Can you guess the game?

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

20 Screenshots and 5 audio clips. But can you guess the games?

Answers will be posted on Wednesday evening. If you want extra smug points try and guess the format as well as the game!

Go go go!

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chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

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chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

And finally 5 audio clips within a single mp3.

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I will post the answers on Wednesday evening (the 27th).

Good luck!

Malc74 · **Posted:** Sat Feb 23, 2013 3:49

I could probably guess about half of them, but that would rather spoil it for everyone else, so I'll do a couple and give others a turn.

12. Parasol Stars (a sneaky one, because it obviously looks a lot like Rainbow Islands at first glance.) As for format, I'm going to guess Amiga.
14. Night Shift, a rather quirky Lucasfilm platformy puzzly thing. Spectrum, obviously.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Malc74 wrote:

I could probably guess about half of them, but that would rather spoil it for everyone else, so I'll do a couple and give others a turn.

I've tried to make it fairly accessible. The only thing I've done is crop, rotate and zoom some of the images for added challenge.

There is also a good spread of formats in there. If people get the music formats I will be very impressed.

Hero of Excellence · **Joined:** 23rd Nov, 2008 **Posts:** 674

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3. Rescue on Fractalus, Atari 800 or C64.
4. Turrican or Turrican 2, Amiga.
5. Slightly Magic, Amiga.
6. Super Cars, Amiga.
8. Barbarian 2 (by Palace), CPC/GX4000.
13. Thrust, BBC Micro.
15. Switchblade, CPC/GX4000.
16. Pilotwings, Super NES.
20. The Time Machine, Amiga.

Achilles · **Joined:** 15th Nov, 2008 **Posts:** 484

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180
TLL
Commando
Cannon fodder?

Numbering them would have helped.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Sat Feb 23, 2013 8:09

ones not yet got:

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diggers,titus the fox

Derek The Halls · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3742

Haven't looked at other people's answers yet but I reckon I can get a few
Screenies

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Diggers
(Does look familiar but can't place it. I thought maybe Wild Bunch but looking it up doesn't seem to show it)
?
Turrican (Amiga or ST)
Slightly Magic
Supercars
I do recognise this darts game but can't tell you its name right now. 180? I recall that floating hand animation.Yes I'm saying 180. (amstrad)
Barbarian 2 (Amstrad)
Lotus Turbo Challenge? (amiga) (though I'd be hard pressed to find much difference between amiga screens and ST)
Outrun (C64)
Cannon Fodder
Parasol Stars
Thrust (bbc)
Nightshift (spectrum)
Switchblade (cpc)
?
Commando (CPC)
?
Mr Nutz
Time Machine

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

18 is in the c64. I'm screwed If I can remember the name though.

TheVision · **Posted:** Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:33

At first glance I had one of those "nggghhh... What game is that?" moments but then Malc told me it was Nightshift. I'll get my answers in later.

lasermink · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1883

My answers (without looking at anyone else's):

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2 Kane (Amstrad)
3 Rescue on Fractalus (Amstrad)
4 Turrican (Amiga)
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6 Super Cars (Amiga)
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8 Barbarian II (C64)
9 Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge (Amiga)
10 Out Run (C64)

11 Cannon Fodder (Amiga)
12 Parasol Stars (Amiga)
13 Thrust (C64)
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16 Pilotwings (SNES)
17 Commando (Atari 2600)
18 ATF (C64)
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20 Time Machine (Amiga)

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

My Guesses so far (i've not looked at anyone elses)

Post 1

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1. The Diggers / Amiga
2. The Legend of Kane / C64
3. Rescue of Fractulas (or Behind Jaggi Lines which was the other name it was released under) / Atari
4. Turrican (not sure of number) / Amiga
5. Slightly Magic / Amiga
6. Supercars / Amiga
7. 180 Darts / Amstrad
8. Barbarian II / Amstrad
9. Lotus Esprit / Amiga
10. Outrun / C64

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11. Cannon Fodder / Amiga
12. Parasol Stars / Amiga
13. Thrust / Amstrad
14. ?
15. Switchblade / Spectrum
16. Pilotwings / Snes
17. Commando / Atari VCS
18. ATF / C64
19. Titus the fox / Amiga
20. ?

I'm pretty confident with most of the answers (apart from the formats) so i'm missing 14 / 20 and i've not listened to the sound fx yet

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Cobracure wrote:

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180
TLL
Commando
Cannon fodder?

Numbering them would have helped.

Bollocks. Sorry. Meant to do that. It was very late when I finished doing them.

[edit: The picture filenames are numbered 1 to 20 though. So hopefully you'll see those below each picture]

Hero of Excellence · **Joined:** 23rd Nov, 2008 **Posts:** 674

Second go, after a bit of Google image detective work. Without looking at others' answers. I'm going with the assumption that all games that look like Amiga games are the Amiga versions rather than ST or Mega Drive ports.

