guess the game

Jack burton · 14-09-2011 1:17am #1

Right a girl I know is asking me about a game she remembers, heres the description

"theres a man who walks through grass and eats cherries and the grass aswell, and he was like a clown"

played on a big computer years ago

Now if anyone can tell me what game that is I will shake your hand

Shield · 14-09-2011 1:25am

Boulderdash?

OwaynOTT · 14-09-2011 1:31am

Super Mario 2 or Pacman , or was the lady Pacman, in the arcade. Not the original but a side scrolling one.

safetyboy · 14-09-2011 5:14am

Dig Dug?

Pacland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9-dT8NJRdo

Pyongyang · 14-09-2011 6:37am

Mr. Do! ?

Edit: going by the description, it has to be Mr. Do! surely. I remember playing this at school 'computer club' on the BBC Micro. One of my all time favorites and the soundtrack was legendary.

Here's a gif I found that pleads my case:

Professey Chin · 14-09-2011 8:40am

Has to be Mr Do.
I like this game

LoGiE · 14-09-2011 9:45am

Mr. Do! Classic stuff. The clowns a dead giveaway

Jack burton · 14-09-2011 10:07am

Yeah its definitly MR Do!

Thanks

Pyongyang · 14-09-2011 10:12am

No worries. If we ever meet in person you owe me 1 handshake. :pac:

o1s1n · 14-09-2011 12:01pm

Did the Arcade & Retro forum just help Jack Burton get into a girls pants?

Professey Chin · 14-09-2011 12:10pm

o1s1n wrote: »

Did the Arcade & Retro forum just help Jack Burton get into a girls pants?

Doesnt matter. We taking credit

CiDeRmAn · 14-09-2011 12:23pm

So, will Jack Burton, courtesy of Mr Do become known as Mr Done?

vangoz · 14-09-2011 4:44pm

Will this turn into a guess the game thread? Sounds like fun!!:D

CathalDublin · 14-09-2011 9:05pm

Anyone remember digger if it was on a "big computer" too Intel 8088 based pcs?

ondafly · 14-09-2011 9:16pm

CathalDublin wrote: »

Anyone remember digger if it was on a "big computer" too Intel 8088 based pcs?

I do - in all its CGA glory. I had it in a "pack" of sorts

along with other games. There was one really strange one, simple platformer called Jason Jupiter

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Jack burton · 14-09-2011 11:14pm

o1s1n wrote: »

Did the Arcade & Retro forum just help Jack Burton get into a girls pants?

Sadly not, just a regular friend whos a girl. But hopefully if everything goes according to plan I will be recieving a pussy magnet on sunday somtime.

Keep your eyes peeled here on sunday afternoon, something big is coming my way

Myrddin · 15-09-2011 8:59am

Jack burton wrote: »

Sadly not, just a regular friend whos a girl. But hopefully if everything goes according to plan I will be recieving a pussy magnet on sunday somtime.

Keep your eyes peeled here on sunday afternoon, something big is coming my way

Surely a Nomad? If its not screen modded it doesn't count. Battery box mod & screen mod will guarantee you the means to an end

Jack burton · 15-09-2011 7:16pm

Well if a nomad guarntee's then what I have one the way will surly cause....actually I cant say it.

Lets just say in involved the word frothing...

Myrddin · 16-09-2011 8:51am

Jack burton wrote: »

Lets just say in involved the word frothing...

Coming from you that could mean anything

Froth in this forum is generally caused by:

Virtual Boy's (as in the console, though this isn't specific to Retr0)
Vectrex
Amiga's
Candy Cabs
Jamma Cabs
T Shirts
Dinousaurs
Killer Whales

So, taking the above into account...I'm gonna go with a Candy Cab?

o1s1n · 16-09-2011 8:53am

Oh wait, does this relate to the PM you sent me last week Jack_Burton?

Please tell me it does!!!

If so there'll be plenty of frothing indeed

Pyongyang · 16-09-2011 9:07am

EnterNow wrote: »

Froth in this forum is generally caused by:

Virtual Boy's
Vectrex
Amiga's
Candy Cabs
Jamma Cabs
T Shirts
Dinousaurs
Killer Whales

May I add to that list:

SHMUPS
Cave
Raizing
Toaplan
Doujin SHMUPS
French Restaurants
Dublin 13
Proposed changes to the LBW rule in cricket
Sausages
Hats

Oh and if it's a Konami Windy II you're getting...I hate you.

o1s1n · 16-09-2011 9:59am

Kinda odd that even though this has gone completely off topic the thread title is still relevant

Myrddin · 16-09-2011 11:42am

I have one:

C64 game (or was certainly available on C64 anyway)
Military type game
Player A was left side of screen, Player B was right side
Could have been an invasion objective...I can remember basically nothing about the game barring a fuzzy still image
I'm quite sure if one of your soldiers got shot/killed, you heard "MEDIC!" in glorious C64 sound.

