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Games you remember, names you don't

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mclem

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Terrified said:
It was an action platformer that took place in a forest of sorts. All I can remember is that the guns you had were customisable, and collecting different bits of gun (may have been powerups) allowed you to shoot extra bullets. I also think there may have been a flamethrower attachment, although again I may be misremembering. Platforming was slightly Metroidy, in terms of reaching new bits of the forest as you progressed.
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Well, it screamed Turrican, right up until the forest. That threw me, though. My first thought was Elf, but there's a lot of detail in the game that's not in your description - and the weapon isn't strictly a gun, although it does effectively fire bullets.
 
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Triggerhappytel

Member
I'm assuming it's not Contra/Probotector?

Can you tell us any other details - was the player character human? Was it set on another planet (if you could tell)? Anything else like that would be helpful,
 
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Teppic

Member
Terrified said:
It was an action platformer that took place in a forest of sorts. All I can remember is that the guns you had were customisable, and collecting different bits of gun (may have been powerups) allowed you to shoot extra bullets. I also think there may have been a flamethrower attachment, although again I may be misremembering. Platforming was slightly Metroidy, in terms of reaching new bits of the forest as you progressed.

If memory serves right, the game had a one word name, but I can't for the life of me remember what it was. I've searched high and low through pages and repositories of both Amiga 500(+) games and PC games from that era, and can't find anything that fits the description. Nothing at all.
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Maybe Xargon.
 
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Terrified

Member
mclem said:
Well, it screamed Turrican, right up until the forest. That threw me, though. My first thought was Elf, but there's a lot of detail in the game that's not in your description - and the weapon isn't strictly a gun, although it does effectively fire bullets.
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Yeah, it's not Turrican, having checked Google images. Thanks though.

Triggerhappytel said:
I'm assuming it's not Contra/Probotector?

Can you tell us any other details - was the player character human? Was it set on another planet (if you could tell)? Anything else like that would be helpful,
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Sadly, my memory is reeeeallly hazy on this part, so I left it out. In my head, the character was human-esque, but with a cat head. However, I'm 99.9% certain that this is my memory simply transplanting a 3D Bubsy onto it, so I think I'll go with human.

Enemies were alien-esque, as far as I can remember (as in extraterrestrial, not like the film).

Teppic said:
Maybe Xargon.
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That looks close, but one details that stands out in my mind is that the trees were tall and thin, redwood style, and spanned multiple screens.

I suspect no-one will get this one, as I don't think I've got enough decent details to go on. Curse my aged brain :(

Thanks all for the effort though.
 
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jimboton

Member
Terrified said:
Ok, I'm gonna finally throw my mystery hat into the ring with a bit of a doozie.

I recall a game that I only ever played the demo of. I know it was in the mid 90's (ish), and I genuinely can't recall if it was for the Amiga or the PC (in my head it's PC, as I seem to recall booting into DOS to play the game, but I may be confused on that).

It was an action platformer that took place in a forest of sorts. All I can remember is that the guns you had were customisable, and collecting different bits of gun (may have been powerups) allowed you to shoot extra bullets. I also think there may have been a flamethrower attachment, although again I may be misremembering. Platforming was slightly Metroidy, in terms of reaching new bits of the forest as you progressed.

If memory serves right, the game had a one word name, but I can't for the life of me remember what it was. I've searched high and low through pages and repositories of both Amiga 500(+) games and PC games from that era, and can't find anything that fits the description. Nothing at all.

If anyone can work out what this is, please help, as my sanity has been slowly spiralling away since I half-remembered this game about 3 years ago...
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Wolfchild?
 
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Boy Wander

Member
Terrified said:
Ok, I'm gonna finally throw my mystery hat into the ring with a bit of a doozie.

I recall a game that I only ever played the demo of. I know it was in the mid 90's (ish), and I genuinely can't recall if it was for the Amiga or the PC (in my head it's PC, as I seem to recall booting into DOS to play the game, but I may be confused on that).

It was an action platformer that took place in a forest of sorts. All I can remember is that the guns you had were customisable, and collecting different bits of gun (may have been powerups) allowed you to shoot extra bullets. I also think there may have been a flamethrower attachment, although again I may be misremembering. Platforming was slightly Metroidy, in terms of reaching new bits of the forest as you progressed.

If memory serves right, the game had a one word name, but I can't for the life of me remember what it was. I've searched high and low through pages and repositories of both Amiga 500(+) games and PC games from that era, and can't find anything that fits the description. Nothing at all.

