Tempest Posted March 12, 2004 Author Share Posted March 12, 2004 sorry I missed that part about it being an arcade game so I gotta pick again, There are no second guesses! One guess per person. No more, no less. Rules people... Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 The peeps don't read the clues or rules very well, do they? I like the logic that I used for my pick, but really don't believe in a million years that I'm right about ROTJ. There were a couple of picks made before mine which I find much more plausible. Ooh, I just at this second realized which game it probably really is. I remember reading a rumor of a certain game (back from around the 83 CES I think) coming soon for the 5200 but heard nothing more about it since so I figured it died in the concept stage. That game fits all the clues and I haven't heard any of today's gamers even speak rumors about it. If this is the one, then a lucky dude other than myself is gonna be happily surprized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeybastard Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 I'm sure this isn't it but.... Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 I strongly considered Indy, but it was released in 1985. I took Tempest's clue to read that the arcade game was released before 85, but I may be reading too much into it. I could see Temple of Doom being quite good on the 5200 for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdie3 Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 Why not start another thread that discusses who may have guessed right as well as theories and reasons why etc.. and leave this one for guesses only? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 Still no winner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted March 12, 2004 Author Share Posted March 12, 2004 Still no winner? 4. The winner will be announced Saturday evening after the show closes. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 Blaster? I remember in the interviews on the PS1 and 2 discs that Blaster was originally intended to be an Atari computer game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 4. The winner will be announced Saturday evening after the show closes. I know, THE winner, but not A winner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 4. The winner will be announced Saturday evening after the show closes. I know, THE winner, but not A winner. That would narrow it down too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 That would narrow it down too much. How? j/k And it would save a few people quite a lot of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEBRO Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 Blaster? That's gotta be it If so...PLEASE let the programmer(s) have original source code that they're willing to share Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cootster Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 I'm sure it has already been guessed . . . And a lot of good ones have been taken, but not this one. Bosconian! There has to be one US home conversion of it somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincYnoTi Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 i propose this: if nobody has guessed correctly yet, then tempest should post: "nobody has guessed correctly" any other post by tempest other than the above implies it has already been guessed. also, if tempest does not reply, that also means it has already been guessed correctly. there, now tempest does not have to post an admission that someone has guessed it correctly, letting him off the hook. but you can infer from what he does or does not post, that someone has/has not guessed it. now all you have to do is figure out if tempest is following this proposal or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert M Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 Bump N' Jump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 Ok this is my first post now if i guess correctly i dont want the game as I dont have an Atari 5200 but my guess is Quagmire the mystery game that name appeares on the 5200 Menu cart i mean no 1 knows what this game even is so thats my guess I looked into that one and I think Quagmire might have been the working title for Countermeasure. Here's the dictionary definition of Quagmire, maybe someone has some idea as to what games this may have been a working title for: quag·mire n. 1. Land with a soft muddy surface. 2. A difficult or precarious situation; a predicament. Since there's no arcade game of the same name, I doubt this is the prototype Tempest found. I would like to know what the heck Quamire may have been, though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeybastard Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 Quagmire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted March 13, 2004 Author Share Posted March 13, 2004 I looked into that one and I think Quagmire might have been the working title for Countermeasure. Actually it's not. If you look at that Menu prototype I have you'll see Failsafe listed. Failsafe was the WIP name for Countermeasure. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincYnoTi Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 i propose this: if nobody has guessed correctly yet, then tempest should post: "nobody has guessed correctly" any other post by tempest other than the above implies it has already been guessed. now all you have to do is figure out if tempest is following this proposal or not. OK, tempest posted but did not say "nobody has guessed correctly". that implies someone HAS guessed correctly. everyone can stop guessing now. :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Well I just got home.. 10:00 pm Pacific Time. Shouldn't this contest be over now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Well I just got home.. 10:00 pm Pacific Time. Shouldn't this contest be over now? Deadline for entering is 11:59pm Thursday March 18. (no cheating by seeing it at the show) The winner will be announced Saturday evening after the show closes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Oh sorry... thought that show was today Guess I don't pay attention too much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnice Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 BIG BIRD HIDE N' SEEK! (just kidding)... No, actually I'll guess GRAVITAR, but only because I really like the game, and would be VERY happy to get a copy of this game if I turned out to be correct...send the repro 5200 cart to...oops, getting ahead of myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cootster Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 Damn, so many guesses, so few credible answers . . . I think it's been guessed, there are three or four really highly possible ones, none of which are Bosconian (my original guess). But if it could have been an arcade game created prior to '82, like Tempest said, it could be Bosconian . . . But that makes positively no sense if it was based on a title made mid-crash. It has to be a) possible on the hardware, b) most likely analog (it seems to point out that the 5200 version was the basis for the arcade game, not the comp version, which would of course utilize the CX-40.), c) fit the timeframe, and d) fit the description. I can think of one great one that fits the first three very well that's been said and a few that haven't. My guess is that d) is a bit of a misdirection. Any game faster than 3-D Tic Tac Toe is positively frantic compared to today's framerates. Just thought of two more closely related games that would be insanely, amazingly sweet, not to mention the fact that they're similar to an Atari arcade title that for some insane reason never made it to the 5200 or 7800. . . And they'd fit all the criteria. Except maybe the release dates, but I think the first of the two was '86 at the very latest. But nobody said them, so that is almost certainly not it. Dammit, I was almost marking out for Indy Heat/Off-Road or perhaps Sprint 8 there for a second. . . Nah . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted March 16, 2004 Author Share Posted March 16, 2004 Any game faster than 3-D Tic Tac Toe is positively frantic compared to today's framerates That's it! You've guessed it! The game is indeed 3-D Tic Tac Toe. Behold the raw power of the 5200! Sorry, just thought I'd liven up the thread a bit. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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