astronaughtE
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Yeah maybe the wolf looks right! but I remember him being in more of a city? I'm looking to see if there was maybe a sequel.
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Games you remember, names you don't
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astronaughtE
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Yep I just saw that one that's deffinetly it! Thanks you're the best. Oh its off topic but check out what just saw looking up those vids. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MTzyz2TgGls
I know, this thing has been bugging me for months now!
It is a relief to hear that my description was able to at least ring a bell.
C'mon fellow 90s kids, help us with a name here.
This one has been driving me crazy for ages.
C-64 game from the mid '80s, clearly inspired by the speeder bikes in Return of the Jedi. Viewed from behind the tiny player-controlled hover bike. Flat green landscape, with some sparse "scaling" trees you have to dodge. You shoot a few enemy bikes, then fight a "boss." Repeat.
C-64 game from the mid '80s, clearly inspired by the speeder bikes in Return of the Jedi. Viewed from behind the tiny player-controlled hover bike. Flat green landscape, with some sparse "scaling" trees you have to dodge. You shoot a few enemy bikes, then fight a "boss." Repeat.
ichtyander
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Sounds like it's Sky Runner. Haven't heard of this game. You control a larger ship but there's a speeder bike you can drop down (you can see it in the "demo" or attract mode), although I have no idea how to switch to that speeder.
EDIT: Just read it in a ZZap! 64 review, you can drop the speeder down once you destroy a number of towers.
While waiting for my GAF approval, there was a game I had been attempting to remember for years. When I lived in Okinawa, there was an arcade behind one of the stores in an alley. Truth be told, I think back now and I'm pretty certain it was a bar and the nice men let us play their machines. Thank God Okinawans were cool.
My brother and I would go in and play. It was an arcade machine where one person was a jeep and the other was a tank.
I spent YEARS looking into this and ALL of the people I knew had never played the damned thing. I did google searches, I even did visual searches through KLOV. Nothing.
Then, an accidental internet search yielded what I was looking for:
Silkworm
Unfortunately, this guy was only playing with the "heli." I loved playing this with my little brother. I just had to share... I know the feeling of going nearly insane trying to remember that thing... that one thing... -Adam
My brother and I would go in and play. It was an arcade machine where one person was a jeep and the other was a tank.
I spent YEARS looking into this and ALL of the people I knew had never played the damned thing. I did google searches, I even did visual searches through KLOV. Nothing.
Then, an accidental internet search yielded what I was looking for:
Silkworm
Unfortunately, this guy was only playing with the "heli." I loved playing this with my little brother. I just had to share... I know the feeling of going nearly insane trying to remember that thing... that one thing... -Adam
ichtyander
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An Old game of Pc from the style of space invaders...only remember a white canon shooting at parachute guys falling from above... here is a drawing in paint of that game:
xDDD...
anybody knows that game?
Sounds like Paratrooper, or some variant.
HamsterPackage
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intellivision game where there was three rounds of gameplay airplanes , tanks, and racing a car avoiding traffic coming towards you..
LuFel
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ichtyander
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SarcasticD
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It was a PS1 game. I remember it came i the original PS1 case (long black case). The main character looked like a Johnny Bravo clone and had this funny looking green guitar thing. I also think you would collect yellow music notes and everytime he strung the guitar thing, it would kill the monsters
ichtyander
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That would be Johnny Bazookatone, I love the main theme in the (painfully long) intro.
Kyūkon;83965565 said:
This is a longshot, but maybe it's Egger Land?
A bit more info would be helpful, like which version of Windows you played it on. Something about the graphics could help, was it all 2D, maybe pre-rendered sprites like Donkey Cong Country, full 3D, if maybe the graphics are comparable to some other game, if the game's bettter or worse looking than Egger Land, for example?
Johnny Bazookatone?
ichtyander
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The choice of planets and the sidescrolling part sound like Soldier of Light (Xain'd Sleena), but it's not top down.
EDIT: Looks like it's Star Soldier.
Thanks for the reply, ichtyander! Egger Land is still not what I was looking for though.
I used to play in on a Windows 95 probably, I remember playing Dangerous Dave in that same age if that serves of any help.
The graphics were pretty colorful, it was all 2D and it was less detailed than Egger Land. It had fairly simple looking graphics, you know?
I've tried to locate any similar looking games on dosgamesarchive but couldn't see anything useful.
Yes - that's it! Thank you! You have ended years of personal suffering and mental anguish.
Vampirolol
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I can't find the name of this horrible game (for SNES or Sega something) in wich you were like a space soldier... blonde I think, maybe with black eyebrows. You had to kill aliens, I recall first person shooting parts.
PalaceBrother
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Oh man, that Tanks game. I spent hours and hours playing the version where the bullets bounced off the walls. So good.
adamsappel
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I'm trying to find a game that looks remarkably like the one linked below, except there was no ship and you just fell down through the tunnel in first-person view. I think there were four or so different tunnels with their own soundtracks; I remember a heavy metal and reggae theme. I cannot recall what platform it was on. I think it might have been iPhone, because I think it used accelerometer, but I can't find it amongst my apps.
http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/FSY9QlQHdWPP6KbHZ4Iu1LcWS7IPayGe
http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/FSY9QlQHdWPP6KbHZ4Iu1LcWS7IPayGe
Sorry if it has already been posted before. And sorry if the information is way beyond the actual game 
I remember a game, it was 3rd person 3D action/adventure/stealth from the PS1 era. I had it on PC though. It may have been a demo, not sure.
