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

[Maugerlemon]

I can't remember almost anything about this game, it's been driving me crazy for like 2 years. It's kind of like Crusaders of Might and Magic or Arx Fatalis or Wizards and Warriors, but anyways. The only things I remember is talking to a rat-like character (kind of like the rat people in the late wizardry games) in a sewer (towards the beginning I believe) and at some point picking a familiar (A ferret was an option). I'm fairly sure it was popular, but I can not find it anywhere. Please please, any ideas at all.
1) First person RPG
2) Castles?
3) Medieval-ish
... very standard stuff actually.
Thanks in advance.

What was the platform and when, roughly, did it come out? 'Cause there are aloooot of games that you could be talking about, but if we narrow down the timeframe it might be easier to find.

It was on the PC. I feel like it was 1995-2006. I'm so sorry for such a huge timeline. The ferret familiar is really the key thing I remember. Thank you for the response. Any ideas at all would be appreciated.

 

[InedibleTrevor]

Oh gosh, I don't remember anything about this game except perhaps it was a 90s game. Played it along with Return to Zork and Myst. Was similar to Myst, but you did see people. Set in space/space station/planet. Had aliens. I remember a locker room at the beginning of the game (I didn't get that far into it, to be honest.) I remember force fields and you could pick up items. The planet was kind of deserty. There were videos, kind of instructional things that you could pick up and view, that had actual people. Any ideas?!

I'm not too familiar with adventure games, but are you thinking of The Dig?

 

[InedibleTrevor]

I can't remember almost anything about this game, it's been driving me crazy for like 2 years. It's kind of like Crusaders of Might and Magic or Arx Fatalis or Wizards and Warriors, but anyways. The only things I remember is talking to a rat-like character (kind of like the rat people in the late wizardry games) in a sewer (towards the beginning I believe) and at some point picking a familiar (A ferret was an option). I'm fairly sure it was popular, but I can not find it anywhere. Please please, any ideas at all.
1) First person RPG
2) Castles?
3) Medieval-ish
... very standard stuff actually.
Thanks in advance.

What was the platform and when, roughly, did it come out? 'Cause there are aloooot of games that you could be talking about, but if we narrow down the timeframe it might be easier to find.

It was on the PC. I feel like it was 1995-2006. I'm so sorry for such a huge timeline. The ferret familiar is really the key thing I remember. Thank you for the response. Any ideas at all would be appreciated.

Damn, this is gonna be tricky. I'm assuming that if you're thinking '95 to '06, then you don't remember the visuals very clearly, but what other games would you compare it to graphically? Was it like a pseudo-3D like Daggerfall, or a more advanced, polygon-based, Morrowind style engine?

 

[Kafrikon]

Weeeell.....nope...i remembered now that the camera perspective was like those rts games..and if i'm correct it was something like a police vehicle transforming into a mech....something like that.

 

[Kafrikon]

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[Kafrikon]

Hello there guys,
I really need your help cause i'm going ballistic that i cant find that game....
It was on psx (ps1) you had some sort of a car or a tank dont remember exactly that was transforming into a robot.
You had flamethrower miniguns and stuff, it was customizable.
I remember a bit also the first stage of the game.....the scenery was something like urban....you go at a parkin lot if i remember right with a small building on top left....and there was a horde of tiny little thing (i think they where humans) and you destroyed them with the flamethrower.....damn gawd i cant remember this game....

Tiny Tank? Twisted Metal? Grudge Warriors? Ray Tracers? Vigilante 8?

There are a few possibilities

Weeeell.....nope...i remembered now that the camera perspective was like those rts games..and if i'm correct it was something like a police vehicle transforming into a mech....something like that.

 

[Derek Kirslis]

ok here we go. it was a pc game made somewhere between 98 and 03. the graphics were basic and you were an ice climber who had to do things to get to a castle. I believe you got one item in the castle then you would fall, or something to reset the level. then you'd do things again and repeat it. snowy background, seemed to be made for children. it was around the same time that Freddie The Fish was around. love that game so much.

 

[InedibleTrevor]

Hello there guys,
I really need your help cause i'm going ballistic that i cant find that game....
It was on psx (ps1) you had some sort of a car or a tank dont remember exactly that was transforming into a robot.
You had flamethrower miniguns and stuff, it was customizable.
I remember a bit also the first stage of the game.....the scenery was something like urban....you go at a parkin lot if i remember right with a small building on top left....and there was a horde of tiny little thing (i think they where humans) and you destroyed them with the flamethrower.....damn gawd i cant remember this game....

