Games you remember, names you don't

mclem · Jul 26, 2019

wellpapp said:
I have had flashes of this game in the back of my mind for maybe around 15 years, and I don't have much to go on. Thanks in advance.
This is probably a MS-DOS game, since I remember playing it on a friends pc in the mid to late 90s. 2D platformer/sidescroller, really colorful with lots of vegetation filled levels, but that could just be the first level that I remember. I think you fought ZOMBIES and you could climb long ladders.
You play either as a guy or a girl. Not sure. That's it.

Could it be Yo! Joe?

I remember there was a PC port. One place where it falls down is that the the two players pick different characters, but they're both male - but I thought that maybe if you didn't know that you might reasonably think "Nat" is short for Natalie.

Haze · Jul 26, 2019

There was a game shown at E3 early last gen that had the premise of "what if the Roman Empire never collapsed" and it took place in a fictional near-future.

It was like a sci-fi shooter I think? With futuristic Roman soldiers?

I don't think it ever came out and just kinda faded from memory but I think about it often and can't remember what it was called.

Rbk_3 · Jul 26, 2019

There was this racing type game on C64. Top down and you weren't really racing other but you had to avoid things like oil spills and I believe you couldn't hit the side of the track or you lost. I just was thinking of this the other day and cannot remember what it was called.

mclem · Jul 26, 2019

MonsterJail said:
Remember playing a PC demo for a futuristic action submarine game about 96/97

It wasn't a realistic sub game, more like descent or terminal velocity underwater, there are a few games that fit this basic concept around this time, but one thing this one had was the ability to surface and drive about on the water like a speedboat, the game tried to split the objectives between above and below water targets from what I remember

A few sub games spring to mind:

Archimedian Dynasty?
The sequel series, AquaNox
SubWar 2050
Sub Culture
Bullfrog had a game called Creation that was never released, but an early prototype demo did appear, so *possibly* that.

mclem · Jul 26, 2019

Rbk_3 said:
There was this racing type game on C64. Top down and you weren't really racing other but you had to avoid things like oil spills and I believe you couldn't hit the side of the track or you lost. I just was thinking of this the other day and cannot remember what it was called.

Oooh, tons fit the bill here.

Two likely suspects are the Sprint series (Super Sprint, Championship Sprint)...

... and Supercars.

Eoin · Jul 26, 2019

Rbk_3 said:
There was this racing type game on C64. Top down and you weren't really racing other but you had to avoid things like oil spills and I believe you couldn't hit the side of the track or you lost. I just was thinking of this the other day and cannot remember what it was called.

The "not really racing" part makes me think you mean LED Storm:

Rbk_3 · Jul 26, 2019

mclem said:
Oooh, tons fit the bill here.

Two likely suspects are the Sprint series (Super Sprint, Championship Sprint)...

... and Supercars.

Eoin said:
The "not really racing" part makes me think you mean LED Storm:

No it was much more basic looking than these. It must have been very early on in the Commadore's life cycle.

Edit: I might be misremembering, perhaps you were racing one other car.

mclem · Jul 26, 2019

Rbk_3 said:
No it was much more basic looking than these. It must have been very early on in the Commadore's life cycle.

I mean, there were tons of generic games of this nature, often in introduction to programming books:

...where it basically just generates a wobbly track that you have to avoid the edges of and the occasional in-track obstacle. It's not something like that, is it? If so it'd be very hard to pick out the specific one you're after, because they're all fundamentally the same!

Dan Thunder · Jul 26, 2019

Rbk_3 said:
There was this racing type game on C64. Top down and you weren't really racing other but you had to avoid things like oil spills and I believe you couldn't hit the side of the track or you lost. I just was thinking of this the other day and cannot remember what it was called.

Rally Speedway had you racing one other car. I think your car blew up if you went off track and you lost if the other car got too far in front, like in the old Micro Machines games.

Rbk_3 · Jul 26, 2019

mclem said:
I mean, there were tons of generic games of this nature, often in introduction to programming books:

...where it basically just generates a wobbly track that you have to avoid the edges of and the occasional in-track obstacle. It's not something like that, is it? If so it'd be very hard to pick out the specific one you're after, because they're all fundamentally the same!

