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celador on 13 November 2014

#49:

Best karting game that doesn't include Mario.  Open world hub was a cool way of getting about different races, and the way new areas and races unlocked in a similar fashion to Mario 64 was unique to my knowledge for a racing game at the time.  It also had planes and hovercraft in addition to the regular karts, which added depth to the gameplay that most other kart games lacked.  The boss races, such as racing a dinosaur up a mountain and a dragon through caves and under windmills, were awesome, even if they cheated a bit.  And while the trackes never quite matched the very best of MK, they were still varied and a load of fun.



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Mr_No on 13 November 2014

My hint for the #48 game. It revolves around two main characters in a major European city, trying to take down a reckless crime boss, who forces one of the main characters to do his dirty work.



S.Peelman on 13 November 2014

I don't know any of you guys' clues .
Except mtachi's Mario 64 clue, but that one's already guessed .

Anyway, for anyone that still dares to try to guess this extremely obscure game, here's an extra hint before I'll put it up in a couple hours.

Game #49

Original hint: This game, to my knowledge only playable on a platform not exactly known for gaming (unless you're talking about the mobile platform), is in fact mostly a clone of an older NES game. It involves making blocks as platforms, getting the key and exiting the level.

Extra hint: In that original NES puzzle/action game, the player character is a wizard. In the 'clone' game I'm talking about, the player character is a red humanoid robot instead.



Wright on 13 November 2014
Mr_No said:
My hint for the #48 game. It revolves around two main characters in a major European city, trying to take down a reckless crime boss, who forces one of the main characters to do his dirty work.


Army of Two?



Mr_No on 13 November 2014
Wright said:
Mr_No said:
My hint for the #48 game. It revolves around two main characters in a major European city, trying to take down a reckless crime boss, who forces one of the main characters to do his dirty work.


Army of Two?

No, not that one.

EDIT: A major Western European city.



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mtachi on 13 November 2014
KLXVER said:
mtachi said:
A hint for my number 48:

Platformer with paintings.

Pretty easy to guess most likely but hey ho, really interesting to see everyone's lists so far :)


Super Mario 64?


Got it in one! :)



Veknoid_Outcast on 13 November 2014
S.Peelman said:

I don't know any of you guys' clues .
Except mtachi's Mario 64 clue, but that one's already guessed .

Anyway, for anyone that still dares to try to guess this extremely obscure game, here's an extra hint before I'll put it up in a couple hours.

Game #49

Original hint: This game, to my knowledge only playable on a platform not exactly known for gaming (unless you're talking about the mobile platform), is in fact mostly a clone of an older NES game. It involves making blocks as platforms, getting the key and exiting the level.

Extra hint: In that original NES puzzle/action game, the player character is a wizard. In the 'clone' game I'm talking about, the player character is a red humanoid robot instead.

I assume Solomon's Key is the original? I can't for the life of me figure out the clone :(



Veknoid_Outcast on 13 November 2014
celador said:

#49:

Best karting game that doesn't include Mario.  Open world hub was a cool way of getting about different races, and the way new areas and races unlocked in a similar fashion to Mario 64 was unique to my knowledge for a racing game at the time.  It also had planes and hovercraft in addition to the regular karts, which added depth to the gameplay that most other kart games lacked.  The boss races, such as racing a dinosaur up a mountain and a dragon through caves and under windmills, were awesome, even if they cheated a bit.  And while the trackes never quite matched the very best of MK, they were still varied and a load of fun.

Respect.

I think "best karting game that doesn't include Mario" hits the nail on the head. In fact, I'd argue DKR is superior to its N64 contemporary, Mario Kart 64.



Veknoid_Outcast on 13 November 2014

Visual hint for #49:

+ + = ?



celador on 13 November 2014
Veknoid_Outcast said:
celador said:

#49:

Best karting game that doesn't include Mario.  Open world hub was a cool way of getting about different races, and the way new areas and races unlocked in a similar fashion to Mario 64 was unique to my knowledge for a racing game at the time.  It also had planes and hovercraft in addition to the regular karts, which added depth to the gameplay that most other kart games lacked.  The boss races, such as racing a dinosaur up a mountain and a dragon through caves and under windmills, were awesome, even if they cheated a bit.  And while the trackes never quite matched the very best of MK, they were still varied and a load of fun.

Respect.

I think "best karting game that doesn't include Mario" hits the nail on the head. In fact, I'd argue DKR is superior to its N64 contemporary, Mario Kart 64.

Well, I have MK64 higher up on my list, just because it was the first racing game I ever played and I played so much of it.  But if I were to compare them now with nostalgia removed from the equation, I may agree