Name the game - part 6

[Kropotkin]

Or, going by the actavision trace, it could be Hacker or hacker 2.

If it's very hard to understand it's because it's midsummers eve here in Sweden, the number one drinking holidya weekend around here and I just poped in but happened to get stuck with this damn enigma!

[child of Thor]

midsummer! Gods - it doesn't really feel like ours has even started here yet

The activision thing is a good one i think(as Cap pretty much spelt it out for us as we are cr*p ). Something is ringing a small bell in my mind - but its too elusive so far........being in the right direction with 'valhalla' has also confused me a bit...........have a good midsummer celebration and drink lots of mead to the real gods

[Standup]

Well i give up and that's my excuse for having a google. I have to admit that its not a game i've heard of so i was never going to get it anyway

Good clues though (with hindsight of course)

[Dale]

Portal?

If I remember correctly, it was a choose your own adventure type game and had a computer called Homer in it.

[CapTVK]

Originally posted by Dale
Portal?

If I remember correctly, it was a choose your own adventure type game and had a computer called Homer in it.

YES, well done Dale!

It is indeed Portal. It's sort of an early Interactive Novel. The story is about an astronaut who returns from an experimental testflight, 100 years after he left. On his return he finds the Earth completely void of human live. Everyone is gone and most machines and computers have been dormant for years. Eventually he finds a functioning dataconsole which contains a program called "Homer" an AI story teller. Together with Homer he tries to piece together what happened. We already know the end results but the answer lies somewhere in the history of the database and Homer helps you find it.


You can also discover Portal for yourself, it's still a fascinating story almost two decades later.

Portal: A Dataspace Retrieval

http://portal.stodge.org/

Full credits to Dave for finding the answer.

And now, class dismissed!

[CapTVK]

Originally posted by Standup
Well i give up and that's my excuse for having a google. I have to admit that its not a game i've heard of so i was never going to get it anyway

Good clues though (with hindsight of course)

Very professional

[child of Thor]

link Cap

I wouldn't have guessed this game but i've been enjoying the reading at that link - sounds like my fav kind of sci-fi story.

And well done Dale - just got to come up with one now

[DrSpike]

And no rhyming!

[Dale]

Woohoo!

I'll have to post one tomorrow morning. Sadly don't have time today.

[Kropotkin]

I'd call this cheating! You have to use games I've actually played!!!

[Kropotkin]

... and yes, feel free to ask me first!

[Dale]

Kropotkin I hope this is to your liking.

Obviously, some parts blanked out to make it hard.

Clue 1:
Quote:
"Undeniably developer's most underrated game, title is a complex and faithful conversion of designers popular boardgame."

[DrSpike]

Axis and Allies?

[Dale]

DrSpike:

Oh come on. You wouldn't think it'd be that easy eh?

[Spaced Cowboy]

world in flames