Name that Game

turtleant

Title says it all. IF there is an old (or not so old) game that you just can't remember the title of, tell us what you do remember about it . Judging by how these threads have gone in the past, chances are pretty good some one will remember what your game was.

I'm trying to find this game for the SNES. All I remember is that the character you play as was some kind of animal person, he had to collect these seven(?) gems, and the first level was a wild west/mining town, that may have been on fire. It might have been made by Travelers Tales but I'm not sure.

Arzock

I remember this game, I had a boomerang, and part of it was racing. That's all I remember, except for something to do with a bull.

Drovek

OK, here's one that's been bothering me for a while.

NES wargame. Hexagonal movements. May have been "modern" or slightly in the future setting. There were infantry, jets, etc.

One thing I remember is, for example, when one of your jets was attacked, you could choose a defensive maneuver. It was a random thing, you could go left or right and stuff, if you got it right your plane got to live to see another day.

It's fairly vague, but it's all I can remember. I do remember loving it when I was a kid.

Jutranjo

I'm trying to find a PC game. It had an isometric view point and you had to roll around as a character on a ball or something similar, collecting stuff. It had an overworld and lots of levels, no shooting though I think. There a 2nd game that also had robots on balls speed around and shoot shit maybe but that was 3D, also on the PC.

zhen_rogue

Drovek wrote: »

OK, here's one that's been bothering me for a while.

NES wargame. Hexagonal movements. May have been "modern" or slightly in the future setting. There were infantry, jets, etc.

One thing I remember is, for example, when one of your jets was attacked, you could choose a defensive maneuver. It was a random thing, you could go left or right and stuff, if you got it right your plane got to live to see another day.

It's fairly vague, but it's all I can remember. I do remember loving it when I was a kid.

Your NES game was a NATO simulation called "CONFLICT".
http://www.consoleclassix.com/nes/conflict.html

It's one of my favorites, along with "Desert Commander".
http://www.consoleclassix.com/nes/desert_commander.html

Cherrn

Jutranjo wrote: »

I'm trying to find a PC game. It had an isometric view point and you had to roll around as a character on a ball or something similar, collecting stuff. It had an overworld and lots of levels, no shooting though I think. There a 2nd game that also had robots on balls speed around and shoot shit maybe but that was 3D, also on the PC.

Sounds like Little Big Adventure, but I don't think you rolled around on a ball in that.

LoveIsUnity

turtleant wrote: »

Title says it all. IF there is an old (or not so old) game that you just can't remember the title of, tell us what you do remember about it . Judging by how these threads have gone in the past, chances are pretty good some one will remember what your game was.

I'm trying to find this game for the SNES. All I remember is that the character you play as was some kind of animal person, he had to collect these seven(?) gems, and the first level was a wild west/mining town, that may have been on fire. It might have been made by Travelers Tales but I'm not sure.

This sounds a lot like 7th Saga. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7th_Saga

Reznik

I'm trying to remember a game... I honestly can't remember what system. It could have been NES, SNES or Genesis

It was like a spec ops or SWAT kind of game. The first level started out where you were trying to sneak into a building and there were searchlights everywhere, so you had to keep moving forward and ducking behind cover to avoid the searchlights.

There may have been a part where you either had to climb up the side of a building, or it was a sniper part (I just remember a lot of windows)

When you were inside the building, it gave you a floorplan on one part of the screen and a view of the room you're in on another part. I think it was a first person view.

I don't remember much more than that. It's been bugging me for a while though.

Ragnar Dragonfyre

Reznik wrote: »

I'm trying to remember a game... I honestly can't remember what system. It could have been NES, SNES or Genesis

It was like a spec ops or SWAT kind of game. The first level started out where you were trying to sneak into a building and there were searchlights everywhere, so you had to keep moving forward and ducking behind cover to avoid the searchlights.

There may have been a part where you either had to climb up the side of a building, or it was a sniper part (I just remember a lot of windows)

When you were inside the building, it gave you a floorplan on one part of the screen and a view of the room you're in on another part. I think it was a first person view.

I don't remember much more than that. It's been bugging me for a while though.

You're looking for Rescue: The Embassy Mission. I bought this game a couple years ago because I remember loving it as a kid and yes, it's still awesome.

