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

[Kururuko]

Probably answered earlier and I just didn't find it. Alright, this has been killing me and my friend. We didn't get very far past the beginning.
Console: Unknown.

The main character is part human, part demon/dragon hybrid. He has blue wings and a blue claw for his left arm.
I think he was shunned by everyone around him for being part human.
He begins a long quest.

Can't remember that much. We were too young. The game was probably a side scroll, probably on older systems.
Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Teemu Tuomi]

I have been searching all over the web but I just can't find the game I am looking for so I would be so happy if someone could remember the name of the game. It was fps and 3d and you have a rifle in a grassy landscape where you will shoot rabbits and deers aswell I think and collect their parts to fill a meter or something perhaps and it all was timed aswell I think.
The rabbits were white and sometimes they would mate and Im kinda thinking after you killed them you had to collect the heads or parts of the head were left on the ground or something.. and the game is very old and I can't find anything about it on the internet.

Please point me in the right direction if you have any idea what I am talking about

 

[aclark109]

Hey guys, just made an account to the Escapist. So, I used to have a ton of PC games from early 2000s and possibly late 1990s. I think my dad threw them out at one point, and I am so angry because I remember older games being so great.

There are 3 games I'm trying to remember. 2 of them I had a demo for.

The first game was a game where you were a hover craft of some sort. It was a first person shooter. The graphical design is very geometric(everything in triangular shapes from what I remember & 3D). You collect a LOT of weapons, and when you die, all your weapons come out of your exploding ship and remain where they are. you begin back at the beginning of the level. When you return to the place where you died, you can find and pick up all your weapons again (rockets blasters etc?) I remember levels being elaborate in shape. You tried to kill other ships (They looked like Tie Interceptors from star wars if I can remember correctly) All I can remember about the time is that I was playing tomb raider games around this time (this game probably came out around the time of the first PC tomb raider game).

The two other games I had as part of a demo pack.

second: An RPG with magic medieval setting. It had a setup similar to diablo or sacred. However, what was very distinct about this game was that there was a funky looking alphabet for the world's language (don't know if this helps). Main character was a male with sword, and he had long brown hair with the look of Tarzan. The demo began on an island, and you fought giants that were hard to kill I believe. You could assemble these tablets/Circles that had writing on them and formulate a spell.

The game described above came with a demo pack that included a game where you are a female policewoman and fought other police officers/criminals (very similar to tomb raider setup).

The last game: A Lord of the Rings type game with 7 or so Factions. One was Death, another was Earth or something. The setup looked like Civilization normally. When you fought a battle, you played on a diamond shaped map (like age of empires or something), and you deployed your troops. The death faction had wolves and a cavalry. The Earth faction had these giants.

Does this ring any bells? I would kill to find any of these games

Ah! I found the Third game! Lords of Magic! I remember the game being very hard...

Okay bravo for me. I found the second game. Revanent! This Christmas break is gonna be awesome when I get these games

 

[Doomgriever]

I have been searching all over the web but I just can't find the game I am looking for so I would be so happy if someone could remember the name of the game. It was fps and 3d and you have a rifle in a grassy landscape where you will shoot rabbits and deers aswell I think and collect their parts to fill a meter or something perhaps and it all was timed aswell I think.
The rabbits were white and sometimes they would mate and Im kinda thinking after you killed them you had to collect the heads or parts of the head were left on the ground or something.. and the game is very old and I can't find anything about it on the internet.

Please point me in the right direction if you have any idea what I am talking about

Natural Fawn Killers - Santas gone Postal ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8du5O8a5yJw )

 

[prpshrt]

There was this game called commander something. It was DOS game or something. Still searching for it

 

[Doomgriever]

There was this game called commander something. It was DOS game or something. Still searching for it

Commander Keen? ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_Keen )

 

[BIG_ToNe88]

I need some help remembering the name of a rpg game i played for snes. it started with your village burning. you have a party with 3 people at a time and i distinctly remember that half way through the game you could play as an archer who was a wolf and he had the ability when on the main map that he would walk through forest without having to enter them. can anyone help me out? thanks

 

[BIG_ToNe88]

Probably answered earlier and I just didn't find it. Alright, this has been killing me and my friend. We didn't get very far past the beginning.
Console: Unknown.

