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Games you remember, names you don't
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Oh yeah help me to name this game:
I believe it was a Microsoft game. You were some kind of soldier and you got a jetpack. there was lots of platforming with gorges and so on. A desert setting and the goal was to kill big ugly bitmap bugs. There were flying ones and some were firing/spitting from a long range.
I think this should be 10 years old now. I had so much fun playing it, wish I could play it now.
I believe it was a Microsoft game. You were some kind of soldier and you got a jetpack. there was lots of platforming with gorges and so on. A desert setting and the goal was to kill big ugly bitmap bugs. There were flying ones and some were firing/spitting from a long range.
I think this should be 10 years old now. I had so much fun playing it, wish I could play it now.
oversensitive
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what was this nes game i played that let you have three save slots and battle a huge snake boss with yo yos and/or a bat? i remember escaping a alien ship and i also remember being stuck at this part where you went into a ghost cave or something to find this item for a crystal ball psychic lady.
This is probably a massive, massive ask, but I really hope somebody remembers this :lol
It was this ancient game for an Acorn computer (not sure which Acorn computer), and it was centered around getting these crystals. It was a point and click adventure, with some text input (I think), and there were also segments where you would walk around, too. Like, there was one bit where you were in some building and crawling through it. There was a part where you had to give a snake a bag of food or something so you could continue with the game. There was a part where you got a really big wooden ship, ended up in some river area. There's a part where you're in this mountain area, crossing one of those rickety wooden bridges, and you had to fix the bridge from the side. It's all really vague cause I played it about 12 years ago, but I can't find it for the life of me. I think it was titled 'In search of Crystals' or something along those lines.
Again, it was for Acorn computers (at least, I played it on an Acorn, I remember that much). If anybody knows this game I would love you forever.
It was this ancient game for an Acorn computer (not sure which Acorn computer), and it was centered around getting these crystals. It was a point and click adventure, with some text input (I think), and there were also segments where you would walk around, too. Like, there was one bit where you were in some building and crawling through it. There was a part where you had to give a snake a bag of food or something so you could continue with the game. There was a part where you got a really big wooden ship, ended up in some river area. There's a part where you're in this mountain area, crossing one of those rickety wooden bridges, and you had to fix the bridge from the side. It's all really vague cause I played it about 12 years ago, but I can't find it for the life of me. I think it was titled 'In search of Crystals' or something along those lines.
Again, it was for Acorn computers (at least, I played it on an Acorn, I remember that much). If anybody knows this game I would love you forever.
=GabrielKnight=
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Maybe you can help me with this one
It was an arcade game, I used to play it around 1992 or 1993. A 2d 1vs1 beat'em up with monsters, i remember a minotaur (equipping an axe maybe) and an hydra. And fights happened in arenas where you could move in all directions.
Anyone knows?
It was an arcade game, I used to play it around 1992 or 1993. A 2d 1vs1 beat'em up with monsters, i remember a minotaur (equipping an axe maybe) and an hydra. And fights happened in arenas where you could move in all directions.
Anyone knows?
oversensitive said:
Startropics?
=GabrielKnight= said:
http://hg101.kontek.net/kingofthemonsters/kingofthemonsters.htm
King of the Monsters?
=GabrielKnight=
Member
bjork said:
No... it had a quite dark medieval setting
RoryDropkick
Member
=GabrielKnight=
Member
RoryDropkick said:
Uhm, it could be...
it's just that I remember it a bit different, but it's been almost 20 years, so maybe it's me
Thanks!
One game I have tried to get the name on for quite a while is an old (beginning-middle 90s) tank game, it is action oriented and the main thing I remember is that everything was made out of polygons, even the explosions which was quite unusual at the time (the look was akin to SEGA model 1 arcade games).
You control the tank from an first person perspective but I think you could change the view and you control the angle of the shots ut and down as well as controlling the tank.
Maybe a bit vague but after going through a lot of old game sites and still not finding it I put my hopes on fellow gaffers.
Oh, and the format was MSDOS(PC).
Somebody must have played it?
You control the tank from an first person perspective but I think you could change the view and you control the angle of the shots ut and down as well as controlling the tank.
