15-01-2005 16:08									#121
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Btw should point out that Cap is probably right.

	15-01-2005 16:30									#122
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Sorry for the delay - was watching the Cassini news brief on nasa-tv

As for the guesses - nope not yet, although some are in the right area, one in particular

Clue2:

This was a sequel which came out in 1996 on the PC.

	15-01-2005 16:42									#123
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Sim City?

	15-01-2005 16:57									#124
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Clue3:

In japanese.......with the english version not getting an official release apparantly, not sure about that last part though, although thats what i've read?

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	15-01-2005 21:47									#125
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Buck Birdseed got it already then, it is Princess Maker, or specifically Princess Maker 2.

This game is now up to its 4th edition in Japanese, Chinese, and Korean.

	16-01-2005 20:05									#126
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I should have written Princess Maker 2 straight away, what with it being the only english-language one. Do I still get it or is Smiley the winner?

	16-01-2005 20:26									#127
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Depends on how nice the game setter is feeling, and whether Smiley googled it.

	17-01-2005 01:16									#128
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I'll give it to Birdseed, he got it with one clue while it took me to Clue #3 to figure out what it was.

By the way its a fairly entertaining game- though the US market probably wasn't ready in '96, the popularity of all things anime today would make this a big hit, perhaps in an MMORPG form. It's simple to play and games last about 3 to 6 hours (there's a fixed game length).

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	17-01-2005 02:19									#129
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Princes Maker2 !?

Pah, IŽll take Alter Ego over that one any day of the week. In that you were a person living a life, from birth to adulthood, to old age and finally death.

	17-01-2005 06:29									#130
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That game has no atmosphere though. Princess Maker on the other hand does things with 256 colors that I would not have thought were possible.

	17-01-2005 13:17									#131
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Actually I got Kick Off 2 last thread in a manner similar to the one you just got Princess Maker 2 in, so I'd feel a mite bad taking this. Well, okay, in that instance the clue that it was a sequel had appeared before the guess of "Kick Off", so I suppose whoever guessed that deserved it.

I'm prepared to take this if it's desired, but at least give Smiley joint credit!

	17-01-2005 13:39									#132
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Take it, I've got Galactic Overlord to run anyway.

	17-01-2005 15:01									#133
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Clue #1: This game borrows artwork, themes and characters from an entirely unrelated activity.

	17-01-2005 16:33									#134
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The incredible machine?

	17-01-2005 20:26									#135
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Clue #2: Each component part of the physical manifestation of that other activity translates into a subsection of the game I have in mind. One of the subsections also contains that physical manifestation in its entirity, but without the accompanying actions/meanings.

(Yes, it's gonna be another of those "decipher the increasingly complex descriptions of some aspect of the game until someone gets it" clue sets. It's a pretty well-known game by all accounts, and unique enough to belie simple description.)

	18-01-2005 00:33									#136
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quote: Originally posted by Buck Birdseed Clue #2: Each component part of the physical manifestation of that other activity translates into a subsection of the game I have in mind. One of the subsections also contains that physical manifestation in its entirity, but without the accompanying actions/meanings.

	18-01-2005 01:05									#137
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quote: Originally posted by Buck Birdseed Clue #2: Each component part of the physical manifestation of that other activity translates into a subsection of the game I have in mind. One of the subsections also contains that physical manifestation in its entirity, but without the accompanying actions/meanings.

How bout some general clues like platform, etc?

	18-01-2005 05:31									#138
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The Incredible Cartoon (I think that's what the spinoff of the Incredible Machine was called?)

	18-01-2005 12:49									#139
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"Sid and Al's Incredible Cartoons" I believe. But no, that's not it.

Fine, I'll make every second clue "cryptic verbiage" and every other "normal". Which would make this one a "normal" clue.

Clue #3: This game was originally released for a minor platform (cue shouts of "boo" from zealots) and was still being converted to other platforms some five years later. Hardly a unique occurence, but with the exception of games like Tetris it wasn't common in 1992...

	18-01-2005 15:31									#140
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hmmm......minor platform.....the BBC micro? is it Sentinal?

and well done on Princess Maker(2)! more info on the game here at moby http://www.mobygames.com/game/sheet/p,2/gameId,165/ .
My gf got into it last year, and i was kinda impressed - as Smiley mentioned it really looks great for 256 colours. Of course i never played it myself [such a liar - like Spikey and his Sims! ] , but it looked like an intrigueing game

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	18-01-2005 15:48									#141
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Clue #4: The activity from which this games takes themes/characters etc. is generally considered a bit of a fraud.

	18-01-2005 21:20									#142
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Oh, so it must be about politics.

	18-01-2005 21:41									#143
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or banking/big buisness...... there have been many political + buisness type games from that period, cant think which ones have been updated many times though?

	19-01-2005 07:24									#144
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Mob Rule

	19-01-2005 11:35									#145
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Clue #5: The original platform of the game still exists, in modified form, today. It's still a crap platform for gaming.

	19-01-2005 15:46									#146
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you can't be talking about the gamecube can you?(so older nintendo consoles)
Sega died with the Dreamcast.
Atari with the ST.
C64 with the amiga.
Spectrum.......with the C5

nope i'm still confused


er Arknoid? with reference to the origonal 'Pong' game machine?

	19-01-2005 22:16									#147
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Minor platform might not necessarily be a console, could it have been the Mac?

	19-01-2005 23:10									#148
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Oregon Trail?

	20-01-2005 01:01									#149
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quote: Originally posted by child of Thor C64 with the amiga.

* DrSpike shoots CoT, twice.

	20-01-2005 14:32									#150
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Clue #6: The original activity's physical manifestation is a set of 78 similarly shaped objects, of which 22 carry fanciful names and special meanings. An activity loosely based on each such named object appears in the game I'm looking for.