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DasNeonLicht posted:I was hospitalized as a kid around 2000 for something, and I remember my mom buying me a copy of PC Gamer to cheer me up — I think it came with a CD full of demos the family computer couldn't run. Could be Beatdown. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eivHnU-cvaM&ab_channel=FirstPlaysHD
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HMS Beagle posted:Could be Beatdown. That was it! Thank you. I love this thread.
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FFT posted:This would have been mid-to-late '90s: arcade racer, futuristic style, red motorcycle-looking seat as part of the cabinet? Namco Suzuka 8 hours maybe? I definitely remember lots of red motorcycle arcade games in my youth... E: Oh nm you already found it
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# ? Jul 20, 2021 22:26 |
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Late 90s, early 2000s game made by an indie team (maybe one guy) using Klikteam or Gamemaker or one of those smaller engines of the time. I downloaded it from Home of the Underdogs around the turn of the century. It was a 2D sidescrolling RPG with pixel art graphics. The human characters were distinctly big and detailed. You maneuvered on a flat two dimensional plane, no up/down movement. Battles would be sort of Paper Mario turn based style. Stylistically it was sort of Steampunk. Lots of long dusters and chunky shotguns. I think the plot involved a land baroness. The title may have had "engine" in the name. There was a sequel released around the height of Tigsource like ~2010 around the time of Spelunky and La-Mulana. There's another game made by the same person I played that's also a sidescroller with big chunky sprites. You're a girl in a white dress enslaved in a cave or mine and she can levitate and solve simple platforming challenges. I think the game had "princess" in the title idk but you find one of these games you find the others.
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# ? Jul 22, 2021 16:22 |
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al-azad posted:Late 90s, early 2000s game made by an indie team (maybe one guy) using Klikteam or Gamemaker or one of those smaller engines of the time. I downloaded it from Home of the Underdogs around the turn of the century. First one is definitely The Spirit Engine but not sure about the second one
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# ? Jul 22, 2021 16:30 |
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al-azad posted:Late 90s, early 2000s game made by an indie team (maybe one guy) using Klikteam or Gamemaker or one of those smaller engines of the time. I downloaded it from Home of the Underdogs around the turn of the century. The Spirit Engine? edit: how dare you beat me
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# ? Jul 22, 2021 16:33 |
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Yep that's it. I see the princess-in-a-cave game isn't related. I would've played it around the same time as Knytt and Seiklus when everyone was doing pixel art games before the generic 8-bit style became popular but I remember so little about it. Just a blond haired girl in a white dress, basic platforming, and you had some levitation powers or something.
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# ? Jul 22, 2021 16:38 |
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al-azad posted:There's another game made by the same person I played that's also a sidescroller with big chunky sprites. You're a girl in a white dress enslaved in a cave or mine and she can levitate and solve simple platforming challenges. I think the game had "princess" in the title idk but you find one of these games you find the others. KennyMan666 fucked around with this message at 20:22 on Jul 22, 2021 |
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Hooray that's the one. Getting Lisa vibes from that.
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# ? Jul 22, 2021 20:16 |
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I looked it up and it's actually by Derek Yu of Spelunky fame!
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# ? Jul 22, 2021 20:17 |
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Makes sense. A lot of these old memories are buried on Tigsource and his old dusty pixel art tutorials.
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# ? Jul 22, 2021 20:42 |
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KennyMan666 posted:Eternal Daughter
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# ? Jul 22, 2021 21:52 |
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I'm hoping this is an easy one. Arcade game, side scrolling beat em up, one of the bosses is a half lady/half snake. My friend just asked me if I remembered the name of it, I remember the game, but not the name. So anyone got any ideas? Edit: Most likely an early 90s game. Custard Undies fucked around with this message at 09:01 on Jul 27, 2021 |
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Custard Undies posted:I'm hoping this is an easy one. Haunted Castle?
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# ? Jul 27, 2021 09:50 |
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Custard Undies posted:I'm hoping this is an easy one. Does the game involve the main character using their fists or weapons? That helps narrow it down.
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# ? Jul 27, 2021 10:29 |
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Mierenneuker posted:Does the game involve the main character using their fists or weapons? That helps narrow it down. He thinks weapons. And no it wasn't Haunted Castle but that was a good suggestion to check out.
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# ? Jul 27, 2021 11:16 |
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We figured it out. It is called Hippodrome Edit: I dont think the description I was given was very helpful, as that is more of a 2d fighter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CzrBuSufYs Custard Undies fucked around with this message at 11:39 on Jul 27, 2021 |
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RabbitWizard posted:Let's give another one a try: Could this have been Blade Warrior?
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# ? Jul 27, 2021 15:13 |
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beef express posted:Could this have been Blade Warrior?
