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Game Identification Thread 69105

ben0207ben0207 Registered User regular
edited February 2008 in Games and Technology
So, it was a DOS or possibly Win 95 / 98 game, with a spaceship that races into the screen. it's set on some roads in space, with gaps and blocks on them and you have to move lanes and jump so you don't die. I think it started quite easy but got a lot harder pretty soon.

And I'm starting a timer from the second I click "submit" :)

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  • 0blique0blique Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    It's skyroads.

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  • AroducAroduc regular
    edited February 2008
    Or its predecessor, Kosmonaut.

    Both are freely available from the developer.
    http://www.bluemoon.ee/history/skyroads/

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  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    C'mon ben, tell us if that's right!

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  • 0blique0blique Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Aroduc wrote: »
    Or its predecessor, Kosmonaut.

    Both are freely available from the developer.
    http://www.bluemoon.ee/history/skyroads/

    Never heard of that one before, I ought to give it a shot.

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  • ben0207ben0207 Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Yes! And there's a Flash version that works pretty well too:

    http://www.hummezum.hu/swfroads/

    PA wins again.

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  • W2W2 Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    I spent so much time in high school playing Skyroads on the school computers.



    Such an awesome yet absolutely frustrating game.

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  • freakish lightfreakish light butterdick jones and his heavenly asshole machineRegistered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Hold on, now you've stirred up memories of a game I can't quite remember. I think I was playing this in the mid-late 90s, this futuristic car racing game, probably with some sort of clever "car" title. It had fairly decent (for the time) graphics, with impressive lighting and such... and that's all I can remember of it.

    Find this thing or ask me more questions. It's really going to bug me now.

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  • arjunaarjuna Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    freakish light wrote: »
    Hold on, now you've stirred up memories of a game I can't quite remember. I think I was playing this in the mid-late 90s, this futuristic car racing game, probably with some sort of clever "car" title. It had fairly decent (for the time) graphics, with impressive lighting and such... and that's all I can remember of it.

    Find this thing or ask me more questions. It's really going to bug me now.

    Dethkarz?

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  • freakish lightfreakish light butterdick jones and his heavenly asshole machineRegistered User regular
    edited February 2008
    It doesn't ring any bells. Also, I think the graphics were better than that.

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  • freakish lightfreakish light butterdick jones and his heavenly asshole machineRegistered User regular
    edited February 2008
    After searching around a little, I think it was MegaRace. Without looking up Dethkarz, though, I wouldn't have thought to find the Gamespot index of racing games that I could sort by release date. So thanks.

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  • OrogogusOrogogus San DiegoRegistered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Ballistics?

    EDIT: Oh, well, never mind.

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  • 0blique0blique Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Yeah, I would have guessed megarace too. I only played it once (actually, I only saw someone playing it), but it was pretty good for the time. I really liked how all of the sound died out when you exceeded the speed of sound. Not very realistic, but an interesting touch nonetheless.

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  • freakish lightfreakish light butterdick jones and his heavenly asshole machineRegistered User regular
    edited February 2008
    I'm watching videos on YouTube, as I don't remember the details of the game at all, but this game is pretty damn awesome. Special prize for completing a set of 3 tracks - a genuine Scottish accent, tested by a qualified Scotsman.

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