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THAT ONE GAME

Do you faintly remember a game you played years ago but can't recall it's name?
This is the thread for you.

>> No.3828986

I remember a game my dad had along with Lemmings and Mahjongg. It was an action game where you played a guy with a pistol shooting other guys with pistols. It was 2D and only ever a non-moving screen at a time and you'd move from screen to screen, mostly by entering and exiting buildings. Not much to go by, I know.

>> No.3828992

>>3828983
game in the pic?

>> No.3828996

A NES game I am fairly sure. A sidescroller. The first level was on some moon base or something and you played an alien who had a little alien buddy and you shot a classic sci-fi looking blaster. I have never been able to find this game again in these threads.

>> No.3828997

>>3828992
Zanzarah

>> No.3828998

>>3828996
Earthworm Jim 2?

>> No.3829003

>>3828997
>Zanzarah
thank you

>> No.3829018

it was an N64 game, and it was some sort of horror game, and I know that, at a point, you're in like a castle courtyard or something

I'm almost certain it's nightmare creatures but I don't know

>> No.3829043

A dos game set in Antlantis (maybe) where you control a guy (in underwear if I remember correctly) who's able to swim. 2D

>> No.3829136

>>3829018
Castlevania?

>> No.3829140

>>3829018
Ocarina of Time Adult Link?

>> No.3829207

>>3828983
Looking for a 90's snowboard game that I played in an arcade machine with a thick black joystick in the middle. If I remember correctly, in one of the stages there's a big jump and while you are in the air a train passes beneath you.

>> No.3829505

Played on Windows 3.1, on a diskette given to me by my cousin. You played as a tank (?) that shot bubbles on a board that looked like minesweeper. You started on level 1, and I think you needed a key to get to the next level for the first few levels, then the areas began to branch/wrap around, forcing you to explore the 'world' to unlock more areas/keys. I know enemies existed, and shooting them with the bubble cannon stopped them. I also feel there were find able items for the tank itself, allowing you to shoot different bubbles/open doors/entire different areas ect.

>> No.3829513

>>3828986
Flashback?

>> No.3829519

>>3828986
How about flashback or blackthorne?

>> No.3829521
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>>3829043
either that one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yu7oxEZfgE

or:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGr4jedgaxY

Probably the second one due to the pretty disturbing game over screen.

>> No.3829528

i remember as a kid playing a game that was sort of like shadow of the ninja for NES, but it was in the snes era so the graphics were better and the controls were more contra-like

>> No.3829532

>>3829018
Came here to guess Nightmare Creatures, and I never even played it. I just saw the box at the local department store a billion times.

>> No.3829565

Action/Platformer on PlayStation Demo Disc (possibly Interactive Sampler #9?)

All I remember is that you were in a factory, and if you were killed, you were turned into a can of food with your character on it.

I believe there were other comedic deaths as well.

>> No.3829680

A first person shooter that I had thought was quake for the longest time but it had green glowing pits of acid. Was this a quake expansion as I don't remember green acid pools in the game at all.

>> No.3829691

>>3829521
Nope, he was able to swim but he was walking as well

The graphics were on the realistic side

>> No.3829696
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3829696

>>3829691
found it!
He wasn't in underwear, he was naked
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8HfTyWgv8o

>> No.3829894

>>3829513
>>3829519
No, it looked way worse. More like Commodore 64 era. Also it took place exclusively in urban areas, or rather in houses and inner yards.

>> No.3830043

old game for either sega genesis or SNES. don't remember much about it but the first part of the game is in a cornfield-type area and at some point not long afterwards you turn into some kind of bat creature for a few screens.

>> No.3830046

>cover had some guy/kid with glasses who looked at you with some gopher or some brown animal a bit further in the distance both standing outside
>game was played on Win 98 and it was between 1997 and 2000.
>was in 3D and in third person, might be a platformer.

>> No.3830054

I've got one. It was a Genesis game where I think you played as a fat Rayman and you fucked around in some sort of mansion/castle. I remember this part that was on an outside wall and you walked across it for like, either a ton of screens or a really long distance. I remember it being at nighttime too, I believe.

>>3829565
Sounds like Oddworld.

>> No.3830075

>>3829565
Most definitely abe's oddysee.

>> No.3830116

>>3830054
>>3830075
I don't think that's it.

IIRC you were a human and it had polygonal graphics.

>> No.3830151

It was like some sort of ps1 rpg with I thiiink a pink bear or pink hair, pink something. I remember the town being like a port of some sort, I don't remember much other than that.

>> No.3830197

>>3830151
Tomba!
Legend of Mana

>> No.3830201

>>3829696
Realy interesting game. Probably shit, but interesting thanks to the setting.

>> No.3830483

>>3829565
>>3830054
>>3830075
>>3830116
Found it, lads.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3ds02eRDss

Has anyone played "Wild 9" and is it any good?

Liked this demo as a kid, and currently need some more PS1 in my life.

>> No.3830535

>>3828983
nice

>> No.3830550

>>3829136
>>3829140
it was 3D and it definitely was not a zelda game

how many action "horror" games are there for N64? it probably shouldn't even be that hard

>> No.3830574

>>3828983
kids educational puzzle game where the main character was this androgynous neuter child. A little unnerving being unable to determine the sex of the character. puzzles were things like setting up simple machines. game was hi res sprite based for PC. You were in some kind of museum after hours and the other character was an NPC robot who would guide you through the challenges.

>> No.3830590

>>3829680
Chasm: The Rift?

>> No.3830610

>>3830574
Adi?

>> No.3830665

>>3830590
I don't think thats it I remember this game being pretty dark, ive played chasm and it didn't strike me as that game I played when I was really young.

>> No.3830684

>>3830665
You know, you can just brute-force your way through Quake era FPS games on Wikipedia or Mobygames. Should not take too long.