Basically nothing to go on, stuff like "Green Beret" sticks out in my mind but thats not it at all. This was a base v base game I think.

7sr2z3fely84g5 · 16-09-2011 12:55pm

EnterNow wrote: »

I have one:

C64 game (or was certainly available on C64 anyway)
Military type game
Player A was left side of screen, Player B was right side
Could have been an invasion objective...I can remember basically nothing about the game barring a fuzzy still image
I'm quite sure if one of your soldiers got shot/killed, you heard "MEDIC!" in glorious C64 sound.

Basically nothing to go on, stuff like "Green Beret" sticks out in my mind but thats not it at all. This was a base v base game I think.

Beach head 2,forward to 2.00 to hear that sound-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efXtNbUONig

Burtons guess,mega man wily wars or pinball machine or something on a burtonesce price.

DinoRex · 16-09-2011 12:59pm

Ah yes. I was thinking Beach Head as well.

Myrddin · 16-09-2011 2:54pm

The goose is correct, much obliged

Jack burton · 17-09-2011 7:01pm

o1s1n wrote: »

Oh wait, does this relate to the PM you sent me last week Jack_Burton?

Please tell me it does!!!

If so there'll be plenty of frothing indeed

Yeah you got the inside info dude, hopefully this time tomorrow all the base will belong to me :pac:

DinoRex · 06-10-2011 2:33am

Okay... here's one I was just thinking of but can't remember the title.

Played it in the arcade but pretty sure it was a Neo Geo machine.

It was a top down or possibly isometric racer. You raced from one end of Africa to another over a bunch of maps with different styles... some of them might have been night maps where you had to have your headlights on... it's also very possible I'm getting a few games mixed up. I think it might have been one long continuous run with a map showing your progress on the game over screen like in Out Run.

Ring any bells?

geotrig · 06-10-2011 9:30am

DinoRex wrote: »

Okay... here's one I was just thinking of but can't remember the title.

Played it in the arcade but pretty sure it was a Neo Geo machine.

It was a top down or possibly isometric racer. You raced from one end of Africa to another over a bunch of maps with different styles... some of them might have been night maps where you had to have your headlights on... it's also very possible I'm getting a few games mixed up. I think it might have been one long continuous run with a map showing your progress on the game over screen like in Out Run.

Ring any bells?

sounds like you may have 1or 2 games mixed up there .But it either neo drift out(isometric) or thrash rally(overhead) thrash rally you race from one end of africa to the other !

DinoRex · 06-10-2011 10:32am

Yep. Trash Rally is correct... think I was getting it mixed up with Over Top though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fE_PMryMuM

James74 · 12-10-2011 11:40pm

Requesting some help from you nice folks...
I'm trying to find an old (possibly early to mid 80's) handheld / table-top electronic game, but my fading memory is failing me. It might have been made by Grandstand (might not, sorry), but it's not Astro Wars or Scramble, but may have been in a similar type "cabinet" to Scramble... I think.

The very vague and limited details I can recall are:

it had a rectangular play area,
it only used one colour in the display - that Astro Wars type of white / blue,
in the game you had to "dig" holes to trap the baddies then fill them in,
these holes were simple circles and squares.

Sorry I know it's not much to go on, but any help much appreciated.
Thanks, James

CathalDublin · 17-10-2011 12:23am

James74 wrote: »

Requesting some help from you nice folks...
I'm trying to find an old (possibly early to mid 80's) handheld / table-top electronic game, but my fading memory is failing me. It might have been made by Grandstand (might not, sorry), but it's not Astro Wars or Scramble, but may have been in a similar type "cabinet" to Scramble... I think.

The very vague and limited details I can recall are:
it had a rectangular play area,

it only used one colour in the display - that Astro Wars type of white / blue,

in the game you had to "dig" holes to trap the baddies then fill them in,

these holes were simple circles and squares.

Sorry I know it's not much to go on, but any help much appreciated.
Thanks, James

Would it be lode runner?
more details here
http://www.mamedb.com/game/ldrun

James74 · 19-10-2011 3:53pm

Thanks Cathal, no not that...

after a lot of trawling through retro game sites I found it:

http://www.handheldmuseum.com/CGL/EarthInvaders.htm

There's one for £60 on ebay but I know nothing about how much these retro games should be. Really want to get hold of it so I suppose it's worth it to me.

Thanks again...

btw, sorry for the s**** description in my previous post, memory let me down

guess the game

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