Contest: Power Golf 2

[sunteam_paul]

There's one letter in the jumble that I'm having trouble placing anywhere.

[Black Tiger]

There's one letter in the jumble that I'm having trouble placing anywhere.

It's the X, isn't it?

esit: sorry esteban, I totally gave away #10.

[csgx1]

I too have been racking my brain trying to get any words that string together and makes sense. It's a lot harder task than I thought it would be. 

[johnnykonami]

Sorry about this double post, screwed up the quoting from earlier.  Necro feel free to delete this if/when you see it.

[johnnykonami]

I'm hoping the phrase doesn't require intimate knowledge of US versions as I never really play them.

It shouldn't be the case, but I am not sure if the Japanese version of the game I'm referencing is different in this area.  I'm guessing it's the same.  In any case, with a small about of googling around, you should be able to figure it out without even having played it.

I really can't think of a single word that is 14 letters long.

You don't need to!  Just 3 words that use all 14 letters collectively (just use each letter one time.)

Added what I think is going to be the final clue.  It should help a lot!

[sunteam_paul]

I put my guess in. Fingers crossed.

[johnnykonami]

It's over!  Congrats to Paul for getting the secret phrase and winning the Power Golf 2!  I'll update OP with some links with the answers soon.

[sunteam_paul]

[csgx1]

Congrats to Paul!

Also, thanks to johnnykonami for putting together such an awesome contest. 

[esteban]

This was lots of fun!

I finally figured out the anagram, too!

"DONNA BREAKS HEARTS"

Damn, that was a brutal puzzle to solve.

[johnnykonami]

Glad everyone enjoyed it!  Answers and secret message added to the OP if interested.

I'd love to take a stab at some different music if anyone wants to make another!

[esteban]

Before I look at OP, I just want to say that this contest helped me find some great tunes that I had either (1) forgotten about or (2) never known.

So, if only for that reason, it was fun.

Plus, I liked Johnny's clues...it kept things fun.

[sunteam_paul]

Even though I worked out some of the games, I still couldn't confirm them by listening to soundtracks. Obviously well hidden

I might host one of these for a free copy of Pixellence 2 when I finish it.

[esteban]

Glad everyone enjoyed it!  Answers and secret message added to the OP if interested.

I'd love to take a stab at some different music if anyone wants to make another!

Even though I worked out some of the games, I still couldn't confirm them by listening to soundtracks. Obviously well hidden

I might host one of these for a free copy of Pixellence 2 when I finish it.

I will definitely make an "audio challenge" of some sort... I'm glad Paul will make one, too.

[johnnykonami]

I tried not to pick "level 1" tracks for each game because I thought that would be too easy.  For most of them, they're pretty familiar for me and I've played through to the end, but I guess pretty hard if you haven't done so yourself.  There's a lot of other PCE games where I have only sampled the first level and I'd be just as stuck.  In some cases, like Ordyne, I feel like the style of the music has a lot of character and you might be able to attribute that style to a track without having played the level before.

Looking forward to future audio challenges!  Straight up trivia would fun too if someone wants to take that on.