Name that game!

eobet

Looking for an old, weird puzzle game, platform unknown... might have been arcade:

It's a mash up of Tetris and Sim City, but more abstract. When you place Tetris pieces on top of another piece, you build more and more elaborate structures, ending with a golden palace, if I recall correctly.

I seem to recall a game where you push the pieces from the bottom and up, but I'm not sure it's the one I'm thinking of...

EDIT: Just in case.... it's not "City Rain", but that should be obvious.

lionheart_m

eobet wrote: »

Looking for an old, weird puzzle game, platform unknown... might have been arcade:

It's a mash up of Tetris and Sim City, but more abstract. When you place Tetris pieces on top of another piece, you build more and more elaborate structures, ending with a golden palace, if I recall correctly.

I seem to recall a game where you push the pieces from the bottom and up, but I'm not sure it's the one I'm thinking of...

EDIT: Just in case.... it's not "City Rain", but that should be obvious.

Isn't that a mobile phone game?

eobet

Managed to find Land Maker, the game I mention where the puzzle pieces come from the bottom:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuUZPuxhZ20

However, as I said, I still don't think this is the exact title I'm looking for, as you don't build blocks on top of one another here, and there's no "golden palace" which I think I remember...

lionheart_m wrote: »

Isn't that a mobile phone game?

Maybe it was. I played quite a lot of them when I had my Sony Ericsson phone a number of years back.

Ack, that makes it even harder!

EDIT: Ahhh, the mobile phone hint was all I needed to make the connection... thanks! I know where the golden palace is from now (mini-game in Tower Bloxx), but Land Maker is the actual game I was thinking of.

Which means that my memory fused to different games together in my head, which doesn't actually exist. Now I have to make that game before anyone else does!

Thanks lionheart_m!

Mulletude

I have one I would like to know the name of...An arcade fighting game. You could chop off your opponents limbs one at a time and they'd still be able to keep fighting. One on one like SF2. And pretty sure it got a sequal.

Had terrible controls but was very different for its time.

Zombiemambo

Mulletude wrote: »

I have one I would like to know the name of...An arcade fighting game. You could chop off your opponents limbs one at a time and they'd still be able to keep fighting. One on one like SF2. And pretty sure it got a sequal.

Had terrible controls but was very different for its time.

Time Killers?

Sillender

Mulletude wrote: »

I have one I would like to know the name of...An arcade fighting game. You could chop off your opponents limbs one at a time and they'd still be able to keep fighting. One on one like SF2. And pretty sure it got a sequal.

Had terrible controls but was very different for its time.

Bushido Blade?

Mulletude

Zombiemambo wrote: »

Mulletude wrote: »

I have one I would like to know the name of...An arcade fighting game. You could chop off your opponents limbs one at a time and they'd still be able to keep fighting. One on one like SF2. And pretty sure it got a sequal.

Had terrible controls but was very different for its time.

Time Killers?

This sounds familiar.

emnmnme

I played an old Apple II adventure game where your character goes into a haunted mansion and encounters ghosts with problems. You had to use shears on a plant, a key on the back of a mechanical clown, that sort of thing. The name of character you're searching for is in the game's title.

Page-

Mulletude wrote: »

Zombiemambo wrote: »

Mulletude wrote: »

I have one I would like to know the name of...An arcade fighting game. You could chop off your opponents limbs one at a time and they'd still be able to keep fighting. One on one like SF2. And pretty sure it got a sequal.

Had terrible controls but was very different for its time.

Time Killers?

This sounds familiar.

If it's arcade, then it's Time Killers.

Famous for its 1 second rounds. In the arcade. People loved to hate that.

And Armless Victory!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2_hzLmkpHs

Mulletude

Yes! Thank you page. And the last round where the dude chops off the arms and than head...That happened to me alot as a 12 year old.

Do you remember if it had a sequel?

