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Friday Quiz - backstories
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 7:50 am
by R-Tape
Thank Clive it's Friday!
Bit of a shorty this week. Guess the game from extracts from inlay backstories.
Usual rules, keep guesses to 3 until midday, then there's no limit but try not to spunk the lot in one go. Nae googling,
you'd only be cheating yourself.
1 - You control this mutant creature who will stop at nothing to satisfy its only driving life force ... INSATIABLE, FEROCIOUS, VIOLENT HUNGER
2 - It has been blue once, this sun. As blue as ice, and as hot as Satan's Heart.
3 - The sort of town where rebuilding means a new coat of paint, and where people queue up to queue up for a job!
4 - For countless nights I have slept chained to trees to keep my deathly curse at bay, but now I am here...
5 - Your mother, The Android Queen, has been badly damaged in an accident. Your father has been locked in a fridge with evil spirits by your mother. (Nice family eh!).
6 - From the moment that Captain Xod's face appeared out of the static on the communicator, you knew he was in trouble.
7 - Thou fallest asleep in the 20th century and awake in the time of King Arthur and Camelot.
8 - Your plane crashlands in the dense jungle some distance from the headquarters. After deciding whether to go it alone or attempt the rescue together you set off.
9 - Out in the farthest reaches of our Galaxy there lives a rare creature known as the Tasty Space Griffin.
Re: Friday Quiz - backstories
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 7:56 am
by Juan F. Ramirez
Wow! Really hard this time!
R-Tape wrote: ↑Fri Jul 20, 2018 7:50 am
8 - Your plane crashlands in the dense jungle some distance from the headquarters. After deciding whether to go it alone or attempt the rescue together you set off.
where the Time Stood Still?
1 - You control this mutant creature who will stop at nothing to satisfy its only driving life force ... INSATIABLE, FEROCIOUS, VIOLENT HUNGER
Errm, Jack Charlton's Match Fishing???
*gets coat and run*
Re: Friday Quiz - backstories
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 8:05 am
by Morkin
R-Tape wrote: ↑Fri Jul 20, 2018 7:50 am
3 - The sort of town where rebuilding means a new coat of paint, and where people queue up to queue up for a job!
Urban Upstart!
Re: Friday Quiz - backstories
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 8:09 am
by djnzx48
No. 1 isn't Sqij is it?
Re: Friday Quiz - backstories
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 8:10 am
by R-Tape
Oh no! I tried to make them easy, I think #2 might be unfair but we'll see.
where the Time Stood Still?
Nope.
Errm, Jack Charlton's Match Fishing???
Nope!
Urban Upstart!
Yep! I thought the flick knives reference would have been far too obvious.
No. 1 isn't Sqij is it?
Yess! That's the most sensible part of the whole backstory.
Re: Friday Quiz - backstories
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 8:15 am
by bob_fossil
4. Knightlore
Re: Friday Quiz - backstories
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 9:21 am
by 5MinuteRetro
R-Tape wrote: ↑Fri Jul 20, 2018 7:50 am
2 - It has been blue once, this sun. As blue as ice, and as hot as Satan's Heart.
2. Red Moon?
Re: Friday Quiz - backstories
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 9:25 am
by R-Tape
bob_fossil wrote: ↑Fri Jul 20, 2018 8:15 am
4. Knightlore
Yep.
Nope. This one's a toughy, I might need to give clues on that later.
Re: Friday Quiz - backstories
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 9:26 am
by Juan F. Ramirez
R-Tape wrote: ↑Fri Jul 20, 2018 8:10 am
Oh no! I tried to make them easy, [...]
First thing I made was checking if one of the games is, following the tradition, Raid Over Moscow... but I'm afraid it isn't this time
No. 1 isn't Sqij is it?
Yess! That's the most sensible part of the whole backstory.
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Sqij??? Really??? I can't believe it is!
Re: Friday Quiz - backstories
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 9:27 am
by R-Tape
R-Tape wrote: ↑Fri Jul 20, 2018 7:50 am
1 - You control this mutant creature who will stop at nothing to satisfy its only driving life force ... INSATIABLE, FEROCIOUS, VIOLENT HUNGER SQIJ
2 - It has been blue once, this sun. As blue as ice, and as hot as Satan's Heart.
3 - The sort of town where rebuilding means a new coat of paint, and where people queue up to queue up for a job! Urban Upstart
4 - For countless nights I have slept chained to trees to keep my deathly curse at bay, but now I am here.. Knight Lore
5 - Your mother, The Android Queen, has been badly damaged in an accident. Your father has been locked in a fridge with evil spirits by your mother. (Nice family eh!).
6 - From the moment that Captain Xod's face appeared out of the static on the communicator, you knew he was in trouble.
