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MonkeyforaHead
Apr 7, 2006


God, you vindictive bitch, why can't I ever have any "me" time

Original Game Boy game, isometric-ish POV. You play as a knight(?), I think you start off in front of some castle gates and you move screen to screen and engage in solo battle with other units in what feels like a weird action-strategy spinoff of chess or something. I never got far in it because your health doesn't refill between fights, and those fights tend to be pretty tough. Never played anything else quite like it, the name of it is the only thing that's completely escaped me.

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moller
Jan 10, 2007

Swan stole my music and framed me!

MonkeyforaHead posted:

engage in solo battle with other units in what feels like a weird action-strategy spinoff of chess or something

This part sounds like Archon but the rest of the details don't really fit since that's "a literal chessboard" rather than "move screen to screen"

THE BAR
Oct 20, 2011

You know what might look better on your nose?

MonkeyforaHead posted:

Original Game Boy game, isometric-ish POV. You play as a knight(?), I think you start off in front of some castle gates and you move screen to screen and engage in solo battle with other units in what feels like a weird action-strategy spinoff of chess or something. I never got far in it because your health doesn't refill between fights, and those fights tend to be pretty tough. Never played anything else quite like it, the name of it is the only thing that's completely escaped me.

Was it Kingdom Crusade?

MonkeyforaHead
Apr 7, 2006


God, you vindictive bitch, why can't I ever have any "me" time


That's the one, thanks! Figures it was some weirdly generic name.

THE BAR
Oct 20, 2011

You know what might look better on your nose?

MonkeyforaHead posted:

That's the one, thanks! Figures it was some weirdly generic name.

It had the Prince Valiant franchise stuck to it in Europe, if that's any help. :tipshat:

Shine
Feb 26, 2007

No Muscles For The Majority

moller posted:

This part sounds like Archon but the rest of the details don't really fit since that's "a literal chessboard" rather than "move screen to screen"

That goddamn game. My brother wouldn't let me use spells :argh:

Iymarra
Oct 4, 2010




Survived AGDQ 2018 Awful Games block!
Grimey Drawer
I am attempting to remember the name (or find pictures of) a game I played in primary school around age 11/12.
I cannot remember what computing system it was, but the era is 1995-1997 roughly.
The fragments I remember from the game are :

There was some loose environmental theme (and edutainment overtones, in retrospect)
You played as a girl (I think)
You visited your grandparent's house in the woods
There was a mystery in the woods.
I think grandparent (grandfather?) went missing
I think it was point and click.
Sometimes, transitioning to screens would make something happen.
I recall Bad Guys who wore armour, I think it was black armour.
I think the Bad Guys were heavily into industrialisation, which was the crux of the game - stop them from ripping up the forest and the like.

The Joe Man
Apr 7, 2007

Flirting With Apathetic Waitresses Since 1984

Iymarra posted:

I am attempting to remember the name (or find pictures of) a game I played in primary school around age 11/12.
I cannot remember what computing system it was, but the era is 1995-1997 roughly.
The fragments I remember from the game are :

There was some loose environmental theme (and edutainment overtones, in retrospect)
You played as a girl (I think)
You visited your grandparent's house in the woods
There was a mystery in the woods.
I think grandparent (grandfather?) went missing
I think it was point and click.
Sometimes, transitioning to screens would make something happen.
I recall Bad Guys who wore armour, I think it was black armour.
I think the Bad Guys were heavily into industrialisation, which was the crux of the game - stop them from ripping up the forest and the like.
Uhhh King's Quest IV: Huge Angry Grandpa Edition

Check out EcoQuest 1 & 2 and also the 3rd one, Pepper's Adventures In Time

Shine
Feb 26, 2007

No Muscles For The Majority

The Joe Man posted:

Uhhh King's Quest IV: Huge Angry Grandpa Edition

Check out EcoQuest 1 & 2 and also the 3rd one, Pepper's Adventures In Time

Pepper's Adventures In Time was one of my favorite games as a kid. My spouse and I played through it recently, and they were kinda pissed that the game ends on a cliffhanger for a sequel that was never made, so the series ends with "and Pepper and Lockjaw were sent to the Ice Age and died, the end."

PopetasticPerson
Jun 18, 2006
It's a tower defense game for the PC where you controlled a hero, you could pick from 3 classes I think, warrior wizard and archer. They had talent trees and the towers had upgrade trees. I'm pretty sure it had dungeon in the title, I was convinced it was called Deathtrap Dungeon but that's something completely different. It looked somewhat similar to Diablo 2.

