Old Games you remember playing but can't remember the name of.

[Pixelhunter]

I am looking for the name of this particular wizard conquering the map type game:

This one has been preying on me for well over 15 years. It was a game for PC. It was in the years 1995-2001. My PC was running Win95 at the time, but I don't remember if the game was Windows or if it was DOS Based. Graphics were at least 640x480x256 if not slightly better.

At the time I had been searching the internet for a successor to Master of Magic when I found this game demo. At that time the game was not released only the playable demo. I don't know if it was ever finished or released.

I'm pretty sure the game was a top down map with constantly wandering heroes and monsters and maybe armies in a realtime display rather than turn based. Although in the same theme as MoM (a wizard controlling armies and heroes) the gameplay had little in common.

Of the graphics I remember them being quite bright and similar to Heroes of Might and Magic II but I think the individual heroes and armies were depicted slightly smaller onscreen.

The heroes had a fairly extensive experience point system, but you could not directly control your heroes. I think I recall you had to post bounties to encourage you heroes to go places and explore.

The game didn't stress city building very much or maybe at all.

While possessing elements of Warlords, Warlords II, HOMM, HoMM2 and MoM it was not these games. I've never played Age of Wonders but I don't think that's it. Nor is it WarCraft or Dungeon Keeper.

Ideas? Anyone recognize it or happen to have the demo in an archive somewhere? Wish I'd kept the demo but I was expecting the game to come out eventually. Don't know if I just missed it or it was abandoned. I thought it was being developed or produced by one of the bigger gaming companies like MicroProse or Origin but I'm not certain.

I think the demo let your heroes level up a small amount then froze their XP or possibly it only let you have one hero but promised more in the full version.

The demo was very polished and playable. Sound effects, music, animations, numerous hero types and monster types. I can't remember exactly how armies were implemented - but I think I recall them being independent of heroes like MoM not linked to heroes like HOMM.

If you're looking for indirect control of heroes, that's most likely
"Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim" (2000).

https://www.gog.com/game/majesty_gold_hd

 

[istmaller]

I am looking for the name of this particular wizard conquering the map type game:

This one has been preying on me for well over 15 years. It was a game for PC. It was in the years 1995-2001. My PC was running Win95 at the time, but I don't remember if the game was Windows or if it was DOS Based. Graphics were at least 640x480x256 if not slightly better.

At the time I had been searching the internet for a successor to Master of Magic when I found this game demo. At that time the game was not released only the playable demo. I don't know if it was ever finished or released.

I'm pretty sure the game was a top down map with constantly wandering heroes and monsters and maybe armies in a realtime display rather than turn based. Although in the same theme as MoM (a wizard controlling armies and heroes) the gameplay had little in common.

Of the graphics I remember them being quite bright and similar to Heroes of Might and Magic II but I think the individual heroes and armies were depicted slightly smaller onscreen.

The heroes had a fairly extensive experience point system, but you could not directly control your heroes. I think I recall you had to post bounties to encourage you heroes to go places and explore.

The game didn't stress city building very much or maybe at all.

While possessing elements of Warlords, Warlords II, HOMM, HoMM2 and MoM it was not these games. I've never played Age of Wonders but I don't think that's it. Nor is it WarCraft or Dungeon Keeper.

Ideas? Anyone recognize it or happen to have the demo in an archive somewhere? Wish I'd kept the demo but I was expecting the game to come out eventually. Don't know if I just missed it or it was abandoned. I thought it was being developed or produced by one of the bigger gaming companies like MicroProse or Origin but I'm not certain.

I think the demo let your heroes level up a small amount then froze their XP or possibly it only let you have one hero but promised more in the full version.

The demo was very polished and playable. Sound effects, music, animations, numerous hero types and monster types. I can't remember exactly how armies were implemented - but I think I recall them being independent of heroes like MoM not linked to heroes like HOMM.

If you're looking for indirect control of heroes, that's most likely
"Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim" (2000).

https://www.gog.com/game/majesty_gold_hd

Yep that is it. Glad it got made. Thanks!

 

[saucy cactus]

Theres this game that i remember playing in the early 2000s where you played as a pastel angelfish. it was a story based game from what i remember but i have absolutely no idea what its called. im pretty sure majority of the game is point and click. if you find anything please help!

 

[smas10]

Hello im trying to rememmber an old game , i dont remember it very well , i dont know if its ps1 or ps2 but the game it was just animals driving cars and trying to kill which other like dropping bombs and etc... it was an open map so you can drive with your animal to kill others, thats all i remember and i think it was a demo

Sounds like Wacky Wheels. I only ever saw the free version and had it on PC. It was a lot like Mario Cart.