7 - Thou fallest asleep in the 20th century and awake in the time of King Arthur and Camelot. Camelot Warriors
8 - Your plane crashlands in the dense jungle some distance from the headquarters. After deciding whether to go it alone or attempt the rescue together you set off.
9 - Out in the farthest reaches of our Galaxy there lives a rare creature known as the Tasty Space Griffin.
Re: Friday Quiz - backstories
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 9:29 am
by Ast A. Moore
7. Camelot Warriors
Re: Friday Quiz - backstories
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 10:11 am
by R-Tape
Ast A. Moore wrote: ↑Fri Jul 20, 2018 9:29 am
7.
Camelot Warriors
Yep, thought Juan might have got that one.
Re: Friday Quiz - backstories
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 10:29 am
by Daren
8 - Ikari Warriors
Re: Friday Quiz - backstories
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 10:42 am
by Daren
9 - Star Paws
Re: Friday Quiz - backstories
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 10:43 am
by redballoon
1 - 9 Peter Shilton’s Handball Maradonna
Re: Friday Quiz - backstories
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 10:44 am
by R-Tape
Yes to Daren's. Just three more to go. 5 & 6 can be worked out, but I think you just need to know 2.
1 - You control this mutant creature who will stop at nothing to satisfy its only driving life force ... INSATIABLE, FEROCIOUS, VIOLENT HUNGER SQIJ
2 - It has been blue once, this sun. As blue as ice, and as hot as Satan's Heart.
3 - The sort of town where rebuilding means a new coat of paint, and where people queue up to queue up for a job! Urban Upstart
4 - For countless nights I have slept chained to trees to keep my deathly curse at bay, but now I am here.. Knight Lore
5 - Your mother, The Android Queen, has been badly damaged in an accident. Your father has been locked in a fridge with evil spirits by your mother. (Nice family eh!). Soft & Cuddly
6 - From the moment that Captain Xod's face appeared out of the static on the communicator, you knew he was in trouble.
7 - Thou fallest asleep in the 20th century and awake in the time of King Arthur and Camelot. Camelot Warriors
8 - Your plane crashlands in the dense jungle some distance from the headquarters. After deciding whether to go it alone or attempt the rescue together you set off. Ikari Warriors
9 - Out in the farthest reaches of our Galaxy there lives a rare creature known as the Tasty Space Griffin. Star Paws
Re: Friday Quiz - backstories
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 10:46 am
by Alessandro
5 - Soft & Cuddly (an old favorite of mine
)
[6- Xenon]
Guessed by Mat while I was editing the post
Re: Friday Quiz - backstories
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 10:46 am
by R-Tape
redballoon wrote: ↑Fri Jul 20, 2018 10:43 am
1 - 9 Peter Shilton’s Handball Maradonna
That's #2! Well done.
(Not really)
Re: Friday Quiz - backstories
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 10:46 am
by R-Tape
Alessandro wrote: ↑Fri Jul 20, 2018 10:46 am
5 - Soft & Cuddly (an old favorite of mine
)
Ha, I thought you might have got that.
Re: Friday Quiz - backstories
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 10:48 am
by MatGubbins
6 Xenon
Re: Friday Quiz - backstories
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 10:48 am
by R-Tape
Just these left:
2 - It has been blue once, this sun. As blue as ice, and as hot as Satan's Heart.
6 - From the moment that Captain Xod's face appeared out of the static on the communicator, you knew he was in trouble.
Re: Friday Quiz - backstories
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 10:58 am
by Ast A. Moore
R-Tape wrote: ↑Fri Jul 20, 2018 10:11 am
Ast A. Moore wrote: ↑Fri Jul 20, 2018 9:29 am
7.
Camelot Warriors
Yep, thought Juan might have got that one.
I wouldn’t have known it if I hadn’t (upon request) made a couple of fixes for it. One of them was enabling the cheat mode, which revealed the “fall asleep in the 20th century” bit.
Re: Friday Quiz - backstories
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 11:07 am
by Morkin
R-Tape wrote: ↑Fri Jul 20, 2018 10:48 am
Just these left:
2 - It has been blue once, this sun. As blue as ice, and as hot as Satan's Heart.
Horace goes Skiing?
Re: Friday Quiz - backstories
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 11:42 am
by R-Tape
Yes! Though thinking again I always have the Amiga version in my mind, which actually shows what I assume is Captain Xod emerging from the static. I wish the Speccy version did that.
Morkin wrote: ↑Fri Jul 20, 2018 11:07 am
Horace goes Skiing?
Silly bugger. No.
Re: Friday Quiz - backstories
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 11:44 am
by R-Tape
I think 2 is too hard, so here's a bit more that at least hints at the game:
Underneath this dead sun, beyond the surface lizards, beyond the tunnel of death, lay the biologic power generators of the evil Vard. The Vard, in all their hideous guises, had harnessed a colony of infant Zorr, and subjected them to the terror of biologic power, long since outlawed in the civilised zones.