Wargames?
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Wargames?
One of the first movies i thought of. But that one isn't it. I have seen it. There is no group of teens in Warhames, its just one boy and girl. Everything else does fit though.
Contra?
eso76
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BulletBees
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Alright, this game could be Legend of Legaia but I don't know for sure. I'm pretty sure it was PS1 and all I ever played of it was the demo.
The only thing I can remember is you and your party are camping and when you wake up you look out to the distance and your character goes "What's that?" and someone in your party responds with "That's the end of the world." while pointing. Then the demo ends. (I'm pretty sure, anyway)
Super vague, I know. But what is it?!
The only thing I can remember is you and your party are camping and when you wake up you look out to the distance and your character goes "What's that?" and someone in your party responds with "That's the end of the world." while pointing. Then the demo ends. (I'm pretty sure, anyway)
Super vague, I know. But what is it?!
Ever find out if that series of games was it ?
Oublieux
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I am trying to remember an old PC game that I played way back as a kid. Here are the details I can recollect:
- 2D vehicular combat game
- First person perspective, so essentially you were playing from the dash of the car
- Machine gun outfitted either on the left or right of the car
- Setting was somewhat post apocalyptic or run-down
Details I'm less sure about are:
- Game time frame was in the 90's, I believe
- No car/character selection
- 2D vehicular combat game
- First person perspective, so essentially you were playing from the dash of the car
- Machine gun outfitted either on the left or right of the car
- Setting was somewhat post apocalyptic or run-down
Details I'm less sure about are:
- Game time frame was in the 90's, I believe
- No car/character selection
Triggerhappytel
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It's not Grandia, is it?
Try this one-- it was on C64, its was on some "deserted" island, seen from the side with mountain/building on it. Inside on the top of the building there was a telescope when you looked into it there was a comet(coming close). it was some kind of simple adventure game.. but i was like 7 and its ages ago (also i didn't even know English) so i had no idea what was going on.
Sounds like Quarantine. That's cropped up here a few times. Mind you, it's somewhat dependent on the assumption that '2D' is a typo!
Terramex, I suspect. Not familiar with the C64 version in particular - although got a screenshot of it - but the Spectrum version definitely fits a fair bit of that description.
Desert, rather than deserted island. Has the mountain, cave network, base in mountain. Has an observatory and a meteor heading for impact with the Earth.
Here's a screenshot map of the Spectrum version. Note the mountain towards the upper-right, with the telescope room and a depiction of the meteor viewpoint beside it.
(If you think it looks right but the central character looks wrong, that's fine - a bit like The Cave, you had a bunch of characters you could choose from who had slightly different abilities and solutions to the puzzles in the game)
Oublieux
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That was totally it! Thank you so much, it had been bugging me all day.
Sparrowhawk
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Okay, I asked this question a long time ago, but I'm going to try again... I played this game when I was a kid on my dad's PC. I was born in 1991, so I'd say the game came out in '98, '99 MAX. I don't know if my dad had the full game or just a demo, but I'd always call it "the lighthouse game" because one of the first things you encounter is a lighthouse with a man inside it. I also remember you could kill yourself by jumping off a waterfall, there may have been a bridge...
I'm sorry this is so vague, but if I could find this game again, I would be so happy.
I'm sorry this is so vague, but if I could find this game again, I would be so happy.
Well, there was a game simply called Lighthouse. There's also Return to Zork, which had a lighthouse in it, and in which the Lighthouse Keeper was a character:
Sparrowhawk
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Well, there was a game simply called Lighthouse. There's also Return to Zork, which had a lighthouse in it, and in which the Lighthouse Keeper was a character:
DUDE.
That picture feels so familiar to me. It must be Return to Zork. I need to play it... Will come back in a few.
Edit: Seeing as the lighthouse keeper is one of the first people you meet and I was so young, this has to be it. Thank you so much!
PalaceBrother
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Terramex, I suspect. Not familiar with the C64 version in particular - although got a screenshot of it - but the Spectrum version definitely fits a fair bit of that description.
