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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 31 Mar 1998.
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GAME THING: Guess the picture

GAME THING: Guess the picture

alt.ascii-art · 10 messages · 31 Mar 1998 - 21 Apr 1998
Martin Atkins <zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz> ASCII art 31 Mar 1998 00:00 · permalink


A little game! Who can tell me what this is a picture of:
                           .
                          / \
                         /   ".
                 .-""""""      """"___
               .-     ....            \__
              -   . '     '.             \
            /   .           '----....     \
           /   .      ___     __     -.    '.
          /   |     .####b..d####      .     '   ..--.
         /    |    ,##############b    .      \ /     \
         |    '    '##############P    .       -'      |
  /"\    |     '    'M###########     .        .'\____/
  |  ""--/      '.      .------------'   .     |
  |     .|       '------              .-'.'    |
  \  .-'  \          .-----------""""|.....'    |____
   \/     |          |       |       |.....'    |   /
         ._\         |       |       |....     _/ .'
         \  \        |       |       |...    _/ ''
          |/ \       |       |       |.'|   /
              .      '---------------' .'__/
               '--          __'._.....'  mga
                  '"""""""""         

A clue: If you like a few games using cutting edge technology (for it`s
time) you may have seen it in them....

If anyone wants to play, answers posted in reply to this message please,
and I will give the answer next week sometime. :)

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THE DOPEFISH! ALL HAIL THE DOPEFISH!

eeny oony annah...
eeny oony annah...
eeny oony annah...

BUUUUURRRRRRP!

The Dopefish (or his cousin, the Burpfish) have been spotted in one of
the Commander Keen games (the first appearance) , Duke Nukem 3D and
Quake... there have been coffee mugs, shirts and even stuffed
Dopefishies made by the fanatics at Apogee.

--

     OoO<  aardvarko at geocities dot com      icq 8435513  >OoO
     " "   http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/2672   " "

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Martin Atkins wrote in message <352...@news.vossnet.net>...

>A little game! Who can tell me what this is a picture of:
>                           .
>                          / \
>                         /   ".
>                 .-""""""      """"___
>               .-     ....            \__
>              -   . '     '.             \
>            /   .           '----....     \
>           /   .      ___     __     -.    '.
>          /   |     .####b..d####      .     '   ..--.
>         /    |    ,##############b    .      \ /     \
>         |    '    '##############P    .       -'      |
>  /"\    |     '    'M###########     .        .'\____/
>  |  ""--/      '.      .------------'   .     |
>  |     .|       '------              .-'.'    |
>  \  .-'  \          .-----------""""|.....'    |____
>   \/     |          |       |       |.....'    |   /
>         ._\         |       |       |....     _/ .'
>         \  \        |       |       |...    _/ ''
>          |/ \       |       |       |.'|   /
>              .      '---------------' .'__/
>               '--          __'._.....'  mga
>                  '"""""""""

Martin Atkins wrote:
> 
> A little game! Who can tell me what this is a picture of:
>                            .
>                           / \
>                          /   ".
>                  .-""""""      """"___
>                .-     ....            \__
>               -   . '     '.             \
>             /   .           '----....     \
>            /   .      ___     __     -.    '.
>           /   |     .####b..d####      .     '   ..--.
>          /    |    ,##############b    .      \ /     \
>          |    '    '##############P    .       -'      |
>   /"\    |     '    'M###########     .        .'\____/
>   |  ""--/      '.      .------------'   .     |
>   |     .|       '------              .-'.'    |
>   \  .-'  \          .-----------""""|.....'    |____
>    \/     |          |       |       |.....'    |   /
>          ._\         |       |       |....     _/ .'
>          \  \        |       |       |...    _/ ''
>           |/ \       |       |       |.'|   /
>               .      '---------------' .'__/
>                '--          __'._.....'  mga
>                   '"""""""""
> 
> A clue: If you like a few games using cutting edge technology (for it`s
> time) you may have seen it in them....
> 
> If anyone wants to play, answers posted in reply to this message please,
> and I will give the answer next week sometime. :)

Am I mistaken in believing that I see here one of the big,
green Dopefish from the aquatic levels of Captain Keen?
(sp?) Man, I haven't played that for at /least/ eight
months. I came to college with a new Pentium, but that game
stayed at home with the 386s.
-Andrew

aardvarko wrote:
> 
> The Dopefish (or his cousin, the Burpfish) have been spotted in one of
> the Commander Keen games (the first appearance) , Duke Nukem 3D and
> Quake... there have been coffee mugs, shirts and even stuffed
> Dopefishies made by the fanatics at Apogee.
> 
The Dopefish can be found in Quake? That might almost make
it worth playing!

It's only a texture on a wall... in the registered version of Quack, in
E2M3 it's a secret. Ask in one of the Quack newsgroups if you're really
interested.

Quake's fun, but it got old...

--

     OoO<  aardvarko at geocities dot com      icq 8435513  >OoO
     " "   http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/2672   " "

--

Andrew C. Dingman wrote in message
<352...@dingman.bundy.earlham.edu>...

>The Dopefish can be found in Quake? That might almost make
>it worth playing!

