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Games you remember, names you don't

SNES game
it was some kind of top down (might be kinda isometric) game where you played as a spy/agent with a gun

i'm fairly sure I rented this game with my mom over 5 times but I was too young to remember much about it but i'm also sure i'd recognize it instantly

EDIT : i'm also pretty sure it wasn't futuristic, it was just a modern spy/agent
 
ichtyander said:
Oh, hold on, you're probably thinking of Millennium Soldier: Expendable. Rage Software was the developer. :)

EDIT: Interestingly enough, I remember someone else here mistaking the same developer name (Rage) for the video game title, I think it was Incoming.
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EXPENDABLE!!

Oh man! Thank you. xD

That game used to creep me out as a kid for some reason.
 
Tryckser said:
Sooo, my memory of this one is very cloudy...
I think it was some sort of Adventure game in a fantasy setting. The thing that I still remember best is that the final boss was a book and I think you had to hit it with something in a pretty short timelimit.

I am also pretty sure it was a PC exclusive game.

I can't for the life of me remember the name of that game and google gives me nothing...
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It's probably not The Pagemaster, is it?
 
When I was young I stayed at a friend and his brother was playing a (I believe) a 2D-Shooter for the Playstation 1. I don't know much about the game, but in the intro there were a naked man and women standing in a room, the dude get's drilled in the arm and his surname was Washington.

Anyone can help me?
 
imbask said:
SNES game
it was some kind of top down (might be kinda isometric) game where you played as a spy/agent with a gun

i'm fairly sure I rented this game with my mom over 5 times but I was too young to remember much about it but i'm also sure i'd recognize it instantly

EDIT : i'm also pretty sure it wasn't futuristic, it was just a modern spy/agent
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It wasn't True Lies was it?
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Trying to remember name of this skateboarding game for either Nes or Snes. Cant remember exactly but leaning much more toward the Nes. Anyway, the part I remember is skateboarding in a halfpipe and if you did well, maybe won, A chick would appear in a building, maybe a window? would cheer for you.
 
Back when I was a kid, I remember playing some beat 'em up on the arcade. It was set in ancient China (like in Dynasty Warriors) and up to 4 people can play.
 
I vaguely remember an FPS on PC back in the day. It had you jumping between various locations to defeat these time travelling creatures. The one level I remember most distinctly was the Egyptian themed one.
 
Miles Quaritch said:
I vaguely remember an FPS on PC back in the day. It had you jumping between various locations to defeat these time travelling creatures. The one level I remember most distinctly was the Egyptian themed one.
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Hexen 2, maybe? That said, that's not explicitly time travel, but continents with the appropriate architecture instead.

Serious Sam's got a whole bunch of Egyptian imagery, as well, but I'm not sure the rest of the game fits. That said, Egypt *is* the first world, so more likely to stick in your mind than Hexen (Where it's the third)
 
Schlomo said:
No, that's not it from the few pictures I could find on Google. The one I mean has a much more outlandish fantasy setting.

Edit for the new page:
PC game ca. 2000 with pre-rendered backgrounds and perspective a la Resident Evil. Bloody, dark fantasy setting. European developer, maybe? The box had a rendering of a scantily clad, large-breasted woman on it, I think. If you died, there was a cgi movie with some demons headbanging to metal music.
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maybe Dark Earth?
http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/dark-earth/cover-art
 
Luna Sy said:
Back when I was a kid, I remember playing some beat 'em up on the arcade. It was set in ancient China (like in Dynasty Warriors) and up to 4 people can play.
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Probably Warriors of Fate, which is also based on Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Miles Quaritch said:
I vaguely remember an FPS on PC back in the day. It had you jumping between various locations to defeat these time travelling creatures. The one level I remember most distinctly was the Egyptian themed one.
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Sounds like Chasm: The Rift. Coincidentally, I just played this a few days ago to completion for the first time, interesting game.
 
Got a couple here that are super vague:

1. A game like Crosscountry USA or Crosscountry Canada, but with a visual look more like Carmen Sandiego, where everything is contained in separate windows. I thought it was an Apple II game, but maybe it was early Mac? I remember at least some degree of color to the graphics and I remember one of the windows being your view from the vehicle, showing a street or an intersection.