If anyone can work out what this is, please help, as my sanity has been slowly spiralling away since I half-remembered this game about 3 years ago...
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Ruff n Tumble maybe?
 
eso76

eso76

Member
Terrified said:
Ok, I'm gonna finally throw my mystery hat into the ring with a bit of a doozie.

I recall a game that I only ever played the demo of. I know it was in the mid 90's (ish), and I genuinely can't recall if it was for the Amiga or the PC (in my head it's PC, as I seem to recall booting into DOS to play the game, but I may be confused on that).

It was an action platformer that took place in a forest of sorts. All I can remember is that the guns you had were customisable, and collecting different bits of gun (may have been powerups) allowed you to shoot extra bullets. I also think there may have been a flamethrower attachment, although again I may be misremembering. Platforming was slightly Metroidy, in terms of reaching new bits of the forest as you progressed.

If memory serves right, the game had a one word name, but I can't for the life of me remember what it was. I've searched high and low through pages and repositories of both Amiga 500(+) games and PC games from that era, and can't find anything that fits the description. Nothing at all.

If anyone can work out what this is, please help, as my sanity has been slowly spiralling away since I half-remembered this game about 3 years ago...
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Could this be Borobodur ???
 
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ichtyander

Member
Terrified said:
Ok, I'm gonna finally throw my mystery hat into the ring with a bit of a doozie.

I recall a game that I only ever played the demo of. I know it was in the mid 90's (ish), and I genuinely can't recall if it was for the Amiga or the PC (in my head it's PC, as I seem to recall booting into DOS to play the game, but I may be confused on that).

It was an action platformer that took place in a forest of sorts. All I can remember is that the guns you had were customisable, and collecting different bits of gun (may have been powerups) allowed you to shoot extra bullets. I also think there may have been a flamethrower attachment, although again I may be misremembering. Platforming was slightly Metroidy, in terms of reaching new bits of the forest as you progressed.

If memory serves right, the game had a one word name, but I can't for the life of me remember what it was. I've searched high and low through pages and repositories of both Amiga 500(+) games and PC games from that era, and can't find anything that fits the description. Nothing at all.

If anyone can work out what this is, please help, as my sanity has been slowly spiralling away since I half-remembered this game about 3 years ago...
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Also try Assassin, Jim Power, Narcissus and Rubicon, all Amiga games. One thing about Turrican though, Turrican 2 was heavily modified and converted as Universal Soldier for the Genesis, and the first level is a forest if I remember correctly. I know it's not PC or Amiga, but maybe you played it on an emulator, although mid 90s is kinda problematic on that part.

EDIT:
Oh, this is also a long shot but check out Guimo for DOS.

stargateheaven said:
I had a game on the Amiga and you were 2 kids on water rings going down a river and you could shoot.

any idea?
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Toobin'?
 
eso76

eso76

Member
Terrified said:
It could be this. It looks very familiar, even if it doesn't fully match my memory. It's certainly the closest I've seen so far.



But it could also be this.

Oh how I wish I hadn't drank so much in my 20s...
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borobodur fits with the metroidy progression, gun parts, flamethrower, forest..
i am sure this is the game, although you might have mixed details of more than one title.

do you remember any 3d intermission on a flying scooter thing ?
 
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BooJoh

Member
This should be easy I think...

Indie game, I think on PC. It has a level structure similar to Pix The Cat where moving from one level to another zooms in, but I think it was a shmup of sorts, and the next stage would take place inside the last enemy you killed or something. I never actually played it but it's driving me crazy now.

EDIT - found it myself... it was Inside a Star-Filled Sky
 
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DOA

Member
i've tried to find the name of this game for a long time but no success, so hopefully here i find the answer.

it's an early 90' arcade game. the genre is a side scrolling shmup, where you play a flying space robot(?) bunny (green or pink iirc) and you have powerups like carrots. the only other details i remember is that when you're lowering the bunny all the way to the floor, the bunny walks/ducks.

i know it's not much to go on, but maybe GAFmind will help :)
 
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mr_chun

Member
Gonna try this one again. Only guess was Shivers 2, and I really don't think that's it.

1) Windows 95. Came on a disc of shareware called "72 Game Pack". Somewhere between 1995-1998.

2) Point and click.

3) Room at beginning of demo was green. Western-themed decor, cow skull displayed near a doorway.

4) I think the camera moved from fixed position to fixed position by clicking on the sides of the screen, not rotating/scrolling.

5) Creepy, ambient music.
 
