It's puzzle time! I've made some anagrams of some popular games for you to devise. If you don't know what an an anagram is, it is taking the letters of a word or phrase, and rearranging those exact same letters into another word or phrase. For example, Mood could be rearranged into Doom.
Here's a few clues and rules for my choices; if people are stumped, I might add some more clues.
3 Microsoft Exclusives EDIT : 2 of these exclusives are on the PC, but are exclusive to the Xbox 360 in the console market
2 Sony Exclusives
3 Nintendo Exclusives
1 PC Exclusive
Note that all of the above exclusives mean they have only been released on systems by those companies at this time (just covering my butt in case some are coming to another platform in future that I have not accounted for)
11 Franchises (Games that currently have at least one sequel already released). 9 are the original title, 2 have a specific non numbered subtitle
2 games based on movies, that do not have the same name as the movies on which they are based.
All of the games are relatively high profile games/franchises. They are all the English names. Any grammar present in the list below is not in the games name.
Here are some additional hints. Some games may be covered more than once in these clues.
The directors associated with the movie based games are John Woo and George Lucas.
There are two racing game franchises.
There is an RPG exclusive to the Xbox 360.
One action franchise released it 4th instalment last year, another action franchise has just released it's 4th instalment this year;
and yet another action franchise will release it's 4th instalment later this year.
This mascot has spines.
One game is being released this year with the same name it had over a decade ago, as well as a reimagining of the original.
One franchise usually releases titles in pairs; the listed title is one of such a pair.
One title was helmed by Ken Levine.
Chainsaws and shotguns and locusts made this game a hit.
Virus infection plagues this series.
One title takes it cues from Indiana Jones.
Two titles were built with co-op as a major feature from the ground up.
One franchise had 3 titles released on the NES, and another had 2.
A title released last year on the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 took place in different times.
The PC exclusive is a MMORPG.
Feel free to respond with how many you could get, but I'd prefer it if people didn't post their answers so that others can attempt to figure them out without looking at others answers! So without further aduei, here are the 20 anagrams.
Very Dim Clay
A Bruise, Mrs Poor
Usurp a Bad Orient
Wafer or Gas
Alan Store a Net
Strum a Groin
He'd Fern Out a Sacred Trunk
A Dozen Leg Fled
I Caress Sadness
Attend a Frog Hut
Cede Hinge, Oh Ghost
Fly, Loud Cat
Forward Flat Crow
Acid Comb In Moon
I Do Mop A Monk Den
It Needs Liver
Sick Hobo
She'll Not Drag
Slow As Garter
My Raw Foot