Yeah, it is something very similar to this but I don't think this is quite it. I remember red narrow portions of the track you had to squeeze through. Hell that might be it though, I was really young and can't fully remember. That crashing sound sounds so familiar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRj86GJd3Ks

MonsterJail · Jul 26, 2019

mclem said:
A few sub games spring to mind:

Archimedian Dynasty?
The sequel series, AquaNox
SubWar 2050
Sub Culture
Bullfrog had a game called Creation that was never released, but an early prototype demo did appear, so *possibly* that.

None of these as far as I can tell unfortunately. Some pretty close looking ones, so might be something like Archimedian Dynasty and my memory of playing a unfinished demo of it is a bit fuzzy

kafiend · Jul 26, 2019

Rbk_3 said:
There was this racing type game on C64. Top down and you weren't really racing other but you had to avoid things like oil spills and I believe you couldn't hit the side of the track or you lost. I just was thinking of this the other day and cannot remember what it was called.

Aside from the other replies, you also have maybe Run the Gauntlet which is based off a tv show and is partly a racing game.

Ichtyander · Jul 26, 2019

MonsterJail said:
Remember playing a PC demo for a futuristic action submarine game about 96/97

It wasn't a realistic sub game, more like descent or terminal velocity underwater, there are a few games that fit this basic concept around this time, but one thing this one had was the ability to surface and drive about on the water like a speedboat, the game tried to split the objectives between above and below water targets from what I remember

Might be Tigershark, came out on PS1 as well.

mclem · Jul 26, 2019

kafiend said:
Aside from the other replies, you also have maybe Run the Gauntlet which is based off a tv show and is partly a racing game.

I was familiar with the game (and a huge fan of the TV show) but I'd never played it, which means I'd never seen the loading screen - and I am just delighted by the cheesiness of the Martin Shaw depiction with speech bubble!

MonsterJail · Jul 26, 2019

Ichtyander said:
Might be Tigershark, came out on PS1 as well.

Yup, this is definitely it, cheers!

Dash Kappei · Jul 28, 2019

Edit: sorry I had this saved from this morning. I've found the name finally, it's Konami's CHEQUERED FLAG!

I've been chasing this racer for a while, I used to play it as 10y old at the arcade so I guess '86/'88? 2D top down racing game, cab came with a wheel similar to Super Sprint (so no turning ° lock, ) and High/Low gear stick, there was also a version with a joystick and buttons for the cheapass edition I figure.

Not a racetrack with fixed screen, but vertical scrolling on a long road from point A to B iirc.
You'd start and you'd race against time and against cpu cars, with arrow signs appearing on top to warn you about turns coming. Weather change, and also time of the day with a section with night driving where you'd have headlights on. Also a chance to pitstop (which would repair the car but lose you precious time) when near a checkpoint and there were these cool zooming in and out effects, oh yeah now I remember the intro with a bird view of the starting line zooming in to your car, was awesome. I've never seen it in any collection or console releases...

the game I'm talking about is much more graphically complex than Konami's Road Fighter,

Anyone here knows what's the name of the game I'm talking about???
I'm not sure if Konami are the makers... or maybe TAITO... I don't know!
. The turning arrow signs work like the Gaelco Neo-Geo racers.

Edit: have some videos below! I really really hope it gets an ACA release down the line because I'm sure there was a cheapskate/bootleg(?) version around that replaced the wheel with a joystick and the Gear Shifter with 2 buttons. It can work fine without an unlocked wheel (something that Atari's Super Sprint cannot)

It's still as awesome as I remember and I assure you it looks much better on the big screen, TATEd.... the zooming, the handling, the night driving and rain... please, please make an ACA release!

CHEQUERED FLAG (Konami 1988)

sxiebonjour · Jul 28, 2019

Not sure if it's the right place to ask because I think the game probably isn't out yet.

I saw a game trailer during E3 2018. It's first person shooter with dark supernatural stuff. I think it might be set at Victoria era? In the gamplay the protagonist used a revolver and had very fancy dash ability. I think he was fighting a witch or werewolf, something like that. I was hyped about the game but since then I never heard any updates at all.

Anybody here can help me find the name of this game?

Jraphics Horse · Jul 28, 2019

Dash Kappei That was one I asked about on the old site a long time ago, someone managed to find it eventually, amazing game!

