Competition: Name the game - Page 8

SCG · May 23, 2003, 21:59

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Originally posted by Static Universe

Is this an FPS as we think of it now, or as we would have thought of it then, where you are in a static position and shoot things, but the view is "first person"?

you can move over terrain as well as fight in that mode. (or if you have no clue as to what you're doing, you can let the AI take over

and you can watch a rather corny fight scene with motion pictures and closeups

)

Static Universe · May 25, 2003, 17:00

I probably don't know what this game is but do you have any more clues?

CapTVK · May 25, 2003, 17:21

SCG,

I'll give it a shot: TWILIGHT 2000

FrustratedPoet · May 25, 2003, 17:30

Wow, this one is tough. I've got no idea.

Vlad Antlerkov · May 25, 2003, 18:04

Complete shot in the dark. Blake Stone? (AFAIK, it's an FPS released around that time. No clue about its plot, though.)

SCG · May 25, 2003, 22:27

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Originally posted by CapTVK
SCG,

I'll give it a shot: TWILIGHT 2000

We've got a winner

I was introduced to it by one of my college friends when he played it with his ROTC buddies, and found it pretty cool, being RT part of the time (well all the time outside of the various game pauses for and the individual combat). He actually played the pencil and paper RPG and had to get it when it came out for the computer.

btw, he's also the one who introduced me to Civ I the year before

child of Thor · May 27, 2003, 14:30

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Originally posted by CapTVK

All right all right....here's another one from the 80's

In my line of work you visit me to distant worlds.
But on this job things did not go to their accords...
My ship lies in tatters
But not that it matters...
There is a craft that will get me back
But at a price that makes me crack...
With a hostile situation in the city
There's need for work and not mere pity.
Places to go and stuff to find
You'll be rewarded well in kind...

? Platform? nice riddle.....

CapTVK · May 27, 2003, 16:39

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Originally posted by child of Thor

? Platform? nice riddle.....

Another clue, another riddle:

It's not so much the city that I mind
But the view that made it one of a kind...
Neither the fact that I can fight
But more to do with my line of sight...

As I said it's an 80's game. What game am i?

child of Thor · May 29, 2003, 07:24

CapTVK, could you narrow it down to the year and computer(s) it was released on?I got a feeling it's a text adventure

SCG · May 29, 2003, 22:03

i wish i still had all the games my brother and i played back in the 80's with me - it sounds rather familiar, but i've got mechwarrior stuck in my head, so am going to have to think on this a bit more

CapTVK · May 30, 2003, 17:53

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Originally posted by child of Thor
CapTVK, could you narrow it down to the year and computer(s) it was released on?I got a feeling it's a text adventure

The game came initially was released for 8-bit homecomputers. It got high ratings at the time. Later on 16-bit versions were also released.

A third clue

Needless to say a man should be dedicated in my profession
But I will take money as a concession...

child of Thor · June 2, 2003, 07:20

Elite?

CapTVK · June 2, 2003, 19:23

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Originally posted by child of Thor
Elite?

Aha, starting to see things in perspective!? No it's not Elite but you're getting warmer.

child of Thor · June 3, 2003, 13:54

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Originally posted by CapTVK

Aha, starting to see things in perspective!? No it's not Elite but you're getting warmer.

Ah! the hint above was a real hint

I think i know what it is now, but i'll give it a little time to see if others(?) have got it or want to answer

Adagio · June 3, 2003, 13:57

...still aint go no idea about this one...

DrSpike · June 3, 2003, 14:09

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Originally posted by child of Thor

Ah! the hint above was a real hint

I think i know what it is now, but i'll give it a little time to see if others(?) have got it or want to answer

I think it's gone on for a while...........may as well answer it if you know.

child of Thor · June 3, 2003, 15:45

Ok i've set myself up for a big enough fall

[edit: i'm only 70% sure so i'll wait for confirmation]
It's Mercenry by Novogen(programmed by Paul Woakes/Oakes?). I played this and the sequal 'The Second City' to death on my 8 bit Atari.
That was a tuff one CapTVK

CapTVK · June 3, 2003, 17:37

That is correct Thor!

It's indeed Paul Woakes Mercenary by Novagen. in Mercenary your ship crashlands on Targ and you have to escape by gathering enough money to buy a ship that will take you off into space. You earn money by delivering items to specific parties. The city has been turned into a war zone and you need to find out which side pays the best. (You can even kidnap a commander and sell him to the other side!)

Mercenary is special because it's one the first 3D games. It's all in wireframes but the sense of being there was amazing at the time. How he managed to put an entire city in 64k still manages to amaze me.

You can find a remake of Mercenary here:
http://www.geocities.com/paris/7150/merce.htm

CapTVK · June 3, 2003, 17:49

Btw Thor, did you manage to finish Mercenary and Mercenary: the 2nd city? I had some hints from gaming magazines at the time but even then it was tough to finish.

child of Thor · June 3, 2003, 18:06

Cool! Thank god its over!

Nice link - if i find the time i might relive my 8bit days

And yes i did finish them - i even drew up detailed maps and guides for both of them and sent them into 'Atari User' magazine(don't think they got published though

)

Ok a nice easy one

Platform: 8bit and later nearly every platform i think?

Date: not sure mid 80's - 90's for last conversions.

Clue:

Flap flap flap get the egg
jump hop damn! too late to beg
You just got lanced.

DrSpike · June 3, 2003, 18:41

Chuckie Egg?

child of Thor · June 3, 2003, 18:54

No

another clue:

Don't fall of the ledge or the larva will get you.

SCG · June 3, 2003, 20:08

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Originally posted by child of Thor
No

another clue:

Don't fall of the ledge or the larva will get you.

it's not Joust, is it?

Tuberski · June 3, 2003, 20:31

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Originally posted by SCG

it's not Joust, is it?

Yes it is.

ACK!

child of Thor · June 4, 2003, 12:35

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Originally posted by SCG

it's not Joust, is it?

Correct SCG!
Joust was one of my fav two player games at that time, it was a simple yet addictive game. 1 or 2 players competed for the 'eggs' on one screen with various platforms to jump from and bump into. If you left the eggs too long they would hatch into enemy 'jousters' and it made things much more difficult. The gravity+ inertia effect was great - it really was a skill to manouvere yourself ontop of enemy jousters(which included player 2) to knock them out the game.
Your go now