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The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

organburner posted:

Might as well try this again.

PC game from quake1-quake2 era (at least graphics wise), might have been a demo, may have been nothing but a dream but still, this is what I remember (I think the one I played was a demo though) The game was a futuristic, maybe even post apocalyptic FPS with vehicles.
You start in a city that looks almost completely abandoned, and more or less the first thing I noticed was that you didn't use the arrow keys to move, which confused the hell out of me. WASD was a foreign concept for me at the time. Anyway, the first thing you see is a car of some sort, I think it was like a futuristic 4x4 vehicle with some cannon on the front. I don't remember you having any other weapons except the vehicles.
So you get into this car and blow up enemy cars I think, while driving around the city for some reason (I didn't know any English or at least not enough to understand what I was doing in most games) and if you try to drive too far out of the city there's some big-rear end robots/mechs that will blow you up. Also around the city are similar looking robots/mechs hanging upside down (These are dead/destroyed, by the way), presumably from another faction than the ones that kill you.
I don't know if you could actually use a mech yourself, I never found a empty one and it seemed to be impossible to kill them as well. I do remember finding a strange helicopter-like VTOL thing though, and you could fly around in that.

As I said this game might not actually exist and be something I made up entirely, but the images in my head were so real I don't even know anymore. I specifically remember the upside down mechs/robots hanging from the poles.

I think you might be mixing poo poo up but my best guesses are either:

1. Redline: http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/redline

2. Wild Metal Country: http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/wild-metal-country

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The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

FelixMeOneMoreTime posted:

PC game from the mid-90s, required the disc to play but no install required. It was a golf game with a top down view, kind of like Candyland golf, but far more basic graphically. You'd click the ball and drag in the direction opposite to the direction you want to send it in, in order to swing. It was a fantasy crazy golf type of game, with four sets of 18 holes if I remember correctly. Lasers and guns were some of the obstacles, and they'd destroy the ball. Pistons too. I'm not sure if it's a legitimate game or just some shovelware from the bargain bin, but it was incredibly fun and I want to play it again.

Best guess assuming you're misremembering a few things: http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/fuzzys-world-of-miniature-space-golf

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

Kontradaz posted:

Late 1900's/early 2000's adventure/shooting/exploration game. It was 3D, and I think it was third/first person perspective. It was dark and moody, you could talk to individuals and you had an inventory. I think it was an apocalyptic setting. PC.

Main distinguishing characteristic and the only one i can really recall: the level transitions and save points were marked by an orange/red sign on the ground, it was either a pentagram or an anarchy symbol.

Anne McCaffrey's Freedom - First Resistance
http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/anne-mccaffreys-freedom-first-resistance

Not a very good game.

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

G.I. Jaw posted:

I want to go back and play some game I enjoyed in the early 2000s, but I can't for the life of me remember the name of it, and it didn't seem to be a big enough title for Wikipedia to record it in the "20XX in Video Gaming" pages.

- From what I remember, this game came out in the early 2000s. I was still in high school when it was released so between 1999-2003, but most likely after 2001.

- It was set in medieval times, and you could choose between several classes, I think there were eight in all. The classes were divided into factions and half of them were good, half were evil. I think that depending on your faction, you played each level from a different side of the map, as if your objectives for the level were counter to that of the opposing faction.

- I know Knight was one of the classes, and I think Mage and Archer were too (I bet this key bit of info helps a lot).

- The gameplay was 3rd person over the shoulder perspective, and combat played pretty much like any hack and slash game, just a bunch of clicking to swing. Also you could jump.

- I think the title was just one word, but I could be misremembering this.

Any help on this would be great because it's been driving me crazy lately!

Blade of Darkness

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

Imapanda posted:

Alright, I'll give this a shot.


Back in around 2004ish I used to always buy video game magazines that came with the little demo CDs. One of the games on a CD had you playing as a character who rode on a dragon above this MASSIVE landscape wrecking poo poo up, you could land the dragon and fight dudes on the foot and take their poo poo. I remember it had a lot of RPG aspects and I was really surprised at how open the landscape was.

