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Ghost Head posted:I have a question for the thread about a game that isn't even out yet. I stopped following development of this game a while back and subsequently forgot the name of it. It looked like a third person adventure where you play as a mouse with a sword and it had a dark, kind of medieval look. any ideas? Ghost of a Tale
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I played an awesome flash game on newgrounds that was like a platformer where you could aim like in 'abuse' with the mouse, but the level was pretty small and then helicopters came down and attacked you, like constant boss fights. What made it awesome was the power ups, you got crazy over the top weapons and I remember one that was predator mode? It was called something like heli assault (although not that)... any ideas?
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Oct 22, 2014 10:48
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that's the one! thanks!
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!Klams posted:I played an awesome flash game on newgrounds that was like a platformer where you could aim like in 'abuse' with the mouse, but the level was pretty small and then helicopters came down and attacked you, like constant boss fights. What made it awesome was the power ups, you got crazy over the top weapons and I remember one that was predator mode? It was called something like heli assault (although not that)... any ideas? Heli Attack 2 or 3?
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Oct 22, 2014 16:56
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Neurion posted:This may have been an N64 or PSX game, I'm not sure which. I have vague memories of renting a game from the video store that was either a first- or third-person shooter, or had an element where you did that. Most of what I can remember is a stage or a level, which was a mid-sized island that had either some shallow ponds or tidal pools in the center, ruins along one coast, and light foliage along an opposite coast. I think you had an AI-controlled buddy you ran around with, or someone who gave you messages over a radio. I'm going with Body Harvest. Here's one that's driven me nuts for years. Original gameboy game, came out fairly early - I can't remember much about it because we lost the cart when I was really young, so probably before/around 1994. It was some weird hybrid of a tetris-esque game and a shooter - you controlled a ship but you were shooting blocks and trying to shoot them to a certain pattern to make falling blocks disappear. I also have this memory of little winged bugs or cherubs or something in the art for the borders or something. For years I thought I'd imagined this but I at one point found the manual for it buried in couch cushions - then promptly lost it and forgot the name again. Searching for it is hard because there were roughly eight billion falling-tile-based puzzle games for the original gameboy. President Ark fucked around with this message at 17:02 on Oct 22, 2014 |
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Oct 22, 2014 17:00
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President Ark posted:I'm going with Body Harvest. Sounds like Quarth. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarth
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Oct 22, 2014 17:07
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Haha, yes, thankyou! I was finding it difficult because the name is so generic, but it makes me look even more dumb when is such a simple name. Cheers !
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Oct 22, 2014 22:19
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President Ark posted:I'm going with Body Harvest. Quarth.
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Oct 22, 2014 23:00
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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.
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Oct 22, 2014 23:19
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I spent an evening trying to find any trace of this, it was a mech/walker game with very low polygons, each mech had two legs, the polygons were so low that i remember them just having points for feet, the joints for the legs were backwards so they ran like chickens, there were also a bunch of different types, light medium and heavy i believe and when you moved the mouse the 'head' would move wherever you looked and the legs would compensate, you'd fight other mechs in arenas and i believe it was just a versus game. I played it in the mid 90s with a Mac at my dads office on a LAN. Again, very minimal graphics, basically just a body and legs for each mech and just boxes for the levels. Drew a quick mech from memory, all flat polygons. 
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Oct 22, 2014 23:25
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david... posted:I spent an evening trying to find any trace of this, it was a mech/walker game with very low polygons, each mech had two legs, the polygons were so low that i remember them just having points for feet, the joints for the legs were backwards so they ran like chickens, there were also a bunch of different types, light medium and heavy i believe and when you moved the mouse the 'head' would move wherever you looked and the legs would compensate, you'd fight other mechs in arenas and i believe it was just a versus game. Avara. The Ambrosia Software guys made it (or published it, anyway). I "played" it singleplayer, which mostly amounted to wandering around and destroying automated defenses.
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Oct 23, 2014 00:54
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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. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrath_of_the_Black_Manta I think this is it.
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:Ambrosia Software I wish they'd port a bunch of their back-catalog to ios. None of it's really aged all that well, but playing it on non-apple hardware would be blasphemous and I want to do some mid '90's nostalgia.
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I can see it now... you're flying spaceships around and then Cap'n Hector shows up and reminds you to support shareware and purchase something in the Ambrosia app-store.
