Name That Old Game - Scoreboard Version

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 9:58 am

Hint please.

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 9:25 pm

Hmm, Glenn, do you want to submit a suitable hint?
-bill

fluffy · Post by **fluffy** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 9:45 pm

How about which system it's for? It looks like something early-80s, but doesn't have any of the earmarks of any particular system. I want to say it looks like Intellivision though I think it had blockier sprites than that.

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 10:22 pm

Hmm, you might be onto something there...

-bill

Post by **Spud** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 11:37 pm

I would say, but I don't want to spoil the game. I will give a suitable hint, however. You have finally hit an era where I was playing video games.

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 6:18 am

You could also play, Spud, even if you don't get any more besides this one you have triumphed over all those other guys

-bill

Post by **Spud** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 7:30 am

Well then. Sharp Shot for Intellivision. Circa 1982.

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:44 am

Heh, actually that is incorrect.
-bill

fluffy · Post by **fluffy** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:53 am

http://www.hotcom.com/intellivision/sharpshot.html

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:15 am

I know the answer to this one. I don't know if I can hang with you guys over the long run, but I'll throw my hat in if that's okay.

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:17 am

Looks like Sharp Shot to me:

http://www.vgmuseum.com/images/03/shrpshot3.gif

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:24 am

never played sharp shot, and i logged many hours playing the aforepictured game. go ahead jimt-
-bill

ps that screenshot makes it look like they did re-use some of the graphics though!

GlennCase · Post by **GlennCase** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:32 am

I own both games. It is not Sharp Shot. It looks similar, yes.

Sharp Shot does not have a scrolling screen, and our mystery game does.

Go ahead and throw your hat in the ring, Jim. Put this one out of it's misery.

ROCK!

Glenn (DR FUNK)

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:39 am

Ok then. How about Dungeons And Dragons, on the Intellivision system?

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:06 am

They used the same graphics as Sharp Shot! Cutting corners on a licensed game....I shouldn't be surprised.

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 12:16 pm

JimT is correct - technically it's ADVANCED DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS but you know, close enough! Actually this game was not cutting corners at all - it's a lot more complex than most or possibly any other Intellivision game of the time. See this site:
http://www.intellivisionlives.com/blues ... tml#cloudy
" Because of its complexity, this was the first cartridge to go over the 4K size limit; it was allocated a whopping 6K."

Little bit of personal history relating to this - back in the early 1980s, I was about 10, and my dad worked for TRW, fixing bank mainframes, cash registers, ATMs, and the like. For some reason his office was also a distributor for Intellivision and cartridges, and so we were able to get a system and games very cheaply and therefore begin my fascination with video games. No idea why his office had them but I was very pleased! The system still works, 25 years later, and my niece and nephew play it with me when I visit my family. Cool!
Anyway, your turn JimT.
-bill

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 12:23 pm

K. This was one of my favorites.

fluffy · Post by **fluffy** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:15 pm

Can I state my guess? I know the answer.

fluffy · Post by **fluffy** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:16 pm

Oh I see, anyone can enter.

Peter Packrat!

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:23 pm

Huzzah! That is correct. Man, I played the hell out of this game at Stop 'N Play in Plymouth, NH. Never got very good at it though.

Fluffy's up, right?

GlennCase · Post by **GlennCase** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:25 pm

jimtyrrell wrote: Fluffy's up, right?

That is correct.

I was initially thinking that a maximum of 10 players was a good idea, but I changed that. If you can guess it? You're in. First to 10 points, wins, and a new round is started.

ROCK!

Glenn (DR FUNK)

anti-m · Post by **anti-m** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:29 pm

HeuristicsInc wrote:JimT is correct - technically it's ADVANCED DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS

Oh drat! I actually knew that one! Alas, I spaced out on checking this thread. That may have been my last chance to correctly guess another game... I'm pretty pathetic as a games nerd. -M