Lapidus' Beard
Member
I've never seen this mentioned anywhere. Surely someone else has played it, right?
Ooh, Whacky Wheels! Played that at a friend al lot back in the day.
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Old computer games you're pretty sure no one but you ever played.
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Ooh, Whacky Wheels! Played that at a friend al lot back in the day.
CherryIcee
Member
Took me forever to remember the name of this game. Played it during elementary in the mid 90's. Got stuck at one part and never finished it. That puzzle still haunts me.
CapHarlock
Neo Member
Old BBS game called Solar Realms
A shareware game called Tank Wars
A racer called Stunt Driver
A shareware game called Tank Wars
A racer called Stunt Driver
hooijdonk17
Member
It's not exactly ancient, but I always wondered if anyone else bought and played this game:
I bought it at a time when space sims were abundant and I was having a blast playing them (Same era as gems like Freespace 2, Starlancer, Independence War 2, etc.)
I bought it at a time when space sims were abundant and I was having a blast playing them (Same era as gems like Freespace 2, Starlancer, Independence War 2, etc.)
thekiddfran
Member
God damn anyone remember this game:
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Played it on a school mac one day.
This was my GOAT as a kid:
Operation Neptune
Close - "Logical Journey of the Zoombinis." I can never forget that game - came here to post it. I have no idea how widespread it was, but it was amazing (and super educational).
Great games.
As for me:
This game was so good, and there's not even a YouTube video of it. It's a point-and-click adventure with arcade/puzzle games integrated in. You get to visit various locales of ancient Greece, and explore Greek mythology. Get it if you like God of War or Disney's Hercules.
Roland1979
Junior Member
Alley Cat? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyAngaNVx5Q * I see that it has already been answered.
Not obscure -and a Amiga(?) port even- but very cool: Xenon 2: Megablast.
Nikodemos
Member
Main character was voiced by none other than Bruce Campbell.It's not exactly ancient, but I always wondered if anyone else bought and played this game:
I bought it at a time when space sims were abundant and I was having a blast playing them (Same era as gems like Freespace 2, Starlancer, Independence War 2, etc.)
CyanideFuse
Member
i havent been going through all the pages (first7), so sorry if that has already been mentioned.
Z
As far as i remember it was a very hard and unforgiving game. I think i never got past level 7 or 8.
Z always caused havoc on my PC. I couldn't run it for long without crashes.
I never knew anyone else who played this. MegaRace
And this guy was kinda weird to witness as a kid in the cutscenes.
That is one from the memory banks, well sort of, as I can't remember much about it.
Roland1979
Junior Member
Bitmap Brothers also made Xenon Blast 1 & 2.
Aaron-Lagann
Banned
I can never find any information on it, I don't remember the name and I have never met anyone who has played it. It was a kids learning game where you played as one of three robots, the main guy robot, a girl robot and a little robot that had one wheel like that motorcycle from that Beast Wars sequel series. I only remember that the little wheeled guy's gameplay section involved him constantly moving while you jump over things.
The robots were teal and blue with somewhat human faces and they had to learn stuff to be the bad robot or robots.
For the life of me I can never find information on this game.
The robots were teal and blue with somewhat human faces and they had to learn stuff to be the bad robot or robots.
For the life of me I can never find information on this game.
Transbot and Aztec adventure... holy smokes that's a blast from the past! The screen shots alone immediately took me back to my first gaming adventures as a nipper. Thanks for that!
Aha that would explain it! I only posted a teeny jpg, I played it on the Dragon 32 - it looked like arse in comparison. It was definitely difficult, I'm not sure I ever finished it.
Nikodemos
Member
For Whom It May Concern: This weekend, Megarace 1,2 and 3 are available at a discount from GOG, as part of its Adventures with Anuman sale.
Train of Midnight
Banned
Spent SO much time playing Hot Wheels as a kid
Blue_Barry
Member
Battle Beast, fighting game for PC. It had some shitty ass mechanics...
oh my fucking god. You are now my best friend forever.
I was obsessed with this game in high school, maintained a geocities fan page for it and everything. I still regard it as sort of a lost treasure, a real oddity that summarizes a lot of the "myst clone-ish CD-ROM software art" trends of the mid '90s.
I actually recently did a sort of "restoration" of it combing the windows engine with retouched versions of the higher quality mac assets and wrapped it all in a dosbox install of windows 3.1 so it's super portable now. Just because that's how much I love this stupid game.
Great games.
As for me:
This game was so good, and there's not even a YouTube video of it. It's a point-and-click adventure with arcade/puzzle games integrated in. You get to visit various locales of ancient Greece, and explore Greek mythology. Get it if you like God of War or Disney's Hercules.
I WANT IT!
manzoman96
Member
I know a lot of people have played The Oregon Trail, but I'm not sure if anyone every played The Amazon Trail besides me.
ProtomanNeo
Member
Thexder. For a young fan of Robotech / Macross this was the coolest. Too bad is nigh impossible do to its difficulty.
I know someone played this.. but no one I KNOW. This was soooooo goooood.
I loved this game as a child.
It was so underrated compared to the monkey island series. I wish there was a remastered version.
notoriousKTR
Member
Sorcerer
Member
WOW!!! Not only did someone else actually play this but I have a new BFF!!! Cool!!!