2. I want to say this was Apple II for sure, as I would've played it at school around or before 1987. The only thing I can remember is that there was a level/board/area that was Carlsbad Caverns. Can't remember anything else about it, maybe it was a licensed game, but I don't know the genre or anything. [edit - nevermind homies. This was Great Gonzo in WordRider. There appears to be no apple file online, but confirmed it with screenshots. Good times]
 
I played a hockey game on PS1, which was like a EA street type of game. Hard to describe, but you fight other players, and hit signature shots.

Edit: Nevermind. It was called Rock of the rink, and it was made by EA.
 
Uh, there was a game on Sega, where you could play as Spider-Man or Venom, it was also two players so you could have Venom and Spider-Man fighting alongside each other.
 
Schlomo said:
That's it! 1997, older than I thought, I guess it was ahead of its time. Shame that it doesn't seem to run on modern systems. I don't want to bother with VMware. GOG should pick it up.
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It doesn't? Shame. A true masterpiece IMO. Was pretty big here in Europe, but seems to have been mostly ignored in USA
 
When I was a kid, in 1986/88, I used to play a coin-op Commando clone from Taito. Can't remember too much, just that it was a "powered-up" Commando with better graphics. You started on a beach, with the sea behind your shoulders. Anyone? Thanks.
 
There was this space ship scrolling game on the NES back in the day that I couldn't stop (re)playing. It was like 20 years ago, so I don't remember much, only few flashbacks. From what I remember, it had mostly darkish color tones and you could pick weapon powerups.

And... even before I post this, I was searching few rom sites and after an hour of scrolling through the pages, I incidentally found it! The game is Gun-Nac - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun-Nac
 
A ubisoft made rally racing game.

It still used the old ubilogo
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I think the default car is a Peugeot.

It was one of the best racers I played when I was a kid.
 
Some really old game I played on snes/nes/some old console as a kid. (Maybe a sega genesis/saturn?). You were a roller skater and you would fight people on the roller skates I think. I RARELY got to the second level, but I remember it being all purple/blue-y in color while the first level had buildings like it took place in a city. I think there were potholes to fall into.
 
Icyflamez96 said:
Some really old game I played on snes/nes/some old console as a kid. (Maybe a sega genesis/saturn?). You were a roller skater and you would fight people on the roller skates I think. I RARELY got to the second level, but I remember it being all purple/blue-y in color while the first level had buildings like it took place in a city. I think there were potholes to fall into.
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Rollergames for the NES? It's actually kind of good!
 
Icyflamez96 said:
Some really old game I played on snes/nes/some old console as a kid. (Maybe a sega genesis/saturn?). You were a roller skater and you would fight people on the roller skates I think. I RARELY got to the second level, but I remember it being all purple/blue-y in color while the first level had buildings like it took place in a city. I think there were potholes to fall into.
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Gotta be DJ Boy on the Sega Genesis / Arcade.
 
Icyflamez96 said:
Some really old game I played on snes/nes/some old console as a kid. (Maybe a sega genesis/saturn?). You were a roller skater and you would fight people on the roller skates I think. I RARELY got to the second level, but I remember it being all purple/blue-y in color while the first level had buildings like it took place in a city. I think there were potholes to fall into.
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DJ Boy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8DJ0bfYIbk

edit: beaten by Rydeen with a pair of rollerblades v_v
 
magiustra said:
When I was a kid, in 1986/88, I used to play a coin-op Commando clone from Taito. Can't remember too much, just that it was a "powered-up" Commando with better graphics. You started on a beach, with the sea behind your shoulders. Anyone? Thanks.
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Are you 100% on it being Taito? Heavy Barrel is a Data East game, but has an opening that might fit

Heavy Barrel Arcade Playthrough 1/2: http://youtu.be/y0SL_pATfrQ
 
So there was this PC game that I vaguely remember playing as a kid. I remember very little in terms of specifics but here's what comes to me.

It was a point and click adventure game with action buttons like open and pick up.

It was mostly blue and black?

It was set in a mansion/spooky house?

One thing I remember specifically was that you open a drawer and a snake kills you.

There was another scene where you open a door to see a girl. I think she stabs you?

I also remember a grave digger or something like that.

Played it in early 90s, DOS game, probably from the 80s.
 
jtm33 said:
So there was this PC game that I vaguely remember playing as a kid. I remember very little in terms of specifics but here's what comes to me.

It was a point and click adventure game with action buttons like open and pick up.

It was mostly blue and black?

It was set in a mansion/spooky house?

One thing I remember specifically was that you open a drawer and a snake kills you.

There was another scene where you open a door to see a girl. I think she stabs you?

I also remember a grave digger or something like that.

