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**THE POWER OF WATER** · Local time: Feb 13, 2007, 08:05 PM

Challenge of the Ancient Empires, right?

The Super Solvers series was pretty cool overall. I dropped so many hours into Outnumbered and Spellbound as a kid.

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Duck King · Local time: Feb 14, 2007, 06:14 AM

Correct! Yeah, they were pretty enjoyable alright. I had Challenge of the Ancient Empires and Operation Neptune for DOS back then.

Draconis: 16
Elixir: 12
Qwarky: 11
Colonel Skills: 6
CHz: 6
TheKnightOfNee: 3
Iwata: 3
kuttlas: 3
Solis: 2
randomwab: 2
StarmanDX: 2
Happy Cow: 2
Infernal Monkey: 2
Malmer: 1
Leknaat: 1
Dekoa: 1
Philia: 1
AcerBandit: 1
Syndrome: 1
^-^: 1
Chaotic: 1
Inhert: 1
MrMonkeyMan: 1
Amayirot Akago: 1
niki: 1

StarmanDX · Local time: Feb 14, 2007, 12:15 AM

Crap, I knew that one. ._.

Personally, my favorite of the Super Solvers series was Gizmos and Gadgets. But I have to give Spellbound credit, as I doubt I would have passed nearly as many spelling tests without it.

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**THE POWER OF WATER** · Local time: Feb 13, 2007, 10:24 PM

Gizmos and Gadgets! I never actually owned a copy of that game, but I played it at a friend's house once. Downloaded a copy from The Macintosh Garden about a year ago and played through it. <3

Ah, The Learning Company and MECC (Oregon Trail, Munchers series). They were the heroes of my younger days.

I used to be good at this game, but wow I sucked while taking this screenshot.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Duck King · Local time: Feb 14, 2007, 04:39 PM

Triumph? I only remember this from a preview I saw in a Nintendo Players mag.

**THE POWER OF WATER** · Local time: Feb 14, 2007, 09:28 AM

I'd never heard of Triumph, but I decided to look it up in case of regional names and so forth, and it seems that it was an NES game that was never released. (It should be pretty clear that the screenshot is NOT from the NES.)

However, while searching, I found German box art detail (presumably never actually printed) here, and I recognize all those characters from in-game. Compare the pigs:

My guess is that Triumph is either a failed NES port, or the game was cancelled and retooled for the Game Boy (hopefully at least that part of the pics was obvious). So, basically, what I'm saying is, you're really close. Enough that I think I'm willing to give it to you if these screenshots don't help anyone:

I figured there'd be no problem with this one because I actually owned a copy, but I've been looking on the internet, and wow. There's next to nothing about it.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

kuttlas · Local time: Feb 14, 2007, 12:51 PM

Castle Quest?

Shot in the dark.

FELIPE NO

**THE POWER OF WATER** · Local time: Feb 14, 2007, 12:03 PM

Yeppers. Kind of like chess, if it were an SRPG.

Draconis: 16
Elixir: 12
Qwarky: 11
Colonel Skills: 6
CHz: 6
kuttlas: 4
TheKnightOfNee: 3
Iwata: 3
Solis: 2
randomwab: 2
StarmanDX: 2
Happy Cow: 2
Infernal Monkey: 2
Malmer: 1
Leknaat: 1
Dekoa: 1
Philia: 1
AcerBandit: 1
Syndrome: 1
^-^: 1
Chaotic: 1
Inhert: 1
MrMonkeyMan: 1
Amayirot Akago: 1
niki: 1

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kuttlas · Local time: Feb 14, 2007, 01:45 PM

That was lucky.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Duck King · 10:28 PM

Originally Posted by CHz

My guess is that Triumph is either a failed NES port, or the game was cancelled and retooled for the Game Boy (hopefully at least that part of the pics was obvious). So, basically, what I'm saying is, you're really close.

Yeah, I even tried to find more information about Triumph after posting, but couldn't find any. Though the article (found in Game Player's Strategy Guide to Nintendo Games, July 1991 issue) had a single screenshot which was nearly identical to the this one , identical as in the exact board but with a little difference in unit placement, and had "Triumph for Game Boy" as a heading. Then it goes off to say how it was Hudson Soft's first Game Boy title, a strategy game set in a medieval world called Joker Land, in which you have to do battle with an Orc King/Arch Orc or something. My guess it could have been a tentative title. Or probably shoddy journalism? Anyways, now that I know the real title, I'm gonna try the ROM for sure because it looks like fun. I also recall being interested with the idea after first reading that. =)

Current screenshot looks mighty familiar...

