16-04-2004 16:13									#1
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These rules are pretty outdated, so I gave them a spring clean.

Game rules:
- If you guess a game correctly you provide the next game.
- Please check the list below before doing so.
- Games are not allowed to be newer than 1997, but anything before that is allowed.
- Usually a good clue is to write information about which computer you played it on. Also the time period and genre can be narrowed down.
- Use vague clues at first and if nobody can guess, write progressively more useful clues later.
- Shotgunning (aka DoY'ing) is not allowed. 1 guess is your limit until you are told it is incorrect.
- The answer is not Grim Fandango, except when it is.
- Googling invalidates your guess, and should be declared if used as a last resort in a difficult game.

Happy guessing.

Doc

Courtesy of CoT, the game list of games used so far, up to the end of the 5th thread. Note some totals look incorrect due to the odd missing game from previous threads. However the list is 95% complete.

Alternate Reality ljcvetko
Apidya DrSpike
Archon Static Universe
Bard's tale III Static Universe
Beach Head II Sn00py
Behind Closed Doors tri(zenobi) NONE!
Birthright: Gordans Alliance Dale
Board of the Rings duke o’york
BoulderDash Buck Birdseed
Cannon Fodder DrSpike
Castles Kropotkin
Cauldron II ljcvetko
Clash of Steel Drogue
Columns duke o’york
Comix Zone Vlad Antlerkov
Congo and Amazon SCG
Cruise for a Corpse DrSpike
Crusade in Europe Buck Birdseed
Day of the Tentacle Frustrated Poet
Deathwish III CapTVK
Desert Strike ADG
Defenders of the Crown DrSpike
Discworld Noir Buck Birdseed
Double Dragon DrSpike
Dragon Wars GhengisFarb
Dynamite Headdy CygnusZ
Dyna Blaster Buck Birdseed
Eidolon CapTVK
Elf Kropotkin
Emperor of the fading Sun Spaced Cowboy
Evo-search for eden duke o'york
Fairlight CapTVK
Firepower CapTVK
Fiendish Freddy Dale
FlashBack Child of Thor
Fort Apocalypse CapTVK
Future Wars CapTVK
Grand Monster Slam UNGUESSED
Grim Fandango Buck Birdseed
Hard Nova Buck BirdseedGoogled
Heimdall Duke o' York
Hexen Static Universe
Historyline 1914-1918 Standup
Hunter child of Thor
Imperium Galactum CapTVK
Impossible Mission Static Universe
Jet Set Willy Buckbirdseed
Joust SCG
Knight Lore Child of Thor
Kult Dale
Labyrinth Buck Birdseed
Landstalker Doc(Dr.Spike)
Law of the West Dr.Spike
Lemmings Guynemer
Lord of Conquests Kropotkin
Lure of the Temptress FruestratedPoet
M.U.L.E. Child of Thor
Manhunter: New York Spaced Cowboy
Mars Saga Zarga X
Mega-lo-Mania Frustrated Poet
Mercenary Child of Thor
Megaman Buck Birdseed
Megaman and Bass Guynemer(Googled)
Midwinter2 Child of Thor
MonkeyIsland2 Buck Birdseed
Necromancer DrSpike
Neuromancer CapTVK
Nitro ADG
North and South Child of Thor
Nuclear War ADG
Panzer Dragoon FrustratedPoet
Paperboy Buck Birdseed
Phantasy Star Dr.Spike
Pole Position MrBaggins
Powermonger child of Thor
Pssst Dr Spike
Push Over ADG
Questron CapTVK
Rampage Tuberski
Rainbow Island Kropotkin
Raid over Moscow Dr.Spike
Rampart ADG
Red Storm Rising Spaced Cowboy
Reunion NONE!
Rise of Dragon duke o'york
Robot War Ghengisfarb
Save New York Asmodean
Schorched Earth DrSpike
Seek and Destroy Buck Birdseed
Sensible World of Soccer Buck Birdseed
Sentinel DrSpike
Seven cities of gold NONE!
SexGames CapTVK
Sherlock Holmes FrustratedPoet
Short Circuit Ghengisfarb
Skate or Die! ADG
Skool Daze DrSpike
SkyRoads CapTVK
Sleepwalker Standup
Speedball II ADG
Speedball child of Thor
Spelunker Dr.Spike
Spy vs Spy Big Crunch
Spyhunter Standup
Stunt Car Racer DrSpike
Street Sports Basketball CapTVK
Strike Force Cobra Asmodean
Sundog CapTVK
Silkworm Standup
Supercars Sn00py
Sword of Aragon duke o'york
Syndicate Dr.Spike
The four crystals of Trazere Dale
Theatre Europe DrSpike
Tombstone City SCG
Turrican Dr.Spike !
Twilight 2000 CapTVK
War of the Lance CapTVK
Xenon 2 Buck Birdseed
Yie Ar Kung Fu Spaced Cowboy
Zool child of Thor
1942 Dr.Spike

