Guess That Game!

[Edmond Dantes]

So here's how it works: Post gives a description and you have to identify the game (or series) it matches.

So, let's get the ball rolling:

#1 - Killed a zombie got a torch, killed a demon got a dagger, killed a ghoul and got the holy shield and now I'm running around in my underwear about to die.

#2 - Damn that flying jellyfish, I'm only trying to swim the floating river to get an orb of a DNA helix creature, QUIT GRABBING ME!

#3 - Sometimes I wonder how old arcade stars survive without me and my trusty slingshot... tho sometimes they don't survive anyway because I'm the one killing them.

(All the games I named are from either the 8- or 16-Bit era)

If you want to add your own games for people to guess, a few guidelines:

First, don't be too clinical. Make the description whimsical but accurate. "Its a game where a plumber grows big with mushrooms" isn't fun enough, but saying "a shroom addict crushes his enemies beneath his feet and sends his nemesis to a boiling death" is more fun.

Second, try not to use proper names since those are often dead giveaways.

That's all I've got for now. I'll be back later!

[celerystalker]

Tricky. #1 is Ghosts 'n Goblins, though...

[Scissors]

#2 - Ecco the Dolphin?

[Cornelius]

Is #3 a Bart Simpson game? I haven't played them, but that's all that comes to mind for slingshots.

[RP2A03]

#2 - Ecco the Dolphin?

I have no doubt that you are correct.


I will give 10,000 Meseta to the first person to correctly guess mine. An old man climbs a bunch of ladders while dodging falling octopus, eggs and other shit (sometimes literal shit) to reach a pretty young girl.

[Edmond Dantes]

No, #3 is not a Simpsons game, but you're actually on the right track... the main character IS yellow.

(#1 and #2 have been guessed correctly--specifically #2 is Ecco the Tides of Time, but like I said having the correct franchise counts as well)

[Niku-Sama]

THE character suggests to me that its not toejam and/or earl...

[celerystalker]

No, #3 is not a Simpsons game, but you're actually on the right track... the main character IS yellow.

(#1 and #2 have been guessed correctly--specifically #2 is Ecco the Tides of Time, but like I said having the correct franchise counts as well)

I'm starting to think #3 is Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures.

RP2A03... That's sounding like a lot of Kong clones to think through... my knee jerk reaction was Imagic's Beauty and the Beast, but I don't recall falling octopi.

[jb143]

#3 Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures?

[jb143]

I'm starting to think #3 is Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures.

Beat me to it by what? Like 10 seconds?

[celerystalker]

Beat me to it by what? Like 10 seconds?

Heh, that was freaking close!

[jb143]

I was too busy looking at gameplay videos and the wikipedia article to verify...


The player instead takes the role of an observer, and, instead of directly interacting with the world by a standard click interface, is armed with a slingshot that can be used to indirectly affect or strike objects in the world, including Pac-Man himself.

Matches the given clue perfectly.

[RP2A03]

RP2A03... That's sounding like a lot of Kong clones to think through... my knee jerk reaction was Imagic's Beauty and the Beast, but I don't recall falling octopi.

Nope. No hairy apes in this one.

[Edmond Dantes]

Yep. #3 is definitely Pac-Man 2: the New Adventures, one of the most underrated games out there.

I have no idea what RP2A03's game is.

Anyway, here's a few more from me:

#4 - I always wondered why the ship can only take one hit but these attached tentacles (which must be made of the same material) are basically invincible and can even block shots. They're good against eyeballs though.

#5 - Never Forget Me. The Moon is Your Friend. W-E-E-B-L-E F-A-L-L-S D-O-W-N

#6 - Somehow this suit can use its occupant to swing around and yet he survives despite that its apparently the suit that depends on said occupant rather than the other way around. Probably best if you don't take it seriously. The creators clearly didn't.

[celerystalker]

#6-Earthworm Jim

[Edmond Dantes]

Yup, its EWJ.

And seriously its whack how Jim himself is used as a tool and weapon despite it being the suit that's supposed to be the source of his power.

I'll give you all a hint for the other two since they seem to have stumped people:

#4 didn't get a home console release until much later, in a two-game set only released in Japan for the Saturn and Playstation... both being incredibly 'spensive.

#5 never got any sort of home console release at all. It's arcade-only.

[Cloud121]

Number 4 would be the Capcom Dungeon and Dragons arcade games.

[celerystalker]

Number 4 would be the Capcom Dungeon and Dragons arcade games.

Nah. Only arcade game with tentacles mounted to a ship I can think of is X-Multiply.

#5 made me look through my shit. It did get a PS2 release in Japan on the Oretachi Game Center line. Trio the Punch, right?

[Edmond Dantes]

Celerystalker is good at this. Yes #4 is X-Multiply and #5 is Trio the Punch (I didn't know about the PS2 release).

