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Games you remember, names you don't
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AzureFlame
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Wow yes!!
EdwardTivrusky
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Tower Toppler? It came up when I googled your entire comment...
AKA Nebulus if you're in the EU. I recognised the game but not the name.
Unfortunately not. I played it on PC and it is not this Nitro game. I wonder what it could have been. :/ Maybe my memory is a bit hazy and it wasn't even called nitro then!
FrankCanada97
Roughly the size of a baaaaaarge
I remember playing a Japanese racing game on PS1. You were able to superimpose a transparent speedometer or tachometer over the entire screen. The cars were modeled after real world makes. But they were in a sort of chibi style?. I recall it having a Civic hatchback and oddly, a Toyota Previa. I'm not sure if they were official licenses.
There was sort of a small hub-world where you could drive around and buy upgrade parts. It had the usual circuit races but there was one mode where you had to drive full speed down a dock and then brake to a stop before going off the end into the water. That's about all I can remember.
There was sort of a small hub-world where you could drive around and buy upgrade parts. It had the usual circuit races but there was one mode where you had to drive full speed down a dock and then brake to a stop before going off the end into the water. That's about all I can remember.
Graphics Horse
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I loved Nebulus! Looked at some videos of the sequel, seems a bit complicated.
Might be a Choro Q game, aka Penny Racers/Gadget Racers
Might be a Choro Q game, aka Penny Racers/Gadget Racers
FrankCanada97
Roughly the size of a baaaaaarge
Thanks a lot! After searching that on Youtube, I confirmed that it was Choro Q 2. Got a blast of nostalgia.
Graphics Horse
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Looks pretty good! Sounds like the best ones are Japan only like that one. See what you mean about the speedometer now, looks very Goldeneye!
2blackcats
Member
Unfortunately not. I played it on PC and it is not this Nitro game. I wonder what it could have been. :/ Maybe my memory is a bit hazy and it wasn't even called nitro then!
Your description including Nitro.exe sounds familiar to me. Could you see the whole track at the same time while playing?
Graphics Horse
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I googled earlier and found an Escapist forum post asking about a game called Nitro which turned out being Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off Road, it's not that is it? No pits, but I don't think there's an awful lot of top down Racers with pits, Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat had them.
2blackcats
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That's the one I was thinking of anyway.
Yes you could! I am 100% positive on this. Also, but I am not sure, while turning hard left or right, tyre tracks could be seen.
It was a PS2 or GameCube game (probably PS2). It was a 3D game with sort of a top-down perspective on the levels, which were sort of like labyrinths with no ceiling. It was 4 player with characters with different powers. I distinctly remember this old guy who commanded electricity and could use it to slow down time. It is not Gauntlet: Dark Legacy, which is another game I remember very well.
Another PS2/GameCube game, again probably PS2, was some third person perspective shooter. It took place on a ship, at least at the end. Then there's a scene where some villain injects himself with a drug, turning him into a monster. He became a silvery color and had a claw I think. None of your guns could hurt him effectively except for one that could recharge its ammunition. The boss would walk towards you calmly during the fight.
Then there's another, which was almost certainly PS1. It was a 2D, sprite-based DBZ fighter. All the saiyan characters were perpetually in Super Saiyan form with exceptions. Gotenks, for instance, had a special move where he would become Super Saiyan 3. He would do so and go above the arena, and the perspective would change to be top-down as Gotenks would fly around in a circle and fire ki blasts at the opponent. I remember activating this move by complete accident once, and I never figured it out again. I've tried looking up this game before, but I only encountered games from other regions (I'm US). PS1 was region locked, so those couldn't be it.
Edit: Nevermind that last one. It is Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22. It did come to NA, but it kept JP audio, which led to my confusion.
Another PS2/GameCube game, again probably PS2, was some third person perspective shooter. It took place on a ship, at least at the end. Then there's a scene where some villain injects himself with a drug, turning him into a monster. He became a silvery color and had a claw I think. None of your guns could hurt him effectively except for one that could recharge its ammunition. The boss would walk towards you calmly during the fight.
