The Discussion Thread | The 12th Annual Greatest Games Event

[S.Peelman]

The_Liquid_Laser said:

S.Peelman said:

Apparently I made this set of hints quite tricky, as both #19 and #18 went unguessed. Let's see if it can get a little easier with the next hints.

#17: The Mac OS version of this game (at least) featured an interesting anti-piracy measure where you had to look up letters in the manual.

Hint 2: Once you find the correct letter, you can drink the correct bottle and the door to the next level opens. Drink the wrong one, and die.

Hint 3: This actually mirrors the rest of the game, most bottles are for health, while some take health. You see this by the color of its plume. Obviously though there is no plume in the lettered bottles because that would be too easy to guess.

Hint 4: The levels start down in a grey-coloured dungeon, presumably the place where you were imprisoned, until the switch to the more elaborately decorated red and golden floors of the palace.

17 is some sort of Roguelike.  Is it Nethack or Shiren the Wanderer?

It’s not, so both those are incorrect. It is in fact just an action-platformer.

drbunnig said:

S.Peelman said:

#14: Beach balls can roll on all sides.

Kula World aka Roll Away on PS1?

Yes!

Very good, I’m impressed. Funny to think that this is guessed in one hint while SimCity 3000 wasn’t. But that’s how it goed I guess.