Help me find those (really) old games

Nataneko

Hello! I have had this question, buggin me for quite some time. When I was young, I had an Atari console. a quick google research tell me it was the Atari 2600 (the second model). I also had games. I remember frogger really well, but I also remember a strange game, but not the title.
You controlled the player, who was I think, just a square. so there was the screen, a dot in the middle, and "doors" up left down right. so I guess it was some kind of labyrinth. Let's say you went right. maybe it was a room! but maybe there was color line moving all around. FLASHY lines. and I think you had to go trough those line to the other side of the room.

yeah, pretty vague. Also, I'd like to remember what the title was to this other game. My friend had a "better console" so I'm guessing it was something between Atari and the Nintendo and we played a game where you were a prehistorical man. he walked around doing something and sometime ate chicken leg. when he ate little heart piece, his head become bigger and had a bit of an heart shape.

oh and to give you some time period, I'm guessing this was around 1989-1993

Szechuanosaurus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_(Atari_2600) ?

Chalkbot

The other game you described sounds like Bonk's Adventure which was on the Turbo Grafix 16 (1990).

Nataneko

second game is spot-on! but I'm really not sure about Adventure. It could be it, but the flashy rainbow-y color lines moving around don't seem to be part of that game. maybe it was a third game?

Thanks! no mysteries could go unresolved with a H/A thread!

Steev

Hm, if the first game isn't Adventure, it could possibly be another game called Venture, but I recall your character being a smiley face.

It's also possible that it's Berserk, but you control a humanoid in that one.

Actually, you know what I think it might be, now that I think of it? One of the Swordquest games. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swordquest

edit: in particular, look at these screenshots. I think the rainbow line stuff you're talking about is the "Leo Waterfall" action sequence.

Nataneko

You win at life!! that is the game!! that has bugged me for at least 15 years! Maybe I'll finally know what the hell that game was about! I give you internet cookie points!

Steev

Heh, I remember playing that game at other kids' houses a lot and being obsessed with it. When I finally got it, I played the hell out of it and honestly had no idea what I was doing. Pretty sure I beat the game somehow. Nowadays I'd have no idea what to do in a game like that.