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It's time for another... Name that game!

WillethWilleth Registered User regular
edited June 2008 in Games and Technology
My colleague remembers a game for the PS1, and all he can remember is that it involved a cat who was a cop/detective. Anyone?

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  • slacktronslacktron Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Willeth wrote: »
    My colleague remembers a game for the PS1, and all he can remember is that it involved a cat who was a cop/detective. Anyone?

    How about a mouse? Mappy, from NAMCO MUSEUM VOL.2?
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  • KorKor Known to detonate from time to time Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Cats... hmm..

    Bubsy?

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Kor wrote: »
    Cats... hmm..

    Bubsy?

    We were just talking about Bubsy earlier, so I doubt that's it...

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  • Duchess ProzacDuchess Prozac Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I'm certain I know this one but its name escapes me. IIRC, the cat had partner and the game was both of their names.

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Duchess Prozac wrote: »
    I'm certain I know this one but its name escapes me. IIRC, the cat had partner and the game was both of their names.

    Apparently that sounds right. I can't find anything on a search, though.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    ...Sam and Max? I know that's not on the PS1 though.

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Already suggested Sam and Max. An immediate no.

    It wasn't Dots and Diamond, either, as much as it's exactly as he described it. Apparently the cat wore a detective overcoat.

    EDIT: Also possible it had an isometric viewpoint.

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  • Woot427Woot427 Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Firo and Klawd?

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Woot427 wrote: »
    Firo and Klawd?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpZm9Xva5nE

    Quite possibly. Can't view that video but looks very promising from the boxart I can find.

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  • Laser WolfLaser Wolf Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    This has been bothering me for a long time. Enough so to cause me to register to find out.

    The game was for the Playstation, and you played as a kid with a dog on a 2D landscape. The enemies were these shadow fuckers, and the kid had a makeshift-looking helmet and gun that would shoot electricity at them. Were you to miss the shadow fuckers, they would kill the kid in some horrific manner, such as devouring him whole or swooping down to pick him up and break his back. The gameplay vaguely reminded me of an Oddworld game, but I may have just been young and stupid.

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  • GunstarGunstar Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Heart of Darkness

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  • fdiskcdrivefdiskcdrive Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Laser Wolf wrote: »
    This has been bothering me for a long time. Enough so to cause me to register to find out.

    The game was for the Playstation, and you played as a kid with a dog on a 2D landscape. The enemies were these shadow fuckers, and the kid had a makeshift-looking helmet and gun that would shoot electricity at them. Were you to miss the shadow fuckers, they would kill the kid in some horrific manner, such as devouring him whole or swooping down to pick him up and break his back. The gameplay vaguely reminded me of an Oddworld game, but I may have just been young and stupid.

    This one sounds like Heart of Darkness. I've never played it, but wanted to.

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  • GunstarGunstar Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Game is great, but it's short. It's a couple discs mainly because of the FMVs on psx, but you can get it for PC and it still works on XP. I love the violent ways you die for an E rated game.

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  • IcemopperIcemopper Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Laser Wolf wrote: »
    This has been bothering me for a long time. Enough so to cause me to register to find out.

    The game was for the Playstation, and you played as a kid with a dog on a 2D landscape. The enemies were these shadow fuckers, and the kid had a makeshift-looking helmet and gun that would shoot electricity at them. Were you to miss the shadow fuckers, they would kill the kid in some horrific manner, such as devouring him whole or swooping down to pick him up and break his back. The gameplay vaguely reminded me of an Oddworld game, but I may have just been young and stupid.

    Heart of Darkness. Easy.

    Dang. Tri-beat'd

    And fdiskcdrive, you should definitely play it, the game was amazing.

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  • Laser WolfLaser Wolf Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    You are all gentlemen and scholars.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Haha Icemopper. Eternal Darkness was for the GCN. :)

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  • IcemopperIcemopper Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    urahonky wrote: »
    Haha Icemopper. Eternal Darkness was for the GCN. :)

    Dang. I even GIS'd Heart of Darkness... Not sure why I put Eternal instead. Oops.

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  • CherrnCherrn Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I've been playing HoD recently, and while it's definitely visually amazing, and way ahead of its time, it's just...

    The climbing sections are a fucking nightmare. And you're climbing through like half the fucking game. It's frustrating beyond belief, because the non-climbing parts are great. Every time you think you're done climbing, you encounter another fucking wall two screens later. It really ruins the experience.

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