[edit]I swear I remember being able to remove the legs of an opponent and they would hop around on their belly. Maybe i'm just braindead tho

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There was another game by the same devs. Not a true sequel (different setting, none of the same characters), but pretty much a sequel (same controls, many of the same features). It was called BloodStorm and it was also awful (and hilarious).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90g7pdbwlrQ

Mulletude

Bloodstorm is exactly what I am thinking of for the torso stuff. Found it on wiki as you posted that. Excellent. Thank you so much. Brings back memories of wasted money and absolutely horrible controls. But fun nonetheless

Zombiemambo

Mulletude wrote: »

Yes! Thank you page. And the last round where the dude chops off the arms and than head...That happened to me alot as a 12 year old.

Do you remember if it had a sequel?

[edit]I swear I remember being able to remove the legs of an opponent and they would hop around on their belly. Maybe i'm just braindead tho

Hey, I'm the one who suggested it you jerk :P

Mulletude

Zombiemambo wrote: »

Mulletude wrote: »

Yes! Thank you page. And the last round where the dude chops off the arms and than head...That happened to me alot as a 12 year old.

Do you remember if it had a sequel?

[edit]I swear I remember being able to remove the legs of an opponent and they would hop around on their belly. Maybe i'm just braindead tho

Hey, I'm the one who suggested it you jerk :P

Haha...But you didn't post videos. I'm easily seduced my flashing lights.

Zombiemambo

Mulletude wrote: »

Zombiemambo wrote: »

Mulletude wrote: »

Yes! Thank you page. And the last round where the dude chops off the arms and than head...That happened to me alot as a 12 year old.

Do you remember if it had a sequel?

[edit]I swear I remember being able to remove the legs of an opponent and they would hop around on their belly. Maybe i'm just braindead tho

Hey, I'm the one who suggested it you jerk :P

Haha...But you didn't post videos. I'm easily seduced my flashing lights.

Google works just as well for you as it does for me.

Sir Carcass

Wasn't BloodStorm the game that killed Johnny Cage?

Doc Holliday

Okay I've got one, though I may not have enough details to give enough clues.

This was a Commodore 64 game I had as a kid. It was a learning game, I think, that involved some robot / alien dudes. You'd walk around different landscapes and they'd ask you questions. I'm pretty sure I remember a monkey in a tree throwing coconuts.

Mulletude

Sir Carcass wrote: »

Wasn't BloodStorm the game that killed Johnny Cage?

"Mortal Kombat game actor Daniel Pesina was fired from Midway in 1994 after appearing in an ad for BloodStorm dressed as Johnny Cage[1]."

taken from the wiki page

Sir Carcass

Mulletude wrote: »

Sir Carcass wrote: »

Wasn't BloodStorm the game that killed Johnny Cage?

"Mortal Kombat game actor Daniel Pesina was fired from Midway in 1994 after appearing in an ad for BloodStorm dressed as Johnny Cage[1]."

taken from the wiki page

So it was. Never realized it was basically the sequel to Time Killers.

themoreyouknow.gif

Doc Holliday wrote: »

Okay I've got one, though I may not have enough details to give enough clues.

This was a Commodore 64 game I had as a kid. It was a learning game, I think, that involved some robot / alien dudes. You'd walk around different landscapes and they'd ask you questions. I'm pretty sure I remember a monkey in a tree throwing coconuts.

It wasn't one of the Tonk games by any chance, was it?

Doc Holliday

YES!

It was Tonk & the land of the Buddy Bots. Thank you so much!

Sir Carcass

Awesome, I thought it was a long shot but it's what came to mind. I also wasn't sure if those were on the C64. I only ever played that one, but I can still conjure that music up in my head.

Xenogear_0001

Mulletude wrote: »

Zombiemambo wrote: »

Mulletude wrote: »

I have one I would like to know the name of...An arcade fighting game. You could chop off your opponents limbs one at a time and they'd still be able to keep fighting. One on one like SF2. And pretty sure it got a sequal.

Had terrible controls but was very different for its time.

