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Old ass PC game. 2D sidescroller looking action/adventure. Had a button where you would turn a gun on yourself and commit suicide. It had puzzles and shit.
 
bkharoud said:
I can't remember the game that was posted on GAF within the last couple of months. I think the thread was saying that a specific PC game(?) is coming to PSN. From the pictures I saw, it looked like some first person game (possibly a shooter) with retro looking graphics. I think I read something about the PC game coming out earlier and it now coming to PSN. The game looked really cool, but I never got around to checking it out.
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Is it possibly Shadow Warrior? Remake of an old school fps.

Shadow Warrior "You've Got Wang" Trailer: http://youtu.be/ywhDCQnLf_Q
 
Game from the 1980s I'm thinking it was either NES/Colecovision/C64/Amiga or possibly arcade only.

A "Window Washer?" climbs a building dodging flower pots and (maybe hammers) random items falling. Nothing to do wreck-it ralph this was an actual title from back in the day.

EDIT: Okay I googled and Crazy Climber comes up. I think perhaps it could be a port of this game but doesn't look exactly like the arcade version... still searching.

EDIT2: Think it was the Atari version of Crazy Climber. Didn't recognize right away due to nostalgia glasses.
 
Alright GAF, I finally have two games that fit into this thread. The first one is actually connected to a lot of childhood nostalgia.

1. An arcade game I used to watch on summer vacation when visiting my grandparents. I was too young back then to be allowed to play it, but I got the chance to watch others and I fucking adored it. There was nothing comparable at the time on consoles. At least nothing that I knew of. We are talking something in the range of mid-late 80s, maybe early 90s.

So basically it was very similar to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKNv6qcKeSM
You control a hero with a sword, fighting off enemies. Similar to Golden Age, just way cooler looking. I think the enemies did drop items and the game started in a castle of some sort? (Not sure on that) There was also some platforming required.

Damn, I did not think of that game in a long time, would be really awesome to find out.

2. This one should be easier. I did own a game on the SNES that was very much in the spirit of Ninja Gaiden. Very hard difficulty wise, but it was polished and good. I never made it very far though. Really can't remember the name. Release date in Europe was close to Mortal Kombat 2.
 
schennmu said:
Alright GAF, I finally have two games that fit into this thread. The first one is actually connected to a lot of childhood nostalgia.

1. An arcade game I used to watch on summer vacation when visiting my grandparents. I was too young back then to be allowed to play it, but I got the chance to watch others and I fucking adored it. There was nothing comparable at the time on consoles. At least nothing that I knew of. We are talking something in the range of mid-late 80s, maybe early 90s.

So basically it was very similar to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKNv6qcKeSM
You control a hero with a sword, fighting off enemies. Similar to Golden Age, just way cooler looking. I think the enemies did drop items and the game started in a castle of some sort? (Not sure on that) There was also some platforming required.

Damn, I did not think of that game in a long time, would be really awesome to find out.
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For a popular one back then it could be Magic Sword: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKRXg0AISG4

I think there's several that fit that style and my knowledge of arcade games is lacking compared to others to know what was console only and what was in arcades. Maybe check Knights of the Round though I don't think that has an interior level right until a few levels in. And it could be any of the Capcom Dungeons and Dragon games, I suppose.
 
Wibblewozzer said:
For a popular one back then it could be Magic Sword: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKRXg0AISG4

I think there's several that fit that style and my knowledge of arcade games is lacking compared to others to know what was console only and what was in arcades. Maybe check Knights of the Round though I don't think that has an interior level right until a few levels in. And it could be any of the Capcom Dungeons and Dragon games, I suppose.
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Might be worth looking at Black Tiger, too.
 
LordSparda said:
Cool thread. So I played this game when I was young... I don't remember what console it was on since I had a few when I was growing up. It's a Japanese game where you played a swordsman of some sort. It was a side scroller, and it was HARD as hell, I remember that enemies literally rained on you and you can basically die it one hit. It had end bosses every few stages with rather Japanese designs. Oh, and the only power up was that your puny little sword grew bigger and bigger.