I just remember exploring the world on foot or flying the dragon to defeat enemies being the features. I'm sorry this is kind of vague but I hardly remember much of it. Any clue to what this may be?

What system?? Isometric 2D, 3D???


Comedy answer: http://www.mobygames.com/game/dragon-riders-chronicles-of-pern

The Joe Man fucked around with this message at 06:42 on Oct 3, 2011

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

Morpheus posted:

So reading through the LP of King of Dragon Pass has reminded me of a game I played in high school (around 2000, I suppose). I don't remember much of it, but I'm pretty sure it was an RPG, and it definitely had Norse cultural roots, in that there were things like Jarls in it (that's really the only word I can remember). I'm pretty sure it had an isometric view.

My best guess would be Darklands but that's probably way too early. Check out this list and see if anything looks familiar: http://www.mobygames.com/game-group/mythology-norse-germanic

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

crime fighting hog posted:

Anyone know?

http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/mob-rule

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

Perplexed Stoat posted:

I saw a trailer over a year ago for a game that was set in a city that had been hit by an earthquake. From what I remember the city was reduced to rubble and it was hot as hell, sandy and very dry so I'm thinking Las Vegas type location. The main character was a guy who is trying to just survive. Anyone know what game I am talking about, I'm not actually sure if it was ever released.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ6Aely9YrQ

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

DKWildz posted:

Trying to remember an arcade game I played in the mid 90's. It was a multiplayer brawler type (I want to say 1-4 people, but maybe just 1-2). The most distinct part of it I can think of is that the characters in the game (good guys and bad guys) were kinda cartoony with smaller bodies and big heads. The sprites were 2d but 3d gameplay (in that you could move in all 4 directions along the ground as it scrolled).

One of the levels I remember being on the outside of a building and you were going up fire escape stairs to the roof and then maybe jumping over to another building and going back down it's
There are HUNDREDS of arcade games that could possibly be but I'll just throw out 2 as a gamble:

http://www.mobygames.com/game/combatribes
http://www.mobygames.com/game/snes/stone-protectors

I remember spending like $20 beating Combatribes at the arcade when I was a kid...it was really hard, okay?!!

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

PantsBandit posted:

So I'm thinking of a PC game made in the early to mid 90s where you walked around a haunted house (almost certain it's not the doom-esque shooter mentioned earlier, don't think you had any weapons). I think you had to solve certain puzzles, there was a part with an iron maiden and I think you were timed? Anyone have any ideas?
This is a longshot and holy poo poo this video is annoying but does this look familiar? http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=hywpNcyFaQI#t=320s

1st person or 3rd??

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

PantsBandit posted:

1st person, probably should've mentioned that from the beginning but then I would never have seen that...interesting video...

It's this or the sequel, isn't it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U31LuXTn4k

EDIT: Hahaha that looks awesome. I remember seeing it on bargain shelves forever but never picking it up.

The Joe Man fucked around with this message at 09:58 on Jan 4, 2012

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

err posted:

PS1 or PS2/Xbox generation game. You play as a somewhat futuristic(?) female(?) cop that I'm pretty sure could drive a police car. I remember grappling along a power line or something. I just remember it being unique because you played as a cop and this was somewhat unique at the time.

http://www.mobygames.com/game/urban-chaos

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

Fat_Cow posted:

I remember watching the review on Xplay, it was some sort of RTS game? Where you controlled ghost to either scare humans, or get them to do something.
http://www.mobygames.com/game/ghost-master
http://www.mobygames.com/game/genesis/haunting-starring-polterguy

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

Vrikkian posted:

PC game. I think it was a party based hack n slash that didn't do very well. Came out maybe 10 years ago. The volumes/episodes were called books I think? I remember I only played the first one and you were in a castle for a long time. That's all I remember.

Vrikkian posted:

No, but good guess. I keep wanting to think the name is somewhat Arthurian sounding, but I could be wrong.
This is driving me nuts because I remember seeing the jewel-release on shelves everywhere for a looooong time and never picking it up because it looked like shareware.

