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Games you remember, names you don't
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momolicious
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There was this sci-fi game demo i downloaded and played in the 90s. It was not 3D It was an RTS set in space. You had these large ships that could train small ships/drones that would gather minerals from astroids or something. There were many different minerals you could mine. There was fog of war in the game too. Ive tried searching for it on google but the game doesnt seem to be very popular or something...
MattyGrovesOrMe
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Starships Unlimited? I dunno.momolicious said:
This might help, though it might take some reading through lists of possible candidates...
http://www.allgame.com/style.php?id=406&tab=games&sort=date_asc
Alex Connolly
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Zerokku said:
Metal Fatigue, sir.
Alex Connolly
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Zerokku said:
It was alright, bit of a novelty. Nothing particularly remarkable for the genre, though.
A Black Falcon
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momolicious said:
That sounds like Star Command. Large ships that made small ships, mining, fog of war, 2d space RTS... all sounds like Star Command. The game was released for DOS in 1996 as Star Command: Revolution, then slightly enhanced for Win9x in 1998 as Star Command Deluxe. Not a bad game really, I remember having fun with the demo... all four races are pretty similar, if I remember right, but it was a little different from the norm, anyway, if just a little.
http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/star-command-revolution
Demo (non-Deluxe is the DOS demo I think): http://www.fileplanet.com/79810/0/0/0/1/section/Demos
momolicious
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A Black Falcon said:
WOW it is Star Command, thanks! really cool game
Seriously im trying to find the name of this game for ages:
- Its on the PC (windows) pretty old game, very cartoony
- It was a topdown view, you were a sort of police guy flying around in ship shooting stuff.
- The spaces were you could fly were kinda like streets/lanes (yellow lines).
at some point in the game i lost or something, and you saw a game over picture with our guy getting electrocuted.
i dont remember much else about the game mechanics or anything so its a bit iffy...
thanks!
- Its on the PC (windows) pretty old game, very cartoony
- It was a topdown view, you were a sort of police guy flying around in ship shooting stuff.
- The spaces were you could fly were kinda like streets/lanes (yellow lines).
at some point in the game i lost or something, and you saw a game over picture with our guy getting electrocuted.
i dont remember much else about the game mechanics or anything so its a bit iffy...
thanks!
A Black Falcon
Member
MedIC86 said:Seriously im trying to find the name of this game for ages:
- Its on the PC (windows) pretty old game, very cartoony
- It was a topdown view, you were a sort of police guy flying around in ship shooting stuff.
- The spaces were you could fly were kinda like streets/lanes (yellow lines).
at some point in the game i lost or something, and you saw a game over picture with our guy getting electrocuted.
i dont remember much else about the game mechanics or anything so its a bit iffy...
... The DOS shareware games Traffic Department 2192 or Highway Hunter, maybe? It's probably not either of them, but it's possible I guess, they each match some of those things you mention.
Onion_Relish
Member
Im throwing this one up although I already suspect i know the answer
My girlfriend claims to have played what sounds like
1: a side scrolling beat em up that is entirely 2d (This is in 93', era of the snes, so it would more likely be 2.5d)
2: on a computer
3: had a blonde warrior as a main character (along with co-op)
4: had a female character
5: had you fighting demons and monsters
and most importantly
6: HAD YOU RIDING DRAGONS
Now, this sure as shit sounds like golden axe to me. It especially makes sense as golden axe was released around 93ish. Is it even remotely possible there is another game that has these things that ISNT golden axe?
My girlfriend claims to have played what sounds like
1: a side scrolling beat em up that is entirely 2d (This is in 93', era of the snes, so it would more likely be 2.5d)
2: on a computer
3: had a blonde warrior as a main character (along with co-op)
4: had a female character
5: had you fighting demons and monsters
and most importantly
6: HAD YOU RIDING DRAGONS
Now, this sure as shit sounds like golden axe to me. It especially makes sense as golden axe was released around 93ish. Is it even remotely possible there is another game that has these things that ISNT golden axe?
ShikaTheReaper
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The game I remember playing was for NES and it was a side scroll shooter and your plane/jet got power ups on the field and when it got enough it looked like a robot and at the end of every stage you would fight like 6 or 8 headed creature of some sorts. I used to play it everyday for NES before Mario and Duck Hunt!
Alex Connolly
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A Black Falcon said:
I reckon it's Traffic Department.
RoryDropkick
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Onion_Relish said:
Warrior Blade?
RoryDropkick
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ShikaTheReaper said:
I do believe that is MagMax...
A Black Falcon
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Pylon_Trooper said:
That was my first guess, of those two games. I loved TD2192 when I was younger, it's really one of my favorite titles published by Epic (then Epic MegaGames). The story is interesting and extensive, quite unlike most shareware games. Your character definitely isn't a normal main character. There are some huge plot twists in episodes 2 and 3, too, and the game is freeware now -- play the whole game! The story takes some dramatic turns...
If you play TD2192 again you'll find that the game's gameplay is somewhat simplistic and the AI very easily exploitable -- I often found the easiest way to win would be to just sit in place and wait for the AI to repeatedly pass by (and fire on them as they did) as it'd just fly around a block over and over while I sat there.
