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Treasure Mountain!


Submitted by Eva Y

From Wikipedia:

The player plays as a Super Solver who must navigate the three levels of Treasure Mountain to collect treasures and keys to advance to the next level. In each level there are three “clue words”, numerous treasures, and terrain features. Dropping coins in front of terrain matching two of the clue word descriptions would reveal a treasure. The terrain feature matching all three words contained the key to the next level.

To find the clue words, the player had to catch elves who are carrying scrolls with nets and solve a simple word or math problem. Catching any elf with a net gets you 1 coin, solving the problem on the scroll awards the player a further 2 coins. If the player has fewer than 4 coins (the amount needed to buy new nets) coins will randomly appear on the level, making it impossible to “lose” at Treasure Mountain. 5 nets are acquired at the cost of four coins. In harder levels, some elves have been brainwashed by the Master of Mischief, who cast magic pixie-dust which, when hitting the player, deducts one coin.

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Magic


Submitted by MSMJFANFOREVER

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Magic is a 1978 film starring Anthony Hopkins and Ann-Margret. It was written by William Goldman, who also wrote the novel on which it was based.

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Raptor: Call of the Shadows


Submitted by Tachyon

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Raptor: Call of the Shadows, or just Raptor as it was usally called, was a 1994 2-D vertical-scrolling shooting game where the player took the part of a mercenary fighter pilot blowing up wave after wave of other mercenaries working for various MegaCorps. The thing that set it apart from other airplane-themed scrolling shoot-em-ups was the fact that it wasn’t a 3-lives continous play game; after a level you went back to the hanger and could upgrade your Raptor jet with stronger sheilds, better guns, and more life with the money earned from each enemy downed. And you could choose your avatar!
I remember the question me and my brother would ask anyone who showed us their computer was “Does it have Raptor?”. It usually did, at least mostly the shareware version anyway. Even the old Macintoshes at our dad’s office hade Raptor installed, which is where he’d leave us when he needed to watch us. A classic PC game, and one of the best 2-D shooters ever.

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas


Submitted by Dusty D

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a 1998 film adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s 1971 novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream. The film, directed by Terry Gilliam, stars Johnny Depp as Raoul Duke and Benicio del Toro as Dr. Gonzo.
Previous attempts to adapt the book into a film included Jack Nicholson and Marlon Brando as Duke and Gonzo. At one point, Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi were considered for the duo; John Cusack was also almost cast. Animator/filmmaker Ralph Bakshi, Martin Scorsese, and Oliver Stone all tried unsuccessfully to direct an adaptation. Thompson met Depp and was convinced no one else could play him. Filmmaker Alex Cox was eventually hired to direct with Depp and Del Toro committed to starring in the film, but the filmmaker had “creative differences” with Thompson over the script treatment as documented in the documentary Breakfast with Hunter. Gilliam was subsequently hired and made the film with the writer’s approval.

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Run DMC


Submitted by DJ EZ Loan

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Run-D.M.C. was a hip hop group from Hollis, in the Queens borough of New York City. Founded by Joseph “DJ Run” Simmons, Darryl “D.M.C.” McDaniels, and Jason “Jam-Master Jay” Mizell, the group is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential acts in the history of hip hop. They were the biggest act in hip-hop throughout the 1980s and are credited with breaking hip hop into mainstream music.[1][2] In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked them number 48 in their list of the greatest musical artists of all time.[2] In 2007, the trio was named Greatest Hip Hop Group of All Time by MTV.com [3] They were also named Greatest Hip Hop Artist of All Time by VH1.[4] They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 4, 2009, the second hip-hop group to be inducted, after Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five.

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Conan the Barbarian


Submitted by James J

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Conan the Barbarian is a 1982 film by director John Milius and is recognized as the acting breakthrough of Arnold Schwarzenegger who had previously been a famous bodybuilder.
The film is loosely based on the Conan the Barbarian stories by Robert E. Howard and was written by Oliver Stone and John Milius, set in the mythical Hyborian Age. It was followed in 1984 by a lighter, more child-friendly, but less successful sequel, Conan the Destroyer. Both it and its sequel are sword and sorcery epic tales that include magic, monsters, and fantastical events.

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Rosemary’s Baby


Submitted by Brian F

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Rosemary’s Baby is a 1968 American horror/thriller film written and directed by Roman Polanski, based on the bestselling 1967 novel of the same name by Ira Levin. The film received mostly positive reviews and earned numerous nominations and awards. The film has led to numerous references in film, television, music and other media. The film was positioned 9th in the AFI’s 100 Years…100 Thrills list.

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British Knight Shoes


Submitted by Danny T

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British Knights is a shoe company founded in 1980 by the Jack Schwartz Shoes Inc, based in New York. The first footwear range was released in America in 1986 and in the UK in 1989.

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Ouija Boards


Submitted by Peter, Paul, and Rosemary

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A Ouija board (/ˈwiːdʒə/), also known as spirit board or talking board) is a flat board marked with letters, numbers, and other symbols, theoretically used to communicate with spirits. It uses a planchette (small heart-shaped piece of wood) or movable indicator to indicate the spirit’s message by spelling it out on the board during a séance. The fingers of the séance participants are placed on the planchette, which then moves about the board to spell out messages. Ouija is a trademark for a talking board currently sold by Parker Brothers.[1] It has become a trademark that is often used generically to refer to any talking board.

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Kurt Loder


Submitted by Kevin and Kevin and Adam

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Kurt Loder (born May 5, 1945) is an American film critic, author, columnist, and television personality.[1] He served in the 1980s as editor at Rolling Stone, during a tenure that Reason later called “legendary”.[2] He has contributed to articles in Esquire, Details, New York, and Time.[1] He has also made cameos on several films and television series.[1] Prior to Rolling Stone, Loder had worked for Circus magazine and had been drafted into the United States Army.[2] He is currently best known for his role at MTV News and for appearing in numerous other MTV-related television specials.[3]

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