Mobygames comes up empty for "book," "chapter," and "kingdom." The front of it had a wizard face I think! Also, the graphics on the little back screenshots looked Baldur's Gate-ish.

EDIT:

Humphrey Vasel posted:

Siege of Avalon?
That's what I was trying to think of!!

The Joe Man fucked around with this message at 11:00 on Mar 8, 2012

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984
I'd guess Mappy Land: http://www.mobygames.com/game/mappy-land

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

Deakul posted:

I'm thinking of an old highly interactive adventure game from the 90s for the PC.
It had a clay look and you controlled it from the first person.
I think you could drive vehicles, not entirely sure... but I'm positive that you could interact with pretty much everything.

It's not The Neverhood or Toonstruck.

I've been trying to remember this game for like 13 years now, it's just that I can barely remember it.

This is the only one I can think of that kinda fits your description:
http://www.mobygames.com/game/dark-eye

Oh wait, is it: http://www.mobygames.com/game/normality

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984
Has anyone else noticed that every game that's included "Chapter 1" or "Book One" or whatever in their game's title has been a catastrophically gigantic failure?

Those Faery Tale games, Siege of Avalon, whatever the hell Yendorian is, etc...

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

CRANKWHORE posted:

This is an old one, and based off a very bleary grade school memory.

An ibm/pc game featuring cats. You played as a cat and wandered around a neighborhood, on rooftops and into buildings. Similar to Adventure for Atari 2600 (with no vertical scrolling between screens). It was loaded on my school's computers circa 1988, no idea how old it was then (Though considering it was the Florida public school system I'll bet it was not cutting edge technology)

http://www.mobygames.com/game/pc-booter/alley-cat

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

MiltonSlavemasta posted:

There was also a different game, a top-down RPG with graphics kind of like the old Gold Box games, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't one of those. It had character generation and your starting characters died really easily, but you could hire mercenaries. I think one mercenary looked like either a chick or a dude with long hair and had a spell called Dragon's Breath that absolutely wrecked everything. Also, I remember if you got poisoned then rested in an Inn, you died.

Never played them but maybe The Magic Candle series? This could be a ton of different games; the more descriptive the better.

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

Kamer Kamer Cola posted:

The other is an adventure game, I don't really remember too much from this one. It was a point and click interface. I think whenever you left a location, you'd get put onto a map screen of the world to choose where you wanted to go. I remember one of the locations being a small cave that you'd enter from the left hand side of the screen, there was a skeleton inside, and a shiny object on the right, past the skeleton.

Im not sure if this is even from the same game, but I remember a part where you're navigating through like a labyrinth, but it has a very regal design, and the overall color scheme was bright. During this, there's like a trial going on and the whole thing was timed.

http://www.mobygames.com/game/wrath-of-the-gods

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

rockem posted:

Second one is harder. 90's computer game, friend had it. I remember reading this giant instruction manual at his house, first chapter had to do with clearing rats out of a cellar? It was a roleplaying game. I kinda remember him showing it to me, it was like Wizardry. In a maze and he was fighting this tree like monster, and when he hit it blood flew out.

Assuming your memory's a little fuzzy: http://www.mobygames.com/game/ultima-underworld-ii-labyrinth-of-worlds



rockem posted:

:O


That might be it. Do any battles take place above ground? Like with the sky showing overhead, not just maze rooftops and whatnot?
Nope. There's always a ceiling, but half the time it's darkness (due to really high ceilings/lighting distance).

The Joe Man fucked around with this message at 08:26 on Jun 23, 2012

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

Apotheosis posted:

This was an arcade game from around 1994-95. It was an FMV cowboy game like Mad Dog McCree, but the player engaged in duels with other cowboys. I remember that ff the player pulled their gun too early, a cowboy who dressed in black would pop up and say "that's a foul." The player ended up fighting him at the end of the game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fijSFxY84e0

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

Coughing-up Tweed posted:

I'm looking for the name of a DOS fighting game. I got it on one of those CDs that you got with new hardware that had dozens of games, so I'm not sure when it came out. The unique thing about it was that you could customize what your character's moves were from a big list. Aside from that, it may have been a Kung-Fu game, it was pretty terrible to play, and the developer or publisher's logo was something like a wooden cart/covered wagon/horse-drawn carriage and either ended in "soft" or "softworks".
Also known as Mindscape now:


Was it this?
http://www.mobygames.com/game/bruce-lee-lives

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

Upmarket Mango posted:

Alright, maybe someone here will know what game I am trying to remember.