Morrigan · Jul 28, 2019

sxiebonjour said:
Not sure if it's the right place to ask because I think the game probably isn't out yet.

I saw a gamer trailer during E3 2018. It's first person shoot with dark supernatural stuff. I think it might be set at Victoria era? In the gamplay the protagonist used a revolver and had very fancy dash ability. I think he was fighting a witch or werewolf, something like that. I was hyped about the game but since then I never heard any updates at all.

Anybody here can help me find the name of this game?

That sounds a lot like one of the Dishonored games, or Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines 2, but the last Dishonored came out in 2017, and Bloodlines 2 was revealed in 2019, so neither add up... are you sure the trailer date is correct?

Edit: or it could be Call of Cthulhu or The Sinking City, maybe?

Dash Kappei · Jul 28, 2019

Re: CHEQUERED FLAG

Jraphics Horse said:
Dash Kappei That was one I asked about on the old site a long time ago, someone managed to find it eventually, amazing game!

Haha high five mate, that's neat!
I too remember asking about the game before at the old place... it might even have been on this very same thread('s title)! Tho nobody managed to find it for me. I know what I'll be playing next time I set up MAME :P hopefully it gets an official ACA release soon, I feel like there's a chance considering that Road Fighter just came out and Konami is finally fully on board with Hamster on Switch and PS4 (afaik Xbox and PC only get the ACA Neo-Geo titles and not the original Arcade Archives series)

sxiebonjour · Jul 29, 2019

Morrigan said:
That sounds a lot like one of the Dishonored games, or Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines 2, but the last Dishonored came out in 2017, and Bloodlines 2 was revealed in 2019, so neither add up... are you sure the trailer date is correct?

Edit: or it could be Call of Cthulhu or The Sinking City, maybe?

Pretty sure it's not Dishonored or Msquerade : Bloodlines 2. And I don't think it's one of the Cthulhu games either, as from the gameplay trailer it appeared as a combat heavy game.

Billfisto · Jul 31, 2019

sxiebonjour said:
Not sure if it's the right place to ask because I think the game probably isn't out yet.

I saw a gamer trailer during E3 2018. It's first person shoot with dark supernatural stuff. I think it might be set at Victoria era? In the gamplay the protagonist used a revolver and had very fancy dash ability. I think he was fighting a witch or werewolf, something like that. I was hyped about the game but since then I never heard any updates at all.

Anybody here can help me find the name of this game?

Witchfire?

Billfisto · Jul 31, 2019

Question of my own:

It's probably early or mid-nineties. I think it was a sprite-based isometric strategy/tactics game. I can't remember if it was realtime or turn-based, though.

You played a squad of robots or guys in armour, I can't remember which. They were mostly red, and I think there were only three or so of them. It definitely wasn't bulky armour, so I lean towards them being robots. I believe the main mechanic was capturing and holding flags, or something like that. The mission areas had different levels of sloped elevation, and I remember them either being grassy or snowy.

The box art had one of the red guys on it, and I think the game maybe went by two different names, either regionally or for some other reason. It was definitely on a PC Gamer cover disc at one point, as that's my only real exposure to it.

Sinatar · Jul 31, 2019

Billfisto said:
Question of my own:

It's probably early or mid-nineties. I think it was a sprite-based isometric strategy/tactics game. I can't remember if it was realtime or turn-based, though.

You played a squad of robots or guys in armour, I can't remember which. They were mostly red, and I think there were only three or so of them. It definitely wasn't bulky armour, so I lean towards them being robots. I believe the main mechanic was capturing and holding flags, or something like that. The mission areas had different levels of sloped elevation, and I remember them either being grassy or snowy.

The box art had one of the red guys on it, and I think the game maybe went by two different names, either regionally or for some other reason. It was definitely on a PC Gamer cover disc at one point, as that's my only real exposure to it.

Sounds kind of like Z.

Billfisto · Jul 31, 2019

Sinatar said:
Sounds kind of like Z.

Nah, unfortunately not. :(

The camera was much closer to the individual units, and I believe it was at an isometric angle. It was much less of an RTS and more of a tactical thing. The individual unit sprites were much larger on the screen, too.

Thanks, though!