Thanks for the reply , im trying to find it but still not found it, the game wasnt a racing game , it was like an small open world seen from above and you had your character and you needed to kill other , and i think the characters were all animals , very hard to find this game ,

 

[GonE_PostaL]

Hi guys, so i joined the forums to digout two ancient flash games that i used to play all the time back in the day, but somehow i forgot the name of them and i have been wondering ever since.

The first game is basically a kid that stands behind a big person. The kid is only trying to do something harmful or harmless to the big guy inorder to go next in the line infront of a resturant or a cafeteria. the game gives the player many stuff and weapons to try out on the big guy such as nails, itching powder and such. all of those stuff and weapons usually backfire on the kid and harms him and not the big guy. the outro of the flash game had a cartoonish wooden plank with words on it.

The Second flash game is of basically a boring office day with workers just doing their work. the player can choose actions that can change the office into something fun like a disco night club, a paperplane fight and other funny things that can be turned into.

These are the two of many games that i would love to play again..

I will be extremely thankful to whoever got the strongest memory around this forum that can remember the names of those two games i mentioned.

 

[aozgolo]

A PC Game I played sometime during my teens between the years of 2000 and 2006, it may be from earlier but I played it on Windows XP. I believe it was a freeware title. The game was a simple top-down game where you explored a maze moving 1 tile at a time, the tiles were small, maybe 8x8 or 16x16, no bigger. Your goal was to find all the "Yellow Pieces" to complete the level. The game came with a level editor that let you make your own maps. The tiles included grass, water, brick, and several stones and trees. There were colored doors you needed the same color key to unlock. There were invisible teleporters that would send you to another part of the maze. There were signs (in the editor you could write anything you want on them). Lastly there were special items you could find like an axe to cut down trees to move past them or special boots to walk on water. There were no enemies in the game, just a maze. The levels could be pretty large, and there was a black fog of war over most of the map that you had to reveal as you walked through it.

 

[Siantology]

There's a game I remember playing on a demo disc when I was younger (probably around 2003-2005). I'm pretty sure it was on PS2. Anyway you play as a kid in like a cul de sac and I remember climbing up a tree house in the middle of all the houses where you'd meet your friends and play mini games. I vaguely remember a dog and a game of tag but my memory might be fooling me. It was a really bright game and the kids were cute little models. Sorry I can't remember more!

 

[Rubenske1]

I have a game I've been looking for several years now.

It is a game I played around 2000-2004 I think.

It was a point-and-click type of game in which you were a person trying to get to a castle (what I remember).
It featured a map of a couple of places you could go to (I remember a sunken ship, a tavern like cave and a woodland pass).
The boat had a genie or fortune teller.
I distinctively remember that when you get to the woodlands, you get jumped by highway men. You have to click the right dialog to pass... But I always died here.

Hope this is enough info to help me out

 

[Zareski Borjan]

i played this game last in 2005 ON PC i think. 2d platform action/advanture, 2 Main characters 1girl 1boy .. i think either their names started with the letter A or the game started with the letter A. it was a very colorfoul game. I *think* you could go in the walls like there would be secret stuff there. there were caves, waterfalls, and at one point you went to a space ship. I remember being able to climb trees fairly easily and i think there were things in the trees that either gave you points or were health points idk exactly ... I don't remember any weapons being in the game but i could be very wrong. the characters were lanky and tall i think (dont focus on this part alot (and it had a psychodelic theme song to it(fairly light, nothing extreme)

 

[Felstaff]

1. Background:
   • This is an educational/puzzle-solving game for the BBC Micro (Acorn computer). At first I thought it was Through the Dragon's Eye, but having played through that just now I can confirm it's not. I played it at school, around 1990-1991. It's most likely a 'Look and Read' educational adventure game, but could also be just an adventure game with logic puzzles you have to solve (through text-based inputs) in order to progress.
   System:
   • BBC Micro
     
     
   Year:
   • 1987-1991
   Perspective:
   • Fixed screen. 2D side-on view. Text-based entries below fixed image
   Art style:
   • Very early 8-bit, simple. Probably only 4 or 8 colours on a black background (perhaps wireframe graphics)
   Environment:
   • A simple, possible adventure-style game, where in order to progress you had to solve logic puzzles, word games, odd-one-out style puzzles. Aimed at children around 8 years old.
   Mood:
   • Adventury, probably
   Genre:
   • Educational/puzzle solving/adventure
   Gameplay:
   • So here's the bit I remember: there was a puzzle you had to solve. There are three platforms (left, centre, right). Three boxes (large, medium, small) stood stacked on the left platform. You have to move the boxes to the right platform, stacked identically. You can only move one box one space right or left at a time, and larger boxes can't stack on top of smaller boxes. It's a common logic puzzle, but I can't remember the name for it edit: Tower of Hanoi. I also think it might not have been square boxes, but various simple-programmable objects (cylinders? doughnuts?).
     
