Name the Game - Part 5

[child of Thor]

Pirates? like at the end when you retire?

[Buck Birdseed]

I don't remember the "Slave Driver" career path in The Sims... Must have been in one of the expansions.

[Guynemer]

Both good, but incorrect, guesses.

[Standup]

SOunds a bit like one of the Traveller games where you pick your history as part of your stat rolling.

[Guynemer]

Nope.

Clue #2: the game's title is used in a poem in the game.

[duke o' york]

Broken Sword?

[Buck Birdseed]

In the beginning,
the Earth was without form,
and void.

But the Sun shone upon the sleeping Earth
and deep inside the brittle crust
massive forces waited to be unleashed.

The seas parted
and great continents were formed.
The continents shifted, mountains arose.
Earthquakes spawned massive tidal waves.
Volcanoes erupted
and spewed forth fiery lava
and charged the atmosphere
with strange gases.

Into this swirling maelstrom
of Fire and Air and Water
the first stirrings of Life appeared:
tiny organisms, cells, and amoeba,
clinging to tiny sheltered habitats.

But the seeds of Life grew,
and strengthened, and spread,

and diversified, and prospered,
and soon every continent and climate
teemed with Life.

And with Life came instinct,
and specialization, natural selection,
Reptiles, Dinosaurs, and Mammals
and finally there evolved a species
known as Man
and there appeared
the first faint glimmers of
Intelligence.

The fruits of intelligence were many:
fire, tools, and weapons,
the hunt, farming, and the sharing of food,
the family, the village, and the tribe.
Now it required but one more ingredient:
a great Leader
to unite the quarreling tribes
to harness the power of the land
to build a legacy
that would stand the test of time:

a CIVILIZATION!

[DrSpike]

[Guynemer]

No.


#3: nearly everyone in this game smokes, but nobody seems to care about the effects on their health.

[Buck Birdseed]

(standard guess when we don't know the answer)

Grim Fandango ?

[Guynemer]

Yup. Ain't that a hoot?




Best.
Adventure.
Ever.

[child of Thor]

Its Civilization?

I used to love that game on my Amiga - it was the Aga version and it looked beautiful

I'd forgottenabout this one

[Buck Birdseed]

I think we should skip the "No games after 1993" rule. It's becoming too limiting. Grim is a later game that worked perfectly anyway...

That said:

New game is the game I'm playing at the moment. Unfortunately, unlike most emulated console games, it's not really suited for keyboard control.

[Guynemer]

Yipes. Wasn't even aware that there was a 1993 rule.

[DrSpike]

Noooooooooo. I missed GF!