+cvga Posted September 15, 2002 Author Share Posted September 15, 2002 Still haven't gotten it yet but some say this game would have been truly super if things had just been a little different. Try again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted September 15, 2002 Share Posted September 15, 2002 Well, Superman is already out so is Mario Bros. Those are the first 2 Supers that come to mind. Super Breakout is a paddle game...out. Chuck Norris is out Super Cobra has no non-mechanic characters All of the Super Challenge sports games have nameless characters I'm all out of super....? I don't see any Standout Activison games, save for Double Dragon, which is already out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooterb23 Posted September 15, 2002 Share Posted September 15, 2002 Mr. Outside from Double Dunk??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted September 15, 2002 Share Posted September 15, 2002 Mr. Outside from Double Dunk??? Just so you don't feel lonely I'll guess Mr. Inside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooterb23 Posted September 15, 2002 Share Posted September 15, 2002 I didn't mind feeling lonely...especially since I meant to type Mr. Inside, but something inside my head refused to let me put it down... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted September 15, 2002 Share Posted September 15, 2002 One of you is right. It all fits, the basketball jargon "take a shot" "bricks" utamav91 has a DD guy as his avatar it has selectable characters (right?) i think its congrats to one of you.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted September 15, 2002 Share Posted September 15, 2002 One of you is right. It all fits, the basketball jargon "take a shot" "bricks" utamav91 has a DD guy as his avatar it has selectable characters (right?) i think its congrats to one of you.... wow, nice wrap up of the facts Stan, like a game of Clue I would think Scooter is right because cvga said throw 'out' a guess but who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a light in the black Posted September 15, 2002 Share Posted September 15, 2002 Mary From Save Mary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooterb23 Posted September 15, 2002 Share Posted September 15, 2002 If it is, I'm sure it's oesii. Remember the clue when he said (paraphrasing) "You don't have to play as the character"? Well, you start with the ball at the 3-point line, meaning you start as Mr. Outside, you never have to pass to Mr. Inside if you don't want to, although I think you can play as teammates, making Mr. Inside an optional character to play. (I never played the game until after I made the guess, I found the name in the manual here on AA). Also, when he said one of the last guesses was close, I thought he meant my Wile E. Coyote guess (based on lonesome_pa's coyote avatar), but somebody (Jeffy) guessed a character named "Mr. Hero" We won't get official word until cgva gives it, but I feel pretty safe saying congrats to oesii. Fun contest, and very maddening at the same time!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooterb23 Posted September 15, 2002 Share Posted September 15, 2002 I would think Scooter is right because cvga said throw 'out' a guess but who knows. Yeah, but who would "throw out" a ball, except for the guy on the inside??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted September 15, 2002 Share Posted September 15, 2002 Fun contest, and very maddening at the same time!!! Agreed! My favorite part is all of our post hoc explanations of the clues and guesses which have been all wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooterb23 Posted September 15, 2002 Share Posted September 15, 2002 I didn't realize that there were this many named characters in Atari games... I was about ready to throw in some Nintendo characters just to make sure!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted September 15, 2002 Share Posted September 15, 2002 I didn't realize that there were this many named characters in Atari games... I was about ready to throw in some Nintendo characters just to make sure!! yeah I was ready to throw out some 7800 games too. After this contest is over I say we petition StanJr to put together a database of all the named characters in 2600 games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooterb23 Posted September 15, 2002 Share Posted September 15, 2002 He's already about 60% there with that list in this thread I think. Well, I'm off to bed. It's 2 AM (I'll blame what I believe to be my fatal mistake on the time...) and I have to work tomorrow...errrr...later today. I hope we've finally gotten this right, congrats all on a very fun game!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trey Posted September 15, 2002 Share Posted September 15, 2002 bigelow bad wolf - special "joystick-break-out-double-dunk which reminds me of stanJr" edition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted September 15, 2002 Share Posted September 15, 2002 Trey, one of these days you are going down. Or if you prefer, Billy Madison style: "O'Doyle, I got a feeling one of these days your whole family's going down." And HEY, how come I don't win the contest, but THEN get petitioned to do EVEN more work! How is that fair? Throw me a bone over here! sigh, I'll have the database of named characters by the end of the week..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnspike Posted September 15, 2002 Share Posted September 15, 2002 So is this the longest thread ever at AtariAge?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted September 15, 2002 Author Share Posted September 15, 2002 Congrats go out to oesii The last character was Mr. Inside Choosing someone from Double Dunk made the contest more difficult than I imagined. Here is the reasoning behind some of my prior comments: One of the people on Atari Age reminds me of this character: That would be The Big Player. Even before I held the contest, I associated his name with Mr. Inside. I believe he also refers to himself as the Double Dunk Zen Master which I didn't know when I posted the clue. Later... Everyone is free to try again so throw out another guess. I was sure that someone would jump on "free throw". Interestingly, everytime I used "throw out", I didn't mean it to be a reference to which player (sorry scooterb23). Next day.. Everyone can now take another shot at the answer. Later... The guess that was closest yet was Mr. Mean. I should have been more specific as there were too many guesses between my posts for anyone to get much useful info from that 'clue'. Later... Everyone keeps putting up bricks. I knew someone would associate this with basketball but thought that it would also lead some people incorrectly back toward Oink, Squeeze Box, etc. Props to StanJr for immediately jumping all over the basketball reference. Jeers for not following up on it. Lastly... some say this game would have been truly super if things had just been a little different The original title of Double Dunk was "Super Basketball" Everyone: Thanks for participating. This was a heck of a lot of fun for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted September 15, 2002 Author Share Posted September 15, 2002 Oh yeah, one more thing... oesii - PM me your address and I'll get your prize in the mail. scooterb23 - if you're collection's not too big, PM me a list of some of the less rare games you need and I'll send you one if I have it as a consolation prize. It can't be more rare than Front Line though Everyone else - thanks again!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooterb23 Posted September 15, 2002 Share Posted September 15, 2002 Thanks for the offer cvga, but I have over 200 titles in my 2600 collection...so I don't think I'm hurting for stuff to play!! This contest was a lot of fun, and since I didn't have the prize, I figured I might as well stick it out until the end. Again, great contest!!! I think a lot of us were in the same boat, none of us knew that the characters in Double Dunk had names!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted September 15, 2002 Author Share Posted September 15, 2002 Again, great contest!!! I think a lot of us were in the same boat, none of us knew that the characters in Double Dunk had names!!! Then you need to play more Double Dunk. At the end of the game it shows the game stats and actually displays the names Mr. Inside and Mr. Outside on the screen. That was going to be the next clue "This character's name is displayed on the screen during part of the game." There can't be too many characters that this is true for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnspike Posted September 15, 2002 Share Posted September 15, 2002 Cheers to cvga for a tough, but challenging game. Thanks to all of those who spend their own hard earned money to stir-up exitement in classic gaming by giving away games. *I award cvga the title of Mastermind Mindbender* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted September 15, 2002 Share Posted September 15, 2002 Props to StanJr for immediately jumping all over the basketball reference. Jeers for not following up on it. Nah, by this time I was well out of the running. I was just trying to help the rest of the contestants out and do some informative cheerleading. I've never played Double Dunk, so I had to research it before I could have guessed, and the others had long beat me too it. Congrats to cvga and oesii! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted September 16, 2002 Share Posted September 16, 2002 Thanks Stan, your summaries helped me a lot with the guesses, I haven't really played Double Dunk in about 10 years and the few times I've played it in emulation recently I never got too far into it and didn't notice that the players had names. Who knew? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted September 16, 2002 Share Posted September 16, 2002 The Octopus in Dolphin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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