I kinda wondered how Dungeons and Dragons fits #4 at all until I realized Cloud must've thought I was describing a Beholder.

AND NOW FOR THREE MORE!

#7 is also not Dungeons and Dragons, but it IS by Capcom and involves a fantasy setting and rolling dice.... and characters who somehow know about Earth things like sports, TV shows, famous authors...

#8 is probably the only game ever made where you find out what time period you're in by glancing up at the status bar. Said bar gives a game title rather than a year, because its that kind of game.

#9 is a game that never existed and yet was somehow still responsible for the events in the game #8 refers to.

EDIT: It seems people forgot the "guessing the franchise is good enough" rule anyway but in case you haven't, for those last two it only counts if you name the exact game.

[celerystalker]

#7 is Quiz & Dragons. There's a fun alternate version on Capcom Classics 2 that's all about Capcom video games.

I'll have to give the other two some thought. At first, I thought Time Soldiers, as it does tell you your time period on the status bar, but #9 negates that, so back to bed and letting it ruminate.

[jb143]

#8 Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers
#9 Space Quest XII: Vohaul's Revenge II

[celerystalker]

#8 Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers
#9 Space Quest XII: Vohaul's Revenge II

Nice! Classic PC gaming is a massive blind spot for me.

[Edmond Dantes]

Celerystalker - your guess is correct for Quiz and Dragons... so how exactly do you get that alternate version? I played it on CCC Volume 2 (PS2 version) and it was general trivia.

jb142 - You've got #8 correct but not #9. Think about what you learn in the sewers, and what floppy disk Roger actually acquires later in the game.

[jb143]

Then the only other option would be Space Quest X: Latex Babes of Estros

I just assumed XII because that's where IV starts out.

[celerystalker]

Celerystalker - your guess is correct for Quiz and Dragons... so how exactly do you get that alternate version? I played it on CCC Volume 2 (PS2 version) and it was general trivia.

jb142 - You've got #8 correct but not #9. Think about what you learn in the sewers, and what floppy disk Roger actually acquires later in the game.

It's in the Extras menu. I don't believe it had to be unlocked, but I'll slap it in when I get a chance and confirm.

Edit:

Yep, on the main menu, highlight "Extras." You'll see that if you press circle, it will launch "Capcom Quiz," which is a modified version of Quiz & Dragonz that replaces the original question set with all new questions about Capcom video games, their designers, etc.

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[Edmond Dantes]

Then the only other option would be Space Quest X: Latex Babes of Estros

I just assumed XII because that's where IV starts out.

Umm.... we seem to be having some communication difficulties here.

It's not a time period you visit--those themselves exist only because this game's floppies were found, according to this hologram dude in the sewer. And again, you get this game's disk as an in-game item. You don't ever get an SQ disk in-game, but you do get a game from ANOTHER Sierra franchise.

[jb143]

Derp...It's Leisure Suit Larry 4 (wasn't there multiple subtitles?)..haha

The clue completely threw me off since the events in XII ARE what started the game. But you're right, Leisure Suit Larry 4 is the obvious answer.

[Edmond Dantes]

Sometimes LSL4 is given the subtitle "The Missing Floppies."

I do love how that game became such an in-joke at Sierra to the point where even boxed collections of the LSL games joke about it.

"People demanded that we never make an LSL4... so we skipped it and made part five instead!"

Okay, so.... after this round I'll let someone else come up with the clues.

#10 - Interesting how this green-suited dude looks just like that blue dude and that yellow dude, but enough with his cryptic statements, let's just fight already!

#11 - One of those lapses of Game Logic you just have to accept: That this spaceship can take multiple hits during the first-person space battle-and-exploration segments but dies in one hit during the side-scrolling shmup segments! (Since there might be mutliple games like this, I'm gonna narrow it down by saying its an NES game).

#12 - Interesting how the guy with "Ax" in his name... uses a sword. Maybe they meant to give his name to the dwarf?

Gonna do an extra so the next guy won't have to begin on an unlucky number:

#13 - Really, don't bump into those stone things if you don't want a giant dog head to kill you. Also staying out late isn't good not because you get tired, but because sometimes a constellation randomly decides to kick your ass.

Also we never figured out what RP2A03's game was...

[celerystalker]

#11 Destination Earthstar

#12 Golden Axe

#13 Drakkhen

[Edmond Dantes]

Okay, honestly surprised I'm not the only person who has played Destination Earthstar.

Celerystalker got those three... so whoever gets #10 gets to come up with the next three clues!

[jperryss]

#10 Mortal Kombat (2 probably)?

[Edmond Dantes]

jperryss is correct! Your prize... you get to come up with the next questions!

[jperryss]

Ha! OK.

#14 - They say that fat floats in water. Well, after seeing plump main character of this game, I'd say that fat doesn't float, and neither do pooping birds, anthropomorphic turtles, or skating rockets.