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whitemex88

Member
DOA said:
i've tried to find the name of this game for a long time but no success, so hopefully here i find the answer.

it's an early 90' arcade game. the genre is a side scrolling shmup, where you play a flying space robot(?) bunny (green or pink iirc) and you have powerups like carrots. the only other details i remember is that when you're lowering the bunny all the way to the floor, the bunny walks/ducks.

i know it's not much to go on, but maybe GAFmind will help :)
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Rabbit Punch
https://youtu.be/YKy6F__Nw80


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misses bull

Banned
I remember playing some game as a kid that was like a 3d platformer that had an alien inhabited farm level. I don't remember what the player character looked like or what the game was called and its been bothering me for months now. Anyone know what game this is?
 
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whitemex88

Member
misses bull said:
I remember playing some game as a kid that was like a 3d platformer that had an alien inhabited farm level. I don't remember what the player character looked like or what the game was called and its been bothering me for months now. Anyone know what game this is?
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Year?Platform?
 
Wiktor

Wiktor

Member
mr_chun said:
Gonna try this one again. Only guess was Shivers 2, and I really don't think that's it.

1) Windows 95. Came on a disc of shareware called "72 Game Pack". Somewhere between 1995-1998.

2) Point and click.

3) Room at beginning of demo was green. Western-themed decor, cow skull displayed near a doorway.

4) I think the camera moved from fixed position to fixed position by clicking on the sides of the screen, not rotating/scrolling.

5) Creepy, ambient music.
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Hmm...pretty vague. That cow part doesn't ring any bells, but try maybe John Saul's Blackstone Chronicles, Labirynth of Time and Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the Monster.

Blackstone seems most likely, because the intro started in a green room and there was a moose skull in it :D
 
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Cthulhu_Steev

Member
misses bull said:
I remember playing some game as a kid that was like a 3d platformer that had an alien inhabited farm level. I don't remember what the player character looked like or what the game was called and its been bothering me for months now. Anyone know what game this is?
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Not much to go on, but perhaps Space Station Silicon Valley on N64 (1998)? If you played that as a kid, kudos for your good taste :)
 
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THEaaron

Member
An old PC CD-Rom game.

You started in a base on a unknown planet and had to klick through corridors and intersections. At one point, a huge bug appeared and attacked you (like a boss fight). After traversing through the corridors and rooms, you had to fly fly to the next planet. You had to evade lots of stuff trying to fly into you. Camera was behind the ship you're flying and you could only move the ship within the screen.

Man, loved this game so much but it feels so far away.

€: in the corridor sections you were in the ego perspective and the mouse pointer was a crosshair I think.
 
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jimboton

Member
THEaaron said:
An old PC CD-Rom game.

You started in a base on a unknown planet and had to klick through corridors and intersections. At one point, a huge bug appeared and attacked you (like a boss fight). After traversing through the corridors and rooms, you had to fly fly to the next planet. You had to evade lots of stuff trying to fly into you. Camera was behind the ship you're flying and you could only move the ship within the screen.

Man, loved this game so much but it feels so far away.

€: in the corridor sections you were in the ego perspective and the mouse pointer was a crosshair I think.
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Could be Creature Shock.
 
A Black Falcon

A Black Falcon

Member
Terrified said:
Yeah, it's not Turrican, having checked Google images. Thanks though.



Sadly, my memory is reeeeallly hazy on this part, so I left it out. In my head, the character was human-esque, but with a cat head. However, I'm 99.9% certain that this is my memory simply transplanting a 3D Bubsy onto it, so I think I'll go with human.

Enemies were alien-esque, as far as I can remember (as in extraterrestrial, not like the film).



That looks close, but one details that stands out in my mind is that the trees were tall and thin, redwood style, and spanned multiple screens.

I suspect no-one will get this one, as I don't think I've got enough decent details to go on. Curse my aged brain :(

Thanks all for the effort though.
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Sounds like this could be Realm for the SNES.
 
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OldMuffin

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Just the thread i was looking for! So the game I'm looking for was a 3d platformer for the ps1 where you play as some devil like creature that escapes from a mad scientist as a baby and then dones some purple super hero costume and fights other monsters in order to stop the same mad scientist. Would be great if some could help me out!
 
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Pearson

Banned
Ok so I remember an old game but I can only think of one scene..

I have a feeling its like, golden eye or something but can't fully remember.

All I remember is being told to disguise myself in a tuxedo and go to somekind of ballroom event. walk around and find/sabotage certain things at the party.

What game was this?! google didn't help me
 
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Easton Dark

Member
Pearson said:
All I remember is being told to disguise myself in a tuxedo and go to somekind of ballroom event. walk around and find/sabotage certain things at the party.

