Competition: Name the game

[FrustratedPoet]

This closet reprobate knows the answer, but shall remain in the closet for a while longer to give others a chance to play.

Scrolling beat-em-ups are great. The new Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles game will attempt to resurrect the genre, but will almost certainly be utter cack.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by FrustratedPoet
but shall remain in the closet for a while longer

I knew it!!

[Makeo]

Originally posted by DrSpike
I remember this game...........Worms got all the credit but this game was the true innovator.

Was it called Scorched Earth?

DAMMIT! I stopped coming into this thread because all the games were obscure games that no one on earth (ie me) had ever heard of and i never got one right. AND NOW i find that I actually knew the answer and that a game i used to play and beat up on my sister was listed.

[CapTVK]

I 'll also refrain from answering DrSpike's challenge at this time to give others a chance to test their computer game trivia knowledge

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by CapTVK
I 'll also refrain from answering DrSpike's challenge at this time to give others a chance to test their computer game trivia knowledge

Yeah yeah. I notice how all the people claiming to know the answer haven't pm'ed me with it.

[FrustratedPoet]

Why bother when they can just google your description and find the answer?

(which I didn't do, btw )

[Spaced Cowboy]

Come on and do it FP, we all know that you're a renegade anyway.

[DrSpike]

[FrustratedPoet]

I think that counts as winning. I vote that RPM has to think of the next game!

[Nikolai]

You've become news editor FP? When did that happen? Congrats anyway!

[FrustratedPoet]

It happened today. Unfortunately I don't have a banning rod so I can't bust Spike's ass for spamming.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by FrustratedPoet
I think that counts as winning. I vote that RPM has to think of the next game!

Yeah, FP dodges again the lazy fooker.

And I'm not sure you're in a place to make such an accusation about spam, Mr Pot.

[FrustratedPoet]

1987
Commordore, ZX Spectrum and Amiga
Published by Ocean

For many years, Wiz and his fantastic cat lived happily in brightly coloured Wizworld. All was not well however as a malevolent force had discovered this vista and intended to stamp out brilliance once and for all.

The evil Zark and his horrible sprites have moved in to eliminate the spectrum and render all landscapes drab and grey.

So jump in your transporter and with the help of your faithful servant Catellite restore Wizworld to its former glory. Collect icons for special effects as you manoeuvre to shake off the alien forces. Stunning graphics create the mood for a thrilling and compulsive game with hordes of hidden features and extra controls.

[DrSpike]

A very original game..........though I'm not sure whether this game came before Helter Skelter or not.

FP we obviously have very similar tastes.

I'll let someone else answer since we seem to be hogging the game.

[Spaced Cowboy]

Too easy! But I'm having a "ball" trying to figure out this "Wiz" game!