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Mr_No on 16 November 2014
Mummelmann said:

Hint for 45:

This game, along with a much more famous and monolithic title, was spawned on what could be considered the most unlikely platform for the genre and the controller on this system made things like free-aiming a thing on consoles. This game sports some highly original enemies that had not been portrayed in this genre before, and which were popularized four years prior by one of the highest grossing movies of the 90's.

Dino Crisis.



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Wright on 16 November 2014
Smeags said:
Hint for #45:

Despite being praised as one of the best IgaVanias in the series, this game isn't actually an IgaVania.


Err... Mirror of Fate?



Smeags on 16 November 2014
Wright said:


Err... Mirror of Fate?

While I actually did enjoy MoF, I don't think many see it as an IgaVania.



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Mummelmann on 16 November 2014
Mr_No said:
Mummelmann said:

Hint for 45:

This game, along with a much more famous and monolithic title, was spawned on what could be considered the most unlikely platform for the genre and the controller on this system made things like free-aiming a thing on consoles. This game sports some highly original enemies that had not been portrayed in this genre before, and which were popularized four years prior by one of the highest grossing movies of the 90's.

Dino Crisis.

Creatures are correct; but wrong franchise.



S.Peelman on 16 November 2014

46

SimTower

  • System: Mac
  • Year: 1994
  • Rank last year: 48 (^ 2)

This simulation game is micromanagment in it's purest form. Sim Tower is basically SimCity in a single building. The objective of the game is to build and manage a large skyscraper. Within this skyscraper, the player must build everything from office-space to condoes to retail space and a subway station. The crowning achievement, literally, is the construction of the 'Cathedral' on the top of the tower when it reaches 100 stories. Building this basically counts as 'beating the game', even though it's essentially open ended. Easier said than done, it can take quite a while to reach this high, as it can be quite challenging to balance the needs of the occupants of the building and make enough money to continue building.

I got this game not long after my first computer game, Rebel Assault II (47), which makes this the second personal computer game I ever played. This makes it quite influental in my life, and is probably a very big reason why I went on to study architecture over a decade later. It also has the shady distinction of being the first game here in my house that was subject to illegal activities, or the primitive form of digital pirating. Back in the day, it was so easy to copy a game (literally, copy/paste the floppy), that we traded it in for SimCity 2000 a week later to get two games for the price of one. The game does belong on the list though, and some 'towers' I made I can be proud of. So proud of even, that I still have the saves. Decade old saves, yet the most important one, where I actually had the Cathedral on top, was sadly lost to the ages.



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S.Peelman on 16 November 2014
forest-spirit said:

Hint #45:

Who cares about the ocean when you can fly above the clouds! A legendary adventure!

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. It has to be .



mtachi on 16 November 2014
Hint #45:

Who cares about the ocean when you can fly above the clouds! A legendary adventure!


TLoZ: Skyward Sword? Amiright?

 

Hint for #45:

Don't be late, don't be late! This is truly a very important date



Smeags on 16 November 2014
forest-spirit said:

Hint #45:

Who cares about the ocean when you can fly above the clouds! A legendary adventure!

I *really* wanted to do an avatar quote, but I forgot you changed it to TP Zelda.

SS Zelda... *swoon*



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forest-spirit on 16 November 2014
S.Peelman said:
forest-spirit said:

Hint #45:

Who cares about the ocean when you can fly above the clouds! A legendary adventure!

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. It has to be .


Darn it, didn't realise that the hint fit so well for SS. It's not a Zelda game.

 

Extra hint: Despite the lack of water there's quite a few boats in the game.



S.Peelman on 16 November 2014
forest-spirit said:

Darn it, didn't realise that the hint fit so well for SS. It's not a Zelda game.

Extra hint: Despite the lack of water there's quite a few boats in the game.

Then it was the perfect hint, three of us fell for it !