Old Games you remember playing but can't remember the name of.
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When I was in primary, this would have been between 2004-2009... I used to go to my grandmas every second weekend and she had a really old computer, and she had a lot of games installed on her computer... There was this one game, I used to play it with my cousins all the time... You were a bubble ball kind of thing, and you roll around these levels, I believe it was not birds eye view but more like 2d front on view? I don't remember what you were supposed to do ... May of had some sort of teleportation in it? May have been something about the ball changing colour also? Idk but I've searched and searched for years and can't find it. I'd really like to find this game, I enjoyed it a lot. The title more than likely has the words bubble, ball, bounce or roll in it. Please if anyone can help it would be really appreciated!
There was this game on PC, kind of like an age of empires based game I guess you could call it... But it was different. Your characters were of a Chinese background. And you get people to farm rice and you get money from the rice. Then you use that to upgrade buildings, characters, and some other stuff I don't remember, I played this about 4-5 years back, my mum picked it up from a second hand shop or a cheap shop or something. I'd love to find this game because I had a lot of interest in it. Oh and I remember that it was samurais vs something else... Hope this is enough info, please help if possible! 
I've been reading these post for over an hour and now my brain hurts. I was just seeing if I knew any of the games and now feel like I'm even more lost then what I was before I got here. I just signed up as a member today and thought I would check this out.
So for the past several years I have been trying like crazy to remember a game I use to play in the arcade. I have no idea if it ever made it to any other platform and this would have possibly been around late 80's or into the 90's.
It was a bottom to top scroll game that you started with like 3 characters. Each character offered something different and had a unique look or fighting ability/weapon. The goal was to move your player up the screen through enemies and obstacles and get to the top of the screen.
Along the way you could find other playable characters that were frozen and if you touched them they would join your team. If your player was shot (or whatever) then he would instantly be frozen in that spot. Once you moved all available characters up the screen then that round would end. Any players left frozen on the screen would be lost as you moved to the next round.
For the life of me I have no clue what this game was called but I can tell you that I dumped hundreds of dollars in that machine over the years as it was my go to game in the arcade. Would love to play it again if anyone remembers it and knows the name.
Also I could be off on some of the details but it's how I remember it. Thank you in advance for taking the time to read and any help you can offer.
So for the past several years I have been trying like crazy to remember a game I use to play in the arcade. I have no idea if it ever made it to any other platform and this would have possibly been around late 80's or into the 90's.
It was a bottom to top scroll game that you started with like 3 characters. Each character offered something different and had a unique look or fighting ability/weapon. The goal was to move your player up the screen through enemies and obstacles and get to the top of the screen.
Along the way you could find other playable characters that were frozen and if you touched them they would join your team. If your player was shot (or whatever) then he would instantly be frozen in that spot. Once you moved all available characters up the screen then that round would end. Any players left frozen on the screen would be lost as you moved to the next round.
For the life of me I have no clue what this game was called but I can tell you that I dumped hundreds of dollars in that machine over the years as it was my go to game in the arcade. Would love to play it again if anyone remembers it and knows the name.
Also I could be off on some of the details but it's how I remember it. Thank you in advance for taking the time to read and any help you can offer.
Not sure if is this or not but it sounds like Battle Realms.Kylieemilne said:There was this game on PC, kind of like an age of empires based game I guess you could call it... But it was different. Your characters were of a Chinese background. And you get people to farm rice and you get money from the rice. Then you use that to upgrade buildings, characters, and some other stuff I don't remember, I played this about 4-5 years back, my mum picked it up from a second hand shop or a cheap shop or something. I'd love to find this game because I had a lot of interest in it. Oh and I remember that it was samurais vs something else... Hope this is enough info, please help if possible!
https://www.gog.com/game/battle_realms_winter_of_the_wolf
Ok, so I've been looking for this game for about 4 years now with absolutely no luck. This is going to be kinda vague so bear with me.
I remember playing the game on the original Xbox along with playing metroid prime 2 on the GameCube. That game came out in November of 2004 so I'm assuming the game I'm looking For came out within 2001-2005 (2006 maybe)
From what I remember it was a final fantasy-like game. I remember there being like 3 heores in the parts I played that fought in a turn based 3D enviornment (like final fantasy X)
I believe one of the heroes was female.
I remember a grass/forest level and a snow/ice level
All The fights were random encounters as well.
I know this isn't a lot to go off of, but any help you can give would be appreciated.
