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Games you remember, names you don't
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Lupin the Third
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I'm probably way off but AD&D: Eye of the Beholder? I'm guessing there are dozens that it could be though.
Way off but thanks for reminding me to try and get it to work under Win10 again
Lupin the Third
Member
Way off but thanks for reminding me to try and get it to work under Win10 again
Yeah, sorry. I was never much of a color-DOS-era PC gaming guy. Wasn't until we had a half-decent Windows 95 machine that I got into PC games at all. But I was looking into EotB for a customer tonight and it seemed similar enough to try.
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
Holy shit yes!!
When you say 'think legend of grimrock', do you mean it was grid-based, or was it full freedom of movement in first-person?
I'm leaning towards possibly Thunderscape or one of the late Wizardry titles. Could also possibly be one of the late Might & Magics.
Grid Based also the look of it. Think the crispness of Grimrock but 15 something years old.
Man I can't remember its name but I have been trying to find it for years.
But it wasn't a dos game. If I remember right it ran in Windows, wasn't a pure dos game. I even think PC gamer had it as a demo once. Been running through all the demo discs I have but to no avail
Edit:
And yes I remember that I could use my mouse but was stuck to using the arrows on the keyboard. No WASD there no.
ichtyander
Member
Grid Based also the look of it. Think the crispness of Grimrock but 15 something years old.
Man I can't remember its name but I have been trying to find it for years.
But it wasn't a dos game. If I remember right it ran in Windows, wasn't a pure dos game. I even think PC gamer had it as a demo once. Been running through all the demo discs I have but to no avail
Edit:
And yes I remember that I could use my mouse but was stuck to using the arrows on the keyboard. No WASD there no.
Is it Demise: Rise of Ku'Tan?
vacantseas
Member
This has probably been answered many times in this thread, but I'm thinking of an NES game. You were some sort of spy. You had do dodge some spotlights and enter buildings.
There might have been some sort of sniper section where you had to wait for some shadows to pop up in windows. I think there was some sort of rapelling down a building portion too.
I know it's not Golgo 13 or the sequel. Its very similar though.
There might have been some sort of sniper section where you had to wait for some shadows to pop up in windows. I think there was some sort of rapelling down a building portion too.
I know it's not Golgo 13 or the sequel. Its very similar though.
There's a game, particularly a level, I'm trying to think of. I remember it being an action game, and you're fighting along the atop the walls of a castle and defending it. I think at the end you fought a boss on top of one of the castle's towers.
Edit: I was thinking of the Siege on Bastion's Keep in Diablo III
Edit: I was thinking of the Siege on Bastion's Keep in Diablo III
Ok so Let's clean up the one I asked about.
PC Dungeon Crawler.
Released around 2000 or at least the demo was. Not later than 2002(I think, I barely home for a decade here but I do remember playing it at home so who knows?)
Grid Based movement
No up and down
First person view
Menu based town, I think or at least the demo had it locked there.
Races, Humans, Drakes, Elves
Stock professions fighter, mage etc.
Alignment choices
Profile pictures of the party was old school cg renders, think Warcraft 2(damn so pretty)
Now this part might be me being all wonky in the head but I do think I remember it being random battles, as in you saw no enemy but when you moved the enemy popped up but until that point there was no way of telling.
2D enemies
Renaissance Music(similar to bards tale theme)
Not these
Demise: Rise of Ku'Tan
Any of the Wizardry Titles
Any of the might & Magics titles
Any of the Ishar games
Thunderscape
Lands of Lore – The Throne of Chaos
Gates of Skeldal
WaxWorks
Anvil of Dawn
AD&D: Eye of the Beholder
The Bards tale games.
Ps thank you mclemand Lupin the Third, those games are bought on GoG now ichtyander, Demise: Rise of Ku'Tan is only on ebay and for $50 with shipping :/ Will probably buy it since the videos of it looked good
EDIT: and to think this is only one of the multitudes of games I can't remember the name of
PC Dungeon Crawler.
Released around 2000 or at least the demo was. Not later than 2002(I think, I barely home for a decade here but I do remember playing it at home so who knows?)
