Yes that was definitly the game i was thinking about, thanks alot.Could easily be Voodoo Nightmare.
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Games you remember, names you don't
- Thread starter Protodude
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I've got one for y'all that's been killing me for a good while. It's a racing game, I'm 95% sure it was on Dreamcast, and you were like people who turned into motorcycleish things. It was futuristic looking and I want to say it was called like Connetica (could be way off) or something along those lines but I can't find it anywhere.
A couple of possibilities:
Magforce, basically a Wipeout clone:
or Trickstyle, it's hoverboard racing but they can use them like street luge's:
This is absolutely it! Thank you so much! I knew it was called that but every time I searched it nothing came up. Stupid spelling.
Maaaaaan, I'm always impressed with the pulls you make!Could easily be Voodoo Nightmare.
You're classic computer knowledge never fails to amaze me.
It was none of these :(
I can't remember much other than thinking back, it probably looked like the Genesis version of an Arcade game.
For some reason, games that catch my eye often stick in my mind, without actually playing them. I'm pretty sure I've only read one thing about Voodoo Nightmare - a review in an issue of ACE:
...but somehow it stuck. I look forward to the day when someone asks about Typhoon Thompson, which is another game that somehow Just Stuck In My Mind despite never having played it.
Edit: On rereading that, I notice mention of 'rescuing a lion cub' in the review - that hadn't stuck in my mind, but it would have been another data point matching up with the poster's recollection!
For some reason, games that catch my eye often stick in my mind. I'm pretty sure I've only read one thing about Voodoo Nightmare - a review in an issue of ACE:
...but somehow it stuck. I look forward to the day when someone asks about Typhoon Thompson, which is another game that somehow Just Stuck In My Mind despite never having played it.
Edit: On rereading that, I notice mention of 'rescuing a lion cub' in the review - that hadn't stuck in my mind, but it would have been another data point matching up with the poster's recollection!
Totally understand this. I'm quite good at remembering console games from nes and onwards. If i've seen them once and they catch my interest i can usually remember them without ever playing them.
Always wanted to contribute to the original thread. Glad that one of my first games was Panic Restaurant that I remember from a gaming magazine over 20 years ago.
For some reason, games that catch my eye often stick in my mind, without actually playing them. I'm pretty sure I've only read one thing about Voodoo Nightmare - a review in an issue of ACE:
...but somehow it stuck. I look forward to the day when someone asks about Typhoon Thompson, which is another game that somehow Just Stuck In My Mind despite never having played it.
Edit: On rereading that, I notice mention of 'rescuing a lion cub' in the review - that hadn't stuck in my mind, but it would have been another data point matching up with the poster's recollection!
Ahhhh, I didn't start buying pc mags until my P75 but I the same applies for issues of the One Amiga & Total!
Going to venture a few more guesses with Thunder Force III
and Hellfire
I got nothing else otherwise lol
So during my pirating rom days for SNES (forgive me guys, I don't have money and our country is basically a hub for piracy) I bump into a beautiful SNES JRPG. It's a full on Japanese though and the text are written top to bottom, its looks like Far East or Star Ocean (SNES version) and I remember it taking place during samurai era (?). I think it was turn based rpg too, i'm not too sure.
There was an edutainment PC game from the early 90s that Might have been the first game I played. My main memory is that it took place in a mall, and you started out by parking your car and remembering where you parked. Then you went from store to store in the mall learning about things. I think there was a bit in the food court where you were told Isaac Newton invented gravity from an Apple dropping on his head.
I played Far East already and it's not that one but my memory of it is very hazy and it might be Far East since I played it much much later. I remember the text being written vertically though which isn't the case for Far East in it's original japanese text.
Hiya guys
I'm looking for a game which I cannot remember what it was about :D
The only thing I remember is that it had Edgar Winter's "Frankenstein" as the in-game (possibly) menu BGM.
It was most likely a DOS game, though I can't be 100% sure about that.
Thanks in advance!
I'm looking for a game which I cannot remember what it was about :D
The only thing I remember is that it had Edgar Winter's "Frankenstein" as the in-game (possibly) menu BGM.
