Guess the game from the Amazon review! - Page 10

skeeter_93 · 01-13-2012, 01:31 AM

Pipped at the post! Not sure what's going on with the mirror, but the siamese twins seem like Faust.

After a brisk nap · 01-13-2012, 01:53 AM

OK, assuming I got it:

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BEWARE! Does not work on XP!!

Do not buy this game unless you have a computer with a pre-XP operating system cause it simply will not work. I don't think it works with ME either. This was not made clear online and I was sooo bummed when it arrived.

tsa · 01-13-2012, 02:42 AM

What with all the positive reviews here I think I will steer clear of this one.

TimovieMan · 01-13-2012, 04:14 AM

Assuming Faust was correct:

Discworld Noir ?

After a brisk nap · 01-13-2012, 06:46 AM

Good guess, but nope.

tsa · 01-13-2012, 06:51 AM

The Pandora Directive? I remember not getting one of the Tex Murphy games to work on XP. I even tried to run it in Win98 in a virtual machine. Which of course didn't work at all.

Kurufinwe · 01-13-2012, 08:24 AM

Faust it was.

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Originally Posted by After a brisk nap

Edit: My own reaction to the game was similar.

I remembered you took part in the playthrough, but I had forgotten that you were one of those people who didn't "get" the game. Your loss.

adipocere · 01-13-2012, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by zobraks

Enjoy it while you can, Skeeter, people will soon start to post the likes of China: The Forbidden City, Days of Oblivion, Operation: Weather Disaster, Master of Dimensions.

I know I will (if I get a chance).

Wow....Operation: Weather Disaster. I could have lived the rest of my life and never had remembered playing that game. I think I remember it being really bad.

After a brisk nap · 01-13-2012, 01:22 PM

It's not Pandora Directive either, tsa. It's one of the other of the handful of games that famously don't run on modern systems. (Or at least didn't run; there's some talk of an installer/patch more recently.)

inm8#2 · 01-13-2012, 01:24 PM

Grim Fandango?

skeeter_93 · 01-13-2012, 10:53 PM

Amber Journeys Beyond?

EDIT: Stoopid me, I know that one runs on XP because I started playing it *shakes head* How about Feeble Files?

After a brisk nap · 01-14-2012, 04:14 AM

No, no. You had it right the first time. It is A.M.B.E.R: Journeys Beyond. It was notorious for many years for not running on modern computers. I guess someone finally fixed it, then?

inm8#2 · 01-14-2012, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by After a brisk nap

No, no. You had it right the first time. It is A.M.B.E.R: Journeys Beyond. It was notorious for many years for not running on modern computers. I guess someone finally fixed it, then?

http://www.squirtthecat.com/games/amber/index.html

However, near the end of the game you need to type a password and a bug prevents you from doing so. Someone fortunately had a savegame in which the password is typed and you just press enter. http://www.squirtthecat.com/forum/vi....php?f=12&t=26

tsa · 01-14-2012, 01:37 PM

WOw that is even more complicated than Journey to the Center of the Earth, in which there are three puzzles that no logic could solve, only painstaking trial and error and enormous amounts of patience and anger management.

skeeter_93 · 01-15-2012, 06:18 AM

Yay! Okay here's one...

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This is excellent interactive fiction - exciting story, cinematic, eye-pleasing graphics, and with well-integrated MacGuyver puzzles. It can hold its own with classic adventures from Lucas, and for me was definitely more fun than say plodding through Nancy Drew's chores. If you are a reader and puzzle-solver and liked the Indiana Jones movies and games, you may find this to be one of the best games you have played in a long time.

Nancy... plodding???

tsa · 01-15-2012, 06:21 AM

Niburu?

TimovieMan · 01-15-2012, 06:55 AM

You're doing this on purpose, aren't you? Getting as much Indiana Jones references in there so I'd guess "Lost Horizon" every time.

Is it Lost Horizon?

tsa · 01-15-2012, 07:03 AM

No, it's Niburu: Age of Secrets

skeeter_93 · 01-16-2012, 06:17 AM

Yes Timovieman, it's Lost horizon!

Your turn...

TimovieMan · 01-16-2012, 06:33 AM

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Originally Posted by skeeter_93

Yes Timovieman, it's Lost horizon!

Your turn...

