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{{Infobox Game
| Title           = Pictionary
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| Title     = Pictionary
| BoxArt         =
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| BoxArt    = Pictionary - NES.jpg
| PlatformName   = NES
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| Platform  = [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]
| PlatformPage    = Nintendo Entertainment System
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| Year     = 1990
| Year           = 1990
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| Developer = {{Developer|Software Creations|Software Creations Ltd.}}
| DeveloperName  = Software Creations Ltd.
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| Amazon   = B00004SVT3
| DeveloperPage  = Software Creations
 
| Amazon         =  
 
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
'''''Pictionary''''' (Also known as Pictionary: The Game of Video Quick Draw) is another video game adaptation of a board game. This is one of the better games that LJN published. In this game, you can play from one to four players. Like the board game, your goal is to get to the finish square first. This game however has some strange elements. When you play one player mode, instead of the game instantly giving you an image to guess, you must play one of four games. In those four games, you must complete a goal constantly to reveal more of the picture you must guess, whilst avoiding enemies that drain your time to reveal more of the picture.
 
'''''Pictionary''''' (Also known as Pictionary: The Game of Video Quick Draw) is another video game adaptation of a board game. This is one of the better games that LJN published. In this game, you can play from one to four players. Like the board game, your goal is to get to the finish square first. This game however has some strange elements. When you play one player mode, instead of the game instantly giving you an image to guess, you must play one of four games. In those four games, you must complete a goal constantly to reveal more of the picture you must guess, whilst avoiding enemies that drain your time to reveal more of the picture.
Attack of the Paint Zombies is a clone of the infamous Space Invaders; you play as a paint bucket and must shoot all the paint zombies off the screen. The more you clear, the faster the zombies are. The Warehouse Shuffle consists of you playing as a worker who must bring up to six boxes at a time to the right of the screen. Meanwhile, you must avoid what the game manual calls gremlins. Four Alarm Rescue has you playing as two firemen reminiscent of the Game and Watch game "Fire". People will jump out of their windows and you must catch them. This is the hardest game because it's impossible to make it from one side to the other when there's two people jumping out the windows of the opposite ends of the screen. In Leapin' Energy Capsules, you must collect orbs for your spaceship while avoiding laser cannon shots with eyes.
 
  
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Attack of the Paint Zombies is a clone of the famous Space Invaders; you play as a paint bucket and must shoot all the paint zombies off the screen. The more you clear, the faster the zombies are. The Warehouse Shuffle consists of you playing as a worker who must bring up to six boxes at a time to the right of the screen. Meanwhile, you must avoid what the game manual calls gremlins. Four Alarm Rescue has you playing as two firemen reminiscent of the Game and Watch game "Fire". People will jump out of their windows and you must catch them. This is the hardest game because it's impossible to make it from one side to the other when there's two people jumping out the windows of the opposite ends of the screen. In Leapin' Energy Capsules, you must collect orbs for your spaceship while avoiding laser cannon shots with eyes.
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The game was made by only three people: Tony Pomfret for programming, Craig Houston for graphics, and Tim Follin for music and sound.
  
 
==Screenshots==
 
==Screenshots==
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{| align="center" |
 
{| align="center" |
 
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{{Screenshot
 
{{Screenshot
| Image      = Pictionary_-_NES_-_Song_1.png
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| Image      = Pictionary - NES - Title Screen.png
| Description = The music program that was used to create Pictionary's soundtrack.}}
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| Description = The title screen.}}
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{{Screenshot
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| Image      = Pictionary - NES - Gameplay 1.png
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| Description = I didn't choose that name, the game did!}}
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{{Screenshot
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| Image      = Pictionary - NES - Song 1.png
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| Description = The music program that was used for Pictionary's soundtrack.}}
 
|}
 
|}
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{{Issue Screenshots}}
  
 
==Music==
 
==Music==
For 1990, the game has a short soundtrack, only six tunes, but they are all well-composed. Each song has a funky feeling to them. The game itself lacks credits, but the game's ROM credits [[Tim Follin]] for the music. Tim wrote the music in hexadecimal using [[Stephen Ruddy]]'s music driver.
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For 1990, the game has a short soundtrack, only six tunes, but they are all well-composed. Each song has a funky feeling to them. The songs are pretty lengthy so they won't get too annoying. Game Theme 1 sounds similar to Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust". The game itself lacks credits, but the game's ROM credits [[Tim Follin]] for the music. Follin wrote the music in hexadecimal using [[Stephen Ruddy]]'s music driver.
  