Also, rappelling is still a bitch. I lose more operatives from falling to their death every time than anything else. :P

Reznik

Ragnar Dragonfyre wrote: »

Reznik wrote: »

I'm trying to remember a game... I honestly can't remember what system. It could have been NES, SNES or Genesis

It was like a spec ops or SWAT kind of game. The first level started out where you were trying to sneak into a building and there were searchlights everywhere, so you had to keep moving forward and ducking behind cover to avoid the searchlights.

There may have been a part where you either had to climb up the side of a building, or it was a sniper part (I just remember a lot of windows)

When you were inside the building, it gave you a floorplan on one part of the screen and a view of the room you're in on another part. I think it was a first person view.

I don't remember much more than that. It's been bugging me for a while though.

You're looking for Rescue: The Embassy Mission. I bought this game a couple years ago because I remember loving it as a kid and yes, it's still awesome.

Also, rappelling is still a bitch. I lose more operatives from falling to their death every time than anything else. :P

Oh sweet, that's exactly it. This game's the ancestor to Rainbow Six.

It actually holds up fairly well, considering it's a NES game.

turtleant

LoveIsUnity wrote: »

turtleant wrote: »

Title says it all. IF there is an old (or not so old) game that you just can't remember the title of, tell us what you do remember about it . Judging by how these threads have gone in the past, chances are pretty good some one will remember what your game was.

I'm trying to find this game for the SNES. All I remember is that the character you play as was some kind of animal person, he had to collect these seven(?) gems, and the first level was a wild west/mining town, that may have been on fire. It might have been made by Travelers Tales but I'm not sure.

This sounds a lot like 7th Saga. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7th_Saga

No that wasn't it. The one I'm thinking of was a platformer.

urahonky

Here's one:

It was on the game gear. It played very similar to Fire Emblem. I remember the main character being blue? Any ideas?

Jutranjo

Cherrn wrote: »

Jutranjo wrote: »

I'm trying to find a PC game. It had an isometric view point and you had to roll around as a character on a ball or something similar, collecting stuff. It had an overworld and lots of levels, no shooting though I think. There a 2nd game that also had robots on balls speed around and shoot shit maybe but that was 3D, also on the PC.

Sounds like Little Big Adventure, but I don't think you rolled around on a ball in that.

Nope, isn't LBA 1 or 2.

Darmak

urahonky wrote: »

Here's one:

It was on the game gear. It played very similar to Fire Emblem. I remember the main character being blue? Any ideas?

Shining Force?

freakish light

turtleant wrote: »

Title says it all. IF there is an old (or not so old) game that you just can't remember the title of, tell us what you do remember about it . Judging by how these threads have gone in the past, chances are pretty good some one will remember what your game was.

I'm trying to find this game for the SNES. All I remember is that the character you play as was some kind of animal person, he had to collect these seven(?) gems, and the first level was a wild west/mining town, that may have been on fire. It might have been made by Travelers Tales but I'm not sure.

Was it Bubsy?

turtleant

freakish light wrote: »

turtleant wrote: »

Title says it all. IF there is an old (or not so old) game that you just can't remember the title of, tell us what you do remember about it . Judging by how these threads have gone in the past, chances are pretty good some one will remember what your game was.

I'm trying to find this game for the SNES. All I remember is that the character you play as was some kind of animal person, he had to collect these seven(?) gems, and the first level was a wild west/mining town, that may have been on fire. It might have been made by Travelers Tales but I'm not sure.

Was it Bubsy?

No. I remember the art style was somewhat anime-esque. I think the main bad guy looked like a frog maybe.

Klyka

Reznik wrote: »

Ragnar Dragonfyre wrote: »

Reznik wrote: »

I'm trying to remember a game... I honestly can't remember what system. It could have been NES, SNES or Genesis

It was like a spec ops or SWAT kind of game. The first level started out where you were trying to sneak into a building and there were searchlights everywhere, so you had to keep moving forward and ducking behind cover to avoid the searchlights.

There may have been a part where you either had to climb up the side of a building, or it was a sniper part (I just remember a lot of windows)

When you were inside the building, it gave you a floorplan on one part of the screen and a view of the room you're in on another part. I think it was a first person view.