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Oct 23, 2014 01:56
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:Avara. The Ambrosia Software guys made it (or published it, anyway). I "played" it singleplayer, which mostly amounted to wandering around and destroying automated defenses. You beautiful bastard, I had the 'av' part lodged in my brain but was sure it was a false memory, thank you. Edit: I think my memory drawing was pretty accurate! 
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Oct 23, 2014 02:23
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I vaguely remember a game that starts off in a carnival, then you wake up as a doll on an island. I don't think it was supposed to be scary; It might even have been an edutainment game as the only games I was allowed to play when I was 3 or 4 were basically edutainment games, StarCraft and Doom. Go figure. 
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Anatharon posted:I vaguely remember a game that starts off in a carnival, then you wake up as a doll on an island. Island of Dr. Quandary, a puzzle edutainment game
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Acne Rain posted:Island of Dr. Quandary, a puzzle edutainment game And number three of the most asked games right under Return Fire and Castle of the Wind. Funny how specific games that get no praise today are remembered so fondly from people's childhood.
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al-azad posted:And number three of the most asked games right under Return Fire and Castle of the Wind. Funny how specific games that get no praise today are remembered so fondly from people's childhood. Return Fire made it into EGM's "100 Best games of All Time" in issue #100*, and I think that's the only time I've ever heard it mentioned outside of this thread *Before they wussed out and made their #200 list  for their time so they wouldn't have to make any choices that might piss off bitter nerds.
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david... posted:I spent an evening trying to find any trace of this, it was a mech/walker game with very low polygons, each mech had two legs, the polygons were so low that i remember them just having points for feet, the joints for the legs were backwards so they ran like chickens, there were also a bunch of different types, light medium and heavy i believe and when you moved the mouse the 'head' would move wherever you looked and the legs would compensate, you'd fight other mechs in arenas and i believe it was just a versus game. I want to say Cyberstrike if only because the mech design is similar to that but not as crude.
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I throw in these 2 every once in a while but no one has ever got them. Both are early 90s and arcade games. First was a side scroller that I remember as being a Mario game. That narrows it down too much so I guess something that looks like super Mario world. The only point I remember is a giant pie. Just running along and there's this huge pie on the ground. Jumping in it either killed you or teleported you somewhere. (Maybe it just looked like a pie) Second was a game where you walked along a flat plane. It was outside and the character was a generic muscly dude. Gameplay was mostly jumping and ducking to avoid various weapons coming in from off screen. You could also punch and kick to destroy them. I think there were no bad guys, but if they were they went down in one hit. I mostly remember this one because when I played it the machine was on some sort of free mode and I just sat there playing for hours.
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Oct 23, 2014 05:28
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Dr_Amazing posted:I throw in these 2 every once in a while but no one has ever got them. Both are early 90s and arcade games. Second one sounds kinda like Gladiator: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladiator_(video_game)
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ponzicar posted:Second one sounds kinda like Gladiator: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladiator_(video_game) This has been suggested before I think. It's got the right idea but it's not it. I sure it was all outside. There was no shield either.
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There was a sega genesis game where half the game was a monkey island style point and click set in the future and the other half was some sort of platformer. This might have been 2 games on 1 cartridge or they could have been the same game I dont remember exactly.
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Dr_Amazing posted:This has been suggested before I think. It's got the right idea but it's not it. I sure it was all outside. There was no shield either. Was that second one Fist of the North Star?
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It's the sort of thing I could probably google for if it wasn't the middle of the night and all that. Sorry in advance. A DOS shareware game of the 90s, you controlled a sphere on a flat surface (2d, sprite-based graphics) and collected items and avoided enemies to get to the end of each level. One of the early levels, when viewed through the overhead map, spelled out the name ASTRID in all caps.
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Brasseye posted:There was a sega genesis game where half the game was a monkey island style point and click set in the future and the other half was some sort of platformer. This might have been 2 games on 1 cartridge or they could have been the same game I dont remember exactly. Cosmic Spacehead
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The arcade that was in the mall when I was a kid had a really odd poker game that had a gun. You had to shoot the cards to decide what to do rather than just like pushing buttons or whatever. It wasn't there long as it was neither popular nor very good. It was also stupidly hard to win (or maybe I just sucked at poker) and you had to have a shootout when you lost. It sticks out in my mind because of how bizarre it is in retrospect. I remember two particular extremely stereotyped characters. One was a grizzled, middle-aged gun slinger who offered his gun to cover all bets if he ran out of money and another was a young woman in a revealing dress that offered a ring. I think the dress was blue. I think there was another character or two but I forget. It was a long time ago and I played it like twice.
