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Games you remember, names you don't
- Thread starter Forkball
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Fascinating, so it was just a reskin? Wonder if there are any others.
Edit: Ah, not quite just a reskin, apparently the first two levels from treasure island were incorporated within the main map-traversal game, rather than being strictly sequential, so your memory *was* completely accurate in the end!
Edit: Ah, not quite just a reskin, apparently the first two levels from treasure island were incorporated within the main map-traversal game, rather than being strictly sequential, so your memory *was* completely accurate in the end!
EdwardTivrusky
Member
and these are the "Giants" I mentioned..
so I remember some bits right, setting and music.. but unfortunatly it wasn´t the music I was searching for..
According to Lemon64 Treasure Island and Willow Pattern were written by the same guy hence the similarities.
Greg Duddle at Lemon64
@mclem - great minds think alike
Greg Duddle did the conversions from the Spectrum games it looks like. Mr Micro Ltd are listed as the developer on World of Spectrum.
the maps and the gameplay where the exact same in both games. They changed the look and added the bridges (where the giants are), but otherwise it´s the exact same game.. crazy what people got away with back then..
Searching for this game I just went through LemonC64 complete gamelist, started at the letter A.. damn why did the game had to begin with W.. lol
According to Lemon64 Treasure Island and Willow Pattern were written by the same guy hence the similarities.
Greg Duddle at Lemon64
@mclem - great minds think alike
Greg Duddle did the conversions from the Spectrum games it looks like. Mr Micro Ltd are listed as the developer on World of Spectrum.
wauw he even made SABRE WULF.... Greg Duddle.. so I was so close to the answer myself.. lol
It's happened a little more recently, too (not *much* more recently!); McDonaldland and Spot: The Cool Adventure on the Gameboy are both reskins of one another; I remember a great screenshot in Total seguing from one to the other to make the point.
-It was a game for PS1 or PS2 (VERY likely the PS1)
-It had a main character and this wizard.
-At one point, you navigate through a forest area and you find the wizard at the end claiming to have taken a shortcut.
-You had to walk across a log to cross a stream during this time.
Sorry I can't be less vague than that, any ideas?
-It had a main character and this wizard.
-At one point, you navigate through a forest area and you find the wizard at the end claiming to have taken a shortcut.
-You had to walk across a log to cross a stream during this time.
Sorry I can't be less vague than that, any ideas?
GlamFM
Banned
Now come back here and tell me I was right!
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
I remember a game for the NES I believe you played as a Mouse and there were cats (not Tom and Jerry) they were from what I remember in Pirate outfits and a lot of the levels, at least early, were on ships. I remember not being fond of the game but I was bored at the grand parents house and that was what I rented so I was stuck with it.
Magic Snake II?
Nope
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
Sounds exactly like Mappy Land.
That's it!!! LOL
Wow, I really want to try it again just to see what it is like today. Probably terrible.
Lumpy Onion
Member
Pretty sure you are thinking of Puss N' Boots.
Edit: or not lol The pirate mention gave me this idea since the game has that motif for some levels.
Mappy Land is great!
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
I was a little off on the Pirate reference but there is a level(s) that feature a lot of ships so in my youthful imagination I probably made believed that the cats were all pirates.
eso76
Member
This is going to be hard.
Details are scarce because it's a game I've never seen.
I only read a preview on a magazine once, but there were no pics, just an artwork. And the preview itself was more of a novel telling the story of the game, with almost no detail on the game itself.
Never seen it mentioned anywhere else, ever. Spent years trying to imagine what this game would look and play like from the description, was always curious but internet wasn't there and I since forgot the title.
So, anyway
C64
1985/6
Futuristic
From the description, i imagined it could be an action/adventure.
Not quite isometric, but a view allowing to move in depth as well as left and right.
I remember thinking it could be somewhat similar to the rather obscure Disk Warrior by Alligata, one of my favourite games on MSX back then (!). But that MIGHT be because the word 'warrior' was in the title ? I think it could be.
Your character had some kind of psychic power iirc
Important
The game claimed to understand when the player was getting nervous,from the way he'd use the joystick, and made the character more difficult to control to simulate this, and maybe his health go down too ?
One more thing, I remember the article described descending on a long path spiraling down to meet the final boss.
That's all
I only need a title!
Details are scarce because it's a game I've never seen.
I only read a preview on a magazine once, but there were no pics, just an artwork. And the preview itself was more of a novel telling the story of the game, with almost no detail on the game itself.
