Name the game - part 4 - Page 8

Guynemer · January 31, 2004, 20:30

Yay! I'm a winner!

Guynemer · January 31, 2004, 20:35

Okay... early 90's, appeared on the PC and Amiga, I believe.

You are a private dick hired to investigate the death of a young woman...

Standup · January 31, 2004, 21:43

Under a killing moon ? Although i think thats more mid 90s.

GhengisFarb™ · January 31, 2004, 23:15

Killed until Dead? or was that Murder by Death. Anyway my guess is something like that.

Guynemer · February 1, 2004, 00:43

Nyet.

#2: the young woman in question is the daughter of the mayor, apparently killed by a designer drug.

GhengisFarb™ · February 1, 2004, 10:26

Sounds like a Japanese anime style story.

Guynemer · February 1, 2004, 10:40

Nyet.

#3: you can win this futuristic adventure game with or without saving the lives of your lady love or your chief informant.

Buck Birdseed · February 1, 2004, 12:54

The only futuristic adventure games I can readily think of are the Space Quest series and Beneath a Steel Sky, neither of which this is.

Hueij · February 1, 2004, 13:19

Tex Murphy, Martian Memorandum.

The girl turns out not to be dead though

Hueij · February 1, 2004, 14:06

No. not Tex Murphhy

Black Dahlia perhaps? (just a guess...)

Guynemer · February 1, 2004, 15:31

Nope.

#4: this dystopian film noir adventure game, reminiscent of Blade Runner, had a very comic book feel to it; things unfolded from a first-person perspective, but there was almost no actual movement--you chose where you wanted to go or who you wanted to talk to, and it happened. There was very little in the way of animation, save for a handful of action sequences, including a side-scrolling shooter that ended the game.

Buck Birdseed · February 1, 2004, 17:39

A Myst Clone eh?

Not my strong point at all. In fact, I can't think of any save the usual fantasy/horror suspects, plus any amount of bad FMV games.

Guynemer · February 1, 2004, 18:57

Nope. Out long before Myst, but you have the right general idea on how the interface worked. Out before other comic book-esque film noir adventures as well, i.e. Gabriel Knight. No FMV either. Not really fantasy, or horror for that matter. In my opinion, underappreciated and underplayed at the time of release, but became hugely influential.

#5: those who died from the designer drug in question did so in horrible (though brief) agony, their bodies mutating, gaining distinctly reptilian qualities.

duke o' york · February 2, 2004, 07:15

Rise of the Dragon

Was quite popular, but I thought that it was rubbish. Oh well, no accounting for taste. Maybe it was better on PC....

Guynemer · February 2, 2004, 08:25

Give the man a gold star!

Guynemer · February 2, 2004, 08:28

Box. Came out in 1990.

You thought it was rubbish? I thought it was terrific. Very atmospheric. Ahead of its time in many ways.

DrSpike · February 2, 2004, 08:34

Damn............too late again. RotD was a great game, indeed ahead of its time.

duke o' york · February 2, 2004, 09:30

Right, I played this on my Amiga but it may have come out on other platforms too, though I doubt it.
Confusingly, it had a different title in America, so I don't know what it was called in Europe.

*

1) "Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.
Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the cauldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg and owlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble."

This is a bit of a mean clue, but you'll know why I had to start with it when you've guessed the game. (Other clues would have been too easy

)

*I do know what it was called in the UK, and the US, so you can still guess!

[It is not: Cauldron, KQ3, Witch Brew, er.. Macbeth

]

Spaced Cowboy · February 2, 2004, 10:37

cauldron?

Ljube · February 2, 2004, 14:05

Quote:

Originally posted by duke o' york
[It is not: Cauldron, other games to be added later, once guessed]

Well, I sure like your style.

CapTVK · February 2, 2004, 15:29

KQ3? You had type in magic formulas to create spells and brews exactly right or you would up turned into a flie or worse....

CapTVK · February 2, 2004, 15:33

Quote:

Originally posted by DrSpike
Damn............too late again. RotD was a great game, indeed ahead of its time.

I had the privilege to see and hear it at someone who had an MT-32 attached for the sound when it was just out. Brilliant for its time

Spaced Cowboy · February 2, 2004, 15:34

Witch Brew

Ljube · February 2, 2004, 15:38

There are simply too many witch games out there.

I won't even try guessing this one cause I don't want to spoil possible future candidates.

We need more clues.

Guynemer · February 2, 2004, 17:32

Quote:

Originally posted by CapTVK

I had the privilege to see and hear it at someone who had an MT-32 attached for the sound when it was just out. Brilliant for its time

Yep. Oh, how Sierra has fallen.

Buck Birdseed · February 2, 2004, 17:51

Macbeth

Oh wait, we're not guessing plays. Damn.

duke o' york · February 3, 2004, 05:36

Time for number (2)!

1) "Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.
Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the cauldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg and owlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble."

2) Sneakers, tricksters, fiddlers and nutters! (a tiny bity of poetic licence here, but since I used Shakespeare in the first clue, then I feel I'm entitled to it!

)

Now I said the clues would get easy!

[It is not: Cauldron, KQ3, Witch Brew, er.. Macbeth

]

child of Thor · February 3, 2004, 07:19

was it a platform game with the title(in europe) to do with king Arthur................i'm struggling to remember the exact title

duke o' york · February 3, 2004, 07:39

No - I have no idea what you're talking about. But it means I'm not going to put all of that into my square brackets at the bottom of my previous post.

child of Thor · February 3, 2004, 07:50

I think it was called 'Arturus' ?? came out a couple of the 8bits too? Bit it isnt the one so never mind.....

More clues vicar?