Name That Old Game - Scoreboard Version

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 8:31 am

"Hard N Heavy" - found it on google.
-bill

PS AKA "The Great Giana Sisters 2"

fluffy · Post by **fluffy** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 8:33 am

Yep!

The full name is "Giana 2: Hard n Heavy." The lawsuit was because Giana 1 (official title: The Great Giana Sisters) was a shameless parody of Super Mario Bros., and Nintendo used that as grounds to claim that the (vastly different) mechanics of Giana 2 were also copyright-infringing. They didn't have a case but the company which put out the Giana series was something like two guys in a basement with no operating capital.

HeuristicsInc's turn.

obscurity · Post by **obscurity** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 8:41 am

fluffy wrote: Sometimes not shipping makes things MORE notorious. Duke Nukem Forever, anyone?

Yes, I've heard of Duke Nukem Forever, but
No, I have no fucking clue what it looks like.

fluffy · Post by **fluffy** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:10 am

Sorry, I didn't realize this game was called "name that old game obscurity has seen screenshots of." Could you provide a list so that we know which games are safe to use?

Giana 2 didn't officially ship but that didn't stop it from becoming notorious and well-spread (the lawsuit only made it MORE popular, which is all it could havehoped for since frankly, Giana 1 sucked, and Nintendo had every right to get it pulled from the shelves). Pretty much everyone in the c64 disk-swapping (and later emulation) scenes had copies of both of them.

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:14 am

This one should be a good bit easier.

-bill

a bebop a rebop · Post by **a bebop a rebop** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:16 am

fluffy · Post by **fluffy** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:18 am

Oregon trail. Represent old skool, yo.

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:32 am

Correct.
For those that enjoyed this game, check out this great T-Shirt (my sister got me one):
http://www.bustedtees.com/shirt/dysentery
-bill

fluffy · Post by **fluffy** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:05 am

Another slow-ball:

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:25 am

Custer's Revenge.

fluffy · Post by **fluffy** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:38 am

Yep.

(Now we're all about the warm fuzzy "let's get everyone else as many points as possible" I guess.)

GlennCase · Post by **GlennCase** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:44 am

There is currently a three way tie for first place.

Fluffy = 2 points
Heuristics Inc = 2 points
Jim Tyrrell = 1 point
Niveous = 2 points

ROCK!

Glenn (DR FUNK)

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:22 am

Dammit, I was at a funeral. I would totally have gotten the last two.

Albatross · Post by **Albatross** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:27 am

So, is there a general consensus that it's OK to look up games you have no clue about and then post the answers anyway?

There were a couple of times where I found the games posted but didn't give answers because I kinda felt like I was cheating.

But I sure as hell knew Custer's, though. Dropped the ball on that one.

WeaselSlayer · Post by **WeaselSlayer** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:27 am

Custer has a huge penis.

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:31 am

I'll freely admit that I'll research if it's a game that I have no clue about.

Here's my new pick:

GlennCase · Post by **GlennCase** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:43 am

HEH! I know this one too. Another phantom point for me

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:44 am

Is that Friday The 13th for the NES? I played that one but never beat it.

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:52 am

Yes.

That was my favorite scene. Nothing funnier than rowing on the lake and then seeing Jason swimming like a shark.

fluffy · Post by **fluffy** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:54 am

Yay, ultra-tie! We all rock!

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:02 pm

I was thinking about this game the other day. Wish I still had it.

GlennCase · Post by **GlennCase** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:09 pm

I may have my third phantom point with this one.