Desert, rather than deserted island. Has the mountain, cave network, base in mountain. Has an observatory and a meteor heading for impact with the Earth.
Here's a screenshot map of the Spectrum version. Note the mountain towards the upper-right, with the telescope room and a depiction of the meteor viewpoint beside it.
(If you think it looks right but the central character looks wrong, that's fine - a bit like The Cave, you had a bunch of characters you could choose from who had slightly different abilities and solutions to the puzzles in the game)
Maybe the internet has permanently changed me....but...I really can't unsee something in that picture.
Could it have been Outpost 2? It's been a long time and I can't confirm, but I'm pretty sure the vehicles could lose their turrets.
http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/outpost-2-divided-destiny/screenshots
That's It!!! Thank you so much!!
The pieces in the second game could be rotated to fit the scrolling layout. You have to fill whatever design would scroll across the screen with the pieces at the bottom of the screen. Think Tetris, but the the layout was scrolling right to left.
Terramex, I suspect. Not familiar with the C64 version in particular - although got a screenshot of it - but the Spectrum version definitely fits a fair bit of that description.
Desert, rather than deserted island. Has the mountain, cave network, base in mountain. Has an observatory and a meteor heading for impact with the Earth.
you had a bunch of characters you could choose from who had slightly different abilities and solutions to the puzzles in the game)
It was something like 25 years ago.. but i am pretty sure you hit the jackpot, thanks a million :-D
hooijdonk17
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Terramex, I suspect. Not familiar with the C64 version in particular - although got a screenshot of it - but the Spectrum version definitely fits a fair bit of that description.
Desert, rather than deserted island. Has the mountain, cave network, base in mountain. Has an observatory and a meteor heading for impact with the Earth.
Here's a screenshot map of the Spectrum version. Note the mountain towards the upper-right, with the telescope room and a depiction of the meteor viewpoint beside it.
(If you think it looks right but the central character looks wrong, that's fine - a bit like The Cave, you had a bunch of characters you could choose from who had slightly different abilities and solutions to the puzzles in the game)
OK, someone needs to explain this to me fast; why is there a huge limp dick and balls growing on a rock in the screenshot, and why is there a purple dildo in the inventory?
eso76
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For some reason i was just thinking about terramex the other day.
I got pretty far in the game but could never finish it
Pretty sure the purple thing is a flute. I think you get past some snakes later on by charming them.
Absolutely no idea about the other. Here's the bit of the Spectrum map of that area:
Possibly a carnivorous plant?
Mildly surprised you're not asking why there appear to be three people in the inventory
Edit: A "Stone worm", according to this walkthrough. Don't know if that's official, or just the writer's interpretation.
hooijdonk17
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Pretty sure the purple thing is a flute. I think you get past some snakes later on by charming them.
Absolutely no idea about the other. Here's the bit of the Spectrum map of that area:
Possibly a carnivorous plant?
Mildly surprised you're not asking why there appear to be three people in the inventory
Edit: A "Stone worm", according to this walkthrough. Don't know if that's official, or just the writer's interpretation.
Carnivorous plant? Hell no, the Spectrum map has a two headed dick on the rock instead of dick and balls.
I could use some help.
PS1 game, 3D adventure similar to Zelda. I only had a demo that started on a island. The character was a little human kid with a sword and a shield and NPCs were some kind of human-squids I think. It was possible to enter their houses, talk and pick things. Talks were text based since all characters only made strange sounds when talking.
In this demo the player enters a dungeon to find the boss that looked like a pirate. The dungeon had lizard soldiers and few puzzles (or traps?). Demo was over once the boss was defeated.
Any idea?
PS1 game, 3D adventure similar to Zelda. I only had a demo that started on a island. The character was a little human kid with a sword and a shield and NPCs were some kind of human-squids I think. It was possible to enter their houses, talk and pick things. Talks were text based since all characters only made strange sounds when talking.
In this demo the player enters a dungeon to find the boss that looked like a pirate. The dungeon had lizard soldiers and few puzzles (or traps?). Demo was over once the boss was defeated.
Any idea?