The main character is part human, part demon/dragon hybrid. He has blue wings and a blue claw for his left arm.
I think he was shunned by everyone around him for being part human.
He begins a long quest.

Can't remember that much. We were too young. The game was probably a side scroll, probably on older systems.
Any help would be appreciated.

is this the game Arc the Lad
<http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/75/Arc_the_Lad%3B_Twilight_of_the_Spirits_English_cover.jpg>

its for ps2. its the only game that i can think of that fit the description.

 

[Doomgriever]

I need some help remembering the name of a rpg game i played for snes. it started with your village burning. you have a party with 3 people at a time and i distinctly remember that half way through the game you could play as an archer who was a wolf and he had the ability when on the main map that he would walk through forest without having to enter them. can anyone help me out? thanks

Breath Of Fire ( http://lparchive.org/Breath-of-Fire/Update%2001/ )

(BoF 1-2 were released on SNES)

 

[shadetee]

I've been thinking about a mid 90s online game. You would battle other players by building platforms in the sky. One of the towers looked like it was throwing a discus. I only ever played the demo version, you could buy the full version in stores. Online purchasing wasn't really a thing at that point yet.

 

[BIG_ToNe88]

I need some help remembering the name of a rpg game i played for snes. it started with your village burning. you have a party with 3 people at a time and i distinctly remember that half way through the game you could play as an archer who was a wolf and he had the ability when on the main map that he would walk through forest without having to enter them. can anyone help me out? thanks

Breath Of Fire ( http://lparchive.org/Breath-of-Fire/Update%2001/ )

(BoF 1-2 were released on SNES)

thanks so much

 

[LeeKuper]

Well, since February I was waiting for an answer and still none. I will try to ask more precisely...

Platform: PC
Genre: Platformer, naval, action...
Year it was released: No more than a decade and maybe even a few more years, it could be a few years less than a decade, too... not so sure.
Perspective: Side view, 2D.
Protagonist: There was actually a selection between a gun boat, naval defense station thingy with guns on it, and if I'm correct there was one or two more vehicles.
Enemies: Bomber jets, fighter jets, not completely sure if there were naval enemies.
Setting: Modern, more or less.
Memorable Moments: I remember the first level was only an ocean at night (Not sure, most of the chances it was night.). The next level had an arctic background, icebergs, etc... it also had new enemies. Sadly, the second level stopped 5 seconds after it began to ask for a serial code since the game version was trial/demo. Also, I remember that the HUD had Roman numbers (I, II, III, IV, etc...) and I don't remember why they were there, perhaps weapon level or upgrades. I'm also almost sure that the enemy planes were green colored, most of them if not all of them.

I really liked the graphics of the game at that time, even though they are kinda old now, I considered them very good unlike other games at that time.

Note: It's NOT a flash game, it is downloadable.

That's pretty much it, I would be very thankful if someone could shoot out the title of the game.
Thanks in advance.

 

[Katie Gee]

I'm trying to remember an old game i played long time ago. ( i'm 18 years old now )

The game was build like a maze but you still could see the whole map.
There was monsters like Mummys, vamprires, flowers, green frankstaine, werewolves...
in some levels there also was a giant monster like the ones i already said and darkness that you could see your character.
How you killed the monsters? you took items and throw / stab the monster.
I remember you could also kill the flowers by Spraying them, and the vampires by stabbing them with a Wooden stake.
There was many levels on the game.

Thanks so much for the helpers!!!

 

[mircea9892004]

Hi

I remember playing an intense adventure game (at least, it seemed that way then) when I was about 7-8 years old, in 1996. I am not completely sure about the years, but it was the '90.
We had this SEGA game console (not sure if 16bit or 8bit) that you play with cassettes, and this was the game included in the console, that you could play when there was no cassette. It was something about a kid that goes through worlds, something like mario but more serious, with different traps and puzzles to solve to go next. I can recall a certain waterfall that killed you, and you had to get fast under it.

