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Games you remember, names you don't
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IncognitoPanda
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I FOUND IT! IT'S DOWN IN THE DUMPS!
There is barely any pictures of it online, but on the back it had a grandma behind a curtain with a knife.
Oh holy damn, this was such an amazing feeling.
ichtyander
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I FOUND IT! IT'S DOWN IN THE DUMPS!
There is barely any pictures of it online, but on the back it had a grandma behind a curtain with a knife.
Oh holy damn, this was such an amazing feeling.
Glad you found it, always happy to see one of the difficult ones being finally resolved.
Mobygames has a ton of cover art for the game, here's the back cover:
I remember a game that I got with the full game of Settlers 2. Actually, that CD had two demos shipped with it, one of them being Die total verrückte Rallye.
But I don't know the name of the second one. It is definitely a Point and Click adventure and the main character is I think some alien or talking animal followed by two people (male and female). It has some light adult humor (like pressing "grab" on the female makes him comment that he will do that once the monitor is turned off). I think the starting point was on some rain forest, and there's a movie set?
Would appreciate it, searched and found nothing.
But I don't know the name of the second one. It is definitely a Point and Click adventure and the main character is I think some alien or talking animal followed by two people (male and female). It has some light adult humor (like pressing "grab" on the female makes him comment that he will do that once the monitor is turned off). I think the starting point was on some rain forest, and there's a movie set?
Would appreciate it, searched and found nothing.
ichtyander
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Since both the Settlers and Die total verrückte Rallye are Blue Byte games, it might be Chewy: Esc from F5, a Blue Byte published point & click adventure with a little pink-ish alien.
That's exactly it! Thanks a lot!
DCDW
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There's a game that comes to mind after seeing "There's no time to explain" remastered on Steam. It's a game where IIRC you have to defuse a bomb and there's some weird things going on. I believe it was done in 2d plane and had a somewhat similar art style to "There's no time to explain". I also think the game name was in the same vein as the game I mentioned. I seem to remember it being sold on steam but I may be mistaken and it might have either been a humble bundle game or worse just a flash game (not as likely).
Also I searched "It's gonna blow" on steam thinking that might have been the name, You'll laugh at the (single) result steam came up with
Also I searched "It's gonna blow" on steam thinking that might have been the name, You'll laugh at the (single) result steam came up with
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ichtyander
Member
McPixel maybe?
TheAutomator
Banned
Unfortunately that was not what I was looking for.
I think it was a japanese game and it has a fox like protagonist/major character
Lightning Count
Member
This has been bugging me for a while, I keep remembering a mini game but I cannot identify the game it originally came from.
It's a hacking system involving circuit boards, you must match paired icons to complete the circuit to unlock doors activate machines etc. There were usually four pairs you needed to complete and one of the pairs of icons looked like a capital a pair of capital T's but side on end to end.
The original game was on the PS3/360.
Edit: It was Mass Effect 2, I just realised.
It's a hacking system involving circuit boards, you must match paired icons to complete the circuit to unlock doors activate machines etc. There were usually four pairs you needed to complete and one of the pairs of icons looked like a capital a pair of capital T's but side on end to end.
The original game was on the PS3/360.
Edit: It was Mass Effect 2, I just realised.
EdibleKnife
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Alright this is a recent one. It must have come out this year on Steam. It was a game in the vein of classic arcade games like Donkey Kong or Donkey Kong Junior where you played a raccoon or something that had to avoid a hat wearing crocodile that was trying to eat you by basically faking him out (climbing up vines and jumping off and such). Can't remember the name now but I'm still interested in playing it.
TheAutomator
Banned
unfortunately not.
I feel we are getting closer! by japanese I meant the game itself was japanese, and I don't think a fox is necessarily the protagonist. Also I remember it being quite easy.
hydragonwarrior
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Hm the game looked like it was on an NES or maybe something earlier; played it on a television screen at my uncle's like 25 years ago.
Basically you're in a multi level room and the only way to kill something is to slide something from the top floor (a crate I think?) and it falls onto the bottom.
I can't tell if the main character was Bugs Bunny or Roger Rabbit...
Basically you're in a multi level room and the only way to kill something is to slide something from the top floor (a crate I think?) and it falls onto the bottom.
I can't tell if the main character was Bugs Bunny or Roger Rabbit...
I'm having a hard time remembering this one:
-Played it on the NES or Genesis, not sure if it was on other platforms.
-Game was similar to Double Dragon / TMNT / Final Fight. Side-scrolling brawler.
-Boss fights were different - it became a 1 VS 1 fighting game.
-Pretty sure the bosses were gigantic and the main character either piloted a robot or scaled up in size to fight them.
-I remember a level near the end where the giant boss was part of the level design for the side-scrolling part.
-Game was likely Japanese, possibly based on an existing IP. Fairly certain that it was an NTSC title (can't remember if the Genesis was region locked).
-It is NOT a Power Rangers game.
