tiw Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 name this game cart? I don't get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanglyman Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 I think it was intended to be a contest of sorts? Name it! it's Fun! Yay! I name it "Crappy the Sea Monkey" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 I call it Poop! but I still have one in my collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 Trivia: US Games was actually a division of General Mills. The "Name This Game" contest was about winning money, not just naming a game. Just a way to get publicity in a competitive and dying game market. The game still flopped because it really sucked. I don't think US Games had any commercial hits at all. I bought a couple of their games way back then but didnt like them. I've bough several as an adult and still don't like them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamemaster_ca_2003 Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 hey space Jockey was fun ok I like playing ot on PCAE win myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 Entombed was the winning name wasnt it? Buck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic George 2K3 Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 EEEEEE! Wrong! Entombed was already taken as a game name before Name This Game came out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 I don't know that US Games ever officially declared a winner. However, the same game was later released by Carrere Video as "Octopus". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cootster Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 That's a mistake in the Stella profile list of an earlier version of the emu . . . Entombed isn't NTG, it's actually rarer than NTG . . . And, no, nobody won (although I entered as a kid with something like "Scuba Shooter"), and it has actually gotten several names . . . Octopus, Galleons Gold, and I've heard another . . . Unlike most here, I actually like that game . . . Not terribly exciting, but fun occasionally. Space Jockey was at least a minor hit, I would say . . . And maybe Towering Inferno, which is better than Fire Fighter, IMO . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 I like US games for what they are. Simplistic. Fun. That's about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 Trivia: US Games was actually a division of General Mills. I always thought that US Games was a division of Quaker Oats....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 I always thought that US Games was a division of Quaker Oats....... And you are correct sir, damn my cereal switcheroo. I was always a Kellogg's man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquid_sky Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 at least you arnt a ralson man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 That's a mistake in the Stella profile list of an earlier version of the emu . . . Entombed isn't NTG, it's actually rarer than NTG . . . Hmm.. That's probably why I thought that. OR Maybe I have a mistake cart and they put Entombed in a case labeled with Name This Game! No, I dont think I've ever put my copy in my 2600. Ah well Buck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opcode Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 Wasn't Command Raid an US Games release? It's a nice and beautiful game IMHO... Eduardo Mello Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the 5th ghost Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 at least you arnt a ralson man. What's wrong with Ralston? C'mon! Cookie Crisp?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atariz28 Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 I liked gopher and mad 2 player. River rafter wqas not bad either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cootster Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 Wasn't Command Raid an US Games release? It's a nice and beautiful game IMHO... Eduardo Mello Yes, it is . . . And it's probably the best non-Missile Command game of its genre (better than Atlantis, IMO) . . . I wonder why the mysterious Men-A-Vision pirate didn't use it as a basis for Air Raid instead of SJ, since the gameplay would've been quite a bit closer . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamerz Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 I enjoyed Gopher back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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