Mierenneuker
Apr 28, 2010


We're all going to experience changes in our life but only the best of us will qualify for front row seats.

PopetasticPerson posted:

It's a tower defense game for the PC where you controlled a hero, you could pick from 3 classes I think, warrior wizard and archer. They had talent trees and the towers had upgrade trees. I'm pretty sure it had dungeon in the title, I was convinced it was called Deathtrap Dungeon but that's something completely different. It looked somewhat similar to Diablo 2.

There is Dungeon Defenders, although it does not look like Diablo 2.

Edit: But Deathtrap does and it was based on a series of action RPGs.

Mierenneuker fucked around with this message at 22:45 on Feb 27, 2021

PopetasticPerson
Jun 18, 2006
Deathtrap is it! I was half right, what do you know. Thanks man!

Princey
Mar 22, 2013
Something I never played but remember seeing discussed, and thought the concept was cool - some FPS that got a bunch of fanmade map packs, and one creator made a whole bunch of maps that were perfectly normal arenas on the surface but turned out to have ridiculously huge secret complexes built underneath the main map. I don't remember which FPS and I don't remember what the maps were and my google skills are not up to the task. Ring a bell to anyone? I feel like one of them involved a giant clock, although I may be getting things muddled up with a creepypasta.

An Actual Princess
Dec 23, 2006

Princey posted:

Something I never played but remember seeing discussed, and thought the concept was cool - some FPS that got a bunch of fanmade map packs, and one creator made a whole bunch of maps that were perfectly normal arenas on the surface but turned out to have ridiculously huge secret complexes built underneath the main map. I don't remember which FPS and I don't remember what the maps were and my google skills are not up to the task. Ring a bell to anyone? I feel like one of them involved a giant clock, although I may be getting things muddled up with a creepypasta.

those are the infamous Hondo maps for Action Half-Life; the one with the clock is called 5am

Princey
Mar 22, 2013
Awesome, thanks for the quick answer! Knew someone on here would know.

taiyoko
Jan 10, 2008


A friend of mine is trying to remember the name of a game.

- Early to mid '90s first person FMV
- set in probably an asylum?
- villain is the main character's dad and MC's son is kidnapped by the villain

A Worrying Warlock
Sep 21, 2009
Curious about a game which I read about here, think about 10 years ago. It was a sci-fi tower defense game where you play an AI that is tasked with protecting humanity in space. The scale was big and very narrative driven. As the story continued, it became quite dark and philosophical, playing with your perception of time and the total horror your plans actually involved.

I never played it but it sounded cool. Would love to try it someday if anyone remembers the title...

John Lee
Mar 2, 2013

A time traveling adventure everyone can enjoy

Probably Immortal Defense, but that could also describe a couple games in the Creeper World series.

Organza Quiz
Nov 7, 2009


Overwatch Porn posted:

those are the infamous Hondo maps for Action Half-Life; the one with the clock is called 5am

I just looked up a video walkthrough of this and it's a really fascinating bit of games history!

Mierenneuker
Apr 28, 2010


We're all going to experience changes in our life but only the best of us will qualify for front row seats.

taiyoko posted:

A friend of mine is trying to remember the name of a game.

- Early to mid '90s first person FMV
- set in probably an asylum?
- villain is the main character's dad and MC's son is kidnapped by the villain


D ? Ask your friend if it was a game with a time limit, because then it is certainly D.

(no idea that Nightdive did a PC port of that BTW :monocle:)

Mierenneuker fucked around with this message at 10:41 on Feb 28, 2021

A Worrying Warlock
Sep 21, 2009

John Lee posted:

Probably Immortal Defense, but that could also describe a couple games in the Creeper World series.

It's definitely Immortal Defense, thanks! Going to try it out today, curious if it will grab me like I hope.

Crackmaster
Feb 6, 2004

Princey posted:

Something I never played but remember seeing discussed, and thought the concept was cool - some FPS that got a bunch of fanmade map packs, and one creator made a whole bunch of maps that were perfectly normal arenas on the surface but turned out to have ridiculously huge secret complexes built underneath the main map. I don't remember which FPS and I don't remember what the maps were and my google skills are not up to the task. Ring a bell to anyone? I feel like one of them involved a giant clock, although I may be getting things muddled up with a creepypasta.

