scoobidoo112
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Yes PC and it ran in windows. I played it around 98/99 but I assume the game itself was a little bit older. I remember playing it alongside shareware games like Wacky Wheels and the like...
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Yes PC and it ran in windows. I played it around 98/99 but I assume the game itself was a little bit older. I remember playing it alongside shareware games like Wacky Wheels and the like...
Sadly it's none of them, but thanks.
RobRSG
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These 3 are from memories from long ago of my mind... Here goes:
1 - ??????
-I'm pretty sure it was a PC game.
-I remember it had a blond man and a beast-like thing.
-The game graphics ressembles, as far as I remember, Doom Troopers.
2 - ???????
-A fighting game with robots.
-Not sure about platform.
-Mid 90's.
3 - ??????
-A game where you controls a few characters in a space ship.
-Tons of aliens.
-Starcraft-like graphics.
-Very dificult.
-PC game
1 - ??????
-I'm pretty sure it was a PC game.
-I remember it had a blond man and a beast-like thing.
-The game graphics ressembles, as far as I remember, Doom Troopers.
2 - ???????
-A fighting game with robots.
-Not sure about platform.
-Mid 90's.
3 - ??????
-A game where you controls a few characters in a space ship.
-Tons of aliens.
-Starcraft-like graphics.
-Very dificult.
-PC game
Maybe One Must Fall 2097 for the robot fighting game? http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Must_Fall:_2097
RobRSG
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Whoa... You got it. For what I can read here is a bad game. Hahaha
Without a genre to work with, this is difficult. Possibly Xargon, possibly Entomorph. Could be dozens of others, as well. Depends what you regard as 'resembling'!
Wreckers fits your description.
RobRSG
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No... I don't think this is the one.
It wasn't PC, but Altered Beast?
Can you find any way what you're thinking of differs from Wreckers?
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RobRSG
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It had better graphics. More chaos on-screen.
RobRSG
Member
Hunter/Hunted?
After checking youtube, I can tell you're right. This is the one! Thanks!
Here goes nothing. I'm thinking of a PC top-down shooter. I used to play it around 2000? but it could be older. I believe it was on a Windows 93 system? but I could be mistaken. Makes me frustrated because I found it again a few years ago on a MS-DOS emulator? could be mistaken about that also.
You controlled a spaceship and as the level/screen moved upwards you could move the ship anywhere, it wasn't locked in the centre of the screen. You could play co-op on one keyboard. As you destroyed enemies, there were collectibles like coins of some sort. and also temporary weapon upgrades. Enemies game in the game came in a wide variety, turrets, ships, etc. There was usually a boss fight at the end of the level. After each level you had the opportunity to upgrade your ships abilities.
I have such fond memories playing this game on my aunts PC as a kid with my cousin and would LOOVEEE to find it again. Cheers guys thanks for the good work everyone has contributed to this thread, great idea.
You controlled a spaceship and as the level/screen moved upwards you could move the ship anywhere, it wasn't locked in the centre of the screen. You could play co-op on one keyboard. As you destroyed enemies, there were collectibles like coins of some sort. and also temporary weapon upgrades. Enemies game in the game came in a wide variety, turrets, ships, etc. There was usually a boss fight at the end of the level. After each level you had the opportunity to upgrade your ships abilities.
I have such fond memories playing this game on my aunts PC as a kid with my cousin and would LOOVEEE to find it again. Cheers guys thanks for the good work everyone has contributed to this thread, great idea.
Wait, more chaos? Are we talking an action-heavy game rather than an action/strategy one?
Tyrian strikes me as the most likely one. With a remake that's free on GoG.
Holy shit that was fast man. That is most definitely the game. THANK you!
RobRSG
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Unfortunatelly I don't remember how it was in this regard. But I used to die very often in the game.
I think I was 8 or 9 years old (now I'm 23) by the time I played this game, so I don't remember gameplay details.
For me this was 3 games which I've since uncovered:
- Sewer Shark (which came free with my SegaCD)
- Flashback (which was apparently re-mastered and rereleased)
- Out of this World / Heart of the Alien
A couple of years ago it was driving me nuts trying to remember what those were called because I played the hell out of them 15-20 years ago.
... which also brings up the related topic, of which cherished childhood memories don't live up. Sewer Shark sadly is such. Yikes
- Sewer Shark (which came free with my SegaCD)
- Flashback (which was apparently re-mastered and rereleased)
- Out of this World / Heart of the Alien
A couple of years ago it was driving me nuts trying to remember what those were called because I played the hell out of them 15-20 years ago.
... which also brings up the related topic, of which cherished childhood memories don't live up. Sewer Shark sadly is such. Yikes
Argh, the memories - the game had got such high praises for its graphics, but the demo was simply awful. Being a kid at that time, I remember playing it dozens of times, not wanting to believe that the game was pure shit
I'm trying to remember the name of a 2-D fighting game that came out during the height of the arcade fighting game era (somewhere between 1992 and 1994). The unique feature that really stuck out was you could cut off your opponents limbs, but they wouldn't die. They just wouldn't be able to use that appendage. In one of the few times I played it, I cut off both of my opponents arms, but he still managed to beat me just with kicks and he got a bonus for an armless victory.