#15 - I'm going as fast as I can but this other jerk is flipping and spinning all over the place and yet still beats me to the finish line. And that scrolling background sure is making me sick.

[Edmond Dantes]

Is #15 an installment in the Sonic the Hedgehog series? I recall Sonic CD having a race, tho you're supposed to win that one so I'm not sure it fits the "he always beats me" part of the clue.

[jperryss]

Nope, but amusingly enough there is a Sonic joke in the game.

[celerystalker]

Is #15 Uniracers?

[jperryss]

Is #15 Uniracers?

Yep! My hints kinda sucked.

[Edmond Dantes]

Aw crud I should've gotten that one since I've played a lot of Uniracers.

Trying to remember all the games with plump protagonists who don't float I've ever played. I was about to guess #14 was Yume Penguin Monogatari but in that water actually makes you fat and you do indeed float.

A good way to narrow it down is to say what generation/system its for if you feel inclined to give hints.

[jperryss]

It was released for only one console which was advertised as a 16-bit system, but could be considered 8-bit depending on how you define it. Also, the main character is a bird (but not a penguin).

[celerystalker]

Oh, shit. Splash Lake.

[jperryss]

Oh, shit. Splash Lake.

And we have a winner! Can't find an image of the pooping bird unfortunately.

[Edmond Dantes]

....... not gonna continue the game by posting more? Fine, I'll do it.

Note though, lately I've been having storms in my area that keep me offline for random periods of time so don't be surprised if I don't confirm an answer for a few days.

Anyway:

#16 - Can anyone tell me why these weapons keep disappearing after I kill the guys I cribbed them from to begin with? This whip would really be useful against that purple haired guy I'll meet after climbing all these ladders. By the way, WHOEVER PUT THAT WALL WITH THE RANDOM BRICKS SHOOTING OUT AT YOU SHOULD DIE.

#17 - While some levels require us to shoot up up or down down, we mostly shoot left right left right hoping to at least Be A Start of an offensive against this alien menace.

#18 - Part of my game's title contains what sounds like just bragging but is something I literally do. I'm so cool!

#19 - You can't turn this set of three sideways, you can only change their order in hopes of making a matching set with others that came before.

#20 - Fun fact about this game: Most people don't know that it was actually a sequel to an arcade game, and that one of the playable characters was actually the main villain of said arcade game. The other playable character was the star of the original arcade and is one of the unsung female protagonists of gaming.

[celerystalker]

#16 Double Dragon
#17 Contra
#19 Columns
#20 Pocky & Rocky?

[kupomogli]

#18. Cool Spot? I don't know if it's correct, Cool Spot is the characters name. The only thing I can actually think of though.

These questions sound a lot like crossword puzzles, I may know the answer, but some of them are too cryptic to be able to know what the person is thinking of./

[celerystalker]

#18 Cool Boarders maybe? Radical Bikers?

[goldenband]

#18 - Awesome Possum?

[Edmond Dantes]

#16 Double Dragon
#17 Contra
#19 Columns
#20 Pocky & Rocky?

Yup, all of those are correct!


#18 - Awesome Possum?

Exactly! The full name is Awesome Possum Kicks Dr Machino's Butt... and according to video's I've seen, each level ends with an animation where he literally kicks Dr. Machino's butt and sends him flying cartoonishly.

@kupomogli -- I can't make these too easy. Well, okay, maybe they could stand to be slightly easier.

My brain is fried right now due to IRL stuff, so....

Celerystalker, you can come up with questions 21, 22 and 23, Goldenband, you can have 24, 25, and 26. (You don't have to wait for celery to post his before posting yours, unless you want to).

[celerystalker]

#21: People would call me a good Zelda clone if I wasn't so fruity.

#22: This NES game claims to be the greatest game on earth. Says so right on the cover.

#23: Time to take down a dicktator and free up some oil.

[RP2A03]

Is #23 Operation Secret Storm?

[celerystalker]

Is #23 Operation Secret Storm?

Yup. Always like how they spelled it "dicktator" on the cover.

[RP2A03]

Yup. Always like how they spelled it "dicktator" on the cover.

No doubt that was deliberate. Incidently, all I can find of the box is a low resolution scan and a few photographs that were obviously intended for ants.

[WulfeLuer]

Is #21 StarTropics? and #22 Circus Caper?

[jb143]

#21 Spiritual Warfare???

[celerystalker]

21 was Spiritual Warfare, 22 was in fact Circus Caper

[jb143]

I was thinking Circus Caper but it wasn't on the cover of the box (I didn't think to look at the game label) so then I wasted time looking at box scans for Hockey and other sports games.LOL

[Edmond Dantes]

Just to give Goldenband more time, here's BONUS ROUND!