If anyone can remember and tell me what game it is, I wish I can find it online.

Thanks.

 

[prpshrt]

There was this game called commander something. It was DOS game or something. Still searching for it

Commander Keen? ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_Keen )

Wow. To think all it took to finding out what the game was simply posting here x_x. Thanks a bunch!!!

 

[Slatzi]

I remember playing this game, it was a 2d platformer. I don't really remember whether you used swords or guns (it was probably guns) but I remember 8 levels each with almost impossible bosses (at least for me at that time). Before you could choose those 8 levels there was an intro level with a boss that was very big but fairly easy.

 

[Bethany DiMiceli]

I've been looking for one for absolute ages! I played it on a very, very old PC when I was still a very small me. The main interface was actually an explorer's journal, you flipped through the pages and completed puzzles on them... Some of the puzzles I remember were putting together an old flying machine out of various parts like a puzzle, guiding a caterpillar through a maze so it could chew a code in to a leaf, collecting various pictures like a hermit crab out of its shell (it had been living inside of a tape recorder, which you needed to record the voice of a parrot), playing solitaire in a dark cave to retrieve a set of gems, building a paddleboat and sailing it down the river avoiding arrows, and numerous others. I swear there were two games I had from the same series, and one of them focused on helping a small lizard escape from an island. The whole time, you were guided by the voice of the male explorer whose journal you were working in. I NEED to find this game! I've lost sleep over this thing!


-Beth

Bump bump? Anyone have an idea?

 

[twishling]

I'm going to give this a shot. I've searched online and asked countless people but haven't had any luck. I also don't remember much about it.

What I do remember:

Main character is either a caveman or a g.i. joe type of guy.
I remember a level (near the end? Were they levels and not just different areas of a map?) that was a bunch of bubbling black tar and you had no avoid it.
Another level with tons of junk food (pizza, ice cream)
One of the weapons was a gun shooting purple pellets
Was viewed from an arial perspective
The main amount of "levels" were palm trees and simple grass with rock walls
I think there may have been dinosaurs
Was not 3d from what I can recall
I believe we had a Mac at the time, so I'm assuming it wasn't a PC platform. I may be wrong.

I loved this game so much as a kid! I think it was sometime around 1997-1999. Hopefully someone has a lead!

 

[cutty]

I need help.
I have been thinking about this old computer game I played (c. early 2000's, although the game had been around longer), [it was on a Mac(I know...), when they were colorful and as big as commercial air filters], and it has popped in and out of my mind for years but I am now determined to find it, or so help me god, I will not sleep tonight.
The game was a bird's eye view RPG. You chose a team of MAX 4 characters and they could be human, feline, or reptile.
It was medieval, melee, magic-related game... with portals.
I tried Google search to no avail. If anyone has a clue... I'd be happy.

Human, Nephilim, Slithzerikai. Most certainly one of the excellent Spiderweb Software RPGs, either Exile series or Avernum series. Both deal with caves and portals and prisoners and the like. For nostalgia sake, my favorite was Exile II: Crystal Souls, but for some refinement to the game engine try Avernum 6 or Escape from the Pit.

If it's Exile you're after, running them can be a little tricky, they were never ported to Intel Mac, so you need a pre intel machine, a sheepshaver emulation environment (tricky to set up), or a machine running Windows XP. If you're looking for Avernum, lucky you, they're available for mac and pc, and the newest two (6 and Escape from the Pit) are available on iPad/Android.

Hi there's this game I used to play on my pc in early 2000s I downloaded it for free off the internet. It starts out with the earth being created and a tribe of cavepeople then you have to build homes and jobs for them an army and the tribe progresses over time and you can cause these disasters to happen to them to see how they adapt like volcanoes earthquakes famine or kill them off and start over sometimes they kill themselves by their own technology the whole time playing like your God watching with an over head view them living on the earth

sounds like sim city 2000 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjiwVFG4Am4

What version of Sim City 2000 did you have, with the earth being created and a tribe of cave people and sims killing themselves with their own technology?

