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Games you remember, names you don't
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someguyinahat
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jluedtke said:
Kung Fu Master?
Diprosalic
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i'm searching a gameboy original game with tanks. had it on a 68 in 1 china cartridge alongside with excitebike, alleyway, tetris, doctor mario and contra.
it's not TRAX
it's not TRAX
the madman
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Ah, there was this Sega Genesis that my brother and I rented when we were tykes, and I remember only a single scene from it.
There's a house, with some sort of teleporter in it that takes you up to the clouds. This is, I think, right at the beginning of the game, and we could never figure out what to do.
I, however, for some reason or another, look back on this game with wonderment. I wish I knew what it was.
There's a house, with some sort of teleporter in it that takes you up to the clouds. This is, I think, right at the beginning of the game, and we could never figure out what to do.
I, however, for some reason or another, look back on this game with wonderment. I wish I knew what it was.
Diprosalic
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duckroll said:
goddamn YES.
that was fast. even my GB loving friends couldn't help me with that one.
Diprosalic said:
I played the shit out of Battle City on the NES when I was a kid. It also seemed to be a common choice to put on the XX in 1 carts for the NES back in those days. I never played the GB version, but I figured it was worth a shot.
the madman said:
Do you remember anything else about the game? Anything about the main character, or the type of house it was?
the madman
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duckroll said:
Nope
Pretty sure it was a Japanese-developed game, but then again that isn't very specific for that generation of consoles.Edit: I think it was side-scrolling though. It had a fantasy-like atmosphere. I think it was a fairy that you visited up in the clouds.
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the madman said:Nope
Edit: I think it was side-scrolling though. It had a fantasy-like atmosphere. I think it was a fairy that you visited up in the clouds.
Sounds a lot like Wonder Boy in Monster World to me.
I spontaneously remembered a few games from my childhood but can't think what they were called.
I used to play them on my sister's computer. She had just moved out and bought a PC, it was an Acer. I think it had Windows 95 on it, and it came with these games pre-installed.
One was a hovercar game, where you raced around these strange maps trying to get jewels before the other racers did. The game felt really floaty, and you could bump into the other cars really hard and they would go flying. It was kind of hard to control but that is what made it fun.
The other one was some sort of shooter/exploration game, where you were in a spacecraft and had to travel through levels. The thing that stands out to me is that your ship was just kind of floating in this 3D environment, so you could travel in any direction, upside down, backwards, anything. This gave the game a strange sense of vertigo, and I remember getting lost very easily.
Thanks to anyone who helps out!
I used to play them on my sister's computer. She had just moved out and bought a PC, it was an Acer. I think it had Windows 95 on it, and it came with these games pre-installed.
One was a hovercar game, where you raced around these strange maps trying to get jewels before the other racers did. The game felt really floaty, and you could bump into the other cars really hard and they would go flying. It was kind of hard to control but that is what made it fun.
The other one was some sort of shooter/exploration game, where you were in a spacecraft and had to travel through levels. The thing that stands out to me is that your ship was just kind of floating in this 3D environment, so you could travel in any direction, upside down, backwards, anything. This gave the game a strange sense of vertigo, and I remember getting lost very easily.
Thanks to anyone who helps out!
archnemesis
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archnemesis
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I remember playing a game on the NES that had some car racing levels (top down view) with some weapons to use during the race, and it also had some side-scrolling 2D shooting levels where you control the character. I really want to play that again. I remember playing it when I was a kid and looked for its name so hard that I started to imagine that I'm actually confusing two different games together.
A Huge Battleship
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Whoops, completely missed this response. Thanks, but that's definitely not it (though I did also play and enjoy MPM back in the day!)A Black Falcon said:
Like the hat?
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Here's a tough one...
I'm trying to remember the name of a single-player PC RPG from around 1994-1996 (right around the time Myst reached its peak popularity). You played from a first-person perspective and... that's about as visually descriptive as I can get. It was very grey... I don't remember anything about the plot, either. It was all medieval times and wizards and shit.
For some reason, the thing that always stuck out to me about whatever this game is called (and the reason that I want to remember what it was) was the fact that you could fucking kill your father right at the start of the game. You might have had to run an errand or two before he'd give you your sword, but once it was in your inventory you were free to murder his old ass with impunity. If I remember correctly he put up a pretty good fight, but he would eventually succumb to liberal amounts of stab wounds.
I'm pretty sure the patricide happened in real-time, too, but I don't remember for sure. Everything was probably pixelly and horrible-looking since this was a sprite-based first-person RPG. My dad probably bought it in a bargain pack of ten or so other horrible PC games.
Any idea what I could be talking about?