It was most likely a DOS game, though I can't be 100% sure about that.
Thanks in advance!
Hey,
I'm afraid that I won't be able to help you with this one but do you have a timeframe of when you played it. And if possible what genre it is.
I think that would improve your chances to get it solved.
EDIT: i just noticed that the original Forza Motorsport had the song as the main theme. But is that too recent?
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LOL that was it, dunno why I was more sure about it being a DOS game than it being a Racing game.
I put my most sure tip in the post hahaha
Man, that game had the most awesome OST!
Thank you!
There was a game I played on PC in the early 2000s, it was a third person action game set in Ancient Greece or Rome. The only thing I remember definitively is that you could climb and swim. It wasn't a Diablo clone (Titan Quest), either. I'm 90% positive it wasn't Rise of the Argonauts, either, this would have been 2002-2006-ish.
What was that action adventure Mortal Kombat game called that was supposedly quite good? Was it Sub Zero or something? I'm in the hankering for some old skool OG Xbox games and currently browsing Ebay.
Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub Zero - PS1, N64
Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks PS2/Xbox had Sub Zero & Scorpion playable after you beat the game.
Yeah but there's only one specific Sub Zero game, in Shaolin Monks he's just a bonus.
I only mentioned Sub Zero as I knew there was a game with that in the title but definitely wasn't sure on which game I was looking for.
Shaolin Monks it is, thanks for your help guys!
To the Ebay app!
It was an NES 2D side scrolling RPG, and I think the title had something about "Magic" in it, but I could be wrong.
I remember it starts in a town, you could go in a tavern and buy drinks, if you bought too many drinks you would die.
I remember it starts in a town, you could go in a tavern and buy drinks, if you bought too many drinks you would die.
Disclaimer: I just had a random flashback and some or all of these details could be off.
I want to say it is a PS2 era rpg where one section has you coming down a pretty massive snowy mountain (not FF7). I remember it being nighttime with light puzzle solving elements. As far as art style or scope, the level seemed fairly large like a xenoblade level would be. I can't remember if it is turn based or action.
Not a lot to go on but I'm fairly sure I didn't dream trhis game up and I've seen magic happen in these types of threads.
I want to say it is a PS2 era rpg where one section has you coming down a pretty massive snowy mountain (not FF7). I remember it being nighttime with light puzzle solving elements. As far as art style or scope, the level seemed fairly large like a xenoblade level would be. I can't remember if it is turn based or action.
Not a lot to go on but I'm fairly sure I didn't dream trhis game up and I've seen magic happen in these types of threads.
A point and click adventure game (?) where you're a kid spending the night in a museum (?) on a dare, and I think your "friends" lock you in there. It turns out that the place is haunted and ghosts show up. It might have been an edutainment game, and maybe it had Sierra-style deaths?
That's it! Getting it answered eight minutes after I posted the question must be a record for these types of threads.
Thanks to an extremely fortunately-timed refresh, I once got "Mr Heli" in the old place within one minute!
Maybe. Did it have a mythology theme to it, too? I vaguely remember fighting Medusae.
Haven't played the game myself but just by glancing at the story description and some videos on YouTube, there are skeletons, gods, magical powers etc.
I have two for this thread.
1. I played a simple Civ-esque turn-based strategy game on a Palm Pilot in the early 2000s. It had a Risk-esque area map (but I don't think it represented any real-world location). I remember the color scheme being primarily red, but each faction had a color (perhaps your color was red?). You would buy units; I seem to remember there being less than 10 unit types. Actual battles were real-time. You would conquer enemy regions, but you would have to leave behind units to guard important regions that might get attacked by an enemy side. There were generic field regions and regions with castles, and the castle regions were hard to attack; they would have drawbridges and you would have to destroy the castle to some degree with catapults (or something), and the enemy archers up on the castle walls would have a big advantage over your archers. There was a freeware version and a paid version that cost (I think) $10. There were multiple difficulty settings. I would like to find out if anyone ever made an iOS/Android port of it. I am 100% sure I could recognize a screenshot of this game, but I remember nothing about the name, and no combination of search terms I can come up with is giving me a screenshot.
