Name the Game from the Screenshot, Part 4

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 6:32 pm

48 hours (and more) have passed, so to keep things going, I'll offer up an easy one.

/edit - NOTE - I edited this to use the new bigimg tags. Click it for the big picture.

Lordnine · Post by **Lordnine** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:08 pm

How does that helicopter fly with the engineer hat over the propeller?

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:43 am

This isn't a tough one. Hint: It is a sci-fi RPG. That narrows it down to like two and a half games.

Kyosho · Post by **Kyosho** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 11:57 am

Uh. The genre combined with the graphics quality makes me want to think perhaps Anachronox. Though I've never played it. Nor watched the..er..what's the word..ah.. machinima.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 1:59 pm

Kyosho wrote:Uh. The genre combined with the graphics quality makes me want to think perhaps Anachronox. Though I've never played it. Nor watched the..er..what's the word..ah.. machinima.

Good guess. You're up!

Kyosho · Post by **Kyosho** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 4:42 pm

EddieA · Post by **EddieA** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 8:10 pm

Gabriel Knight 3 : Blood of The Sacred, Blood of The Damned

Kyosho · Post by **Kyosho** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 1:46 am

Correct. I was feeling a bit lazy. I'm working on a movie-ized thingy of it and it was the simplest thing for me to get a screengrab from. Your turn.

EddieA · Post by **EddieA** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 5:24 pm

Sorry about the bar at the bottom - I'm no good at image editing (especially with MS Paint).

Noman · Post by **Noman** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:31 pm

Lion ?

And if not, then probably 'Wolf'.

EddieA · Post by **EddieA** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 9:08 pm

Noman wrote:Lion ?

And if not, then probably 'Wolf'.

Correct! - It's Wolf. I didn't think anyone would get it this fast. You're up.

Noman · Post by **Noman** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 9:51 pm

Noman · Post by **Noman** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:29 pm

Here's a hint.

This was a side scroller arcade game. It had great VGA graphics and was one of the
first games to use parallax effect on the distant scenery.

ArmyOfOne · Post by **ArmyOfOne** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 2:34 pm

Can we get another hint?

Noman · Post by **Noman** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 4:29 am

The word "Demon" was part of the title. It came out on DOS, and I think Amiga as well.

AWS260 · Post by **AWS260** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 7:34 am

Wrath of the Demon?

AWS260 · Post by **AWS260** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:27 am

I'm pretty sure that's right (never would have gotten it without the clue, though). Here's a classy one for you:

See if you can get it without Googling "Tickingclock".

tgb · Post by **tgb** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 12:31 pm

Spellcasting 101?

AWS260 · Post by **AWS260** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:28 pm

I should've known you'd recognize those "shapely legs."

Noman · Post by **Noman** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 2:22 pm

Yes, Wrath of the Demon was the correct answer. It actually was a great-looking game at a time when VGA monitors were a novelty. Very smooth scrolling graphics, which were also extremely rare on PC at the time.

tgb · Post by **tgb** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 2:29 pm

Someone else post one.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 2:53 pm

Possibly after glancing at the first post.

Some extras:

AWS260 · Post by **AWS260** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 3:23 pm

Blackhawk wrote:Possibly after glancing at the first post.

D'oh!

Allow me to make amends:

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 3:25 pm

Super Hendrix Brothers 2: Bowser is Back?

AWS260 · Post by **AWS260** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 8:33 pm

I'm positive that a large number of OOers could get this one in an instant. Unfortunately, they tend to congregate in the Console forum.

Suitably Ironic Moniker · Sun Jul 13, 2008 1:58 am

Guitar Hero 1/2/3? Rock Band?

disarm · Post by **disarm** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 8:21 am

Suitably Ironic Moniker wrote:Guitar Hero 1/2/3? Rock Band?

looks like Guitar Hero 3...Xavier Stone has been in all the games except GH80s, but that stage is definitely from GH3

SIM can post the next challenge though...

AWS260 · Post by **AWS260** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 2:14 pm

Suitably Ironic Moniker wrote:Guitar Hero 1/2/3? Rock Band?

Yes, Guitar Hero 3 (PC version).

Suitably Ironic Moniker · Sun Jul 13, 2008 3:54 pm

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:09 am

Ultima IX: Ascension?

Suitably Ironic Moniker · Mon Jul 14, 2008 5:57 am

Blackhawk wrote:Ultima IX: Ascension?

Yes!

I was just coming here to post a hint.

purge · Post by **purge** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:03 am

Suitably Ironic Moniker wrote:
Blackhawk wrote:Ultima IX: Ascension?
Yes!

I was just coming here to post a hint.

That's Moonglow IIRC ... the flying trolley that had me falling through 1/2 the time.

Suitably Ironic Moniker · Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:35 am

Yeah, that was kind of a pain in the ass.

It's for another topic really, but I enjoyed U9 a lot more than other people did.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:18 am

Suitably Ironic Moniker wrote:Yeah, that was kind of a pain in the ass.

It's for another topic really, but I enjoyed U9 a lot more than other people did.

Despite the insane number of bugs, I really have good memories from that game. Perhaps I had the advantage of a clean perspective - I hadn't played any of the other games in the series, so I was only judging it on its own merits. Anyway, here is a new shot. The new BIGIMG tags are in use, so click it for the full size shot:

purge · Post by **purge** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:36 am

I never played much of it, but could it be "The Thing"?

Creepy_Smell · Post by **Creepy_Smell** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:55 am

Hidden and Dangerous 2?

Looks like a tac squad game but I dont think its GR and doesnt look blocky enough to be H&D1.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:53 pm

Creepy_Smell wrote:Hidden and Dangerous 2?

Looks like a tac squad game but I dont think its GR and doesnt look blocky enough to be H&D1.

Yep. Right at the beginning of mission #2. You steal a boat (in the background) at the end of mission #1 and take it to a German outpost in mission #2.

Creepy_Smell · Post by **Creepy_Smell** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:31 pm

I need to reinstall this and play it. Never reinstalled after my last pc build.

Noman · Post by **Noman** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:57 pm

Outcast.

I recently installed it on Vista x64.Works really well.

Creepy_Smell · Post by **Creepy_Smell** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:07 pm

Noman wrote:Outcast.

I recently installed it on Vista x64.Works really well.

Thats it. Once I clear out some of my FPS I will probably go back to it. I always liked how the scanning effects looked.