+thegoldenband Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 It sounds chilly and ice-themed, but Pengo and Frostbite have been done already, so... Maybe Polaris? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 You're a cool dude, but not Polaris. Very good guess! Though maybe the clues are too tricky? Hats off to whoever gets it. Do I say what I mean or have meaning in what I say? Sometimes I think there are clues in sentences not identified as clues... If you guys want to give up then I say take a step back and relax. Chill and have a beer. Up here we might have a Molson Canadian, but for you guys in the USA it might all be Miller time, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhomaios Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Is it China Syndome? Thought processes: Key words include cold, happy times, east (so not west), and an actor. Well, there is a Chinese movie called Happy Times that has had two different actors (Zhao Benshan and Dong Jie) who played in cold-titled movies (Keep Cool and Allure Snow respectively). China Syndrome is the only cart with "China" in it. I can't explain the beer reference (Tapper too obvious? doesn't fit any other clue...). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Not China Syndrome, and not Tapper. Even though I mentioned beer don't be fooled. I don't drink and it's not my sport. Keep searching and you'll get there, but looking here is most important of all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Ice Hockey? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Winter Games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Atari_Warlord Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Video Olympics/ Sports Pong? One of the original arcade configurations was using a barrel for the cabinet, and maybe there is a beer pong reference. My other crazy idea is Red Sea Crossing because East On is kind of like Heston, and the burning bush that didn't burn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Ice Hockey? He shoots, he scores!!! It's Ice Hockey. Congrats, Nathan From post 919: 1) Cooper, but not Taiwan. 2) Not West on, but East on. 3) Eddie's outdoor gear. - The first three clues are all major brands of hockey equipment. Eddie in this case is the first half of Eddie Bauer, but only the "Bauer" is important. Cooper, Easton, and Bauer. Most people got Bauer, but didn't know how to relate it. From post 921: 4) It burns... Not. - A reference to something opposite to burning, like freezing (ice). From post 923: Sorry, I got to go now as I'm watching a recap of the World Juniors. So happy Canada won!! - A major hockey tournament that just finished. From post 925: You're getting hotter, but that's not what you want. - Another reference to cold... I'm thinking you're going in the wrong direction now. To much West on and not enough East on, eh? - Referencing back to clue 2. I'm way up here in the Great White North, so I can talk like this, eh? Now that I'm thinking of it, maybe directions don't matter at all, but clues do??? - Great White North is a reference for Canada, and Canadians have a passion for Hockey, eh? Also a hint that the directions have other meanings. 5) I am picturing an Actor, I am particularly thinking of TeleVision, or am I? He's been both Happy and Angry at times... - This first sentence has Vision beginning with a capital to make it pop out more. Looking at the sentence you can pick out Activision, which released Ice Hockey. - The actor I'm referencing is Adam Sandler, who was in Anger Management, and Happy Gilmore. In Happy Gilmore his character is a hockey player who takes up golfing. From post 927: You're a cool dude, but not Polaris. Very good guess! Though maybe the clues are too tricky? Hats off to whoever gets it. - Another cold reference, and also buried in there is Hat Trick. A Hockey Hat Trick is scoring 3 goals in game. A Gordie Howe Hat Trick however is a goal, assist, and a fight. Do I say what I mean or have meaning in what I say? Sometimes I think there are clues in sentences not identified as clues... - Yep. If you guys want to give up then I say take a step back and relax. Chill and have a beer. Up here we might have a Molson Canadian, but for you guys in the USA it might all be Miller time, eh? - Yet another cold reference. Molson Canadian used to have a lot of beer commercials directly related to hockey. - USA, and Miller are references for American programmer Alan Miller, who made Ice Hockey. From post 929: Not China Syndrome, and not Tapper. Even though I mentioned beer don't be fooled. I don't drink and it's not my sport. Keep searching and you'll get there, but looking here is most important of all. - My "sport" is Ice Hockey of course! Looking in this post is the first mention of sport, which I think finally gave it away. Finally there actually is a Taiwan Cooper cart of Ice Hockey, but I steered away from it to stick to the official version. I thought it wouldn't be fair to base the answer on a pirate maybe not too many people know of. In this case however it is the same name, so I guess I could have at said "maybe Taiwan". Maybe if I had done Koho as one of the companies... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mxyzptlk Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 He shoots, he scores!!! It's Ice Hockey. Congrats, Nathan From post 919: 1) Cooper, but not Taiwan. 2) Not West on, but East on. 3) Eddie's outdoor gear. - The first three clues are all major brands of hockey equipment. Eddie in this case is the first half of Eddie Bauer, but only the "Bauer" is important. Cooper, Easton, and Bauer. Most people got Bauer, but didn't know how to relate it. From post 921: 4) It burns... Not. - A reference to something opposite to burning, like freezing (ice). From post 923: Sorry, I got to go now as I'm watching a recap of the World Juniors. So happy Canada won!! - A major hockey tournament that just finished. From post 925: You're getting hotter, but that's not what you want. - Another reference to cold... I'm thinking you're going in the wrong direction now. To much West on and not enough East on, eh? - Referencing back to clue 2. I'm way up here in the Great White North, so I can talk like this, eh? Now that I'm thinking of it, maybe directions don't matter at all, but clues do??? - Great White North is a reference for Canada, and Canadians have a passion for Hockey, eh? Also a hint that the directions have other meanings. 5) I am picturing an Actor, I am particularly thinking of TeleVision, or am I? He's been both Happy and Angry at times... - This first sentence has Vision beginning with a capital to make it pop out more. Looking at the sentence you can pick out Activision, which released Ice Hockey. - The actor I'm referencing is Adam Sandler, who was in Anger Management, and Happy Gilmore. In Happy Gilmore his character is a hockey player who takes up golfing. From post 927: You're a cool dude, but not Polaris. Very good guess! Though maybe the clues are too tricky? Hats off to whoever gets it. - Another cold reference, and also buried in there is Hat Trick. A Hockey Hat Trick is scoring 3 goals in game. A Gordie Howe Hat Trick however is a goal, assist, and a fight. Do I say what I mean or have meaning in what I say? Sometimes I think there are clues in sentences not identified as clues... - Yep. If you guys want to give up then I say take a step back and relax. Chill and have a beer. Up here we might have a Molson Canadian, but for you guys in the USA it might all be Miller time, eh? - Yet another cold reference. Molson Canadian used to have a lot of beer commercials directly related to hockey. - USA, and Miller are references for American programmer Alan Miller, who made Ice Hockey. From post 929: Not China Syndrome, and not Tapper. Even though I mentioned beer don't be fooled. I don't drink and it's not my sport. Keep searching and you'll get there, but looking here is most important of all. - My "sport" is Ice Hockey of course! Looking in this post is the first mention of sport, which I think finally gave it away. Finally there actually is a Taiwan Cooper cart of Ice Hockey, but I steered away from it to stick to the official version. I thought it wouldn't be fair to base the answer on a pirate maybe not too many people know of. In this case however it is the same name, so I guess I could have at said "maybe Taiwan". Maybe if I had done Koho as one of the companies... UHHHGGGG, great clues, but I went the wrong direction....AGAIN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Ha, I kept thinking Ice Hockey, but talked myself out of it for some reason. Well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Updated list: 01. Pitfall! - (bomberpunk)02. Warlords - (Lentzquest)03. Jawbreaker - (roadrunner)04. Pengo - (bomberpunk)05. Beany Bopper - (CRTGAMER)06. Stellar Track - (AtariLeaf)07. Red Sea Crossing - (bomberpunk)08. Atlantis II - (Gateway)09. Fire Fly - (Mxyzptlk)10. Wizard of Wor - (Syntaxerror999)11. Popeye - (roadrunner)12. Gorf - (Mxyzptlk)13. Mario Bros. - (bomberpunk)14. Riddle Of The Sphinx - (Mxyzptlk)15. Combat - (Chuck D. Head)16. Lost Luggage - (moycon)17. Sentinel - (thegoldenband)18. Forest - (Chuck D. Head)19. Atari Video Cube - (moycon)20. Surround - (Cortat G)21. Hangman - (Cortat G) (out of order)22. Video Jogger - (moycon)23. Porky's - (Mxyzptlk)24. Omega Race - (Schizophretard)25. Gremlins - (Chuck D. Head)26. Dishaster - (thegoldenband)27. Boxing - (Schizophretard)28. Nightmare - (thegoldenband)29. Cosmic Swarm - (Schizophretard)30. Breakout - (Cortat G)31. 