I'm trying to remember the name of a single-player PC RPG from around 1994-1996 (right around the time Myst reached its peak popularity). You played from a first-person perspective and... that's about as visually descriptive as I can get. It was very grey... I don't remember anything about the plot, either. It was all medieval times and wizards and shit.
For some reason, the thing that always stuck out to me about whatever this game is called (and the reason that I want to remember what it was) was the fact that you could fucking kill your father right at the start of the game. You might have had to run an errand or two before he'd give you your sword, but once it was in your inventory you were free to murder his old ass with impunity. If I remember correctly he put up a pretty good fight, but he would eventually succumb to liberal amounts of stab wounds.
I'm pretty sure the patricide happened in real-time, too, but I don't remember for sure. Everything was probably pixelly and horrible-looking since this was a sprite-based first-person RPG. My dad probably bought it in a bargain pack of ten or so other horrible PC games.
Any idea what I could be talking about?
I had one game when I was younger that came with our first family computer (a Compaq with windows 95) on a disk with a bunch of other games, I can't remember if it was just a demo or the full game. I've been trying to figure out the name for ages and its been driving me crazy. Sorry for the lack of details.
It was some fantasy rts game that took place in the sky (on floating islands?), with turrets that resembled dragons and other quirky items. I am sure there was either "net" or "quest" in the title (or maybe not at all).
Does this game ring a bell?
It was some fantasy rts game that took place in the sky (on floating islands?), with turrets that resembled dragons and other quirky items. I am sure there was either "net" or "quest" in the title (or maybe not at all).
Does this game ring a bell?
I remember very, very little. Let's see if point-and-click GAF knows.
1) Point-and-click adventure, a la Myst
2) First room was green, dark, creepy music
3) Cow skull hanging on wall of first room
That's all I got. It was on the "72-Game Pack" I played as a kid. Came with my Windows 95 desktop, featured a lot of game demos, some full games.
1) Point-and-click adventure, a la Myst
2) First room was green, dark, creepy music
3) Cow skull hanging on wall of first room
That's all I got. It was on the "72-Game Pack" I played as a kid. Came with my Windows 95 desktop, featured a lot of game demos, some full games.
ServBotPhil
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Edit: Found.
John Rabbit
Banned
sounds like maybe shivers 2?mr_chun said:
i couldn't find it but i'm almost positive you encounter a room with a cow skull prominently displayed early in the game.
sounds like maybe one of the lands of lore games?mrplaid said:
archnemesis
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Power Rangers: Ninja Storm?
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
Like the hat? said:
I nostalgia'd. This thread is nostalgia overload.
alexthekid
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Hey GAF
I am looking for an old puzzle game for PC that I once had a demo for. If I remember it correctly the name or postercharacter was a doctor or professor of some sort.
On each level there was a ball that you were supposed to get into a hole or something like that. You had tools that you used and tested your creation(if the things you built took the ball to the hole). The background might have been light blue.
I am looking for an old puzzle game for PC that I once had a demo for. If I remember it correctly the name or postercharacter was a doctor or professor of some sort.
On each level there was a ball that you were supposed to get into a hole or something like that. You had tools that you used and tested your creation(if the things you built took the ball to the hole). The background might have been light blue.
Probably one of the Incredible Machine games.alexthekid said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAL9TjyzUJI
Quote
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The Ultimate Stuntman? I remember my Mom randomly surprising us with this game. I'm pretty sure it came from a weird source like Avon or something.vjoe said:
I remember an old Windows (95?) point-and-click mystery game that was geared towards kids. It was like There was a map of a city, on which you could select various locations, such as the library, school, pizza place, etc. Then you could talk to people and collect clues. It was basically a kid detective game.
For some reason, I remember one of the cases had the clues "Stonewall Jackson" and literally, a stone wall. I also remember you could play as a boy or girl, and they would roller-blade from location to location. And one of the "villain" characters might have been named "Moriarty".
EDIT: Hahaha, okay, I figured this one out myself. Funny story. I was browsing through Wikipedia and got to the LucasArts adventure games page, which mentions the name Brian Moriarty, one of their designers. That reminds me Moriarty was a character in the computer game. Then I checked the Wikipedia article on Professor Moriarty. In the popular culture section, there it is. Eagle Eye Mysteries.
For some reason, I remember one of the cases had the clues "Stonewall Jackson" and literally, a stone wall. I also remember you could play as a boy or girl, and they would roller-blade from location to location. And one of the "villain" characters might have been named "Moriarty".
EDIT: Hahaha, okay, I figured this one out myself. Funny story. I was browsing through Wikipedia and got to the LucasArts adventure games page, which mentions the name Brian Moriarty, one of their designers. That reminds me Moriarty was a character in the computer game. Then I checked the Wikipedia article on Professor Moriarty. In the popular culture section, there it is. Eagle Eye Mysteries.