Then there's another, which was almost certainly PS1. It was a 2D, sprite-based DBZ fighter. All the saiyan characters were perpetually in Super Saiyan form with exceptions. Gotenks, for instance, had a special move where he would become Super Saiyan 3. He would do so and go above the arena, and the perspective would change to be top-down as Gotenks would fly around in a circle and fire ki blasts at the opponent. I remember activating this move by complete accident once, and I never figured it out again. I've tried looking up this game before, but I only encountered games from other regions (I'm US). PS1 was region locked, so those couldn't be it.
Edit: Nevermind that last one. It is Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22. It did come to NA, but it kept JP audio, which led to my confusion.
A Super Sprint clone perhaps?
Edit: While searching google I found a game called Nitro Racers by 3DO Studio. Is that it?
Dr_Ifto
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Those do seem similar based on gameplay videos, but the setting is different from what I remember. Those two look like fantasy games, but the game I recall seemed more modern. One character could specifically utilize electricity from his backpack thing and use it to slow down time. I believe it may have even been designed to be mostly a coop game rather than single player, but I can't be sure.
Edit: And I do believe all the levels had the same bland, square underground dungeon appearance rather than varied environments.
Hunter the Reckoning perhaps?
ichtyander
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I was gonna mention Speed Demons, but I'd say you got it right.
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
I'll be seriously impressed if GAF knows the answer to this.
20+ years ago I read about a PC game, which I think was developed in Britain. I think it was funded by some anti-drug organization, and it was a sort of platform game where you could pick up various types of drugs, and they would affect the game, e.g. heroin would make everything slow motion, while LSD would make you trip balls. Also, I think you could die if you OD'd by picking up too much drugs. Anyone know the name of this?
20+ years ago I read about a PC game, which I think was developed in Britain. I think it was funded by some anti-drug organization, and it was a sort of platform game where you could pick up various types of drugs, and they would affect the game, e.g. heroin would make everything slow motion, while LSD would make you trip balls. Also, I think you could die if you OD'd by picking up too much drugs. Anyone know the name of this?
That still looks more detailed than what I remember. I'm talking levels that just use one texture for every wall. I'm 85% positive that the game was oriented around coop gameplay. Believe me, trying to find such a memorably bland game is driving me nuts.
Final Fantasy VIII and its Triple Triad minigame? You could collect cards and even create them from enemies. It's a pretty huge game within a game that gives a lot of replay value.
There's also Final Fantasy IX and Tetra Master. Unless you didn't mean to include FF itself in your query.
eso76
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Wrecked: a psychedelic adventure
crimsonheadGCN
Banned
Here is a game that I am trying to remember:
Released: Late 1990s / Early 2000s
Platform: PC
Online Only
Account based
Military themed
4v4 or 5v5
2D or basic 3D graphics
Top Down or isometric view
Each player controlled a small soldier on a large map with structures to hide behind
I guess you could say that it was similar to General Chaos, but the game were more "realistic" and you didn't control a team of soldiers.
Released: Late 1990s / Early 2000s
Platform: PC
Online Only
Account based
Military themed
4v4 or 5v5
2D or basic 3D graphics
Top Down or isometric view
Each player controlled a small soldier on a large map with structures to hide behind
I guess you could say that it was similar to General Chaos, but the game were more "realistic" and you didn't control a team of soldiers.
The Salt Life
Banned
GAF if you could help me remember this game it would be great.
-It was a Nintendo NES game.
-it was point and click (much like a Myst/7th Guest type game)
-to enter the castle (where most of the game took place) I believe their was a key under a Matt, or you had to use a flame hanging outside the door
-the last encounter required you to combine a bunch of random material you found during the game. (No it was not maniac mansion)
I could be wrong but I think the game starts with the letter H
-It was a Nintendo NES game.
-it was point and click (much like a Myst/7th Guest type game)
-to enter the castle (where most of the game took place) I believe their was a key under a Matt, or you had to use a flame hanging outside the door
-the last encounter required you to combine a bunch of random material you found during the game. (No it was not maniac mansion)
I could be wrong but I think the game starts with the letter H
I remember so little that I have doubts I'd even recognise the game if I bumped into it nowadays, but still.
