of functions and features, one of the functions included in this browser is a minigame, but instead of turning us into a dino, Edge allows us to order a surfer.
The 90s-inspired surf mini-game
This game is inspired by many games from the late 80s and early 90s that were of the infinite scrolling, obstacle-dodging type. One of the most well-known, and it seems to be the ones that inspired the Edge minigame the most, is SkiFree.
Of course, Microsoft gave it its own original touch, besides having adapted it to be able to play on any modern platform. Because of this, we can play it with a mouse, keyboard, controller, and even a touchscreen.
This minigame is designed, like in Chrome, so that we can play when we have no internet connection. However, Microsoft allows us to access the surf game even when we have internet access with a simple trick.
How to play Edge minisurf
To launch this surfing mini-game in the browser, we need to have the latest version of Edge installed on the PC (the one based on Chromium, the mini-game does not come in the old ones) and write the following in the address bar of the browser.
edge://surf/
We will automatically see a new page like the next one from which we can start playing.
This surf game allows us to choose between 7 different characters. And to start surfing, just press space. But before we do that, we have to point out that this game offers several game modes and options that take the gaming experience much further than that of the Chrome dinosaur.
Game modes and other options
If we click on the upper right corner of the minigame window, we can see a panel with the different options to start playing this minigame.
The first thing that will hold our attention are the 3 different game modes:
- Let's go sailing . Classic game mode in which we will navigate endlessly avoiding any obstacle and we will have to escape the tentacles of the Kraken.
- Against the watch . We need to collect as many coins as possible before the time runs out.
- Zig Zag. We need to go through all the gates (or checkpoints) we can without missing any.
In addition to being able to select the game mode, we can also see the maximum score in each of them, to try to exceed it, two assistance modes to make the game easier, and instructions that explain each of the elements of the game. game in detail.
As we can see, in addition to the arrows, we can use other controls to give more interest to the game. For example, we can press F to get acceleration, save the dog to get shields, or use the shortcut Ctrl + R to quit the current game and restart the game.
Without a doubt, a very simple surfing mini-game, with the simplest mechanics, but which will help us pass the time when we do not have an internet connection.
Dino vs Surf, which is better?
The legendary browser game is Dino, the Chrome game. This game, which we surely know, originally appeared in the Google browser when we ran out of internet. However, given the success of the mini-game, Google decided to make it available to all users, even when there was still an internet connection, through the URL: chrome: // dino /.
Obviously, other browser developers have also decided to include their own mini-games in the browser. But the most successful has been Microsoft. The surf game is, in all respects, superior to Chrome. Both technically and in options. While the dinosaur minigame is minimalistic, the surf minigame offers a lot more game modes and plenty of options.
