05-12-2003 04:32									#271
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That's the games I was thinking of, and I'm sure I played them on C64.

Oh well.

	05-12-2003 04:40									#272
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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.

	05-12-2003 09:23									#273
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Hmmm.......

Wonderboy?
Boulderdash?
Pitfall?
Dig Dug?

They're all iconic games.

	05-12-2003 15:20									#274
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The shotgun technique is not allowed here..........pick one and I'll say whether it is right or wrong.

	05-12-2003 18:50									#275
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Bolderdash?

	05-12-2003 18:52									#276
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No.

	05-12-2003 19:07									#277
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Wonderboy?

	05-12-2003 19:12									#278
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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.

	05-12-2003 20:38									#279
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Nur... Manic Miner? Did that have insects? I don't remember.

	05-12-2003 20:50									#280
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This is a stupid guess (but a great game):
Sabrewulf?

	05-12-2003 22:29									#281
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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.

	06-12-2003 01:02									#282
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Is it Wanted: Monty Mole?

	06-12-2003 01:05									#283
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Come on people, this one is eaaaaaaasy.

	06-12-2003 02:45									#284
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Sorry Spikey, platforms were not my thing.

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They were mine but only after my c64 days.

	06-12-2003 03:55									#286
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Next Clue: Your weapon was also a way of climbing up in the maps.

	06-12-2003 06:31									#287
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Bugaboo or was that dinosaurs and the like ?

	06-12-2003 08:46									#288
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me thinks spectrum sucks !!!!!

	06-12-2003 09:15									#289
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quote: Originally posted by Spaced Cowboy Sorry Spikey, platforms were not my thing.

Me either but then I was tall for my age and didn't have to worry about platform shoes.......

	06-12-2003 16:18									#290
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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.

	06-12-2003 16:57									#291
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Is it the New Zealand Story? Cannot remember anything about an insect level or so but what the hell....

	06-12-2003 16:59									#292
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A little warmer than the other guesses, but no.

	06-12-2003 16:59									#293
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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.

	06-12-2003 17:06									#294
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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.

	06-12-2003 18:04									#295
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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

	06-12-2003 18:15									#296
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Rise and decline of the third Reich?

	06-12-2003 18:45									#297
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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)

	06-12-2003 18:56									#298
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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.

	06-12-2003 19:50									#299
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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?

	06-12-2003 22:29									#300
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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...