Friday picture quiz - themed rows

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R-Tape wrote: Fri Jun 22, 2018 11:15 am Go easy, 24 is the only one that's gone a bit blurry, all others are proportional AFAICT
Blurry is fine. It’s the random non-square pixels that give me a nervous tic. (Could be the sleepless night, though. The jury’s still out on this one.)
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21. Fairlight II
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Ast A. Moore wrote: Fri Jun 22, 2018 11:28 am 21. Fairlight II
Fairlight II?

Nope.
Ast A. Moore wrote: Fri Jun 22, 2018 11:23 am Blurry is fine. It’s the random non-square pixels that give me a nervous tic. (Could be the sleepless night, though. The jury’s still out on this one.)
If I have time I'll use ZXPaint next quiz, that should avoid any problems.
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R-Tape wrote: Fri Jun 22, 2018 11:40 am
Ast A. Moore wrote: Fri Jun 22, 2018 11:28 am 21. Fairlight II
Fairlight II?

Nope.
D’oy. Definitely the sleepless night, then. In my defense, it was a large wasp.
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22 R-Type
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27 Double Dragon
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21 Fairlight 128k
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You haven't crossed out 11. I assume it is Firelord?

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15 - Gilligan's Gold
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10 Thrust II
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16 Jack And The Beanstalk
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Yes to all (though I didn't realise it was Fairlight128, thought it was just Fairlight)

No ideas on each row's themes?
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By the way, the themes aren't all objects like "fire", they are broader & could be anything speccy related.
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20. Friday the 13th (and a good example of chicken-o-meter?)
18. Oriental Hero
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23 - Rastan
26 - Turrican

Can't understand how they relate to all the rest though.
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Alessandro wrote: Fri Jun 22, 2018 12:34 pm 23 - Rastan
Ohhh, yes! I was almost crying trying to remember that one :D
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No game guesses, but I'm going to have a punt at the theme to line 3 - Soft Aid.
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Yes to all, image updated.
Morkin wrote: Fri Jun 22, 2018 12:40 pm No game guesses, but I'm going to have a punt at the theme to line 3 - Soft Aid.
Yes! Well done.
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Is the theme for line 1 1985?
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Daren wrote: Fri Jun 22, 2018 12:55 pm Is the theme for line 1 1985?
That's not what I had in mind.

(no guess limit any more btw)
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Row 3 is "horror"
Can I guess the other two?
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Is the theme for line 1 that they have all been modded by Harry S. Price?
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druellan wrote: Fri Jun 22, 2018 1:16 pm Row 3 is "horror"
Can I guess the other two?
Row 4?

No not horror, not in the horror film sense anyway.

Yes, no limit on guesses.
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Daren wrote: Fri Jun 22, 2018 1:21 pm Is the theme for line 1 that they have all been modded by Harry S. Price?
Yep well done. They've all been the subject of a Harry S Price homage.
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5 is Ralph on Alpha 2
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R-Tape wrote: Fri Jun 22, 2018 1:24 pmRow 4?
Yes, sorry. And, Doh!
R-Tape wrote: Fri Jun 22, 2018 1:24 pmOk, let's try:
6th row: something like "Japan" or "Oriental"?
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