I don't remember much more than that. It's been bugging me for a while though.

You're looking for Rescue: The Embassy Mission. I bought this game a couple years ago because I remember loving it as a kid and yes, it's still awesome.

Also, rappelling is still a bitch. I lose more operatives from falling to their death every time than anything else. :P

Oh sweet, that's exactly it. This game's the ancestor to Rainbow Six.

It actually holds up fairly well, considering it's a NES game.

I have the Amiga version in my hands right now. It's called "Hostages" on Amiga.

I never even knew there was a NES version preceding it.

Just listen to the music,it's so amazing,I loved this game so very,very much.
Hostages Amiga

Also another amazing game I have in the same style as Hostages:
Alcatraz Amiga

Azuredream

turtleant wrote: »

I'm trying to find this game for the SNES. All I remember is that the character you play as was some kind of animal person, he had to collect these seven(?) gems, and the first level was a wild west/mining town, that may have been on fire. It might have been made by Travelers Tales but I'm not sure.

I think you might mean 8 Eyes...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_Eyes

It's a platformer where you go around the world collecting the "8 Eyes" from the various locales. Sort of in the same way Mega Man has to tackle the various enemies to gain their powers.

It was the first game I ever played where the multiplayer aspect was SIGNIFICANTLY different, depending on whether you controlled the Hero or controlled as his pet falcon.

Aroduc

Azuredream wrote: »

turtleant wrote: »

I'm trying to find this game for the SNES. All I remember is that the character you play as was some kind of animal person, he had to collect these seven(?) gems, and the first level was a wild west/mining town, that may have been on fire. It might have been made by Travelers Tales but I'm not sure.

I think you might mean 8 Eyes...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_Eyes

It's a platformer where you go around the world collecting the "8 Eyes" from the various locales. Sort of in the same way Mega Man has to tackle the various enemies to gain their powers.

It was the first game I ever played where the multiplayer aspect was SIGNIFICANTLY different, depending on whether you controlled the Hero or controlled as his pet falcon.

...It's not for the SNES, you don't play an animal person, and doesn't contain any western towns or places on fire.

Cherrn

Think I found it. Ardy Lightfoot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXzVUpDkDuU

Fig-D

I was about to post that. I'm almost positive that's what he was thinking of.

Drovek

zhen_rogue wrote: »

Your NES game was a NATO simulation called "CONFLICT".
http://www.consoleclassix.com/nes/conflict.html

It's one of my favorites, along with "Desert Commander".
http://www.consoleclassix.com/nes/desert_commander.html

So, not only do you provide a name, you also provide a way of (legally) playing it?

That's frikken awesome.

Seriously, thank you! I've been trying to find this one for a while.

Cantido

I want to know what NES game I played....

It's a shump about a spaceship fighting a planet that looks alive and has an evil giant mouth. It starts off as a horizontal shooter for a few levels, and then has a shitload of vertical scrolling levels. These levels do not depict you travelling up. They have you travelling down. The look and feel is very creepy. It seemed to go on forever and I couldn't finish it.

Fig-D

Cantido wrote: »

I want to know what NES game I played....

It's a shump about a spaceship fighting a planet that looks alive and has an evil giant mouth. It starts off as a horizontal shooter for a few levels, and then has a shitload of vertical scrolling levels. These levels do not depict you travelling up. They have you travelling down. The look and feel is very creepy. It seemed to go on forever and I couldn't finish it.

That one's easy. Abadox.

EDIT: Whoops, helps if I spell it right.

First game on this list: http://www.retrojunk.com/details_articles/719/

Cantido

Fig-D wrote: »

Cantido wrote: »

I want to know what NES game I played....

It's a shump about a spaceship fighting a planet that looks alive and has an evil giant mouth. It starts off as a horizontal shooter for a few levels, and then has a shitload of vertical scrolling levels. These levels do not depict you travelling up. They have you travelling down. The look and feel is very creepy. It seemed to go on forever and I couldn't finish it.

That one's easy. Abadox.

EDIT: Whoops, helps if I spell it right.

First game on this list: http://www.retrojunk.com/details_articles/719/

Well now I know why I coudn't beat it.

This is rapetastic on my standards. Even my modern skills forged from Touhou wouldn't help me with that game now.