Tiny Tank? Twisted Metal? Grudge Warriors? Ray Tracers? Vigilante 8?

There are a few possibilities

Weeeell.....nope...i remembered now that the camera perspective was like those rts games..and if i'm correct it was something like a police vehicle transforming into a mech....something like that.

Hmmm... Future Cop: LAPD?

 

[Batou667]

Hello!
I'm looking for the name of a platform gameI used to play in the early eighties. There was a big sinking boat and many little men trying to get outa there into little boats. Problem was there were sharks around. When the little launches were full, you had to unload them on the sides of the screen. It was a cool game but damn exciting!

Have you any idea what it could be called?

Thanks for your help!

Man Overboard?

 

[Batou667]

I am trying to remember a PC game from the 90's that my ex-husband and I used to play at times (more him than me). It was somewhat like an army game where you built up an army base while fighting your enemies. If your camp was destroyed you had to re-build elsewhere. It was desert like terrain. I cannot remember the name of it. I don't think it was online since it was dial-up at that time. Does this sound familiar to anyone? I think I will recognize the name if I hear it though. Thanks"

Z
Dune
Command and Conquer
Red Alert
Age of Empires
Total Annihilation

Any of the above?

 

[Batou667]

Oh gosh, I don't remember anything about this game except perhaps it was a 90s game. Played it along with Return to Zork and Myst. Was similar to Myst, but you did see people. Set in space/space station/planet. Had aliens. I remember a locker room at the beginning of the game (I didn't get that far into it, to be honest.) I remember force fields and you could pick up items. The planet was kind of deserty. There were videos, kind of instructional things that you could pick up and view, that had actual people. Any ideas?!

Wing Commander?

captcha: rocket science. Very funny.

 

[Maugerlemon]

I can't remember almost anything about this game, it's been driving me crazy for like 2 years. It's kind of like Crusaders of Might and Magic or Arx Fatalis or Wizards and Warriors, but anyways. The only things I remember is talking to a rat-like character (kind of like the rat people in the late wizardry games) in a sewer (towards the beginning I believe) and at some point picking a familiar (A ferret was an option). I'm fairly sure it was popular, but I can not find it anywhere. Please please, any ideas at all.
1) First person RPG
2) Castles?
3) Medieval-ish
... very standard stuff actually.
Thanks in advance.

What was the platform and when, roughly, did it come out? 'Cause there are aloooot of games that you could be talking about, but if we narrow down the timeframe it might be easier to find.

It was on the PC. I feel like it was 1995-2006. I'm so sorry for such a huge timeline. The ferret familiar is really the key thing I remember. Thank you for the response. Any ideas at all would be appreciated.

Damn, this is gonna be tricky. I'm assuming that if you're thinking '95 to '06, then you don't remember the visuals very clearly, but what other games would you compare it to graphically? Was it like a pseudo-3D like Daggerfall, or a more advanced, polygon-based, Morrowind style engine?

It was more around the quality of morrowind, but not so dusty if that makes sense, the games I listed are quite similar I believe. I only have a few scenes in mind at all.

 

[Melanie Gonzales]

Hi! So new at this and I have this game that I vaguely remember playing in like 2nd grade i think {like 2003 i think} I believe it was for the PS2 so here are the details:
- RPG
- Third Person. Boy Character., don't remember character name., color., face., etc....
- Landscape changed a lot i believe., I remember from inside a castle to outside in a court yard to running on a mountain across a bridge to falling down a terrifying height to in a cave {the cave and such was like the end of the game i think}
- Save a girl! I remember that you had to jump onto this giant bird cage thing I think and knock it down and free this girl., I can't remember her face or hair color or anythin'! She was like the main reason the boy character was going through all this hallabaloo i think...
- Fight/run away from shadow type monsters. They were giant blob type monster with piercing red eyes. I can't remember exactly if you fought or ran but I have a feeling they were there.
- Movable camera. I know i got annoyed with this camera thing but it followed and moved around over the guy behind him
~{ify} Cut scenes! They were great cut scenes kind of like FF type cut scenes where the graphic was amazing i think... {may or may not be true I could just be mixin' this in from playin' FF to much xD}
- For some reason I keep thinking of the word "Ice" I don't know why. It may or may not be relevant to this game...

