We've reached 20 pages on the previous Name the Game thread, and so I'm starting another one. If anyone would like to view the previous Name the Game thread, you'll find Page 1 of the thread here.


For those who are joining us for the first time for Name the Game, this is the procedure:


One person (hereinafter known as "It") posts a clue to an adventure game. The clue can be simple or difficult or straightforward or creative. Clues can be information about characters or events or puzzles or more (though we do try to stay away from outright puzzle spoilers).

Everyone who wishes to participate can post the name of the game that best matches the clue. If no one has guessed after an attempt or two (or if a day passes with no guesses), "It" gives another clue. The person who guesses correctly then becomes "It" and posts a clue for a different game, and so on. If you've posted a guess, or if you are "It," check back every day to see if you've guessed right or if you need to identify the correct guesser, so the game continues smoothly!

(When thinking up clues, a good place to look for possible ideas is the GameBoomers collection of adventure walkthroughs -- plenty of inspiration there.)


I am currently IT.

Clue #1 Refers to One Word in the Title of the Game I'm Thinking Of:

Better than cheap


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(For those interested, the current thread titles are listed below.)

HINT: ONE OF THESE IS NOT PART OF AN ADVENTURE GAME TITLE

Lost Souls of Name the Game
Lost Tales of Name the Game
Lost Files of Name the Game
Lost Kingdom of Name the Game
Lost Cavern of Name the Game
Lost Garden of Name the Game
Lost Keys of Name the Game
Lost Horizon of Name the Game
Lost Chronicles of Name the Game
Lost Sword of Name the Game

All I can think of is license plates and lions. Unless it's Freedy Pharkas?

Gil.

I've been trying to think of a game with "Free" in the title - but if one exists I don't own it !!

Got one with 'gratis' in the title, Mad?

Gil.

Nope, I don't think so - but I'll go check

TSL?

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron - Forever Free

Good guesses! But none so far are correct.

Clue #2 Refers to Another Word in the Title of the Game I'm Thinking Of:

Not so hot.

Cool. Cool game? Strong Bad's Cool Game for....
Oh, well, maybe not.




Gil.

So far so good. Episode, please?

Clue #3 Refers to Another Word in the Title of the Game I'm Thinking Of that hasn't yet been mentioned:

Barbara sings soulfully of these.

Really, this is a guess. I haven't played it so I didn't know there were episodes.

Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People?

But if that's right, I don't get where "better than cheap" comes in. Would you mind elucidating?


Gil.

"Better than cheap" is a word in the title of the particular episode.

Clue #4: The Episode's title also includes a word that is in the title of this thread.

Am I being too demanding???

Lol! No, not at all. But I'm a Lost Soul, for sure. I'm retiring now.


Gil.

Episode 2: Strong Badia the Free?

You got it Salar -- over to you!

Yay! Thank you, Becky

Clue #1
Weakly trip the light fantastic
your clumsy search seems slightly spastic...

Sounds like an older game with a tricky interface. My guess -- Labyrinth of Time?

A reasonable guess, but not that particular older game...

clue #2
To defeat the all-knowing mind
you’ll spend quite a long time…

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream?

No, sorry, though it does have sci-fi elements

Clue #3
Fight for freedom, flee for fun
and run the robot with the gun…

Rama?

No, sorry, its not Rama

Clue #4
You must be happy, because if you are not
you’ll be in danger from the Happy Robot

Is it The Moment of Silence?

Sorry, no. Maybe if I put all the clues together?

Clue #1
Weakly trip the light fantastic
your clumsy search seems slightly spastic...

clue #2
To defeat the all-knowing mind
you’ll spend quite a long time…

Clue #3
Fight for freedom, flee for fun
and run the robot with the gun…

Clue #4
You must be happy, because if you are not
you’ll be in danger from the Happy Robot

Clue #5
Your brother is a traitor
Dolores a great gal
Sam, though very helpful, is a trigger-happy pal

Is it The Feeble Files ??

[A very wild guess as it is SO long since I played the game ]

Ah, yes, I recognize it now. You are right, Mad.

Yes, it is Feeble Files!

Your turn, Mad

I remembered enough then !! Thanks, Salar of Myst

Here's my CLUE ONE :

Attacked on the train

GK3? :-)

Murder on the Orient Express?

Broken Sword 1?

The Last Express?

Yesterday?

Indiana Jones III?

Quite a few who fulfilling this hint apparently

Ahhhhh .... I see the game was guessed in my absence !!

Tomer got it with "Gabriel Knight 3"

Over to you, Tomer

Oh wow, I'm honored!

Well....

Hint #1:
How the heck was I to know, objection!
to solve this I have to find the view's projection!

hehe, it's either obvious or really hard :-)

Can we have another hint, please, Tomer ??

Law & Order: Legacies?

Mad: sure
Becky -- nope!

