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Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

secretplot posted:

There was a game with a monkey with big lips who'd run around shooting fireballs from his mouth.

Toki.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toki_(video_game)
http://www.mobygames.com/game/toki-going-ape-spit

Edit: gently caress you, I have two links.

Chinook fucked around with this message at 20:19 on Aug 23, 2008

# ¿ Aug 23, 2008 20:04

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# ¿ May 8, 2024 03:05

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

Diamond Back posted:

me and my sister where talking about an old game we had on windows 95 I think. It was a side scroller with a mage who shot lightning, I wish I could remember more, but that's all I got.

Hocus Pocus:
http://www.3drealms.com/hocus/

I bet it's on Underdogs. Not sure, though.

# ¿ Sep 1, 2008 03:44

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

ucmallory posted:

OKay, so mine was for the NES and it was a sports game.
It had lots of different "events", but the one that stands out the best to me was a shotput one where you had to hit the NES buttons alternating really fast to make him throw farther.

Also part of it was a neutral area that wasn't competition based where you could go and get energy drinks or something for your little athlete person.
That's all I've got.

Yeah, that's Crash n' the Boys: Street Challenge by Technos Japan.

# ¿ Sep 15, 2008 12:55

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

^^^^^^^^^
Maybe "Stinger" for the NES? I think that's Twinbee 2. Seems pretty likely.

# ¿ Apr 19, 2009 04:22

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

Odd posted:

I got one. It was about 1995, and on my friend's computer he had what I assume was a roguelike. It started off normal asking your name and race, class. I think it was based on dungeons and dragons for your skills. Str, Wis, Int, those ones. Then you'd just be dumped in a dungeon, viewed top down. I can't remember if it was ASCII or not though. Anyone remember?

EDIT: Oh yeah, when you got your skill levels, it was based on a simulated dice roll. If you didn't like them you could retry over and over forever. I don't know if that helps.

If someone gets this on their first guess, somehow, I'll poo poo a brick. It sounds like the description of about 1000 games.

# ¿ Apr 26, 2009 01:56

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

Alligator Tower posted:

Does anyone remember this game: It was third person and it was an action game. You played as a female character who could use some pretty badass swords. You started off in a village doing mundane rpg hack and slash quests, and pretty early on you get a dragon which you can ride for the rest of the game (except for certain areas where you have to get off and go in on foot. There was a snow level, a cave level, an island level and the last level was balls crazy with all of these evil towers and stuff.

I think the dragon had different elements of attack... you might have gained new elements from beating the levels. I know it starts off as a fire dragon.

... THE gently caress WAS THE NAME OF THAT GAME!?!

Drakan: Order of the Flame

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=2462626

# ¿ Aug 15, 2009 16:10

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

Ballrawg posted:

I can't remember if I asked this in an older version of the thread, but there was this multi-disk psx game that was a 2d platformer where you're playing as a small boy trying to rescue his dog from aliens. The only other thing I can remember is the part in the opening scene where he sees his dog being brought into another dimension or something. Does anyone remember this from the vague things I remember about it?

Or maybe Rescue Rover by Apogee?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWHiU2p9zfU

It's robots instead of aliens, but maybe.

# ¿ Aug 15, 2009 17:28

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

Genpei Turtle posted:

Hmm...Questron II maybe? You bought spells in that, and it did get its own Apple IIGS release.

That was going to be my guess, too. I owned that game as a young child, and it was the first thing that came to mind. I hope that's it!

# ¿ Dec 21, 2013 07:29

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

Dr_Amazing posted:

I saw a guy on train playing this cellphone game. It's like an RPG but it looks like you attack by shooting your guys into bad guys. I think you have to try to make them bounce a bunch of times to get combos. I'm in Japan so it might be something that's only available here.

Sounds like Nanaca Crash:
http://megami.starcreator.com/nanaca-crash/

# ¿ Mar 10, 2014 20:36

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

HMS Boromir posted:

There was a beat 'em up on the NES that I've been trying to identify for years; all I can remember is the boss of a later stage being some kind of lion or tiger tamer with a whip and maybe there were trucks in the second level? Not much to go on, but maybe someone knows it.