Was somewhat memorable since it was basically the first really hard video game that I managed to finish, damned if I could remember what it was called.
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Demon Sword for the NES?
 
Wibblewozzer said:
For a popular one back then it could be Magic Sword: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKRXg0AISG4

I think there's several that fit that style and my knowledge of arcade games is lacking compared to others to know what was console only and what was in arcades. Maybe check Knights of the Round though I don't think that has an interior level right until a few levels in. And it could be any of the Capcom Dungeons and Dragon games, I suppose.
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MisterNoisy said:
Might be worth looking at Black Tiger, too.
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Thanks guys! Unfortunately it's neither of the two. Also not Knights of the Round. But my memory of the game is so clouded, that I might even have a hard time recognizing it...
 
Schwarzbier said:
So I have one I've been trying to figure out for a very long time I believe it was on the C64, and it was like an asteroids clone, only more colorful, and as you flew around you could find portals that would warp you to to mazes you had to fly through.

I was very young when I played this and I don't have too much more to go on but I've never been able to figure this one out. Any ideas GAF?
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Sounds like Thrust to me too:

http://www.c64-wiki.com/index.php/Thrust
 
Dezzy said:
Demon Sword for the NES?
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That's the one! I had no idea they ported it to English, I played the Japanese version on the famicom. I just went and look it up on youtube, someone speed-runned through it in SEVEN MINUTES? WTF? The game felt so very long and hard for me when I played it. Still, dem memories man...
 
schennmu said:
Alright GAF, I finally have two games that fit into this thread. The first one is actually connected to a lot of childhood nostalgia.

1. An arcade game I used to watch on summer vacation when visiting my grandparents. I was too young back then to be allowed to play it, but I got the chance to watch others and I fucking adored it. There was nothing comparable at the time on consoles. At least nothing that I knew of. We are talking something in the range of mid-late 80s, maybe early 90s.

So basically it was very similar to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKNv6qcKeSM
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could it be Rastan Saga 2 ? (aka Nastar, similar to Rastan 1 but a lot more linear. And a lot worse)
Or Rastan Saga 3 ? (much more golden axey)

Or even Golden Axe 2 arcade ?

Or Tecmo's Tecmo Knight ?
Or Irem's Blade Master ?
Or Capcom's King of Dragons ?
 
schennmu said:
Alright GAF, I finally have two games that fit into this thread. The first one is actually connected to a lot of childhood nostalgia.

1. An arcade game I used to watch on summer vacation when visiting my grandparents. I was too young back then to be allowed to play it, but I got the chance to watch others and I fucking adored it. There was nothing comparable at the time on consoles. At least nothing that I knew of. We are talking something in the range of mid-late 80s, maybe early 90s.

So basically it was very similar to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKNv6qcKeSM
You control a hero with a sword, fighting off enemies. Similar to Golden Age, just way cooler looking. I think the enemies did drop items and the game started in a castle of some sort? (Not sure on that) There was also some platforming required.

Damn, I did not think of that game in a long time, would be really awesome to find out.
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Also check out Cadash.
 
schennmu said:
Alright GAF, I finally have two games that fit into this thread. The first one is actually connected to a lot of childhood nostalgia.

1. An arcade game I used to watch on summer vacation when visiting my grandparents. I was too young back then to be allowed to play it, but I got the chance to watch others and I fucking adored it. There was nothing comparable at the time on consoles. At least nothing that I knew of. We are talking something in the range of mid-late 80s, maybe early 90s.

So basically it was very similar to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKNv6qcKeSM
You control a hero with a sword, fighting off enemies. Similar to Golden Age, just way cooler looking. I think the enemies did drop items and the game started in a castle of some sort? (Not sure on that) There was also some platforming required.

Damn, I did not think of that game in a long time, would be really awesome to find out.

2. This one should be easier. I did own a game on the SNES that was very much in the spirit of Ninja Gaiden. Very hard difficulty wise, but it was polished and good. I never made it very far though. Really can't remember the name. Release date in Europe was close to Mortal Kombat 2.
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Could be revenge of Shinobi?


