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As it happens, I've recently played through the entries in the Rats Mags, including this one. And it's a worthy winner.

Like many of Fernewelten's competition games, this one is divided into three parts/levels. The first one is a standard inventory puzzle-based room you need to escape from, with an extra dimension in how you can combine and dismantle some items. The second room is my favourite - it's really a giant maze. This is a room that spans many screens, with a lot of doors leading to a lot of platforms and areas. The player needs to map it to advance. I normally don't like maze puzzles, but I did like this one, probably because of the art and the elaborate setup. I pictured the rat scurrying through tunnels up and down inside the walls before appearing in another doorway. 
The boss level features a welcome connection to an earlier game by the same creator.

Solid puzzles and witty banter is pretty much Fernewelten's trademark, and it applies here, as well.

Flight from the Robots is Fernewelten's entry in the ongoing Narrative driven jam 4. It's an escape the room game in a sci-fi setting.

Edit: It's in the base now, including a master mind-esque minigame not in the version linked here.

He's wondering if the chocolate wrapping is asking him to take four fingers up his @r$e, which is a slightly unfortunate message for a chocolate wrapping to send out.

A couple more Mags entries not in the database:

Research Resident which is unfinished, but you can play the first room and walk around in the second. There's not a scripted ending to the demo, though. (From Mags March 2018 Three's a crowd.) Looks like it would make a cool game.

Gwen Darkly â€" intro to the first case which is a demo. (From Mags January 2018 Misunderstood Motives.)

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Slasher, out of pure curiousity, which other games have the characters (sprites) in Win a Million been in? I'm sure I recognize some of them...

[Win a Million]

My thoughts this month:

Win a Million by Slasher:

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As usual, this is packed with Slasher's humour. Bodily sounds and unlikely plans to gain riches are par for the course, and I enjoyed the twist in the story. This has replay potential if I turn off the sound and try my hand at the trivia myself. Even though I'm an adventurer at heart, I do appreciate how Slasher's games often experiment with the genre.

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Guy: By Hook or by Crook by Remz:

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Short and funny tale. It took me a while before I found the third location on the map, but after that I could roll it home. I absolutely love the animation in this game. My favourite is the talking, when everything in the faces swap places. The simplistic style is very cool! Also nice jokes. I particularly liked the one about the neverending commercial, the very demeanor of the ticket salesman and the end fight. 

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Trade it forward by Cassiebsg and myself:

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Fun to publish something! I jumped at the chance when Cassiebsg wanted to do all the stuff I'm not competent to do, and I'm very grateful that she did. I've learned a lot in the process and think the end product turned out well, even though it's hard to judge if we hit the right level of difficulty and so on. I appreciate any feedback. Nearly everything from the initial draft is in the game. We had to simplify one puzzle and drop the epilogue, and there are some non-vital interactions that aren't implemented, but frankly I'm amazed how much Cassiebsg managed to cram into this little world.

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My vote goes to

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Guy: By Hook or by Crook. It's a great first game and has that graphic style I love.

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* The colour of Charlie's house?

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Pink

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Yes, that's correct (establishing continuity to Ice in the Air).

* which store has the most employees appearing in the game?

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Pet shop, assuming you're one of the employees.

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Not counting Charly...but you're not all wrong.

* a _huge_ teddy bear?

My niece has one that's even bigger 

It's not the one on the counter. (It's not a hotspot.)

* The Flash?
* a potentially lethal danger? (Don't worry, you can't die in the game.)
* True love?
* The two hidden characters and the two hidden connections between them?
* a villain from an earlier game by cassiebsg?
* death (probably)?
* the not implemented help function?

Didn't realize there was so much love & death in this game. I must be blind.

Admittedly, I'm stretching a bit, so it depends on what you read into it. True love especially is up for debate. 
Hope you enjoy the game!

So, who can find...

