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...hope your judgement is zero-defect, or else they will chant "off with his neck"!


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Did edit a little, just tiny mind you, ere I'd give it away in the very first clue.

It's your M to the Onkey and you know it two! Shizzle-fizzle and all that jiving drizzle...eh!?

Can you dig it?*

(* Sorry fellas....watched "The Warriors" again the other day and you all have to suffer for it! Now quit that jivin'!)

[Lords of Doom]

You took your sweet time! Yes, Gribbler got it:

Lords of Doom (1990)

I saw this cover back then and I just had to buy that game.

Your go, sir!

Dude, are you reading my mind?!

...or I will tell everybody here what you think of doing when you're home alone in front of a computer.

Don't be cruel Gribbler!! There's a good chance someone's brain might explode or for people to start bleeding from their ears, simply due to nonsense overflow!

You naughty naughty boy.

Yep that's me alright!


Don't get too hung up on the whole ALF thing. It's the inside of a cinema with ALF up on screen, he's just an 'easter egg' (...you blow up that same cinema later on in the game!)
ALF is really just a good indicator around what time this game came out.

Here's the title screen (without the title obviously! ):
   

Congrats Anian!
Hope your end-of-year-blues faded somewhat! All the best!

[edit:]

Is that Alf on the screen?

Yep, that's him alright.   Great help in order to narrow down the game's year of release. Supposedly the game was available for the PC & Amiga, but
I've never ever seen any other version than the Commodore 64 one - not even in screenshots...

edit: Sorry, didn't see your answer there Gribbler. Dude, are you reading my mind?! 'Zombi' was my first choice, but then I went with this one instead, since Zombi is a bit plain
colorwise...

All of you are on the right track. The game's not zombie exclusive though...

["THE DEADLY SUNSETS: A SAM PRESTON ADVENTURE"]

Did anyone of you guys see some update on "THE DEADLY SUNSETS: A SAM PRESTON ADVENTURE"? Really anything!!!?

Maybe Martyn (the author of 'The story of Joijo'), as you seem to have worked on that project?

I'd love to see some news on that one. If it went on hiatus, I'd even walk around a prototype with no interaction whatsoever - I literally don't care!!!  

That game really does look interesting. 2nd World War theme and humourous elements, now that's daring. I like it.

One more for Grim: HORROR! As far as I can remember, probably the first game in that genre that I've played.
It scared the bejesus out of me!!
[imgzoom]http://imageshack.com/a/img835/7356/m8mu.jpg[/imgzoom]MS-DOS Version

(Just realized it's a screen-cap of the German language version - sorry about that - google's fault!
The status bars indicate the level of hunger (that one was easy...), thirst and body).

Not Another War game!

When it comes to intellectually challenging cinema, there's no way around this... tour de force

So it is Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers? You have a fine eye for cinema, my friend. And impeccable taste, might I add.

Arrrhh, Gotcha! I really souldn't be posting stuff when I didn't have coffee yet! Still chuckling though, nice one Ponch!

edit: Dear Rumpus Room, I apologise for soiling your hallowed halls with fancy pants talk.
        What I ACTUALLY meant to say was, this movie is "Drrink! Feck! Arrrse! Girrrls!"

I've seen Greenaway's self-referential tour de force quite a few times, never once did I realise it had "Arthur Hastings' great-grandfather" in it until you posted that screenshot. When it comes to intellectually challenging cinema, there's no way around this director in my opinion - he's as good as his opus is obscure.

Thanks for posting that one, I definitely need to watch it again. This is quite literally, a brilliant film.

That collar looks very familiar for some reason, but I can't seem to place it...

In case of doubt, always: Blade Runner!

YAY! Best wishes to bicilotti! (...thanks for holding my glass steady during the hilarious AGSA ceremony.)

And happy belated birthday to Sslaxx!
Big virtual La Ola for all of you! \o/

Darn, same thought Crimson! Too late...

Edit: Then I'll say Doube Fine's 'Grim Fandango 2' - you know, the one there haven't been any rumours about at all!

["The Can"]

Maybe that's a known problem:

The download counter for "The Can" for example doesn't seem to work.

The host site behind the download link is FileSwap.com.
With FileSwap you can't link to the download button on their site directly, so that the download file will appear
instantly (except for the very fist time). On all subsequent occasions of someone hitting the download button here in the AGS database, it changes to FileSwap and you've to
hit another download button again over there.

Not sure if that has any bearing on the issue at all though...     

Yes, waheela got it! It's Winter's Bone.
The connection to the previous screenshot was that Kyle MacLachlan and Sheryl Lee both acted in Twin Peaks and
Twin Peaks, as well as Winter's Bone, deals on some level with murder in a fairly isolated community. (named the
picture even 'firewalkwithme' hoping someone would get that connection ...I admit, a bit far fetched!)

Your go waheela!

There's a link to the previous one, but rather 'intertextual' and not that helpful in order to guess the movie...
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Blue Velvet

[FOR THE LOVE OF...MOVIES]

Holy crap, is that Robert Patrick in the picture? I've never seen From Dusk 'Til Dawn, and it would be super weird if I somehow recognized him from his sleeve. My super-power is identifying obscure photos of Robert Patrick.

He meant "Die Hard" was the right answer - but that's not why I'm writing this...FOR THE LOVE OF...MOVIES - grab a copy and watch that one, Eric!
It even works on a Road Movie level - that part alone makes it worth your while!!

edited, *note to self* think first, write later...

I'm wrecking my brain here. There're still so many possibilities, "Pet Sematary" for example.
At first I thought it was "Maniac Cop" or "Psycho Cop", but the visual style of your shot fits non
of these - looks kind of like early-mid 90s. Another screenshot perhaps?

edit: Damn, I know what it is now. What a mean shot, that 'Mario' dude! I prefer not to go again though,
      having posted the previous one and all.
      When this movie came out, fine rib vests must've been a fairly popular Christmas present that year!