That'd be Karnov:
http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Karnov/Stage_2

# ¿ Mar 14, 2014 20:49

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

delirious pancake posted:

I watched a friend play a game around the mid-90s (probably 1998 at the latest), may have been SNES but he had all the systems - even the unpopular ones. I remember watching him explore sand dunes from a far out POV, and he had a team of 4 or 5 members. I think the battle screen had a setup sort of like Earthbound with the player names and stats on a rectangle at the bottom of the screen. The characters looked more like a Western comic book than the JRPGS I was used to.

I wish I could remember more, but it was a looong time ago and I was just a little kid. It's been bugging me for years! Any guesses?

Maybe Wild Arms?

# ¿ Apr 20, 2014 06:21

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

justbread posted:

I'm curious about this one as well. I remember playing something matching this description off of a demo disc in the mid-late 90's (PC Gamer or CGW maybe?). After you break out of the cell you leave the prison and engage in a sword fight, then either the demo ended there or I lost interest, because I don't remember anything past that point.

It appears to be "La Fuga" by Exelweiss Entertainment:
http://www.abandonsocios.org/wiki/index.php?title=La_Fuga&diff=244113&oldid=244111

# ¿ May 10, 2014 16:21

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

dregan posted:

Logical Journey of the Zoombinis? It's an edutainment game and might have earwormed you that way.

If this is correct, it's gotta be the most impressive find so far in this thread.

# ¿ May 17, 2014 16:06

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

CrookedB posted:

I seem to recall some Egypt(?)-themed Myst-like adventure game for PC. I also seem to recall someone here attempted to Let's Play that game, or at least did a test post in the LP Sandcastle. I tried looking through the LP Master List, but nothing rang a bell.

I think you started out at some kind of harbor, with buildings with yellow walls (or rather, the color of sand) all around you.

Sorry, I don't have anything to go on beyond that.

Are you thinking of Rhem?
http://www.rhem-game.com/

If not, maybe Jewels of the Oracle?
http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/reviews/32/

# ¿ Jun 10, 2014 18:13

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

Looks right to me, too:
http://i.imgur.com/F1F57YL.png

# ¿ Jun 12, 2014 01:01

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

Moridin920 posted:

RPG game, still in development (or at least it was in the last year), Baldur's Gate looking graphics, a few different classes (five I think) you could start as; soldier, thief, merchant, noble, poo poo along those lines. Each one has a different starting story and different quests they can do, all revealing different parts of story and whatnot.

When I played it was just the one town and a few periphery locations (bandit camp, a mine, that's about it).

I remember there's a quest to kill a competing shaman or wise man or whatever they called themselves (they like identify old things left behind by a great civilization that collapsed hundreds of years ago). I cornered him and told him to gently caress off and get out of town. He thanked me, then ratted me out. Later he came back to reveal the artifact I was trying to sell to the duke was a fake (should have just killed him!).

The thief or pickpocket plot line involved trying to steal a shipment of gold from the local merchants.

Age of Decadence? http://store.steampowered.com/app/230070/

# ¿ Aug 19, 2014 22:14

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

BobbyBaudoin posted:

Gonna try this, been trying to remember a NES game that I still wonder if it truly existed or if I dreamed about it as a child.

It was a action sidescroller a bit like Ninja Gaiden, I remember the game over screen was with the player character tied up and being lowered into lava until you pressed continue. I also think one of the first bosses was a giant.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrath_of_the_Black_Manta

I think this is it.

# ¿ Oct 23, 2014 01:19

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

Anatharon posted:

I remember an underwater game for the Sega Genesis. You had an overworld submarine that went around the world to do missions which let you pick from like.. 6 submarines? Including a rescue dolphin and unarmed probe. It had a sidescrolling view from that perspective.

Googled "sega genesis submarine dolphin" and it was the second result:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeaQuest_DSV_(video_game)

This it?

# ¿ Nov 11, 2014 07:45

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

pussy riot police posted:

I'm trying to remember an MS-DOS game from around 94' where you sent monsters into an isometric arena, and there was a shuma gorath looking thing which was my favorite. I seem to remember a loading screen being an triangle with an eye in the center of it.

This is from literally two decades ago, and I was 6 at the time, so I might have most of the details wrong.