I remember playing the game on the original Xbox along with playing metroid prime 2 on the GameCube. That game came out in November of 2004 so I'm assuming the game I'm looking For came out within 2001-2005 (2006 maybe)
From what I remember it was a final fantasy-like game. I remember there being like 3 heores in the parts I played that fought in a turn based 3D enviornment (like final fantasy X)
I believe one of the heroes was female.
I remember a grass/forest level and a snow/ice level
All The fights were random encounters as well.
I know this isn't a lot to go off of, but any help you can give would be appreciated.
Had a PS2 game that was a 2d platformer-ish RTS with controllable heroes. One Hero was a lightning golem thing, and one of the normal units were gnome-like things with blunderbuss-like rifles. That's all I really remember; been a while, but would like to rebuy. Can't remember name.
Oh, I remember something else: I think one of the other heroes was a tornado golem thing. I know kind of vague, but it's all I can remember...
Oh God, now I feel old. I graduated from college during that time period. Anyway, this sounds a bit like Super Monkey Ball, but you probably would have mentioned a monkey if there was a monkey in the ball. You were just playing as a ball, itself? Could it have been one of the five games listed in this section of the Wikipedia "Marble Madness" article?: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_Madness#See_alsoKylieemilne said:
I was wondering if anyone could help with an old pic game I used to play, prob late 90s. Prob a floppy disc game
I'm a bit blurry with bits from it.
But I rem one part where you were in a kind of dungeon and you had to work out how to get I the next part, you had to trade things, I remember that you had to trade something with a troll to get a bucket of water off him, which you then used to put the fire out which was blocking a doorway or key or something.
It was lots of picking up or trading items to be able to get past things or to the next room, I think it was mainly based in a castle.
It's really vague I know, but it's been bugging me for ages as I used to play it loads as a kid
I'm a bit blurry with bits from it.
But I rem one part where you were in a kind of dungeon and you had to work out how to get I the next part, you had to trade things, I remember that you had to trade something with a troll to get a bucket of water off him, which you then used to put the fire out which was blocking a doorway or key or something.
It was lots of picking up or trading items to be able to get past things or to the next room, I think it was mainly based in a castle.
It's really vague I know, but it's been bugging me for ages as I used to play it loads as a kid
Hey guys I was able to find number 2..thespieler11 said:
It was called "The Great Word & Math Adventure staring Howie Mandell"
Yes it was battle realms thank you for your help! Found it out myself about 20 minutes of more research after my post actually!psukhomanteia said:Not sure if is this or not but it sounds like Battle Realms.Kylieemilne said:There was this game on PC, kind of like an age of empires based game I guess you could call it... But it was different. Your characters were of a Chinese background. And you get people to farm rice and you get money from the rice. Then you use that to upgrade buildings, characters, and some other stuff I don't remember, I played this about 4-5 years back, my mum picked it up from a second hand shop or a cheap shop or something. I'd love to find this game because I had a lot of interest in it. Oh and I remember that it was samurais vs something else... Hope this is enough info, please help if possible!
https://www.gog.com/game/battle_realms_winter_of_the_wolf
If it's not Battle Realms as psukhomanteia said, it could also be Seven Years War. That one is from the ...DOS? Windows 95/98 era? Not really sure anymore.[/quote]Kylieemilne said:
It was battle realms, found that out 20 minutes after my post lol. Thank you guys for all the help, can't find a safe download thoughraeior said:
really want to play it again!I don't know how to describe it as it isn't all that memorable to me... It may have had something to do with trying not to get killed by something, its a really colorful game. I'd call it a platformer I guess, but I'm just not sure. I asked my grandma once what it was called and she said its just called ball or bubble or something like that... The view was like a 2d side on view of a ball and you control the ball. Idk, it was a fun and challenging game. I may even call it a puzzle game. Sorry for the random information about it. I'm in Australia also not sure if that would help and i think it was disc installed. The ball isn't clear either, its colored but I can't say what colour because I believe it changes or you control different balls at different timesCWalois said:
Kylieemilne said:
It was battle realms, found that out 20 minutes after my post lol. Thank you guys for all the help, can't find a safe download thoughraeior said:
really want to play it again![/quote]You got it! It was G-nome. I also found the other game too. It was My First Encyclopedia. Apparently alot of these were on the packard bells..
GOG is a good place to start looking for old games.thespieler11 said:[snip]
It was battle realms, found that out 20 minutes after my post lol. Thank you guys for all the help, can't find a safe download though
http://www.gog.com/game/battle_realms_winter_of_the_wolf
(Unless you don't want to play the game enough to actually pay for it, hehe.)