I was too young to play it, but a friend of my brother was great at computer games, and showed us the ending
I thought it was pretty funny
PalaceBrother
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It wasn't Valis was it?
eso76
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Maybe Ordyne ?
shooter: check
shop: check
female shopkeeper: check
annoying voice clips: check
you couldn't sell stuff tho iirc
probably none of these but
Baby of Can Guru
Kangarudy
KangOroo (not KangAroo!)
Kosmic Kanga
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Has to be Ordyne by Namco.
Arcade version (1988): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rHIWgljPGQ
PC-Engine / TurboGrafx-16 version (1989/1990): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryKJwuDoBgY
Arcade Ordyne can be found on Namco Museum Volume 4 for PS1 and the PCE/TG16 version is on Wii Virtual Console.
I guess this was Namco's answer to Sega's Fantasy Zone.
OMG that's it! I have looked for that for years! I could only find one really weird video that featured it online but that's definitely the game I remember. Nice one.
eso76
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Nice !
It's rather obscure, but its by Rainbow arts and i remembered it for featuring sound by Chris Huelsbeck !
Thanks, yall. Definitely wasn't Ordyne as the art was similar to Valis, in that it was anime but a more mature setting. But I don't remember being a person shooting stuff though. Going through tons of vids atm!
The shop was similar to Winds of Thunder where someone talked as you entered/bought.
Man I cannot remember what the name of a certain top down racer is. I remember:
- the thumbnail for the game had name Nitro. So I thought that the game's name is Nitro but it seems that it is not. Hmmm...
- Well, as i said it is a top down racer
- I remember that you even had to go to pit stop during the race.
- You were driving cars, not formulas or anything weird. Some races had ice, some sand, some were just plain roads.
- It was just racing, no vehicular combat
- Oh yes and I played this at least or more than 10 years ago. So quite an old game.
Please help!
- the thumbnail for the game had name Nitro. So I thought that the game's name is Nitro but it seems that it is not. Hmmm...
- Well, as i said it is a top down racer
- I remember that you even had to go to pit stop during the race.
- You were driving cars, not formulas or anything weird. Some races had ice, some sand, some were just plain roads.
- It was just racing, no vehicular combat
- Oh yes and I played this at least or more than 10 years ago. So quite an old game.
Please help!
Yeah it was the music I found most memorable about it to be honest. Strangely, I've just searched for it again and found a few more bits of info. Thanks again.
OK this is probably even more obscure than my last one. Way back in 1995-6, I used to play a game on my mate's Acorn RiscPC. One game that I have never been able to track down anywhere else was a really cool racing game where you raced spaceships in space, but you were bound to the outside of a really long tube. I can't remember much else unfortunately. Any ideas?
Edit: I found it - it was something called Formula Two Thousand!
Edit: I found it - it was something called Formula Two Thousand!
That's the one. Thank you!
Sure you're not thinking of the PCE ver. of Forgotten Worlds right?
Holy shite, that's the one!! Thank you!!
That stupid music was in my head for 20 years (shop music) and I couldn't place it forever! Can't find JP clips of it but that music is unmistakable hahaha
Great game. The arcade version from 1988 was Capcom's very first game on their then brand new CPS1 board. The same hardware that powered Daimakaimura (Ghouls 'N Ghosts), Strider, Final Fight, UN Squadron and Street Fighter II among others.
Saiyan-Rox
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I remember playing a demo for an RPG on the PS1 but I cannot remember the name....I think it has the word Saga in the name but I could be wrong.
The demo was timed for a bit and you were on a spaceship(?) it was top down and when you got into a fight your armour and weapons would then appear on your character.
The demo was timed for a bit and you were on a spaceship(?) it was top down and when you got into a fight your armour and weapons would then appear on your character.
Granstream Saga?
This is an obscure First PErson shooter from late 90's -early 2000's You played as a three man fire team of army men fighting racists including KKK and neo nazi's I think. The team was made up of a black guy (Preacher I believe) white guy and a asian guy. It was on Mac. I think Force may have been in the name........
Lumpy Onion
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Silent Bomber?
Yes! I just looked it up on youtube. Thanks.