I remember back in the day when I had no money, I would troll the dump bins at EB Games, Kaybee toys, sorting through hoping to pick up something decent for 3 bucks. 99% of the time that something decent never happened.
I pick this game up, install it and play it and I seriously did not understand anything going on. Just wandering around finding symbols and then heading underground I believe.
I found it kind of amusing, not in a game way, but I figured this was really just interactive art, pretending to be a game. Very beautiful to look at at the time.
Wish I knew about your page, The game was so obscure I could not even find its existence on the internet at the time.
Sapiens. Prehistoric survival sim, I think the plot was basically just hunt to survive. I remember there being a mini game where you could find a piece of flint and chip away at it to create your own spearheads.
Passengers on the Wind. Very pretty (for the time) game based on the 80's French comic book.
Murder on the Atlantic. Infogrames adventure game. What I remember most about this is all the stuff that came in the box: passengers business cards, sealed letters written in French and German, bullet casing.
Passengers on the Wind. Very pretty (for the time) game based on the 80's French comic book.
Murder on the Atlantic. Infogrames adventure game. What I remember most about this is all the stuff that came in the box: passengers business cards, sealed letters written in French and German, bullet casing.
Yup. Cute game
Best game ever. Loved the taunts in splitscreen that would obscure your friend's screen.
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Awesome. Super Mario Kart And Wacky Wheels were my favorite racing games when I was a kid. I completely forgot about the splitscreen taunt, MK should add something like that lol.
Looks very familiar.
And of the previously mentioned games, i've played Hyperman and Wacky Wheels
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
It's not exactly ancient, but I always wondered if anyone else bought and played this game:
I bought it at a time when space sims were abundant and I was having a blast playing them (Same era as gems like Freespace 2, Starlancer, Independence War 2, etc.)
To this day, my friend still won't shut up about that game.
NarcissisticJay
Member
Jones in the fast lane
I think I ended up beating that game iirc, took a WHILE though cause the physics were so cheap at times.
Train of Midnight
Banned
Flipping around and driving backwards was my favorite thing to do in this game. Fireworks all day, baby.
I've never seen this mentioned anywhere. Surely someone else has played it, right?
Oh yeah.
Armitage Shanks
Member
I loved this game, even though I could ever barely get out of the first area. The controls were ridiculous, especially when you were flying.
3-Demon
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secretanchitman
Member
Battle Beast, fighting game for PC. It had some shitty ass mechanics...
HELL YES! I got that game for my birthday. My brother and I would play it constantly and somehow he got into a secret room (labratory?) where he got some extra powerups or something. I honestly think I have the manual around here somewhere.
Charleston
Neo Member
Inner space
Inner space
Fix the image.
Anyway, i remember that game. Was kind of fun, i think. Getting a ship with the grappling hook was a lot of fun, flinging enemies into starting gate...
HELL CAB
Not sure how obscure this game was but no one i know or have spoken too has ever heard of it. I was pretty young when it came out and couldnt figure it out. though i was playing sim ant and police quest at the same time and had no problem with them so maybe the game was just a bit of a mess.
Damn, this was going to be my answer. I was also young and couldn't get very far. I mostly just remember starting at the airport and hearing the "The white zone is for the loading and unloading of vehicles only" message playing over and over. And then... travelling back in time somewhere and getting killed right away.
drugstore_cowboy
Member
Attack of the killer asterisks.
It was one of those listings that you typed out in the 8bit magazines and amazingly it worked and the game was pretty good.
There was a scrolling starfield of enemy asterisks, the player controlled a diagonal line that constantly pulls down and you had to press shift to make it go up and weave through the field.
It was one of those listings that you typed out in the 8bit magazines and amazingly it worked and the game was pretty good.
There was a scrolling starfield of enemy asterisks, the player controlled a diagonal line that constantly pulls down and you had to press shift to make it go up and weave through the field.
Thing on a Spring
Member
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im sure a bunch of people played this..but none of the people i knew growing up did.
Rise of the Triad? I rented that when I was a kid. Can remember having a lot of fun on it.
Loved this game growing up.
justsomeguy
Member
Weetabix space invaders on the Acorn Electron. Had to send off tokens from a box of Weetabix, and £1.99. You took control of a Weetabix playing space invaders.
Edit: You really CAN find anything on the internet:
Double edit: A video too. Lol!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAr2D_2iBwI
Edit: You really CAN find anything on the internet:
Double edit: A video too. Lol!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAr2D_2iBwI
El Sabroso
Member
I never knew anyone else who played this. MegaRace
And this guy was kinda weird to witness as a kid in the cutscenes.
At that time was shocked for the multilanguage option, played this spanish
OnEscapee - Late Amiga Flshback Clone
Downloadable (legally) here for free (Amiga/PC)
Wasted Dreams - Late Amiga action adventure
Loved the game
Downloadable (legally) here for free (Amiga/PC)
Wasted Dreams - Late Amiga action adventure
Loved the game
3-Demon
3-Demon's great. People make cracks about Pac-Man being the first survival horror game, but switching to a first-person perspective really does make it a tense, frightening experience.