-It is NOT Cyborg Justice.
-Played it on the NES or Genesis, not sure if it was on other platforms.
-Game was similar to Double Dragon / TMNT / Final Fight. Side-scrolling brawler.
-Boss fights were different - it became a 1 VS 1 fighting game.
-Pretty sure the bosses were gigantic and the main character either piloted a robot or scaled up in size to fight them.
-I remember a level near the end where the giant boss was part of the level design for the side-scrolling part.
-Game was likely Japanese, possibly based on an existing IP. Fairly certain that it was an NTSC title (can't remember if the Genesis was region locked).
-It is NOT a Power Rangers game.
-It is NOT Cyborg Justice.
TheAutomator
Banned
good news! I found the game. It's Kyatto Ninden Teyandee.
ichtyander
Member
Sounds like Mazin Saga: Mutant Fighter.
PS1 era game I believe, never played it myself but watched footage on youtube..I believe it was set in Britain and you played as kids who all had English accents. Remember there being some sort of evil monster boss fight in a courtyard like area. I think one of the kids weapon was a bow and arrow, I feel like clocks may have been some sort of theme.
Sorry that it's pretty vague, any ideas? It's bugged me for years.
Sorry that it's pretty vague, any ideas? It's bugged me for years.
EdibleKnife
Member
Thanks!
ichtyander
Member
I think Team Buddies had English accents for the characters, but I'm not sure if it fits the description.
Dark Rider
Member
For years I've been trying to remember a shoot em up game name but can't
It was on either the NES or Genesis and all I can remember at the moment is that you play with a small space ship and the second boss fight is against a giant clear ice ball with the boss core right in the middle so you have to shoot through the front and back to create a tunnel to the the core to shoot it, the boss had two ice-breaker like arms at the top and bottom of the ice ball that would try to stab you.
anyone can help me with this?
It was on either the NES or Genesis and all I can remember at the moment is that you play with a small space ship and the second boss fight is against a giant clear ice ball with the boss core right in the middle so you have to shoot through the front and back to create a tunnel to the the core to shoot it, the boss had two ice-breaker like arms at the top and bottom of the ice ball that would try to stab you.
anyone can help me with this?
It's been awhile since I've asked about this one, but here it goes. It was a Win95 exclusive (I believe) puzzle game with a hacking theme. The characters were 3D, and it involved moving around on a grid, though I don't recall the exact mechanic. I believe that there were multiple characters, and the default character in the demo had spikey hair. I'm not sure if it saw a retail release, and I probably grabbed the demo from tucows or happy puppy games or somewhere in the past. Any info would be most appreciated!
Since this thread is bumped, I might have well ask what are these games:
-NES/SNES Side-scrolling shooter where you transform from Jet to Robot (This is one of the games I have first seen on a computer store)
-NES/SNES shmup game where you control an angel(?) (We had that game when we owned a Famicom)
-PS game wherein you control a Helicopter in 3rd person, and attack enemy bases. It also has a split-screen feature. I remember the soldiers in this game are sprites.
-NES/SNES Side-scrolling shooter where you transform from Jet to Robot (This is one of the games I have first seen on a computer store)
-NES/SNES shmup game where you control an angel(?) (We had that game when we owned a Famicom)
-PS game wherein you control a Helicopter in 3rd person, and attack enemy bases. It also has a split-screen feature. I remember the soldiers in this game are sprites.
Ho-lllleeee crap, you got it. I've heard of the Mazinger series before, but that's about as much as I know about it. It's been at least 20 years since I played this as a kid.
I honestly thought I was remembering a dream of a myself playing a game that didn't exist. Images of this level were all I had...until now.
Thanks!
Wired All Wrong
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Triggerhappytel
Member
40 Winks?
You are right about Legendary Wings! It hasn't aged that well. LOL!
Unfortunately, it is not Thexder.
Edit: it is more similar to Macross on NES
Wired All Wrong
Member
Hmm... the only other game I can think of right now is MagMax.
Edit: Could possibly be Formation Z?
Cthulhu_Steev
Member
Year - early or late Spectrum? Type of shooter - single screen, scroller, vert or hori?
Pestilence11
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I've got a vague one. I remember playing an isometric RPG I think on either the Genesis or Sega CD that had realistic proportioned characters and I believe a party system where one or two AI guys would follow you.
A PC game that ran poorly on a 386. I don't remember much. You had blonde hair and a green shirt I think, and it was a very dark game and I think you were trying to solve a murder mystery. I remember walking between houses in a village talking to various residents and there seemed to be lots of stuff and detail to explore for a game at the time.
I remember it being night all the time and I believe it was rainy. It was too difficult for me as a kid and I could never get very far, which is kinda why I'd like to check it out again. I believe it had an isometric / 3/4 perspective.
I remember there being combat and it having a turn based battle system, but I might be remembering wrong.