Score so far (after thread 5):

DrSpike 22
CapTVK 15
Buck Birdseed 13
Child of Thor 10
ADG 8
Spaced Cowboy 8
Duke o York 6
Frustrated Poet 5
Kropotkin 4
Static Universe 4
Dale 4
Asmodean 3
SCG 3
Standup 3
Ghengis Farb 3
Ljcvetko 2
Sn00py 2
CygnusZ 1
MrBaggins 1
Tuberski 1
Big Crunch 1
Drogue 1
Guynemer 1
Standup 1
Vlad Antlerkov 1
Zarga X 1

	16-04-2004 16:18									#2
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Old thread:

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthre...threadid=109430

	16-04-2004 16:26									#3
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New game, clue 1:

Futuristic shooter.

	16-04-2004 16:53									#4
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Xenon 2

Cheeky sod Spikey!
I reckon that shotgunning's all right as long as you've only got one serious answer, and it saves on spamming the thread. I don't like it when you're trying to guess a game and although you've guessed Rick Dangerous, it's the nigh-identical Rick Dangerous 2 and all the clues could have pointed to either. You don't win, and can't guess again until your first guess has been called wrong, while another player can just sneak in and benefit from your expertise in slightly old games.

	16-04-2004 17:22									#5
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No to your guess.

Btw shotgunning RD and RD2 would probably be ok. In the past we haven't let the person who comes along second nick the correct answer, unless the specific number was wanted by the person setting the game. In that case you should just make sure you get the right one, and the clues should differentiate.

It's posting more than 1 possible guess that's against the rules. Don't deny you do it, because the evidence is there for all to see.

	16-04-2004 17:25									#6
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Project X?

and duke, dont worry about it too much - if your in the 'zone' and the force is flowing you'll get it right

hmmm maybe i should guess Xenon? [not my guess]

	16-04-2004 17:46									#7
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With no actually basis for a guess, I'll just say:

Thexader (or however it was spelled...)

	16-04-2004 17:46									#8
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Robocop?

Sim Earth?

	16-04-2004 17:55									#9
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Xenon it is, over to you CoT.

Hehe only pulling your leg DoY.

Another clue later.

	16-04-2004 18:19									#10
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Asteroids

	16-04-2004 18:31									#11
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Clue 2: It's a much more recent game than these guesses; it was released towards the end of the allowed period.

	16-04-2004 18:37									#12
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Halo

	16-04-2004 18:43									#13
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I feel a bit about the 1997 thing, as i snuck it in without consulting ADG, or anyone else actually!

Wing Commander?

	16-04-2004 18:48									#14
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No.

Also I think up to the end of 1997 is a good cutoff point.

	16-04-2004 19:17									#15
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If this is Syndicate yet again then there will be big trouble!

Frontier? (not just a shooter, but a bit of everything nonetheless)

	16-04-2004 19:55									#16
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Stargunner

	16-04-2004 19:59									#17
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quote: Originally posted by child of Thor I feel a bit about the 1997 thing, as i snuck it in without consulting ADG, or anyone else actually!

Don't worry about me... it seems like 'other posters' has taken control over this game a long time ago anyway

But I support the new timeline

	16-04-2004 20:00									#18
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Futuristic shooter?

My guess is: Unreal Tournament

	16-04-2004 20:04									#19
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Silpheed? No... that's too early I guess...

	16-04-2004 21:51									#20
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Quake 2

	16-04-2004 22:13									#21
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All no. New clue early this evening GMT.

	16-04-2004 23:17									#22
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Clue 3:

The game had a third person perspective, combining an FPS feel whilst still containing a hint of the 2d Duke Nukem style gameplay. A curious hybrid.

	16-04-2004 23:20									#23
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Jedi Knight?

	16-04-2004 23:21									#24
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Doom?

	16-04-2004 23:28									#25
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Both those are FPS.

	17-04-2004 00:15									#26
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Tomb Raider? Not very FPS but...

	17-04-2004 01:31									#27
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Oni? Shoot... I think that's too late...

	17-04-2004 01:39									#28
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quote: Originally posted by Buck Birdseed Tomb Raider? Not very FPS but...

The third person view was very similar to Tomb Raider's view.

Clue 4: Your enemies taunt you, but whip out your sniper rifle and shoot them, then follow the bullet with your camera to get a close up view of the result.

	17-04-2004 01:41									#29
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Max Payne? Don't know about the bullet part though...

	17-04-2004 01:43									#30
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Remember guys the end of 1997 is our latest time allowed.