Game in "Big"

fiath · 20 January 2004, 11:59

Probably not Amiga related, I don't know what system this game is for. But anybody know the name of the game in the film "Big" with Tom Hanks?

To refresh your memory...

Character name: Josh Baskins
Actor name: David Moscow

Computer game script:
Scene 1
You are standing in the cavern of the evil wizard. All around you are the carcasses of slain ice dwarfs...
Melt the wizard.
What do you want to melt him with?
What do you think I want to melt him with...
(Josh, don't forget to take out the garbage)
Just a second!
Throw the...
(Josh, did you hear what your mother said?)
One minute!
(Josh Baskin!)
Your hesitancy has cost you dearly. The wizard, sensing your apprehension, unleashes a fatal blow from the ice scepter. With luck, you will thaw in several million years.
Great.

Scene 69
You are standing in the cavern of the evil wizard. All around you are the carcasses of slain ice dwarfs....
Melt wizard....
What do you want to melt him with? ...
Throw thermal pod.

Doesn't sound like a real game does it

fiath · 20 January 2004, 12:25

It seems it either:

1) Doesn't exist, was created for the game

or

2) "The game is called "Wizard and the Princess" and was released by Sierra On-line back around 1980 for Apple ][, Commodore64, and Atari 400/800. It was released for IBM PCs as "Adventure in Serenia". It was included in the "Roberta Williams Anthology"."

Can anybody confirm this?

fiath · 20 January 2004, 13:04

Just in case anybody is interested...

I have looked at Wizard and the Princess and neither the walkthough nor the screenshots I have seen (http://www.mobygames.com/game/shots/gameId,1761/) look much like the game in Big. So it seems it probably doesn't exist.

Dammit.

A game I have wanted to play for 16 years, and it doesn't exist!

whiteb · 20 January 2004, 13:43

Talking to yourself again ?

I wanna see the alternate ending.....

Josh is in school, and a new girl joins the class, its reported to be the chick he was with, used the machine to wish herself young.

fiath · 20 January 2004, 14:03

Who? Me? No. Yes. Shutup!

I didn't know there was an alternate ending. Or are you making it up?

LaundroMat · 20 January 2004, 17:56

It would be rather weird if the game featuring in Big was developed only for the movie. After all, it definately has a Sierra look to it.

Most people tend to think the game is indeed the Wizard and the Princess, but it sure is not that game. Apparently, the general consensus among the more knowledgeable people (ie those old farts still playing computer games, meaning us) is that the screens were produced for the movie (not the game itself, mind, just some screens).

Dizzy · 20 January 2004, 20:08

Quote:

Originally posted by fiath
Who? Me? No. Yes. Shutup!

I didn't know there was an alternate ending. Or are you making it up?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094737/alternateversions

fiath · 21 January 2004, 10:30

Cool! I'd like to see that too. I'll try and create some time today to get in contact with the people responsible for the game/anim/whatever it is.

Belgarath · 21 January 2004, 14:24

I found this bit of info on the net

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I checked the movie credits, and no credit is given to the game publisher, which there would (should) be if it was a real game. There are these credits:

Computer Image Designed by SMA Video Inc. (now SMA Realtime, Inc.: http://www.smavid.com/)
Computer Display Engineered by David Satin (David Satin is now EVP, Secretary, and Treasurer of SMA Realtime, Inc.)

So, I think it isn't a real game, and instead a special effect.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

fiath · 21 January 2004, 17:19

They are exactly who I was planning to mail

25 February 2007, 05:14

did you guys ever figure anything out??

Ian · 25 February 2007, 13:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dizzy

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094737/alternateversions

I've only ever seen Big with that ending. Thats the version they show on TV all whenever they show Big over here.

bomtoons · 20 October 2009, 06:48

After watching the movie again, looking for the game, finding this forum, you guys inspired me to make the game myself:

http://bomtoons.com/viewcomments.php?id=31

Hope you like it :P

andreas · 20 October 2009, 09:30

Lovely gfx...reminds me of the first PC where I was allowed to put my mitts on...my Dad's chunky 1983 IBM PC/XT

Hehe, considering those many adventures I've played in my life of this type, it turned out most of them are cut to the same pattern, so it was "bloody hard" for me to solve it

Jason · 20 October 2009, 10:14

Regarding the game in Big, as Belgarath said, it's not real. Obviously I can't be 100% certain of this, but I seem to recall either an article or perhaps an interview (on the DVD maybe?) of someone saying it was generated for the movie.