Overwatch Porn posted:

those are the infamous Hondo maps for Action Half-Life; the one with the clock is called 5am

Organza Quiz posted:

I just looked up a video walkthrough of this and it's a really fascinating bit of games history!

At least a couple video walkthroughs out there were done by goons! Hondo's stuff periodically comes up in the video game hoaxes/urban legends thread. The thread search feature should get you plenty of hits, if you're not inclined to read the entire thread. And if I may toot my own horn, my most recent post over there links a collection of the maps, since his "Johnny the Midget" site seems to be down permanently, should anyone feel like actually playing them firsthand. Finally, people with archives would do well to take a look at Nemesis of Moles' spinoff thread from a few years back, Strange maps, weird levels, and easter eggs. Lots more cool secret stuff touched on there.

Sorry to skew off topic for this thread, but I love this subject and would be remiss not to point curious people toward further discussions.

taiyoko
Jan 10, 2008


Mierenneuker posted:

D ? Ask your friend if it was a game with a time limit, because then it is certainly D.

(no idea that Nightdive did a PC port of that BTW :monocle:)

I appreciate the looking, but that wasn't it. He did end up finding it though, it was Blackstone Chronicles.

lllllllllllllllllll
Feb 28, 2010

Now the scene's lighting is perfect!
Finally found this thread on page ten, I hope it's okay to put it back on the first one.

There is an old DOS game I am looking for. You were flying in a spaceship or futuristic jet and shoot things. Not sure if trading was involved. One thing that stood out were walkers you could destroy. They looked like AT-ATs but had textures that made them look like cyber-monsters. I have been looking at the most famous space shooters on mobygames for a long time but could not find it. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks.

e: Found it. It was the mech game: Shattered Steel

lllllllllllllllllll fucked around with this message at 13:50 on Apr 2, 2021

Chinook
Apr 11, 2006

SHODAI

lllllllllllllllllll posted:

Finally found this thread on page ten, I hope it's okay to put it back on the first one.

There is an old DOS game I am looking for. You were flying in a spaceship or futuristic jet and shoot things. Not sure if trading was involved. One thing that stood out were walkers you could destroy. They looked like AT-ATs but had textures that made them look like cyber-monsters. I have been looking at the most famous space shooters on mobygames for a long time but could not find it. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks.

Tyrian 2000 comes to mind. (although if you've been browsing mobygames for DOS shooters I imagine you've already ruled it out)

lllllllllllllllllll
Feb 28, 2010

Now the scene's lighting is perfect!
Thanks, but I should have been more clear: You are inside the ship, looking outside, like in Wing Commander, Epic, Inferno, X3 and so on. What you can see of the ship's consoles was nicely shaded, so I was reminded of the Digital Image Design games, which all have a similar feel to them. But it's none of those. Sorry for my bad explanation earlier.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Image_Design

e: Found it. It was the mech game: Shattered Steel

lllllllllllllllllll fucked around with this message at 13:50 on Apr 2, 2021

THE BAR
Oct 20, 2011

You know what might look better on your nose?

lllllllllllllllllll posted:

Finally found this thread on page ten, I hope it's okay to put it back on the first one.

There is an old DOS game I am looking for. You were flying in a spaceship or futuristic jet and shoot things. Not sure if trading was involved. One thing that stood out were walkers you could destroy. They looked like AT-ATs but had textures that made them look like cyber-monsters. I have been looking at the most famous space shooters on mobygames for a long time but could not find it. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks.

Was it 3D or sprite-based enemies? It sounds like something like Fury3, Hellbender, or one of the other Descent clones.

Golbez
Oct 9, 2002

1 2 3!
If you want to take a shot at me get in line, line
1 2 3!
Baby, I've had all my shots and I'm fine
What about Stellar 7 or Nova 9?

dads_work_files
May 14, 2008

important_document.avi

Maybe Radix: Beyond the Void?

Jeza
Feb 13, 2011

The cries of the dead are terrible indeed; you should try not to hear them.
Can anybody help me identify this game from these random loving bits and pieces?

