jetsetdanny Posted September 1, 2021 Report Share Posted September 1, 2021 I've tried here, but with no luck. Incidentally, it's amazing what a large percentage of the top 100 (according to that website) are Japanese... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetsetdanny Posted September 1, 2021 Report Share Posted September 1, 2021 OK, I've cracked it! 😜 I know the answer, but to show that I know the answer and at the same time not to spoil it for others, I will just paste below the "real" picture, without naming these guys: Thanks for the puzzle! 🙂 Spider, JianYang and Heracleum 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JianYang Posted September 1, 2021 Report Share Posted September 1, 2021 Is the one pointing at the screen our Lord of the bathroom? Heracleum 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetsetdanny Posted September 1, 2021 Report Share Posted September 1, 2021 What do you mean by Lord of the bathroom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JianYang Posted September 1, 2021 Report Share Posted September 1, 2021 Eugene. Saying more would be a complete spoiler. Heracleum 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetsetdanny Posted September 1, 2021 Report Share Posted September 1, 2021 The only association I have with what you said is "Eugene - Lord of the Bathroom", the MM game by Vidar Eriksen (Erix1). So I would translate it that you're asking if the guy pointing at the screen is Vidar Eriksen. If this is the question, I would say, No, I would be very surprised if it was. Was that the question? 🥺 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JianYang Posted September 2, 2021 Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 It seems no one is guessing anymore, so I can reveal the logic behind my convoluted question: Eugene - Lord of the Bathroom is based on Eugene's Lair. Eugene's Lair is based on Eugene Evans. So my question was: is that guy Eugene Evans? I think he is but I'm not sure. Maybe using spoiler tags would have been better than asking in such a convoluted way. Spider, jetsetdanny and Heracleum 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Sword Posted September 2, 2021 Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 (edited) Spoiler Left to right:- Ian Weatherburn - Mike Glover - John Gibson - Eugene Evans. The image was instantly recognisable, I even thought it was Imagine. The problem was, I only did a quick search for Imagine and not Imagine software. The result of the original quick search was negative. So I assumed it was not Imagine, and stopped looking. Edited September 3, 2021 by Norman Sword Corrocting naMe spelking. JianYang, Heracleum, Spider and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heracleum Posted September 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2021 Great job everyone! Excellent teamwork 😄👍 @Norman Sword If the tables were turned and I was asked the same puzzle in all honestly I would have reacted the same way you did: "I recognised it as one iconic old picture", I would have the photo very clear in my visual memory (remembering they were looking at a computer monitor) but could not come up with a direct reference to the magazine advertisement page. Even if I mainly bought local 8bit magazines here in Italy I luckily had the chance to have several UK magazines as well and that's probably where I memorised the photo and their faces. @jetsetdannyfor reaching the main objective 🏆 and find the actual photo @JianYang big kudos to you ✨ for finding the most relevant link to miner Willy! Eugene (Evans on the right) Here's a very interesting article about the actual story (and also how it inspired Netflix Black Mirror episode) and especially how the Bandersnatch game idea somehow survived the failures (years later I have seen pics of Brataccas for Atari ST in mags but could never imagine it was somehow related to that hype) JianYang, MtM, Spider and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toki Posted September 20, 2021 Report Share Posted September 20, 2021 I just had a little go at this on my phone, it’s awesome! Very cool idea. The graphics in the first cavern are a REALLY nice recreation of The Final Barrier 👌 Heracleum 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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