I remember it being night all the time and I believe it was rainy. It was too difficult for me as a kid and I could never get very far, which is kinda why I'd like to check it out again. I believe it had an isometric / 3/4 perspective.
I remember there being combat and it having a turn based battle system, but I might be remembering wrong.
TriAceJP
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I have one. It was a PC game that I played back in the day, a demo on a disc that came with this magazine called Launch.
All I remember about it was that it was isometric, and you played as a robot duo. I remember exploring a compound of some sort, and I'd blow things up via lasers and the whatnot.
I believe the word 'Mayhem' was involved but I can't be too sure.
All I remember about it was that it was isometric, and you played as a robot duo. I remember exploring a compound of some sort, and I'd blow things up via lasers and the whatnot.
I believe the word 'Mayhem' was involved but I can't be too sure.
Hmm no, I do remember that game actually and I don't think it's that.
I feel like it had 3 playable characters if that helps?
Well, yes, dozens. I'm going to need more to go on than that.
Wild and crazy guess: Moon Strike. Based on the fact that it's a game that strikes me as one that sticks in the mind a little bit for some of the weirder enemies, but not the name.
Ecstatica fulfils some of those (Village, murders, dark, some camera angles were roughly isometric). It's the only one that springs to mind right now, but I'm sure there's a better guess if I think some more.
Was it sprite-based or had some form of polygonal involvement? I'm assuming there was some 3D coding given it ran poorly on a 386, which shouldn't be the case for at least some adventures.
ichtyander
Member
Kinda reminds me of Veil of Darkness, can't remember if it was turn based though.
Total Mayhem maybe?
Stevey
Member
Honestly cant remember the year, pretty sure it was vertical scrolling, could have been horizontal, but more likely vertical and it was definitely scrolling.
It may have come on a cassette from a magazine as a demo- but no idea which one.
It was very basic, but it had amazing music, which is the reason I'm trying to find it.
Just checked on youtube, it wasnt Moon Strike, I seem to remember the graphics being simpler than that, like less background detail if any at all.
ichtyander
Member
Check out these games:
1943
Ano Gaia
Bedlam
Dragon Spirit
Flying Shark
Gemini Wing
Hades Nebula
I.C.U.P.S
License To Kill
Star Pilot
Star Trip
SWIV
Terra Cresta
Typhoon
Xecutor
Xenon
Magazine covertape gives me a few other things to go for. My gut feeling now is that it might have been Zarjas.
Zub was a platforming game that was a reasonable success, and had a hidden shmup named 'LightFarce' in it accessed by a cheat code. Then, later, the developers made Lightfarce standalone, renamed it Zarjas, and gave it to Sinclair User to put on the covertape.
If it's not that - did you purchase all three magazines (Crash, SU, Your Sinclair) on a regular basis? Narrowing it down based on the magazine is probably viable if you didn't.
Is there a weirder hybrid than shmup-pinball?
VyechnayaSlava
Member
I remember loving a point and click adventure game back in the day starring Christopher Lloyd as a cartoonist and Dan Castellanetta (sp?) was involved. It was wonderfully hilarious in the way that only 90s P&C could be....
I've tried getting an answer for this one on a couple of different forums but I've never gotten an answer.
A point-and-click noir detective adventure game with static environments. You start out sitting by your desk looking at a newspaper for clues. You maybe needed to take out a magnifying glass from your inventory to read the newspaper or maybe that was just what the mouse icon looked like. Once you've found the clue you go to a bar or something of that ilk.
When I've asked about this in the past I get a lot of answers that are not from a first-person perspective but I distinctly remember it being a first person game.
A point-and-click noir detective adventure game with static environments. You start out sitting by your desk looking at a newspaper for clues. You maybe needed to take out a magnifying glass from your inventory to read the newspaper or maybe that was just what the mouse icon looked like. Once you've found the clue you go to a bar or something of that ilk.
When I've asked about this in the past I get a lot of answers that are not from a first-person perspective but I distinctly remember it being a first person game.
I don't think it was No Mans Sky but I may be wrong. I thought the scope was smaller and focused on a flying combat hunting down other ships. It felt like an indie from the video.
It had a similar graphical style but it was focused on planet-surface flying and gameplay. A developer was showing it off on YouTube and talking about the movement and flying. It (I think) showed launching like countermeasures or little drones from the ship. They even had some interesting camera and interface to flying around.
For some silly reason I can't find it and I want to read up on it and see how it is progressing.
It had a similar graphical style but it was focused on planet-surface flying and gameplay. A developer was showing it off on YouTube and talking about the movement and flying. It (I think) showed launching like countermeasures or little drones from the ship. They even had some interesting camera and interface to flying around.
For some silly reason I can't find it and I want to read up on it and see how it is progressing.
VyechnayaSlava
Member
That's it! Man, those were the good ol days
Veil of Darkness is it! Thank you. Time to go take a look and possibly try it as an adult. Seemed interesting then.
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