06-05-2003 04:44									#61
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quote: Originally posted by CapTVK That's easy, SUNDOG!

About time somebody knew what I was talking about!!!!


You are correct ,sir.

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	06-05-2003 04:46									#62
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quote: Originally posted by DrSpike Ok for my game an all-time classic game, which I played on the Spectrum. A clumsy wizard once misplaced a powerful tome, and now the land has plunged into everlasting gloom. You must enter a castle where it is suspected to have ended up, and seek it out to end the plight of the land. More later after a few guesses.

You call the Atari ST obscure?

What the hell is the Spectrum?

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	06-05-2003 05:48									#63
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I suspect the amount of Spectrum owners vastly outweighs the amount of Atari ST owners.

	06-05-2003 06:19									#64
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quote: Originally posted by DrSpike I suspect the amount of Spectrum owners vastly outweighs the amount of Atari ST owners.

What is a Spectrum?

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	06-05-2003 12:22									#65
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It something to do with refracting light into different colours, I think?

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	06-05-2003 15:58									#66
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If no one here owned a Spectrum I'll do a new game.

	06-05-2003 16:03									#67
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I owned a Speccy.

I'm not sure I know the game, though. A Dizzy game, maybe?

	06-05-2003 16:14									#68
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No much older.........it was THE game around 1985. It cost £9.95, which was a princely sum to a 7 year old, but the gameplay was head and shoulders above 95% of games at the time.

More clues: You are armed with a sword. Guards patrol the castle in which the powerful tome is located, and although they can be killed their helmet remains on the ground and they come back to life when you reenter the room!

Also guarding the castle are ogres (very tough) and the nigh indestructible ghosts, which you must locate items hidden around the castle in order to deal with.

	06-05-2003 16:30									#69
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Sorry, I don't think I ever played this game. '85 was a few years before my time.

	06-05-2003 16:38									#70
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Are you calling me old?

	06-05-2003 17:12									#71
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I'm calling myself young.

	06-05-2003 17:53									#72
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quote: Originally posted by DrSpike Ok for my game an all-time classic game, which I played on the Spectrum. A clumsy wizard once misplaced a powerful tome, and now the land has plunged into everlasting gloom. You must enter a castle where it is suspected to have ended up, and seek it out to end the plight of the land. More later after a few guesses.

I'm guessing 'Sabre Wulf' by ocean i think(or Imagine).

I had an american 8bit at the time and really wanted to play this game.

	06-05-2003 17:57									#73
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quote: Originally posted by child of Thor I'm guessing 'Sabre Wulf' by ocean i think(or Imagine). I had an american 8bit at the time and really wanted to play this game.

No, right era though.........but the game I am thinking of was much more advanced in terms of gameplay.

	06-05-2003 18:23									#74
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I guess 'Attic Attack'?

	06-05-2003 18:49									#75
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Again right era but no. Come on, these are just shots in the dark!

Anyone who owned a speccy in their heyday would get it immediately from that description.........I'll give it a few hours to see if anyone pops in, then I'll post a screenshot.

	06-05-2003 19:03									#76
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'Knight Lore'?
In my defence i'll say they are more like shots into murky twilight rather than true darkness(thanks for bearing with a non-speccy owner!)
I'll make this my last guess as i've run out of ideas.....unless it was a 'Horrace goes....' game.

	06-05-2003 19:38									#77
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No, and please stop it............you are ruining potential future choices of games!!

	06-05-2003 21:14									#78
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quote: Originally posted by DrSpike No much older.........it was THE game around 1985. It cost £9.95, which was a princely sum to a 7 year old, but the gameplay was head and shoulders above 95% of games at the time. More clues: You are armed with a sword. Guards patrol the castle in which the powerful tome is located, and although they can be killed their helmet remains on the ground and they come back to life when you reenter the room! Also guarding the castle are ogres (very tough) and the nigh indestructible ghosts, which you must locate items hidden around the castle in order to deal with.

Ding Ding Ding! That would be FAIRLIGHT.

There's even a remake floating around somewhere. But the original owner Edge didn't approve so it was scrapped.

	06-05-2003 22:06									#79
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Cap is correct!

New game please Cap.

	06-05-2003 23:01									#80
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Well including Tuberski that would actually make two games to guess. Here's the first:


This game by any other name should be 'hide and seek'
Because every time the observer takes a peek
His mighty gaze will be looking over your shoulder
And he might even turn you into a boulder....

	07-05-2003 00:43									#81
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Sentinel.

	07-05-2003 00:49									#82
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Us old bastards are hogging the game now, so for my next game I'll do a more recent one.

Platform: Amiga, although it appeared on other platforms as well I think.

What happens if you 'borrow' plots from The Running Man, The Lawnmower Man, Total Recall, They Live and Blade Runner and mix them together? You create the plot of this game. You take the role of a young scientist who, by inventing a pair of glasses which can read molecular density, discovers that aliens have infiltrated society. Once the aliens realise this, they kidnap you and drop you on their planet with a blank mind. This is the definitive platform adventure.

One of my all-time favourite games.

	07-05-2003 01:10									#83
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quote: Originally posted by DrSpike Sentinel.

Correct! I shall try a more obscure game for my 2nd attempt.

I already know what game Drspike's referring to now but I'll be modest and let the others have a go first.

	07-05-2003 01:14									#84
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quote: Originally posted by DrSpike Sentinel.

P.S Extra gaming trivia bonus points if you know what Geoff Crammond's "Ultimate challenge" in the Sentinel is.

	07-05-2003 01:48									#85
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quote: Originally posted by DrSpike Us old bastards are hogging the game now, so for my next game I'll do a more recent one. Platform: Amiga, although it appeared on other platforms as well I think. What happens if you 'borrow' plots from The Running Man, The Lawnmower Man, Total Recall, They Live and Blade Runner and mix them together? You create the plot of this game. You take the role of a young scientist who, by inventing a pair of glasses which can read molecular density, discovers that aliens have infiltrated society. Once the aliens realise this, they kidnap you and drop you on their planet with a blank mind. This is the definitive platform adventure. One of my all-time favourite games.

Flashback!
I really hope i got it right this time!

	07-05-2003 01:49									#86
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quote: Originally posted by child of Thor Flashback! I really hope i got it right this time!

Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner!

	07-05-2003 01:50									#87
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quote: Originally posted by DrSpike Platform: Amiga, although it appeared on other platforms as well I think. What happens if you 'borrow' plots from The Running Man, The Lawnmower Man, Total Recall, They Live and Blade Runner and mix them together? You create the plot of this game. You take the role of a young scientist who, by inventing a pair of glasses which can read molecular density, discovers that aliens have infiltrated society. Once the aliens realise this, they kidnap you and drop you on their planet with a blank mind. This is the definitive platform adventure.

Flashback.

	07-05-2003 01:50									#88
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Godammit!!!!!!

I got the right answer but was beaten by the cross-post!

	07-05-2003 02:06									#89
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FrustratedPoet(in ref to the post that isn't here anymore!) i think you were thinking of Anotherworld, another good game on the amiga(very hard i seem to remember).

Ok i'll give it a go. I have a dilema though, i could choose a modern game and the clue would most likely include 'was rushed out unfinished for Xmas...' or i could choose an older game and maybe no-one will get it for a while.......

here you are then

EDIT: sorry that was too hard i think!

ok again...

You were an insect and had to shoot other insects, beatles,bugs etc

Last edited by child of Thor on 07-05-2003 at 02:16

	07-05-2003 03:07									#90
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Well done to all who got my last one.......maybe it was too easy....back to the harder games next time.

Is the new one Centipede?