Guess that game! Zoom Edition

Post by **The_cranky_hermit** » 26 Jan 2008, 22:05

Here's how the game works. Anyone can post pictures, and anyone can guess what a picture is supposed to be a game of, but don't do both in the same post. But wait! There's some more rules to make things interesting!

When getting a picture, first make sure the game isn't too obscure, and make sure the screenshot is easy enough to identify as that game. Now here comes the fun part:

Don't post the picture right away. Instead, make several iterative zooms of the picture, and when you feel you have enough, post the most zoomed-in one. Here's a relatively simple way to accomplish this:

First, make a backup of the original picture in case you screw something up. Open the picture in MS Paint. Press Ctrl+A to select everything. Then press Ctrl+W to open the Stretch and Skew dialog. Pick a number between 200 and 500, and set both Horizontal and Vertical to this number. Then click OK. The picture will then zoom in. Drag the selection around (only a portion of this selection will be visible in the paint window) until you're happy with it. Then go to File->Save As, and save it using a filename that identifies the picture as a level 2 zoom (but doesn't give away the game's name). Repeat this process until you think you have enough zoom iterations.

Start by posting the most zoomed-in picture you have. If nobody guesses it for awhile, edit your post and put the next level directly below it. If somebody guesses your game correctly, edit your post again, and say who got it right at the top.

Post by **The_cranky_hermit** » 26 Jan 2008, 22:20

BlueMak got this one.

12,800% zoom.

6,400% zoom:

3,200% zoom:

Soduka · Post by **Soduka** » 26 Jan 2008, 23:46

Diablo 2 :D

Mesh · Post by **Mesh** » 27 Jan 2008, 00:40

I vote link from one of the zelda games.

infernus · Post by **infernus** » 27 Jan 2008, 02:06

I vote link from one of the zelda games.

Damnit! I'm with him.

Cynagen · Post by **Cynagen** » 27 Jan 2008, 02:08

Super Mario Brothers

Tanuki · Post by **Tanuki** » 27 Jan 2008, 05:29

The fungus growing on my....nevermind.

Post by **Abram** » 27 Jan 2008, 05:30

Not a bad idea, but do you really think anyone will get those first ones right without a wild guess?

But i may as well give it a shot...
umm... World of Warcaft?

This is almost as bad as the talll-screen gaming thing. I suppose it's a result of the slow-down in game releases.

P-Storm · Post by **P-Storm** » 27 Jan 2008, 11:44

Lemmings? :roll:

BlueMak · Post by **BlueMak** » 27 Jan 2008, 15:49

Warcraft? The first or the second.

Post by **The_cranky_hermit** » 27 Jan 2008, 19:54

The second. And feel free to post your own picture, even if there's already one that hasn't been guessed yet. Just be sure to specify whose picture you are guessing when you are guessing.

BlueMak · Post by **BlueMak** » 27 Jan 2008, 22:40

I am having problem making this work.
I follow the instructions but only the top left part of the screenshots gets zoomed in. The rest of the pictures is nowhere to be found, zoomed in or not.

I also tried to select part of the screenshot, but again from the selection only the top left of it zooms in and the rest just disappears. (there is nothing to scroll down/right etc)

Post by **The_cranky_hermit** » 27 Jan 2008, 22:55

If you follow my instructions exactly, then immediately after stretching the picture, you should see something like this (click this and maximize the new window, or you won't be able to see the selection box):

You have a big selection box, but only the upper-left part of the selection box is visible. When this happens, put the mouse cursor on the lower-right corner of the visible area, then click and hold the mouse button. With the mouse button down, move the mouse around. When you have a visible chunk of the screen that you are happy with, let go, and save it as a new file.

BlueMak · Post by **BlueMak** » 28 Jan 2008, 00:02

hmm, it short of works if I don't select all.
But, I have mspaint.exe using almost 700MBs of memory.
I will edit this post asap.

EDIT: ok this is weird, now I can't open the program.
I get the error message "
There is not enough memory or resources to complete operation. Close some programs, and then try again.

Post by **Abram** » 28 Jan 2008, 02:28

Sounds like you're out of HDD space.

BlueMak · Post by **BlueMak** » 28 Jan 2008, 08:53

I will give it one more try next time I reboot my system, in a couple of hours. If it fails i will post here so that someone else picks up.

BlueMak · Post by **BlueMak** » 28 Jan 2008, 14:29

Someone else take over or this game will die.
:?

DaFox · Post by **DaFox** » 29 Jan 2008, 12:52

I guess il get the ball rolling again

Used photoshop, that was the most pixelated i could get it so that someone could actually know the game's color and what not, rather then just randomly guessing games.

infernus · Post by **infernus** » 29 Jan 2008, 17:37

That's a lot better. Though I've still no clue what game. :P

X-Warrior · Post by **X-Warrior** » 29 Jan 2008, 19:27

Is that Guild Wars DaFox ?

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