>> No.3830696

>>3830684
I've tried i think it might just be a level from a game I already played I dont remember, wanted to see if anyone knew

>> No.3830705

>>3828983
Wait what game is this?

>> No.3830707

>>3830696
Do you remember anything else? Weapons, enemies?

>> No.3830713

>>3830707
I remember a chaingun thats all, which makes me think it was quake 2, but I have never played a quake 2 level with green pits of acid.

>> No.3830739

>>3830713
You know what, although there are some acid pits in Quake 2 it's probably one of the Quake 2 mission packs: The Reckoning or Ground Zero.

>> No.3830747

a freeware mario game from cnet that used sprites ripped from the actual games. they were also really small though like mario was tiny but the levels were huge.

>> No.3830750

>>3830739
I am sure it probably is that, I would just love to find that part of the game again for that blast of nostalgia. I'm sure the darkness might have been software rendering

>> No.3830751

>>3830747
Possibly one of Wiering Software Mario clones.

>> No.3830759

>>3830751
nope it was windows game not dos, and the sprites were smaller than that. It was really good though I think at least haha

>> No.3830765

>>3830759
There are so many Mario clones. It won't be easy to identify yours I guess.

>> No.3830771

It was a puzzle game on the PC I played at least 10 years back. You control a little blue smurf or something, in a 2D top-down garden maze. Each level consists of collecting keys to unlock doors and reach the exit. There was an order to things as one mistake could force you to restart.

>> No.3831037
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3831037

Alright. There was this one game back in the windows 98 days that I remember had similar gameplay as Spy vs Spy.
The split screen was the same.
Had the same gameplay mechanic of setting traps for the other player.

I think there were multiple enemy npcs simultaneously.

Each character was different. not just a palette swap like Spy vs Spy.

I remember one character was a blonde woman and another was a detective looking guy in a trench coat and hat.

The characters were short and cartoony.

The game was 2d same as spy vs spy with the screen acting as the 4th wall.

16 bit looking graphics

Not sure if it was in DOS or Windows.

The version I had as a kid was broken. It would randomly crash in 3-5 minutes after launch.

I remember even writing down the name when I was a kid so I could find it when I grow up.

Never found the paper with the name or a screenshot in all these years.

Pic sort of related

>> No.3831041
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>>3828983
I had a game like that but then I found it. It's the best feeling ever. Worst part is it's a forgotten game that doesn't work on modern systems.

>> No.3831063
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3831063

>>3831037
I have no idea if there every was a PC version and it's a longshot, but maybe it was Outfoxies?

>> No.3831065

>>3831041
Try setting it to Windows 7 compatability mode.

>> No.3831070

>>3830705
Zanzarah

>> No.3831079
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3831079

>>3831037
>>3831063

Years of googling and asking people and I happen to find it right after posting.

>mfw

here it is

http://www.theisozone.com/downloads/pc/dos-games/double-agent/

>> No.3832250

There's this memory I have of going over to my neighbor's place and watching them play a 3D adventure game where you're controlling a typical alien-looking character, walking along a path, possibly shooting, collecting stuff (?), and I think there was a grounded spaceship somewhere on the map. It captivated me at the time and to this day I've had no luck in my google searches.
It must have been a PS1 game. At one point I was sure I found it when I stumbled upon Terracon, but, while close, that doesn't seem to be it. The gameplay is similar, the alien character too, but I remember that game being more vibrant, more colorful (although I only remember the first level).
I don't know, maybe I'm misremembering and maybe it was Terracon (but it just doesn't feel right).

This is what Terracon looks like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA_e5c3XG80
Is there any PS1 game similar to this? Any help would be appreciated.

>> No.3832270

Used to play this one point and click adventure game at a buddies house. Graphics were very 90's cartoonish. The plot I think involves escaping this island with your friends/family and herbivore dinopals. The island has a volcano about to erupt, possibly already erupting. The part that always stays in my mind most vividly is this maze under what looks like some sort of burial ground. I could never solve it but always got spooked by the hissing or growling going on.
Haven't posted in these threads in a while, but maybe some fresh anon will help me out. (It was on my friends PC in the late nineties or early 2000's, so apologies in advance if not retro, but this has bugged me for years now.)

>> No.3832292

kinda top head view old pc game from around 1997-2000 with kinda chibi 3D graphics(?) where you played with different characters and explored some dungeons and places. you could get companions and had space for two items, there were diffferent classes to pick, magics, weapons, etcetera. the levels werent really big though, but it had different enemies and a boss in the end. i think the name had "p" or "po" on its name. it was fun as fuck but i never found it again

there was a lava level, a city level, a sewer one, dammit i dont remember enough, just that it was good. you could play with other people too iirc

>> No.3832610

>>3832250
A non-retro game, Destroy All Humans!.

>> No.3833184
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3D MS-DOS fighting game.

I remember one character was a minotaur.

The action took place on a simple 3D plane with no textures.

The characters had no textures just different colors for the polygons.

The animation was kind of bouncy similar to Ecstatica.

Pic is Ecstatica

>> No.3834251

>>3828983
N64 game where you play as a robot and has a wheel he rolls around on instead of legs, also it's on a beach. That's all I remember. I was like 5 or 6.

>> No.3834254

>>3834251
lol found it

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3834258

>>3834254

>> No.3834268

>>3831041
Stratosphere is distantly similar to Project Nomads.

>> No.3835217

>>3830550
Castlevania 64 was 3D.

>> No.3835247

>>3829528

Any ninja gaiden or blaster master?

>> No.3835447

anyone remember a submarine/underwater game from the late late 90s to early 00s for pc?
i think it had a yellow submarine and was in third person (so not archimedean dynasty)

>> No.3835540

>>3828983
I always have experiences like that