 
===Recording===
 
===Recording===
{{Table Recording
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{{TrackListBegin
| Caption01 = #
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| Extra4 = Programmer
| Caption02 = Title
 
| Caption03 = Composer
 
| Caption04 = Arranger
 
| Caption05 = Length
 
| Caption06 = Size
 
| Caption07 = Listen
 
 
}}
 
}}
| 01
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{{TrackListEntry
| [[Title Screen - Pictionary (NES)|Title Screen]]
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| Track      = 1
| [[Tim Follin]]
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| Title       = Title Screen
| [[Stephen Ruddy]]
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Tim Follin}}
| 1:33
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| Extra4      = [[Stephen Ruddy]]
| 3.55 MB
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| DurationMin = 1
| {{Song-List|01_-_Pictionary_-_NES_-_Title.ogg}}
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| DurationSec = 33
|-
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| Game        = Pictionary (NES)
| 02
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| Platform    = NES
| [[Drawing Practice - Pictionary (NES)|Drawing Practice]]
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| Recording  = 01 - Pictionary - NES - Title.ogg
| [[Tim Follin]]
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}}
| [[Stephen Ruddy]]
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{{TrackListEntry
| 2:45
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| Track      = 2
| 6.25 MB
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| Title      = Drawing Practice
| {{Song-List|02_-_Pictionary_-_NES_-_Drawing_Practice.ogg}}
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Tim Follin}}
|-
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| Extra4      = [[Stephen Ruddy]]
| 03
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| DurationMin = 2
| [[Game Theme 1 - Pictionary (NES)|Game Theme 1]]
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| DurationSec = 45
| [[Tim Follin]]
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| Game        = Pictionary (NES)
| [[Stephen Ruddy]]
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| Platform    = NES
| 2:43
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| Recording  = 02 - Pictionary - NES - Drawing Practice.ogg
| 6.2 MB
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}}
| {{Song-List|03_-_Pictionary_-_NES_-_Game_Theme_1.ogg}}
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{{TrackListEntry
|-
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| Track      = 3
| 04
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| Title      = Game Theme 1
| [[Game Theme 2 - Pictionary (NES)|Game Theme 2]]
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Tim Follin}}
| [[Tim Follin]]
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| Extra4      = [[Stephen Ruddy]]
| [[Stephen Ruddy]]
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| DurationMin = 2
| 2:36
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| DurationSec = 43
| 6 MB
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| Game        = Pictionary (NES)
| {{Song-List|04_-_Pictionary_-_NES_-_Game_Theme_2.ogg}}
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| Platform    = NES
|-
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| Recording  = 03 - Pictionary - NES - Game Theme 1.ogg
| 05
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}}
| [[Board - Pictionary (NES)|Board]]
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{{TrackListEntry
| [[Tim Follin]]
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| Track      = 4
| [[Stephen Ruddy]]
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| Title      = Game Theme 2
| 1:27
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Tim Follin}}
| 3.28 MB
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| Extra4      = [[Stephen Ruddy]]
| {{Song-List|05_-_Pictionary_-_NES_-_Board.ogg}}
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| DurationMin = 2
|-
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| DurationSec = 36
|}
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| Game        = Pictionary (NES)
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| Platform    = NES
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| Recording  = 04 - Pictionary - NES - Game Theme 2.ogg
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}}
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{{TrackListEntry
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| Track      = 5
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| Title      = Board
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Tim Follin}}
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| Extra4      = [[Stephen Ruddy]]
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| DurationMin = 1
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| DurationSec = 27
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| Game        = Pictionary (NES)
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| Platform    = NES
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| Recording  = 05 - Pictionary - NES - Board.ogg
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}}
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{{TrackListEntry
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| Track      = 6
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| Title      = Ending
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Tim Follin}}
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| Extra4      = [[Stephen Ruddy]]
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| DurationMin = 0
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| DurationSec = 11
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| Game        = Pictionary (NES)
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| Platform    = NES
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| Recording  = 06 - Pictionary - NES - Ending.ogg
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}}
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{{TrackListEnd}}
  
 
===Credits===
 
===Credits===
* '''Ripper:'''  
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* '''Ripper:''' Gil Galad
 
* '''Recorder:''' [[User:Doommaster1994|Doommaster1994]]
 
* '''Recorder:''' [[User:Doommaster1994|Doommaster1994]]
 
* '''ROM Credits:'''
 
* '''ROM Credits:'''
** '''Musician:''' {{Credits|Tim Follin|Tim Follin}}
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** '''Musician:''' {{Credits|Tim Follin}}
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** '''Uncredited Sound Programmer:''' {{Credits|Stephen Ruddy}}
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(Missing Source)
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The credits are hidden in the game's ROM. According to the programmer, LJN did not allow credits in their games.
  
