Friday Quiz: Specword 5

[Morkin]

5D - Nonamed?

[AndyC]

24d Darkside
40a Earthshaker

[Red Zebra]

20d: N.E.X.O.R. ?

[ParadigmShifter]

25A STEEL
26D very hard one that, had to look through the list on the archive, ED-ON

[GreenCard]

All correct!

[Morkin]

15 across - Dan Dare?

[GreenCard]

15 across - Dan Dare?

Yes indeed!

Another update...



Across:
10. Early Centipede clone
18. Cult management
22. Rave police
23. Breakout had a strong effect on this game
27. Super obscure MicroHobby type-in, by far the most obscure game in this quiz. It was the only thing I could find that would fit here. Sorry.
31. Aqua treks?
38. Two games share this name, one is a platform game, the other a Boulder Dash clone

Down:
6. Mad rank?
16. UK tabloid celebrity
19. Begin with an advantage
21. Ooh hot beware?
28. Conqueror, despot
33. Psion game was popular for only One Night In Bangkok

[PROSM]

33 down - Chess

[TMD2003]

Only one of my last lot was right? Disappointment.

Stick DARKMAN (6 down), STARQUAKE (31 across) and CENTROPODS (10 across) in the grid.

And I think I'm done at this point.

[ParadigmShifter]

28D is USURPER but not sure that it means conqueror really, it's not listed on thesaurus.com anyway (despot is though)

https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/usurper

[AndyC]

22a Techno Cop

[GreenCard]

All correct!

28D is USURPER but not sure that it means conqueror really, it's not listed on thesaurus.com anyway (despot is though)

https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/usurper

I wasn't sure about that clue, to be honest. Someone got it though (nicely done) and no one got hurt, so it's fine.

[GreenCard]

Update time...



Across:
18. Cult management sim
23. Breakout had a strong effect on this game
27. Super obscure MicroHobby type-in, by far the most obscure game in this quiz. It was the only thing I could find that would fit here. Sorry.
38. Two games share this name, one is a platform game, the other a Boulder Dash clone

Down:
16. UK tabloid celebrity
19. Begin with an advantage
21. Ooh hot beware?

Note: I've changed the clue for 18A slightly.

[ParadigmShifter]

16D is S*N STAR obvs we don't say or type the name of that rag around these parts.

[Morkin]

19D - Headstart

[ParadigmShifter]

27A could be SATURNO then I suppose but only Saturno 2 and 3 are listed in the archive

[GreenCard]

All correct!

Another update...



Across:
18. Cult management sim
23. Breakout had a strong effect on this game
38. Two games share this name, one is a platform game, the other a Boulder Dash clone

Down:
21. Ooh hot beware?

27A could be SATURNO then I suppose but only Saturno 2 and 3 are listed in the archive

This is the listing I found. Doesn't look like much of a game, granted.

[Morkin]

18 On The Bench

[Mpk]

18a. On The Bench

@Morkin was looking over my shoulder as I was typing, Sir, I swear!

[GreenCard]

18 On The Bench

Correctamundo.

[ParadigmShifter]

21D HOW TO BE A HERO

EDIT: I also know 38A now but one of the 2 games starts with "The" :p

[GreenCard]

21D HOW TO BE A HERO

Correct!

EDIT: I also know 38A now but one of the 2 games starts with "The" :p

It's the one without the "The" then.

[Morkin]

Icicle Works

[GreenCard]

Icicle Works

Correct!

Just 23A left to get...

[Vampyre]

23A - Impact