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# ? Jul 27, 2021 23:50 |
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Trying to remember an old PC game that had some FMV elements but not all FMV. I think was a point and click. Mid to late 90s You are a guy who likes this batman-type comic book, then you get sucked into that world and become the comic book character, and you fight that character's villains. I think you had a female sidekick but I don't recall It was very dark (literally, I recall it all took place at night) Looked up FMV game databases but couldn't find anything as it was more of a normal game with occasional FMV stuff and not like, Voyeur or Night Trap
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tenderjerk posted:Trying to remember an old PC game that had some FMV elements but not all FMV. I think was a point and click. Mid to late 90s Noctropolis
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# ? Jul 28, 2021 02:55 |
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Hwurmp posted:Noctropolis That's it! And it's on steam too! thx
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# ? Jul 28, 2021 02:59 |
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OK, this one's recent, but I missed the name: a faux-retro adventure game that I can only describe as "X-Files in the visual style of Zak McKracken".
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# ? Jul 28, 2021 20:01 |
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Pierzak posted:OK, this one's recent, but I missed the name: a faux-retro adventure game that I can only describe as "X-Files in the visual style of Zak McKracken". Thimbleweed Park Some of the people who made it are literally oldschool Lucasarts guys who worked on Zak McKracken Veib fucked around with this message at 20:09 on Jul 28, 2021 |
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Veib posted:Thimbleweed Park
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# ? Jul 28, 2021 20:08 |
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Veib posted:Thimbleweed Park The best thing about the game was one of the options they had for the kickstarter was to pay an extra $20 for pirating Maniac Mansion when you were younger
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# ? Jul 29, 2021 02:32 |
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How dare they, I never pirated Maniac Mansion I pirated Day of the Tentacle (which... does include Maniac Mansion... well, poo poo)
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# ? Jul 30, 2021 00:15 |
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https://twitter.com/YachtClubGames/status/574265442111504384
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# ? Jul 30, 2021 00:21 |
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I definitely pirated both. Well, my parents did, I guess. Not sure I can be blamed for it at nine years of age or whatever I was. I did buy the DOTT Remaster though! Sins forgiven?
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cmndstab posted:I definitely pirated both. Well, my parents did, I guess. Not sure I can be blamed for it at nine years of age or whatever I was. I did buy the DOTT Remaster though! Sins forgiven? I pirated and played the poo poo out of DOTT. I've made up for it by buying it at least twice as the remaster (PC and PlayStation), and have yet to replay it.
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# ? Jul 30, 2021 11:55 |
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Medullah posted:I pirated and played the poo poo out of DOTT. I've made up for it by buying it at least twice as the remaster (PC and PlayStation), and have yet to replay it. I'm still waiting for a remastered Sam and Max. Not sure what's taking so long.. licensing issues, maybe?
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# ? Jul 30, 2021 17:45 |
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Doublefine did the other remasters, I guess since Schafer didn't work on Sam & Max they have less reason to push for it, and Disney alone aren't interested in remastering it? You can get the original on Steam though, should work fine since it's ScummVM-based.
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# ? Jul 30, 2021 17:51 |
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My finest videogame purchase was a two-disc set called "10 Lucasarts Adventures." It had Maniac Mansion and Day of the Tentacle, Monkey Island 1 (though, the 16-color version) and 2, Sam & Max Hit the Road, Indiana Jones Raiders & Fate of Atlantis, and Zak McKracken (also 16 colors). And Indy desktop adventures. Nearly all of them were games I didn't even know existed.
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# ? Jul 30, 2021 17:52 |
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Hyper Crab Tank posted:Doublefine did the other remasters, I guess since Schafer didn't work on Sam & Max they have less reason to push for it, and Disney alone aren't interested in remastering it? You can get the original on Steam though, should work fine since it's ScummVM-based. Already have it on GOG, but yeah, that's a shame.
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davidspackage posted:My finest videogame purchase was a two-disc set called "10 Lucasarts Adventures." It had Maniac Mansion and Day of the Tentacle, Monkey Island 1 (though, the 16-color version) and 2, Sam & Max Hit the Road, Indiana Jones Raiders & Fate of Atlantis, and Zak McKracken (also 16 colors). And Indy desktop adventures. Nearly all of them were games I didn't even know existed.
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# ? Jul 30, 2021 22:37 |
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Remaster Yoda Stories.
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Light Gun Man posted:Remaster Yoda Stories. oh man — I spent way too many hours playing this on our lovely family PC — one of the few things it could run
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# ? Aug 1, 2021 19:42 |
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I also played Yoda Stories for hours, although there was one tile that could appear on the jungle/Endor maps that I could never figure out. It involved a crashed space ship surrounded by trees. If I got that tile on a randomly generated mission I was going to be stuck at some point so I was forced to restart. I bet I could find a longplay on Youtube right now that features it and find out that the solution was something really easy.
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# ? Aug 1, 2021 19:56 |
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I also had Yoda Stories as a kid. I guess it technically counts as my first experience with roguelikes
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I had Indiana Jones' Desktop Adventures and only a demo of Yoda Stories. Used the wav files from the games for all the windows system and a start up/shut down sounds.
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