As for the alternate ending, it does NOT exist. I can't tell you how many times people claim this alternate ending exists when it doesn't. What noone seems to realise is that Big was released at the same time as another boy-to-man type movie called 14 Going On 30 (not to be confused with the other similar movie 13 Going On 30, the Jennifer Garner flick). They were both released in 1988, however I seem to recall that one was put into production slightly before the other. They're essentially the same movie with different actors with one vital difference - Tom Hanks does not get the girl in Big while in 14 Going On 30, he does (well, not Tom Hanks)! After romancing his teacher, he gets switched back to a teenager and is sitting in class, depressed. An announcement is made that a new student is going to be joining them. The student takes a seat next to the boy and lo and behold, it's his teacher as a teenager.

Something that very few seem to know is that IMDb suffers the same fate as Wikipedia, they are both user run sites thus aren't truly factual. To give credit where it's due, IMDb is much more accurate than Wikipedia since facts can be checked simply by playing through the credits on a DVD. Nevertheless, this was a case of a user incorrectly changing the Big entry so many years ago, and having the Internet believe it since noone proved otherwise.

14 Going On 30 isn't on DVD yet (Disney forgets about their 80s back catalog) so I bought the VHS from a video store many years ago and had to convert it to DVD myself. Before anyone tells me I'm wrong because they've convinced themselves that an alternate ending to Big exists, I own both movies and have watched them many times over. I'm the type that buys DVDs based on the special features and listens to any and all commentaries. I can't be 100% sure without talking to someone like Penny Marshall about Big, but I'm 99.9% sure that I'm right.

Boo Boo · 20 October 2009, 11:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by bomtoons

After watching the movie again, looking for the game, finding this forum, you guys inspired me to make the game myself:

http://bomtoons.com/viewcomments.php?id=31

Hope you like it :P

Fun

bomtoons · 20 October 2009, 22:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by andreas

Lovely gfx...reminds me of the first PC where I was allowed to put my mitts on...my Dad's chunky 1983 IBM PC/XT

Hehe, considering those many adventures I've played in my life of this type, it turned out most of them are cut to the same pattern, so it was "bloody hard" for me to solve it

Ha ha, I hope you got it eventually. I had to add in a lot of commands not found in the movie, so I tried to throw some good hints in there to assist you in figuring it out.

eLowar · 20 October 2009, 22:43

Nice, a bit short, I'll give it a 7 out of 10.

20 January 2004, 11:59	#1
fiath Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: South East / UK Age: 32 Posts: 1,867	Game in "Big" Probably not Amiga related, I don't know what system this game is for. But anybody know the name of the game in the film "Big" with Tom Hanks? To refresh your memory... Character name: Josh Baskins Actor name: David Moscow Computer game script: Scene 1 You are standing in the cavern of the evil wizard. All around you are the carcasses of slain ice dwarfs... Melt the wizard. What do you want to melt him with? What do you think I want to melt him with... (Josh, don't forget to take out the garbage) Just a second! Throw the... (Josh, did you hear what your mother said?) One minute! (Josh Baskin!) Your hesitancy has cost you dearly. The wizard, sensing your apprehension, unleashes a fatal blow from the ice scepter. With luck, you will thaw in several million years. Great. Scene 69 You are standing in the cavern of the evil wizard. All around you are the carcasses of slain ice dwarfs.... Melt wizard.... What do you want to melt him with? ... Throw thermal pod. Doesn't sound like a real game does it __________________ S.P.S. - The Software Preservation Society http://www.softpres.org Last edited by fiath; 20 January 2004 at 12:30.

20 January 2004, 12:25	#2
fiath Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: South East / UK Age: 32 Posts: 1,867	It seems it either: 1) Doesn't exist, was created for the game or 2) "The game is called "Wizard and the Princess" and was released by Sierra On-line back around 1980 for Apple ][, Commodore64, and Atari 400/800. It was released for IBM PCs as "Adventure in Serenia". It was included in the "Roberta Williams Anthology"." Can anybody confirm this? __________________ S.P.S. - The Software Preservation Society http://www.softpres.org

20 January 2004, 13:04	#3
fiath Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: South East / UK Age: 32 Posts: 1,867	Just in case anybody is interested... I have looked at Wizard and the Princess and neither the walkthough nor the screenshots I have seen (http://www.mobygames.com/game/shots/gameId,1761/) look much like the game in Big. So it seems it probably doesn't exist. Dammit. A game I have wanted to play for 16 years, and it doesn't exist! __________________ S.P.S. - The Software Preservation Society http://www.softpres.org

20 January 2004, 14:03	#5
fiath Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: South East / UK Age: 32 Posts: 1,867	Who? Me? No. Yes. Shutup! I didn't know there was an alternate ending. Or are you making it up? __________________ S.P.S. - The Software Preservation Society http://www.softpres.org

20 January 2004, 17:56	#6
LaundroMat Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: In the cellar. With your mum. Age: 35 Posts: 401	It would be rather weird if the game featuring in Big was developed only for the movie. After all, it definately has a Sierra look to it. Most people tend to think the game is indeed the Wizard and the Princess, but it sure is not that game. Apparently, the general consensus among the more knowledgeable people (ie those old farts still playing computer games, meaning us) is that the screens were produced for the movie (not the game itself, mind, just some screens). __________________ "Those innocent fun-games of the hallucination generation."

