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Asking this one on behalf of a friend:quote:anyone know a game from 90's (possibly a dos game) that involved boats possibly pirates going around a map like a boardgame quote:i dont think it was
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It wouldn't be Redhook's revenge would it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Aq868Sqmuk
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Feb 15, 2024 02:52
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Commander Keene posted:Asking this one on behalf of a friend: Ask again. Could also be Sid Meier's Colonization.
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Feb 15, 2024 02:55
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Pulsarcat posted:It wouldn't be Redhook's revenge would it? EDIT: It seems that Redhook's Revenge is not the game; it's apparently "super similar" but the game in question had "more bits" (better graphics). Commander Keene fucked around with this message at 03:45 on Feb 15, 2024 |
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Feb 15, 2024 03:16
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Another one from another friend:quote:it's a fighting game very polygonal like virtua or vipers but it came out on pc at the time I think some characters had weapons and it was lots of city scapes EDIT: Never mind, it was Last Bronx. Commander Keene fucked around with this message at 03:54 on Feb 15, 2024 |
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Feb 15, 2024 03:49
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Commander Keene posted:Asking this one on behalf of a friend: Commander Keene posted:Another one from another friend: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2702100/Savage_Warriors/
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Feb 15, 2024 03:56
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here's another one from my dad: some kind of browser-based puzzle game where you're playing as a little guy, and you're trying to find your spaceship? he distinctly remembers some kind of lever-pulling puzzle. and he says it had a very distinct art style, and he thinks it had a french or maybe italian name. he also says he thinks it got a sequel again, i know that isn't a heck of a lot to go off of, but you guys are wizards so maybe you can figure it out.
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Feb 15, 2024 20:53
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someone awful. posted:here's another one from my dad: some kind of browser-based puzzle game where you're playing as a little guy, and you're trying to find your spaceship? he distinctly remembers some kind of lever-pulling puzzle. and he says it had a very distinct art style, and he thinks it had a french or maybe italian name. he also says he thinks it got a sequel Samorost? I can’t remember if finding your spaceship was the objective, but it was browser-based and sounds like it otherwise fits the bill https://youtu.be/lEt5oiEcMIM?si=54Ur3aSN9f6Zmbo5
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Feb 15, 2024 21:05
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Ben Nerevarine posted:Samorost? I can’t remember if finding your spaceship was the objective, but it was browser-based and sounds like it otherwise fits the bill it sure the heck is! thanks! 
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Feb 15, 2024 21:20
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There was a PC game that was, like, "this unspecified threat with a weird name (that is the name of the game) is coming for this town in 3 weeks, what do you have your heroes do in that time?" and it was options like fight in the arena, work at the hospital, hunt down criminals, tend a garden, etc. All just choosing options from a list, and getting illustrations and text describing what happens. At the end, the threat would come in and you'd probably fail to stop it, but your heroes might still be able to help the town rebuild afterwards. It was a game of building an implied narrative out of disconnected elements, I'd say, plus admiring some nicely-made illustrations. Someone LP'd it on SA once (in the last decade, probably?), a one-and-done with no replays to see how things might have turned out differently.
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Mar 23, 2024 17:21
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:There was a PC game that was, like, "this unspecified threat with a weird name (that is the name of the game) is coming for this town in 3 weeks, what do you have your heroes do in that time?" and it was options like fight in the arena, work at the hospital, hunt down criminals, tend a garden, etc. All just choosing options from a list, and getting illustrations and text describing what happens. At the end, the threat would come in and you'd probably fail to stop it, but your heroes might still be able to help the town rebuild afterwards. https://store.steampowered.com/app/269030/The_Yawhg/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLAe7mTnCik
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Mar 23, 2024 17:27
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There's also an SSLP on the archive. That was a fun thread.
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Mar 23, 2024 18:49
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Yep, that was it, thank you!
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Mar 23, 2024 19:52
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I saw this puzzle game on instagram and can't remember the name of it. In it you type letters and you need them to fall in a certain way to collect a dot somewhere on the level. I remember it was grey on a white background.
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I am trying to remember the name of a 2D free game where you controlled a starship that floated from planet to planet picking up and dropping off colonists while battling over territory in space I remember the game seemed to have pretty detailed readouts of the population and resources on each planet — the trick was to keep your civilization booming while keeping your rivals down. you could use heavy nukes to wipe out your enemies' colonies or slowly infect them to death with bio weapons, keeping the planet's resources intact. you could also infect your enemy's ships, and they would spread contagion at every planet they visited, along with their colonists. you controlled only one ship and it was a little bit of a challenge not to let your rivals sneak into your territory behind your back while you were busy elsewhere the tone of the game was irreverent — I want to say the graphics were on the cartoony side. but fairly polished, windowed play for 2002/2003 I was a big GameHippo hound in high school in the aughties — it might have been available on the site or not thanks for any help — I love this thread edit: nailed it, thanks!! vvv DasNeonLicht fucked around with this message at 19:00 on Mar 27, 2024 |
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Mar 27, 2024 18:53
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Warpath http://www.synthetic-reality.com/warpath.htm Or maybe Warpath 97 from the same developers, I've never played the version that wasn't originally made for Windows 3.X Mierenneuker fucked around with this message at 19:00 on Mar 27, 2024 |
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Mar 27, 2024 18:57
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Your description sounded kind of similar to The Last Federation, for what it's worth. Obviously not the correct game, but you control a single precursor ship, trying to wrangle a bunch of bickering aliens into making nice with each other. This can (and likely will) involve wiping out some of the factions, assassinating leaders, stealing techs from one faction to give to another, and a bunch of other 4X-adjacent conceptions. There's no contagion or colonization systems, though.