What game was this?! google didn't help me
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Mission Impossible for the N64? edit: / Playstation. Never knew they made it for that.

39983-Mission_Impossible_(USA)-8.jpg
 
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Caipirinha

Member
I think this might be the hardest most obsucre one so far in the thread and I have tried many times to search for it but with no luck:

1) It's an old school HyperCard game for the Mac, black and white, around the era of the Scarab of Ra (late 1980s)

2) It was a kids orientated game set in some kind of play house filled with animals

3) The main screen was a room full of these animals doing various things and you would click on them to be taken to a variety of mini games. The animals included (I think) things like an owl, mice etc.

Beyond that I can't really remember much else. There was a cuckoo clock on the wall you could click for one game, and a computer on a desk for another, besides that I can't remember..

If anyone can remember this I will be beyond impressed.
 
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Rich!

Member
Silly Japanese 2D arcade side scroller beat em up where you played as robots and your special move was to turn into a giant spikey wheel
 
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retroman

Member
Caipirinha said:
I think this might be the hardest most obsucre one so far in the thread and I have tried many times to search for it but with no luck:

1) It's an old school HyperCard game for the Mac, black and white, around the era of the Scarab of Ra (late 1980s)

2) It was a kids orientated game set in some kind of play house filled with animals

3) The main screen was a room full of these animals doing various things and you would click on them to be taken to a variety of mini games. The animals included (I think) things like an owl, mice etc.

Beyond that I can't really remember much else. There was a cuckoo clock on the wall you could click for one game, and a computer on a desk for another, besides that I can't remember..

If anyone can remember this I will be beyond impressed.
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The only games in that vein that I know of are The Manhole, Spelunx and Cosmic Osmo. Could it be one of those?
 
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Caipirinha

Member
retroman said:
The only games in that vein that I know of are The Manhole, Spelunx and Cosmic Osmo. Could it be one of those?
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Gah, sadly not, thanks for trying though, you're absolutely on the right lines.

It's the only HyperCard game I've not been able to identify. Floating around in a zepplin dropping bombs on weird little cubes? Toxic Ravine. Sidescrolling shooter in which you're attack the earth? Final Impact.

But this one is just so obscure nobody knows :(

It was very much like the cast of seaseme street crammed into like.. a dining room, all doing different activities and you click on each one to take you to a different minigame. I can't even remember what the games were.
 
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mclem

Member
Caipirinha said:
I think this might be the hardest most obsucre one so far in the thread and I have tried many times to search for it but with no luck:

1) It's an old school HyperCard game for the Mac, black and white, around the era of the Scarab of Ra (late 1980s)

2) It was a kids orientated game set in some kind of play house filled with animals

3) The main screen was a room full of these animals doing various things and you would click on them to be taken to a variety of mini games. The animals included (I think) things like an owl, mice etc.

Beyond that I can't really remember much else. There was a cuckoo clock on the wall you could click for one game, and a computer on a desk for another, besides that I can't remember..

If anyone can remember this I will be beyond impressed.
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Could it be The Playroom?

YenKBHU.gif


It's not B&W in this screenshot, but I'm wondering if you were playing it on a B&W Mac - the dithering in particular suggests to me that the colour scheme was designed to also be effective in greyscale. There's a cuckoo clock in the top-left and a computer in the bottom-right. Also note the mousehole, although no sign of an owl.
 
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Caipirinha

Member
mclem said:
Could it be The Playroom?

YenKBHU.gif


It's not B&W in this screenshot, but I'm wondering if you were playing it on a B&W Mac - the dithering in particular suggests to me that the colour scheme was designed to also be effective in greyscale. There's a cuckoo clock in the top-left and a computer in the bottom-right. Also note the mousehole, although no sign of an owl.
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BRO that is definitely a later version of the game, the one I played was black and white and the setup was slightly different but it DEFINITELY had that weird little Monsters Inc looking guy, and the triceratops. I forgot not all of them were animals.

Fuark I gotta find the original now, if there's a video of it somewhere I might just die of nostalgia.
 
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Kolma

Member
So this game was brought up again and I can't for the life of me remember what it was called and looking it up brings nothing on google.

It was a game where you played as a mouse and it was supposed to be similar to dark/demon souls games.

I don't think it has been released yet and unsure if there are any screenshots or footage.
But I really want to look this game up to see how far along in development it is.

*edit
Decided to put in quotes "play as a mouse" with Dark Souls
Found the game, Ghost of a Tale.
http://www.ghostofatale.com/
 
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