Grid Based movement
No up and down
First person view
Menu based town, I think or at least the demo had it locked there.
Races, Humans, Drakes, Elves
Stock professions fighter, mage etc.
Alignment choices
Profile pictures of the party was old school cg renders, think Warcraft 2(damn so pretty)
Now this part might be me being all wonky in the head but I do think I remember it being random battles, as in you saw no enemy but when you moved the enemy popped up but until that point there was no way of telling.
2D enemies
Renaissance Music(similar to bards tale theme)
Not these
Demise: Rise of Ku'Tan
Any of the Wizardry Titles
Any of the might & Magics titles
Any of the Ishar games
Thunderscape
Lands of Lore – The Throne of Chaos
Gates of Skeldal
WaxWorks
Anvil of Dawn
AD&D: Eye of the Beholder
The Bards tale games.
Ps thank you mclemand Lupin the Third, those games are bought on GoG now
ichtyander, Demise: Rise of Ku'Tan is only on ebay and for $50 with shipping :/ Will probably buy it since the videos of it looked goodEDIT: and to think this is only one of the multitudes of games I can't remember the name of
Incredibly late reply, as I forgot that I posted in this thread, but yes this was it!
vacantseas
Member
Yes! That's the one! Thanks!
Ultimadrago
Member
There's a FLASH game that I used to play in my youth where you are an airbone-able mech-shooter suit that shoots other mechs on the ground and out of the sky. You would click or use Spacebar to get airborne, but only for a limited time I think. I forget if you could upgrade your abilities, but I believe you could change you appearance in ways. It wasn't an online game, but just a "last as long as you can" type.
ichtyander
Member
Ok so Let's clean up the one I asked about.
PC Dungeon Crawler.
Released around 2000 or at least the demo was. Not later than 2002(I think, I barely home for a decade here but I do remember playing it at home so who knows?)
Grid Based movement
No up and down
First person view
Menu based town, I think or at least the demo had it locked there.
Races, Humans, Drakes, Elves
Stock professions fighter, mage etc.
Alignment choices
Profile pictures of the party was old school cg renders, think Warcraft 2(damn so pretty)
Now this part might be me being all wonky in the head but I do think I remember it being random battles, as in you saw no enemy but when you moved the enemy popped up but until that point there was no way of telling.
Not these
Demise: Rise of Ku'Tan
Any of the Wizardry Titles
Any of the might & Magics titles
Any of the Ishar games
Thunderscape
Lands of Lore The Throne of Chaos
Gates of Skeldal
WaxWorks
Anvil of Dawn
AD&D: Eye of the Beholder
Ps thank you mclemand Lupin the Third, those games are bought on GoG now
So I'm guessing the character portraits were similar to the ones in Might & Magic VII or VIII (as in a CG style)?
Also, were the enemies 2D or realtime 3D?
Ok so Let's clean up the one I asked about.
PC Dungeon Crawler.
Released around 2000 or at least the demo was. Not later than 2002(I think, I barely home for a decade here but I do remember playing it at home so who knows?)
Grid Based movement
No up and down
First person view
Menu based town, I think or at least the demo had it locked there.
Races, Humans, Drakes, Elves
Stock professions fighter, mage etc.
Alignment choices
Profile pictures of the party was old school cg renders, think Warcraft 2(damn so pretty)
Now this part might be me being all wonky in the head but I do think I remember it being random battles, as in you saw no enemy but when you moved the enemy popped up but until that point there was no way of telling.
Not these
Demise: Rise of Ku'Tan
Any of the Wizardry Titles
Any of the might & Magics titles
Any of the Ishar games
Thunderscape
Lands of Lore The Throne of Chaos
Gates of Skeldal
WaxWorks
Anvil of Dawn
AD&D: Eye of the Beholder
Ps thank you mclemand Lupin the Third, those games are bought on GoG now
Shot in the dark but is it Devil Whiskey?
Yes similar to those, the enemies where in 2D.
Edited that in.
I don't remember exploring the town that way as in Devils whiskey but for the look of it. Devil Whiskey looks cleaner as it came out after what I'm looking for.