Hint #2:
After hours of careful sketching,
My solution seemed to be matching.
Unfortunately all I got in the end,
was 1/9 of what was required by my friend.

(well, he ain't really a friend, but there's a limit to the amount of time I'm willing to spend on looking for rhymes!)

Post Mortem? It included sketches, painting and matches...

(well, he ain't really a friend, but there's a limit to the amount of time I'm willing to spend on looking for rhymes!)

Love it, Tomer !!

*Sharon: Nope, sorry
Hint #3:
Come on, how many puzzle-games are there our there?!

Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney?

Say what?

Hint #4:
If the guy from Hint #2 is friend or foe,
hard it is to know,
for some would claim, and I with them,
this game has no plot to show

Safecracker?

Ahhh no!

Come on it's a pretty popular puzzle-adventure game among us AG's, no need to get so esoteric!
(I guess that's the next hint...)

I'm going to take a wild guess and say The 7th Guest? That's a popular puzzle game. And there are certainly projections.

*sigh* no :-)

Hint #293:

After you have reached your aim,
when you finally finished the game,
you will leave where you are with glory and fame,
only to find in the next game more of the same!

Tomer, that's a Rhem game.

Chief

"Objection!" in the first clue, and it's a game without a single lawyer in a courtroom?

hehe, objection simply rhymed becky!
Well, Chief's got it. I guess you should guess which one though :-\
Ok, I don't write the best of riddles. Over to whoever!

Red Herringed by a rhyme. Poetic justice?

I like your clues, Tomer.

Thanks Tomer.

Clue #1: Christina Falk thinks a person is following her.


Chief

Clue #2: a homemade postcard of a monastery ruin.


Adding Clue #3: let's visit Christina's Art Studio.


Chief

Somehow reminds me of TLJ, but I can't really say why

Is it Blue Madonna ??

Blue Madonna it is.

Over to you Mad.


Chief

Thank you Chief

We will need to dig deeply into our memories now ....

CLUE ONE :

"A rather unusual Librarian !!"

CLUE TWO :

"And a very stubborn gate "

No takers ??

OK. here is CLUE THREE then :

" There's graffiti on the toilet door !! "

Discworld II?

Near enough, Jarkeld !! [It was actually the first Discworld.]

So your turn now

Thanks!. Thought it was #2 as I recently played a bit via ScummVM.

Clue #1: A nice elevator ride. Always a pleasure to have an elevator ride where nothing happens.....

Myst?

Mad -- I'm reading Terry Pratchett's "Snuff" right now. I'm a Vimes fan. Did he make it into the early Discworld games?

Hi Becky

I don't remember Vimes appearing as a character in the games - but it's quite a while now since I re-played any Discworlds so I can't be sure.

Maybe someone with more brain cells still in play will drop by and tell us !!

It's not Myst.

Clue #2: That's it! I'm never taking another elevator ride!

Nikopol?

It's not Nikopol.

Clue #3: Time to go sight-seeing at a local church.
The catacombs might hold something interesting.

Black Mirror

The Lost Crown?

It's The Lost Crown! Over to you, jfcwilson!

Awesome!


Clue 1: A walking stick versus a snake. Who will emerge victorious?
Clue 2: The Vizor likes to play games.

This sounds SO familiar. Must go away and think ....

Morpheus?

Could it be a FREE game ??

SH v Jack the Ripper??

Nope, nope, and nope!:)

Clue 3: Don't be greedy or the embalmer will kill you. Yep, simple as that.

Well, I've no idea at ALL what this game is

Clue 4: There's an educational side to this game, too...

Egypt 1156?

Yep Flotsam! Over to you.

Phew !! I'd forgotten all about that game, jfcwilson.
[Probably because I really didn't like it ]

Clever Old You .... flotsam

Heh, actually I didn't either, although I thought Egypt II was a marked improvement:)

Yes. I thought so too

I'm stepping in with a clue!

I'm providing individual clues, each clue is a hint indicating one word in the title of the game. The game was released between 1995 and 2000. You can have a look at the adventure games released during that period at the Pagoda Game Database.

Clue #1 for one word in the title:

Associated with another dollar.

Well, there's "Another Day, Another Dollar".

I've not heard of a game called "Another Day" but I'll guess it anyway !!

Clue #2 for another word in the title:

A famous battle in World War II.

The database mentions "The Residents: Bad Day on the Midway"

Is that the one?

You got it, Salar! Over to you.

That was just a total guess. heh

Clue # 1
Across the sand, past ancient gears
beneath the puzzler, face toothy fears

Zak McKraken?

I forgot I had even guessed

I thought you were enraptured by gazing out at those beautiful ocean waves.

Dreamfall?

My sincere apologies for being gone so long! We've had some interesting stuff going on anyway and then I got very sick and pretty much forgot about the 'net while I was stuck in bed.

