Name the Game

Cassiebsg · Mon 28/04/2014 11:22:10

Jagged Alliance? Really? Looks nothing about what I remember it... maybe I fell into a deep hole and forgot how games looked like?

Gurok · Mon 28/04/2014 11:34:46

Yeah, sure. You might be thinking of the tactical view. In conversation views, e.g. at mission briefings, all of the portraits were airbrushed to oblivion: http://www.nowgamer.com/siteimage/scale/0/0/189317.jpg

Cassiebsg · Mon 28/04/2014 13:31:09

Guess I didn't pay that much attention to the briefings then.

Gurok · Tue 29/04/2014 06:16:59

Hmm... time for a hint. It's a Windows 3.1 game, in the style of Myst. Made in Australia. Having a hard time finding good screenshots of it. It was a really terrible game. Just imagine rooms and rooms of ray-traced scenery like this:

Gribbler · Fri 02/05/2014 00:56:39

I guess, not that many Australian adventurers around here. Maybe it's time for some tell tale hints.

Gurok · Fri 02/05/2014 01:12:34

Oh, I didn't realise this would be so obscure.

Okay. Umm... the name starts with an E. It's a one word name with eight letters. It was re-released in a deluxe CD edition in 1997. I don't know how much more I can give away, but I'll keep dropping hints.

CaptainD · Fri 02/05/2014 10:04:00

No idea. Guess based completely on your crosword style hints - Explorer?

Gurok · Fri 02/05/2014 10:29:54

Unfortunately, that's not it. But here's another clue to narrow it down further. It was published by WizardWorks Software.

miguel · Fri 02/05/2014 11:11:59

Entombed? My favourite game of all time! Really? THE Entombed? OMG! Can't believe you've picked Entombed! Jesus!
I mean, life can be sooooo strange, man! Wow! To find Entombed here...it's just...Wow!

Gurok · Fri 02/05/2014 11:13:33

Heh heh. Alright, I'll quit hogging the spotlight. Your turn Miguel!

miguel · Fri 02/05/2014 11:25:22

Cheers!

This one should be easy:

CaptainD · Fri 02/05/2014 11:51:00

Knight Lore?

miguel · Fri 02/05/2014 12:06:07

The Captain's got it!

CaptainD · Fri 02/05/2014 12:27:08

This one's even easier, but now that you've posted from one classic isometric Speccy game, I can't stop myself from doing another! One from EVERYBODY'S Top Ten Speccy Games list.

[imgzoom]http://headoverheels2.com/drupal/sites/default/files/images/sp08.gif[/imgzoom]

Gribbler · Fri 02/05/2014 13:41:16

Molecule Man?

CaptainD · Fri 02/05/2014 13:45:20

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo....

(Wow, really didn't expect anyone to get that one wrong, let alone you!)

GarageGothic · Fri 02/05/2014 14:00:52

Head over Heels

CaptainD · Fri 02/05/2014 14:03:49

Quote from: GarageGothic on Fri 02/05/2014 14:00:52
Head over Heels

Yes indeed! One of the greatest games of its time, Jon Ritman and Bernie Drummond pushing the 8-bits to their limits and beyond.

Gribbler · Fri 02/05/2014 14:19:21

I'm gonna go jump off a bridge now.

miguel · Fri 02/05/2014 14:22:21

Nice one! Actually the version I posted from Knight Lore was the Amstrad version.
But yes, you're right, it's amazing that Head Over Heels was made on the ZX machine.