Thursday game

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Dec 22, 2016 14:00

Solve this crossword that I first posted in 2012. No cheating!

Across
6. Newspaper involved in Cannon Fodder's 'Poppygate' (5,4)
7. What was next door to Nomen Luni? (2,3,4)
9. Controversial SegaCD FMV launch title (5,4)
10. Dead Space, Chapter 10 (3,2,4)
12. If you and your Cobra live at Lave Station, what's your surname? (7)
13. Star of Shadow Of The Beast (7)
15. The only video games character to be an F1 trophy (5)
18. Who "guided you here so you might set me free"? (3,5,6)
20. Fighting game with Long, Yugo and Gado (6,4)
21. The Eight-Player Cow Game of Champions (5,9)
22. A girl hamster (3)
24. A broken Seraphim or a song for a bad man (3,6,5)
25. The first quest in Fallout 3 (4,5)
26. The easiest way through Goldeneye (5)
27. How to get all the weapons and keys in Doom (5)
28. Fucking awesome creator of Little Savages (7)
29. The daddy of Galaga (8)
30. Who has an iron skull? (7)

Down
1. "Solid? That's a silly name. What did your mother call you?" (5)
2. Which episode achieved Containment, Pacifist and The One Free Bullet ? (3)
3. "Action. Adventure. All that neat stuff" according to the box (4,9)
4. Star of Medievil (9)
5. Star of Final Fight and Street Fighter Alpha 3 (4)
8. First in the first APATTOH (7,7)
11. The only item you didn't need in Treasure Island Dizzy (10)
14. Who is last to fight Ken? (3)
16. Earth, Ant and City (3)
17. Similar-looking creators of hundreds of eight-bit games (3,6,5)
19. The UK's Dr Eggman (2,8)
23. Ganondorf's surname (8)

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22406

I'm assuming this is with hard mode selected, so that none of the clues match the grid...

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14524

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9. Controversial SegaCD FMV launch title (5,4)
Night Trap

12. If you and your Cobra live at Lave Station, what's your surname? (7)
Jameson

21. The Eight-Player Cow Game of Champions (5,9)
Should be space cows from outer space - you just did not finish the 8 player bit

25. The first quest in Fallout 3 (4,5)
Baby steps

27. How to get all the weapons and keys in Doom (5)
IDKFA

28. Fucking awesome creator of Little Savages (7)
Grim...

29. The daddy of Galaga (8)
Galaxians

1. "Solid? That's a silly name. What did your mother call you?" (5)
Snake

5. Star of Final Fight and Street Fighter Alpha 3 (4)
Cody

14. Who is last to fight Ken? (3)
Ryu

16. Earth, Ant and City (3)
Sim

17. Similar-looking creators of hundreds of eight-bit games (3,6,5)
The Oliver Twins

19. The UK's Dr Eggman (2,8)
Dr Robotnik

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Dec 22, 2016 14:44

Trooper wrote:

I'm assuming this is with hard mode selected, so that none of the clues match the grid...

Ahem. What?

GazChap · **Posted:** Thu Dec 22, 2016 15:29

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6. Newspaper involved in Cannon Fodder's 'Poppygate' (5,4)
Daily Mail

9. Controversial SegaCD FMV launch title (5,4)
Night Trap

12. If you and your Cobra live at Lave Station, what's your surname? (7)
Jameson

22. A girl hamster (3)
Bob

25. The first quest in Fallout 3 (4,5)
Baby Steps

27. How to get all the weapons and keys in Doom (5)
IDKFA

28. Fucking awesome creator of Little Savages (7)
Grim...

29. The daddy of Galaga (8)
Galaxians

Down
1. "Solid? That's a silly name. What did your mother call you?" (5)
David

16. Earth, Ant and City (3)
Sim

17. Similar-looking creators of hundreds of eight-bit games (3,6,5)
The Oliver Twins

19. The UK's Dr Eggman (2,8)
Dr Robotnik

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Dec 22, 2016 15:51

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Was the daily star, not the mail

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Dec 22, 2016 15:53

15.

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Sonic (European GP at donnington 93, fact fans)

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Dec 22, 2016 15:54

21.

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Super skidmarks

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Dec 22, 2016 15:56

2.

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One

GazChap · **Posted:** Thu Dec 22, 2016 15:56

Mr Dave wrote:

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Was the daily star, not the mail

Ah yes, my bad.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Dec 22, 2016 15:57

8.

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Rainbow islands

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Dec 22, 2016 16:02

Having only played goldeneye multiplayer, I'm guessing 26 is

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Cheat

But clearly it should be oddjob

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Dec 22, 2016 16:04

All the other ones I know have already been answered, I think.

Post count++

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5470

7 is

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on the roof

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Feb 01, 2018 15:57

http://www.johnayliff.com/games/seedship/

Try and find a nice place for humanity to live on.

My top score is 10240.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Feb 01, 2018 16:06

Oh, here are the answers to the crossword if you want them: http://www.fullonrobotchubby.co.uk/rand ... sword2.htm

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38709

8739 from a quick blast

Squirt · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6631

Ohh, 10352!

Is there any 'game' once you've chosen your starting point?

Squirt · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6631

Ahh, my first go was a glorious success! My second ended in an oppressive Medieval theocracy, with everyone cowering behind stone walls to keep the beasts out. Everyone died on my 3rd go.

Findus Fop · **Joined:** 14th May, 2009 **Posts:** 4370

Squirt wrote:

My second ended in an oppressive Medieval theocracy, with everyone cowering behind stone walls to keep the beasts out.

Nice, you unlocked the Brexit mini-game.

krazywookie · **Posted:** Thu Feb 01, 2018 16:29

The sequel should be planet side.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Feb 01, 2018 16:33

Grim... wrote:

http://www.johnayliff.com/games/seedship/

Try and find a nice place for humanity to live on.

