25-11-2003 23:31									#151
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He didn't say much........I think it was to do with an upload.

	25-11-2003 23:59									#152
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Dammit Buck...Apolyton is the wrong place to keep your pr0n

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	26-11-2003 01:54									#153
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Okay, how much do we need to bail him out of Rahlcatraz or for a return ticket from Mingapulco?

	26-11-2003 02:26									#154
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Save your money, it's a very short ban.

	26-11-2003 22:50									#155
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I got my Commodore 64 in 1989 and since I was eight at the time and unscrupulously amoral I pirated everything in sight. I had a big pile of tapes full of illegal games, and let's face it, the c64 was a pirate's dream.

In fact, I only owned four games,* and I got all of those at the same time. By the time I got them for christmas 1989 this game and its three companion titles had all been out for a couple of years and had been bundled together in a four-floppy pack containing all four games. The game I'm after was the pick of the lot really- we could intuitively understand the rules here in Sweden (unlike the two american-specific titles) and the graphics were clear and nicely done (unlike the fourth game).

*This is technically a lie. I also owned a copy of Postman Pat which I never understood and in which Pat's car kept getting stuck on objects. After a particularly futile and buggy session I took out the casette and pulled all the tape out, then binned it. I felt guilty about it for weeks afterwards.

	26-11-2003 22:54									#156
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quote: Originally posted by Buck Birdseed I got my Commodore 64 in 1989 and since I was eight at the time and unscrupulously amoral I pirated everything in sight.

What's your excuse now?

	26-11-2003 23:28									#157
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What? I haven't pirated a game in weeks!

	26-11-2003 23:47									#158
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That's ok then.

Anyway, aren't you forgeting something?

	26-11-2003 23:57									#159
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Er, that was the clue right there. The story of how I guessed Monty On The Run is much more improbable and complicated.

	27-11-2003 00:05									#160
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Ah sorry I missed the clue.........I thought you were just sharing some nostalgia so I skipped most of it.

	27-11-2003 00:27									#161
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Superstar Ice Hockey?

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	27-11-2003 00:39									#162
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quote: Originally posted by Buck Birdseed What? I haven't pirated a game in weeks!

Ehmmm...?

Pirates?

	27-11-2003 00:55									#163
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No, no, that wasn't the clue, it was the post before it! Dammit. I need to learn to label stuff more clearly.

Clue #2, screenshot of non-essential screenie.

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	27-11-2003 02:23									#164
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quote: Originally posted by Buck Birdseed No, no, that wasn't the clue, it was the post before it! Dammit. I need to learn to label stuff more clearly. Clue #2, screenshot of non-essential screenie.

Streets sports baseball?

	27-11-2003 02:29									#165
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Slap Shot?

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	27-11-2003 02:46									#166
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Nope, but one of you has got extremely close.

	27-11-2003 02:55									#167
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ehmmm...Streets sports Basketball?

	27-11-2003 03:02									#168
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Well done Cap.

	27-11-2003 04:30									#169
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The man's a machine.

	27-11-2003 04:36									#170
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Dang...I really thought that I was closer than Cap. You said that the rules were intuitively understood by the Swedes, so I assumed that this sport must be big in Sweden.

First I thought Bandy, but I couldn't come up with any c64 Bandy games. Then I thought that it had to be Hockey, but no...it was an American game.

THAT CLUE WAS FVCKING MISLEADING, BUCK




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	27-11-2003 20:02									#171
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Bigger in sweden than American Football and Baseball, that's for sure.

We regularly played Basketball in Gym class, and it's got a reasonably big public following. Plus it's quite easy to understand intuitively unlike the more complex American Football or Baseball.

The clue was more along the lines of "Series of four sports games, some of which were published in 1987", which is what Cap got I'd guess. Either that or he recognised the CPU-Human screen in which case he's damn cool.

	27-11-2003 20:47									#172
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was it from Summer games?

	27-11-2003 22:13									#173
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*Waiting for poetry slam a la Cap*

	28-11-2003 02:44									#174
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yah, I win again but at the same time I feel kinda lame for knowing all this computergame trivia


Another 8-bit game, mid 80's released for the C64 (and Apple?)


Okay okay, being the first of its ilk it isn't well known.
It would still take some years before the concept had grown...
It's successor truly mastered phrasing.
But the first game is amazing...

Last edited by CapTVK on 28-11-2003 at 02:52

	28-11-2003 02:51									#175
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quote: Originally posted by Buck Birdseed Bigger in sweden than American Football and Baseball, that's for sure. We regularly played Basketball in Gym class, and it's got a reasonably big public following. Plus it's quite easy to understand intuitively unlike the more complex American Football or Baseball. The clue was more along the lines of "Series of four sports games, some of which were published in 1987", which is what Cap got I'd guess. Either that or he recognised the CPU-Human screen in which case he's damn cool.

Actually it was a combination of both. it had something to do with sports but there are tons of sportgames for the c64. I remember the original street sports games from the reviews. The moment I spotted that picture I knew I had it.

	28-11-2003 03:49									#176
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The Hobbit is my first guess.

	28-11-2003 04:10									#177
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Zork ? continuing the adventure game theme.

	28-11-2003 04:45									#178
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Hmmm....Questprobe 1: The Incredible Hulk?

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	28-11-2003 11:53									#179
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None of the above, but you're moving in the right direction.

	28-11-2003 15:42									#180
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Maybe another clue might help?