It's a PC game from the early 2000's. You play as a female. The story involves aliens enslaving the human race and you joining the underground resistance. You start out in a shopping mall that serves as slums for humans. It is played it the third person. From what I remember there was a larger emphasis on exploration and stealth rather than direct confrontation with enemies. The levels were large and open. The second level took place in city streets. The game may or may not have been based on a book. It was maybe an RPG or at least had RPG elements such as multiple dialogue choices.

I remember my mom picked it up at a bookstore and I played it a bit but I was a bit young to really understand just what the heck I was supposed to be doing. Suddenly I want to give it a try and see what it's actually like.

It's this and it's really terrible: http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/anne-mccaffreys-freedom-first-resistance

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

Peppi posted:

I'm looking for a game I used to play with my dad on the PC. It starts with a cgi intro of bees attacking some people.
It's a top down rpg or action game and the first part has a black widow talking to the pc, and the game as far as we remember it involves insects in some way or another.

We both think the game has morph or morf in its name. I tried looking for Anachromorp, Endomorph, Endomorf and all kinds of variations but can't find anything.

Please help us.

http://www.mobygames.com/game/world-of-aden-entomorph-plague-of-the-darkfall

EDIT: I actually still have a mint condition copy for sale; PM if interested.

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

Peppi posted:

Holy poo poo this is it. Thank you so much!

Not looking for a copy, but give me your steam name if you use it and I can gift you something small and nice for your trouble!

Oh wow, thanks man! http://steamcommunity.com/id/TheJoeMan/wishlist/

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

PageMaster posted:

This may be tricky, but I'm looking for a game that I want to say was an in-browser flash game, although it might have been a small download. It was this 2D open-world exploration type game where you were just this little bouncing ball, and you could find and use different ball types (some increased your bounce, some let you hover, some let you stick to surfaces, etc) to explore new areas with platforming challenges (tricky jumps, lasers, etc). It was surprising good time-waster but it wasn't finished yet and I wanted to revisit it, but can't seem to find it through google.

http://nifflas.ni2.se/?page=Within+a+Deep+Forest

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

felat posted:

The game I'm looking for is an old-school grid based rpg (like Legend of Grimrock or the old Might and Magic series). It was in a medieval fantasy setting and you created a party of 6 with different classes (fighter, mage, rogue, etc.). What I do remember about the game is that you started on a beach and then entered a dungeon that had computers in it because (I'm not sure about this) it was a spaceship.

Big thanks in advance to anyone who can help me!

Any chance you're mixing up the intro vid with the end-game section?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnDljhkO5jQ

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

felat posted:

No it's not that one, it can't be the end of the game since I only played the one I'm looking for 3 hours tops! Thanks for the effort though!

Another guess:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=RYsR6DI8TmI#t=299s

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

Brovstin posted:

I have a vague memory of something (I want to say around 1998-2001). You were in a snow covered town investigating a child's kidnapping. You had a camera and you took pictures around town, you gave the photos to someone who would tell you if there was anything interesting about them.

Huge longshot but...Anachronox?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlIqXk4YIR0

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

Allen Wren posted:

Alright, here's one that haunted my nightmares for a week or so in much younger days. There was a mini golf course in Hamlin, PA in the 90s that had a tiny arcade, and I got a brief look at the attract screens and it weirded my poo poo directly out. I want to say it displayed screens of some sort of urban setting and had text featuring the grim and gritty main character ruminating on his family, for whom he was presumably OUT FOR REVENGE. I mostly remember the text reading something like "MOTHER... FATHER..." in large red letters in a creepy font. I have suspected it was developed by Tecmo, since the font used for this text reminds me of that in the continue screen in the arcade version of Ninja Gaiden, but I've been unable to locate this mystery game via poking at Tecmo's production history on google and such. Any ideas?

