Name The Game - Part 11:

[child of Thor]

still not a clue on this one i'm afraid

Still if no one gets it before you give us the answer - then please give us a link so we can find out more about this game, its sounds very interesting(more so as we dont seem to know it!) Then you can have another go and hopefuly we will be able to guess it

[DrSpike]

Stumped too.

[Tau Ceti]

The game in question is War, Inc.

http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/war-inc

http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/war-inc/

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/warinc/

I also found a good description and more at a well known site which I am apparently not allowed to link to here.

It does not get very good reviews, but I had fun with it. I think the research and unit design system is brilliant (with tradeoffs such as armour type and thickness vs speed vs engine size vs chassis space), and you really have to work at it to have a battle-worthy force, at least initially. Unlike many other games where you get to keep your assets between missions, you don't seem to have a constant overflow of resources.

That said, the game gets far too easy once you get helicopter gunships, the AI is far from great, and it is all a bit outdated by today's standards.

[Tau Ceti]

And now for something completely different...

1. Amiga platform game, early 90s

[ZargonX]

Shadow of the Beast!

[Standup]

Gods

[duke o' york]

Harlequin

[Tau Ceti]

2. The main character runs (and jumps) around collecting spinning gold coins.

[Hueij]

Zorro

[duke o' york]

Aha! It's one of the spate of Sonic rip-offs then.

[DrSpike]

That narrows it down to about 17 games. May as well wait for more clues.

[Tau Ceti]

3. Levels include a forest, a medieval castle, Egypt, icy caves and a space station.

[Hueij]

Commander Keen?

[duke o' york]

The levels sound like Rick Dangerous II, but the cash collecting doesn't.

[Tau Ceti]

Originally posted by Tau Ceti
2. The main character runs (and jumps) around collecting spinning gold coins.

4 ... and bottles of Lucozade.