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1. Diggers, Amiga 1200/CD32.
2. No idea, but it looks like a CPC game.
3. Rescue on Fractalus, CPC or Atari 400/800.
4. Turrican, Amiga.
5. Slightly Magic, Amiga.
6. Super Cars, Amiga.
7. World Darts, CPC.
8. Barbarian 2 (by Palace), CPC/GX4000.
9. Lotus Turbo Challenge 2, Amiga.
10. Outrun, C64.
11. Cannon Fodder, Amiga.
12. Parasol Stars, Amiga.
13. Thrust, BBC Micro. Could also be the Amstrad CPC conversion, both look identical.
14. Night Shift, Speccy.
15. Switchblade, CPC/GX4000.
16. Pilotwings, Super NES.
17. Commando. Going for VCS rather than the later 7800 version.
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19. Titus the Fox, Amiga.
20. The Time Machine, Amiga.

Chiptune 1 sounds like an Amiga game, chiptune 2 sounds like something played on the AY-3-8910 doorbell chime, chiptune 3 is level 1 of of Gradius, the arcade version, and chiptunes 4 and 5 sound like they are played on the C64's SID sound chip.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Sat Feb 23, 2013 16:35

My go.

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1. Diggers
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4. Turrican 2
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6. Supercars
7. 180
8. Barbarian II
9. Outrun
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11. Cannon Fodder
12. Parasol Stars
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15. Switchblade
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19. Titus the Fox
20.
21. ARGH! THis one's driving me mad. Heard it so many times but can't place it.
22.
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25.

lasermink · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1883

Music:

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1. ?
2. ?
3. Gradius/Nemesis, don't know the format, but it sound great, better than the arcade version
4. ?
5. One Man and his Droid, C64 (One of my favorite chip tunes)

Joans · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8655

Music

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2 (and indeed 4) both sound very ocean/imagine 128k speccy, but I'm not sure what they are. I'll have a vaguely educated guess at saying 2 is either Rambo 3 or Operation Thunderbolt.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14417

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If the fifth music clip isn't one of the Monty Mole tune's I'll eat my hat. I don't think it's Monty on the Run but it sounds like Monty on the Run so I'm saying it's, um, Monty on the Run.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Sat Feb 23, 2013 20:20

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IS the first theme Supercars 2?

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Some interesting answers with the usual suspects doing very well indeed. Just some hints.

One format that people are guessing is a 16 bit is actually an 8 bit.

One game appears twice. And both games of a series make an appearance.

All formats are classic 8 bit or 16 bit computers or consoles. If something sounds better than the arcade then think of versions that were improved on for home versions.

There are TWO correct answers for the final piece of music as it was reused a few years later for something quite innovative.

Next time I will be making it harder.

YOG · **Posted:** Sat Feb 23, 2013 23:14

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The Gradius tune is from the PC Engine version.

lasermink · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1883

chinnyhill10 wrote:

One format that people are guessing is a 16 bit is actually an 8 bit.

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The only thing that occurs to me is that Parasol Stars could be the PC Engine version, but I thought that was a 16-bit machine.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

lasermink wrote:

.........PC Engine version, but I thought that was a 16-bit machine.

8 bit CPU with dual 16 bit GPU. In traditional terms, it's an 8 bit.

Derek The Halls · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3742

I don't recognise any of the music.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

I'll do the answers for this at 2pm so get those guesses in.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14417

My answers:

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1. Diggers (CD32)
2 ?
3 Rescue on Fractalus (Amstrad)
4 Turrican 2 (Amiga)
5 ?
6 Super Cars (Amiga)
7 180 (C64)
8 Barbarian II (C64)
9 Lotus Turbo 2 (Amiga)
10 Out Run (C64)

11 Cannon Fodder (Amiga)
12 Parasol Stars (Amiga)
13 Thrust (BBC)
14 Nightshift (Spectrum)
15 Switchblade (Amiga)
16 Pilotwings (SNES)
17 ?
18 Raid over Moscow?
19 Titus the Fox (Amiga)
20 ?

Music:

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4
5 Monty on the Run

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Feb 25, 2013 13:58

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1.
2. Kane - C64
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4. Turrican - ?
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6. Test Drive - ?
7. Bullseye
8. Barbarian 2
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10. Outrun - C64
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12. Parasol Stars
...Gave up

Joans · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8655

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1. Diggers Cd32
4. Turrican
5. Slightly Magic
6. Supercars Atari ST
8. Barbarian 2
9. Lotus 2 Amiga
10. Out Run C64
12. Parasol Stars
13. Thrust
16. Pilotwings snes
17. Who Dares Wins
19. Titus the Fox

Curiosity · **Posted:** Mon Feb 25, 2013 14:08

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Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14417

Was it Monty on the Run then, Chinny?