Fig-D

Yes, Adadox was fucking hard. Not Silver Surfer hard, but still fucking hard. Funnily enough, the final boss was really easy.

turtleant

Cherrn wrote: »

Think I found it. Ardy Lightfoot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXzVUpDkDuU

Yes! That is it. Thanks a ton!

ChrisDude

I've asked about this one before, but to no avail, so I'll try it again.

So, this game was a PC game, I'm not entirely sure when it came out but I played it on my Win95 computer back in the day. It was on one of my buddy's demo CDs from somewhere I think. The game was basically a tangram puzzle in which pieces were brought in via a conveyor belt at the bottom of the screen. You had to fit these shapes into the puzzle to make a certain picture, there were small and large triangles and squares and things like that. There was also a chute on the side that you could place unwanted tiles into to dispose of them. If the pieces on the conveyor backed up all the way out of the screen you had to start over again.

The one thing I really remember about this game is that it had a creepy Alice in Wonderland motif going on. There was the Mad Hatter and the Caterpillar and such, but they were kind of warped and a little unsettling.

Is it possible that anyone here knows what this is?

Reynolds

I searched through a lot of Alice games. There's a mah jong one. One that looks to be a FMV point and click game for Windows 95 back in the day. One where she goes into Vivaldi's Four Seasons and does a lot of minigames, but none ofthem seem to fit with that. Even some creepy Japanese horror game.

The only one I could really rule out, because I couldn't find any other information, was this.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/ALICES-ADVENTURES-WONDERLAND-INTERACTIVE-WINDOWS/dp/B002IX7SD4
Says Windows 95, has four games. Maybe the cover will spark a memory.

Raiden333

Alright, mine's slightly different.

I used to play this game on a mac in my school like 15 years ago that I am 90% sure was called "Danger Swamp." You played as a stick figure racing to the right and hopping over pits and onto platforms, constantly fleeing the left side of the screen, where a green bar is slowly advancing to the right and will kill you if it touches you.

I can find absolutely no evidence this game ever existed on the internet, but last "Name That Game" thread there were at least 2 other people who said they played this.

Can anyone find anything out there about this game?

Willeth

Every time I see one of these threads it reminds me of Candle Cove.

Tamin

Raiden333 wrote: »

Alright, mine's slightly different.

I used to play this game on a mac in my school like 15 years ago that I am 90% sure was called "Danger Swamp." You played as a stick figure racing to the right and hopping over pits and onto platforms, constantly fleeing the left side of the screen, where a green bar is slowly advancing to the right and will kill you if it touches you.

I can find absolutely no evidence this game ever existed on the internet, but last "Name That Game" thread there were at least 2 other people who said they played this.

Can anyone find anything out there about this game?

I'm sure others have said this, but ... are you sure you're not thinking of Pitfall?

The auto-scrolling thing doesn't quite match, though.

Steev

There was a Macintosh game I played way back in the late 80s and I can't find any information on it. It seemed to be set in a weird futuristic sci-fi world. Everyone seemed to wield some sort of sword instead of guns, though. I found the combat difficult because all you could do was thrust your sword in a weird underhanded way.

It was a sidescroller, but I don't think it was linear at all. You would walk into different areas and people would react to you via speech bubbles over their heads.

I only ever played it at a friend's in another state. I tried copying it, but couldn't get it to work on my own Mac. Eventually I lost interest in it after getting an NES and playing my Mac a lot less.

I always thought it was called something like "Barrakus", but I can't find any evidence of a Mac game anywhere close to that title.

ChrisDude

Reynolds wrote: »

I searched through a lot of Alice games. There's a mah jong one. One that looks to be a FMV point and click game for Windows 95 back in the day. One where she goes into Vivaldi's Four Seasons and does a lot of minigames, but none ofthem seem to fit with that. Even some creepy Japanese horror game.

The only one I could really rule out, because I couldn't find any other information, was this.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/ALICES-ADVENTURES-WONDERLAND-INTERACTIVE-WINDOWS/dp/B002IX7SD4
Says Windows 95, has four games. Maybe the cover will spark a memory.