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe - (Schizophretard)32. Beamrider - (moycon)33. Mega Force - (Waggie)34. Defender - (thegoldenband)35. Bugs - (Chuck D. Head)36. Fathom - (Waggie)37. Double Dragon - (Gateway)38. Star Fire - (thegoldenband)39. Entombed - (Nathan Strum)40. Revenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes - (Chuck D. Head)41. M*A*S*H - (Pioneer 4x4)42. Escape from the Mindmaster - (thegoldenband)43. Star Voyager - (frankodragon)44. Sprint Master - (Schizophretard) (gave turn to bomberpunk)45. Phantom II/Pirate - (thegoldenband)46. Beat 'em and Eat 'em - (Mxyzptlk)47. Adventure - (Schizophretard) (gave turn to Pioneer4x4)48. Coconuts - (Nathan Strum)49. Marauder - (Schizophretard)50. Moon Patrol - (chainsawj)51. Xenophobe - (Waggie)52. Tax Avoiders - (Nathan Strum)53. Miner 2049er II - (thegoldenband)54. Spacechase - (Nathan Strum)55. M.A.D. - (Schizophretard)56. Midnight Magic - (Lentzquest)57. Casino - (Gateway)58. Yar's Revenge - (Nathan Strum)59. The Challenge of Nexar - (Waggie)60. Othello - (lentzquest)61. Pete Rose Baseball - (thegoldenband)62. Star Wars: Jedi Arena - (Nathan Strum)63. Fun With Numbers - (Chuck D. Head)64. Chase the Chuckwagon - (thegoldenband)65. X'Mission - (Omegamatrix)66. Frostbite - (moycon)67. Incredible Wizard (Astrocade)/Wizard of Wor (2600) - (Chuck D.)68. Freeway - (VectorGamer)69. Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator - (Nathan Strum) 70. Space Invaders - (Waggie) 71. Superman - (WolfAmongWolves) 72. Cosmic Ark - (BrianC) 73. Jr. Pac-Man - (thegoldenband) 74. Mangia - (Gateway) 75. Klax - (BrianC) 76. Air-Sea Battle - (VectorGamer - turn skipped) 77. BurgerTime - (OmegaMatrix) 78. Ice Hockey - (Nathan Strum) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 I'll try to be a little less obscure this time. 1. Hi! A lie? 2. Could be George Clooney. Or Don Knotts. 3. Out of the blue. But not on the 2600. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 (edited) Alphabetized grouping of Nathan's list. Sorry no formatting as I ran it through Excel. Edit: found the button to show BBcode tags. 31. 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe - (Schizophretard)47. Adventure - (Schizophretard) (gave turn to Pioneer4x4)76. Air-Sea Battle - (VectorGamer - turn skipped)19. Atari Video Cube - (moycon)08. Atlantis II - (Gateway)32. Beamrider - (moycon)05. Beany Bopper - (CRTGAMER)46. Beat 'em and Eat 'em - (Mxyzptlk)27. Boxing - (Schizophretard)30. Breakout - (Cortat G)35. Bugs - (Chuck D. Head)77. BurgerTime - (OmegaMatrix)57. Casino - (Gateway)64. Chase the Chuckwagon - (thegoldenband)48. Coconuts - (Nathan Strum)15. Combat - (Chuck D. Head)72. Cosmic Ark - (BrianC)29. Cosmic Swarm - (Schizophretard)34. Defender - (thegoldenband)26. Dishaster - (thegoldenband)37. Double Dragon - (Gateway)39. Entombed - (Nathan Strum)42. Escape from the Mindmaster - (thegoldenband)36. Fathom - (Waggie)09. Fire Fly - (Mxyzptlk)18. Forest - (Chuck D. Head)68. Freeway - (VectorGamer)66. Frostbite - (moycon)63. Fun With Numbers - (Chuck D. Head)12. Gorf - (Mxyzptlk)25. Gremlins - (Chuck D. Head)21. Hangman - (Cortat G) (out of order)78. Ice Hockey - (Nathan Strum)67. Incredible Wizard (Astrocade)/Wizard of Wor (2600) - (Chuck D.)03. Jawbreaker - (roadrunner)73. Jr. Pac-Man - (thegoldenband)75. Klax - (BrianC)16. Lost Luggage - (moycon)41. M*A*S*H - (Pioneer 4x4)55. M.A.D. - (Schizophretard)74. Mangia - (Gateway)49. Marauder - (Schizophretard)13. Mario Bros. - (bomberpunk)33. Mega Force - (Waggie)56. Midnight Magic - (Lentzquest)53. Miner 2049er II - (thegoldenband)50. Moon Patrol - (chainsawj)28. Nightmare - (thegoldenband)24. Omega Race - (Schizophretard)60. Othello - (lentzquest)04. Pengo - (bomberpunk)61. Pete Rose Baseball - (thegoldenband)45. Phantom II/Pirate - (thegoldenband)01. Pitfall! - (bomberpunk)11. Popeye - (roadrunner)23. Porky's - (Mxyzptlk)07. Red Sea Crossing - (bomberpunk)40. Revenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes - (Chuck D. Head)14. Riddle Of The Sphinx - (Mxyzptlk)17. Sentinel - (thegoldenband)70. Space Invaders - (Waggie)54. Spacechase - (Nathan Strum)44. Sprint Master - (Schizophretard) (gave turn to bomberpunk)38. Star Fire - (thegoldenband)69. Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator - (Nathan Strum)43. Star Voyager - (frankodragon)62. Star Wars: Jedi Arena - (Nathan Strum)06. Stellar Track - (AtariLeaf)71. Superman - (WolfAmongWolves)20. Surround - (Cortat G)52. Tax Avoiders - (Nathan Strum)59. The Challenge of Nexar - (Waggie)22. Video Jogger - (moycon)02. Warlords - (Lentzquest)10. Wizard of Wor - (Syntaxerror999)51. Xenophobe - (Waggie)65. X'Mission - (Omegamatrix)58. Yar's Revenge - (Nathan Strum) Edited January 8, 2015 by Omegamatrix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomberpunk Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 I'll try to be a little less obscure this time. 1. Hi! A lie? 2. Could be George Clooney. Or Don Knotts. 