+thegoldenband Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Next: 1. Best of its kind. 2. White on white 3. Banned forever Pete Rose Baseball? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lentzquest Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Pete Rose Baseball is right. It's the most advanced, good looking, and playable baseball game for the system. All players on both teams are in white for some confusing reason. And of course Pete Rose got banned from baseball for gambling shortly after the game's release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Great! OK, I'm trying to wake up here and get some clues together. I get a little tired, thanks to these sultry evenings we've been having. I know it's cooler in the morning, of course; some people seem so obsessed with getting up early just to see the sun rise, but I doubt I'll ever be one of them! (Still, I'd gladly swap a grey day, like what we're having right now, for the yellow light of the sun. I'm happy when life's good, you know?) So I've tried to find the key to fifty of these puzzles, at least, but I can't pretend there's any meaning to most of them -- including my own! -- or in the things I'm saying now. Still, every puzzle has its special charm. Anyway, enough about me. Who will be able to solve this next one? Maybe someone can, though I can't foresee who's next to step up to the plate. Still, it's not even a very good puzzle, and I suppose I like this least of all the stuff I've done. But I've got it all here in my head, so away we go: ...oh, wait. I don't know how or why, but I've already given you all the clues! I guess nothing more needs to be said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 3. Sometimes pillow talk can end badly. A reference to the Shakespeare play of the same name where Othello thinks his wife is cheating on him and smothers her with a pillow. Wow! Bonus points for using a Shakespeare reference! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Sneak 'n' Peek? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Nope! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Star Wars: Jedi Arena? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Yes indeed! Wow, that was quick. Do you want to detail the solution, or shall I? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck D. Head Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 I'm thinking Maze Craze, but not ready to bet the farm on it. Edit: Oh, never mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Yes indeed! Wow, that was quick. Do you want to detail the solution, or shall I? I'm a Who fan, so the clues jumped out at me. I saw that you were quoting from The Seeker, so I thought it would be a "hide 'n' seek" game. When it wasn't that, I searched for a game with a "seeker" in it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 1. CCCXXII 2. DLXXIV 3. CLXXXII Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 I'm a Who fan, so the clues jumped out at me. I saw that you were quoting from The Seeker, so I thought it would be a "hide 'n' seek" game. When it wasn't that, I searched for a game with a "seeker" in it. Ha, that connection (with Sneak 'n' Peek) didn't occur to me. Yeah, my entire post is woven with lyrics by The Who. In addition to the lyrics from "The Seeker", the other two songs were "Blue, Red, and Grey" -- though as I suggested, one might replace "grey" with "yellow" -- and "Gettin' In Tune". The first refers to the game's characteristic color scheme, and the second refers to the unexpectedly in-tune rendition of the Star Wars music with which the game begins. Oh, and: "Who will be able to solve this next one? Maybe someone can, though I can't foresee who's next to step up to the plate." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck D. Head Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Obelix? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Not Obelix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gateway Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Centipede "C" = centi = 100 in Latin. 3 clues each number adds up to a "hundreds" total: 322, 574, 182 = combined total = 1078 swapped around you get 7801 = First Atari brand game on the 7800 console was Centipede. I tried this with Millipede too, but it doesn't work because it wasn't released on all 3 consoles(only 2600 and a proto for 5200) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mxyzptlk Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Centipede "C" = centi = 100 in Latin. 3 clues each number adds up to a "hundreds" total: 322, 574, 182 = combined total = 1078 swapped around you get 7801 = First Atari brand game on the 7800 console was Centipede. I tried this with Millipede too, but it doesn't work because it wasn't released on all 3 consoles(only 2600 and a proto for 5200) I went the down the same road, but I could not figure out what the 1st 7800 game was. Searched here, Yahoo, Google, but could not find the answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Centipede is the wrong answer. But Gateway has the right idea... in an odd way. Mxyzptlk is searching in two many places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gateway Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Gyruss The planets you travel between in our solar system have Roman names: Neptune, Uranus, etc... Johann Sebastian Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor is in the game. Bach lived in the 1700's but I am going around in circles as I can't seem to find the right year for when he wrote the tune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Nope. You were one the right track before. Just looking in the wrong place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pioneer4x4 Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 I'll through out Tax Evaders on a whim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 (edited) Not Tax Avoiders - it's already been used. If you've been playing along for awhile, that will help you solve this one. The solution to the clues is at the very heart of the game. Of course that doesn't help much if you haven't looked up the right one. But still, it's not like you have to solve the ultimate question to life, the universe and everything. Edited September 7, 2012 by Nathan Strum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gateway Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Okay, I will go out on a nim and guess Codebreaker (CX2643) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Blackjack? EDIT: I don't know if it fits in with Blackjack, but all three numbers follow an interesting pattern: prime factors of 322 = 2 x 7 x 23 prime factors of 574 = 2 x 7 x 41 prime factors of 182 = 2 x 7 x 13 And 42 is 2 x 3 x 7. So every clue here seems to involve 2 x 7 and a prime. 14 and a prime...hmmm...it'd be perfect if it were 21 and a prime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gateway Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Juno First ? Juno is the Roman goddess of marriage and counterpart to the Greek Hera. First- as the goldenband suggested Prime numbers, would make sense. I also saw some prime numbers in my math, but couldn't make sense of it until now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Not Codebreaker. But a very good guess. Not Blackjack. My math isn't good enough to come up with those clues. Not Juno First. But you're both soooooo close without even realizing it. Consider this... how are you researching the games you've been guessing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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