Longshot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KFBcN_Ya2k

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

jrosesn posted:

Trying to remember the name of a game I only vaguely remember. It's a 2d space strategy game and I think it used sprites and a square grid overlay thing.

http://www.synthetic-reality.com/warpath.htm

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

ruden posted:

I'm looking for a SA thread about a game, actually. It was some multiplayer space-sim sort of game, that basically devolved into who could ruin the game the fastest. The thread described a few plays of the game, and included some stories of a player creating horrible monstrosities out of the other players as a doctor character.

This is pretty vague I realize, but the thread was good for a few laughs and I wanted to re-read some of the stories.

Space Station 13

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

Hakkesshu posted:

That basically looks like a Deathtrap Dungeon clone, though. Why would someone want to make one of those? :gonk:

It's really, really loving bad. I'm almost positive I still have my original big box copy (because no one's bought it).

For a similar gamestyle, see Knight's Chase (or the Alone in the Dark trilogy but those actually rule).

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

Green Puddin posted:

IR, yeah you are right, my bad. Some ancient technology :v:

Hmm. I've also only seen listings for PC and Mac, but just looking at the Pippin I can tell you it wasn't that. It was a big black box, really looked more like a VCR than anything.

Thanks for the idea though!

I'm 99% positive I've heard about this thing before. In fact I'm pretty sure a goon was heavily involved.

Thinking it was a newer branch from "The Visual Almanac" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNahQrOMMBI

Wait was it any of these?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_CDTV
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_LaserActive
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandy_Video_Information_System (satisfies the Win 3.1 condition on Grandma & Me)

The Joe Man fucked around with this message at 05:03 on Dec 22, 2013

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

Rita Repulsa posted:

There was an old edutainment game that was a sidescroller with a greek myth theme. Zues gave you math problems or something. There were bosses I think, and the last one was a flying red demon named Apathy.

Anyone know what I'm talking about?

Yes, but no one else on earth does because I've tried to look into it and come up empty. The game was called Mathology. Pretty sure I still have a copy.

EDIT:
I'm positive I still have the manual at my grandparent's house (pretty sure it never came in a box because I remember the big manual and floppy just being plastic wrapped). If you continue the search, I know I got it through the elementary school book club catalog, so probably Scholastic?

I'll see if I can find the floppy and try to preserve the thing by submitting to Abandonia or something.

The Joe Man fucked around with this message at 22:21 on Feb 13, 2014

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

Cardiovorax posted:

There's this one game I remember from about 10 or 15 years ago. It was an RPG set in some kind of medieval setting, with a background setting that was about evil mist popping up everywhere and eating people. I don't remember any more, I couldn't figure out the controls and never got past the courtyard where you start in.

http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/mistmare

I always debated buying it from the bargain bin and always decided against it.

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

The Interloper posted:

An Amiga action game where you fought through a Nazi fortress or similar from a top-down view, as in only head and shoulders are visible most of the time. I think the player character was green. Not sure of any other details because I never played it, but always wanted to.

Into The Eagle's Nest....maybe?

http://www.mobygames.com/game/into-the-eagles-nest

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

Elleape posted:

I think this was a PC only game, late 80s or early 90s, first person sort of view, point-n-click adventure/puzzle with a similar style as Myst but this was more of a futuristic look. I recall starting in an apartment and the name Dragon or Dagon or some such?

http://www.mobygames.com/game/rise-of-the-dragon

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The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

itsjustdrew posted:

There was a game I can't remember the name of for pc, in the 90's maybe early 2000's, it was a FPS and I think there were 4 characters to choose from, 1 woman, 3 men, I think one was russian, one french, but I could be wrong on that. From what I remember (the first level at least) was a desert town environment and the enemies were dressed in a green/dark beige/ maybe even black for some. Sorry it's vague, I was very young. Probably 8 or under. (I was born in 93, if that helps.

I don't remember if this had an FPS view option or not but here's an option that everyone forgot about : http://www.mobygames.com/game/vigilance

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