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I remember playing a game when I was a kid that looked like this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaKUupJY3ko Thing is I'm absolutely certain I've never played Solstice. Were there any other NES games that looked like this?
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The Immortal was on the NES and was isometric. Not super similar in gameplay, but maybe?
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Apr 11, 2016 05:42
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Airball and The Immortal were both on NES and looked kinda like that. Equinox on SNES, Landstalker on Genesis, and Altered Space on the Gameboy were also similar.
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Apr 11, 2016 05:43
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I remember playing some kind of sci-fi/space game for pc that seemed mostly about trading and commodities. Occasionally there would be random events and it was mostly text based but apart from that I can't remember much else about the gameplay. There was a bunch of wacky pixel art along with it, a lot of funky neon aliens and such. If I had to guess it would have been made in the late 90s?
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Apr 11, 2016 05:52
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Odobenidae posted:I remember playing some kind of sci-fi/space game for pc that seemed mostly about trading and commodities. Occasionally there would be random events and it was mostly text based but apart from that I can't remember much else about the gameplay. There was a bunch of wacky pixel art along with it, a lot of funky neon aliens and such. If I had to guess it would have been made in the late 90s? Jeeze, this could be anything. It's 1985 so way out of your date range but I immediately thought of Psi-5 Trading Company. Skunkrocker posted:I remember playing a game when I was a kid that looked like this. Could be Bill & Ted, Last Ninja 2, maaaybe Zen Intergalactic Ninja, but probably the NES version of Knight Lore.
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Apr 11, 2016 06:01
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Odobenidae posted:I remember playing some kind of sci-fi/space game for pc that seemed mostly about trading and commodities. Occasionally there would be random events and it was mostly text based but apart from that I can't remember much else about the gameplay. There was a bunch of wacky pixel art along with it, a lot of funky neon aliens and such. If I had to guess it would have been made in the late 90s? Gazillionaire?
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Apr 11, 2016 06:04
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Jia posted:Gazillionaire? Bingo, I said pixel art but my memory failed me there. That was quick, thanks!
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Apr 11, 2016 06:09
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Zaodai posted:The Immortal was on the NES and was isometric. Not super similar in gameplay, but maybe? Sesquiculus posted:Airball and The Immortal were both on NES and looked kinda like that. Equinox on SNES, Landstalker on Genesis, and Altered Space on the Gameboy were also similar. al-azad posted:Could be Bill & Ted, Last Ninja 2, maaaybe Zen Intergalactic Ninja, but probably the NES version of Knight Lore. No, it wasn't any of these. What's messing me up is when I say it looked like Solstice I mean Solstice is what triggered the memory because it seems identical to the game I'm thinking of. I just don't ever remember playing Solstice, I don't remember the box art or anything. It's like when people in this thread mentioned they've seen a game like Shadowgate but it wasn't Shadowgate, and they mean Uninvited or Deja Vu, different games made with the same engine. But I'm guessing I must have just played Solstice and not realized it.
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Apr 11, 2016 06:12
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Skunkrocker posted:I remember playing a game when I was a kid that looked like this. not an adventure kinda thing, but marble madness
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Apr 11, 2016 07:01
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Odobenidae posted:Bingo, I said pixel art but my memory failed me there. That was quick, thanks! In the 90s pixel art was just called art 
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Apr 11, 2016 10:56
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Skunkrocker posted:Different games made with the same engine. But I'm guessing I must have just played Solstice and not realized it. In the 8-bit computer world, as opposed to console, we had a run of games like this made in the UK on the same engine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filmation_(game_engine) Could be a port of one of those, e.g. Knight Lore as suggested above.
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Apr 12, 2016 13:50
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Skunkrocker posted:No, it wasn't any of these. What's messing me up is when I say it looked like Solstice I mean Solstice is what triggered the memory because it seems identical to the game I'm thinking of. I just don't ever remember playing Solstice, I don't remember the box art or anything. It's like when people in this thread mentioned they've seen a game like Shadowgate but it wasn't Shadowgate, and they mean Uninvited or Deja Vu, different games made with the same engine. But I'm guessing I must have just played Solstice and not realized it. Equinox on the SNES? It was the sequel to Solstice.