The game she's looking for is most likely Black & White, a god sim from Lionhead Studios.

I've been looking for one for absolute ages! I played it on a very, very old PC when I was still a very small me. The main interface was actually an explorer's journal, you flipped through the pages and completed puzzles on them... Some of the puzzles I remember were putting together an old flying machine out of various parts like a puzzle, guiding a caterpillar through a maze so it could chew a code in to a leaf, collecting various pictures like a hermit crab out of its shell (it had been living inside of a tape recorder, which you needed to record the voice of a parrot), playing solitaire in a dark cave to retrieve a set of gems, building a paddleboat and sailing it down the river avoiding arrows, and numerous others. I swear there were two games I had from the same series, and one of them focused on helping a small lizard escape from an island. The whole time, you were guided by the voice of the male explorer whose journal you were working in. I NEED to find this game! I've lost sleep over this thing!


-Beth

That's going waaaaay back, but don't lose any more sleep over it, the game you're looking for is Uncle Albert's Mysterious Island! You are correct in that there are two in the series, the other being "Fantastic Voyage" (there is a third?magic album, but it's for younger kids, not the same as the other two). It'll be tough to play though, buggy in XP, you'll need to get a copy of windows 95 or 98 running to play it with all the video cutscenes. Enjoy!

There were others in this thread I know, but I don't want to reply to years old posts, or read 300 pages to see if someone answered before me, if people are still stuck, I've got a pretty good handle on old school games (and by old school I don't mean "2004" like some of you tikes)

Anyway, here's mine...
1. I cannot remember what system it was on, either a Mac Performa or PC. (leaning towards mac, but not certain)
2. Year would be anywhere from 1991 to 1996
3. More than likely some kind of shareware app, bundle app, or demo.
4. Game story was 'vaguely' that you're some kind of elf and a wizard is evil, needs to be beaten?.might have had something to do with avenging family/people
5. Gameplay is the top down view of a grid. You have a starting location, and you can click on any of the tiles around your location to see what event triggers (you are not an actual player character on the board, you just click tiles..the fact that you are an elf is apparently for your own internal role playing purposes)
6. Tiles have some event attached, could be an item, enemy, etc, but mostly, you're looking to get swords (which up your attack power) or wands (which ups your magic power?) or shield things (defense?) There may have been other items, I'm not sure.
7. The game is randomly generated every time, and you can run into the wizard after 20 moves (or something like that). The object is thus to gather enough attack and defense power and save enough hit points to defeat the wizard after you find him on the board.

Some other things I remember, this game was HARD (at least for little me), I only survived to the wizard once or twice, and he always killed me. The random generator was VERY random...some games you get your attack power pumped right away, others would see you face 3 hard monsters in a row, wiping you instantly.

What I can't remember is whether this was a game I played at home (so PC) or a game I played at school in computer lab (mac). This was pre internets, when I was playing any game I could get my hands on (I spent hours playing the mini games included in the damn Encarta Encyclopedia 95 disks that every Compaq ever came with...)

 

[Bethany DiMiceli]

I need help.
I have been thinking about this old computer game I played (c. early 2000's, although the game had been around longer), [it was on a Mac(I know...), when they were colorful and as big as commercial air filters], and it has popped in and out of my mind for years but I am now determined to find it, or so help me god, I will not sleep tonight.
The game was a bird's eye view RPG. You chose a team of MAX 4 characters and they could be human, feline, or reptile.
It was medieval, melee, magic-related game... with portals.
I tried Google search to no avail. If anyone has a clue... I'd be happy.

Human, Nephilim, Slithzerikai. Most certainly one of the excellent Spiderweb Software RPGs, either Exile series or Avernum series. Both deal with caves and portals and prisoners and the like. For nostalgia sake, my favorite was Exile II: Crystal Souls, but for some refinement to the game engine try Avernum 6 or Escape from the Pit.

