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i remember asking for yoda stories and instead getting yoda's challenge lol
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in fact let me double down Remaster Yoda Stories, and give it prequel and sequel expansion content while we're at it, why not. poo poo throw in some Shadows of the Empire too. Randomize it all together and have it make zero sense. Gimme.
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Aug 1, 2021 23:03
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Got a real headscratcher from a friend. - very old game, DOS or Amiga - sidescrolling platformer - psychedelic visuals and audio design, bordering on acid trip - player character with 'abnormal proportions' who may or may not be a clown, specifically he remembers them having a clownlike face and a detachable head - he's pretty sure footage of it does exist on YouTube somewhere, he just can't remember the name
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Aug 4, 2021 04:47
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Dynamite Headdy?
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packetmantis posted:Dynamite Headdy? That was my first thought too, but he's intimately familiar with that so that's certainly not it. Can't really think of many other "detachable head" platformers though. edit: "The way the character animates is very similar, where when they jump their head comes off a bit"
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Aug 4, 2021 04:54
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Long shot but Decapattack?
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Aug 4, 2021 04:59
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Nah, the crazy visuals are apparently a major forefront of the game in a "you'll know it when you see it" kind of way. Something vaguely like this.
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Aug 4, 2021 05:04
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Longer shot: Head Over Heels? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ornJoqJD1Ks
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Aug 4, 2021 06:06
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It's strictly sidescrolling, not isometric.
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Aug 4, 2021 06:39
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MonkeyforaHead posted:Got a real headscratcher from a friend. To help narrow it down a bit further, about when does he remember this game from?
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MonkeyforaHead posted:Got a real headscratcher from a friend. The detachable head thing doesn't quite line up, but maybe Weird Dreams?
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MonkeyforaHead posted:Got a real headscratcher from a friend. Platform is different (SNES), but detachable parts were a thing in Plok! for the SNES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWdJanRQwO8
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Aug 4, 2021 11:00
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No detachable head but "Weird rear end game with visuals that get a bit weird on the Amiga" could it be Boppin'?
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Aug 4, 2021 11:04
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My first thoughts were either Weird Dreams or Harlequin for Amiga
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Aug 4, 2021 12:55
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Detachable head sounds like it could be a misremembering of James Pond's body stretching mechanic Not sure it exactly counts as "psychedelic" as much as "garish", though.
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Aug 4, 2021 16:54
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MonkeyforaHead posted:Nah, the crazy visuals are apparently a major forefront of the game in a "you'll know it when you see it" kind of way. Something vaguely like this. jfc
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Aug 4, 2021 17:57
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Love the Catchphrase sound effect at the start of a level
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Aug 4, 2021 23:01
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My first thought was also Decap Attack, but here's some wild rear end guesses: Charly the Clown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjlAgRGoCVE Rolling Ronny https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_lhTQW6SJg Nicky Boom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okpRmAg0ttk Hammerhead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5VUPKIhjYs
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Aug 4, 2021 23:47
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There are so many weird old platformers, god.
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Aug 5, 2021 11:43
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This game is not the one you are looking for, but I thought it deserved a mention while we are emptying this clown car. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Laf5sjIbqUo
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Aug 5, 2021 12:44
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This should be an easy one, I'm just blanking on the title. Early 90s, DOS, platformer with a squirrel, and it's total poo poo.
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Aug 5, 2021 23:35
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Skunny
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Aug 5, 2021 23:52
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Hwurmp posted:Skunny This was it, Skunny: Back to the Forest, and I had it on my hard drive already from when Copysoft accidentally made all of the full versions of their games viewable and downloadable. Thanks.
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I have one, should be easy: - First person horror - Fairly recent, like within the last five years or so - Very grimey and wet looking, very brown - The levels are kind of abstract caves/digestive systems but littered with real-world objects like filing cabinets and papers - The enemies are mostly (all?) hidden as those objects. A filing cabinet will suddenly grow legs and attack like the Thing - You're not really supposed to fight the enemies since they're mostly way tougher than you - The weapons are very weird, like a talking stapler (not exactly that but along those lines) - I remember the object of every level being to collect a number of notes to move through a door to the next area - I think there is money in the game? Like gold coins you can buy stuff with?
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Aug 6, 2021 00:13
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Agony?