Monster Battles?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPRyxhgriXo

# ¿ Nov 27, 2014 16:51

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

ColoradoCleric posted:

Hey I'm trying to remember a 2000 era robot building/fighting game. You'd be able to build a robot based off of modular parts like extenders and scanners and shields and weapons you could attach to various points and pretty much create any design based off a weight limit. The game was based off of java too if it helps.

Is it RoboForge?
http://www.roboforge.altervista.org/data.htm

# ¿ Jan 24, 2015 14:52

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

Ledenko posted:

Oh boy, I'm trying to remember the name of the game I read about years and years ago, it's about a time traveling or VR based thief and/or archaeologist. I honestly can't remember much about it except that it was 3D, had this fancy UI with something sleek at the bottom and it would highlight stuff you see and give you info about it, but it was not journeyman project. My memory about this is really vague

This one?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Commando

# ¿ Jan 26, 2015 15:49

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

My guess is Renegade, for NES. It has the big ugly lady, who actually can be beat, I think.

# ¿ Jan 29, 2015 15:17

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

moller posted:

Edit for bitchin' Rare music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGWiNiLAy94

This was the first video game I ever owned (I was like 8), and god drat, Wizards & Warriors music is so great/nostalgic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLsxMiHiKog

and the Fire Caverns music reminds me of Marble Madness a little bit.

Chinook fucked around with this message at 13:14 on Apr 10, 2015

# ¿ Apr 10, 2015 13:11

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

Blaster Master has those sort of bosses. Ikari Warriors 2 was the first thing I thought of, though.

# ¿ Sep 2, 2017 11:01

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

Pulsarcat posted:

God drat it, I figured out what the game was and it turns out I wasn't remembering it correctly.

It was called Shogun, and I got the perspective completely messed up, it's viewed from the side, but you don't have to walk on the ground you can literally walk into the air.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phUxJ6mkiYo

Even after watching a couple videos of it I still have no idea what you are supposed to do other than eat sky cherries and make friends.
Sorry for wasting everyones time, this is what happens when you try to remember a game that came out when you were like six.

I dunno, I think your description was actually halfway decent. Glad you figured it out.

I watched the video and I don't really know what the gently caress that game is trying to do.

# ¿ Nov 11, 2017 09:25

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

Check Hocus pocus, that had somewhat memorable music and is from that era. Maybe Marble Madness?

# ¿ Nov 29, 2017 07:48

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

Meridian posted:

So unless I've lost my mind, I remember seeing goons posting about some strategy/RPG/kingdom management game that had a faction of ducks. Specifically, they were saying do not gently caress with the ducks or they will ruin you. Maybe I don't have the genre correct, but the Duck Faction was definitely a thing and I wanted to check the game out. Anyone have any idea what I'm talking about?

Definitely a PC game.

It's King of Dragon Pass. It's very good and you can get it on Steam or GoG I'm pretty sure. And Android, iPhone, too.

Edit: son of a bitch

# ¿ Dec 3, 2017 10:15

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

Senior Scarybagels posted:

I don't remember much about this game but here is the little I do know
The first stage you are in is in France, your character is an edgelord if I remember correctly, and they use a spear.
I remember one scene where you are hiding in the rafters of a church.
There is also a set piece where you fight zombies in a tiny graveyard.
I believe it was on PS1/2 or Dreamcast but I am not sure.

Somehow this reminds me of Vagrant Story a little bit.

# ¿ Aug 22, 2018 04:05

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

BgRdMchne posted:

Old text based gladiator management game.

Could this one be Deathmasters, an old BBS game?

# ¿ Oct 7, 2018 01:28

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

superh posted:

Got one from my wife: a game from a random demo disk in the windows 98 era.

You’re a kid walking through a creepy amusement park, with synthy music. It’s an adventure game, maybe? With item collection and talking to other characters? The graphics were supposedly pretty cartoony, and 2d. You may have been trying to solve a murder mystery.

Idk if that’s anything to go on!

I mean, Sam & Max has some of those things, but not all of them. Maybe run that by her though...

# ¿ Oct 11, 2018 04:58

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

This is my favorite thread.

# ¿ Oct 12, 2018 00:58

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

Rupert Buttermilk posted:

I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not. Did I miss something?