Played it in early 90s, DOS game, probably from the 80s.
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Think that'll be Last Half of Darkness.

http://www.mobygames.com/game/last-half-of-darkness

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Point and click adventure game for the Mac. Generic fantasy setting. I remember a few panels:

A waterfall with a boulder next to it, behind the boulder was a creature in a cave.

A garden with a centaur

An alley in town in which you can get robbed (right next to a pub I believe)

I would be very impressed if somebody could name this after such vague and probably generic descriptions... But I would love to play again for nostalgia
 
I remember a DOS game... i think it was DOS.
It was mostly greyscale, I believe it was somewhat like a super simpler Duke Nukem 1.
Without all the bells and whistles, don't think it even had a story. It did have half-circle turrets tho'.

I remember one thing semi-close to where you started, you could fall down a pit, that was multi-screen.
It seemed more than 5-8+ screens you could fall yet you'd still be in the level and keep going on, it was almost metroidvania esque.

Here's my stunning reinactment:
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magiustra said:
When I was a kid, in 1986/88, I used to play a coin-op Commando clone from Taito. Can't remember too much, just that it was a "powered-up" Commando with better graphics. You started on a beach, with the sea behind your shoulders. Anyone? Thanks.
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Land Sea Air Squad, maybe ? it's the only Commando / Ikari warriors clone i can think of from Taito. You sure it's a Taito game, right ?

Otherwise sounds like it might be the very sequel to commando, Mercs
That would be a Capcom game though.
 
xezuru said:
I remember a DOS game... i think it was DOS.
It was mostly greyscale, I believe it was somewhat like a super simpler Duke Nukem 1.
Without all the bells and whistles, don't think it even had a story. It did have half-circle turrets tho'.

I remember one thing semi-close to where you started, you could fall down a pit, that was multi-screen.
It seemed more than 5-8+ screens you could fall yet you'd still be in the level and keep going on, it was almost metroidvania esque.

Here's my stunning reinactment:
Cmy2u0n.png
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Sounds a little bit like Impossible Mission
 
Who said:
Point and click adventure game for the Mac. Generic fantasy setting. I remember a few panels:

A waterfall with a boulder next to it, behind the boulder was a creature in a cave.

A garden with a centaur

An alley in town in which you can get robbed (right next to a pub I believe)

I would be very impressed if somebody could name this after such vague and probably generic descriptions... But I would love to play again for nostalgia
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Can you post a bit more context? Info such as approximate release year and/or year you played it, and whether or not the player character was onscreen or if it was a Myst style FP viewpoint would be useful.
 
Who said:
Point and click adventure game for the Mac. Generic fantasy setting. I remember a few panels:

A waterfall with a boulder next to it, behind the boulder was a creature in a cave.

A garden with a centaur

An alley in town in which you can get robbed (right next to a pub I believe)

I would be very impressed if somebody could name this after such vague and probably generic descriptions... But I would love to play again for nostalgia
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Quest for Glory 1 / Hero's Quest?
 
eso76 said:
Land Sea Air Squad, maybe ? it's the only Commando / Ikari warriors clone i can think of from Taito. You sure it's a Taito game, right ?

Otherwise sounds like it might be the very sequel to commando, Mercs
That would be a Capcom game though.
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That's it! Thanks man, I had a vague memory of the game, but I was sure that it was from Taito 'cause back in the days that's how I called it: Taito was the only english word on the title screen, everything else was in japanese. I used to play in a small arcade in Italy, in a little town near the Alps. Thanks again: now I can sleep again :)

P.S. Thanks FryHole too for trying to help :)
 
Looking for the title of a game I remember playing in the 90's on a PC at primary school.
Thought it was called something along the lines of rockfall but a quick Google search revealed nothing.

Found this review of an extremely similar game in terms of game-play.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5U0mz8ZPm0#t=200

But Instead of a face, it had a miner as the protagonist. Kind of looked like this...

boulder-dash.jpg


Any suggestions as to what the name may be?

Cheers.
 
Gazza22 said:
Looking for the title of a game I remember playing in the 90's on a PC at primary school.
Thought it was called something along the lines of rockfall but a quick Google search revealed nothing.

Found this review of an extremely similar game in terms of game-play.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5U0mz8ZPm0#t=200

But Instead of a face, it had a miner as the protagonist. Kind of looked like this...

boulder-dash.jpg


Any suggestions as to what the name may be?

Cheers.
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Rockford?
http://www.mobygames.com/game/rockford-the-arcade-game
 
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