Thanks for checking around, but that's not it. :S It was a lot less childishly cartoony. It was probably some weird one off shareware game by some small company. Damn you Alice in Wonderland Tangrams!

zhen_rogue

SteevL wrote: »

There was a Macintosh game I played way back in the late 80s and I can't find any information on it. It seemed to be set in a weird futuristic sci-fi world. Everyone seemed to wield some sort of sword instead of guns, though. I found the combat difficult because all you could do was thrust your sword in a weird underhanded way.

It was a sidescroller, but I don't think it was linear at all. You would walk into different areas and people would react to you via speech bubbles over their heads.

I only ever played it at a friend's in another state. I tried copying it, but couldn't get it to work on my own Mac. Eventually I lost interest in it after getting an NES and playing my Mac a lot less.

I always thought it was called something like "Barrakus", but I can't find any evidence of a Mac game anywhere close to that title.

You can always browse the libraries at:
http://www.virtualapple.org/

zhen_rogue

Drovek wrote: »

zhen_rogue wrote: »

Your NES game was a NATO simulation called "CONFLICT".
http://www.consoleclassix.com/nes/conflict.html

It's one of my favorites, along with "Desert Commander".
http://www.consoleclassix.com/nes/desert_commander.html

So, not only do you provide a name, you also provide a way of (legally) playing it?

That's frikken awesome.

Seriously, thank you! I've been trying to find this one for a while.

I haven't actually used that site before, so try at your own risk.
It simply had the best screenshots, and seemed interesting that they offered an online way to play.

However, if you still have your NES, i've had luck simply posting ads on craigslist about wanting a certain game, and finding TONS of folks who want to sell you their entire collections dirt cheap, or simply trading games for the one you want. Amazon/Ebay works too.

Steev

zhen_rogue wrote: »

SteevL wrote: »

There was a Macintosh game I played way back in the late 80s and I can't find any information on it. It seemed to be set in a weird futuristic sci-fi world. Everyone seemed to wield some sort of sword instead of guns, though. I found the combat difficult because all you could do was thrust your sword in a weird underhanded way.

It was a sidescroller, but I don't think it was linear at all. You would walk into different areas and people would react to you via speech bubbles over their heads.

I only ever played it at a friend's in another state. I tried copying it, but couldn't get it to work on my own Mac. Eventually I lost interest in it after getting an NES and playing my Mac a lot less.

I always thought it was called something like "Barrakus", but I can't find any evidence of a Mac game anywhere close to that title.

You can always browse the libraries at:
http://www.virtualapple.org/

Thanks, but it doesn't look like that site would have it. It's Apple II/IIgs games, and this was on a Mac.

Klyka

Just remembered a game I had on Amiga but can't remember the name.

I remember that it was in Vietnam and you had like,a group of guys and had to get across a big map. And there were ambushes and booby traps and so on.

I also remember the music being fucking awesome.

Orogogus

SteevL wrote: »

There was a Macintosh game I played way back in the late 80s and I can't find any information on it. It seemed to be set in a weird futuristic sci-fi world. Everyone seemed to wield some sort of sword instead of guns, though. I found the combat difficult because all you could do was thrust your sword in a weird underhanded way.

It was a sidescroller, but I don't think it was linear at all. You would walk into different areas and people would react to you via speech bubbles over their heads.

I only ever played it at a friend's in another state. I tried copying it, but couldn't get it to work on my own Mac. Eventually I lost interest in it after getting an NES and playing my Mac a lot less.

I always thought it was called something like "Barrakus", but I can't find any evidence of a Mac game anywhere close to that title.

This game is Brattacas. I remember playing it on the demo machines at Lechmere and EB back in the late 80s.

Azreus

I'm almost afraid to think of when I played this game, it was quite some time back... maybe 25
years ago?

It was an adventure game like the Space Quest series, but it was in full colour, not CGA or anything. I remember being in an insane asylum and I think you had to escape. It was viewed from the side mostly, not top down, hand drawn backgrounds.

Any clues?

Grislo

Klyka wrote: »

Just remembered a game I had on Amiga but can't remember the name.

I remember that it was in Vietnam and you had like,a group of guys and had to get across a big map. And there were ambushes and booby traps and so on.

I also remember the music being fucking awesome.

Cannon Fodder, possibly?