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Games you remember, names you don't
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JakkuFurosu
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D-Pad said:
not metroid, though the description does fit.y appreciate it.... i know its a TERRIBLE description and i really wanna say earth is in title but i dont think so......its been driving me nuts for months and im ready to start looking at rom site screenshots and hope something rings a bell
hey_it's_that_dog
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JackFrost said:
Was it Flashback? It's mostly about getting from one place to another, but sometimes you shoot guys.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDEw7rAwPxU
Conrad Link
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Oh man, Jones In The Fast Lane, such great memories!
Ok here's one.
It was on genesis, around the same time X-men 2 was out. It was a side scrolling adventure/platformer with like futuristic Egyptian motif. One of the beginning levels was like in a forest and there were goldish floating platforms and elevators. Also, you had blue wrist mounted grappling laser you could use to raise or lower yourself. The thing I remember most was the great animation.
It was on genesis, around the same time X-men 2 was out. It was a side scrolling adventure/platformer with like futuristic Egyptian motif. One of the beginning levels was like in a forest and there were goldish floating platforms and elevators. Also, you had blue wrist mounted grappling laser you could use to raise or lower yourself. The thing I remember most was the great animation.
TigerUppercut
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Ok here goes.
It's a platformer on the PC with bright cheerful graphics in one world and a creepier atmosphere in a parallel world. The further into the game you get the more unsettling the atmosphere becomes.
It's a platformer on the PC with bright cheerful graphics in one world and a creepier atmosphere in a parallel world. The further into the game you get the more unsettling the atmosphere becomes.
JakkuFurosu
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hey_it's_that_dog said:
I think i love you. no that is not it, BUT looking watching the vid i got a link to another world which IS the game i was looking for(apparently there was rumors it was a sequel/related thats why i got that link)....been driving me nuts....thank you
Mattdaddy
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Oh man I got one I can't remember. I'm pretty sure it was a Sega Genesis game, I remember it was a top down view like Ikari Warriors. You had to move across the map and kill a bunch of bad guys to get to the end of the map. I remember there were little stone statues of heroes you could "rescue" by touching them, then that hero would be added to your roster. The hero types were all over the place, you had guys with spears, rocks, lasers, machine guns, rocket launchers, magic. If you died in the field the next hero on your roster would take his place. It was two player cause my buddy and I would play at the same time.
I can't remember the name of this old PC adventure; it may have been some trash that nobody ever played except for me and my dad. Basically you're in this semi-ancient seeming frozen world, and there's this big citadel that you start in. There's a basement to it. Oh and the world has dinosaurs.
It's not much to go on, but it's all I remember.
It's not much to go on, but it's all I remember.
TigerUppercut
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mclem said:
That was it. Thanks.
Now to go download it so I can play it again.
Trying to remember an arcade game where you play an army guy with a dagger as the main weapon (there was possibly another but only recall the dagger/army knife) 2D side scroller and you could duck and knife the enemy, I recall dogs being in it and it having only one 2d plane to walk on.
Edit: circa 1990
Edit: circa 1990
JakkuFurosu
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Ok - How about this one:
- Apple II game from the late 80's/ early 90's
- Side scrolling flight sim
- World War II Theme
- Took off from carriers and battered various Japanese positions on a series of islands
- Occasionally fought off enemy planes (maybe?)
I played the hell out of it but sure can't remember the name... Who here does?!
- Apple II game from the late 80's/ early 90's
- Side scrolling flight sim
- World War II Theme
- Took off from carriers and battered various Japanese positions on a series of islands
- Occasionally fought off enemy planes (maybe?)
I played the hell out of it but sure can't remember the name... Who here does?!
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Some old educational pc game that had a frog/toad as a space astronaut as the main character. I remember his name was some kind of tadpole pun. As for the game itself the only thing I can remember from it is this colorbook page that you could print out. One of them had hedgehogs that had stuff stuck to their spines such as balloons or food.
Other educational game I'm trying to remember was a very old looking (Apple II macintosh?) game that had robots that went down elevators or something. You did math problems I think.
Non educational game I'm trying to remember is an arcade vertical shooter. It's gotta be before 1999 at least. Not sure if it was 2d or 3d but I remember the background had a grid pattern or something and it had mech robots. I doubt it was Raystorm because that was a japanese only arcade (I think?). It did have similar graphics though.
Not very helpful I know but they were years ago.
Other educational game I'm trying to remember was a very old looking (Apple II macintosh?) game that had robots that went down elevators or something. You did math problems I think.
Non educational game I'm trying to remember is an arcade vertical shooter. It's gotta be before 1999 at least. Not sure if it was 2d or 3d but I remember the background had a grid pattern or something and it had mech robots. I doubt it was Raystorm because that was a japanese only arcade (I think?). It did have similar graphics though.
Not very helpful I know but they were years ago.
Alex Connolly
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Clipper said:
Amazing soundtrack by Stephane Picq, too. I loved Lost Eden.
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Alex Connolly
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A Black Falcon
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Mega Turrican? It sounds a little like Atomic Runner too, but that doesn't have a grappling item like Mega Turrican does. But Atomic Runner does definitely have a 'futuristic Egyptian' stage.EasyTGT said:
... Ranger-X? Look at that one too.
Star Wars Episode I Racer would be my guess. Many of those points apply to a lot of games in the genre, but the "car like a wheel" one's almost definitely in Episode I Racer. Perhaps it could be something else, but it could be that one anyway.Osaka said:
Yeah, is it sidescrolling or topdown? If topdown, Granada maybe? Not sure.Bukana said:
I've got a couple that have bugged me for some time. I apologise for bombarding you guys with the following!
They are all Commodore 64 games, so dust off that part of your cortex!