Deleted member 18407 · Jul 31, 2019

Billfisto said:
Question of my own:

It's probably early or mid-nineties. I think it was a sprite-based isometric strategy/tactics game. I can't remember if it was realtime or turn-based, though.

You played a squad of robots or guys in armour, I can't remember which. They were mostly red, and I think there were only three or so of them. It definitely wasn't bulky armour, so I lean towards them being robots. I believe the main mechanic was capturing and holding flags, or something like that. The mission areas had different levels of sloped elevation, and I remember them either being grassy or snowy.

The box art had one of the red guys on it, and I think the game maybe went by two different names, either regionally or for some other reason. It was definitely on a PC Gamer cover disc at one point, as that's my only real exposure to it.

Probably not it, but could it possibly be Grid Runner? It doesn't fit exactly but it does have two titles for different regions and the characters are kinda armored.

Billfisto · Jul 31, 2019

Frump said:
Probably not it, but could it possibly be Grid Runner? It doesn't fit exactly but it does have two titles for different regions and the characters are kinda armored.

Hrm, no, not that one, either, I'm afraid.

Graphically it was closer to Diablo 2 or Crusader, I think. Much closer, isometric, and the main characters were rendered sprites, I think.

Lafazar · Jul 31, 2019

Billfisto said:
Question of my own:

It's probably early or mid-nineties. I think it was a sprite-based isometric strategy/tactics game. I can't remember if it was realtime or turn-based, though.

You played a squad of robots or guys in armour, I can't remember which. They were mostly red, and I think there were only three or so of them. It definitely wasn't bulky armour, so I lean towards them being robots. I believe the main mechanic was capturing and holding flags, or something like that. The mission areas had different levels of sloped elevation, and I remember them either being grassy or snowy.

The box art had one of the red guys on it, and I think the game maybe went by two different names, either regionally or for some other reason. It was definitely on a PC Gamer cover disc at one point, as that's my only real exposure to it.

Warhammer® 40,000: Chaos Gate?

https://www.gog.com/game/warhammer_40000_chaos_gate

Gender Wars?

https://collectionchamber.blogspot.com/2017/05/gender-wars.html

sxiebonjour · Jul 31, 2019

Billfisto said:
Witchfire?

Hell yeah that's it! Thank you very much! The combat looks hell of fun.

Billfisto · Jul 31, 2019

Lafazar said:
Warhammer® 40,000: Chaos Gate?

https://www.gog.com/game/warhammer_40000_chaos_gate
Gender Wars?

https://collectionchamber.blogspot.com/2017/05/gender-wars.html

Nope, definitely wasn't Warhammer. I don't think it was licensed (or at least it wasn't a license I'm aware of), and I've almost convinced myself that the characters were robots now. They were a more spindly design, like Chappie. Not Gender Wars, either.

Zaro · Jul 31, 2019

I remember a game in the 90'
It's on Pc, 3D.
It's start when your plane crash on an island. You found a machete, a health pack and probably some other things.

I don't remember what enemies you encounter. I think i stop playing it cause my pc was too weak and it crash a lot.

Edit: for a reason now google help me find it. It was Isle of the dead.

basic_text · Aug 1, 2019

Billfisto said:
Question of my own:

It's probably early or mid-nineties. I think it was a sprite-based isometric strategy/tactics game. I can't remember if it was realtime or turn-based, though.

You played a squad of robots or guys in armour, I can't remember which. They were mostly red, and I think there were only three or so of them. It definitely wasn't bulky armour, so I lean towards them being robots. I believe the main mechanic was capturing and holding flags, or something like that. The mission areas had different levels of sloped elevation, and I remember them either being grassy or snowy.

The box art had one of the red guys on it, and I think the game maybe went by two different names, either regionally or for some other reason. It was definitely on a PC Gamer cover disc at one point, as that's my only real exposure to it.

It's not a strategy game but this description is making me think of Crusader: No Remorse!

AMD · Aug 1, 2019

Billfisto said:
Question of my own:

It's probably early or mid-nineties. I think it was a sprite-based isometric strategy/tactics game. I can't remember if it was realtime or turn-based, though.

You played a squad of robots or guys in armour, I can't remember which. They were mostly red, and I think there were only three or so of them. It definitely wasn't bulky armour, so I lean towards them being robots. I believe the main mechanic was capturing and holding flags, or something like that. The mission areas had different levels of sloped elevation, and I remember them either being grassy or snowy.

