Name the Game - Part 5

[DrSpike]

Clue 1: rhymes with slim bandango.

Only kidding.

Clue 1: considered by many as the daddy (or at least one of them) of what would many years later turn out to be one of the most popular console genres.

[Spaced Cowboy]

miner 2049er, or something like that.

[DrSpike]

Nope. Not right genre either. I know I'm being vague at this point.

[Spaced Cowboy]

ultima?

[DrSpike]

Clue 2: Spectrum and related platforms. Mid 80s.

[Buck Birdseed]

Dammit... It's not strategy games (MULE has been done), RPGs (Ultima was never released on the C64), or Rogue-likes (Neither was Rogue). Lemme think...

Donkey Kong?

[DrSpike]

Nah.

[Buck Birdseed]

Uhm... How about Fighting Games?

Way of the Exploding Fist?

[DrSpike]

Nope. New clue in the morning.

[Buck Birdseed]

International Karate?

[DrSpike]

Clue3: This game was actually released in the wake of IK.

[Buck Birdseed]

International Karate +?

[DrSpike]

No. Keep plugging away.

[Buck Birdseed]

Grim Fandango?

[DrSpike]

Nope, it's Sim Earth!

Or keep guessing...........