Competition: Name the game - Page 11

Nikolai · June 26, 2003, 19:06

Day of the Tentacle

FrustratedPoet · June 26, 2003, 19:10

Thanks.

(This concludes the course in "How to get the answer right and gain [+2] without having the duty to think of the next game". Watch and learn Spikey ... watch and learn.

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DrSpike · June 26, 2003, 19:21

Quote:

Originally posted by FrustratedPoet
Thanks.

(This concludes the course in "How to get the answer right and gain [+2] without having the duty to think of the next game". Watch and learn Spikey ... watch and learn.

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You are not a master yet young FP.

Just think of all the posts you could have made in clues after thinking of a game.

FrustratedPoet · June 26, 2003, 19:31

I don't think it's necessary to actually be the quizmaster of a round in order to get [+1] opportunities. As I believe we are now ably demonstrating.

You're up Nikolai.

Nikolai · June 27, 2003, 05:59

OK

Year: Mid 90's
An artillery combat game. Can be played with up to nine players at a time, mixing humans and AI. If you win, you can buy better weapons(some are quite devastating), guidance systems and defence systems.

Adagio · June 27, 2003, 06:43

Hmm... Sounds a little like Charr, except for the fact, that you can only play it 8 players... and it was earlier...

Spaced Cowboy · June 27, 2003, 09:02

Not a clue, so I need more clues.

Nikolai · June 27, 2003, 15:01

The game is freeware, and is made for DOS. You have one tank for each player, and the goal is to kill the other tanks by finding the right angle and shooting power. This is however, affected by wind, that changes for each turn.

DrSpike · June 27, 2003, 15:06

I remember this game...........Worms got all the credit but this game was the true innovator.

Was it called Scorched Earth?

Nikolai · June 27, 2003, 15:10

That's right!

DrSpike · June 27, 2003, 15:47

D-AMN I'm good.

I only ever played it once or twice with my mate.

Anyway I've done loads............someone else do one.

lord of the mark · June 27, 2003, 15:53

can a game you played on a mainframe count?

(never played early micro-computer games)

Adagio · June 27, 2003, 15:56

Quote:

Originally posted by Nikolai
That's right!

Wrong... Scorced Earth was only playable 4 players... though it might be a Scorced Earth clone... and the original Scorched Earth was earlier than Charr, and (as mentioned above) Charr was earlier than mid 90's...

Adagio · June 27, 2003, 15:59

I don't have a release date for Scorched Earth though, but I remember playing it in 1993, and at that time it was already old (As far as I know)

Nikolai · June 27, 2003, 17:07

You're kidding?

I'm only 17 years old, so I don't know for too long back, but I checked the Underdogs to be sure, and all my info is from there...

Nikolai · June 27, 2003, 17:08

http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?gameid=1984
Here's the link.

Adagio · June 27, 2003, 19:09

Hmmm... sounds pretty strange...

I remember playing Schorced Earth on my Amiga, within a year of buying that computer... I played that game alot, until Charr came out (a much better version of Scorched Earth)... I got the Amiga in 1993 (January to be exact)

Adagio · June 27, 2003, 19:12

Ahh... now I see it... I just checked through my old games (my collection of Amiga Roms), and found it... Though it wasn't called Scorched Earth, it was called Scorched Tanks... the first of it's kind...

Adagio · June 27, 2003, 19:17

Scorched Tanks was released in 1994, so it seems like it actually was a new game, as I played it first time... I was told different (and back then I didn't understand english)...

DrSpike · June 27, 2003, 19:21

Hey I'm still claiming the win.

Nikolai · June 27, 2003, 19:22

OK

But anyway, who's next, now that Spikie won't do it?

SCG · June 29, 2003, 22:18

well, gee, maybe i should just have given the answer instead of 3 more clues

if no one else steps up, i may throw in a video game i played in probably 1979 or 80

DrSpike · June 30, 2003, 05:32

Ok since you're all big fairy wusses I'll do another:

Early 90s..........Amiga.

In this game, you take on the role of a young peasant. You were most recently employed as a beater for the king's hunting party. One night, the king receives a note from a bedraggled messenger, requesting the king's services to help stamp out an uprising led by a young enchantress in the remote village of Turnvale. As the king's men depart on their horses to ride to the rescue, your pony follows them, and you are unwittingly dragged along to the battle. When your party arrives at Turnvale, they are confronted not by an ordinary peasant uprising, but rather by a band of fierce, inhuman hired mercenaries - the Skorl. The king's men are defeated and the king is killed. In the process, you are flung from your mount and wind up on the ground unconscious. The Skorl take you prisoner, tossing you into the local dungeon. So begins your quest to rid Turnvale of the Skorl menace, and defeat the enchantress.

FrustratedPoet · June 30, 2003, 05:46

Lure of the Temptress?

FrustratedPoet · June 30, 2003, 05:53

OK, I'm right.

Next game - this one should be easy
Released:
1988
Platforms:
DOS, NES, Game Boy, Atari 2600, Amiga, Sega Master System, Genesis, Commodore 64

Billy and Jimmy Lee must rescue Billy's girlfriend after she is captured by Mr. Big and his gang. One or two players can play as Billy, Jimmy, or both rowdy lads as they fight hordes of gangsters who get in their way.

DrSpike · June 30, 2003, 06:04

Kung Fu.

FrustratedPoet · June 30, 2003, 06:10

Nope.

Nikolai · June 30, 2003, 06:19

Can it be Street Fighter?

DrSpike · June 30, 2003, 06:27

Oops got them mixed up.

It's Double Dragon.

/me wistfully remembers scrolling beat-em ups.

DrSpike · June 30, 2003, 06:32

Here's another:

Spectrum (and other similar platforms).......late 80s.

Are you a rebel without a cause? Well, here's one that'll keep you on a knife edge for months to come. Imagine's effort is a new breed of game, a type of gutsy, streetfighting action movie set in the gangland ghettoes in which you play the starring role - a tough martial arts expert. Based on the chart topping coin-op by Taito, its pure violence in graphic detail is a must for all closet reprobates (like FP).
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