20 January 2004, 13:43	#4
whiteb Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Age: 40 Posts: 1,190	Talking to yourself again ? I wanna see the alternate ending..... Josh is in school, and a new girl joins the class, its reported to be the chick he was with, used the machine to wish herself young.

21 January 2004, 10:30	#8
fiath Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: South East / UK Age: 32 Posts: 1,867	Cool! I'd like to see that too. I'll try and create some time today to get in contact with the people responsible for the game/anim/whatever it is. __________________ S.P.S. - The Software Preservation Society http://www.softpres.org Last edited by fiath; 21 January 2004 at 10:41.

21 January 2004, 14:24	#9
Belgarath HOL Team Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Here Posts: 2,106	I found this bit of info on the net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I checked the movie credits, and no credit is given to the game publisher, which there would (should) be if it was a real game. There are these credits: Computer Image Designed by SMA Video Inc. (now SMA Realtime, Inc.: http://www.smavid.com/) Computer Display Engineered by David Satin (David Satin is now EVP, Secretary, and Treasurer of SMA Realtime, Inc.) So, I think it isn't a real game, and instead a special effect. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

21 January 2004, 17:19	#10
fiath Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: South East / UK Age: 32 Posts: 1,867	They are exactly who I was planning to mail __________________ S.P.S. - The Software Preservation Society http://www.softpres.org

25 February 2007, 05:14	#11
johloh Posts: n/a	did you guys ever figure anything out??

20 October 2009, 06:48	#13
bomtoons Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: US Posts: 0	You guys inspired me After watching the movie again, looking for the game, finding this forum, you guys inspired me to make the game myself: http://bomtoons.com/viewcomments.php?id=31 Hope you like it :P

20 October 2009, 09:30	#14
andreas EAB sedative pharmacist Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Germany Age: 35 Posts: 5,455	Lovely gfx...reminds me of the first PC where I was allowed to put my mitts on...my Dad's chunky 1983 IBM PC/XT Hehe, considering those many adventures I've played in my life of this type, it turned out most of them are cut to the same pattern, so it was "bloody hard" for me to solve it Last edited by andreas; 20 October 2009 at 09:36.

20 October 2009, 10:14	#15
Jason Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: 19 Jump Street Posts: 126	Regarding the game in Big, as Belgarath said, it's not real. Obviously I can't be 100% certain of this, but I seem to recall either an article or perhaps an interview (on the DVD maybe?) of someone saying it was generated for the movie. As for the alternate ending, it does NOT exist. I can't tell you how many times people claim this alternate ending exists when it doesn't. What noone seems to realise is that Big was released at the same time as another boy-to-man type movie called 14 Going On 30 (not to be confused with the other similar movie 13 Going On 30, the Jennifer Garner flick). They were both released in 1988, however I seem to recall that one was put into production slightly before the other. They're essentially the same movie with different actors with one vital difference - Tom Hanks does not get the girl in Big while in 14 Going On 30, he does (well, not Tom Hanks)! After romancing his teacher, he gets switched back to a teenager and is sitting in class, depressed. An announcement is made that a new student is going to be joining them. The student takes a seat next to the boy and lo and behold, it's his teacher as a teenager. Something that very few seem to know is that IMDb suffers the same fate as Wikipedia, they are both user run sites thus aren't truly factual. To give credit where it's due, IMDb is much more accurate than Wikipedia since facts can be checked simply by playing through the credits on a DVD. Nevertheless, this was a case of a user incorrectly changing the Big entry so many years ago, and having the Internet believe it since noone proved otherwise. 14 Going On 30 isn't on DVD yet (Disney forgets about their 80s back catalog) so I bought the VHS from a video store many years ago and had to convert it to DVD myself. Before anyone tells me I'm wrong because they've convinced themselves that an alternate ending to Big exists, I own both movies and have watched them many times over. I'm the type that buys DVDs based on the special features and listens to any and all commentaries. I can't be 100% sure without talking to someone like Penny Marshall about Big, but I'm 99.9% sure that I'm right.

20 October 2009, 22:43	#18
eLowar Citizen of Elthesh Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Germany Age: 26 Posts: 917	Nice, a bit short, I'll give it a 7 out of 10. __________________ · · · And you all know, security is mortals' chiefest enemy.

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