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Re: Friday picture quiz - themed rows

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 1:21 pm
by Daren
Is the theme for line 1 that they have all been modded by Harry S. Price?

Re: Friday picture quiz - themed rows

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 1:24 pm
by R-Tape
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.

Re: Friday picture quiz - themed rows

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 1:25 pm
by R-Tape
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.

Re: Friday picture quiz - themed rows

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 1:30 pm
by Daren
5 is Ralph on Alpha 2

Re: Friday picture quiz - themed rows

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 1:30 pm
by druellan
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"?

Re: Friday picture quiz - themed rows

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 1:32 pm
by Daren
1 is Icicle Works
2 is Pyramania

Re: Friday picture quiz - themed rows

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 1:53 pm
by R-Tape
All game guesses correct.
druellan wrote: Fri Jun 22, 2018 1:30 pm 6th row: something like "Japan" or "Oriental"?
Nope. 5 & 6 have common ground with another retro system in slightly different ways.

Re: Friday picture quiz - themed rows

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 2:29 pm
by Daren
12 is Starbike

Re: Friday picture quiz - themed rows

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 3:41 pm
by Juan F. Ramirez
Guessing row themes is more difficult than I thought!

Re: Friday picture quiz - themed rows

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 4:10 pm
by R-Tape
Yep Starbike.
R-Tape wrote: Fri Jun 22, 2018 12:17 pm Image
Just 17 & 19 to get.
Juan F. Ramirez wrote: Fri Jun 22, 2018 3:41 pm Guessing row themes is more difficult than I thought!
I think I've made them too eclectic, and not as clear cut as I'd like. Big hints:

Row 4 - Druellan was very close with "horror", but using the word in a very different sense.
Row 5 - How did these games fare on other systems?
Row 6 - As above.

Re: Friday picture quiz - themed rows

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 4:10 pm
by R-Tape
Yep Starbike.
R-Tape wrote: Fri Jun 22, 2018 12:17 pm Image
Just 17 & 19 to get.
Juan F. Ramirez wrote: Fri Jun 22, 2018 3:41 pm Guessing row themes is more difficult than I thought!
I think I've made them too eclectic, and I think some will disagree with 5/6. Big hints:

Row 4 - Druellan was very close with "horror", but using the word in a very different sense.
Row 5 - How did these games fare on other systems?
Row 6 - As above.

Re: Friday picture quiz - themed rows

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 4:20 pm
by Morkin
Stab in the dark..

Row 5 - all ported to console? (Sega/Nintendo)

Re: Friday picture quiz - themed rows

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 4:51 pm
by R-Tape
Nope, 5 & 6 only relate to one other 8 bit console.

I'll make that the last clue, there's a chance people won't agree with it!

Re: Friday picture quiz - themed rows

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 4:52 pm
by Kweepa
5. All better on Speccy than C64
6. All better on C64 than Speccy
?

Re: Friday picture quiz - themed rows

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 4:53 pm
by R-Tape
Kweepa wrote: Fri Jun 22, 2018 4:52 pm 5. All better on Speccy than C64
6. All better on C64 than Speccy
?
YES! Well done.

Wasn't sure anyone would get those.

Re: Friday picture quiz - themed rows

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 4:57 pm
by Kweepa
I just based it on your clues and Fairlight/IK+. No idea about any of the others :lol:

Re: Friday picture quiz - themed rows

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 6:36 pm
by Daren
Row 4 = Survival horror?

Re: Friday picture quiz - themed rows

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 6:41 pm
by R-Tape
Daren wrote: Fri Jun 22, 2018 6:36 pm Row 4 = Survival horror?
Nope I don't think my clue helped there.

Row 4 is unplayable crap :)

Re: Friday picture quiz - themed rows

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 6:42 pm
by Kweepa
17. SQIJ

Re: Friday picture quiz - themed rows

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 7:11 pm
by R-Tape
Kweepa wrote: Fri Jun 22, 2018 6:42 pm17. SQIJ
Yep. Surprised that didn't go sooner, maybe the mind represses the details of SQIJ to protect itself.

19 might be tricky. Most notorious for being bad on another system. Those black bits are pits, you might want to bury stuff in them...

Re: Friday picture quiz - themed rows

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 7:32 pm
by Ersh
Ah, E.T.X. then :)

Re: Friday picture quiz - themed rows

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 8:24 pm
by R-Tape
Yesss ETX. All done.

Image

Drop me a PM if you want to host a quiz instead, otherwise same time next week :D

Re: Friday picture quiz - themed rows

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 10:07 pm
by Alessandro
I strongly disagree with the last row.

Turrican and International Karate + were each bit as good on the Spectrum as on the ol' breadbin.

Double Dragon on the Spectrum was actually better than on the C64, which was absolutely dreadful - remember the programmers' excuses about the lines cutting the characters in half?

Salamander was a passable shooter on the Spectrum, a bit better on the C64 honestly, but not a great conversion of the coin-op on either of them.

For the record, I played all of them back in the day on both machines, and the two coin-ops as well.

Re: Friday picture quiz - themed rows

Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2018 12:44 am
by druellan
"Unplayable Crap" Hahaha!