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Hakkesshu posted:Cosmic Spacehead Thats the one!
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ToxicSlurpee posted:The arcade that was in the mall when I was a kid had a really odd poker game that had a gun. You had to shoot the cards to decide what to do rather than just like pushing buttons or whatever. It wasn't there long as it was neither popular nor very good. It was also stupidly hard to win (or maybe I just sucked at poker) and you had to have a shootout when you lost. It sticks out in my mind because of how bizarre it is in retrospect. Showdown? (Finding a non-MAME ROM link) [EDIT] Here's a hastily re-uploaded image: 
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david... posted:I spent an evening trying to find any trace of this, it was a mech/walker game with very low polygons, each mech had two legs, the polygons were so low that i remember them just having points for feet, the joints for the legs were backwards so they ran like chickens, there were also a bunch of different types, light medium and heavy i believe and when you moved the mouse the 'head' would move wherever you looked and the legs would compensate, you'd fight other mechs in arenas and i believe it was just a versus game. My incorrect guess was going to be Stellar 7, but I just wanted to thank you for going above and beyond and making a really good drawing of what you were looking for. 
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Earlier today, I suddenly remembered a game that I recall watching my cousin play way back in the early 90s. I just can't remember for the life of me what it was. It was either on the NES or Genesis. It was an adventure game I think, and it had your options for actions listed on each side of the screen. The usual stuff, like TALK, USE, LOOK, etc. I remember it being fairly dark in tone, perhaps set in a mansion or a castle? I remember my cousin left the building and went into a greenhouse, and there was a plant that he had to water to get it to grow a flower or a fruit that he needed, and had to go looking for a watering can and a way to fill it up with water to proceed. I also remember him going into a bedroom and looking at a painting, and a ghost knight covered in chains appeared and killed him afterwards? I know it's not much to go on, but does anyone have any clue what game this is?
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Maniac Mansion seems too easy. Uninvited?
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The White Dragon posted:Maniac Mansion seems too easy. Uninvited? YES! It was Uninvited. I had to check a FAQ to see if the greenhouse part lined up with what I remember, and it totally does. Thanks! That was a pretty good guess, considering how vague my information was.
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Dexie posted:YES! It was Uninvited. I had to check a FAQ to see if the greenhouse part lined up with what I remember, and it totally does. That is the only one of the NES Macventure (adventure games that were originally on Mac if I remember right) that I need still (not counting Deja Vu 2 because that was only on the Deja Vu doublepack for gameboy [and Mac]
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Zaodai posted:Showdown? Yup, that's exactly it and wow that looks even worse than I remember. Somehow. No wonder it vanished so fast.
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juliuspringle posted:That is the only one of the NES Macventure (adventure games that were originally on Mac if I remember right) that I need still (not counting Deja Vu 2 because that was only on the Deja Vu doublepack for gameboy [and Mac] They all were released for PC and I believe at one point cell phones with updated graphics, much harder gameplay, and unedited storylines. The NES versions had to be cut down for cart space and content (You never used "capsules" in the original Deja Vu for example, because there was a dirty needle instead! NOA objected). Also they're getting remakes with bonus content now starting with Shadowgate and apparently Deja Vu is next. Uninvited is a strange creature. The original game was dark and violent almost like Evil Dead or something, but the NES game is down right cutesy! Like the little cookie eating monster, he's adorable! The Kemco guys also took liberty with some of the art making it look more like manga, but give them a break they're Japanese.
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It may have looked a little more cutesy but what is burned into my retina is southern belle skeleton that upon interacting with it: You have gotten the Attention of the Mysterious lady. She turns to face you. Her Face is devoid of any Flesh. You are frozen with horror As she beggins ripping you Appart. She laughs hysterically as Your body slumps to the Ground. Copy and pasted from Gamefaqs. http://www.gamefaqs.com/nes/563472-uninvited/faqs/25533 Didn't have nightmares but it has stuck with me....
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Wamdoodle posted:Didn't have nightmares but it has stuck with me.... Yeah, that is the moment everyone remembers. I remember Cookie Demon and his Cookie Dance. With the funky music. ... I want to watch him do it now.
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Skunkrocker posted:Yeah, that is the moment everyone remembers. Here you go! http://youtu.be/xjl3yLYePmE?t=19m12s
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