     Here's how I picture the screen in my mind:
     
     
     

Aside from the game, if anyone can remember the name of the logic puzzle I described, that would be great, too Edit: Tower of Hanoi. As a reward, I'll buy you a 3-tiered cake, but I'll only be able to send it to you one piece at a time, and I'll have to make sure I don't stack the larger tier on top of the smaller one.

Edit: finding out that the logic puzzle is called The Tower of Hanoi, I've found this BBC Micro game [http://bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=1393], which it could well have been, but I recall the puzzle being part of a larger adventure game, and that the objects were 3D-ish/isometric.

 

[saev7]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tl3faGh1_s

 

[Emma Nickelback]

hey guys, need some help finding this game. my memory is pretty fuzzy, but i'll try to be as specific as possible.

- played it on ds lite
- kind of like animal crossing? the animal/simulation aspect of it anyway.
- you started out in an apartment complex run by animals
- every animal was hyper aware of every action you made - scared the shit out of me btw
- the character selection screen was a ghastly, vintage looking room with four beds in it. if you had characters, the character(s) would be sleeping in the bed(s).
- a graveyard. there was an abandoned church in the middle of the graveyard, and once you went in the room was completely dark except for a faint light surrounding your character. if you went further in, there would be a blue ghost waiting for you at the end of the room. once you got close enough for it to notice you, it would begin to chase you. even if you tried to run, it would be faster than you and eventually catch up, causing your screen to black out. after this scene, you would transition to the next day where your character is resting in their bed with their landlord next to you saying that someone found you passed out right outside of the church and to take better care of yourself.

does no one know?

 

[UndertakerInf]

Hi I was playing a game in 2003-4-5 very close to Re-volt game with a cars racing each other and going through question mark boxes with trick and cheats you can aply to the other drivers, like spikes, oil licks, bombs, laser beams and repairing keys. Its something like London driver, Revolt, burnout but it is not. Its very simple and funny game. You can split the screen and play again each other. Please, if you remember the name of the game HELP ME to find it - Thank you

Perhaps SpyHunter (2001)? You can see split screen gameplay in this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPz4yj5_5A8

There's also a 2003 sequel, called (surprisingly enough) SpyHunter 2.

or Rollcage, by Psygnosis (PC/PSX)

 

[Zaltys]

does no one know?

Might it be Magician's Quest: Mysterious Times?
...that game was hyped as a kind of a Animal Crossing in a Hogwarts-style setting. Turned out to be an overall disappointment because of the repetitiveness and how long it took (in real life days) to learn magic.

 

[Redrow]

Actually, there are two other titles I played as a young child that have come to mind in my attempts to help other posters. I highly doubt I'll be helped with these ones because I remember so little of each title. So, as I continue to try to help others, maybe I can be helped to figure out my next two titles.

Both titles were for PC, played them in the early 90's, approx '94-95. The computer my dad had at the time was an Amiga, if that helps.

The first game was a 2D platformer of some sort, and you played as some kind of.... Merman, or something. I remember him being dark green and having finny feet, and thinking of a water monster when I played the game. I never got very far in the game at all because I'd always get stuck at the first puzzle, but you dropped into a well and there was a key you could collect, and that's about all I remember because that's all I was exposed to when I played. Very vague, I know, but it's the best I can provide....


Now the second game... y'all are likely to think I was some kind of hallucinogens or something, but just bear with me.
It was another 2D platformer, same time frame and for PC and everything, where you played as a monkey I believe (IIRC, which I likely don't) and I don't think there was anything else to the game except to make it to the end of each level, I remember having to pass through a small wintery section in one of the levels, and at one point in the game having to go against a boss which was a fat man in a bubble bath, and the bathtub slid back and forth along the ground trying to kill you. He appeared from the left of the screen as opposed to the traditional right side, and you could see him at an earlier point in the level as you passed through a room that was beneath the boss room. I believe the encounter was similar to the Bowser encounters in the first SMB, with there having been an object to collect behind the fat sliding bath man, but I really don't remember if that was the case. I only remember the bath man because of how weird it was. I swear this was a game, and not some dream I had as a child or something like that. XD

If anyone can either find out what these games were called, or remembers having played them please let me know. I won't hold my breath though, as they are so vague/obscure/weird sounding.

