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Games you remember, names you don't

valouris said:
Sorry if it has already been posted before. And sorry if the information is way beyond the actual game :P

I remember a game, it was 3rd person 3D action/adventure/stealth from the PS1 era. I had it on PC though. It may have been a demo, not sure.

The opening level I think was in a museum and you had to dodge anti-theft laser beams. I vaguely remember a fight with a knight as well in a wooden building however. There may have been some time shenanigans going on.

Any ideas?
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Seems to me Time Gate: Knight's Chase (AKA "The secret of the templar").
 
My uncle had a collection of PC discs (8 - 12) that were danger yellow with a black thunderbolt across them. The box art looked like a TV series for a space traveling syfy Startrek knock off. The box also had a yellow/black style.

The actual gameplay was... I dunno. I just watched him play ot a few times but I couldn't figure out what was going on. It had fully acted cutscenes in it with a strange 80s style to it.
 
Hey guys, my gf was talking to me about a game earlier that she remembers playing either for the xbox or ps2. She says it was kinda like gta, it may or may not have been a sandbox game. She just remembers being in a mall and with cops and beating people up, and the boxart apparently had a star badge on it. It's driving her nuts.

I'm at a loss. She thinks maybe it was all in her imagination, but I thought I'd ask.
 
RabidTanooki said:
Hey guys, my gf was talking to me about a game earlier that she remembers playing either for the xbox or ps2. She says it was kinda like gta, it may or may not have been a sandbox game. She just remembers being in a mall and with cops and beating people up, and the boxart apparently had a star badge on it. It's driving her nuts.

I'm at a loss. She thinks maybe it was all in her imagination, but I thought I'd ask.
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Its State of Emergency.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Emergency_(video_game)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMaO9iSPjGU
 
Ok how about an nes game, I believe the first level had 3-4 elevators with maybe 5-6 floors. I'm also fairly certain the object was rid the building of bad guys.
 
zinder said:
I posted here earlier but didn't get any answers. It's driving me crazy... been searching for 2 hours today trying to find it.


Basically, it's a Playstation 1 (war?) strategy game where you had direct control of (only) a single unit at a time from a third person view. From what I remember, you always started a mission controlling a bike until you could create stronger units at a garage somewhere on the map. Here's some stuff that are stuck in my memory about the game;

  1. There was one mission based in London next to Big Ben.
  2. On Mission 8, you had to fight some alien-like technology for the first time (never got past this mission).
  3. There was a part of a mission where you were on the bike in a maze with lazers (random, I know, but for some reason that's one of the parts I remember about the game)

Help me please! Someone hinted Uprising X, but that's not it.
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Just wanted to update that I found the game I was looking for after many years of searching. It was Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds. My mind was blown when I randomly googled the London mission I was describing. (This one)

I mean jesus, the game seems so unknown yet for some reason I picked it up as a kid. Has anyone else played this? Apparently there is also a PC version of this game, which was totally different.
 
RabidTanooki said:
Hey guys, my gf was talking to me about a game earlier that she remembers playing either for the xbox or ps2. She says it was kinda like gta, it may or may not have been a sandbox game. She just remembers being in a mall and with cops and beating people up, and the boxart apparently had a star badge on it. It's driving her nuts.

I'm at a loss. She thinks maybe it was all in her imagination, but I thought I'd ask.
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State of Emergency 2?

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Edit: Beaten.
 
Well isn't this the perfect thread.

There was this game, I think it was on the N64. It was a sort of fighting game that I believe was in third-person. The best thing I can remember is ring-outs could happen, but you could change a mode or something so that a bunch of lasers would surround the ring to electrocute/damage you instead of ring outs.
 
Xenus said:
Yes i know it's way late but it took a while to get account approval.

It's actually an early PS2 game called Ephemeral Fantasia. The sword is also a lute and it include some guitarr hero style gameplay long before it became populat. Though it was done with the controler. Also the world is time based.

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Holy shit, Dude!! You rule! I would have never guesed this ever ever ever, I don't even remember this name or game at all. Not even the battle system..just that one part. Haha
 
zinder said:
Just wanted to update that I found the game I was looking for after many years of searching. It was Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds. My mind was blown when I randomly googled the London mission I was describing. (This one)

I mean jesus, the game seems so unknown yet for some reason I picked it up as a kid. Has anyone else played this? Apparently there is also a PC version of this game, which was totally different.
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I know of the PC version but never played it. Actually found out about it because I was searching for Jeff Wayne's rock opera by the same name. Awesome music.
 
This game is driving me crazy and the worst part is I found it here, in this site, but I cannot find the thread (I think it was about gaming ideas or aspects to improve).

If I remember well, you play as an alien that visit planets in this 2D game. In those planets, you meet others that do not speak your language so you have to guess and learn theirs through symbols in a keyboard. In the video, there was an alien who was talking about starting a war.
The setting was not especially good, the backgrounds were black and blue most of the part (or at least what I watch/remember), but I really liked the idea and I would love to give it a try!
 
Jacqli said:
This game is driving me crazy and the worst part is I found it here, in this site, but I cannot find the thread (I think it was about gaming ideas or aspects to improve).