The opening level I think was in a museum and you had to dodge anti-theft laser beams. I vaguely remember a fight with a knight as well in a wooden building however. There may have been some time shenanigans going on.
Any ideas?
I remember a game, it was 3rd person 3D action/adventure/stealth from the PS1 era. I had it on PC though. It may have been a demo, not sure.
The opening level I think was in a museum and you had to dodge anti-theft laser beams. I vaguely remember a fight with a knight as well in a wooden building however. There may have been some time shenanigans going on.
Any ideas?
So the first PS2 game I bought (and lost very quickly :[ ) was a game about herding a bunch of different cute animals of some sorts. I remember parts where you had to trap these big monster goons before they ate the cute animals/creatures and herding was done by using special instruments (like placing a stick on the ground and then these pink creatures swarm around them).
Ok that was an bad description but I've always wanted to try that game again. I really liked it and it had a very light heart-ed style.
Ok that was an bad description but I've always wanted to try that game again. I really liked it and it had a very light heart-ed style.
SarcasticD
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GrayFoxPL
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Herdy Gerdy
Cyborg Justice.
THAT'S IT!
Now to find the game (not a fan of retro hunting on ebay unless it's a rare game or I need in a certain condition)
Yes that one! Thanks a lot xD Can't wait to get back home and launch this on an emulator or something, should be a good nostalgia ride.
Does anyone remembers a (cartoonish?) Open world racing game on the ps2 with cars that talk (no humans)?
I remember that you could upgrade your car to let it glide/fly/swim under water and such? And there are minigames like football but with cars. I spent HUNDREDS of hours on that game, does anyone know what it's called?
I remember that you could upgrade your car to let it glide/fly/swim under water and such? And there are minigames like football but with cars. I spent HUNDREDS of hours on that game, does anyone know what it's called?
Sounds like Coily from Q-bert
Is not Q*bert, but in the NES game I'm looking for you control a snake similar to coily and has two-player mode.
Snake Rattle 'n' Roll?
*Googles it*
YES!! This undoubtebly is the game I was looking for. Thank you very much. My memories about Snake Rattle 'n' Roll were too vague enough to mistakenly remember the form of this snakes like coils or springs.
Here's another game I remember from my early childhood on PS1
All I remember is being a man walking along cliffs. it was full 3D (like tomb raider)
But I don't really remember anything from it..
Everything was very light brown and it had some platforming in it from what I remember (from rock island in the sky to rock island in the sky) Everyting was flat for the most part
Can't really remember much else though...
I wanna say it had some climbing, The game ran like crap from what I remember.
Another game is another PS1 title
This one I remember a TON more about
It's a 4 player fighting game sorta isometric like powerstone.
All the characters were drawn in similar to comic zone.
It had a 1 player mode where enemies were drawn in as defeated and then you would fight a main fighter as a boss.
all the specials looked like they were made of paper/drawing
Trying to find the first game I found the second one... Go figure
Rakugaki Showtime.
All I remember is being a man walking along cliffs. it was full 3D (like tomb raider)
But I don't really remember anything from it..
Everything was very light brown and it had some platforming in it from what I remember (from rock island in the sky to rock island in the sky) Everyting was flat for the most part
Can't really remember much else though...
I wanna say it had some climbing, The game ran like crap from what I remember.
Another game is another PS1 title
This one I remember a TON more about
It's a 4 player fighting game sorta isometric like powerstone.
All the characters were drawn in similar to comic zone.
It had a 1 player mode where enemies were drawn in as defeated and then you would fight a main fighter as a boss.
all the specials looked like they were made of paper/drawing
Trying to find the first game I found the second one... Go figure
Rakugaki Showtime.
as a kid, i bought this Mechwarrior 2 knockoff from Microcenter where instead of your standard humanoid/cat inspired mechs, the designs were derived from insects and arthropods.
the game was kindof shitty but entertaining enough. i had recently attempted searching for it but i couldn't find anything.
the game was kindof shitty but entertaining enough. i had recently attempted searching for it but i couldn't find anything.
revolverjgw
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ajosephmartinez
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Thanks for being so descriptive GAF will be right on it
Maybe Time Commando?
graphically looked similar to this but might lighter cliff sides with much worse textures
And I only ever played the first level
Couldn't beat it.. don't remember what stopped me.
it felt like a game that took place in the future not so much time traveling.
revolverjgw
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Holy Crap I think that's it!Perfect Weapon?
My uncle had let me borrow it way back when.
He's not a gamer so never bothered to ask him
Looks like it had a reason to be forgotten..
thanks bro
Yes i know it's way late but it took a while to get account approval.
It's actually an early PS2 game called Ephemeral Fantasia. The sword is also a lute and it include some guitarr hero style gameplay long before it became populat. Though it was done with the controler. Also the world is time based.
Castef
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