* The Flash?
* a potentially lethal danger? (Don't worry, you can't die in the game.)
* True love?
* a _huge_ teddy bear?
* The two hidden characters and the two hidden connections between them?
* a villain from an earlier game by cassiebsg?
* which store has the most employees appearing in the game?
* death (probably)?
* The colour of Charlie's house?
* the not implemented help function?

Tokyo Sonata?

I'm recognizing this as a correct (enough) answer. Sonatine is a stylish and violent yakuza/cop movie by, with and from Takeshi Kitano.

Mandle, you're the man!

Wasabi?

The title is from the musical realm, rather than the world of foods and spices.

Male child + a + tooth of a comb

But where's Zappa? 

And yes, Zappa is with two girls in the car driving scene and in the audience with his sons 

Maybe i should add to clear out some confusion (obviously some people don't "get it").

Joe Pixeliani = Joe Satriani, Surf Student = Steve Vai, Demented Old Man = Steve Lukather = One of Eddie's most famous real friend, as i understood it. So i wanted him to be in the video. In an interview with Rick Beato he called himself "what do i know, i'm just a demented old man" 

More conceptual continuity clues: Steve Vai had Satriani as guitar teacher, and Satriani has an album called Surfing with the Alien (with the Silver Surfer on the cover) - hence "surf student". Vai played with Zappa for many years and is a family friend, actually the connection (via Vai's roommate) Eddie used to get Zappa's number in order to go visit him. Lukather auditioned for Zappa when 17 years old and failed miserably, but took it to heart and made his own career. He plays on (at least) one of Dweezil Zappa's records as a guest guitarist.

I suppose you have tried to simply send him a PM?

https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=5355

It says he was last active here in April, but you may be lucky.

Very cool video........

But where's Zappa? 

0.51 and 3.37 

From an old MAGS with the theme "Jumping Jack Flash":
Memoriae
Jump! Jack! Flash!

Found by coincidence in the depository while searching for the "jump"-games above, an old non-interactive demo, probably aimed at atheists:
Preachers can't jump. (I had to dig up an old computer to run this one. Lasts a minute.)

Wasabi?

The title is from the musical realm, rather than the world of foods and spices.

I'm playing through the games of an old MAGS and got stuck on Jump! Jack! Flash! by Kumpel.

Now, the thing is that the game isn't in the database. I found it on The AGS Depository. The old mags thread tells me that the game was updated some times, so I can't really tell if the version I've got is the one playable through to the end, but I hope so. Good game so far!

I have managed to get gas for my car, but now I need to get a car battery. There is one in sight, but I don't know how to get it.

I also need to make a wrench of sorts in order to open the hood of my car. I guess I need to

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combine the bottle opener with the pen, so that I need some wire or duct tape or similar.

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I think I need to find more items. In my inventory I currently hold: wallet, gas can, pen, bottle opener (I think it is that).

Takeshi's Castle took a turn, huh?

That's indeed Takeshi Kitano, but not in that gameshow or any comedic capacity.

I doubt more hints are needed - you just have to guess which yakuza/cop movie of his this one is.

If someone else does what I do, and sometimes check out events of yesteryear, you will probably find out that some of those small event or competition games are missing from the database.

The 24 hours of AGS contest (from 2017) had six entries, but three of them aren't in the database:
Like a Fox
Lydia
CyberJACK

Now, there are some working links to be found in the game's thread, but you can find all (six) of them here if you want to play some fun shorties.

Cassiebsg's got me on her team, which unfortunately means she has to put up with me doing stuff in the wrong order, do all the heavy lifting, and she has to fix all my mistakes. 

Fingers crossed.

Remz: Very cool drawing style!

Slasher: I'm a board game fanatic. I'm excited to see how you make this fit the theme...especially the "crook" part. 

Hanabi?

Wrong movie, but correct actor and director.

And I was partly wrong in one of my hints, as there are two movie posters, the official one not being the one with a guy with a gun to his head, but rather of a speared fish.