If I remember well, you play as an alien that visit planets in this 2D game. In those planets, you meet others that do not speak your language so you have to guess and learn theirs through symbols in a keyboard. In the video, there was an alien who was talking about starting a war.
The setting was not especially good, the backgrounds were black and blue most of the part (or at least what I watch/remember), but I really liked the idea and I would love to give it a try!
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Well there's this:

http://www.freewaregenius.com/tork-...e-in-this-online-action-adventure-flash-game/

Otherwise, any idea about platform, release date?
 
Jacqli said:
This game is driving me crazy and the worst part is I found it here, in this site, but I cannot find the thread (I think it was about gaming ideas or aspects to improve).

If I remember well, you play as an alien that visit planets in this 2D game. In those planets, you meet others that do not speak your language so you have to guess and learn theirs through symbols in a keyboard. In the video, there was an alien who was talking about starting a war.
The setting was not especially good, the backgrounds were black and blue most of the part (or at least what I watch/remember), but I really liked the idea and I would love to give it a try!
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Yeah, I believe it was one of the game concepts threads, not sure which right now. But the game you're probably looking for is Captain Blood. Really unique experience, intro music by Jean Michel Jarre, developed by ERE Infomratique (later became Cryo Interactive). There's a fansite with a comprehensive list of the Bluddian vocabulary, the language used in the game.

I would love a modern take on this game. Those old space exploration adventures had a real sense of the unknown, of awe and wonder every time you play them.

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FryHole said:
Well there's this:

http://www.freewaregenius.com/tork-...e-in-this-online-action-adventure-flash-game/

Otherwise, any idea about platform, release date?
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Thank you for the try! And I cannot remember the answer to those questions (the description was a bit vague, sorry). I saw a video and put it on my "oneday I will play all of them" mental list.

ichtyander said:
Yeah, I believe it was one of the game concepts threads, not sure which right now. But the game you're probably looking for is Captain Blood. Really unique experience, intro music by Jean Michel Jarre, developed by ERE Infomratique (later became Cryo Interactive). There's a fansite with a comprehensive list of the Bluddian vocabulary, the language used in the game.

I would love a modern take on this game. Those old space exploration adventures had a real sense of the unknown, of awe and wonder every time you play them.

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Thank you very much, really, that game was stuck in my head for weeks. And I completely agree with the rest, there is no other game apart from Mass Effect with a good sci fi setting in this generation and this does not develop the language part (they speak English because they are intelligent, next).

Perhaps we could see something similar from an indie developer, but... I do not feel very confident.
 
Jacqli said:
there is no other game apart from Mass Effect with a good sci fi setting in this generation and this does not develop the language part (they speak English because they are intelligent, next).
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That's not quite correct; the aliens in Mass Effect aren't speaking English, they're actually speaking in they're native tongue. We perceive their speech as English because the Omni-Tool translates it for us.

For Garrus, when Shepard speaks, he hears Turian. Talk hears Quarian, Liara hears Asari, and so on.
 
A few years ago, a really bad first person shooter came out. It had time travel as the main plot element. You shot guys with futuristic weapons in Rome and during the American Civil War etc. They also had a funny weapons trailer ("Shotgun: It's a shotgun!"). Does anyone know the name? Giant Bomb did a QL as well.
 
Minamu said:
A few years ago, a really bad first person shooter came out. It had time travel as the main plot element. You shot guys with futuristic weapons in Rome and during the American Civil War etc. They also had a funny weapons trailer ("Shotgun: It's a shotgun!"). Does anyone know the name? Giant Bomb did a QL as well.
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Darkest of Days
 
Minamu said:
A few years ago, a really bad first person shooter came out. It had time travel as the main plot element. You shot guys with futuristic weapons in Rome and during the American Civil War etc. They also had a funny weapons trailer ("Shotgun: It's a shotgun!"). Does anyone know the name? Giant Bomb did a QL as well.
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Darkest of days
Quick look

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Okay this isn't a game, it's a montage, but lets see if anyone knows it cuz I cant find it.

It's a Gears of War 1 montage, and the big highlight was it said "Don't he know I got x-ray vision" and the guy blind fired over cover and domed a guy through smoke. It was on canals. I can't remember the name and don't really know where to ask, but maybe someone can help me.
 
Does anyone recall a 2D arcade fighting game from the early 90s that was basically a cross between Street Fighter and Golden Axe? I think it may have been single player. I remember playing as a generic conan-type of character and fighting 1v1 against various mythological/fantasy creatures. Been racking my brain trying to remember what it was called...
 
h1nch said:
Does anyone recall a 2D arcade fighting game from the early 90s that was basically a cross between Street Fighter and Golden Axe? I think it may have been single player. I remember playing as a generic conan-type of character and fighting 1v1 against various mythological/fantasy creatures. Been racking my brain trying to remember what it was called...
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Red Earth/Warzard?
 
h1nch said:
Does anyone recall a 2D arcade fighting game from the early 90s that was basically a cross between Street Fighter and Golden Axe? I think it may have been single player. I remember playing as a generic conan-type of character and fighting 1v1 against various mythological/fantasy creatures. Been racking my brain trying to remember what it was called...
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Golden Axe: The Duel?
 