No it isn't Zak, but it is an older game

Clue #2
Some rooms have goodies, others are just old
Most have paintings, decorated with gold
Which jars have keys?
Which walls have doors?
Which path gives the answer to what all this was for?

Sounds like an early King's Quest sort of game - although I'm stumped as to actually which

Riddle of the Sphinx?

Wow !! That sounds a much more likely game than any I could think of, Becky

Becky, you are right. It is Riddle of the Sphinx!


Back over to you

I'm providing individual clues, each clue is a hint indicating one word in the title of the game. The game was released between 1995 and 2000. (You can always consult the Pagoda game database if necessary.)

Clue #1 for one word in the title:

A precious standard.

Clue #2 for another word in the title:

Lots of resurgence and reawakening in this Italian city.

Could it be Nostradamus - The Lost Prophecy?

No, but good guess.

Clue #3 for another word in the title:

Just for me.

Okay, I'm getting gold and mine out of this. But for clue 2, I'm not sure if we're talking about the resurgence or the city. Rome? Venice? Renaissance? Sigh. I should go look under the Pagoda.

At least, I can cross Al Emmo off the list.

Gil.

Traveler -- in the first sentence, you are correct.

I confess that the game is a trifle obscure.

Clue #4 for another word in the title:

Rhymes with hackslacker.

Backpacker : Lost Florence Goldmine ??

[A guess based purely on rhymes !! ]

You are correct, Mad! Well guessed. Over to you.

Thank you, Becky !!

Here's my CLUE ONE :

"This red clown nose has something inside it."

If I wasn't working all hours at the mo & had time to post another clue........

Sanitarium?

A wild guess -- Broken Sword 1?

The very one, SharonB !!

No, I think it really was Sanitarium

Second-guessing?

Bumping this up to the top of the forum -- SharonB, we need a clue!

It really was Sanitarium so try this easy one;

Start by saving an egg

Save an egg and end up on a lo-o-o-o-o-o-o-ng journey. The Longest, in fact.

You're right, it was Sanitarium. Mad is messing with our heads.

Gil.

Me ?? Messing ?? Never !!!!

Save an egg and take a journey on the Last Express?

Was I right? Somehow I did not check back on this. Sorry.

Save an egg and end up on a lo-o-o-o-o-o-o-ng journey. The Longest, in fact.

At the risk of asking the "Oh-so-obvious... The Longest Journey???"

You were right!!

I think flotsam was just kidding around. Anyway, I was answering his question with TLJ.

I guess you get to duke it out with him.

Gil.

Flotsam if you don't mind I'll have a go...

In this game one of your first actions lands you in a "hole" lot of trouble...

Zork Grand Inquisitor ??

Sorry Mad.

My head was so messed up by Mad my egg got scrambled!
I am pretty sure this game is Sanitarium too.

I dunno, flotsam.
Are you sure it isn't Isabelle?

Gil.

Now that you mention it ....

Nope - you're off planet...

Next clue: You need to know you're anatomy to solve this puzzle.

Timelapse?

The Dig ??

No, good guesses but that's not it.

Clue 3 - In this game you get to play the 3 Stooges. (Was that a complete giveaway??)

Well, I've no idea now

I expect flotsam will come up with something though ??

Maybe "Isabelle's Adventures in the Sanitarium" ??

Wow! I'm throwing everyone off. I'm either very good with my clues or very bad!

Sam & Max: Moai Better Blues (that covers Moe -- well, almost).

Sorry Becky. The 3-Stooges is a game within a game.

In the big box version of this game is a professional magazine called "The Hot Spot". It includes a quiz for "How likely are you to get fired?"

Space Quest 6

You got it Wincey!

Could someone else please take my turn? I'm just a little busy this weekend

Will do

The first thing you pick up in this game is a towel

Sanitarium?

How did you know!

That was over fast!

lol

So is it my go again??

I think it's SharonB again since she guessed correctly.

You take it Flotsam. I'll have to think about which game to use for next time.

I see "Sanitarium" made it onto this board AT LAST, flotsam !!

Will do!
This game features an item called the Ascension Amulet

Celtica?

I think so TOO !!
[I'm sure you are correct, RayB ]

I’m not good at this but here goes…

OK, in this game if the player (especially one who tends to try everything with everything LOL) tries to give a can of beer to a monkey the game chastises the player on the subject of animal cruelty.

If someone guesses and or I don't reply it's because I've lost power due to the nor'easter.

Well I'll guess the obvious.
Tales of Monkey Island?

Sorry, no it's not the obvious.

Flight Of The Amazon Queen?

One of the Return to Mysterious Islands? (Stay safe in the storm, RayB.)

None of the above.

Later on this game features another monkey that can be taught to do a 'trick.'

Game is the second in a series of three (so far) There are two playable characters. That should narrow it down a bit.

Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle?

EDIT: Now that I think about it, I realize I'm probably wrong, as only Brian is playable in Runaway 2. Oh, well.

Puritas Cordis

Yes.