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Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 8:31 am
by HeuristicsInc
"Hard N Heavy" - found it on google.
-bill
PS AKA "The Great Giana Sisters 2"
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 8:33 am
by fluffy
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.
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 8:41 am
by obscurity
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.
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:10 am
by fluffy
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.
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:14 am
by HeuristicsInc
This one should be a good bit easier.
-bill
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:16 am
by a bebop a rebop
ha
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:18 am
by fluffy
Oregon trail. Represent old skool, yo.
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:32 am
by HeuristicsInc
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
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:05 am
by fluffy
Another slow-ball:
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:25 am
by Niveous
Custer's Revenge.
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:38 am
by fluffy
Yep.
(Now we're all about the warm fuzzy "let's get everyone else as many points as possible" I guess.)
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:44 am
by GlennCase
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)
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:22 am
by jimtyrrell
Dammit, I was at a funeral. I would totally have gotten the last two.
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:27 am
by Albatross
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.
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:27 am
by WeaselSlayer
Custer has a huge penis.
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:31 am
by Niveous
I'll freely admit that I'll research if it's a game that I have no clue about.
Here's my new pick:
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:43 am
by GlennCase
HEH! I know this one too. Another phantom point for me
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:44 am
by jimtyrrell
Is that Friday The 13th for the NES? I played that one but never beat it.
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:52 am
by Niveous
Yes.
That was my favorite scene. Nothing funnier than rowing on the lake and then seeing Jason swimming like a shark.
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:54 am
by fluffy
Yay, ultra-tie! We all rock!
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:02 pm
by jimtyrrell
I was thinking about this game the other day. Wish I still had it.
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:09 pm
by GlennCase
I may have my third phantom point with this one.