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Summary

Shufflepuck Café (often just called Shufflepuck Cafe) feels like a retro arcade table brought to your desk. You steer a paddle with the mouse, sending a puck back and forth across a glass‑shielded arena; each time the opponent’s shield shatters you score a point, racing to fifteen to claim victory. Two modes let you either run a tournament against a rotating cast of characters or practice one‑on‑one to learn each foe’s pattern.

The opponents are a quirky gallery: nervous rookie Skip Feeney, jittery green alien Visine Orb, steady veteran Vinnie the Dweeb, champagne‑sipping lizard Lexan Smythe‑Worthington, militaristic pig‑like General, mirror‑mimicking non‑corporeal Nerual Ttoille, telekinetic Princess Bejin, and the hard‑nosed biker Biff Raunch. A robot waiter, DC3, doubles as a customizable training partner outside the main bracket.

A hidden cheat menu can flip scores, alter tournament outcomes, or add five points, and the game later resurfaced as Shufflepuck Revolution for OS X and a newer Shufflepuck title from the same creators.

Storyline

In Shufflepuck Café, you play as an inter‑galactic salesman whose ship has broken down in deep space. Stranded far from any help, you discover the nearest telephone is inside the titular café, a quirky hub of air‑hockey fans. The eight regular Shufflepuck players stand in your way, refusing to let you reach the phone until you defeat each of them in a match. After besting all eight opponents, you finally grab the telephone, call for repairs, and board your ship. With the call completed, the salesman pilots his craft away, disappearing into the distance.