3. Out of the blue. But not on the 2600. i'll jump in with a wild guess... Private Eye? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Not Private Eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mef Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Solaris? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Not Solaris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 I'll try to be a little less obscure this time. 1. Hi! A lie? 2. Could be George Clooney. Or Don Knotts. 3. Out of the blue. But not on the 2600. I don't get the clues... hi a lie? huh? what could be george or don, like the game or box cover? what's out of blue, like blue color or blue sky? the game doesn't play on 2600? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Clues to the clues: 1. Sounds like. 2. Or Clint Eastwood. Or Kevin Bacon. 3. Out of the Blue. Doesn't refer to the 2600 version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomberpunk Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 (edited) Gunslinger...Outlaw... ...do not sound like hi or lie. Edited January 8, 2015 by bomberpunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 #1 is about jai alai (I think?), and #3 seems to either refer to a title (ELO and Debbie Gibson have albums named "Out of the Blue"), or maybe to the game coming in a blue box on a different system. The jai alai reference made me think of a TRON game, e.g. Deadly Discs, but those didn't come in blue boxes on the Intellivision. Not sure about the relevance of the actors yet, though Clooney/Solaris crossed my mind too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 (edited) Not Gunsliger or Outlaw. thegoldenband is absolutely correct about clues #1 and #3 (I'm not going to say how). So now the question is... what do the clues refer to? Edit: It's not Tron Deadly Discs. Solaris was already guessed, but that's not what I was thinking of. However, it is still applicable. A little more help: 2. Or Ed Harris. Or John Lithgow. Edited January 8, 2015 by Nathan Strum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Aha, it's totally Super Breakout: 1) The cover art depicts "jai alai in space", or something like it. 2) These actors all played astronauts, as found on the cover art. (Clooney = Gravity, Lithgow = Interstellar, Bacon and Harris and Otm Shank = Apollo 13, Knotts = The Reluctant Astronaut, Eastwood = I didn't bother looking it up but I saw part of it on TV once.) 3) The Atari 5200 cart label and box are blue, but the VCS one isn't (it's orange). Is that about right? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 (edited) Aha, it's totally Super Breakout: 1) The cover art depicts "jai alai in space", or something like it. 2) These actors all played astronauts, as found on the cover art. (Clooney = Gravity, Lithgow = Interstellar, Bacon and Harris and Otm Shank = Apollo 13, Knotts = The Reluctant Astronaut, Eastwood = I didn't bother looking it up but I saw part of it on TV once.) 3) The Atari 5200 cart label and box are blue, but the VCS one isn't (it's orange). Is that about right? It HAS to be! I had no idea Eastwood and Knotts were in space movies before. So I was thinking Bank Heist like Andy Griffith... or Kaboom! I dunno! I didn't think of the 5200 art being blue, I just think of Blue Activision lables, so I was thinking I was wrong so I didn't guess. Edited January 8, 2015 by JacobZu7zu7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Aha, it's totally Super Breakout: 1) The cover art depicts "jai alai in space", or something like it. 2) These actors all played astronauts, as found on the cover art. (Clooney = Gravity, Lithgow = Interstellar, Bacon and Harris and Otm Shank = Apollo 13, Knotts = The Reluctant Astronaut, Eastwood = I didn't bother looking it up but I saw part of it on TV once.) 3) The Atari 5200 cart label and box are blue, but the VCS one isn't (it's orange). Is that about right? thegoldenband is correct - it's Super Breakout! All clues referred to the box artwork. You're right on with clues 1 and 2. The movies I was thinking of were: Gravity, The Reluctant Astronaut, Space Cowboys, Apollo 13, The Right Stuff, 2010. Google image searches of each actor would (eventually) turn up pictures of each of them in space suits. Clue 3 is close, but what I was going for is that the artwork on the 5200 box is reminiscent of the cover to ELO's Out of the Blue: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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