Name the Game

Tramponline · Sat 20/04/2013 09:11:54

It's Fish!. A wacky graphically enhanced text adventure about a goldfish secret agent on vacation(!),
involuntarily forced to foil the plan of a group called the "Seven Deadly Fins" who're trying to take over the (water-)world.
[imgzoom]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/02/Fish!_Cover.jpg[/imgzoom]
It was all the rage when it came out and even 'Game of the Year' in most computer magazines. Also one of the
most discussed games that year throughout various magazines' hint sections, coz people kept on getting stuck...

Tramponline · Sat 20/04/2013 22:41:49

OK, I hope Babar doesn't mind that I post the next one alreay to keep the game rolling...(and Gribbler happy!

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[imgzoom]http://imageshack.us/a/img825/3883/huckleberryfinn.png[/imgzoom]

Gribbler · Sat 20/04/2013 22:55:48

Jeez! And I AM old?

Where do you find those games??

Tramponline · Sat 20/04/2013 23:04:34

Hehehe, you've to read the small print in that particular post.

This game already featured the 'combining notes' function. Only it's execution in-game was so particular and at the same time so random (you had to guess which
words were important and which ones weren't) that it drove you nuts! Still, a great game...

Gribbler · Sat 20/04/2013 23:20:19

Got screwed by the small print again... eeeh life

Is this even PC? Looks like Cruise for a Corpse on C64 with a little dose of Spy vs Spy

Tramponline · Sat 20/04/2013 23:23:25

You're on the right track, it's C64.

Additionally: Your first 'guess' is veeery close...

Gribbler · Sat 20/04/2013 23:45:21

Two characters... And one of them is a Lord. Hmmm

Is this an adaptation of some novel? Agatha Chrisie's Poirot? Naah, he wasn't a Lord...

Tramponline · Sun 21/04/2013 00:09:42

Not based on a book, but it does 'borrow' from a few (in particular Christie):
[imgzoom]http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/3192/marktwain.png[/imgzoom]

Gribbler · Sun 21/04/2013 00:24:31

In what way can it be related to Cruise for a corpse? Only that the setting is steamboat? Or does it go deeper?

Tramponline · Sun 21/04/2013 00:37:26

They share the same genre. The only difference being that Cruise for a Corpse takes place on the open ocean, while for this game rather 'the opposite' is true.
If you know 'where' you've almost got the name of the game.

Khris · Sun 21/04/2013 11:22:56

It's Murder on the Mississippi. I only know of it because some dude wanted to turn the setting into a Maniac Mansion Mania game.

Here's a fresh one, let's not let this die:

Gribbler · Sun 21/04/2013 11:38:12

Legend of Kyrandia 3: Malcolm's Revenge? I'm pretty sure it's his silhouette.

Khris · Sun 21/04/2013 12:08:56

No

Crimson Wizard · Sun 21/04/2013 12:28:53

Legend Of Kyrandia 1? $:-\$

Gribbler · Sun 21/04/2013 13:06:59

Kyrandia 3 had this ugly 3D Studioish graphics. Must be different part. Crimson already took 1 so I vote Kyrandia 2 just to be safe and cover them all