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Games you remember, names you don't
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Whogie
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Thanks! It was Heart of Darkness, but I found it with your hint.
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ChackanKun
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LordAlu said:
Hell yeah, that's the one!
Thanks.yep thats it. thats freaking it. tnx you so much. ill try to find it tommorow in the depths of the internet. i hope its as good as i remember it.LordAlu said:
and its also made from the same guys that made Flasback, which is one of my all time favourite games. no wonder i liked it!
Hey guys, this has been killing me for a while so, I hope y'all can help me out, I don't remember too much though.
- it was a game from the early to mid 90s on the PC
- Consisted of guiding your marble to the exit
- Large variety of levels, some of which had you had to traverse paths that reversed your mouse direction (i.e. you move the ball with the mouse, but left = right suddenly)
- You had to roll over items to progress through some of the levels (I want to say an umbrella had to be retrieved in one of the levels)
- I recall a level with old sprite black/white graphics (I think all of them were black and white)
- Bird's-eye-view perspective
- I believe it was a one word title, possibly starting with the letter "O"
I'll try to remember more, but does anyone have a clue? Thanks!
EDIT: Ha, just found it. Oxyd!
- it was a game from the early to mid 90s on the PC
- Consisted of guiding your marble to the exit
- Large variety of levels, some of which had you had to traverse paths that reversed your mouse direction (i.e. you move the ball with the mouse, but left = right suddenly)
- You had to roll over items to progress through some of the levels (I want to say an umbrella had to be retrieved in one of the levels)
- I recall a level with old sprite black/white graphics (I think all of them were black and white)
- Bird's-eye-view perspective
- I believe it was a one word title, possibly starting with the letter "O"
I'll try to remember more, but does anyone have a clue? Thanks!
EDIT: Ha, just found it. Oxyd!
I used to get to play this game in the computer labs of my old elementary school (think original Oregon Trail days). Anyway all I can remember is that you start out in a telephone booth or something and you use a command line interface to type out the things you want to do ("pick up phone," "grab pencil" etc). Can't remember the name.
Hey, you guys helped me once before in this thread, and a couple more games came to mind.
Both games I played about...10 years ago or so, if that helps date them.
First was a upscrolling shooter, I think, in which you were a super powered car of some sort, which machine guns. Graphics were sprite-ish. Anyway, you could upgrade your guns, you could leave oil spills behind your car, all sorts of things. There was a desert level...can't say much more about it.
Second had non-sprite type graphics, was sort of a top down space shooter. The "world" was a massive grid, and on each square of the grid was an open, square-shaped part of space in which you could fly around, mine asteroids for gold or something, clear the area of aliens, and land at bases to upgrade your ship. There were different types of ships, faster/weaker and slower/stronger, different types of laser weapons. Missiles at some point too, I think.
Anyway, I've searched for both for a while, and could never find them. As you can imagine, they are somewhat generic, so if anyone has ideas or names I could look up, I'd appreciate it. Thanks!
Oh also, both of these games were on the computer, both on whatever the Windows OS was at the time.
Both games I played about...10 years ago or so, if that helps date them.
First was a upscrolling shooter, I think, in which you were a super powered car of some sort, which machine guns. Graphics were sprite-ish. Anyway, you could upgrade your guns, you could leave oil spills behind your car, all sorts of things. There was a desert level...can't say much more about it.
Second had non-sprite type graphics, was sort of a top down space shooter. The "world" was a massive grid, and on each square of the grid was an open, square-shaped part of space in which you could fly around, mine asteroids for gold or something, clear the area of aliens, and land at bases to upgrade your ship. There were different types of ships, faster/weaker and slower/stronger, different types of laser weapons. Missiles at some point too, I think.
Anyway, I've searched for both for a while, and could never find them. As you can imagine, they are somewhat generic, so if anyone has ideas or names I could look up, I'd appreciate it. Thanks!
Oh also, both of these games were on the computer, both on whatever the Windows OS was at the time.
someguyinahat
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Spy Hunter?
Arcade game ... probably dreamcast like graphics ... on rails .. and your weapon was a machine gun ... like .. the plastic thing you holded was a machine gun.
Time Crisis like cover option
It had a mall/park stage that the boss was an helicopter and an office stage wich .. i have no idea wich was the boss ... too hard for my old reflexes =P
Oh .. and the scenery was full of things to blow up ... wich is why i loved this game xD
Time Crisis like cover option
It had a mall/park stage that the boss was an helicopter and an office stage wich .. i have no idea wich was the boss ... too hard for my old reflexes =P
Oh .. and the scenery was full of things to blow up ... wich is why i loved this game xD
Like the hat?
