Name the game - part 2

Adagio · September 22, 2003, 14:42

I start out, by writing a little about a game, the first one who guess's the game, may post some new game info, for others to guess...

Game rules:
- Games are not allowed to be newer than Amiga games, but anything before that is allowed (No matter on which computer it was played on)
- you shall write information about which computer you played it on
- Don't write part of the name in the game info, unless there's no way to avoid it
- Write as little as possible, if nobody can guess, write some more later
- Try to keep games, to be from computers, most people have had...
- If you're the first one to guess a game, and you're certain you're right, feel free to post your game info (In case you know you'll be leaving soon)... but other players are not allowed to start guessing, before the poster of the first question has approved the answer, or most other players approve the answer

Waiting for the first one to post some game info

Games guessed so far:

Code:

Apidya				DrSpike
Archon				Static Universe
Bard's tale III			Static Universe
Cannon Fodder			DrSpike
Congo and Amazon		SCG
Day of the Tentacle		Frustrated Poet
Defenders of the Crown		DrSpike
Double Dragon			DrSpike
Dynamite Headdy			CygnusZ
Fairlight			CapTVK
FlashBack			Child of Thor
Future Wars			CapTVK
Imperium Galactum		CapTVK
Impossible Mission		Static Universe
Joust				SCG
Knight Lore			Child of Thor
Lure of the Temptress		FruestratedPoet
M.U.L.E.			Child of Thor
Mega-lo-Mania			Frustrated Poet
Mercenary			Child of Thor
Panzer Dragoon			FrustratedPoet
Push Over			ADG
Questron			CapTVK
Rampage				Tuberski
Reunion				NONE!
Schorched Earth			DrSpike
Sentinel			DrSpike
Seven cities of gold		NONE!
Sherlock Holmes			FrustratedPoet
Skool Daze			DrSpike
Speedball II			ADG
Spelunker			DrSpike
Spy vs Spy			Big Crunch
Sundog				CapTVK
Supercars			Sn00py
Theatre Europe			DrSpike
Tombstone City			SCG
Twilight 2000			CapTVK

Sorry if I missed some... if I did, feel free to correct me

Nikolai · September 22, 2003, 14:54

I think it's still child of thor.

Maybe he should repost his clues here?

BTW, I didn't get anything out of them...

DrSpike · September 22, 2003, 15:17

Yeah CoT has one going.

Btw ADG you should add up the correct answers from the previous thread so I can see how much I won by.

child of Thor · September 22, 2003, 15:49

Dr.Spike yeh that could be a fun thing to have - the winner after each 500 post total could get a mention and a (smilie)prize at the opening of the new thread

Who's going to count?

Ok i was about a 16th of my way through some clues.
What we have so far are:

1. released circa late 80's on non-consoles, various 8bit/16bit and PC

2. naff emergancy clue about being abducted by aliens and needing to get home.

3. A different kind of clue - a musical .wav file that you will need to run through MediaPlayer to get it to work. (i'll add it again at the bottom)

4. The mentioned tune you may hear in a pub in the game.

That was more or less where it was at

new one

5. You start with nothing but your guile?

[I just love that music

- i'v only just discovered it after like 15+years!]

Spaced Cowboy · September 22, 2003, 16:18

Buck Rogers??

What kind of game is it (ADV, D&D)???

PS I cannot believe that I thought music like that on a computer was the coolest thing ....ever!!

Adagio · September 22, 2003, 16:24

Quote:

Originally posted by DrSpike
Yeah CoT has one going.

Btw ADG you should add up the correct answers from the previous thread so I can see how much I won by.

Would be interesting

Though I wont have time enough to do the counting before weekend, so if someone else feels the urge to do it...

child of Thor · September 22, 2003, 16:25

Nope not Buck Rogers

And music like that is STILL the coolest ever .....just love those chip sounds. On that particular file i cant tell if the end part of the song is just degredation of the source(sort of like an old scratchy record) or just the 'orchestra' warming down!

Hmmm.....i wont post much more info just yet, and i finish work in 30mins.

Maybe just one more clue - at the time the word 'revolutionary' was used to describe many aspects of the game.

Maybe you could all just sleep on it - maybe play the music while you sleep

I'm sure those clues must jolt a memmory somewhere

Dale · September 22, 2003, 18:56

CoT:

Can't play the .wav file, but the other clues gets me to thinking its a game I used to play on the C64 - Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

Main_Brain · September 23, 2003, 04:37

The only Game with Aliens I remember is Zak Mac. there wasnt that Alien Hype yet in the good ol' Days ;=)
But then.. the Music dont fits and I have no Clue what a guile is and my Transtalor doesnt know either.

Ljube · September 23, 2003, 06:21

Suppose you are inside the Matrix.

How can you tell if the reality around you is real or alternate?

Main_Brain · September 23, 2003, 07:26

I try the Chicken.

DrSpike · September 23, 2003, 11:37

Btw there is no link to the old thread. Rectified:

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...threadid=84719

child of Thor · September 23, 2003, 14:07

@ Dale,
You will need Mediaplayer set as you main .wav player, winamp doesn't like it apparantly

And no, its not Hitch Hickers.