Second game still up in the air, but I found the name of the first game which turned out to be Shadow of the Beast. The recent PS4 release helped me to remember.

 

[Redrow]

There are some recent posts in this thread, so here comes yet another post from a user needing help with finding a title.

This is going to be a pretty barebones description of the game, as I remember very little about it. I was a wee lad inside of an EB Games and they had a PS1 demo set-up.

On it was a game that I'm pretty sure was an RPG as it had a turn based battle system, with 3 characters in the party. The one thing I remember most prominently about the game was that one of the party members was an older man who reminded me of an English butler,he had grey hair and a moustache and he used a pistol (possibly silenced??) as a weapon. The pistol as a weapon I know I am not mistaking.

I also believe the two other party members were a boy and a girl, the boy being the typical swordsman and the girl being a magic caster or something but I'm really not sure about that.

It had similar graphics to Shadow Madness (at least, that's how I remember it looking)

This was the one and only time I saw this game, and I've always wondered what it was as it seemed pretty cool (at the time, for all I know the game is utter crap) and I was intrigued by the RPG aspect since I was into stuff like FF, Shadow Madness, LoD etc. and never got my chance to ask the clerks what the game was. It's been almost 20 years now that I've harboured an aching curiosity towards finding out the name of this game. Hopefully, someone can sate it once and for all!

I don't know how key of a point this is, but the guy using the gun in battle is the one surefire thing I remember. Sadly, Google searches of "PS1 RPG game with guy who uses gun" yields nothing, haha.

tl;dr version:
-PS1 game with RPG elements
-turn based battle system featuring 3 party members
-one party member was an older man, grey hair and moustache that used a pistol as a weapon
-graphics similar to that of Shadow Madness

At long last, I have finally found the name of this game. One minor detail of my recollection was off which is why it difficult to pinpoint the game - it was actually for Dreamcast, not for PS1 and the title was "Evolution: The World of Sacred Device". Later ported to GameCube as "Evolution Worlds" and the character I remembered most was the one known as Gre Nade.

 

[Stevenator20xx]

Hello, Name's Steven and I'm just new here well, I have one certain game I remember it was amusing, cartoony type fps game that I forgot it's title. I remember how I laughed when I defeat the enemies. Well, here's the link to the picture of my drawing of how I visually remember. I did play this game in the 1990's I remember that I'm positive it's on Windows 95 PC

http://thesharkmaster.deviantart.com/art/Game-Help-280202387

And my info below of what I remember


This is a Classic 1st person maze game
It haves black and white graphics with black outlines as shown in the drawing
The enemy shown above does a High pitched "He He He" when coming to attack you
The Enemy Below Is fuzzy and floats and does evil laugh before attacking
There is No Music
They also make sounds reacting to pain
There are sliding doors
The only weapons in the game are the gun and fist as shown

Can you tell me what title is this game if you seen or played this game before?

 

[Mike Rod]

I need help finding a old game for super Nintendo. all I remeber is your a girl who when a mission starts you become a fighter plane.

 

[babydoll_v1legacy]

So I have 2... very old pc games... (windows 95/98 I think)

The first is very vague and would have been in the 90s or very latest early 00s, I'm pretty sure it was set in a circus, but it was set in French and taught you some french words, it also had a game with shapes such as trapezius and rhombus and diamond... and there was another game that involved snake charming. That's it that's all I remember.

The other is one I played in school in the 90s early 00s, it was like a factory and you have to complete challenges, I can't remember exactly I think the factory was for making milkshakes or something and you had to go through the stages of the production line and there were challenges and situations that occurred along the way that you had to complete... bit vague I know - any and all suggestions welcome!

Bump

Does really nobody know either of these games? Somebody must have an idea on at least one of them?!

 

[GonE_PostaL]

Hi guys, so i joined the forums to digout two ancient flash games that i used to play all the time back in the day, but somehow i forgot the name of them and i have been wondering ever since.

The first game is basically a kid that stands behind a big person. The kid is only trying to do something harmful or harmless to the big guy inorder to go next in the line infront of a resturant or a cafeteria. the game gives the player many stuff and weapons to try out on the big guy such as nails, itching powder and such. all of those stuff and weapons usually backfire on the kid and harms him and not the big guy. the outro of the flash game had a cartoonish wooden plank with words on it.

The Second flash game is of basically a boring office day with workers just doing their work. the player can choose actions that can change the office into something fun like a disco night club, a paperplane fight and other funny things that can be turned into.

These are the two of many games that i would love to play again..

I will be extremely thankful to whoever got the strongest memory around this forum that can remember the names of those two games i mentioned.