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    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!

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

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    #2 - Ecco the Dolphin?

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

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scissors View Post
    #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.
    Mario says "... if you do drugs, you go to hell before you die."

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    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)

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

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edmond Dantes View Post
    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.
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    #3 Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures?
    "Game programmers are generally lazy individuals. That's right. It's true. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Since the dawn of computer games, game programmers have looked for shortcuts to coolness." Kurt Arnlund - Game programmer for Activision, Accolade...

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    Quote Originally Posted by celerystalker View Post
    I'm starting to think #3 is Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures.
    Beat me to it by what? Like 10 seconds?
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    Quote Originally Posted by jb143 View Post
    Beat me to it by what? Like 10 seconds?
    Heh, that was freaking close!

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    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by celerystalker View Post
    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.
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    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.

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    #6-Earthworm Jim

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    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.

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    Number 4 would be the Capcom Dungeon and Dragons arcade games.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cloud121 View Post
    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?
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    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.

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    #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.

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