Never seen it mentioned anywhere else, ever. Spent years trying to imagine what this game would look and play like from the description, was always curious but internet wasn't there and I since forgot the title.
So, anyway
C64
1985/6
Futuristic
From the description, i imagined it could be an action/adventure.
Not quite isometric, but a view allowing to move in depth as well as left and right.
I remember thinking it could be somewhat similar to the rather obscure Disk Warrior by Alligata, one of my favourite games on MSX back then (!). But that MIGHT be because the word 'warrior' was in the title ? I think it could be.
Your character had some kind of psychic power iirc
Important
The game claimed to understand when the player was getting nervous,from the way he'd use the joystick, and made the character more difficult to control to simulate this, and maybe his health go down too ?
One more thing, I remember the article described descending on a long path spiraling down to meet the final boss.
That's all
I only need a title!
SlipperyFishes
Banned
This ones limited information. We're sitting here on Google and can't find it.
It's either a PS2 or Dreamcast era game which starts off in a dungeon, the character has a mask hooked to their face (it was a story element). There were no guns in this game, and it was in the action genre. Hooks were involved.
That really isn't a lot to go on, huh..
It's either a PS2 or Dreamcast era game which starts off in a dungeon, the character has a mask hooked to their face (it was a story element). There were no guns in this game, and it was in the action genre. Hooks were involved.
That really isn't a lot to go on, huh..
eso76
Member
couple more details i remembered
I think your character moves on a some kind of hovering disc, at least that's how the artwork depicted him iirc. Also, maybe shooting something from his hand.
But it's been at least 25 years since i last saw that magazine.
eso76
Member
It was easier than i thought.
The word "warrior" was indeed in the title, so a search on gamebase collection was all it took to answer a 20 year old question : (
Game is Psi Warrior.
And it probably sucks anyway
PalaceBrother
Member
I have zero recollection of that game and I was a big C64 gamer. Glad you found it though!
eso76
Member
yeah, me too. Huge gamer and Zzap! reader but never seen the game reviewed or even pics of it anywhere.
The description was fascinating though and made me very curious to find out what the actual game would be like.
It appears it didn't even suck and also had a sequel (titled "Warrior II" !) which Zzap! reviewed in issue 64 - here:
http://www.zzap64.co.uk/cgi-bin/displaypage.pl?issue=021&page=176&magazine=zzap
88% and they mention the original was brilliant - better.
This will be easy for somebody I think/hope.
It's a PC game from the late 90s or early 2000s, when polygons cities were rectangles with windows shoved into a flat ground texture full of grey noise and blurry streets.
The game was based around a futuristic police force, I think you were trying to stop rebels or rioters or something. You'd fly around in a police vehicle that was kind of a hovering gunship clearing out levels of enemies. In my fuzzy memories I'd describe is as a mission based Descent that takes place in the "ghost in the shell"-esque dystopia.
Camera was third person. Pretty sure it had a futuristic English lady voice directing you around or something similar.
It's a PC game from the late 90s or early 2000s, when polygons cities were rectangles with windows shoved into a flat ground texture full of grey noise and blurry streets.
The game was based around a futuristic police force, I think you were trying to stop rebels or rioters or something. You'd fly around in a police vehicle that was kind of a hovering gunship clearing out levels of enemies. In my fuzzy memories I'd describe is as a mission based Descent that takes place in the "ghost in the shell"-esque dystopia.
Camera was third person. Pretty sure it had a futuristic English lady voice directing you around or something similar.
A Black Falcon
Member
G-Police?
Yes that's the one! thanks.
NotMyUsername
Member
How long is a long time ago? And by 2.5D are you using that in the typical way in that it plays on a 2D plane but has depth (e.g. Mischief Makers style?) or do you mean something like an isometric viewpoint (e.g. Baldur's Gate?). If the former than no idea, but the latter would really open it up to a lot more options and what I'm guessing you might mean.
I'll guess The Bard's Tale.
DodgyGeezerFella
Member
Sorry for not saying this at the time, but this was the one
Watching the videos, the kitchen which led outside, along with using those shafts to move up and down levels, made me remember so much more of the game. Awesome !Thanks everyone
SpongeBob NoPants
Member
Would the second one be Xain'd Sleena by any chance?
Edit: I never actually played it, but I think that the first one may be China Gate.