Time Killers?

This sounds familiar.

Yeah, that's definitely the one. I remember seeing it at the Q-Zar that used to exist by the Fashion Square Mall in Orlando.

eobet

New game!

It's a PS3 game made by some famous Japanese designer. Only saw the box and it's all green with some guy and a big creature on it. I think it was called "Majika something something", but Google doesn't come up with anything when I search for variations on that...

From the back of the box, I remember it was a co-op game based around that creature, though it was single player.

Anyone know what game I saw?

lewis35437

eobet wrote:

New game!

It's a PS3 game made by some famous Japanese designer. Only saw the box and it's all green with some guy and a big creature on it. I think it was called "Majika something something", but Google doesn't come up with anything when I search for variations on that...

From the back of the box, I remember it was a co-op game based around that creature, though it was single player.

Anyone know what game I saw?

Majin and the forsaken kingdom?

eobet

lewis35437 wrote:

Majin and the forsaken kingdom?

YES! Thank you.

elliotw2

I remember having an old Genesis game, that had ninjas that were also maybe robots, and I remember it having subweapons, two player, and a train on either stage 1 or 2. Any ideas?

Hewn

Help me out gents!

Sega Genesis game. I played it on the Sega Channel. It was a 2D, side scrolling platformer that featured a character with a futuristic arm piece. Like a Pip Boy, perhaps. This high tech arm piece could do several things, but most notably I remember it using energy (purple? bright blue?) to be able to swing across gaps. Like Indiana Jones but with a light whip.

I have ALWAYS wondered what this game was.

elliotw2

Hewn wrote:

Help me out gents!

Sega Genesis game. I played it on the Sega Channel. It was a 2D, side scrolling platformer that featured a character with a futuristic arm piece. Like a Pip Boy, perhaps. This high tech arm piece could do several things, but most notably I remember it using energy (purple? bright blue?) to be able to swing across gaps. Like Indiana Jones but with a light whip.

I have ALWAYS wondered what this game was.

That one is pulseman, which was JP only except for a short Channel showcase.

AaronKI

Hewn wrote:

Help me out gents!

Sega Genesis game. I played it on the Sega Channel. It was a 2D, side scrolling platformer that featured a character with a futuristic arm piece. Like a Pip Boy, perhaps. This high tech arm piece could do several things, but most notably I remember it using energy (purple? bright blue?) to be able to swing across gaps. Like Indiana Jones but with a light whip.

I have ALWAYS wondered what this game was.

Was it Pulseman? I haven't played it myself, but it was exclusive to the Sega Channel and he has something on one of his arms.




Edit: Beaten by a minute. Curse you, Vanilla bugs. :P

Anyway, if you have a Wii you can get it on the Virtual Console.

Hewn

Alas, that's not it. But I do remember that game.

The game I'm thinking of had a more realistic look. I guess I should have mentioned that. And I believe one of the first stages was was a jungle that was mixed with technology.

reVerse

Sounds vaguely like Flashback, but I'm pretty sure you didn't have a grappling hook in that one.

Hewn

reVerse wrote:

Sounds vaguely like Flashback, but I'm pretty sure you didn't have a grappling hook in that one.

So the screen look VERY familiar. The only thing troubling me is that this game did have some kind of arm technology. And force fields.

This is just my young child memory here, so it's totally possible I combined games. But Flashback is probably it, if my pip-boy game doesn't exist. Is there a title like Flashback, but with some kind of energy arm device?

reVerse

Well, Flashback has force fields, but instead of grappling hook you've got a throwable teleportation device.

Another World is a similar game from the same people. Never played it, it might have grappling hooks.

Hewn

reVerse wrote:

Well, Flashback has force fields, but instead of grappling hook you've got a throwable teleportation device.

Another World is a similar game from the same people. Never played it, it might have grappling hooks.

I'm watching the video now. This fits what I described nearly perfectly, so it must be it. But my damn mind can't get out a part where I was trying to swing over a gap with a purple energy hook. Weird, right?