- It came out in the early 2000s
- It was top down, but still 3D, so like Neverwinter Nights style or something
- It was set in a dystopian future/society
- The male protagonist had like...really short blond hair and round sunglasses that were orange maybe? Pretty sure his face was on the cover of the game or marketing materials.
- The game was themed around psychic abilities and combat
- There was definitely a set piece in which you are held captive in some Running Man-esque game show where the contestants answer questions and die if they get them wrong on broadcast.
- It is not a well-known or remembered game

I feel like the game title had something to do with Inferno/Infernal maybe? Certainly there was some pyrokinetic based powers. Maybe it just began with the letter I? Google is singularly unhelpful.

Sandwich Anarchist
Sep 12, 2008
Do you know the platform? It sounds familiar.

Zathril
Nov 12, 2011

Jeza posted:

Can anybody help me identify this game from these random loving bits and pieces?

- It came out in the early 2000s
- It was top down, but still 3D, so like Neverwinter Nights style or something
- It was set in a dystopian future/society
- The male protagonist had like...really short blond hair and round sunglasses that were orange maybe? Pretty sure his face was on the cover of the game or marketing materials.
- The game was themed around psychic abilities and combat
- There was definitely a set piece in which you are held captive in some Running Man-esque game show where the contestants answer questions and die if they get them wrong on broadcast.
- It is not a well-known or remembered game

I feel like the game title had something to do with Inferno/Infernal maybe? Certainly there was some pyrokinetic based powers. Maybe it just began with the letter I? Google is singularly unhelpful.

Sanity: Aiken's Artifact?

Mierenneuker
Apr 28, 2010


We're all going to experience changes in our life but only the best of us will qualify for front row seats.

Jeza posted:

Can anybody help me identify this game from these random loving bits and pieces?

- It came out in the early 2000s
- It was top down, but still 3D, so like Neverwinter Nights style or something
- It was set in a dystopian future/society
- The male protagonist had like...really short blond hair and round sunglasses that were orange maybe? Pretty sure his face was on the cover of the game or marketing materials.
- The game was themed around psychic abilities and combat
- There was definitely a set piece in which you are held captive in some Running Man-esque game show where the contestants answer questions and die if they get them wrong on broadcast.
- It is not a well-known or remembered game

I feel like the game title had something to do with Inferno/Infernal maybe? Certainly there was some pyrokinetic based powers. Maybe it just began with the letter I? Google is singularly unhelpful.

Wild guess: Sanity: Aiken's Artifact

It's probably incorrect, since you would likely remember that Ice-T voiced the main character.

Sandwich Anarchist
Sep 12, 2008

Oh yeah that is absolutely it, it has to be. I could see the main character in my head lol

Jeza
Feb 13, 2011

The cries of the dead are terrible indeed; you should try not to hear them.

Mierenneuker posted:

Wild guess: Sanity: Aiken's Artifact

It's probably incorrect, since you would likely remember that Ice-T voiced the main character.

That's the one. Apparently I didn't remember Ice-T, but time does funny things. Thanks to you + Zathril for being quick on the trigger.

Mierenneuker
Apr 28, 2010


We're all going to experience changes in our life but only the best of us will qualify for front row seats.

You are welcome. Maybe Ice-T just plays a bigger role in my life that his involvement is synonymous with that game for me.

In the future there will be someone in this thread who has forgotten the title Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter and I'll be "oh, that the Henry Rollins game!".

Edit: And I totally missed the e;f,b until now lol

Mierenneuker fucked around with this message at 20:19 on Mar 27, 2021

Catgirl Al Capone
Dec 15, 2007

Images of a game I'd heard about but didn't play came to me. This was a horror game where the conceit was that it partially? took place in a video game that had somehow been haunted or corrupted. I think the game-within-a-game in question kinda resembled NES era Dragon Quest. It was for a handheld system, one of the DS or PSPs, I think.

TooMuchAbstraction
Oct 14, 2012

I spent four years making
Waves of Steel
Hell yes I'm going to turn my avatar into an ad for it.
Fun Shoe
Nanashi no Game, I think.

Catgirl Al Capone
Dec 15, 2007

TooMuchAbstraction posted:

Nanashi no Game, I think.

That's definitely it, thanks

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SkeletonHero
Sep 7, 2010

Skeleton War 2020
I remember seeing an image from either an old arcade game or a modern throwback that was just a text screen saying something like "Touch as much booty as you can! Kill the wizard when you see him!" and I was wondering what that was from. I can't find the image itself and searching those phrases does give me some pretty interesting results, but nothing that helps me figure out what it is.

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