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Apr 12, 2016 20:09
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Game for the Commodore 64. It had a first-person perspective but you could only pan the view left/right. You'd move from room to room kind of like in a standard adventure game (that is, each room was a "scene" with a single viewpoint, and there were different doors you could take in addition to exiting left/right). You started out with, like, a claw hand or something, but could get other weapons, which I think were guns. I remember fighting a guy who just strafewalked back and forth while staring at me. I might remember having to deal with radiation or air or something like that at some point.
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Apr 14, 2016 23:30
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This was a game on one of those freeware/shareware CDs from the mid-late 90s. It was a spaced-based strategy game where you built up your planets/resources/ships and waged war, very basic graphics. The biggest thing I remember was you could upgrade your planets with shields, the strength of which were indicated by rings around the planets.
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Apr 15, 2016 00:42
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But Not Tonight posted:This was a game on one of those freeware/shareware CDs from the mid-late 90s. It was a spaced-based strategy game where you built up your planets/resources/ships and waged war, very basic graphics. The biggest thing I remember was you could upgrade your planets with shields, the strength of which were indicated by rings around the planets.
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Apr 15, 2016 01:31
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Odobenidae posted:I remember playing some kind of sci-fi/space game for pc that seemed mostly about trading and commodities. Occasionally there would be random events and it was mostly text based but apart from that I can't remember much else about the gameplay. There was a bunch of wacky pixel art along with it, a lot of funky neon aliens and such. If I had to guess it would have been made in the late 90s? But Not Tonight posted:This was a game on one of those freeware/shareware CDs from the mid-late 90s. It was a spaced-based strategy game where you built up your planets/resources/ships and waged war, very basic graphics. The biggest thing I remember was you could upgrade your planets with shields, the strength of which were indicated by rings around the planets. These both sound like Fragile Allegiance.
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Apr 15, 2016 01:46
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linear cell shaded gamecube shooter. mc has amnesia. my brain lost the name and replaced it with killer 7 but i know that's a much weirder game than the standard fps i'm thinking of.
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Apr 15, 2016 02:00
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MMAgCh posted:Sounds like Warpath. Shibawanko posted:These both sound like Fragile Allegiance. It is neither of those, unfortunately. Unless I'm mis-remembering, the interface was a lot simpler and less colorful than those.
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Apr 15, 2016 02:07
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Real hurthling! posted:linear cell shaded gamecube shooter. mc has amnesia. my brain lost the name and replaced it with killer 7 but i know that's a much weirder game than the standard fps i'm thinking of. I believe you're thinking of XIII. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVTNUJH4EGc
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Apr 15, 2016 02:09
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But Not Tonight posted:It is neither of those, unfortunately. Unless I'm mis-remembering, the interface was a lot simpler and less colorful than those. Was it one of theSpace Empire games?
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Apr 15, 2016 02:55
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:I believe you're thinking of XIII. yup thanks
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Apr 15, 2016 02:59
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cmndstab posted:Was it one of theSpace Empire games? No, those are a bit closer but not what I'm remembering. This seriously was a lovely little game included on one of those WOW! 1000 GAMES!! shareware CDs. I've been digging through abandonia.com and mobygames for the last hour or so to no avail, so I'd be surprised if anyone could come up with it with the meager description I provided. The graphics were REALLY basic, it may have even been in black and white.
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Apr 15, 2016 03:14
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But Not Tonight posted:No, those are a bit closer but not what I'm remembering. This seriously was a lovely little game included on one of those WOW! 1000 GAMES!! shareware CDs. I've been digging through abandonia.com and mobygames for the last hour or so to no avail, so I'd be surprised if anyone could come up with it with the meager description I provided. The graphics were REALLY basic, it may have even been in black and white. 1994 version of Imperium Galactica?