Dr Zhivago
Member
Xain d'Sleena aka Soldier of Light.
a PC indie or maybe a free game (could be flash based) that had Street Fighter characters drawn with ascii, trying to attack you as you fall down a long drop. You move from room to room trying to avoid dangerous traps and whatnot.
Muscle memory and twitch controls needed for this one
Muscle memory and twitch controls needed for this one
I remember a fantasy action (or light RPG/non turn-based) game for either the NES or the very early days of the SNES where one of the levels is at the docks or something and you walk on planks from boat to boat.
That's all I remember. It may have been a dream I had as a kid.
That's all I remember. It may have been a dream I had as a kid.
Amazing! Thank you so much!
Silphonica
Banned
Very vague description here, but I was referred to this thread so here goes.
I had a PC back in the 90s, (95+) and I played this demo. It was this demo, most fun I ever remember having. All I remember about it was it was some kind of battle game, but the setting was a nice spring garden. 4 players (you and 3 cpu) and each player took turns by drawing cards (I think) and trying to wreck each other's gardens (I think). Maybe you were also trying to make your garden better, something along those lines.
It's the most fun I remember having, but I remember nothing about the game and I sometimes question myself if I really played this game. I ran the demo down in one night and it was a timed demo so never got to play it again, would love it if anyone actually knew this game.
I had a PC back in the 90s, (95+) and I played this demo. It was this demo, most fun I ever remember having. All I remember about it was it was some kind of battle game, but the setting was a nice spring garden. 4 players (you and 3 cpu) and each player took turns by drawing cards (I think) and trying to wreck each other's gardens (I think). Maybe you were also trying to make your garden better, something along those lines.
It's the most fun I remember having, but I remember nothing about the game and I sometimes question myself if I really played this game. I ran the demo down in one night and it was a timed demo so never got to play it again, would love it if anyone actually knew this game.
I've spent about 2 weeks looking for this game 's name but I can't for the life of me find it.
It's a ps1 3d monster battle arena type game. Pretty sure it was on a demo disc.
The closest game I can think of would be Poy Poy.
Grrrrrr I keep making myself sad when I think about it.
It's a ps1 3d monster battle arena type game. Pretty sure it was on a demo disc.
The closest game I can think of would be Poy Poy.
Grrrrrr I keep making myself sad when I think about it.
I actually found out which game it was. Game was "Expendable/Millenium Soldier"
Now, my latest game conundrum:
It was a PSX game. It was one of the fabled demo discs.
You flew around in a ship in third person on a planet with lots of greens. It had these volcano-like mountain tops which spawned enemies, iirc the enemies were kind of like insects. It's all I can remember but I'd love to figure out what game it was.
Edit: It was on the same demo disc as Ghost in the Shell. These are PAL demo discs, btw.
Edit #2: Nope, that wasn't the right disc
Please help!
I have been looking to remove some dust from my DS and I'm trying to remember a game I recall seeing on YT and some sites. All I can remember it's that it's some sort of red fox, like Klonoa, with a sword and it has an isometric view of sorts. Can't even remember if it was a turn based RPG, ARPG or whatever, hopefully someone remembers something like that. :/
I have been looking to remove some dust from my DS and I'm trying to remember a game I recall seeing on YT and some sites. All I can remember it's that it's some sort of red fox, like Klonoa, with a sword and it has an isometric view of sorts. Can't even remember if it was a turn based RPG, ARPG or whatever, hopefully someone remembers something like that. :/
That's the one, thanks! I thought it had fox, dog or something in the name, no way I could remember that, much appreciated.
A turn based PS1 game possibly a tactical turn based that was very japanese, had a very brown color scheme and the cover had a cg brown monster on it....remember playing it when I was a kid for about 10 min before I turned it off....I think it may have actually been in japanese even though I rented it in the US
TechJunk
Member
Not a PS1 game, but I remember it came on a demo disc for the PS2 and fits your description...
War of the Monsters?
Uncle Rupee
Banned
Uncle Rupee
Banned
Monster Rancher or a Digimon game?
Jade Cocoon? Monster Rancher?
artorias the abysswalker
Member
dragon seed (s)?
I haven't read through all of this blog, so forgive me, but I remember a game for the PlayStation where you were this dog police officer in this suit that shot bubbles. You were trying to stop these three female cats who had stolen something or were just evil for whatever reason.
I know this all sounds ridiculous, but hoping I've given enough clues to track it down...
I know this all sounds ridiculous, but hoping I've given enough clues to track it down...