LOL

I knew it had to be Lost Horizon sooner or later...

I came across this:

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THIS IS A RPG GAME....
IS THE BEST GAME YOU NEED RESOLVE A CRIMEN CASE.
IS A HARD GAME BUT YOU CAN'T STOP!!
BELIEVE ME IF YOU WANT PLAY A GOOD GAME BUY THIS
I CAN'T RESOLVE THE GAME YET....
I CONTINUE PLAYING AND PLAYING BUT NOT IS EASY!!

But rest assured: it is most definitely NOT a role-playing game...

01-13-2012, 01:31 AM	#181
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01-13-2012, 02:42 AM	#183
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01-13-2012, 04:14 AM	#184
TimovieMan Filmfreak Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Belgium Posts: 1,049	Assuming Faust was correct: Discworld Noir ? Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Currently playing: Again, Escape from Monkey Island (replay), King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow Next in line: King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride, Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers, The Last Express, Time Hollow Recently finished: King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder, The Curse of Monkey Island (replay), The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (abandoned), Mass Effect 3

01-13-2012, 06:46 AM	#185
After a brisk nap Elegantly copy+pasted Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,773	Good guess, but nope. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Please excuse me. I've got to see a man about a dog.

01-13-2012, 06:51 AM	#186
tsa Playing character Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Netherlands Posts: 7,472	The Pandora Directive? I remember not getting one of the Tex Murphy games to work on XP. I even tried to run it in Win98 in a virtual machine. Which of course didn't work at all. Share Share this post on Twitter Last edited by tsa; 01-13-2012 at 07:01 AM.

01-13-2012, 01:22 PM	#189
After a brisk nap Elegantly copy+pasted Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,773	It's not Pandora Directive either, tsa. It's one of the other of the handful of games that famously don't run on modern systems. (Or at least didn't run; there's some talk of an installer/patch more recently.) Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Please excuse me. I've got to see a man about a dog.

01-13-2012, 01:24 PM	#190
inm8#2 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 569	Grim Fandango? Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ *Read the bolded part* "You ever wish you could just follow your instincts, live for the moment?" - Gabriel Knight Now playing - Legend of Grimrock Need to finish - The Whispered World Finished - Botanicula, The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time Up Next - A New Beginning, Monkey Island 2 Special Edition Anticipating - Asylum, Bracken Tor, The Last Crown

01-13-2012, 10:53 PM	#191
skeeter_93 UnseenUniversity Graduate Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Perth WA Posts: 515	Amber Journeys Beyond? EDIT: Stoopid me, I know that one runs on XP because I started playing it shakes head How about Feeble Files? Share Share this post on Twitter

01-14-2012, 04:14 AM	#192
After a brisk nap Elegantly copy+pasted Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,773	No, no. You had it right the first time. It is A.M.B.E.R: Journeys Beyond. It was notorious for many years for not running on modern computers. I guess someone finally fixed it, then? Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Please excuse me. I've got to see a man about a dog.

01-14-2012, 01:37 PM	#194
tsa Playing character Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Netherlands Posts: 7,472	WOw that is even more complicated than Journey to the Center of the Earth, in which there are three puzzles that no logic could solve, only painstaking trial and error and enormous amounts of patience and anger management. Share Share this post on Twitter

01-15-2012, 06:21 AM	#196
tsa Playing character Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Netherlands Posts: 7,472	Niburu? Share Share this post on Twitter

01-15-2012, 06:55 AM	#197
TimovieMan Filmfreak Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Belgium Posts: 1,049	You're doing this on purpose, aren't you? Getting as much Indiana Jones references in there so I'd guess "Lost Horizon" every time. Is it Lost Horizon? Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Currently playing: Again, Escape from Monkey Island (replay), King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow Next in line: King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride, Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers, The Last Express, Time Hollow Recently finished: King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder, The Curse of Monkey Island (replay), The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (abandoned), Mass Effect 3

01-15-2012, 07:03 AM	#198
tsa Playing character Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Netherlands Posts: 7,472	No, it's Niburu: Age of Secrets Share Share this post on Twitter

01-16-2012, 06:17 AM	#199
skeeter_93 UnseenUniversity Graduate Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Perth WA Posts: 515	Yes Timovieman, it's Lost horizon! Your turn... Share Share this post on Twitter

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