If it's Exile you're after, running them can be a little tricky, they were never ported to Intel Mac, so you need a pre intel machine, a sheepshaver emulation environment (tricky to set up), or a machine running Windows XP. If you're looking for Avernum, lucky you, they're available for mac and pc, and the newest two (6 and Escape from the Pit) are available on iPad/Android.

Hi there's this game I used to play on my pc in early 2000s I downloaded it for free off the internet. It starts out with the earth being created and a tribe of cavepeople then you have to build homes and jobs for them an army and the tribe progresses over time and you can cause these disasters to happen to them to see how they adapt like volcanoes earthquakes famine or kill them off and start over sometimes they kill themselves by their own technology the whole time playing like your God watching with an over head view them living on the earth

sounds like sim city 2000 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjiwVFG4Am4

What version of Sim City 2000 did you have, with the earth being created and a tribe of cave people and sims killing themselves with their own technology?

The game she's looking for is most likely Black & White, a god sim from Lionhead Studios.

I've been looking for one for absolute ages! I played it on a very, very old PC when I was still a very small me. The main interface was actually an explorer's journal, you flipped through the pages and completed puzzles on them... Some of the puzzles I remember were putting together an old flying machine out of various parts like a puzzle, guiding a caterpillar through a maze so it could chew a code in to a leaf, collecting various pictures like a hermit crab out of its shell (it had been living inside of a tape recorder, which you needed to record the voice of a parrot), playing solitaire in a dark cave to retrieve a set of gems, building a paddleboat and sailing it down the river avoiding arrows, and numerous others. I swear there were two games I had from the same series, and one of them focused on helping a small lizard escape from an island. The whole time, you were guided by the voice of the male explorer whose journal you were working in. I NEED to find this game! I've lost sleep over this thing!


-Beth

That's going waaaaay back, but don't lose any more sleep over it, the game you're looking for is Uncle Albert's Mysterious Island! You are correct in that there are two in the series, the other being "Fantastic Voyage" (there is a third?magic album, but it's for younger kids, not the same as the other two). It'll be tough to play though, buggy in XP, you'll need to get a copy of windows 95 or 98 running to play it with all the video cutscenes. Enjoy!

There were others in this thread I know, but I don't want to reply to years old posts, or read 300 pages to see if someone answered before me, if people are still stuck, I've got a pretty good handle on old school games (and by old school I don't mean "2004" like some of you tikes)

Anyway, here's mine...
1. I cannot remember what system it was on, either a Mac Performa or PC. (leaning towards mac, but not certain)
2. Year would be anywhere from 1991 to 1996
3. More than likely some kind of shareware app, bundle app, or demo.
4. Game story was 'vaguely' that you're some kind of elf and a wizard is evil, needs to be beaten?.might have had something to do with avenging family/people
5. Gameplay is the top down view of a grid. You have a starting location, and you can click on any of the tiles around your location to see what event triggers (you are not an actual player character on the board, you just click tiles..the fact that you are an elf is apparently for your own internal role playing purposes)
6. Tiles have some event attached, could be an item, enemy, etc, but mostly, you're looking to get swords (which up your attack power) or wands (which ups your magic power?) or shield things (defense?) There may have been other items, I'm not sure.
7. The game is randomly generated every time, and you can run into the wizard after 20 moves (or something like that). The object is thus to gather enough attack and defense power and save enough hit points to defeat the wizard after you find him on the board.

Some other things I remember, this game was HARD (at least for little me), I only survived to the wizard once or twice, and he always killed me. The random generator was VERY random...some games you get your attack power pumped right away, others would see you face 3 hard monsters in a row, wiping you instantly.

What I can't remember is whether this was a game I played at home (so PC) or a game I played at school in computer lab (mac). This was pre internets, when I was playing any game I could get my hands on (I spent hours playing the mini games included in the damn Encarta Encyclopedia 95 disks that every Compaq ever came with...)

OH! OH THANK YOU! I have been looking for those games for nearly 12 years! Oh thank you thank you thank you so much, really, thanks... Finally! Oh wow...