Name the Game - Part 3 - Page 16

child of Thor · December 30, 2003, 16:09

sorry GhengisFarb, i thought you were questioning the actual clue

so no the answer isnt metallica, but the game somehow has a connection to the band........

Clue 4: in maybe an even more strained way it also has a connection to the film 'Alien 2' or actualy 'Aliens'(oops), if my memmory serves me well.........

Buck Birdseed · December 30, 2003, 16:16

Right, I know nothing about Metallica other than what people say on Poly and what little I'm forced to hear on the radio (eeech!), so I'll name random song titles I think are theirs (I know, like, three) and we'll see if they're also games.

#1: Master of Puppets

child of Thor · December 30, 2003, 16:24

Er No - its a shoot em up(clue 5ish)

GhengisFarb™ · December 30, 2003, 17:16

Master of Puppets with Guns.

Spaced Cowboy · December 30, 2003, 17:18

Full Metal Planet?

Buck Birdseed · December 30, 2003, 17:39

#2: Seek and Destroy

(#3: Enter Sandman, #4: Until it Sleeps and #5: St. Anger are probably pointless to guess, so I won't.

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GhengisFarb™ · December 30, 2003, 17:52

Ahhhh. I think Seek and Destroy was a good guess.

child of Thor · December 30, 2003, 17:53

Bucks got it - but would you care to narrow it down(or someone else can if their quick), as a random guess doesnt seem right?

child of Thor · December 30, 2003, 17:55

Ok i see Ghengis has pre-empted my thought so i'll ahve to give youguys the tie-breaker question

first one on the buzzer -

How is the film 'Aliens' associated with this game?
[tell me if neither of you have played the game - you'll need a different question

]

Buck Birdseed · December 30, 2003, 18:23

Er. Is it a phrase uttered during the film in some way? (I have played the game btw.- I only remembered it once I posted the guess though...

Helicopter game, top-down, right?)

child of Thor · December 30, 2003, 18:37

On the money Buck!

Yep the phrase when you die is a straight rip off from the film 'Aliens' - "Game over man!Game Over!" i think it was 'Hicks' from the movie that spoke these words when it was going horribly wrong.
After that you had a sampled sound of your base trying to get hold of you which finished with the eternaly sad words, "I think we've lost him sir"

It was a cool game - 360 scrolling and lots of action

link for info on game

GhengisFarb™ · December 30, 2003, 19:31

Way to go Buck!

Just goes to show you that even if no one gives us a game we can start randomly guessing things and eventually get the answer!

Buck Birdseed · December 31, 2003, 08:11

Right, new game:

Originally an arcade game, late 80s, converted to at least C64, Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad and Speccy.

Its unique gameplay made it one of the top co-op multiplayer games on the c64 (which is the platform I played it on).

Spaced Cowboy · December 31, 2003, 11:48

Gauntlet?

Buck Birdseed · December 31, 2003, 19:50

The uniqueness was in part due to the difference in roles between the two players.

Standup · December 31, 2003, 23:18

Silkworm although i can't remember if that started as an arcade game.

Buck Birdseed · January 1, 2004, 06:49

It did. Dammit, that clue was too easy.

DrSpike · January 1, 2004, 10:01

Ah Silkworm.........a classic. Over to you Standup.

Standup · January 1, 2004, 15:04

Never was any good with the jeep though

Ok next up. An Amiga (and quite possibly PC) game from 1991. It was a sequel and was one of those games where the developer's name was always mentioned. Not quite at the Sid level of fame though. It was 3D and sort of strategy, sort of rpg and a bit of shoot 'em up.

DrSpike · January 1, 2004, 15:17

Flashback?

Standup · January 1, 2004, 15:52

Nope but there goes another one off my list of future choices !

DrSpike · January 1, 2004, 16:00

We already had it anyway.

DrSpike · January 1, 2004, 16:03

How about chaos engine?

Buck Birdseed · January 1, 2004, 16:14

Geoff Crammond's Grand Prix 2? Or was that later?

Buck Birdseed · January 1, 2004, 16:16

Oh wait you gave the genre. D'oh!

Standup · January 1, 2004, 21:14

Chaos Engine great multiplayer game but no.

And completely off topic i'm re-reading the 'difference engine' which always makes me think of the chaos engine.

I did mention the genre although its a mixture and while there is a driving element (in fact quite a bit) its not a racing game as such. In fact you can drive tanks, sail boats and fly planes....