The box art had one of the red guys on it, and I think the game maybe went by two different names, either regionally or for some other reason. It was definitely on a PC Gamer cover disc at one point, as that's my only real exposure to it.

Wasn't one of the Incubation titles was it?

Edit: I couldn't get the picture to imbed but this link might jog your memory.

Billfisto · Aug 1, 2019

basic_text said:
It's not a strategy game but this description is making me think of Crusader: No Remorse!

AMD said:
Wasn't one of the Incubation titles was it?

Edit: I couldn't get the picture to imbed but this link might jog your memory.

Nope! Unfortunately, neither of those.

It was closer in looks to Crusader, but definitely not Crusader. I'm fairly sure you controlled a squad of three or so characters, and they weren't as ~~Boba Fett-ish~~ distinct as the Crusader armour. I remember them being more of the "blocks on pipes" school of robot design.

I'm pretty sure the engine wasn't 3D. I think the camera was locked in place, and it didn't have that chunky 90's polygon look.

The environments were more naturalistic, too. I think I remember lots of pine trees.

Deleted member 41520 · Aug 1, 2019

So I'm thinking about a game which has wires behind walls and you can rewire/change stuff using it.

I know Gunpoint does that, and it's fantastic, but I'm thinking of something else, more recent I think (so released 2013-2019)

Ichtyander · Aug 1, 2019

Billfisto said:
Question of my own:

It's probably early or mid-nineties. I think it was a sprite-based isometric strategy/tactics game. I can't remember if it was realtime or turn-based, though.

You played a squad of robots or guys in armour, I can't remember which. They were mostly red, and I think there were only three or so of them. It definitely wasn't bulky armour, so I lean towards them being robots. I believe the main mechanic was capturing and holding flags, or something like that. The mission areas had different levels of sloped elevation, and I remember them either being grassy or snowy.

The box art had one of the red guys on it, and I think the game maybe went by two different names, either regionally or for some other reason. It was definitely on a PC Gamer cover disc at one point, as that's my only real exposure to it.

I know it's probably not but X-Com: Apocalypse sounds a little bit like it.

exofrenon · Aug 4, 2019

I remember playing this game at a friends house in early 2000's. It was a 3rd person adventure on PC, probably set in ancient Greece (we were calling it The Odyssey but I am not sure if it was that, the existence of AC: Odyssey doesn't help with google search ). The protagonist was a young man with blonde or brown hair, shoulder length or something. I remember at some point you were in a jail cell and another you were carrying a rug on your shoulder.

Ichtyander · Aug 4, 2019

exofrenon said:
I remember playing this game at a friends house in early 2000's. It was a 3rd person adventure on PC, probably set in ancient Greece (we were calling it The Odyssey but I am not sure if it was that, the existence of AC: Odyssey doesn't help with google search ). The protagonist was a young man with blonde or brown hair, shoulder length or something. I remember at some point you were in a jail cell and another you were carrying a rug on your shoulder.

Sounds like it might be Odyssey: The Search for Ulysses.

Deleted member 26746 · Aug 4, 2019

exofrenon said:
I remember playing this game at a friends house in early 2000's. It was a 3rd person adventure on PC, probably set in ancient Greece (we were calling it The Odyssey but I am not sure if it was that, the existence of AC: Odyssey doesn't help with google search ). The protagonist was a young man with blonde or brown hair, shoulder length or something. I remember at some point you were in a jail cell and another you were carrying a rug on your shoulder.

**beated**

nbnt · Aug 5, 2019

I need a PC 3D platformers expert here. :P

I saw one of these on my Steam client the day before yesterday, but I forgot to add it to my wishlist, and I've been looking for it since, I feel like I've literally wasted hours searching for it, it's driving me crazy at this point. I tried the 3D Platformer tag, the term, the everything, but nope. It's like it never existed.

And all I can remember from its trailer is that it was very colorful and that the character precisely jumped between floating objects, one of these objects was probably a huge hot dog. And there was a negative review complaining about its difficultly and bad play testing or something.