I cannot for the life of me remember the name of this game, despite it being one of my most played C64 games of all time (along with the game actually called, Mothership)!
- You control a ship at the bottom of the screen, ala Space Invaders. I don't think you could move away from the y axis, but I'm not certain about this.
- There is a 'mothership' in the middle of the screen, that I'm sure had an alien or two in the 'cockpit' that you could see controlling the ship, sorta. It also had a laser built into the bottom of the middle of the ship (I think). The 'mothership' may have been blue and red.
- Little white ships would appear out of the top left corner to attack you.
- You destroyed the 'mothership' by shooting the weak spots on either side of the laser, and eventually nailing the alien. The game sped up, I tihnk after successfully destroying the mothership. Cyberzone!! Thanks eso
The next is an isometric puzzle adventure game. I remember it being very yellow, and I swear it used John Mellencamp's 'Jack and Diane' as the theme song. Fairlight!! Many many thank mclem.
Another was a '3d' first person game. It took place in and around a castle, on a stormy night. That's all I've got I'm afraid. I remember being frightened by this game as kid, and not ever getting that far in it. Castel Master! Thanks KenOD
Final C64 game that I can't remember; a 2d sidescrolling puzzle game. You played as a wizard, and I feel as though there was an element of time travel involved in it, though that may be a furphy. I vaguely remember screens of the game, but not in any meaningful way. Many thanks eso
Show me whatcha got 1980'a GAF! I would be extremely grateful for any info pertaining to these games.
They are all Commodore 64 games, so dust off that part of your cortex!
- You control a ship at the bottom of the screen, ala Space Invaders. I don't think you could move away from the y axis, but I'm not certain about this.
- There is a 'mothership' in the middle of the screen, that I'm sure had an alien or two in the 'cockpit' that you could see controlling the ship, sorta. It also had a laser built into the bottom of the middle of the ship (I think). The 'mothership' may have been blue and red.
- Little white ships would appear out of the top left corner to attack you.
- You destroyed the 'mothership' by shooting the weak spots on either side of the laser, and eventually nailing the alien. The game sped up, I tihnk after successfully destroying the mothership.
lol @ my theme song memory
Show me whatcha got 1980'a GAF! I would be extremely grateful for any info pertaining to these games.
minor effort
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Help me out here. I really have no desire to play the game again, but I've been struggling to remember the name or even find the game in database searches, just for the sake of doing so. It bugs me that there's a game out there I used to own (it was a gift) that I can't remember the name of.
- PS1 game.
- Some "futuristic" sled racing game. Like a bad Wipeout ripoff.
- I got it in 1996, so I assume it was released around then. It was a fairly early PS1 game.
THE KEY
- Had these really awful "commercials from the future" in it. Just lame, early 32-bit era CG. Terrible, and I'd love to be able to search them up if I could remember the name of the game.
- PS1 game.
- Some "futuristic" sled racing game. Like a bad Wipeout ripoff.
- I got it in 1996, so I assume it was released around then. It was a fairly early PS1 game.
THE KEY
- Had these really awful "commercials from the future" in it. Just lame, early 32-bit era CG. Terrible, and I'd love to be able to search them up if I could remember the name of the game.
twingloxx2
Member
Das-J said:Ok - How about this one:
- Apple II game from the late 80's/ early 90's
- Side scrolling flight sim
- World War II Theme
- Took off from carriers and battered various Japanese positions on a series of islands
- Occasionally fought off enemy planes (maybe?)
I played the hell out of it but sure can't remember the name... Who here does?!
Wings of Fury? Played the Amiga version a lot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuWGCzFASec
Das-J said:Ok - How about this one:
- Apple II game from the late 80's/ early 90's
- Side scrolling flight sim
- World War II Theme
- Took off from carriers and battered various Japanese positions on a series of islands
- Occasionally fought off enemy planes (maybe?)
I played the hell out of it but sure can't remember the name... Who here does?!
Wings of Fury.
Used to LOVE that on the Amiga 500... apart from that one level with the invisible destroyer, that was impossible to sink...
You da man! Yeah I knew my description was not correct, but hoped it would get the idea across! This is it. So good. I lived the hell out of this game.eso76 said:not time tunnel is it ?
there's a wizard and time travel, but no scrolling (and technically it's not 2d)
Adamma666 - close, but I don't think that was it. The style is certainly correct though. I feel as though there was something to do with a brother and daughter entwined in the story line perhaps?
Thanks for your help so far everyone, so much closure
YES!!, Thank you, it was on the NES.$200 said:
I was confused which sysetm had it, because I remember having to play SEGA's more than the NES.
Thanks.
Battle City:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_City_(video_game)
elfinke said:
Not sure which of those came out on the C64, and there may be ones unique to the C64 I've not listed, but here's something to be going on with:
Isometric platformers from that era:
Ritman/Drummond:
Batman
Head over Heels
Ultimate:
Knight Lore
Alien 8
Pentagram
Other:
Ant Attack (This is the most "Boy separated from Girl" one I can think of)
Sweevo's World(/Whirled)
Hydrofool
M.O.V.I.E.
Phantom Club
Fairlight (and II)
The Great Escape
Where Time Stood Still
eso76 said:
It's been a while, but I don't recall any platforming in Molecule Man; I only remember it being a maze presented isometrically.
Having said that, I'm only assuming platforming because of the cited similarity to Head Over Heels, from a screenshot that clearly showed Head's exercise ladder.
Lumpy Onion
Member
Throavium said:
Chex Quest? Never played it, but from the pics I saw the enemies do look like green slime.
eso76
Member
elfinke said:
The description you gave is very detailed, but still there's probably 3 dozens games like that on C64, so if there's anything else you remember...
EDIT:
Actually, screw what i just said, i'm pretty sure you're talking about
Cyberzone
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