EDIT: Had a hunch it was another Lynx game. It's Crystal Mines II.

kuttlas · Local time: Feb 15, 2007, 02:56 AM

One day I will get one that'll actually stump you Draconis

Draconis: 17
Elixir: 12
Qwarky: 11
Colonel Skills: 6
CHz: 6
kuttlas: 4
TheKnightOfNee: 3
Iwata: 3
Solis: 2
randomwab: 2
StarmanDX: 2
Happy Cow: 2
Infernal Monkey: 2
Malmer: 1
Leknaat: 1
Dekoa: 1
Philia: 1
AcerBandit: 1
Syndrome: 1
^-^: 1
Chaotic: 1
Inhert: 1
MrMonkeyMan: 1
Amayirot Akago: 1
niki: 1

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Duck King · Local time: Feb 15, 2007, 05:30 PM

Well, I was stumped by your first one, so that's already settled.

Amayirot Akago · Local time: Feb 15, 2007, 07:21 PM

SYSTEM SHOCK 2.

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Duck King · Local time: Feb 15, 2007, 09:52 PM

Yep, I didn't expect it to last more than a couple of hours.

Draconis: 17
Elixir: 12
Qwarky: 11
Colonel Skills: 6
CHz: 6
kuttlas: 4
TheKnightOfNee: 3
Iwata: 3
Solis: 2
randomwab: 2
StarmanDX: 2
Happy Cow: 2
Infernal Monkey: 2
Amayirot Akago: 2
Malmer: 1
Leknaat: 1
Dekoa: 1
Philia: 1
AcerBandit: 1
Syndrome: 1
^-^: 1
Chaotic: 1
Inhert: 1
MrMonkeyMan: 1
niki: 1

Amayirot Akago · Local time: Feb 16, 2007, 10:22 AM

Of course it helps that I love that damn game to death.

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Local time: Feb 16, 2007, 02:24 PM

Is that Desire? Wasn't that a Saturn game?

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Amayirot Akago · 11:51 AM

Released for PC as well. I'm impressed you know it. Not much of a game, but DAMN one hell of a story.

Draconis: 17
Elixir: 12
Qwarky: 12
Colonel Skills: 6
CHz: 6
kuttlas: 4
TheKnightOfNee: 3
Iwata: 3
Solis: 2
randomwab: 2
StarmanDX: 2
Happy Cow: 2
Infernal Monkey: 2
Amayirot Akago: 2
Malmer: 1
Leknaat: 1
Dekoa: 1
Philia: 1
AcerBandit: 1
Syndrome: 1
^-^: 1
Chaotic: 1
Inhert: 1
MrMonkeyMan: 1
niki: 1

Jam it back in, in the dark.

niki · Local time: Feb 16, 2007, 04:00 PM

Originally released for PC98. One of C's Ware legends and of Ryu Umemoto's best musical works. =p

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Local time: Feb 16, 2007, 07:46 PM

Originally Posted by Amayirot Akago

Released for PC as well. I'm impressed you know it. Not much of a game, but DAMN one hell of a story.

Ehm, you'll find I'm familiar with a whole host of h-games, even ones I've never played

As for next sample, something easy for once.

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Elixir · Local time: Feb 17, 2007, 06:03 AM

Skygunner.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Local time: Feb 16, 2007, 08:41 PM

Correct

Draconis: 17
Elixir: 13
Qwarky: 12
Colonel Skills: 6
CHz: 6
kuttlas: 4
TheKnightOfNee: 3
Iwata: 3
Solis: 2
randomwab: 2
StarmanDX: 2
Happy Cow: 2
Infernal Monkey: 2
Amayirot Akago: 2
Malmer: 1
Leknaat: 1
Dekoa: 1
Philia: 1
AcerBandit: 1
Syndrome: 1
^-^: 1
Chaotic: 1
Inhert: 1
MrMonkeyMan: 1
niki: 1

I was speaking idiomatically.

Elixir · Local time: Feb 17, 2007, 07:27 AM

This was released for the Genesis, Gameboy and PC.

gonna get dat spear

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

MrMonkeyMan · Local time: Feb 16, 2007, 11:42 AM

Is that some Humans? That was a pretty neat game.

FELIPE NO

Elixir · Local time: Feb 17, 2007, 07:46 AM

It is some humans.

Spoiler:

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

MrMonkeyMan · Local time: Feb 16, 2007, 11:48 AM

I doubt this one should be very difficult.

Jam it back in, in the dark.