#BR1 - You got that scar from an epic battle? Hope you learned to stop picking your nose. Oh, and despite the title, you actually never learn any secrets.

[goldenband]

Just to give Goldenband more time, here's BONUS ROUND!

Hey, thanks! I've been traveling so I missed your reply & this post until now. I had one question ready to go, but will try to come up with 2 additional ones shortly.

[goldenband]

#24. I'm getting hot flashes -- or at least, I'm turning red -- and having trouble with my balls. Time for a drink. (Hey, Tommy, you're still in the news!)

#25. Apple, you've got it (and I'm not talking about the iPhone). But wait, you want me to do this 22 times from scratch? Oh dear! At least I can bring a friend, or even just back out completely.

#26. 300 hours is a long time and I may not live up to your expectations. I'm already seeing red, so please, tell me your name soon or I'll go crazy!

[Edmond Dantes]

I'm noticing the color red seems to be a theme with your hints. Having trouble placing those games myself... and it looks like many people are stumped lately too.

Now for my Bonus Round I'm kinda surprised... I mean its a game one of our members even had an avatar from. But here's a HINT FOR THE BONUS ROUND:

"I'm Bobbin. Are you my mother?"

[WulfeLuer]

I dunno, BR1 is probably Secret of Monkey Island. I'm utterly lost on the "main 3" though.

[Edmond Dantes]

Wulfe got the Bonus Round! His prize: a thousand cookies!

I'm at a loss on Goldenband's as well. Just one question: What system/platform were those games on? That by itself might be enough to narrow it down.

[goldenband]

I'm at a loss on Goldenband's as well. Just one question: What system/platform were those games on? That by itself might be enough to narrow it down.

#24 is on the Dreamcast, #25 on the TurboGrafx-16, #26 on the Genesis. All are reasonably well-known games (#24 is very well-known, I'd say -- arguably the best-known game in its genre).

[jb143]

#25 Double Dungeons

The other 2 (plus the one by RP2A03 on the first page) have me stumped.

[goldenband]

#25 Double Dungeons

Correct!


The other 2 (plus the one by RP2A03 on the first page) have me stumped.

Edmond Dantes noticed a color theme in my clues, and it's a big hint for one of those two games.

[WulfeLuer]

Red, Genesis. Please tell me one isn't Sword of Vermillion.

[RP2A03]

I'm going to take a guess here and say #24 is Shenmue.

[goldenband]

Red, Genesis. Please tell me one isn't Sword of Vermillion.
I...can't do that, because #26 is indeed Sword of Vermilion. Advertisements for the game offered 300 hours of gameplay (ha!); obviously, it's got red pigment in the name; and if you leave the game sitting on the name entry screen, the music goes crazy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaXsqKHnzxg).


I'm going to take a guess here and say #24 is Shenmue.
Not Shenmue, no. Hint: there's a character named Tommy in this game.

[jperryss]

I...can't do that, because #26 is indeed Sword of Vermilion. Advertisements for the game offered 300 hours of gameplay (ha!); obviously, it's got red pigment in the name; and if you leave the game sitting on the name entry screen, the music goes crazy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaXsqKHnzxg).

10 hours of gameplay, 290 hours being lost in the stupid woods? Sounds about right.

[Edmond Dantes]

#24 still hasn't been answered then. I wish I had more experience with Dreamcast games, but it featuring someone named Tommy who is "still in the news" makes me think its Sports related somehow.

[celerystalker]

Virtua Tennis?

[WulfeLuer]

I've been desperately thrashing about; The only Dreamcast game I actually know a bit about is Soul Calibur. "Arguably the best-known in its genre" makes me think of Marvel Vs Capcom. It's like the only game I know of that brings the fighting game nerds, the comic book nerds, and sundry other nerds together to bask in the glories of the Dork Side...by smacking buttons and screaming like maniacs at the screen.

[goldenband]

Virtua Tennis?

Yes! In Virtua Tennis, when you go too long without buying a stamina-refreshing sports drink, your character starts flashing red on the status screen and can no longer hit balls with any power. And one of the playable characters is Tommy Haas, who was in the news last week for beating Roger Federer on grass -- at the age of 39 (!).

[jb143]

I can get the next round...

#27 - Skipping is cool, but leaving those 7 polite servants behind to rot is not. Maybe when you start a new quest you won't be in such a hurry this time.

#28 - I don't remember rafting down a river in the movie. I guess it was in the book. Now if only I could stop getting spit at.

#29 - This is supposed to be a detective game about solving a kidnapping case, but all you get to do is beat up the bad guys. Who needs sleuthing skills when you've got fists, wrenches, pipes, or whatever else you can pick up off the ground.

[goldenband]

#29 makes me think of Who Framed Roger Rabbit? for NES.

[WulfeLuer]

#29 sounds like Dick Tracy