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
Alright this might be a pretty tough one:
I'm thinking of a downloadable F2P multiplayer game I used to play around the year 2000's. It was a futuristic top down shooter.
-Futuristic looking. My faded mental picture says it looked like Fallout/Halo mixed
-Static Top down view (Player is always centered)
-Had jetpacks
-I think there was a weighted equipment system that effected gameplay. (Fast Light-Armored=Scout, Slow Heavy Armor=Heavy)
-Possibly had class system? I remember being able to cloak, there were medics, and engineers
-Variety of weapons that you could buy (Mines, Grenades, Assault Rifles, Sniper, Rockets)
-It was a CTF based game?
-Up to 16 or 24 or 32 players, i think
-I think it was pretty detailed, had destructible environments
Me and my friend used to play this a lot and I think we stopped playing when it stopped being F2P. We've actually been trying to figure out what the name of this game was called for like the past 2 years. :lol
I'm thinking of a downloadable F2P multiplayer game I used to play around the year 2000's. It was a futuristic top down shooter.
-Futuristic looking. My faded mental picture says it looked like Fallout/Halo mixed
-Static Top down view (Player is always centered)
-Had jetpacks
-I think there was a weighted equipment system that effected gameplay. (Fast Light-Armored=Scout, Slow Heavy Armor=Heavy)
-Possibly had class system? I remember being able to cloak, there were medics, and engineers
-Variety of weapons that you could buy (Mines, Grenades, Assault Rifles, Sniper, Rockets)
-It was a CTF based game?
-Up to 16 or 24 or 32 players, i think
-I think it was pretty detailed, had destructible environments
Me and my friend used to play this a lot and I think we stopped playing when it stopped being F2P. We've actually been trying to figure out what the name of this game was called for like the past 2 years. :lol
Para bailar La Bomba
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Here's another tough one that I will forgive you if you can't answer:
Text-based adventure game for the Amiga/C64, where if you typed a curse word you'd be taken to a screen with a giant toilet bowl.
Sorry that's all I got.
Text-based adventure game for the Amiga/C64, where if you typed a curse word you'd be taken to a screen with a giant toilet bowl.
Sorry that's all I got.
Pc game from around early 2000's
play as a space ranger defending earths colonies, get to start each missions by picking scout, light or heavy armor and each one gave you different amount of time you could use your jetpack for
ive been making a list of every game ive ever beaten(over 480 atm) and this is one i just cant remember the name of to write down
play as a space ranger defending earths colonies, get to start each missions by picking scout, light or heavy armor and each one gave you different amount of time you could use your jetpack for
ive been making a list of every game ive ever beaten(over 480 atm) and this is one i just cant remember the name of to write down
Para bailar La Bomba said:
There were rather a lot of games which did that sort of thing, unfortunately. Moron, for instance, trapped you in a room with an extra puzzle to solve before you could progress. ( > WASH MOUTH WITH SOAP AND WATER )
That said, it did tend to be a bit of a British thing - I saw it rather more frequently in British adventure games than US ones. Given that, I'm going to take a hunch that it was a Magnetic Scrolls adventure, probably one of the more lighthearted ones.
My gut suggests that maybe it was Fish!. That feels in line with the humour in the game. Even if it isn't, Magnetic Scrolls titles had a rather distinctive look to the layout of the text; quite a high resolution dense font, rather than a more standard system font; that might confirm for you if it was a Magnetic Scrolls title.
NaughtyPrawn
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Right your going to have to excuse me for being vague here.
Its an old PC game where you start out without a job and a crappy apartment. You basically have to get a better job, earn more money etc. I remember there being a pawn brokers and you being able to go to school to get educated. The graphics were obviously 2d but I'm not sure exactly what year it came out.
Its an old PC game where you start out without a job and a crappy apartment. You basically have to get a better job, earn more money etc. I remember there being a pawn brokers and you being able to go to school to get educated. The graphics were obviously 2d but I'm not sure exactly what year it came out.
SLEEPS7ALK3R
Banned
Crap, I always remember the first gaming magazine that I ever laid my hands on was the one that came with my PSone. In it they were already doing previews of MGS2 and Soul Reaver 2, and there was also this really cool advert for something I can't remember that was a hand full of blisters and calluses and each one having a story behind it or something like that - supposedly the hand of a hardcore gamer. But there was this picture in the mag of this robot game I can never remember. The picture was of this huge robot(s?) in this torn up city, peeking around half fallen buildings in what looked to be some sort of nuclear fallout. It was really awesome and I always wondered what Mech franchise that was... If only I could find that magazine...
NaughtyPrawn
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AusQB said:
Nope definitely not those games. Those games are too recent also, the one I'm thinking of must have been around the time of Wolfenstein 3d possibly Doom. Also the game wasn't mob focused from what I can remember.
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