I also want to say that there was a time-travelling theme to it. I swear I remember characters coming from the past as well as the future. If I remember correctly the armless opponent who killed me with just kicks for was a space man who used a laser sword.
Anyone have any ideas?
I also want to say that there was a time-travelling theme to it. I swear I remember characters coming from the past as well as the future. If I remember correctly the armless opponent who killed me with just kicks for was a space man who used a laser sword.
Anyone have any ideas?
Lumpy Onion
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Time Killers.
CertifiedFP
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Alright, I remember this one game that was at least from a first-person perspective and had a setting that seemed similar-ish enough to Bioshock. I remember the NPCs (Not sure if allied or hostile) had a tendency to randomly spit out "This is a wild goose chase" at times as random talk. Pretty sure it was a licensed game off of some Disney movie, but I'm not completely sure.
Also for some reason the game came with some McDonalds-toy sort of thing that looked like some weird submarine-ish vehicle.
Also for some reason the game came with some McDonalds-toy sort of thing that looked like some weird submarine-ish vehicle.
Ahhhh that was it. Thank you. I can sleep now.
ichtyander
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Hmm, the game over screen with the guy bleeding in his chair sounds very familiar but I can't put my finger on it. So are you sure the game was a shooter? Was it an FPS, TPS? Could it have been a first person point & click adventure? Also, the environment in the level was Tron-like? Was the church-like building also made in this sort of style?
Just remembered a few other games, try TekWar, MadSpace and A.I. Wars.
None of them.
It was some kind of shooter.
I also remember that it felt like you were steering some kind of machine, like it was on rails. But due to the low framerate on my 386 it's hard to tell about the gameplay.
Back then I could hardly understand English (not my mother tongue), so I can't give any clues about the story. I remember that at the Game Over screen the character was sitting in some kind of electric chair, bleeding, but I said that before.
And the one thing that was striking out was how the resolution went higher when nothing was going on. Imagine you're playing DOOM in 320x240, and when you stand still for a second the resolution switches to 640x480. That was a weird feature.
IMACOMPUTA
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Superman 64
Funny but no! Does not really count as a horror game ;p
Game I am talking about was first person also I think.
basic_text
Member
Not first person but that sounds like Nightmare Creatures . The only other foggy games I remember are Turok and South Park!
Dr Zhivago
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ichtyander
Member
Hmm, I'm wondering if the dynamic resolution changing isn't due to the game being some FMV shooter/adventure where the game plays a video while moving between locations and shows a higher res image while standing still. Something like Cyberia, CyberWar or Wetlands. I mean, I searched a while for games with this dynamic resolution changing feature but it's difficult to find the game based on that detail, unless someone else distinctly remembers the same thing.
Can you remember something more about the visuals, the style, does it resemble some of the games I already mentioned? It's sometimes easier to find a game by simply browsing through dozens of screenshots if there's something distinct about the visual style. Did it perhaps have something memorable about the HUD (if it had any), the color palette (grayish, blueish, colorful), are you positive it was realtime 3D or if it maybe looked pre-rendered, better than the graphics in those days etc. Maybe something about the textures in the environment, or if it had no textures at all (flat shaded polygons like in Pyrotechnica or Cyberbykes).
I FOUND IT!! Took me a lot of time, but I found a test in an old game magazine.
The game is called "Skaphander".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvvHrq8RyG0
Thanks for your help, hope I didn't cause you any sleepless night...
EDIT: Seems the game was never released outside Germany. I wonder why I remember it having English texts? Probably fading memories...
ichtyander
Member
Nice one! Glad you found it. The main title screen with the guy in the chair does look familiar indeed but I might've just ran into it while looking for old FPSs so this one is pretty much unknown to me.
My sister, who has a sudden interest in the games we used to spend alot of time as kids, is looking for the name of this one game.
It would've been much easier if I knew the name of the genre, so I'm going to try to elaborate the mechanics of it.
"You" are a helicopter that tries to "take over" a part of a platform that is filled with enemies, and your goal is to reach a certain percentage. The helicopter part is only specific for this game, so it would be perfetly adequate if I could just get the genre.
(It is a carbon copy of Qix as someone pointed out in a different thread)
It would've been much easier if I knew the name of the genre, so I'm going to try to elaborate the mechanics of it.
"You" are a helicopter that tries to "take over" a part of a platform that is filled with enemies, and your goal is to reach a certain percentage. The helicopter part is only specific for this game, so it would be perfetly adequate if I could just get the genre.
(It is a carbon copy of Qix as someone pointed out in a different thread)
Gsak
Member
isn't it just Volfied?
Here is tricky one, since I can't remember almost anything about it ^^'.
