{"id":563,"date":"2009-05-12T16:06:20","date_gmt":"2009-05-12T21:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/?p=563"},"modified":"2009-05-12T16:23:52","modified_gmt":"2009-05-12T21:23:52","slug":"fuzzy-memory-snes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/archives\/563\/fuzzy-memory-snes","title":{"rendered":"<span id=\"orange_color\">[ Fuzzy Memory ]<\/span> The Secret Illusion of Evermore Mana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/images\/sitewide\/fuzzy_logo.jpg\" alt=\"Fuzzy Memory\" class=\"alignright\" \/>Every once and a while, I receive emails from people looking for a certain game, electronic toy, or computer from their distant past.  This time, a friendly fellow named Daniel has sent me a puzzling inquiry regarding an action-adventure game from the early 1990s.  As usual, I&#8217;m not an oracle of infinite knowledge, so I need your help to crack the case.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>The Clues<\/h3>\n<p>Daniel wrote me a few days ago regarding a game from his childhood:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Hey, guys &#8211; new Fuzzy Memory for you. When I was very young, my brothers had an SNES and even at a young age (I was born in 1988) I was playing video games &#8211; I beat Super Mario World, Earthbound, and Chrono Trigger before I turned nine in 1997.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, this game was for SNES (I think) and was likely an RPG similar to Secret Of Evermore and Illusion Of Gaia &#8211; although I also had an NES and Genesis so don&#8217;t quote me on the system aspect.<\/p>\n<li>\n<ul>\nThe only part I recall (which may or may not have been the beginning) started with a waterfall where you could collect some &#8220;rainbow&#8221; potion. You then crossed a bridge and at one point face off with a giant tree which blocked the way to a special item.\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\nThere was a mine near the waterfall (built into the cliff where the waterfall was, if I&#8217;m not mistaken). Inside there was a mine cart which had a wheel or two missing and you had to find them &#8212; after you fixed the minecart, you could travel on the rails and get to a new area by jumping some gaps.\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<p>I think I played it once or twice but I also remember seeing it in either Nintendo Power or EGM or&#8230;some game magazine (I remember the magazine had a rainbow symbol in front of the waterfall).<\/p>\n<p>Now, I already tried to find this game myself &#8211; one person told me to get a list of the SNES RPGs from GameFAQs and do an image search on Google&#8230;about 1\/4 or 1\/3 of the way through I got a massive headache and had to stop.<\/p>\n<p>The game I recall isn&#8217;t Secret Of Mana, I&#8217;m afraid.  I already had the ROM files and double-checked&#8230;I even searched in several &#8220;complete&#8221;-status walkthroughs on GameFAQs.  It could have been for NES or Genesis &#8211; even N64 or PS1 &#8211; but nothing earlier than NES, I assure you (mainly since we didn&#8217;t have any computers until 1999 or so) &#8211; but I can&#8217;t recall the specific system&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Again, any help would be appreciated. Thanks much!<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Daniel<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>The Search Begins<\/h3>\n<p>Based on Daniel&#8217;s description, my best guess would have been <em>Secret of Mana<\/em>, but he&#8217;s ruled that out.  It&#8217;s up to you now to find the object of his fuzzy memory.  Post any thoughts or suggestions in the comments section below.  Good luck!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><em>Have a memory of a computer, video game, computer software, or electronic toy you need help identifying?  <a href=\"mailto:askred@REMOVE-STUFF-IN-CAPS-BEFORE-SENDINGvintagecomputing.com\" target=\"_blank\">Send me an email<\/a> describing your memories in detail.  Hopefully, the collective genius of the VC&#038;G readership can help solve your mystery.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every once and a while, I receive emails from people looking for a certain game, electronic toy, or computer from their distant past. This time, a friendly fellow named Daniel has sent me a puzzling inquiry regarding an action-adventure game from the early 1990s. As usual, I&#8217;m not an oracle of infinite knowledge, so I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,13,27,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fuzzy-memory","category-video-game-info-and-history","category-regular_features","category-retrogaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}