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Mar 27, 2024 19:08
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Welp, time to reinstall Star Control II.
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Mar 28, 2024 03:37
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did you see UQM just got a steam release. No big changes but that's nice.
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Mar 28, 2024 06:40
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Shine posted:Welp, time to reinstall Star Control II. You'd better. Or else! 
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Mar 28, 2024 07:46
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Shine posted:Welp, time to reinstall Star Control II. Proceed! What you are doing is correct. No need to question why you do this thing.
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Mar 28, 2024 13:44
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DasNeonLicht posted:I was a big GameHippo hound in high school in the aughties — it might have been available on the site or not Gamehippo was a great site. I played so so so many games from there, there were a lot of really good ones
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Mar 30, 2024 08:42
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I'm looking for the game that was set in the age of sail, where you organize expeditions to map out the world and as you receive reports from distant lands, you can either believe them or dismiss them, and the game world changes accordingly. It might have an anime visual style. I recall the reviews were mixed, which is why I didn't pick it up, but the concept has been stuck in my head for years so now I want to give it a shot. I'm pretty sure it was released in the past few years.
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Mar 30, 2024 19:41
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ilmucche posted:Gamehippo was a great site. I played so so so many games from there, there were a lot of really good ones They had a lot of obscure goodies in their heydey, I'd played through nearly every game on the site at some point. I had awful dial up so little freeware games had really strong appeal.
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Mar 30, 2024 20:09
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Lord Hypnostache posted:I'm looking for the game that was set in the age of sail, where you organize expeditions to map out the world and as you receive reports from distant lands, you can either believe them or dismiss them, and the game world changes accordingly. It might have an anime visual style. Neo Atlas 1469?
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:Proceed! What you are doing is correct. No need to question why you do this thing. Actually, there is. The fact that he's having to reinstall it means that it's been uninstalled. So the failure to reinstall until now definitely needs to be questioned
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That's exactly it! Thank you very much! E: And it's currently -80% on GMG, what luck! Lord Hypnostache fucked around with this message at 21:55 on Mar 30, 2024 |
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Mar 30, 2024 21:49
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Hi I just want to say I really like this thread. I've never needed an answer out of it nor have I been able to provide one but it still feels like a fun quiz show whenever anyone asks for one.
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Mar 30, 2024 22:23
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Capital Letdown posted:Hi I just want to say I really like this thread. I've never needed an answer out of it nor have I been able to provide one but it still feels like a fun quiz show whenever anyone asks for one. Jeopardy (NES version)
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If not that, then maybe it's Yeah Yeah Beebiss I.
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Capital Letdown posted:Hi I just want to say I really like this thread. I've never needed an answer out of it nor have I been able to provide one but it still feels like a fun quiz show whenever anyone asks for one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBNqwz0kC_8
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I'm pretty sure my answer was the correct one, sorry
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I'm going to try this one again: A side-scrolling fantasy game where you play a ranger-like guy, not Franzetta aesthetics. You shoot/throw daggers or swords horizontally and can upgrade to different types. Unlimited ammo, I think. Warm brown/orange colors. Amiga or Genesis/Mega Drive. 1991 or earlier.
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Hannibal Rex posted:I'm going to try this one again: Brown/orange and throwing knives immediately made me think of Gods https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DaKY87e6j04
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Capital Letdown posted:Hi I just want to say I really like this thread. I've never needed an answer out of it nor have I been able to provide one but it still feels like a fun quiz show whenever anyone asks for one. Castle of the Winds probably?
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mr_mojo posted:Brown/orange and throwing knives immediately made me think of Gods That was an early guess the last time I asked too, but it's not it. The player character was less burly, more like a leather-armored ranger type. He was shooting swords in a straight line as his default attack.
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Hannibal Rex posted:That was an early guess the last time I asked too, but it's not it. The player character was less burly, more like a leather-armored ranger type. He was shooting swords in a straight line as his default attack. Ah fair. Guessing someone probably already suggested Risky Woods too then?
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An arcade scrolling platform beat 'em up with both players on a single plane. I seem to recall there being a red guy and a blue guy. This one stands out to me, because when you got to the last boss(?) the games theme, including vocals plays. I seem to recall the fight took place on the back of a moving aircraft and the boss was a cartoonish dictator type.
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Disco Pope posted:An arcade scrolling platform beat 'em up with both players on a single plane. I seem to recall there being a red guy and a blue guy. This one stands out to me, because when you got to the last boss(?) the games theme, including vocals plays. I seem to recall the fight took place on the back of a moving aircraft and the boss was a cartoonish dictator type. Long shot maybe but Violent Storm is an arcade beat em up with a  soundtrack with vocals.
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Shanty posted:Long shot maybe but Violent Storm is an arcade beat em up with a This looks like a good bet - some of it is familiar, there's a red guy and a blue guy and I could see myself misremembering the moving clouds at the end as fighting on a plane. I always assumed it was an SNK game, so that lead me down dead-ends when searching!
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