December 4, 2003, 19:32
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That's the games I was thinking of, and I'm sure I played them on C64.
Oh well. 
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December 4, 2003, 19:40
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Ok easy one.
Clue 1: Iconic platform game for the Spectrum/C64, with 7 levels, the first being the insect level.
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December 5, 2003, 00:23
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Hmmm.......
Wonderboy?
Boulderdash?
Pitfall?
Dig Dug?
They're all iconic games.
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December 5, 2003, 06:20
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The shotgun technique is not allowed here..........pick one and I'll say whether it is right or wrong.
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December 5, 2003, 09:50
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Bolderdash?
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December 5, 2003, 09:52
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No.
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December 5, 2003, 10:07
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Wonderboy?
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December 5, 2003, 10:12
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No.
The only thing worse than shotgunning is shamelessly stealing others' shotgunning efforts and still getting it wrong. 
None of the above are right btw.
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December 5, 2003, 11:38
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Nur... Manic Miner? Did that have insects? I don't remember.
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December 5, 2003, 11:50
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This is a stupid guess (but a great game):
Sabrewulf?
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December 5, 2003, 13:29
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The time-frame is late on in the Spectrum period; this is one of the last games I bought for it.
Also, the baddie at the end of level 1 is the dreaded spider.
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December 5, 2003, 16:02
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Is it Wanted: Monty Mole? 
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December 5, 2003, 16:05
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Come on people, this one is eaaaaaaasy.
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December 5, 2003, 17:45
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Sorry Spikey, platforms were not my thing.
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December 5, 2003, 18:44
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They were mine but only after my c64 days.
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December 5, 2003, 18:55
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Next Clue: Your weapon was also a way of climbing up in the maps.
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December 5, 2003, 21:31
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Bugaboo or was that dinosaurs and the like ?
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December 5, 2003, 23:46
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me thinks spectrum sucks !!!!!
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December 6, 2003, 00:15
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Quote:
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Originally posted by Spaced Cowboy
Sorry Spikey, platforms were not my thing.
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Me either but then I was tall for my age and didn't have to worry about platform shoes.......
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December 6, 2003, 07:18
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I swear the standard has gone down in this game.
Next clue: There was an arcade version. Ocean and Taito (of coin-op fame) are jointly responsible for the game.
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December 6, 2003, 07:57
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Is it the New Zealand Story? Cannot remember anything about an insect level or so but what the hell....
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December 6, 2003, 07:59
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A little warmer than the other guesses, but no.
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December 6, 2003, 07:59
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Or maybe it's Rainbow Island. Some of those games that all looked like a candystore from heaven and gave my eyes caries.
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December 6, 2003, 08:06
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Ka-ching!!
http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/rainbowislands.htm
Use the rainbows to climb the level and trap enemies, with a big boss at the end of each level. One of my favourite games.
Over to you Kropotkin.
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December 6, 2003, 09:04
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Thanks, it was the hint about Ocean that did it for me. Never liked the game, but it's easy to remember.
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Anyhow, new game coming up. I will just start with one word and then I'll add a few of the usual clues (year, system etc) after the footie. And the word is....
Logistics
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December 6, 2003, 09:15
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Rise and decline of the third Reich?
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December 6, 2003, 09:45
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I would have gotten that right at the start if you mentioned the other systems (Atari ST, Amiga, console) Rainbow Islands appeared on.
As for Kropotkin's game:
Die Siedler (The settlers)
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December 6, 2003, 09:56
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Nope to both. I should add that the word shouldn't be taken to seriously, it's not an easy hint. I just need to think about a few serious ones for a while. So that hint is just to make you confused. 
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December 6, 2003, 10:50
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Dammit, I've played Rainbow Island. I just didn't think of it as a platform game. 
Krop: M.U.L.E.? No wait, that's been done apparently. Nur... Populus?
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December 6, 2003, 13:29
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Haha you're not even close. I'm gonna start getting you some real clues now.
IIRC it was actually the first game I bought* for my C64 in the mid 1980s. This arcade game was made for more or less all of the platforms avaliable at the time, even if they came a couple of years later than the Commodore version. There has also been a couple of sequels that I hadn't heard of before I made some research about it. The first of them X 2 a few years later and a second one at the end of the millenium for a consule that was a total failure as far as I can tell.
* In other words, it was not the first game I owned for the C64, but that's another story...
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