@ Main_Brain,
Another word you could use for 'guile' could be 'cunning', or 'wits', or a less perfect word would be 'intelligence'.
And no, it's not Zak Mackraken(sp?).

@ ljcvetko, that is a good point - maybe we'll never know?

Ok another clue:

is the attached graphic from the unreleased Amiga version

It did come out on the Atari ST though.

Ljube · September 23, 2003, 14:13

Quote:

Originally posted by child of Thor

@ ljcvetko, that is a good point - maybe we'll never know?

Does this mean the game in question is not Alternate Reality ?

child of Thor · September 23, 2003, 14:22

Quote:

Originally posted by ljcvetko

Does this mean the game in question is not Alternate Reality ?

and i thought you were just being off-topic - too cryptic for me

And yes we have a winner! It was Alternate Reality, here's a good website about it - it also has more music files to listen too

(and they might just work in winamp as i won't have tainted them with my mediaplayer!).

AR link

your go ljcvetko

Ljube · September 23, 2003, 17:55

Quote:

Originally posted by child of Thor

and i thought you were just being off-topic - too cryptic for me

Ah this cost me another post so I’m warlord now. I wanted to avoid that. I’m not a spammer.

OK
Here’s another one of my favourites.
C64 game from 1986.
There are four of you.
Your group is supposed to free all scientists; you must evade the robot guards, electric fences, booby traps, etc.
To make things a little bit more complicated, the clock is ticking.

I believe this is enough to guess.

Dale · September 23, 2003, 18:45

AHHHHH! I know this one, but can't think of the name!

GhengisFarb™ · September 24, 2003, 15:32

Shoot, I remember some of that from my C64 heydays but my brain has rewritten data over those braincells...........

Kinda sounds like Impossible Mission II though..........

child of Thor · September 24, 2003, 16:36

But there were 'four'? unless it means four lives....i cant remember how many lives you had in Mission Impossible?
I was thinking along the lines of one of those early 'spec ops' type games....so i'll guess for 'Special Forces' by microprose.(but i think its wrong!)

Ha it just could be a fair few games! More clues please

Ljube · September 24, 2003, 16:57

You are wrong guys. I thought this would be an easy score.
Doc, where are you? This game had Spectrum release too.
Are my hints not enough?

Well, let's make it clearer.

In the beginning, you are selecting your team of four crack commandos (out of eight if I remember correctly). You pick your crew comparing their physical and mental capabilities (although I never saw any difference regardless of whom I picked). One of them was called Kowalski.

Your mission is to save the world. The clock that is ticking is actually a bomb of immense power capable of destroying the world. In the beginning you shoot all the alarms first. You have to walk on the thin line to avoid all obstacles. Sometimes, one of your commandos has to jump on the shoulders of another one to pass through and open the way for the others.

Each scientist knows one digit of a code which you need to enter the room in which the powerful bomb is located. The bomb is in the fourth level below ground.

The game was exceptionally difficult and I must admit I haven’t been able to finish it.

If this is still not enough, I’ll post a screenshot later.

child of Thor · September 24, 2003, 17:19

hey post a screenie anyway

I'd like to see it

I knew i was in the ball park.......

but this game may have escaped me unless it was the famous one, also by microprose i think?

Ljube · September 24, 2003, 17:36

Not Microprose.

Piranha.

Here's a screenshot at the beginning of the game (timer 997 out of 999). The guy with the helmet is Kowalski.

child of Thor · September 24, 2003, 18:10

Spectrum graphics!

(IMHO although it did have a high resolution its colour schemes mostly sucked - American 8bits had overall better graphics i felt?)

i dont know now although i'm sure Dr.Spike will have a good guess. And i'll know it as soon as he gets it and kick myself

DrSpike · September 24, 2003, 18:13

Quote:

Originally posted by child of Thor
Spectrum graphics!

i dont know now although i'm sure Dr.Spike will have a good guess

The description means nothing to me...............but that screenie is starting to dredge up some long forgotten memories. This is bugging me now.

Ljube · September 24, 2003, 19:06

If nobody of you played this game

some of you might remember the ad.

Also, the game has a three word title.
The words begin with S F C.

Adagio · September 25, 2003, 06:50

Quote:

Originally posted by DrSpike
Btw ADG you should add up the correct answers from the previous thread so I can see how much I won by.

Check out first post, then you'll see previous games... and winners

Haven't edited the looks of it yet, and have only taken games from first thread...

Nikolai · September 25, 2003, 07:16

I was the one to get the honour of giving the game to guess after "The Day of the Tentacle", but it was Frustrated Poet that made it. He did give me the opportunity to win, nevertheless.

I don't know if you want to count him or me as the winner in the overview?

On one side, he was the one with the right answer, on the other side, I took over after him. What a mess...

FrustratedPoet · September 25, 2003, 09:40

Something tells me that the person who guesses the right answer should be the winner. Call me old fashioned....

Asmodean · September 25, 2003, 10:26

I know this one...may I guess??

Asmodean

Ljube · September 25, 2003, 10:44

By all means!
This is an open forum.

And please stop your spam like questions that are in turn forcing me to spam.