Martin Atkins <zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz> ASCII art 7 Apr 1998 00:00 · permalink
.----- On Wed, 1 Apr 1998 06:43:47 -0500, aardvarko posted:
|THE DOPEFISH! ALL HAIL THE DOPEFISH!
|
|eeny oony annah...
|eeny oony annah...
|eeny oony annah...
|
|BUUUUURRRRRRP!
|
|The Dopefish (or his cousin, the Burpfish) have been spotted in one of
|the Commander Keen games (the first appearance) , Duke Nukem 3D and
|Quake... there have been coffee mugs, shirts and even stuffed
|Dopefishies made by the fanatics at Apogee.
|
|>                           .
|>                          / \
|>                         /   ".
|>                 .-""""""      """"___
|>               .-     ....            \__
|>              -   . '     '.             \
|>            /   .           '----....     \
|>           /   .      ___     __     -.    '.
|>          /   |     .####b..d####      .     '   ..--.
|>         /    |    ,##############b    .      \ /     \
|>         |    '    '##############P    .       -'      |
|>  /"\    |     '    'M###########     .        .'\____/
|>  |  ""--/      '.      .------------'   .     |
|>  |     .|       '------              .-'.'    |
|>  \  .-'  \          .-----------""""|.....'    |____
|>   \/     |          |       |       |.....'    |   /
|>         ._\         |       |       |....     _/ .'
|>         \  \        |       |       |...    _/ ''
|>          |/ \       |       |       |.'|   /
|>              .      '---------------' .'__/
|>               '--          __'._.....'  mga
|>                  '"""""""""
'-------------------------------------

Well done Aardvarko! (And it seems well done to me for making a
recognisable ascii dopefish!)

It`s in a few other apogee games too... The only one that comes to mind
right now is Wacky Wheels, a Mario Kart style racer!

The picture I based my ascii on was the one from Quake, which I nabbed
using my Quake level editor... then I scaled it up a lot and asciified it!

I`m glad you recognised my dopefish... :)

Bye,


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Martin Atkins <zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz> ASCII art 7 Apr 1998 00:00 · permalink
.----- On Thu, 02 Apr 1998 00:19:27 -0500, "Andrew C. Dingman" posted:
|aardvarko wrote:
|> 
|> The Dopefish (or his cousin, the Burpfish) have been spotted in one of
|> the Commander Keen games (the first appearance) , Duke Nukem 3D and
|> Quake... there have been coffee mugs, shirts and even stuffed
|> Dopefishies made by the fanatics at Apogee.
|> 
|The Dopefish can be found in Quake? That might almost make
|it worth playing!
'-------------------------------

E2M3: Crypt of Decay

In the main area with the tower with bridges extending out of it, put
flymode on (FLY in console) and go up to the sky using the D key (c goes
down again). There is a tunnel almost at the top, go through here and jump
into the slime. You will enter the 'Well of wishes' (mentioned if you shoot
the button in the nightmare mode tunnel). In the well is the holy dopefish!

                           .
                          / \
                         /   ".
                 .-""""""      """"___
               .-     ....            \__
              -   . '     '.             \
            /   .           '----....     \
           /   .      ___     __     -.    '.
          /   |     .####b..d####      .     '   ..--.
         /    |    ,##############b    .      \ /     \
         |    '    '##############P    .       -'      |
  /"\    |     '    'M###########     .        .'\____/
  |  ""--/      '.      .------------'   .     |
  |     .|       '------              .-'.'    |
  \  .-'  \          .-----------""""|.....'    |____
   \/     |          |       |       |.....'    |   /
         ._\         |       |       |....     _/ .'
         \  \        |       |       |...    _/ ''
          |/ \       |       |       |.'|   /
              .      '---------------' .'__/
               '--          __'._.....'  mga
                  '"""""""""         


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Martin Atkins <zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz> ASCII art 7 Apr 1998 00:00 · permalink
.----- On Thu, 02 Apr 1998 00:17:05 -0500, "Andrew C. Dingman" posted:
|Am I mistaken in believing that I see here one of the big,
|green Dopefish from the aquatic levels of Captain Keen?
|(sp?) Man, I haven't played that for at /least/ eight
|months. I came to college with a new Pentium, but that game
|stayed at home with the 386s.
|-Andrew
'-------------------------

It is indeed a green dopefish, but this is the one from Quake! :)

And yes that is how you spell Captain Keen!

I used to be stuck with classic games until I upgraded my RAM. <g>

Bye!
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Ezekielph <eze...@aol.com> 21 Apr 1998 00:00 · permalink
Marin Atkins wrote:
>.----- On Thu, 02 Apr 1998 00:17:05 -0500, "Andrew C. Dingman" posted:
>|Am I mistaken in believing that I see here one of the big,
>|green Dopefish from the aquatic levels of Captain Keen?
>|(sp?) Man, I haven't played that for at /least/ eight
>|months. I came to college with a new Pentium, but that game
>|stayed at home with the 386s.
>|-Andrew
>'-------------------------
>
>It is indeed a green dopefish, but this is the one from Quake! :)
>
>And yes that is how you spell Captain Keen!
>
>I used to be stuck with classic games until I upgraded my RAM. <g>
>
>Bye!

Actually Commander Keen, not Captain.

Martin Atkins <zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz> ASCII art 21 Apr 1998 00:00 · permalink
.----- On 21 Apr 1998 11:11:56 GMT, Ezekielph posted:
|
|Actually Commander Keen, not Captain.
'-----------------

Well spotted <g>
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