Show It! (forum game)

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jorgegv wrote: Mon Jan 09, 2023 1:50 pm Skool Daze: Eric has his legs UNDA the desk :D
Haha..! Yep, that was pretty grating, you're not getting any Rolos for that one... :lol: :lol:
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Morkin wrote: Mon Jan 09, 2023 3:10 pm Haha..! Yep, that was pretty grating, you're not getting any Rolos for that one... :lol: :lol:
Yay, I got the "Haha!".... mission accomplished! :D
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jorgegv wrote: Mon Jan 09, 2023 3:16 pm Yay, I got the "Haha!".... mission accomplished! :D
...but still... all the previous answers came out about five minutes after the one before them, and nobody has come with one better than mine in 3 hours!

C'mon! I dare you, critics! :lol:
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Dun is a type of Fort...

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Orc Attack (which you play from the top of a fort.)
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Orc Attack:
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This is even harder than the Dun Darach one! :?
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Juan F. Ramirez wrote: Mon Jan 09, 2023 8:41 pm This is even harder than the Dun Darach one! :?
It's my revenge for not getting my previous one accepted, bwahahahaha!!! :twisted:
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I looked at that and immediately thought of Valhalla. Annoyingly, though, of the 36 characters to appear in the game, Sif isn't one of them.

Time to find a place for her... and give Mary the boot! She will not be amused. I laugh at her misfortune.
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Misifu Remeow

There's a bear in this game, so it shows fur ...

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Perils of Bear George

It's da King!

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Joefish wrote: Mon Jan 09, 2023 12:10 pm Still trying to work out which of those aircraft from 1942 was a 'Jet'... :geek:
I was wondering if anyone would pick up on that. :oops: I only realized my mistake a while after posting it and the game had moved on.
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Flunky

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Stop Virus
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Stop Virus
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Dizzy 3 and a Half

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just looking at that screen with the different variations of the game name

Dizzy III.V etched into the cyan staus panel
Dizzy 3 +a half text on the status panel
Dizzy Three.. and a half! in text
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Flunky

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Star Wars: KYber crystals are the main energy source for the Death Star's ray
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jorgegv wrote: Tue Jan 10, 2023 12:20 pm Flunky

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Star Wars: KYber crystals are the main energy source for the Death Star's ray
Whoa, I forgot to update the page. Scratch that!
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I think you're stretching the rules a bit too much anyway. The bit you take from the previous title should be the full word of what is visible in the next title - not a partial word.

If you take Flunky > Kyber Crystals ...

... then one could as well do something like these:
Cybernoid > Bell
Rainbow Islands > Lawnmower
Heartland > Hedge

Which would make it all a bit pointless.
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Can someone explain the 'Stop Virus' and Dizzy game connection? I can't see it... :?
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XTM wrote: Tue Jan 10, 2023 1:28 pm I think you're stretching the rules a bit too much anyway. The bit you take from the previous title should be the full word of what is visible in the next title - not a partial word.

If you take Flunky > Kyber Crystals ...

... then one could as well do something like these:
Cybernoid > Bell
Rainbow Islands > Lawnmower
Heartland > Hedge

Which would make it all a bit pointless.
Agreed! :D
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Morkin wrote: Tue Jan 10, 2023 1:38 pm Can someone explain the 'Stop Virus' and Dizzy game connection? I can't see it... :?
As the Dizzy folk proudly lined up on the title page they were happy, a game that involved all of them.
"it's all about us!" one of them squeaked in eggcitement.

It could be that the browser is not displaying the bold tag properly (or stronger) as it not on win7 firefox but is on XP firefox
I did edit the post afterwards, maybe that stripped out the tags.
I'll underline it next time.
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MatGubbins wrote: Tue Jan 10, 2023 6:42 pm As the Dizzy folk proudly lined up on the title page they were happy, a game that involved all of them.
"it's all about us!" one of them squeaked in eggcitement.

It could be that the browser is not displaying the bold tag properly (or stronger) as it not on win7 firefox but is on XP firefox
I did edit the post afterwards, maybe that stripped out the tags.
I'll underline it next time.
I could see the highlighted 'US' bit of the clue but I wasn't familiar with that particular game. But I see what you're getting at now :P
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Dizzy 3 and a Half

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Those sprites against that brick wall background make my eyes hurt, and I'm not even playing the game..!
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It's a two-fer!

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There's a lot to choose from, but Jeremy wants that one!
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That "Jeremy Clarkson's Top Shelf Challenge" game looked interesting so I downloaded it ... and had a good chuckle at the gameplay, the high-res graphics when you succeed, and what happens when it's "game over". (it's fairly difficult due to the unresponsive "controls")

Perhaps it's something people from outside the UK won't "get" immediately? I know he was/is on Top Gear but that's where my knowledge ends, apparently he has said a few controversial things over the years. I assume the joke with the game's title is:
1. Jeremy Clarkson is rather tall (so he can easily reach that shelf anyway)
2. "top gear" > "top shelf" word play
3. the top shelf was an "area of interest" by our younger selfs, so it's more likely to be a topic of nostalgic thought/conversation in our generation (of those in their 40s/50s now) than generations after us who just grew up with internet access for such filth ;)
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