It was a vertical shoot-em-up for Mega Drive
It was a bootleg copy with, I think, chinese text on the cover and in the game (bootleg copies of MD games were sold quite commonly here at the time). There might have been english text in the game as well, or not. Can't remember.
I think it featured some manga style girls as main characters. Maybe two different ones and you could choose to play as either one. This might just be my imagination, it's been a long time.
It was probably pretty easy. I remember beating it several times.
Yeah, that's all I have. It's okay, I don't really hope to find the game ever again or anything. Just wanted to give it a shot.
It was a vertical shoot-em-up for Mega Drive
It was a bootleg copy with, I think, chinese text on the cover and in the game (bootleg copies of MD games were sold quite commonly here at the time). There might have been english text in the game as well, or not. Can't remember.
I think it featured some manga style girls as main characters. Maybe two different ones and you could choose to play as either one. This might just be my imagination, it's been a long time.
It was probably pretty easy. I remember beating it several times.
Yeah, that's all I have. It's okay, I don't really hope to find the game ever again or anything. Just wanted to give it a shot.
Doesn't start with "H" (but almost!), but Shadowgate?
Dragonsphere? Or Black Cauldron? Quest for Glory? Robin Hood: Conquest for the Longbow? Curse of Enchantia? Just trying to help
Graphics Horse
Member
Wow even if it isn't that was one of my unremembered names, I remember pictures of this in a PC mag in the 90s but haven't seen it since. Thanks!
Sportbilly
Member
I'm looking for a PC football (soccer) manager type game from the late '90s, possibly by a German software house as I seem to remember GMBH being on the box. I think you could have direct control of your players during certain parts of games like free kicks, but I most remember the economic side of the game as you could buy apartments and the like and do goofy things like bribe the ref. All in all, it was a terrible game but I'd love to know what it was.
Masked Man
I said wow
Life Force, maybe? Alternates between horizontal and vertical, though.
eso76
Member
MUSHA Aleste perhaps ?
Main character definitely is a "manga girl", not sure if there was more than one and if you could choose your character
basic_text
Member
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
Goddamn! I've been trying to remember the name for like 20 years, and GAF comes to the rescue. Thanks!
OMG this is it! Thanks mate! Finally!
Sportbilly
Member
No, it wasn't that (that game actually looks quite good...), but while searching for it, I found two candidates. This Youtube video looked very familiar, and I think the game is actually either Total Football Management or Football Limited, both English-language entries in the Bundesliga Manager series. I haven't managed to find any videos for it, but the box for Total Football does look similar to what I remember, so I think it's that one- thanks for putting me on the right track
SpongeBob NoPants
Member
I never played it, but there was a game named Billy the Kid Returns out around that time.
eso76
Member
Goddamn! I've been trying to remember the name for like 20 years, and GAF comes to the rescue. Thanks!
;-)
Always thought it was funny how the game tried to give a message against the use of drugs by featuring them as....Power ups.
IIRC they were supposed to make another, alcohol themed but that might be me imagining things, or magazines back then just making stuff up.
SpongeBob NoPants
Member
No worries. It's nice to guess right once in a while.
So I remember watching this gameplay video of a medieval real-time strategy game where you were mostly just looking at a map of Europe and you could pick a historical figure to play as (I think in the video, the guy played as William the Conqueror) and you had to negotiate treaties/alliances, fight wars, marry off your relatives (and/or find a spouse for yourself), appoint people to government positions and stuff, spy on people assassinate people,... but you were always looking at either the map or at menu screens/letters. You also had to make sure that the people around you were happy/weren't plotting against you and stuff. I'm pretty sure that it was a 2016 release, too, but not 100% certain. Anyone know which game I mean?
Wibblewozzer
Member
That sounds a lot like Crusader Kings II except it's not a RTS but a 4X strategy game (I believe that's the description of the genre?). Also, it came out before 2016 but it gets expansions so maybe you saw something pop up more recently. Everything else sounds like features of the game: http://store.steampowered.com/app/203770/
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