But the jungle level and the platforming are so close, I'm thinking it's just my memories filling in gaps. Thanks!

Ragnar Dragonfyre

Hewn wrote:

Help me out gents!

Sega Genesis game. I played it on the Sega Channel. It was a 2D, side scrolling platformer that featured a character with a futuristic arm piece. Like a Pip Boy, perhaps. This high tech arm piece could do several things, but most notably I remember it using energy (purple? bright blue?) to be able to swing across gaps. Like Indiana Jones but with a light whip.

I have ALWAYS wondered what this game was.

I think the game you're looking for is Generations Lost.



This game is what immediately came to mind in your explanation because I remember thinking the jungle level looked similar to Flashback when I played it back in the day.

mjn6172

All right, if we're doing Name that Game, I've got one that I've been stumped on for a while now. It was an old Apple II game with very basic graphics (stick figure character, outline for a map.) You were on a quest to overthrow an evil Wizard (or something like that, it's been a long time.) Along the way you needed to recruit and equip an army. As you wandered around on the map there were 3 cities and the occasional random monster/ruins/cave/etc. The goal for the first part of the game was to buy a boat so you could sail to the other island where the evil wizard was hiding. I don't really remember much more than that though.

Last time someone suggested King's Bounty. That wasn't it, but the gameplay was very similar, just with much more primitive graphics. I played it on my Apple II C + back in the mid-late 80's.

Nocren

I have another Apple II game as well. At least I THINK it was Apple... I only played it in grade school (88-89). We had a choice of two games to play, Oregon Trail and this adventure game that takes place in Central America. Has to do with Incan/Aztec treasure and finding it... It had a nice big picture at the top of the screen (in all EGA glory!) and a text description below it. About the only thing I remember from it was passing by a fruit stand during one bit, getting chased/chasing after someone, then going back to the fruit stand after you get away/guy gets away, and it's over-turned and one of the supports for the canvas canopy it had was one of the treasures you had to pick up.

urahonky

I have one too: It's an old DOS game. You were an '@' symbol and everything was ASCII. You walked around, fought creatures, and gained loot. Anyone know what game this is? I'm sure there were probably a billion of these...

Drake

Nocren wrote:

I have another Apple II game as well. At least I THINK it was Apple... I only played it in grade school (88-89). We had a choice of two games to play, Oregon Trail and this adventure game that takes place in Central America. Has to do with Incan/Aztec treasure and finding it... It had a nice big picture at the top of the screen (in all EGA glory!) and a text description below it. About the only thing I remember from it was passing by a fruit stand during one bit, getting chased/chasing after someone, then going back to the fruit stand after you get away/guy gets away, and it's over-turned and one of the supports for the canvas canopy it had was one of the treasures you had to pick up.

Sounds like Aztec. I loved that game when I was a kid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZC02wWzIdA

Nocren

Drake wrote:

Nocren wrote:

I have another Apple II game as well. At least I THINK it was Apple... I only played it in grade school (88-89). We had a choice of two games to play, Oregon Trail and this adventure game that takes place in Central America. Has to do with Incan/Aztec treasure and finding it... It had a nice big picture at the top of the screen (in all EGA glory!) and a text description below it. About the only thing I remember from it was passing by a fruit stand during one bit, getting chased/chasing after someone, then going back to the fruit stand after you get away/guy gets away, and it's over-turned and one of the supports for the canvas canopy it had was one of the treasures you had to pick up.

Sounds like Aztec. I loved that game when I was a kid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZC02wWzIdA

Sorry, that isn't it. This was more like Zork with pictures. More text adventure then platformer.

Steev

urahonky wrote:

I have one too: It's an old DOS game. You were an '@' symbol and everything was ASCII. You walked around, fought creatures, and gained loot. Anyone know what game this is? I'm sure there were probably a billion of these...

Rogue or a roguelike of some kind.