Help me remember what game this is!

datac0re

So there's this game from my childhood that I cannot for the life of me remember what it's called, but I have the biggest urge to play it again. Alas, Google is failing me in my search.

I don't have much to go on, but here's what I remember:

It's an old dos game; gameplay is similar to something like Deja Vu in that you move from place to place, either inputting actions via the keyboard or the mouse, I can't really remember. It probably came out around the same time.

The game itself has an odd/quirky storyline and characters, some of which aren't human (I think). The only scenes I can remember are:

1. You end up going down some sort of slide/chute, and the screen has a picture of the chute and its surroundings.

2. After going down said chute, one way takes you to a path that leads towards a forest, that IIRC, you end up losing if you go into it (probably requires some sort of item or plot advancement to be able to enter first...).

3. I have no idea if this is accurate or if my brain is playing tricks on me, but I believe there might also be a barber shop somewhere.

... and that's it. That's all I can remember. I know it's not much, hence why I can't find it on my own, so please - help me figure this out! Not knowing is driving me nuts!

wavecutter

Is it the one where you climb trees and can jump out of them and "glide" to platforms in other trees?

datac0re

wavecutter wrote: »

Is it the one where you climb trees and can jump out of them and "glide" to platforms in other trees?

No, I don't think so... at least up to the point I had been able to get to.

SimBen

After falling the chute into the forest, did you have to click on your character really quickly or he'd die?

If so, that might be Torin's Passage (though that one isn't first-person like Deja Vu is).

datac0re

SimBen wrote: »

After falling the chute into the forest, did you have to click on your character really quickly or he'd die?

If so, that might be Torin's Passage (though that one isn't first-person like Deja Vu is).

Nope - it's definitely a 1st person game. I looked through the screenshots of Torin's Passage though just to check, and it's not that game.

captaink

The forest bit makes me think of King's Quest, but that's not first person.

Draysoth

Manhole?

datac0re

Draysoth wrote: »

Manhole?

Just checked - nope. That's not it either.

Dixon

Manhole was a great game...

acidlacedpenguin

dare 2 dream or dare 2 dream 2?

datac0re

acidlacedpenguin wrote: »

dare 2 dream or dare 2 dream 2?

Nope, not it either... I think this game was older than that - like 1985-89 maybe.

datac0re

Finally - I found it! I've been scouring the internet all day and finally found it -

Tass Times in Tonetown