Revenge Of Shinobi: http://youtu.be/n64OP7e5JdE
 
schennmu said:
Alright GAF, I finally have two games that fit into this thread. The first one is actually connected to a lot of childhood nostalgia.

1. An arcade game I used to watch on summer vacation when visiting my grandparents. I was too young back then to be allowed to play it, but I got the chance to watch others and I fucking adored it. There was nothing comparable at the time on consoles. At least nothing that I knew of. We are talking something in the range of mid-late 80s, maybe early 90s.

So basically it was very similar to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKNv6qcKeSM
You control a hero with a sword, fighting off enemies. Similar to Golden Age, just way cooler looking. I think the enemies did drop items and the game started in a castle of some sort? (Not sure on that) There was also some platforming required.

Damn, I did not think of that game in a long time, would be really awesome to find out.

2. This one should be easier. I did own a game on the SNES that was very much in the spirit of Ninja Gaiden. Very hard difficulty wise, but it was polished and good. I never made it very far though. Really can't remember the name. Release date in Europe was close to Mortal Kombat 2.
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Number 2 is maybe Run Saber? I remember it had some climbing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF6vXIrcOwc
 
schennmu said:
1. An arcade game I used to watch on summer vacation when visiting my grandparents. I was too young back then to be allowed to play it, but I got the chance to watch others and I fucking adored it. There was nothing comparable at the time on consoles. At least nothing that I knew of. We are talking something in the range of mid-late 80s, maybe early 90s.

So basically it was very similar to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKNv6qcKeSM
You control a hero with a sword, fighting off enemies. Similar to Golden Age, just way cooler looking. I think the enemies did drop items and the game started in a castle of some sort? (Not sure on that) There was also some platforming required.
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schennmu said:
Hmm, still no luck guys. From a gameplay perspective it really was very similar to this in the way that you had to climb up and down in the stage:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BPtn6_vhNQ
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By similar to Golden Axe, you mean the main character was a roided-up barbarian? And definitely not a ninja? Otherwise, the above sounds sort of like Magician Lord.
 
DeadTrees said:
By similar to Golden Axe, you mean the main character was a roided-up barbarian? And definitely not a ninja? Otherwise, the above sounds sort of like Magician Lord.
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Definitely not a Ninja, no. Some type of hero, I think bare upper body. Ah my memory is just way too clouded. We might not find it. :( But thanks for the tips guys, much appreciated.

weekev said:
Hmm not sure then. Hagane maybe?

Hagane (SNES): Stage 1-2: http://youtu.be/397c8h-pjrE
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One off the list! Thanks a lot. This game was really a bit strange but the gameplay is top notch. Seems to be quite rare?
 
schennmu said:
Definitely not a Ninja, no. Some type of hero, I think bare upper body. Ah my memory is just way too clouded. We might not find it. :( But thanks for the tips guys, much appreciated.
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Willow ?
The Astyanax ?

man i can't think of any other arcade game that would fit.
Or at least, nothing that's emulated in mame
 
Trying to remember the name of a PC game based off American football except the teams are races from World of Warcraft and you roll dice to move the characters.
 
BooJoh said:
One game I'm always trying to remember was one I played in elementary school, on an Apple II I think. I think it was a spelling game that involved shooting apples with arrows or something. My memory of it is very vague so I could have some details wrong. I know the game had apples in it though.
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I didn't have an Apple II but I remember an ANCIENT game on the Atari 800 called Letterman, it was basically Hangman but instead of a hanged man there was an arrow that traveled across the screen with each missed letter towards a dude with an apple on his head. If you ran out of guesses it hit the apple and the word "APPLESAUCE!" appeared on screen.
 
I need some help in identifying a game.

It's an original Xbox game, probably exclusive but not entirely confident about that. It's an arcade flight game with old style planes like these. There are also giant blimps and it features a general steampunk vibe. I remember the production values being quite good for its time.
 
Off-Kilter said:
I need some help in identifying a game.