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was there ever a stand-up arcade cabinet for Spy Hunter that had a steering wheel, a gear lever thing to the right, and a pedal or two at the base of the cabinet? Because there was some game that I used to play (I think I posted it in this thread once and never got a response) that was like Spy Hunter, but I am about 80% positive it wasn't Spy Hunter. But maybe it was.
mclem said:
Exactly !
Easy one xD
and ... i was looking at the youtube videos ... " i remember it being prettier ..." than i saw "oh it was the ps2 version ! that explains!" and then i went to the wikipedia article ... and ...
"A PlayStation 2 (PS2) port of the game was released in 2004 in the UK and the US with smoother polygon textures, higher difficulty"
oh
Lumpy Onion
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nilam01 said:
Sounds like Alex Kid. You probably are thinking of the fifth game in series, Alex Kid and Enchanted Castle for the Genesis.
Probably already mentioned in this thread, but I can't think of the name so not a whole lotta help:
This game came out around 2002 for PC. The idea was that it was a real life mystery game where you got messages in your e-mail and IM, phone calls, etc.. Had you scouring the web for clues.. Seemed a little bit like the Micheal Douglas movie "The Game."
I'm sure someone remembers better than me.
This game came out around 2002 for PC. The idea was that it was a real life mystery game where you got messages in your e-mail and IM, phone calls, etc.. Had you scouring the web for clues.. Seemed a little bit like the Micheal Douglas movie "The Game."
I'm sure someone remembers better than me.
ScHlAuChi
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octopusman
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I'm trying to remember of the name of an adventure game that I played as a kid, I remember the cover had some sort of red dragon on it in a cartoony style, it was the type of game where one would click to make a decision and it would go into an animated movie. It definitely wasn't Dragon's Lair.
I remember it involved collecting various golden or sacred items. like a magic egg and I think an hourglass and sword as well.
It was definitely made in the 90s. I think probably pre-1997, what was weird was they actually handed them out AT MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, this wasn't a educational game or anything, in fact, in retrospect some of the deaths weren't exactly clean.
EDIT: It was SHADOAN.
I remember it involved collecting various golden or sacred items. like a magic egg and I think an hourglass and sword as well.
It was definitely made in the 90s. I think probably pre-1997, what was weird was they actually handed them out AT MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, this wasn't a educational game or anything, in fact, in retrospect some of the deaths weren't exactly clean.
EDIT: It was SHADOAN.
That Singer Guy...
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The first game is a game that goes to either ps2 or Ps1 and you played as a girl and a guy. I think they were stuck in a dream or something. I remember that one could use a boomerang and i remember that there was a graveyard place at the beginning :lol
The second game is a game that was on the NES. It was a RTS in the likeness of Pikmin and the game was just about gathering gold and buying as many men as you could. You battled against monsters if I remember correctly but I dont think I finished it.
The second game is a game that was on the NES. It was a RTS in the likeness of Pikmin and the game was just about gathering gold and buying as many men as you could. You battled against monsters if I remember correctly but I dont think I finished it.
Allright, this is going to be a tricky one to describe as I just played the demo and I am not sure about everything I remember.
It was a strategy game, iso view. not sure if it was realtime or turn based tough. Strong fantasy vibe with elements like lightning, thunder and fire etc. You build "discs" which then attacked the enemy buildings in a certain radius around it. I also think there were just buildings and no real units. Could be mistaken tough.
on PC that was, early 90´s maybe.
Thx!
It was a strategy game, iso view. not sure if it was realtime or turn based tough. Strong fantasy vibe with elements like lightning, thunder and fire etc. You build "discs" which then attacked the enemy buildings in a certain radius around it. I also think there were just buildings and no real units. Could be mistaken tough.
on PC that was, early 90´s maybe.
Thx!
edit: weeee Netstorm. You are a god *bow*
edit2: Sweet, the game is free now and fully online playable. Looks like it has still a strong community http://www.netstormhq.com/
Thanks so much.
edit2: Sweet, the game is free now and fully online playable. Looks like it has still a strong community http://www.netstormhq.com/
Thanks so much.
Akibastman
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I remember playing a game in a video game store on Dreamcast.
You were like a sorcerer or a magician, the level was like a mountain, covered of grass or plants or green stuff and I remember using different kind of magics on ennemies and kicking their asses with my rod.
You were like a sorcerer or a magician, the level was like a mountain, covered of grass or plants or green stuff and I remember using different kind of magics on ennemies and kicking their asses with my rod.
Starwolf_UK
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This game was called Dragon's Blood in Europe and reading an FAQ the first level does appear to be a mountain.mclem said:
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