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[empath]

Gawd, after listening to them last night, I could only call two for certain, and was kinda sure about maybe another two or three!! :confused:

Now before y'all spurn me like Jack Thompson, let me explain: in the 90's the computers I had access to were completely lacking in sound cards - the only one that did, was a office laptop of my father's that I'd use to try out demos and the like in the middle of the night when he was asleep, so I'd have to keep the sound down then, too! As a consequence, game music is something I pretty much missed out on in that time period. It wasn't until 2002 that I got a big tax refund and was able to go build a decent PC of my own with all the requirements for gaming.

Sigh, I wouldn't have minded getting ahold of one of those DS's but I fear - unless I luck out in online research - that I'll just have to champ at the bit and wait with bated breath to find out where these music samples are from and dispell the "gawd that sounds SOOOO familar!" :amused:

Great contest, Kosta; I'm loving it, even if it is torture :laugh:
and good luck to everyone!!

[Eagle of Fire]

Don't worry Empath. Like it been stated above, nobody is going to win this competition by answering all 42 tunes. Kosta is better check if the guy didn't cheat if that happen.

I find myself in the same situation. Never really had sound, or mostly played hacked versions in my youth which had no sound. However, I have 8 tunes I know for certain. It's only a matter of searching for the others. There is a lot of tunes which remind me something but I can't put the finger on it.

[sandman]

just curious: what were the 2 removed songs? i listened to the songs right from the page and so i haven't seen the tags... and don't remember if i knew them.

[The Fifth Horseman]

I've got 13 songs identified now, two more I might (might) be getting right but need to make sure.

[sandman]

Originally Posted by sandman

just curious: what were the 2 removed songs? i listened to the songs right from the page and so i haven't seen the tags... and don't remember if i knew them.

??? please anybody

[The Fifth Horseman]

I was convinced it was from TMNT from NES until I asked Kosta if he used any console games in the competition.

Until that point I was under impression the #2 was one of the SNES Castlevanias. Which it wasn't - turned out I had its remix next to a few CV remixes in my MP3 directory. :P

If i have to guess more song than you, and i guess all songs, you can't guess more songs than me, right?

If you can guess them all correctly, which cannot be done without cheating.

??? please anybody

Since they've been disqualified anyway, I guess it's all right to tell you. Command & Conquer was the first, Loom Audio Drama the second.

How important is it to get the number right for games that had several sequels and you're not sure which one the song is from? For example, if you know the song is from Game X, but you don't know if it's Game X 2 or Game X 3.

In Chatbox, this is what Kosta said about the subject:

if its a series of games, its ok to say which series it belong to, you don't have to name the exact sequel

[sandman]

thanks... i've played both a LOT, and see, didn't recognize them.
just why do some of you think it can't be guessed without cheating? beside that i just can't think of a way how to cheat, i am convinced that i played most (if not all) of the games in the competition, so there maybe is a chance for me to guess them all (just trying to convince myself that my wish comes true ). still, right now i recognize at most 10-15 of them.

and one more question, if it isn't against rules to ask/answer: are all of the games on abandonia?

[The Fifth Horseman]

and one more question, if it isn't against rules to ask/answer: are all of the games on abandonia?

It would be against the rules if it helped. It won't, however, since there are quite a few games there that aren't on Abandonia

[humorguy]

The problem, as I see it, is that gamers don't play games from every genre. I play RPG's, Adventure and Strategy games only. I don't play retro shooters, I don't play retro puzzle games, etc.

How anyone can play enough different genres as well as enough different games so often they would know all these tunes is so incredibly difficult that I am not even sure these DS's exist and Abandonia intended to give them away!

[The Fifth Horseman]

How anyone can play enough different genres as well as enough different games so often they would know all these tunes is so incredibly difficult

Ah, but here's the catch: you don't need to guess them _all_to win. You just need to guess more than your rival competitors.

I am not even sure these DS's exist and Abandonia intended to give them away!

Do you call Kosta a liar, then?