26-06-2004 03:23									#481
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Or, going by the actavision trace, it could be Hacker or hacker 2.

If it's very hard to understand it's because it's midsummers eve here in Sweden, the number one drinking holidya weekend around here and I just poped in but happened to get stuck with this damn enigma!

	26-06-2004 03:36									#482
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midsummer! Gods - it doesn't really feel like ours has even started here yet

The activision thing is a good one i think(as Cap pretty much spelt it out for us as we are cr*p ). Something is ringing a small bell in my mind - but its too elusive so far........being in the right direction with 'valhalla' has also confused me a bit...........have a good midsummer celebration and drink lots of mead to the real gods

	26-06-2004 05:00									#483
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Well i give up and that's my excuse for having a google. I have to admit that its not a game i've heard of so i was never going to get it anyway

Good clues though (with hindsight of course)

	26-06-2004 14:12									#484
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Portal?

If I remember correctly, it was a choose your own adventure type game and had a computer called Homer in it.

	26-06-2004 23:06									#485
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quote: Originally posted by Dale Portal? If I remember correctly, it was a choose your own adventure type game and had a computer called Homer in it.

YES, well done Dale!

It is indeed Portal. It's sort of an early Interactive Novel. The story is about an astronaut who returns from an experimental testflight, 100 years after he left. On his return he finds the Earth completely void of human live. Everyone is gone and most machines and computers have been dormant for years. Eventually he finds a functioning dataconsole which contains a program called "Homer" an AI story teller. Together with Homer he tries to piece together what happened. We already know the end results but the answer lies somewhere in the history of the database and Homer helps you find it.


You can also discover Portal for yourself, it's still a fascinating story almost two decades later.

Portal: A Dataspace Retrieval

http://portal.stodge.org/


Full credits to Dave for finding the answer.

And now, class dismissed!

	26-06-2004 23:10									#486
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quote: Originally posted by Standup Well i give up and that's my excuse for having a google. I have to admit that its not a game i've heard of so i was never going to get it anyway Good clues though (with hindsight of course)

Very professional

	27-06-2004 00:55									#487
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link Cap

I wouldn't have guessed this game but i've been enjoying the reading at that link - sounds like my fav kind of sci-fi story.

And well done Dale - just got to come up with one now

	27-06-2004 01:22									#488
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And no rhyming!

	27-06-2004 02:52									#489
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Woohoo!

I'll have to post one tomorrow morning. Sadly don't have time today.

	27-06-2004 14:48									#490
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I'd call this cheating! You have to use games I've actually played!!!

	27-06-2004 14:49									#491
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... and yes, feel free to ask me first!

	28-06-2004 03:55									#492
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Kropotkin I hope this is to your liking.

Obviously, some parts blanked out to make it hard.

Clue 1:
Quote:
"Undeniably developer's most underrated game, title is a complex and faithful conversion of designers popular boardgame."

	28-06-2004 04:37									#493
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Axis and Allies?

	28-06-2004 05:40									#494
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DrSpike:

Oh come on. You wouldn't think it'd be that easy eh?

	28-06-2004 06:25									#495
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world in flames

	28-06-2004 07:36									#496
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Nope, not WiF.

Another clue coming your way soon.

	28-06-2004 10:17									#497
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BTW, for those wondering, I'm just copy/pasting a review for the game.

Clue 2: (Expands on the first clue)

Undeniably developers most underrated game, title is a complex and faithful PC conversion of designers popular boardgame.

As with developers other games, strong computer AI keeps the gameplay fresh and interesting even in the beer-and-pretzel design (a normal game here lasts 8-10 hours).

In addition to conventional decisions found in other genre games, title features a unique and challenging stock market model that truly is the best I have seen in games of this type (and, being a Finance person with a passion for genre, I've seen quite a lot).

	28-06-2004 13:38									#498
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Only stock market model I can think of is Railroad Tycoon 2, which doesn't seem to fit all the clues. I'll plump for it anyway though.

	28-06-2004 13:39									#499
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quote: Originally posted by Dale DrSpike: Oh come on. You wouldn't think it'd be that easy eh?

You never know...........I got one of Duke's in about 14 seconds.

	28-06-2004 13:45									#500
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Gazillionaire ?

That can hardly have been a board game, can it?

	28-06-2004 14:44									#501
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No and no. Though I will say one of the last two guesses is on the right track.

DrSpike:

The only game I've done clues for that was really easy was Pitstop, and then only because I had 3 hours before I left for Thailand. Other than that, all mine have been hard.

	28-06-2004 15:21									#502
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Billionaire?

	28-06-2004 18:04									#503
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Duke, he said, "on the right 'track.'"

Rails Across Amercia?

	28-06-2004 18:14									#504
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A-train?

	28-06-2004 18:47									#505
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I think we all know that the game with the most intricate Stock Market model is the Game of Life.

	28-06-2004 18:56									#506
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Avalon Hill made the 1830 boardgame, and I hope that there was a computer conversion of it.

	28-06-2004 19:43									#507
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Nick Leeson simulator?

	28-06-2004 22:09									#508
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quote: Originally posted by Dale BTW, for those wondering, I'm just copy/pasting a review for the game. Clue 2: (Expands on the first clue) Undeniably developers most underrated game, title is a complex and faithful PC conversion of designers popular boardgame. As with developers other games, strong computer AI keeps the gameplay fresh and interesting even in the beer-and-pretzel design (a normal game here lasts 8-10 hours). In addition to conventional decisions found in other genre games, title features a unique and challenging stock market model that truly is the best I have seen in games of this type (and, being a Finance person with a passion for genre, I've seen quite a lot).

I remember reading this review of the game - damned thing wont come to me just now, but the pressure is on the rest of you

	28-06-2004 22:44									#509
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quote: Originally posted by duke o' york Avalon Hill made the 1830 boardgame, and I hope that there was a computer conversion of it.

1830? That sounds about right. I know one of the developers.

	28-06-2004 23:20									#510
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