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Apr 15, 2016 10:36
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But Not Tonight posted:No, those are a bit closer but not what I'm remembering. This seriously was a lovely little game included on one of those WOW! 1000 GAMES!! shareware CDs. I've been digging through abandonia.com and mobygames for the last hour or so to no avail, so I'd be surprised if anyone could come up with it with the meager description I provided. The graphics were REALLY basic, it may have even been in black and white. Does this look familiar? I had been looking for it in the past which is why I'm aware of its existence. http://sharewarelair.tumblr.com/post/113315105795/game-1-crusade-in-space
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Apr 15, 2016 13:16
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No, but those look closer. Thanks for all the help but don't worry about hunting it down any more, I feel like I've used up plenty of goodwill here  I guess I'll hunt for it more or maybe stumble across it myself. Or not, and go crazy/forget about it.
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Apr 15, 2016 15:42
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I have two games I would love to find again. The first is browser/Flash game. It was a brickbreaker style game, where you controlled a demon to knock the ball around. I remember power-ups and that the ball couldn't fall out of the bottom of the screen. It may have had some chill music as well. The second is a PC game from around 2000ish. I remember it as a turn-based game like Civilization, but it had a fantasy setting with undead, elves, etc as playable races. The map would have other neutral caves or monsters or things with good/bad events. I remember it being fairly difficult.
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Apr 15, 2016 20:23
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The second one is probably one of the Age of Wonders games.
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Apr 15, 2016 20:57
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There's also Master of Magic, though that's older. e: and Lords of Magic
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Apr 15, 2016 21:02
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Also Heroes of Might & Magic. HOMM3 came out around then and would fit the bill.
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Apr 15, 2016 21:10
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All of those are good guesses, but they seem too sparkly and bright green, if that makes any sense. It had a darker vibe, more Diablo2-esque. And the time period would have been more 2000-2003, rather than the 90's
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Apr 15, 2016 21:26
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ohhyeah posted:The second is a PC game from around 2000ish. I remember it as a turn-based game like Civilization, but it had a fantasy setting with undead, elves, etc as playable races. The map would have other neutral caves or monsters or things with good/bad events. I remember it being fairly difficult. Hammer of the gods? Edit: Ok, that's way older than 2000.
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Apr 15, 2016 22:01
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Disciples? Edit: It's Disciples 2 that has an elves expansion, but I guess it could be either? Armor-Piercing fucked around with this message at 22:06 on Apr 15, 2016 |
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Apr 15, 2016 22:04
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ohhyeah posted:The second is a PC game from around 2000ish. I remember it as a turn-based game like Civilization, but it had a fantasy setting with undead, elves, etc as playable races. The map would have other neutral caves or monsters or things with good/bad events. I remember it being fairly difficult. Sounds like Warlords 3: Reign of Heroes to me, but that was released in '98.
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Apr 16, 2016 00:21
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Armor-Piercing posted:Disciples? Yes! Thank you everyone. It was Disciples 2; I remembered "Legion of the Damned" and all the rest of the faction names.
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Apr 16, 2016 00:24
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But Not Tonight posted:This was a game on one of those freeware/shareware CDs from the mid-late 90s. It was a spaced-based strategy game where you built up your planets/resources/ships and waged war, very basic graphics. The biggest thing I remember was you could upgrade your planets with shields, the strength of which were indicated by rings around the planets. It sounds like it could be Armada 2525  
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Apr 20, 2016 03:43
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Sort of a reverse request: what is this game?
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Apr 21, 2016 03:39
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Tales of Eternia, apparently.
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Apr 21, 2016 03:49
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Yeah it's absolutely Tales of Eternia/ Tales of Destiny 2
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Apr 21, 2016 04:25
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I'm thinking of an isometric arcade beat-em-up. It is not Dungeon Magic. I think it was made by Capcom. One of the characters is a lizard-man. It's on a vertical screen, I think. The name escapes me. Thanks in advance. e: Never mind! It's Gaiapolis, from Konami. Sorry about that. Electric Lady fucked around with this message at 00:41 on Apr 25, 2016 |
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Apr 25, 2016 00:38
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I was reading retro gamer and in it a guy can't remember the name of a game I'm struggling to remember too. It was a text adventure game that came out for Acorn computer so the 80's. Early on in the game you pick up a map and it said `you grow weaker` and killed you. I never got past that part and from the article I'm guessing he didn't either. It came out around the time the Hitchhiker's Guide to Galaxy if that helps narrow it down.
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