Maybe a bit vague but after going through a lot of old game sites and still not finding it I put my hopes on fellow gaffers.
Oh, and the format was MSDOS(PC).
Somebody must have played it?
bluebird said:
I couldn't find much on the web about the original, but it could be "The crystal rainforest".
http://www.mrbillsadventureland.com/reviews/c-d/crystalrainR/crystalrainR.htm
A Link to the Past
Banned
Alright, this probably won't be answerable, but my game I can't name is an MS-DOS game. It's overhead, and pretty much all I can remember about it was that there was one guy/enemy/thing that would run back and forth in a formation of rocks. It was also very green.
I'll be surprised if anyone can name it based on that
I'll be surprised if anyone can name it based on that
Mr. B Natural
Member
A Link to the Snitch said:
You'll be surprised. I can't help ya though :lol
A Link to the Past
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Teppic said:Is this also God of Thunder?
That seems to be it. I can't say for certain since it was so long ago, but it definitely looks familiar.
Whoo!
oversensitive
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You were exactly right, thank you.bjork said:
FoggyFreek
Junior Member
I searched EVERYWHERE but i just can't find it.. i'm back to the DOS days thanks to DosBox and i'm eager to try this one again..
- I remember it being called reflex! but i can't find any reference on the internet
- nibbles-like game
- top down
- bright colors
- you can eat the good guys and eat powerups that will make you more powerful
- you can't travel the path you just traveled
- super frenszic!
should be around 1986 - 1990
help me!
- I remember it being called reflex! but i can't find any reference on the internet
- nibbles-like game
- top down
- bright colors
- you can eat the good guys and eat powerups that will make you more powerful
- you can't travel the path you just traveled
- super frenszic!
should be around 1986 - 1990
help me!
RoryDropkick
Member
woodypop said:
It's oddly addictive.. there's a SFC port that is godawful, and an X68k port that is pretty decent but has a ton of disks *lol*
I just remember playing it at a local grocery store, which seemed to be the place for obscure arcade games, just like my local Circle K having things like Solar Warrior/Xain D'Sleena...
Lionel Mandrake
Member
I have a few arcade games to ask about.
This one is only a couple of years old, but it was a sniper game, with full-sized gun controller. What was cool about it was there was a little screen in the scope, which featured a close-up view of where you were aiming.
This one is probably going to more obscure, and I'm not sure how old it is. The game showed 2D animated scenes of gorillas and moles doing various things, as they crawled around the screen. You had about 9 or so buttons with corresponded with a section of the screen, and you hit the button to knock off the gorillas/moles.
This one was my favorite pinball game of all time. It used a video screen with sensors that affected a section of the screen when hit. Aliens land on earth and you had to fight them off with the pinball. The final battle of the game was a fight between the Lincoln Memorial and an alien robot.
This one is only a couple of years old, but it was a sniper game, with full-sized gun controller. What was cool about it was there was a little screen in the scope, which featured a close-up view of where you were aiming.
This one is probably going to more obscure, and I'm not sure how old it is. The game showed 2D animated scenes of gorillas and moles doing various things, as they crawled around the screen. You had about 9 or so buttons with corresponded with a section of the screen, and you hit the button to knock off the gorillas/moles.
This one was my favorite pinball game of all time. It used a video screen with sensors that affected a section of the screen when hit. Aliens land on earth and you had to fight them off with the pinball. The final battle of the game was a fight between the Lincoln Memorial and an alien robot.
Graphics Horse
Member
FoggyFreek said:
I don't know there must be hundreds of the things
Was it Flatworm 2?
http://www.dosmuseum.com/pages/view...rder_by=field8&sort=ASC&offset=0&archive=0&k=
Lionel Mandrake said:
That one's easy, Silent Scope.
Edit: And Monkey Mole Panic for the second one.
Lionel Mandrake said:
That'll be one of the Pinball 2000 titles, Revenge From Mars:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenge_From_Mars
I have another request.
The game was like Flashback, same view and so on. You landed with a parachute and your first encounter was a T-Rex, but needed to bypass him. I only played the demo back then on Windows 98 I think. Not much, but maybe someone knows what I mean. Thanks!