Man there really weren't many blobbers released around 2000...
Hmm.
Yendorian Tales: The Tyrants of Thaine was 97, but doesn't really fit your description...
Yea I got nothing.
yeah neither do I
Sometimes I believe myself to imagining things but perhaps it was a homegrown game? I have no idea.
chronic_archaic
Member
Okay, I'm typing this out since the concept is so cool and I almost feel like this is actually a game but I could of just had an insane dream. The protagonist has the ability to posses anything and everything to take control of his surroundings and the people around him encourage him to harness this power (this part is probably just a dream)
The part that sounds like a video game came in the form of a sequence where you're driving a car at a very fast speed and you dodge road hazards and pedestrians by briefly stopping time and changing the direction you're going. almost like a QTE sequence. The closest thing I can think of is like Burnout 3 or Revenge but you're going through the course like a slalom kind of. The time stopping and dodging seems to be important since I remember in the dream having the redo this sequence multiple times as if I failed twice, the "game" would restart. The dream has some other attributes to it but to stop myself from writing a novel I want to keep this part in particular the plausible video game and not me just having a strange dream like I do almost every day.
The part that sounds like a video game came in the form of a sequence where you're driving a car at a very fast speed and you dodge road hazards and pedestrians by briefly stopping time and changing the direction you're going. almost like a QTE sequence. The closest thing I can think of is like Burnout 3 or Revenge but you're going through the course like a slalom kind of. The time stopping and dodging seems to be important since I remember in the dream having the redo this sequence multiple times as if I failed twice, the "game" would restart. The dream has some other attributes to it but to stop myself from writing a novel I want to keep this part in particular the plausible video game and not me just having a strange dream like I do almost every day.
GrayFoxPL
Member
Driver: San Francisco?
Rescue on Fractalus?
THIS IS IT!!!!!
AzureFlame
Member
A Ps1 game where you start i think in a lab like area that has an elevator as well, the workers try to kill you, fixed top camera view.
protonion
Member
Little Big Adventure?
SergioDaly
Neo Member
thanks, with your hint i was able to find the game, it is Goal 3 and is a NES game. thanks again
I've had two games that have been difficult for me to find; as far as I remember they were both on the old PC Gamer demo disks that were given away in the magazine (not likely the same issue).
Anyhow, one I believe was a vehicle combat game of some sort, but I recall being on some sort of futuristic bike similar to tron, or it at least had a futuristic vibe. I don't think it was a racing game, but rather an arena shooter, and I remember there being a fairly distinct death sound. The aesthetic I think was tron inspired as well with neon lights. I may be remembering it completely wrong as I was a little kid when I played the game.
The second game is a little easier to remember; I recall it having a chessboard layout and the pieces were mechanical toys, some, maybe all, had a crank on the back. I think the objective was just to eliminate all the opponents pieces.
Thanks for any help
Anyhow, one I believe was a vehicle combat game of some sort, but I recall being on some sort of futuristic bike similar to tron, or it at least had a futuristic vibe. I don't think it was a racing game, but rather an arena shooter, and I remember there being a fairly distinct death sound. The aesthetic I think was tron inspired as well with neon lights. I may be remembering it completely wrong as I was a little kid when I played the game.
The second game is a little easier to remember; I recall it having a chessboard layout and the pieces were mechanical toys, some, maybe all, had a crank on the back. I think the objective was just to eliminate all the opponents pieces.
Thanks for any help
The second game is a little easier to remember; I recall it having a chessboard layout and the pieces were mechanical toys, some, maybe all, had a crank on the back. I think the objective was just to eliminate all the opponents pieces.
Thanks for any help
Gearheads: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gearheads
cartman414
Member
What's the name of the freeware game where you're a sprite that ends up going into the afterlife (starts out as a boss battle, you die, then fall into the water, IIRC you try getting back into the world of the living, but you get sucked out of existence).
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
I need some help again.
The game that I'm looking for an RTS game made ten years ago, or at least that is when I played it last. I don't really remember a lot of the game, but I know a few things.
It was set in the futures.
The story dealt with a captain or some sort of leader dying and the crew trying to figure out who did it and fought each other.
