Name the Game - Part 9

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Buck Birdseed
Clue #2: Each component part of the physical manifestation of that other activity translates into a subsection of the game I have in mind. One of the subsections also contains that physical manifestation in its entirity, but without the accompanying actions/meanings.

[Spaced Cowboy]

Originally posted by Buck Birdseed
Clue #2: Each component part of the physical manifestation of that other activity translates into a subsection of the game I have in mind. One of the subsections also contains that physical manifestation in its entirity, but without the accompanying actions/meanings.

How bout some general clues like platform, etc?

[DarkCloud]

The Incredible Cartoon (I think that's what the spinoff of the Incredible Machine was called?)

[Buck Birdseed]

"Sid and Al's Incredible Cartoons" I believe. But no, that's not it.

Fine, I'll make every second clue "cryptic verbiage" and every other "normal". Which would make this one a "normal" clue.

Clue #3: This game was originally released for a minor platform (cue shouts of "boo" from zealots) and was still being converted to other platforms some five years later. Hardly a unique occurence, but with the exception of games like Tetris it wasn't common in 1992...

[child of Thor]

hmmm......minor platform.....the BBC micro? is it Sentinal?

and well done on Princess Maker(2)! more info on the game here at moby http://www.mobygames.com/game/sheet/p,2/gameId,165/ .
My gf got into it last year, and i was kinda impressed - as Smiley mentioned it really looks great for 256 colours. Of course i never played it myself [such a liar - like Spikey and his Sims! ] , but it looked like an intrigueing game

[Buck Birdseed]

Clue #4: The activity from which this games takes themes/characters etc. is generally considered a bit of a fraud.

[ZargonX]

Oh, so it must be about politics.

[child of Thor]

or banking/big buisness...... there have been many political + buisness type games from that period, cant think which ones have been updated many times though?

[DarkCloud]

Mob Rule

[Buck Birdseed]

Clue #5: The original platform of the game still exists, in modified form, today. It's still a crap platform for gaming.

[child of Thor]

you can't be talking about the gamecube can you?(so older nintendo consoles)
Sega died with the Dreamcast.
Atari with the ST.
C64 with the amiga.
Spectrum.......with the C5

nope i'm still confused


er Arknoid? with reference to the origonal 'Pong' game machine?

[:) Smiley]

Minor platform might not necessarily be a console, could it have been the Mac?

[self biased]

Oregon Trail?

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by child of Thor

C64 with the amiga.

/me shoots CoT, twice.

[Buck Birdseed]

Clue #6: The original activity's physical manifestation is a set of 78 similarly shaped objects, of which 22 carry fanciful names and special meanings. An activity loosely based on each such named object appears in the game I'm looking for.