I know, that's too broad, but hey no harm in trying.

exofrenon · Aug 5, 2019

Yeap, that's it, thanks!

mao2 · Aug 5, 2019

nbnt said:
I need a PC 3D platformers expert here. :P

I saw one of these on my Steam client the day before yesterday, but I forgot to add it to my wishlist, and I've been looking for it since, I feel like I've literally wasted hours searching for it, it's driving me crazy at this point. I tried the 3D Platformer tag, the term, the everything, but nope. It's like it never existed.

And all I can remember from its trailer is that it was very colorful and that the character precisely jumped between floating objects, one of these objects was probably a huge hot dog. And there was a negative review complaining about its difficultly and bad play testing or something.

I know, that's too broad, but hey no harm in trying.

Lovely Planet?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/298600/Lovely_Planet/

nbnt · Aug 5, 2019

mao2 said:
Lovely Planet?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/298600/Lovely_Planet/

Unfortunately no, I forgot to mention that it's not a first person platformer, the character is small and the game seemed to have emphases on precision as you jump from one small floating object to the other.

It should also be something super niche as I feel like I now know about every popular platformer on Steam, lol. Thanks anyway. :)

Triggerhappytel · Aug 10, 2019

sxiebonjour said:
Not sure if it's the right place to ask because I think the game probably isn't out yet.

I saw a game trailer during E3 2018. It's first person shooter with dark supernatural stuff. I think it might be set at Victoria era? In the gamplay the protagonist used a revolver and had very fancy dash ability. I think he was fighting a witch or werewolf, something like that. I was hyped about the game but since then I never heard any updates at all.

Anybody here can help me find the name of this game?

Witchfire?

Edit - never mind, I should have read more before replying.

Doskoi Panda · Aug 11, 2019

I played a bit of this weird action game from a Sierra shareware disc back when I was a kid in the late 90s. I can't remember much except that the game was a side-scroller, with a lot of verticality, a very gritty and grimy aesthetic, and I think it was playable co-op. The level was something like a dilapidated factory or underground complex.

edit: oh fuck after all these years I think I've found it myself
Hunter Hunted

AstralTurfWarrior · Aug 11, 2019

I remember playing a 3d game on PC set in a sort of medieval fantasy world. It was probably in the early 2000s or late 90s.

There were at least two game modes: adventure mode in which you maybe started in some kind of a cave (but I'm not sure) and then this survival fighting kind of mode, in which enemies spawned constantly and in increasing numbers and you had to kill them for as long as you could (I don't know if it ever actually stopped other than you dying).

At least in the survival mode I think you were able to choose a character. One of the characters was an ogre, I think it was a large blue humanoid creature. I remember having a lot of fun beating skeletons with it in the survival mode. I think the ogre could have at least a wooden club as a weapon.

At least one of the maps in the survival mode (I can't remember for sure if there were multiple maps to choose from) was a lava pit in which you had a small platform of ground in the middle of lava.

Dust · Aug 11, 2019

AstralTurfWarrior said:
I remember playing a 3d game on PC set in a sort of medieval fantasy world. It was probably in the early 2000s or late 90s.

There were at least two game modes: adventure mode in which you maybe started in some kind of a cave (but I'm not sure) and then this survival fighting kind of mode, in which enemies spawned constantly and in increasing numbers and you had to kill them for as long as you could (I don't know if it ever actually stopped other than you dying).

At least in the survival mode I think you were able to choose a character. One of the characters was an ogre, I think it was a large blue humanoid creature. I remember having a lot of fun beating skeletons with it in the survival mode. I think the ogre could have at least a wooden club as a weapon.

At least one of the maps in the survival mode (I can't remember for sure if there were multiple maps to choose from) was a lava pit in which you had a small platform of ground in the middle of lava.

Die by the Sword?

AstralTurfWarrior · Aug 11, 2019

Dust said:
Die by the Sword?

Yeah that's it, thank you!

Dave · Aug 11, 2019

Sega game where you platformed as a red coin with sunglasses and there's a level on a beach! When I got a SEGA Megadrive as a kid that's one of the games I remember my Mum and Dad getting me!

th1nk · Aug 11, 2019

I am looking for an Amiga game which was a point and click adventure and it started out with you being a window cleaner of a skyscraper. You were in this crane elevator thingy which allows you to clean the windows from the outside. At this point I am not sure this game actually exists... 😅

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