Game in question was a racing game for PS1. No idea about release year, but I played it in around 2001/2 so prior to that, I guess? The game was arcadey racer, it might or might not have had weapons. Art style wasn't super realistic, but it wasn't cartoony either. The cars were cars, so it isn't a kart racer. You might've had to grab fuel from the ground, not sure? And it's not Twisted Metal
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And yeah, if someone get's it right, I'll give him/her a virtual cookie
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Game in question was a racing game for PS1. No idea about release year, but I played it in around 2001/2 so prior to that, I guess? The game was arcadey racer, it might or might not have had weapons. Art style wasn't super realistic, but it wasn't cartoony either. The cars were cars, so it isn't a kart racer. You might've had to grab fuel from the ground, not sure? And it's not Twisted Metal
.And yeah, if someone get's it right, I'll give him/her a virtual cookie
.Here is tricky one, since I can't remember almost anything about it ^^'.
Game in question was a racing game for PS1. No idea about release year, but I played it in around 2001/2 so prior to that, I guess? The game was arcadey racer, it might or might not have had weapons. Art style wasn't super realistic, but it wasn't cartoony either. The cars were cars, so it isn't a kart racer. You might've had to grab fuel from the ground, not sure? And it's not Twisted Metal
And yeah, if someone get's it right, I'll give him/her a virtual cookie
Fire Bugs or Rollcage?
GrayFoxPL
Member
Here is tricky one, since I can't remember almost anything about it ^^'.
Game in question was a racing game for PS1. No idea about release year, but I played it in around 2001/2 so prior to that, I guess? The game was arcadey racer, it might or might not have had weapons. Art style wasn't super realistic, but it wasn't cartoony either. The cars were cars, so it isn't a kart racer. You might've had to grab fuel from the ground, not sure? And it's not Twisted Metal
And yeah, if someone get's it right, I'll give him/her a virtual cookie
Rogue Trip: Vacation 2012?
Hunter/Hunted?
I loved this game so much, and I only played the demo that came on the Sierra disc.
maks
Member
I'm going to stump GAF...
*Its one of the first 1st person shooters in arcades, released between 1990-1994.
*Its a deluxe 4 player arcade game. You are split into pairs so its 2v2 if you aren't playing CPU.
*Each player had a joystick and a gun. Stick controlled movement, gun aimed (like Operation Wolf)
This control scheme worked so well. I had awesome battles on it
*Its one of the first 1st person shooters in arcades, released between 1990-1994.
*Its a deluxe 4 player arcade game. You are split into pairs so its 2v2 if you aren't playing CPU.
*Each player had a joystick and a gun. Stick controlled movement, gun aimed (like Operation Wolf)
This control scheme worked so well. I had awesome battles on it
I'm going to stump GAF...
*Its one of the first 1st person shooters in arcades, released between 1990-1994.
*Its a deluxe 4 player arcade game. You are split into pairs so its 2v2 if you aren't playing CPU.
*Each player had a joystick and a gun. Stick controlled movement, gun aimed (like Operation Wolf)
This control scheme worked so well. I had awesome battles on it
Sounds like Gun Buster
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m6Tm6jbPC8k#
maks
Member
That's it! I used to refer to this game often. It was definitely ahead of its time. Just found this on Giant Bomb...
quantumnerd
Member
So I have this game I remember: it was a flash game, and I played it maybe around 2008 on either Kongregate or Newgrounds. In this game, you played as a square or a triangle or some other geometric object and you moved the world around yourself. The game was in a series. The final boss in the one I played was basically a wheel that shot lasers at you.
I forgot to specify that we played that it's from around the year 2000. That it had slight chunky polygon graphichs, and a third person view. Meaning you saw the helicopter from behind, but with some height. Thanks for the suggestions though.
Dr Zhivago
Member
I forgot to specify that we played that it's from around the year 2000. That it had slight chunky polygon graphichs, and a third person view. Meaning you saw the helicopter from behind, but with some height. Thanks for the suggestions though.
Searching for '3d helicopter Qix' produced AirXonix.
Right fellas, I've been thinking about this for a while. I remember a game that I had on Gameboy, possibly color and it was inserted in one of those 100in1 cartridges
Actually, it was ghastly, but people were playing it so I was too. It was somewhat of a Pokémon clone, I don't remember if it was actually a deliberate clone or not, I just remember that you had a phone and you could call the creatures themselves to let them join you in battle. That's all I have for now...does that ring a bell for somebody?
Actually, it was ghastly, but people were playing it so I was too. It was somewhat of a Pokémon clone, I don't remember if it was actually a deliberate clone or not, I just remember that you had a phone and you could call the creatures themselves to let them join you in battle. That's all I have for now...does that ring a bell for somebody?
This is infuriating - I'm sure I've seen this discussed somewhere (quite possibly this thread!) in the last few months. I'll rack my brain to try to recall where.
Edit: Yes, this very thread. It's Telefang.
And for 'in the last few months', read over a year ago.
Edit2: Actually, it might have been the more recent JonTron episode on bootleg Pokemon games. That fits more with the timescale I'm recalling.