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Post by Doomy on Aug 15, 2005 14:11:03 GMT
It was the Starspray from Sky Lord. I am aware of one other but believe it is:
a) magical, and b) an ENORMOUS spoiler
so I won't name it here.
PS: How about your robot in Robot Commando? Does it have a name?
PPS: You also own a spaceship in Rings of Kether, I believe. Buggered if I know whether it has a name though.
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Post by Dusk Fox on Aug 15, 2005 15:21:33 GMT
Can you tell us then what was the correct answer for your precedent question about FotW? No, actually, because when I figure it out myself (long story) I may use that one again. The problem occurred when I couldn't locate the reference, leading to a long session of wondering if I'd imagined it which has no resolution at present.
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Post by outspaced on Aug 15, 2005 18:03:09 GMT
Doomy's up to 4/5! ;D In Robot Commando, you don't start with a vehicle, you have to pick one up at the start of the game. As far as I can tell, the spaceship in The Rings of Kether has no given name, so I'm discounting it. The magical one you're thinking of--I know the one you mean, but I'm not counting that as you don't have access to it at the start of the adventure. But good point. You're only one away, Doomy! The last one is tricky, and some might say unfair. Hint: It sort of depends on where you determine the start of an adventure to be . . .[3rd edit and counting . . .]
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Post by Doomy on Aug 15, 2005 18:08:45 GMT
It's a horse, isn't it?
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Post by outspaced on Aug 15, 2005 18:10:10 GMT
A horse is a horse, of course, of course . . . No. A horse is an animal, not a vehicle.
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Post by Doomy on Aug 15, 2005 18:14:26 GMT
Hmm. Didn't check the original wording of your question before making that last post. Misremembered it as 'means of transport'.
I might be a little stuck here. You do have a car in the background to House of Hell but I don't think it's described, let alone named.
Last guess: in Terror of the Deep you're on a ship which is captured by pirates in the Background bit. But I don't know if it's your ship or whether it has a name.
Any takers? Looks like I'll have to settle for 80 per cent on this question, or 60 if you count the one I looked up.
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Post by outspaced on Aug 15, 2005 18:24:57 GMT
Oh, Doomy, you're so darn close! ;D
You've almost got the book title, and you'vealmost got the name. . .
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Post by Doomy on Aug 15, 2005 18:34:30 GMT
Demons of the Deep. Sunfish. Yay!
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Post by outspaced on Aug 16, 2005 10:28:08 GMT
Well done, Doomy. You're next up!
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Post by Doomy on Aug 16, 2005 10:41:49 GMT
This one's not related to Lone Wolf. It's also a bit cryptic:
Why is Harry Harrison a liar?
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Post by Runeheart on Aug 16, 2005 13:20:01 GMT
Oh, and don't worry about having to look it up--I don't think that counts as cheating, myself. So what was the 4th one you found? It's not called cheating, it's called research...my collection of FF books is not as complete as others so I can't help you, but if you've looked up the answer how is that cheating (or are we under exam conditions...)
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Post by outspaced on Aug 16, 2005 14:19:43 GMT
Is it because it's a pseudonym for Magnus Magnusson?
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Post by Dusk Fox on Aug 16, 2005 15:20:40 GMT
I think you're actually not far off, outspaced. It's because he's used pseudonyms before, right? I mean, I know he wrote as "Wade Kaempfert" for a while, and one of his books is credited to the author who invented the character "the Saint" rather than to himself. Or maybe it's because he's an Esperantist (according to his web site), and we all know people who speak Esperanto are lying to themselves (especially the author ones who put it in their books as "the language of the future").
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Post by Doomy on Aug 16, 2005 15:27:24 GMT
The answer I'm looking for is nothing to do with Esperanto or with publishing books under false names. Remember, this is a gamebook trivia thread.
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Post by Dusk Fox on Aug 16, 2005 15:59:22 GMT
Which makes my point no less valid--Esperantists are lying to themselves.
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