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| sparticus wrote: | Caesar III ,
developed by Impressions Games and published by Sierra Entertainment; the third installment of the Caesar series, part of Sierra's City Building Series. It was released in October 1998.
Sad I had to use the internet for this |
Seems like we both used Wikipedia 
(I didn't think it would be that hard)
your turn sparticus 
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| Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 5:03 am Post subject: |
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| Guru wrote: | Seems like we both used Wikipedia
(I didn't think it would be that hard)
your turn sparticus |
That's the whole idea of the Picture Clue - You either know it - or you do not - or perhaps have a vague idea - as I have never played those sort of games - I did not have a lot to base my first guess on.
Now - for my Picture Clue :
What is the name of this game - this is the Original Advertising Poster - but I have removed the name from the middle.
I loved this game to death in it's time.
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| Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 6:09 am Post subject: |
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Must be that elite epic by firebird
"SPARTICUS"
first published on Commadore 64
yes a truely elite edition. |
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| Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 6:26 am Post subject: |
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| rupertlittlebear wrote: | Must be that elite epic by firebird
"SPARTICUS"
first published on Commadore 64
yes a truely elite edition. |
Absolutely Correct.
Alas I have lost my poster - but I still have the Black Box with the disc - inside, I lost many days,weeks/months playing it - and of course Pirates.
In fact - on my now packed up C-64 - the Elite Keyboard Overlay is still sticky taped to it - a bit faded though.
Elite is certainly one of the greatest games ever made; you have to respect a game which has the Blue Danube as music whilst auto docking is engaged!
rupertlittlebear - it is now your Turn to test our grey matter. |
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| Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 11:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | rupertlittlebear - it is now your Turn to test our grey matter. |
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| Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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| sparticus wrote: | | have you tried running Caesar 3 in compatibility mode ? |
I just tried, and it worked perfectly, i just hope i don't lose interest for Pirates!... 
I had to run both the install file and the executive in compatibility mode, Windows 95 did the trick
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| Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 6:53 am Post subject: |
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| Guru wrote: | | sparticus wrote: | | have you tried running Caesar 3 in compatibility mode ? |
I just tried, and it worked perfectly, i just hope i don't lose interest for Pirates!...
I had to run both the install file and the executive in compatibility mode, Windows 95 did the trick |
Yeah for compatibility mode !! - not bad advice - considering I am still running XP 
Loose interest in Pirates - Never - you may stray away for a while - as I did recently - Playing "Buccaneer - the Pursuit of Infamy" - but once I completed all levels - back to trusty Pirates I came
I have downloaded a Release Candidate version of Windows 7 - and I will be giving that a go soon - but I will be installing on a Second Drive - so I do not Stuff up my XP install - If Windows 7 is too my liking - I will then upgrade to it - once the final version is released. |
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| Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 10:01 am Post subject: |
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| sparticus wrote: | | Loose interest in Pirates - Never - you may stray away for a while - as I did recently - Playing "Buccaneer - the Pursuit of Infamy" - but once I completed all levels - back to trusty Pirates I came |
Yeah, but my last stray was for 4 years, that's a bit long. My promotions suffered a bit in that period... 
| sparticus wrote: | | I have downloaded a Release Candidate version of Windows 7 - and I will be giving that a go soon - but I will be installing on a Second Drive - so I do not Stuff up my XP install - If Windows 7 is too my liking - I will then upgrade to it - once the final version is released. |
i like XP better than Vista, but i haven't had too much problems yet. Windows 2000 is my favorite actually, we'll see if Windows 7 can bring back some of the old glory.
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| Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 12:11 pm Post subject: |
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i like XP better than Vista, but i haven't had too much problems yet. Windows 2000 is my favorite actually, we'll see if Windows 7 can bring back some of the old glory. |
Yeah - Microsoft seem to go in spurts.
I have had for 6 months now a PC at work with Windows 7 - beta release - and even on an old PC - it is so far - touch wood - stable - and less resource hungry.
I also definitely like XP better than Vista - which is why - I still run it it at home - to the point where - I have a new PC - but paid the extra to have it "Down Graded" to XP.
Windows 7 - so far - has my vote.
Guru - You also may as well - ask the next Question,,,... |
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| Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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| sparticus wrote: | | Guru - You also may as well - ask the next Question,,,... |
Will do, we should keep this thread alive
Another picture quiz (or flag quiz), it may be a bit difficult.. 
Which country uses this national flag?
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| Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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Bahrain. The country is known for problems with human trafficking - I'll bet Mendoza would be right at home here! And it appears to be ideally located to serve as a base of piracy in the Persian Gulf. |
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| Roland wrote: | | Bahrain. The country is known for problems with human trafficking - I'll bet Mendoza would be right at home here! And it appears to be ideally located to serve as a base of piracy in the Persian Gulf. |
That's of course correct Roland!
And that makes you the next quizmaker
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| Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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New category: Parrots of the Caribbean! This fellow is keeping his options open by sporting the national colors of England, France, and Spain. He is the national bird of a country where Pirates players spend a lot of time tromping around looking for buried treasure and lost relatives. What kind of parrot is this?
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| Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Roland wrote: | | He is the national bird of a country where Pirates players spend a lot of time tromping around looking for buried treasure and lost relatives. What kind of parrot is this? |
This, my dear Roland, is an Ara Parrot! Or a Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) to be exact.
It's the national bird of Honduras, a country mostly known by it's countless lost cities and the occasional pirate treasure
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New category: Parrots of the Caribbean! |
Nice one, Sid Meier should pick up on this and create a game! Or maybe a new movie trilogy
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| Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 3:46 am Post subject: |
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Correct, Guru! |
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