Only the escort missions are hard... but if you fail a mission several times the game gives you the option of skipping it, so the game is quite forgiving really. Really, I've always thought the game focuses much more on the story than the gameplay. The gameplay's fine, but wasn't what makes me remember the game as being so great. The story is a central part of that.Highway Hunter was published by Safari Software and Epic a little while after TD2192 and has some somewhat similar themes, so I looked forward to it at the time, but the actual development team is completely different, and the game not nearly as good. Sure, it's a completely different genre, being a shmup (with a car on a road that you drive up) and not a story-based open-city driving combat game, but even for DOS shareware shmups, it's not much above average. Decent to good game, but not the greatest.
InfectedZero
Member
Was having a discussion about a game at work and I couldn't remember the name of the game for the life of me. For the SNES.
Its about a kid in a lettermen jacket and like monsters or aliens invade the town. Your girlfriend gets kidnapped and you have to go save her. You start out with a pistol and eventually get a shotgun. I remember the end being that your parents are actually the end boss and you have to fight them.
Its about a kid in a lettermen jacket and like monsters or aliens invade the town. Your girlfriend gets kidnapped and you have to go save her. You start out with a pistol and eventually get a shotgun. I remember the end being that your parents are actually the end boss and you have to fight them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Axe
It was probably Golden Axe. There was a MS-DOS version, and the original Golden Axe came out in 1989.
It was probably Golden Axe. There was a MS-DOS version, and the original Golden Axe came out in 1989.
whatevermort
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I need help finding a PC game from 1993/4. It was a flying game - I'd be loathe to call it a sim, though, as it was really focussed on arcade shooting, essentially. It was one on one dogfights, if memory serves, and had a variety of different planes in it, all from different time periods (I think). The most crucial part of it was that it was split-screen 2 player, same monitor. It was awesome. Any ideas?
SephirothRK
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Traumahound
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whatevermort said:
It's probably Air Duel: 80 Years of Dogfighting. Never played it, but it sounded a lot like game I remembered reading about in CGW back in the 90's. I was pretty sure it was by Microprose, so I checked MobyGames for what flight games they released on DOS.
whatevermort
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Traumahound said:
Unfortunately, not that one. It was considerably more Arcade-y than that - the planes were quite stylised, if memory serves. The split-screen was what it was primarily marketed on, as well. I also vaguely recall that it only had a first-person cockpit view - no external view.
whatevermort said:
Evasive Action? http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/evasive-action
This was one of those annoying ones where I recognised it instantly but had to really trawl Mobygames to dig the name out, so I hope it's right!
RoryDropkick
Member
Ok! Now for a change I acutally have a game I can't remember the name of. It was a PC game, maybe mid 80s, and it had CGA graphics. You played this little ball guy that had what looked like antennae and glasses, and maybe looked sort of like Pooka from Dig Dug if he was a space alien. You could traverse different caverns on this planet and even go back to your ship.
I think this was made by Spinnaker Soft, who I believe also published games like Stargoose if I'm not mistaken.
I think this was made by Spinnaker Soft, who I believe also published games like Stargoose if I'm not mistaken.
RoryDropkick said:
I'm sure this has cropped up in the thread before, but I don't think it's ever been answered; I know I racked my brain over it being a distant memory, but couldn't put my finger on a name.
If it's any help to anyone else, whenever I keep thinking of it I come up with the name Galactix. I know it's not that - that's a shmup! - but it's possible the real name is something along those lines.
RoryDropkick
Member
mclem said:
Holy crud *lol* If even you can't answer it then it's a real doozy.. well I'll continue to look and if I find something, I'll come and post!
Actually, while looking for the game I *was* thinking of, I was reminded that Starquake - a game I'm more familiar with from the Spectrum - was also released on the PC, and actually does tick all the boxes you were referring to; maybe the one you're after is *not* the one I'm thinking of, but that instead?
RoryDropkick
Member
Aha! That's it. Nice work as always sir.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
It light of the Steam sale I want to keep my eye out for a game that I saw a while back... however I can't remember the name of it. :lol
It was a horror game, although quite adventurey, and developed in Eastern Europe if I'm not mistaken. I can't for the life of me remember more. I'm not even sure if it's any good, but if I could know the name to look it up then I'd be happy. Thanks in advance.
It was a horror game, although quite adventurey, and developed in Eastern Europe if I'm not mistaken. I can't for the life of me remember more. I'm not even sure if it's any good, but if I could know the name to look it up then I'd be happy. Thanks in advance.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
That's not it, but it looks very interesting. :lol
Edit: I believe it was first person.
Edit: I believe it was first person.
archnemesis
Member
Maybe the Penumbra series?
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
That's the one!
Thank you.
Thank you.
Dr. Zoidberg
Member
I've been wracking my brain trying to remember the name of a game.
It was PC based driving game. Arcade style and colorful, similar to ridge racer or outrun 2002 or something. One of the levels was a alpine town (a widely overused environment for these games, I know).
The year was probably 1994-1998 or so. I can't remember who made it. I was working at Software Etc. at the time and my manager brought the game back from one of the conferences they have every year.
It was PC based driving game. Arcade style and colorful, similar to ridge racer or outrun 2002 or something. One of the levels was a alpine town (a widely overused environment for these games, I know).
The year was probably 1994-1998 or so. I can't remember who made it. I was working at Software Etc. at the time and my manager brought the game back from one of the conferences they have every year.
Dr. Zoidberg
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