The game I don't remember starts in a field and the character is a Skelton knight (or a dead knight or just I knight I don't remember).... It was on sega genesis... One of the levels were an ice cave underground and there was a fire attatcks you after falling out the candles on the wall...... And I think there was some kind of a map that shows you your progress.

Any Idea what the name of this game?

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I just rememberer that my game start in a night time in a field with halloween pumpkings OR a graveyard
 
The Praiseworthy said:
The game I don't remember starts in a field and the character is a Skelton knight (or a dead knight or just I knight I don't remember).... It was on sega genesis... One of the levels were an ice cave underground and there was a fire attatcks you after falling out the candles on the wall...... And I think there was some kind of a map that shows you your progress.

Any Idea what the name of this game?
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Sounds like it could be Chakan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=LDiOtr5X81Q#t=4071
 
There was this older PC game where you are like some kind of toy soldier and it was from the top down perspective. It was a shooting game and you'd go to different stages and have certain objectives I think. One of the levels was a candy world where I think you kill candy bunnies?

Any ideas?

EDIT: Wow I found it and my description was completely wrong. It was Power Pete. Nostalgia overload omfg.

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Anyone remember an original Game Boy racing/destruction/demolition derby game? I want to say "crash" or "derby" or..."demolition" or something synonymous with vehicular destruction was in the title...it was fun but pretty hard IIRC. Thanks!
 
Ok I've asked about this one a couple times in this thread before, but haven't ever been able to figure it out.

Genesis game, late era maybe. Platformer. You played as sort of a future/space guy that was like blue (maybe) with gold armor. You had a blue arm laser that could shoot or you could use it to suspend and raise and lower yourself from a platform. The first level was in a forest.

It looked really good, the animations where great, but I think the game was actually shit.

they may have been trying to rip off flash back... because flashback really reminds me of it, but it's definitely not it.
 
NewGame said:
My uncle had a collection of PC discs (8 - 12) that were danger yellow with a black thunderbolt across them. The box art looked like a TV series for a space traveling syfy Startrek knock off. The box also had a yellow/black style.

The actual gameplay was... I dunno. I just watched him play ot a few times but I couldn't figure out what was going on. It had fully acted cutscenes in it with a strange 80s style to it.
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Sounds like Wing Commander 4: Price of Freedom

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Ketch said:
Ok I've asked about this one a couple times in this thread before, but haven't ever been able to figure it out.

Genesis game, late era maybe. Platformer. You played as sort of a future/space guy that was like blue (maybe) with gold armor. You had a blue arm laser that could shoot or you could use it to suspend and raise and lower yourself from a platform. The first level was in a forest.

It looked really good, the animations where great, but I think the game was actually shit.

they may have been trying to rip off flash back... because flashback really reminds me of it, but it's definitely not it.
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Is it Generations Lost?

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K-1GAEX8qPM&desktop_uri=/watch?v=K-1GAEX8qPM
 
I remember playing this arcade game which you controlled by sitting in this big red motorcycle. You leaned right and left to move and there were triggers on the handle to shoot. In the game you went along in a hexagonal tube and you would go up the sides and rotate along the inside of the tube to avoid obstacles and fight enemies. At the end of each level, you would get new armor and weapons strapped onto you, but if you took too much damage, they would fall off until you were just a wireframe. This was a fairly early 3D (polygonal) game.
 
I will try it here...

So, game was a shooter on Amiga. Think of Virtua Cop but with a static screen but still a crossbar so you had to use the mouse to shoot the enemies. Pattern was of course static but thanks to shitty mouses back then it was a hell of a game in terms of difficulty. I think you had two modes of fire but it's almost 20 years ago. Either way the screens changed when all enemies were killed.
I know, not much detail and an old game but perhaps someone knows?
 
The Praiseworthy said:
The game I don't remember starts in a field and the character is a Skelton knight (or a dead knight or just I knight I don't remember).... It was on sega genesis... One of the levels were an ice cave underground and there was a fire attatcks you after falling out the candles on the wall...... And I think there was some kind of a map that shows you your progress.

Any Idea what the name of this game?

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I just rememberer that my game start in a night time in a field with halloween pumpkings OR a graveyard
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Maybe you're thinking of Ghouls and Ghosts?

h1nch said:
Does anyone recall a 2D arcade fighting game from the early 90s that was basically a cross between Street Fighter and Golden Axe? I think it may have been single player. I remember playing as a generic conan-type of character and fighting 1v1 against various mythological/fantasy creatures. Been racking my brain trying to remember what it was called...
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Sounds like Hippodrome.
 
c0de said:
I will try it here...

So, game was a shooter on Amiga. Think of Virtua Cop but with a static screen but still a crossbar so you had to use the mouse to shoot the enemies. Pattern was of course static but thanks to shitty mouses back then it was a hell of a game in terms of difficulty. I think you had two modes of fire but it's almost 20 years ago. Either way the screens changed when all enemies were killed.
I know, not much detail and an old game but perhaps someone knows?
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Cabal?
 
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