2. In the 90s we had some kind of 2D gothic horror-themed action game on computer. I remember it only very vaguely, so any details I give might be misleading or outright wrong. It might have been a Mac game. I think it was black-and-white. I think it was a sidescrolling action game, and may have been a kind of Castlevania knock-off. I seem to remember it having a level select screen that let you choose one of four worlds, which were each pictured in one of four squares. You could start with any of the four worlds, and the game was fairly hard in the later worlds. I seem to remember fighting bats and vampires and mummies other oldtimey horror creatures.
1. I played a simple Civ-esque turn-based strategy game on a Palm Pilot in the early 2000s. It had a Risk-esque area map (but I don't think it represented any real-world location). I remember the color scheme being primarily red, but each faction had a color (perhaps your color was red?). You would buy units; I seem to remember there being less than 10 unit types. Actual battles were real-time. You would conquer enemy regions, but you would have to leave behind units to guard important regions that might get attacked by an enemy side. There were generic field regions and regions with castles, and the castle regions were hard to attack; they would have drawbridges and you would have to destroy the castle to some degree with catapults (or something), and the enemy archers up on the castle walls would have a big advantage over your archers. There was a freeware version and a paid version that cost (I think) $10. There were multiple difficulty settings. I would like to find out if anyone ever made an iOS/Android port of it. I am 100% sure I could recognize a screenshot of this game, but I remember nothing about the name, and no combination of search terms I can come up with is giving me a screenshot.
2. In the 90s we had some kind of 2D gothic horror-themed action game on computer. I remember it only very vaguely, so any details I give might be misleading or outright wrong. It might have been a Mac game. I think it was black-and-white. I think it was a sidescrolling action game, and may have been a kind of Castlevania knock-off. I seem to remember it having a level select screen that let you choose one of four worlds, which were each pictured in one of four squares. You could start with any of the four worlds, and the game was fairly hard in the later worlds. I seem to remember fighting bats and vampires and mummies other oldtimey horror creatures.
Thanks for the suggestion. That might very well be it. It isn't much like I remember it, but like I said, my memories are very vague, and possibly I've corrupted them a lot over the years. My most vivid memory is of the four panel level/world select screen, and I swear I thought you fought vampires. On the other hand, maybe my brain made up the vampires out of the bats you fight, and maybe I somehow transformed the four-door Great Hall screen into the four-panel screen that I think I remember. Or maybe I combined Dark Castle with another game. Who knows.
I also found my Palm Pilot game. It was Medieval Heroes II:
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I FOUND IT! Or, well, I asked my dad and he found it. It was called Creepy Castle. It was especially hard to find because there is apparently also a (very different) game from 2016 called Creepy Castle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbt-E7WtwgE
So I was feeling nostalgic and started searching for some childhood Mac games myself, and I somehow ended up at this guy 'killgruz' on YouTube. He covers lots of the old classics, and I noticed one of them was this game called Frankie's Dungeon/Creepy Castle, and that actually looks much more like what you were describing!
Edit: Oh lol, too late! Glad you found it anyway :D
Some game from my childhood, I am trying to remember a PS1 title where you play as a guy that looks quite young. It is 3rd person set in a dark cave. He can open doors and he has a sword and fights enemies. The music is gloomy, there are some NPCs I think. Sorry for that brief description but yeah... thats all I can remember
Yep, that's it.
This game looks fucking horrible, hahaha. Way worse than I remembered.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
it's Grind Stormer. I never thought i'd see this game again lol....
And now I know the reason it was so hard to get a visual -- you used to be able to change between "Grind Stormer" and "V-V", which was essentially a completely different game.
I love this thread.
Unfortunately its not either of them. The game I'm thinking of plays out more like Tomb Raider with it's cave like setting and the camera positioned directly behind the character.
Maybe Akuji: The Heartless, Crusaders of Might and Magic, Warriors of Might and Magic, Ian Livingstone's Deathtrap Dungeon, Excalibur 2555 AD, The Mummy.