Name the Game - Part 3 - Page 14

Spaced Cowboy · December 19, 2003, 09:40

Evil Crown?

GhengisFarb™ · December 19, 2003, 10:08

No to both.

/me starts to wonder if he is the only one in this thread who owned a Commodore 64 in the 80's.

DrSpike · December 19, 2003, 10:29

Maybe the clues are rubbish?

GhengisFarb™ · December 19, 2003, 10:38

Alright here's a screenshot. Anyone who owned a C64 should get it from this.

Kropotkin · December 19, 2003, 11:29

That's "Lord of Conquests" but I don't think that was a popular game... was it?

Adagio · December 19, 2003, 11:40

Never heard about it...

...but I didn't play any strategy games before I got the Amiga

GhengisFarb™ · December 19, 2003, 12:01

Kropotkin got it. It was fairly popular during the period it came out and the second EA game I bought after Archon. Next.

Kropotkin · December 19, 2003, 15:19

So, OK. Gotta come up with a new game. I hope you'll manage to solve it until I go away on a holiday trip on sunday, but that's usually not a problem. The opposite really...

Kropotkin · December 19, 2003, 15:22

First clue:

1) Quite simple strategy game (as in; not very advanced) for the amiga (and PC also), late 1980s.

CapTVK · December 19, 2003, 15:48

Quote:

Originally posted by GhengisFarb
Alright here's a screenshot. Anyone who owned a C64 should get it from this.

That game was also available on the pc. Please list all platforms next time.

GhengisFarb™ · December 19, 2003, 15:50

Quote:

Originally posted by CapTVK

That game was also available on the pc. Please list all platforms next time.

I didn't know it was available on the PC, according to EA they only made it available for the C64.

Spaced Cowboy · December 19, 2003, 17:47

Quote:

Originally posted by CapTVK

That game was also available on the pc. Please list all platforms next time.

I know that you did not mean it that way, but that comes off pretty harsh. Sometimes we do not know all of the platforms.

CapTVK · December 19, 2003, 18:12

Quote:

Originally posted by Spaced Cowboy

I know that you did not mean it that way, but that comes off pretty harsh. Sometimes we do not know all of the platforms.

Sorry if it came off as a bit harsh but i played Lords of conquest on the pc. I always thought it was a pc only game because in difficult situations the AI would fall into a near infinite thinking loop. Had i known it was a c64 game as well I probably would have ventured a second guess. Not that I mind looking from the sidelines at others having a go ,)

When I choose a game i usually try and select games that came out for multiple platforms. I just do a quick checkup on the web to make sure.

Spaced Cowboy · December 19, 2003, 18:59

Well I'll be the first to admit that I do not check, but I ususally have chosen a game that was C64 only in an era before IBM. However, I might say something like not sure about PC platform or the like.

I don't want to start a flame war or anything, cuz I think you are a pretty cool guy and I have much respect for you gaming knowledge. Especially when I start talking with my buddies about some old game, remembering every detail, they look at me like I'm a freak...Well it is good to know that I am not alone!

Kropotkin · December 19, 2003, 19:22

No one's gonna guess my game? I thought that was what we did here...

2) There's a connection between this game and this forum.

Standup · December 19, 2003, 20:49

mmh thinks of all Sid's games...Pirates ?

GhengisFarb™ · December 19, 2003, 21:43

Empire?
(Only strategy game I can think of civ related in the late 80's)

Kropotkin · December 20, 2003, 08:30

No, both wrong. You have to undestand that the link isn't as obvious as one might think (when you know the answer it is of cource). Next clue.

3) The stategic conflict is conducted on a global scale between four sides.

child of Thor · December 20, 2003, 09:14

is it Balance of Power?

Adagio · December 20, 2003, 09:17

Nuke War (Or was it called Nuclear War?)

Doesn't fit in perfect with the 3rd clue though

CapTVK · December 20, 2003, 09:53

Quote:

Originally posted by ADG
Nuke War (Or was it called Nuclear War?)

Doesn't fit in perfect with the 3rd clue though

But New World Computing´s Nuclear War does have 4 players (well 5 if you include yourself) That would have to be it.

Kropotkin · December 20, 2003, 09:55

Bingo ADG!

What's wrong with the 3rd clue? Wasn't it four sides? Now when you questioned the clue I started to get unsure about it... It was four enemies with you in the middle. Oh well, you got it.

Adagio · December 20, 2003, 10:31

I read this:

Quote:

(...) on a global scale between four sides

as a 4 player game... 4 including yourself... not as a 5 player game, with 4 enemies...

Anyway, next game coming right up...

Adagio · December 20, 2003, 10:37

Clue 1:

This game is partly turn based and partly real time
Platform: Amiga

Don't know how many of such games exists

child of Thor · December 20, 2003, 14:17

hmm would it by any chance be the excellent 'North and South'?

Buck Birdseed · December 20, 2003, 15:51

Championship Manager?

Adagio · December 20, 2003, 16:43

CoT got it right

Damn, I'm not good at coming up with clues that can't be guessed in first try

child of Thor · December 20, 2003, 18:12

Hey ADG dont worry it was a complete fluke on my part, I wont be so lucky next time

North and South was a great fun game - one of the few to blend two different playing styles so well.I never did get very good at always getting to the gold on the moving trains. I always thought it was more popular on the PC though?

and i dont even have a game to guess.............just yet. Give me a while to sort one out(and see what hasn't been done yet!)

OK GAME:

Platform: Amiga and maybe another? 1990's ish

Clue 1: adventure with a different but distinctive perspective.

Standup · December 20, 2003, 21:43

KGB ? Well it was different...

Buck Birdseed · December 21, 2003, 06:08

I can think of loads of PC adventure games with "different perspectives" but the Amiga was one computer I never owned.