The game was like Flashback, same view and so on. You landed with a parachute and your first encounter was a T-Rex, but needed to bypass him. I only played the demo back then on Windows 98 I think. Not much, but maybe someone knows what I mean. Thanks!
Graphics Horse
Member
derFeef said:
Just had a look around, is it Dino Defender?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_Park_III:_Dino_Defender
I'll search a bit. I can picture it, I know because I kept confusing it with Flight of the Amazon Queen (which is completely different), but I can't place the name right now.
Although 'Bermuda Syndrome' has just popped into my head. I'll go look that one up...
Yep, that's the one I'm thinking of. Is it the one you're thinking of?
Although 'Bermuda Syndrome' has just popped into my head. I'll go look that one up...
Yep, that's the one I'm thinking of. Is it the one you're thinking of?
mclem said:
Nope, it was pretty action oriented. The thing that strikes me the most is that even though it wasn't textured it had a lot (for the time) of polygons, with trees, walls, buildings and so on so it looked pretty good.
Maybe it was released later, around -95.
Oh, and you could aim up and down to lob shells over obstacles. It had some kind of rudimentary physics for that.
ChackanKun
Member
Made a thread about this, posted here trough recommendation:
My girlfriend used to play this game some years ago, but doesn't remember it's name. It sounds like crap BUT I'm in a quest to find what game is it!
So this is what she can remember about the game, so far:
- the units are made of clay
- they enter the scenario as if they came from a whirlwind
- lots of scenarios, and your task was always the same: find the exit of it
- you had opponents that would try to kill you and you also had the option to catch some toys to give them. This way, they would be distracted for a couple seconds or minutes and you would be able to pass without being noticed by them
- sometimes you definitely had to fight and you had the option to use some objects as weapons. When any of your guys or one of the oponent's got killed, some liquid would appear on the floor. you could "catch" it with a straw, save it and use it to create more guys for your team.
My girlfriend used to play this game some years ago, but doesn't remember it's name. It sounds like crap BUT I'm in a quest to find what game is it!
So this is what she can remember about the game, so far:
- the units are made of clay
- they enter the scenario as if they came from a whirlwind
- lots of scenarios, and your task was always the same: find the exit of it
- you had opponents that would try to kill you and you also had the option to catch some toys to give them. This way, they would be distracted for a couple seconds or minutes and you would be able to pass without being noticed by them
- sometimes you definitely had to fight and you had the option to use some objects as weapons. When any of your guys or one of the oponent's got killed, some liquid would appear on the floor. you could "catch" it with a straw, save it and use it to create more guys for your team.
ChackanKun
Member
Nop. It was a PC game.
Hello, and thanks for the help in advance .
The game i remember playing around 10 to 15 years ago on a friends PC and it had in it:
- the main theme of the game was time travel
- the main character was a male and pass through different levels (wild west level, egypt level, future level, last level was in the moon (not so sure about that but it was in the future too and had some platforms in the air))
- there were different weapons for the character in every world (level)
- it was in 3D and it was a third person game perspective
and that is pretty much all i remember about the game, if anybody do know the name of the game it would be GREAT!
.The game i remember playing around 10 to 15 years ago on a friends PC and it had in it:
- the main theme of the game was time travel
- the main character was a male and pass through different levels (wild west level, egypt level, future level, last level was in the moon (not so sure about that but it was in the future too and had some platforms in the air))
- there were different weapons for the character in every world (level)
- it was in 3D and it was a third person game perspective
and that is pretty much all i remember about the game, if anybody do know the name of the game it would be GREAT!
evala said:Hello, and thanks for the help in advance
The game i remember playing around 10 to 15 years ago on a friends PC and it had in it:
- the main theme of the game was time travel
- the main character was a male and pass through different levels (wild west level, egypt level, future level, last level was in the moon (not so sure about that but it was in the future too and had some platforms in the air))
- there were different weapons for the character in every world (level)
- it was in 3D and it was a third person game perspective
and that is pretty much all i remember about the game, if anybody do know the name of the game it would be GREAT!
Time Commando?
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