No, I just love trying to figure out these old mysteries and I love when it succeeds. I'm always excited when I see an odd numbered amount of new replies

# ¿ Oct 12, 2018 14:08

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

Yeah I made a ZZT level/world/whatever where I modeled a giant purple Barney dinosaur and the goal was to kill Barney. You just had to trigger different areas of the map to do different things to get the message that you've succeeded. I was like 12, I thought it was fantastic.

quick edit: I just googled to see if my level was out there and there is apparently ANOTHER Kill Barney zzt world. Not made by me?! Maybe I was inspired by it, I forget..

# ¿ Oct 16, 2018 10:33

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

Catalina posted:

This one has been killing me, because I tend to run across this game when I don't have time to play it, but it disappears when I do have time. I foolishly removed it from my Steam wishlist when I was cutting it down to game I wanted in the immediate future.

It's a space economic sim that's on Steam, and usually comes very highly recommended. The graphics look like a DOS or CD Rom game from the late 90's. Those are the things I'm sure about.
I THINK that a lot of it is about how your character evolves as you go through the game, and the universe and game systems are really in depth and well though out.

Please help me as I keep hitting the More Like This button on Steam, and keep finding nothing.

Hmm, well, I can't think of anything that fits every characteristic but Escape Velocity Nova comes to mind, but I don't believe it's on Steam. But maybe check it out.

Maybe Naev?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/598530/Naev/

Or one of the Space Rangers games, or reboots/sequels..? (Some of which aren't on Steam anymore iirc)

Also browse this list and see if anything jumps out:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_flight_simulator_games#Free-form_space_trading_and_combat_games

# ¿ Oct 22, 2018 03:29

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

Trying to figure out a game. It was for DOS, early 90s. Kind of reminds me of EGA Trek but had a lot more stuff to do. Surfaces of planets were displayed, iirc. Mostly I remember little green humanoid aliens (I believe you were on their side) in one of the subdivisions of the screen. Like the general's head would be displayed and it would tell you (through text, not voice) what you should focus on, etc.

Very low tech game, no fmv assets or anything like that.

# ¿ Oct 23, 2018 05:39

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

John Murdoch posted:

Sounds like Starflight, though that description could fit innumerable early sci-fi CRPGs. Edit: Or maybe Star Command.

Ahh, thank you, but both of those look a little too nice, and also have more 'space' theme. This seemed much more tied to the surface of a planet, and also the 'playfield' window of the game was much smaller, in this game, and it was in the top left. I'm going to keep looking tomorrow, I'll definitely post when I get it.

# ¿ Oct 23, 2018 22:53

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

Not Alien Legacy or Sentinel Worlds. But thank you for trying! Sentinel Worlds looks a little closer, but the game I'm thinking of has a much shittier and 'small time dev' UI, these games looks a bit too well made. Not that the game I'm thinking of looked like total trash but it's definitely more along the lines of EGA Trek or Scorched Earth, as far as production values.

Of course standard warnings of this thread apply: my memories are hazy and for all I know I'll stumble upon a combat basketball game and say "Eureka!"

Edit:. I'm impressed how well some of the guesses match up with my description almost exactly, even though they're still not it. Thanks. Really, one distinguishing feature is a small window which has a very humanoid shaped green alien guy or girl talking to you, like a commander. Like a Martian looking kind of alien. Like a human with green skin and small little slug antennae. VGA but not very GOOD vga, similar to EGA Trek in UI and use of color and detail.

Chinook fucked around with this message at 02:55 on Oct 24, 2018

# ¿ Oct 24, 2018 02:46

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

Got it, it's Star Legions:
https://www.old-games.com/download/5586/star-legions-a-k-a

# ¿ Oct 24, 2018 03:02

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

I might be getting this mixed up with Apogee's "Monster Bash," but was there a game that looked quite similar to that (early 90s DOS game, EGA graphics) where you played as a baby?

# ¿ Feb 14, 2019 11:56

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# ¿ May 8, 2024 03:05

Chinook: Apr 11, 2006; SHODAI

ManxomeBromide posted:

It was a NES game and it wasn't exported to the US until the Virtual Console era, but Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa makes very good use of the NES's graphics and it compares well with EGA-level stuff.

That looks really delightful, actually, but I'm starting to think I just thought the kid in Monster Bash was younger, for whatever reason. Thanks though!

# ¿ Feb 16, 2019 22:05

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