It's an original Xbox game, probably exclusive but not entirely confident about that. It's an arcade flight game with old style planes like these. There are also giant blimps and it features a general steampunk vibe. I remember the production values being quite good for its time.
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Crimson Skies or Yager perhaps? I played neither but know of both.
 
schennmu said:
Definitely not a Ninja, no. Some type of hero, I think bare upper body. Ah my memory is just way too clouded. We might not find it. :( But thanks for the tips guys, much appreciated.



One off the list! Thanks a lot. This game was really a bit strange but the gameplay is top notch. Seems to be quite rare?
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I think it was actually reasonably big. Considered to be a sleeper hit, awesome game though. :)
 
schennmu said:
Definitely not a Ninja, no. Some type of hero, I think bare upper body. Ah my memory is just way too clouded. We might not find it. :( But thanks for the tips guys, much appreciated.



One off the list! Thanks a lot. This game was really a bit strange but the gameplay is top notch. Seems to be quite rare?
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I know you said arcade game but could it be Legend? Its a SNES game and I dont remember it being on the arcades but I suppose it could have been.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDXkCKUT1xE
 
Help me out here. I remember a small free game somebody made that was like tron lightcycles except you just played as a cube. The kicker was that movement was in all 3 axes, you weren't confined to a plane, so your path could also go up and down. It was intense. Since the newish Tron movie reignited excitement in lightcycles, just searching 3D lightcycle game doesn't cut it anymore.

Edit: I found some info! It appeared to be a clone of an old ZX Spectrum game called Knot. http://www.16x16.org/games/ccw/about-original/

Edit 2: I should've held off on asking for help. It's right there on that guy's page. http://www.16x16.org/games/ccw/
 
Okay this is going to be super vague:

It's a NES action RPG, your sprite is pretty small if I recall correctly... I THINK you can choose a class at the beginning, and from what I remember there are no stages, just one big map that you need to find your way around in. It's also a side scroller... Oh and I distinctly remember ladders you would climb.

My brother remembers the name Wizards and Warriors, but I know for a fact it's not that.
 
Graffgor said:
Okay this is going to be super vague:

It's a NES action RPG, your sprite is pretty small if I recall correctly... I THINK you can choose a class at the beginning, and from what I remember there are no stages, just one big map that you need to find your way around in. It's also a side scroller... Oh and I distinctly remember ladders you would climb.

My brother remembers the name Wizards and Warriors, but I know for a fact it's not that.
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Big stretch but the first thing that sort of matches is maybe Faxanadu? Can't pick a class, though. In fact I have a tough time thinking of any side scrolling game how you describe. No depth movement at all like Zelda or River City Ransom style?
 
Wibblewozzer said:
Big stretch but the first thing that sort of matches is maybe Faxanadu? Can't pick a class, though. In fact I have a tough time thinking of any side scrolling game how you describe. No depth movement at all like Zelda or River City Ransom style?
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Not Faxanadu... And I don't really recall any depth. I know there were doors you could enter and the like.

The one thing that really sticks out to me was the size of your sprite. It was pretty tiny, but I might be misremembering.
 
Graffgor said:
Okay this is going to be super vague:

It's a NES action RPG, your sprite is pretty small if I recall correctly... I THINK you can choose a class at the beginning, and from what I remember there are no stages, just one big map that you need to find your way around in. It's also a side scroller... Oh and I distinctly remember ladders you would climb.

My brother remembers the name Wizards and Warriors, but I know for a fact it's not that.
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Legacy of the Wizard.
 
Hey GAF,

I'm looking for an old game, I think running on MS 3.11, some futuristic 3D racer in canyons, with big over fans rotors on the vehicules. It had crazy character design and you had to go through gates in the race along the track. Anyone remember this ?
 
UnluckyKate said:
Hey GAF,

I'm looking for an old game, I think running on MS 3.11, some futuristic 3D racer in canyons, with big over fans rotors on the vehicules. It had crazy character design and you had to go through gates in the race along the track. Anyone remember this ?
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Slipstream 5000?
 
A game on the Super Nintendo I used to play a lot but cant remember the name!

I still remember the cover, it has a bald little boy on it.
 
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