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Re: Guess what game I am thinking of.
« on: January 27, 2011, 07:27:01 AM »
Nebulus?

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Re: Guess what game I am thinking of.
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2011, 07:42:11 AM »
I was thinking Frogger until you said travelling by vehicles. Also, although you lose a life in Frogger if you fall in the water, I never really understood why since frogs are amphibious!

Ok, so is the main character a toad?

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Re: Guess what game I am thinking of.
« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2011, 09:07:05 AM »
Toado?
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Re: Guess what game I am thinking of.
« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2011, 09:12:35 AM »
I did actually think of Toado as soon as you said about drowning, but the vehicles reference threw me off. I loved your micro-analysis of the semantics of the word "vehicle" :lol:

Ok, I'm thinking of a puzzle game.....

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Re: Guess what game I am thinking of.
« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2011, 09:13:54 AM »
I did actually think of Toado as soon as you said about drowning, but the vehicles reference threw me off. I loved your micro-analysis of the semantics of the word "vehicle" :lol:

Ok, I'm thinking of a puzzle game.....

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Re: Guess what game I am thinking of.
« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2011, 12:27:23 PM »
Sorry for the delay - I had to go to school to see some kids.

Main character: Yes
Platform: No
Tiles: Yes
Rainbow Arts: No
Starts with J: No
Released 1990: No
Max players: 2
Simultaneous players: 1

Edit - corrected number of players
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Re: Guess what game I am thinking of.
« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2011, 12:32:56 PM »
Quote from: ChaosLord;609667
The really funny thing is how u threw urself off after I said you ride things when that should have instantly made u scream "Toado!" :lol:

I guess you forgot about logs and turtles and crocodiles?

Or maybe you were just subconciously trying to give false hope to J-Golden before you crushed all his hopes & dreams of victory? :roflmao:


Actually I think I did wonder whether travelling was a reference to logs etc, but thought it was too tenuous. Won't make that mistake again ;)
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Re: Guess what game I am thinking of.
« Reply #7 on: January 27, 2011, 01:13:42 PM »
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Commercial game?


I'll answer that with a clue: It was commercial, but was given away on a coverdisk.
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Re: Guess what game I am thinking of.
« Reply #8 on: January 27, 2011, 01:14:20 PM »
Quote from: J-Golden;609698
Well, That eliminats all the lemmings games and Vital Light (Love that game!) and Tetris...

Not Lemmings, Vital Light or Tetris.
 
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Is the main character activly in the game or more of a figure head?

The main character was actually in the game.
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Re: Guess what game I am thinking of.
« Reply #9 on: January 27, 2011, 01:34:32 PM »
Quote from: ChaosLord;609720
Bombuzal?


Yes!!!!! What gave it away? :)
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Re: Guess what game I am thinking of.
« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2011, 02:24:09 PM »
Sword of Sodan I think.
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Re: Guess what game I am thinking of.
« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2011, 02:58:37 PM »
Hehe, damn now I have to think of another one... Ok, I'm thinking of a game, but I can't give a genre. That is actually a clue.
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Re: Guess what game I am thinking of.
« Reply #12 on: January 27, 2011, 03:36:31 PM »
It spans many genres, or maybe creates a new one :) Not D/Generation.
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Re: Guess what game I am thinking of.
« Reply #13 on: January 27, 2011, 03:56:09 PM »
I had a feeling you might say that! But no :razz:
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Re: Guess what game I am thinking of.
« Reply #14 on: January 27, 2011, 04:05:51 PM »
The latter - the core gameplay covers several genres. As for lots of subgames - quite the opposite :)
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