[[Category:Games Without Credits]]
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===Game Rip===
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{{Issue Rip}}
  
 
==Releases==
 
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{{Publication
 
{{Publication
| Title         = Pictionary
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| Title       = Pictionary
| BoxArt       =  
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| BoxArt     = Pictionary - NES.jpg
| PlatformName  = NES
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| Platform    = {{Platform|Nintendo Entertainment System|NES}}
| PlatformPage  = Nintendo Entertainment System
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| Publisher  = {{Publisher|LJN|LJN, Ltd.}}
| PublisherName = LJN, Ltd.
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| Released   = 1990-07-??
| PublisherPage = LJN
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| Country     = USA
| Released     = 1990/07/??
 
| Country       = USA
 
 
}}
 
}}
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|}
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==Links==
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* [https://www.mobygames.com/game/nes/pictionary-the-game-of-video-quick-draw mobygames.com/game/nes/pictionary-the-game-of-video-quick-draw] - MobyGames.
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* [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/nes/587510-pictionary gamefaqs.gamespot.com/nes/587510-pictionary] - GameFAQs.
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[[Category: Needed Song Descriptions]]

Revision as of 15:50, 20 December 2020

Pictionary
Pictionary - NES.jpg
Platform: NES
Year: 1990
Developer: Software Creations Ltd.
Buy: Amazon

Pictionary (Also known as Pictionary: The Game of Video Quick Draw) is another video game adaptation of a board game. This is one of the better games that LJN published. In this game, you can play from one to four players. Like the board game, your goal is to get to the finish square first. This game however has some strange elements. When you play one player mode, instead of the game instantly giving you an image to guess, you must play one of four games. In those four games, you must complete a goal constantly to reveal more of the picture you must guess, whilst avoiding enemies that drain your time to reveal more of the picture.

Attack of the Paint Zombies is a clone of the famous Space Invaders; you play as a paint bucket and must shoot all the paint zombies off the screen. The more you clear, the faster the zombies are. The Warehouse Shuffle consists of you playing as a worker who must bring up to six boxes at a time to the right of the screen. Meanwhile, you must avoid what the game manual calls gremlins. Four Alarm Rescue has you playing as two firemen reminiscent of the Game and Watch game "Fire". People will jump out of their windows and you must catch them. This is the hardest game because it's impossible to make it from one side to the other when there's two people jumping out the windows of the opposite ends of the screen. In Leapin' Energy Capsules, you must collect orbs for your spaceship while avoiding laser cannon shots with eyes.

The game was made by only three people: Tony Pomfret for programming, Craig Houston for graphics, and Tim Follin for music and sound.

Screenshots

Pictionary - NES - Title Screen.png

The title screen.

Pictionary - NES - Gameplay 1.png

I didn't choose that name, the game did!

Pictionary - NES - Song 1.png

The music program that was used for Pictionary's soundtrack.


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This page needs more screenshots.

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Music

For 1990, the game has a short soundtrack, only six tunes, but they are all well-composed. Each song has a funky feeling to them. The songs are pretty lengthy so they won't get too annoying. Game Theme 1 sounds similar to Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust". The game itself lacks credits, but the game's ROM credits Tim Follin for the music. Follin wrote the music in hexadecimal using Stephen Ruddy's music driver.

Recording

# Title ComposerProgrammer Length Listen Download
01 Title Screen Tim FollinStephen Ruddy 1:33
Download
02 Drawing Practice Tim FollinStephen Ruddy 2:45
Download
03 Game Theme 1 Tim FollinStephen Ruddy 2:43
Download
04 Game Theme 2 Tim FollinStephen Ruddy 2:36
Download
05 Board Tim FollinStephen Ruddy 1:27
Download
06 Ending Tim FollinStephen Ruddy 0:11
Download

Credits

(Missing Source)

The credits are hidden in the game's ROM. According to the programmer, LJN did not allow credits in their games.

Game Rip

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This rip is missing songs.

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Releases

  USA.svg   USA
Pictionary - NES.jpg
Title: Pictionary
Platform: NES
Released: 1990-07-??
Publisher: LJN, Ltd.

Links