Guess what game I am thinking of.

[runequester]

So this is like "20 questions" except you can ask more than 20.

I am thinking of an amiga game, that wasn't completely obscure. You ask questions, I answer those questions in a yes/no fashion. When you win, well, you are awesome and you can then start over with a game of your own

[runequester]

Did it involve a large purple talking mushroom that tasted a bit like yellow and lived in a wee cardboard box in a pink fluffy cloud  somewhere near the bottom of the sea near old Mr Shugartys house

so er, thats a negative

Are you just going to keep changing games whenever someone gets it right? So how do we know you arn't cheating?

To me this makes as much sense as playing eye spy with my little eyes in a moving car over a lengthy period of time.

Are you at least going to give us a clue in the form of a gut wenching riddle?

Bueh ?
That would make it very hard for the answers to be consistent wouldn't it ?


I'll toss out a hint. The title of the game involves tools and a promise of steady employment.

[runequester]

Drat... thought I had it there for a minute... (or perhaps that was one of my dreams !!!)

Hmm... Tools & steady employment... is this a C64 game by any chance ?

(sorry I should have said was this a C64 game as well...

Amiga and PC only.

[runequester]

Is it Axel's Magic Hammer?

Nope

[runequester]

The Settlers...

Good one but no.

Figured for every 2 "no" questions, I'll toss out a hint, obscure or obvious.

Its a futuristic game.

[runequester]

Is it The Surgeon?

Nope. For further help, see the above hint

or you guys might want to ask clarifying questions

[runequester]

Lots of good, creative suggestions suggestions but none of them.

Okay next hint: The people you control are all on foot. No vehicles in the game.

[runequester]

Is it a platform game?

It involves platforms occasionally, but no jumping.

[runequester]

it isn't foundation or lemmings

[runequester]

Not Speedball either.

Next hint:

The game involves land mines

[runequester]

Great minds think alike, but no, its not cannon fodder (that one involves vehicles at times)

[runequester]

Nope, nope and nope.

Summarizing the hints:

Steady employment
Tools
Platforms (but not jumped)
Land mines
On foot, not by vehicle

Next hint:

The perspective is NOT top down

[runequester]

Is it a puzzly game?

there are some puzzles but they arent the focus of the game

[runequester]

Is it mouse controlled?

Yes, though in multiplayer, you can use other control methods too (hey, two answers for one question here )

[runequester]

Hired Guns...

Hot damn, he won