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Sorry, had to pop out. Here are the answers:

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Diggers - Amiga
Kane - CPC
Rescue On Fractalus! - Atari XL
Turrican 2 - Amiga
Slightly Magic - Amiga
Supercars - Amiga
180 - CPC
Barbarian 2 - CPC
Lotus 2 - Amiga
Outrun - C64
Cannon Fodder - Amiga
Parasol Stars - PC Engine
Thrust - BBC Micro
Nightshift - Spectrum
Switchblade - CPC/GX4000
Pilotwings - SNES
Commando - Atari 2600
TFL - C64
Titus The Fox - Amiga
Time Machine - Amiga

Music

Supercars 2 - Amiga
Total Recall - Spectrum (CPC tune is the same)
Gradius - PC Engine
Switchblade - CPC/GX4000. (Speccy may have used the same tune)
One Man And His Droid - C64 (Invaderload also acceptable as they reused the tune for that)

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14417

Was the picture of Diggers from the A1200 version then and not the CD32?

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14417

25/40 for me assuming I got Diggers right.

Nowt on the music.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Saturnalian wrote:

Was the picture of Diggers from the A1200 version then and not the CD32?

They're identical I think. I had the CD32 version and took the screenshot on my A1200. Don't think it even has CD music.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Mon Feb 25, 2013 16:56

chinnyhill10 wrote:

Saturnalian wrote:

Was the picture of Diggers from the A1200 version then and not the CD32?

They're identical I think. I had the CD32 version and took the screenshot on my A1200. Don't think it even has CD music.

It had oscar on the dosk instead.

Which was painfully bland.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Mr Dave wrote:

chinnyhill10 wrote:

Saturnalian wrote:

Was the picture of Diggers from the A1200 version then and not the CD32?

They're identical I think. I had the CD32 version and took the screenshot on my A1200. Don't think it even has CD music.

It had oscar on the dosk instead.

Which was painfully bland.

I tried to love that game. Some of the levels looked lovely and it had some great music. There's one level that goes underwater that looks simply gorgeous. But so so bland. The A1200 version is musicless and it really brings home that the game is just polish with no gameplay at all.

Morte · **Posted:** Mon Feb 25, 2013 18:32

Rescue On Fractalus!

So that was its name. I remember seeing that on one of the Johnny Ball programmes (Think of a Number possibly) and thinking it was the bestest looking game ever.

lasermink · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1883

Morte wrote:

Rescue On Fractalus!

So that was its name. I remember seeing that on one of the Johnny Ball programmes (Think of a Number possibly) and thinking it was the bestest looking game ever.

Very interesting early fractal technology. On the C64 the frame rate just was just too low to be fun. It was followed up by Koronis Rift and The Eidolon, though, which were both incredibly impressive.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Morte wrote:

Rescue On Fractalus!

So that was its name. I remember seeing that on one of the Johnny Ball programmes (Think of a Number possibly) and thinking it was the bestest looking game ever.

Yep, C64 version was quite slow:

I had it for the CPC (got it on budget). Wasn't a very well known CPC conversion but gave me some good fun. Can't remember what the frame rate was like though.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16639

I bloody loved that game. Played it on a mates computer or console but I can't remember which one, Atari XL maybe?

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

CPC version, not quick but not terrible - http://java.cpc-live.com/applet/cpc.php?game=rescue_on_fractalus

Reviews of Speccy version describe it as "flying through pages of teletext". I assume it has some graphics attribute issues then.

Hero of Excellence · **Joined:** 23rd Nov, 2008 **Posts:** 674

What still amazes me about the 8-bit era is how much and hoe far some programmers pushed hardware and the existing gameplay templates (genres, if you will). We haven't had that level of creativity and hardware manipulation since, we'll, apart from some notable exceptions in the dying days of the 16-bits.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Hero of Excellence wrote:

What still amazes me about the 8-bit era is how much and hoe far some programmers pushed hardware and the existing gameplay templates (genres, if you will). We haven't had that level of creativity and hardware manipulation since, we'll, apart from some notable exceptions in the dying days of the 16-bits.

They were finding their way. There was no definition of what a game should be and the hardware forced you to innovate. Games weren't designed by large committees and coded by 500 people.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

markg wrote:

I bloody loved that game. Played it on a mates computer or console but I can't remember which one, Atari XL maybe?

It came out on all major 8 bits, so it could be any.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

Its also one of the first games I remember to have a 'jump' moment

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As you went around you were destroying gun emplacements and landing to rescue other pilots , so for the first level or two thats fine , on the next level you land and see a pilot although instead of having a white head as he walks towards the ship , he has a green head - no bother , however instead of the normal knock on the airlock door you find he's actually an alien and he jumps up at the cockpit and starts to smash at it (you can put your shields on to vaporise him) but you *will* remember the first time it happens

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