My top score is 10240.

That's was great!

Squirt · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6631

Winner is the one with the best colony. 2nd place is the one with the worst colony that still has some people alive in it.

krazywookie · **Posted:** Thu Feb 01, 2018 16:38

10840 current hi score, and that was a water world

Malc · **Posted:** Thu Feb 01, 2018 17:02

Quote:

Past Seedship Missions
Date Planet Result Score
1 Thu Feb 01 2018 Arcadia Post-Singularity Post-Scarcity Utopia 11809
2 Thu Feb 01 2018 Oceanus Information Age Corporate Rule 8000

Malc · **Posted:** Thu Feb 01, 2018 17:06

Quote:

Date: Thu Feb 01 2018

Planet Arcadia
Atmosphere: Breathable
Gravity: Moderate
Temperature: Cold
Water: Oceans
Resources: Rich

Features:
Edible plants
Useful animals
Monumental ruins
High-tech ruins

Arcadia's alien forests stretch away beneath a blue sky. The colonists live in high-tech cities with buildings sealed against the planet's harsh environment, beside rivers that flow into the planet's oceans. They spend their time pursuing art, leisure, and spiritual fulfilment, while automatic machines take care of their material needs. In the first city stand monuments to the 49 colonists who did not survive the journey, the 43 more who died building the first settlement, and the seedship AI that guided humanity to its new home.

Score
Planet atmosphere: 500
Planet gravity: 500
Planet temperature: 250
Planet water: 500
Planet resources: 500
Survivors after landing: 951
Survivors after settlement construction: 908
Final technology level (Post-Singularity): 3000
Final culture (Post-Scarcity Utopia): 2500
Surviving scientific database × 10: 1200
Surviving cultural database × 10: 1000
Total: 11809

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38709

Quote:

Planet Garden
Atmosphere: Marginal
Gravity: Very low
Temperature: Very hot
Water: Trace
Resources: None

Features:
Plant life
Animal life

Garden's impossibly slender alien plants reach kilometres into a pale blue sky. The colonists live in towering stone-walled cities under airtight domes, gathered around water production plants. The cities are dominated by temples to the state religion which controls every aspect of people's lives. In the first city stand monuments to the 30 colonists who did not survive the journey, the 411 more who died building the first settlement, and the seedship AI that guided humanity to its new home.

Score
Planet atmosphere: 250
Planet gravity: 0
Planet temperature: 0
Planet water: 0
Planet resources: 0
Survivors after landing: 970
Survivors after settlement construction: 559
Final technology level (Neolithic): 600
Final culture (Oppressive Theocracy): 1000
Surviving scientific database × 10: 300
Surviving cultural database × 10: 1000
Total: 4679

Squirt · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6631

Wow, a neolithic theocracy is quite something.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Feb 01, 2018 18:13

Welcome to Morcambe.

Squirt · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6631

Wooo, a slightly worse Neolithic Theocracy!

Quote:

Score
Planet atmosphere: 0
Planet gravity: 250
Planet temperature: 0
Planet water: 0
Planet resources: 0
Survivors after landing: 1000
Survivors after settlement construction: 444
Final technology level (Neolithic): 600
Final culture (Oppressive Theocracy): 1000
Surviving scientific database × 10: 300
Surviving cultural database × 10: 1000
Total: 4594

myp · **Posted:** Thu Feb 01, 2018 18:37

The first go I had everyone died exploring the planet. This was my second attempt:

Score
Planet atmosphere: 250
Planet gravity: 250
Planet temperature: 250
Planet water: 250
Planet resources: 250
Survivors after landing: 1000
Survivors after settlement construction: 911
Final technology level (Medieval): 1250
Final culture (Egalitarian Republic): 2000
Surviving scientific database × 10: 600
Surviving cultural database × 10: 1300
Total: 8311

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49252

Ug love rock. All must love rock. Mug no love rock. Ug kill Mug!

Findus Fop · **Joined:** 14th May, 2009 **Posts:** 4370

In keeping with the accurate usage of the "What are you playing?" thread, here's something to do that is neither a game, nor is today Thursday. But it takes about an hour to complete, so thought it sensible to post a day early.

National Numeracy Challenge

We've been asked to complete it at work, to assist with the research. I'm most of the way through now, and it's requiring a surprising amount of brain power (though I was always dreadful at maths).

No doubt the results from this forum would significantly skew the results.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed May 22, 2019 11:14

Quote:

We've been asked to complete it at work, to assist with the research

*Alarm bells"

Findus Fop · **Joined:** 14th May, 2009 **Posts:** 4370

MaliA wrote:

Quote:

We've been asked to complete it at work, to assist with the research

*Alarm bells"

Just do as I say and you can have milk.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49252

I have no idea what the score is out of

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26234

1025.

Sorry, but you’re thick.

Malc · **Posted:** Wed May 22, 2019 12:40

I got 99, I got 1 question wrong. One about percentages, not sure why my brain farted on that, when the previous question was pretty much the same thing with just different numbers.

So Cras, you must have got 2 questions wrong. on the desktop version you can see the question you got wrong, and learn why you got it wrong.

Findus Fop · **Joined:** 14th May, 2009 **Posts:** 4370

I got 90, with seven questions answered incorrectly.

That's Numberwang!

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

You're all stoopid. Today's Wednesday.

TheVision · **Posted:** Wed May 22, 2019 15:14

I got as far as the bit when it asked for my email address and to register a password.

myp · **Posted:** Wed May 22, 2019 15:19

Warhead wrote:

You're all stoopid. Today's Wednesday.

It seems you know nothing of Thursday game

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Maybe not, but I know it's Thursday until midnight TODAY.

Be Excellent To Each Other

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