+cvga Posted November 1, 2002 Share Posted November 1, 2002 The children that live in my neighborhood are undoubtedly the best kids in the world. Every single one of them dressed as an Atari 2600 character! I made a list of everyone who stopped by. Like Sniderman's contest, see if you can figure out which Atari 2600 game they combined to represent. If you're the first to figure it out and explain how you did it, you win the contest and the mystery cart! 6:04 P.M. My first treater! Look at you. I know that game I cried out in joy. As he left I could see the Atari symbol on his back. 6:12 P.M. Doorbell rings. Look at this little guy! What a cute costume! 6:18 P.M. Whack, whack, whack. I opened my door just in time to catch a stick in the head from this kid. "Take some candy and get the puck outta here!!" I yelled 6:25 P.M. This time they came as a pair. Nice kids and cute costumes I thought. 6:37 P.M. I didn't recognize this kid so I asked, "Do you live around here?" "Yes, I'm one of the Zellers" he replied. 6:43 P.M. Ding-dong. I answered the door but no one was there. 6:48 P.M. What in the world is this I ask myself. I don't know but it looks like pure chaos I respond. 6:56 Instead of ding-dong, I hear ding, ding, ding, ding. I nearly flipped out when I saw this costume. 7:01 P.M. Thump, thump, thump. Sounds like arrows hitting my door. No wonder. "Why do you look so sad on Halloween?" I ask. "Because I have to trick or treat alone tonight" was the reply. 7:08 P.M. I heard the faint cry "HELP!" and there she was. "What's wrong?" I asked. "I'm afraid of heights both the smelly ape and man keep taking me higher" she replied. I gave her some airheads seeing how her name was already on the wrapper. 7:13 P.M. Knock, knock, knock. Greedy pig took a whole handful before I could say "just one". 7:21 P.M. Ding-dong. I answered the door but again no one was there. 7:25 P.M. I think to myself "Weren't these guys here earlier tonight?" but give them more candy anyhow. The one on the right really seems to like those Reeces Pieces. 7:30 P.M. Last beggar of the night. I gave him the rest of the candy. END OF TRICK OR TREAT Now, just like Snider-man's contest, you need to figure out the cart that these treaters collectively make. Good Luck! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted November 1, 2002 Author Share Posted November 1, 2002 Amazingly I've discovered that I have two extras of the prize cart! Therefore, I'll give them both away. The first person to answer correctly will win one of the carts. I will then randomly select someone else from all of the later remaining correct answers and they will win also. This way, even if someone beats you to the answer, you still get a shot to win. Because of this, you can only submit one answer until I reset the guesses and allow you to try again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted November 1, 2002 Share Posted November 1, 2002 Hmm... well, lets start by identifying all the games at least: 6:04 P.M. - Berzerk 6:12 P.M. - Pressure Cooker? Not sure about this one... 6:18 P.M. - Ice Hockey 6:25 P.M. - Gravitar & E.T. 6:37 P.M. - Inca Gold (I think) 6:43 P.M. - 6:48 P.M. - Hmm... don't recognize this one. 6:56 - Video Pinball (I noticed there was no 'P.M.' after this one... wonder if that's significant) 7:01 P.M. - Robin Hood 7:08 P.M. - Donkey Kong 7:13 P.M. - Oink 7:21 P.M. - 7:25 P.M. - Gravitar & E.T. (again) 7:30 P.M. - Taz --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted November 1, 2002 Share Posted November 1, 2002 By rearranging the letters that each game starts with, I get (almost) "Atari Video Cube"... However, I'm still not entirely sure which game the chef is from (It can't be Pressure Cooker if my logic is right), and I also still don't recognize the 6:48 PM game... One of them would have to start with a U, and the other with a C by my guess. --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupcakus Posted November 1, 2002 Share Posted November 1, 2002 I dont think those are gravitar pictures... look again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted November 1, 2002 Share Posted November 1, 2002 Ah, the 6:48 game is Universal Chaos, and the chef is from Cakewalk... --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupcakus Posted November 1, 2002 Share Posted November 1, 2002 Beserk Pressure Cooker Ice Hockey Asteroids ET Inca Gold Universal Chaos Video Pinball Robin Hood Donkey Kong Oink Asteroids ET Taz I get Atari Video Cube too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupcakus Posted November 1, 2002 Share Posted November 1, 2002 Man! Now it looks like I just copied you :-) I really did find those on my own :-) :-) :-) You just HAD to post while I was typing didn't you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted November 1, 2002 Share Posted November 1, 2002 Aha, you're right... they're Asteroids labels... my mistake. Plus, there's the two A's I was missing --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupcakus Posted November 1, 2002 Share Posted November 1, 2002 Cupcakus wants 1/7th of the cart for helping a fellow gamer with his space game mixup. Thus costing me the time to post first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted November 1, 2002 Share Posted November 1, 2002 Hehe, sorry... Lucky timing I guess Just to summarize: Asteroids Taz Asteroids Robin Hood Inca Gold Video Pinball Ice Hockey Donkey Kong E.T. Oink Cakewalk Universal Chaos Berzerk E.T. I keep thinking that there's a clue as to the order in the times... although I haven't noticed anything yet... --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooterb23 Posted November 1, 2002 Share Posted November 1, 2002 Indeed, it seems to be Atari Video Cube... Berzerk Cakewalk Ice Hockey Asteroids E.T. Inca Gold Universal Chaos Video Pinball Robin Hood Donkey Kong Oink Asteroids E.T. Taz I also noticed two "Blank Spaces" which led me to two spaces in the title...aka three words... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted November 1, 2002 Share Posted November 1, 2002 Amazingly I've discovered that I have two extras of the prize cart! You may have lucked out this time Cupcakus! --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupcakus Posted November 1, 2002 Share Posted November 1, 2002 I didn't get cakewalk, but the title was obvious without it. Oh well, here's hoping for a random selection :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted November 1, 2002 Share Posted November 1, 2002 You may not have gotten Cakewalk, but I didn't get Asteroids! Oh, the shame of it all!... And to be honest, I almost screwed up the Robin Hood one... I had initially thought Crossbow (I have neither game, so it was a bit of a guess)... but edited my post almost immediately after I had submitted it (I didn't copy you, I swear!) --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupcakus Posted November 1, 2002 Share Posted November 1, 2002 Oh Oh Oh Edited post, disqualified!!! :-) :-) :-) Ha ha ha ha ha As for robin hood, It says "hood" right on the picture dingy! :-) Must be late there :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted November 1, 2002 Share Posted November 1, 2002 After I thought it was Crossbow, I looked at it again, and thought the triangle shape was more like a Xonox label... then I noticed the bit of text at the bottom --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonesome_pa Posted November 1, 2002 Share Posted November 1, 2002 BerZerk Cakewalk Ice Hockey Asteroids E.T. Inca Gold Blank spot Universal Chaos Video Pinball Robin Hood Donkey Kong Oink Blank spot Asteroids E.T. Taz Take the first letter in each title, re-arrange them as well as the "blanks" or "no answer" to spell out "Atari Video Cube" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osmeroid Posted November 1, 2002 Share Posted November 1, 2002 Atari Video Cube? Berzerk Cakewalk Ice Hockey Asteroids ET Inca Gold Universal Chaos Video Pinball Robin Hood Donkey Kong (Jr?) Oink Asteroids Taz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inextremis staple Posted November 1, 2002 Share Posted November 1, 2002 atari video cube? i swear i figured this one out on my own *nudge nudge wink wink* :wink: is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted November 1, 2002 Author Share Posted November 1, 2002 I have good and bad news: First the good news - congratulations on identifying all of the games correctly. You guys are good. The bad news - but you're not that good (yet). Even though the letters can be arranged to spell Atari Video Cube, that is not the answer You didn't really think the solution to this one was going to be a duplicate of the Frankenstein contest did you? It's just coincidence that the first letters spell out another game *wink wink nudge nudge* Identifying the games is an important step though. Keep trying. Everyone is free to answer again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooterb23 Posted November 2, 2002 Share Posted November 2, 2002 And NOW my head starts to hurt... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupcakus Posted November 2, 2002 Share Posted November 2, 2002 Holy crap lol :-) Well here we go again :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khryssun Posted November 2, 2002 Share Posted November 2, 2002 Is the game Keystone Kapers ? If it is I'll explain later how I found it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupcakus Posted November 2, 2002 Share Posted November 2, 2002 I remember thinking it was keystone capers from the very beginning :-) The last five letters of the first five games is almost keyst. KeystoneKapers is also the correct number of letters... However I couldn't figure out where toneKapers was hidden, so I dismissed it as a correct answer :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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