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Aug 6, 2021 00:17
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Dip Viscous posted:Agony? Definitely not, I remember it didn't take itself nearly as seriously as that. Also I don't remember any boobs or weiners in it.
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Aug 6, 2021 00:18
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Manager Hoyden posted:I have one, should be easy: I think this is Golden Light
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Aug 6, 2021 00:20
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Pablo Nergigante posted:I think this is Golden Light That is absolutely it! Thanks!
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Aug 6, 2021 00:21
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drat, I was way off.
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Trying to remember two racing games from the very early 90s, must've been 91 or 92 at the latest. 1) Very arcadey racing game, quite a lot like Outrun but there was stuff on the road like roadworks, oil slicks and jumps. It was the same kind of 2d driving game as Outrun but iirc you could make 90 degree turns at some intersections which could sometimes be shortcuts. Pretty certain you could drive as a police car because I remember the annoying siren sound pissing my parents off. 2) More of a simulation racer - 3d, driver's-eye view. Flat, textureless polygons for everything - a bit like Stunts/4D Driving but with more colours and more polygons. Not sure if there were any opponents, might have just been time trials. The controls were really complicated - there were multiple buttons for turning depending on how far you wanted to turn the steering wheel. All the cars were high-end luxury sports cars like Ferarri, Porsche, Lamborghini and Lotus. I remember being absolutely blown away by this game.
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Okay, this is a game I have been thinking about on and off for decades. I rented it from a video store in the NES/Super Nintendo era. Pretty sure it's Super Nintendo because it seemed to to look too complicated for an NES game.
I had no idea what I was doing when playing this game. No idea at all. I remember finding a print review of the game at the time and the reviewer also describing it as "indecipherable" and similar. BitBasher fucked around with this message at 01:10 on Aug 6, 2021 |
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BitBasher posted:Okay, this is a game I have been thinking about on and off for decades. I rented it from a video store in the NES/Super Nintendo era. Pretty sure it's Super Nintendo because it seemed to to look too complicated for an NES game.
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The Joe Man posted:If only Vangers had received a 16-bit console port. That was totally it. There aren't many things like it. I didn't think it was on PC, but this definitely hits the nail on the head, thanks! EDIT: So, so many of my points were wrong!
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Quote-Unquote posted:1) Very arcadey racing game, quite a lot like Outrun but there was stuff on the road like roadworks, oil slicks and jumps. It was the same kind of 2d driving game as Outrun but iirc you could make 90 degree turns at some intersections which could sometimes be shortcuts. Pretty certain you could drive as a police car because I remember the annoying siren sound pissing my parents off. cisco heat?
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Pablo Nergigante posted:I think this is Golden Light Dip Viscous posted:Copysoft accidentally made all of the full versions of their games viewable and downloadable Pierzak fucked around with this message at 02:24 on Aug 6, 2021 |
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Aug 6, 2021 02:14
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I remember playing a game on...maybe Windows 95. It was sort of around the time I played Castle of the Winds. It was a lot like Advance Wars. You had a top down voew of a grid based map and had tanks and stuff. Anyone know wtf this was
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eonwe posted:I remember playing a game on...maybe Windows 95. It was sort of around the time I played Castle of the Winds. It was a lot like Advance Wars. You had a top down voew of a grid based map and had tanks and stuff. Something of the Battle Isle series?
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unfortunately not. those look like hex grid games, whereas this was a square grid.
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eonwe posted:unfortunately not. those look like hex grid games, whereas this was a square grid. I actually think I know what game this is. It was called something like Combat Tactics or something. I can picture the cover art, which if I recall was some form of rocket artillery firing. [EDIT] Went looking through MobyGames but couldn't find it. I know it came on a CD but the graphics weren't very advanced. I found the friggin Capture the Flag game I vaugley remember either coming packed in on the disc or around the same time. Hope the clues might help you locate what you're thinking of though. Zaodai fucked around with this message at 04:13 on Aug 6, 2021 |
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eonwe posted:I remember playing a game on...maybe Windows 95. It was sort of around the time I played Castle of the Winds. It was a lot like Advance Wars. You had a top down voew of a grid based map and had tanks and stuff. Zaodai posted:I actually think I know what game this is. It was called something like Combat Tactics or something. I can picture the cover art, which if I recall was some form of rocket artillery firing. Could this be Fireteam 2200?
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