I hope you guys can help with this.
The game that I'm looking for an RTS game made ten years ago, or at least that is when I played it last. I don't really remember a lot of the game, but I know a few things.
It was set in the futures.
The story dealt with a captain or some sort of leader dying and the crew trying to figure out who did it and fought each other.
I hope you guys can help with this.
I need help with one game. I tried looking for it, but I guess my search terms are too board so I didn't get any result.
It's GameBoy game, I don't remember it being for Color. It starts with a kid (player) buying a robot, and you need to fight other robots to get new parts(iirc), the robots where humanois, do it was basically a fighting game. The starting robot has a shoryuken like move and also a "power wave". I think it has Power as part of the title .
Thanks in advance!
It's GameBoy game, I don't remember it being for Color. It starts with a kid (player) buying a robot, and you need to fight other robots to get new parts(iirc), the robots where humanois, do it was basically a fighting game. The starting robot has a shoryuken like move and also a "power wave". I think it has Power as part of the title .
Thanks in advance!
Rapscallion
Member
I need help with one game. I tried looking for it, but I guess my search terms are too board so I didn't get any result.
It's GameBoy game, I don't remember it being for Color. It starts with a kid (player) buying a robot, and you need to fight other robots to get new parts(iirc), the robots where humanois, do it was basically a fighting game. The starting robot has a shoryuken like move and also a "power wave". I think it has Power as part of the title .
Thanks in advance!
Power Quest on the GBC
zoleristec
Member
I had this NES game on my modded OG Xbox, though it might have been a Famicom fan-translation.
It begins with a guy waking up in a forest with amnesia, when another guy happens across and mistakes him for a thief. Before the second guy can attack the amnesiac, monsters appear and you have to fight them Zelda 1 style.
Anyone know this one?
It begins with a guy waking up in a forest with amnesia, when another guy happens across and mistakes him for a thief. Before the second guy can attack the amnesiac, monsters appear and you have to fight them Zelda 1 style.
Anyone know this one?
Lords of War maybe?
Dark Reign maybe?
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
I wonder if he meant ONE.
runnin_blue
Banned
Rampart?
Holy crap, this thread delivers!!!
Would have made it easier if i remembered that the "ball" was a friggin skull lol.
Thank you so much. Now I can sleep in peace.
And thanks for your input too runnin_, I can see why you thought it might be rampart.
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
That does look familiar. I think this might be it.
I've been searching for a few hours, maybe somebody here can help me. I apologize for the vague descriptions.
1) 95% sure it was a NES game
2) you play a boy character
3) I'm pretty sure it's know as one of the hardest/cheapest games to complete (I was watching a speedrun one day)
4) I remember lots of water and possibly a beach in the first level
5) jumping on bubbles may be in the game??
6) it had an AMAZING soundtrack (well, for the first level at least)
1) 95% sure it was a NES game
2) you play a boy character
3) I'm pretty sure it's know as one of the hardest/cheapest games to complete (I was watching a speedrun one day)
4) I remember lots of water and possibly a beach in the first level
5) jumping on bubbles may be in the game??
6) it had an AMAZING soundtrack (well, for the first level at least)
Oh wow, thank you, BooJoh!
Doesn't quite match up with your description, but maybe Seven Minutes?
I might have asked in this topic already but dont think an answer was given.
Friend had a game where i believe the goal was to climb a mountain. I remember snow on said mountain, and flags having something to do with gameplay/goals.
This is an old game, as i would have played it on his computer back around the early 90s, before snes had came out i believe.
Was on a 5 1/4 floppy. Disney/mickey mouse may have been in it, but might not, memory is fuzzy.
Only guess i have is shadow man.
Friend had a game where i believe the goal was to climb a mountain. I remember snow on said mountain, and flags having something to do with gameplay/goals.
This is an old game, as i would have played it on his computer back around the early 90s, before snes had came out i believe.
Was on a 5 1/4 floppy. Disney/mickey mouse may have been in it, but might not, memory is fuzzy.
Only guess i have is shadow man.
I don't think that was it. I think this had more of a medieval setting.
That's definitely it! Thanks!
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