Any help? I dunno if I have enough details but it's harder to explain I just have these few like scenes of the game in my head that I remember watching {dunno if i actually played or just watched someone play but i know i loved that game} but I really remember the end or it could be the beginning... It was like they fell down from a high height and into the water and they/he woke up in this cave with the water licking at their feet. If I remember correctly he turns and is either trying to wake up the girl or is looking for her i dunno... ugh I hate not remembering!!! Anyone? Please and thank you~!

 

[Sanjyola]

Hi! So new at this and I have this game that I vaguely remember playing in like 2nd grade i think {like 2003 i think} I believe it was for the PS2 so here are the details:
- RPG
- Third Person. Boy Character., don't remember character name., color., face., etc....
- Landscape changed a lot i believe., I remember from inside a castle to outside in a court yard to running on a mountain across a bridge to falling down a terrifying height to in a cave {the cave and such was like the end of the game i think}
- Save a girl! I remember that you had to jump onto this giant bird cage thing I think and knock it down and free this girl., I can't remember her face or hair color or anythin'! She was like the main reason the boy character was going through all this hallabaloo i think...
- Fight/run away from shadow type monsters. They were giant blob type monster with piercing red eyes. I can't remember exactly if you fought or ran but I have a feeling they were there.
- Movable camera. I know i got annoyed with this camera thing but it followed and moved around over the guy behind him
~{ify} Cut scenes! They were great cut scenes kind of like FF type cut scenes where the graphic was amazing i think... {may or may not be true I could just be mixin' this in from playin' FF to much xD}
- For some reason I keep thinking of the word "Ice" I don't know why. It may or may not be relevant to this game...

Any help? I dunno if I have enough details but it's harder to explain I just have these few like scenes of the game in my head that I remember watching {dunno if i actually played or just watched someone play but i know i loved that game} but I really remember the end or it could be the beginning... It was like they fell down from a high height and into the water and they/he woke up in this cave with the water licking at their feet. If I remember correctly he turns and is either trying to wake up the girl or is looking for her i dunno... ugh I hate not remembering!!! Anyone? Please and thank you~!

RPG... Check.
Played it around 2003... Check.
Third Person... Check.
Boy Character... Check.
A LOT (emphasis) of changing landscapes... Check.
Save a girl... Check.
Blob monsters with piercing red eyes... Check.
Moveable, annoying camera... Check.
Final Fantasy-like cutscenes... Check.

Sounds like you're thinking of Kingdom Hearts. The first game, that is, as it came out in 2002, and the others ones after 2006+. Here's the intro video to it, if you need to jog some memories: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JATCsxW2fwo

 

[Ryonez]

Hi! So new at this and I have this game that I vaguely remember playing in like 2nd grade i think {like 2003 i think} I believe it was for the PS2 so here are the details:
- RPG
- Third Person. Boy Character., don't remember character name., color., face., etc....
- Landscape changed a lot i believe., I remember from inside a castle to outside in a court yard to running on a mountain across a bridge to falling down a terrifying height to in a cave {the cave and such was like the end of the game i think}
- Save a girl! I remember that you had to jump onto this giant bird cage thing I think and knock it down and free this girl., I can't remember her face or hair color or anythin'! She was like the main reason the boy character was going through all this hallabaloo i think...
- Fight/run away from shadow type monsters. They were giant blob type monster with piercing red eyes. I can't remember exactly if you fought or ran but I have a feeling they were there.
- Movable camera. I know i got annoyed with this camera thing but it followed and moved around over the guy behind him
~{ify} Cut scenes! They were great cut scenes kind of like FF type cut scenes where the graphic was amazing i think... {may or may not be true I could just be mixin' this in from playin' FF to much xD}
- For some reason I keep thinking of the word "Ice" I don't know why. It may or may not be relevant to this game...

Any help? I dunno if I have enough details but it's harder to explain I just have these few like scenes of the game in my head that I remember watching {dunno if i actually played or just watched someone play but i know i loved that game} but I really remember the end or it could be the beginning... It was like they fell down from a high height and into the water and they/he woke up in this cave with the water licking at their feet. If I remember correctly he turns and is either trying to wake up the girl or is looking for her i dunno... ugh I hate not remembering!!! Anyone? Please and thank you~!

Could be ICO.

 

[Xin Kion]

Okay, here is a challenge (Probly) for all you out there. I recently got a SNES again, and started replaying all my childhood memories, this time with an understanding of the games. Only problem, is there are two games that have eluded me for quite some time.

Both are 2d, side scrolling platformers.
- The first one I remember quite clearly. Your character wakes up on an island beach. I remember that he is a coward, and does a 'half-kick' at things to kill them. The first area consists of you climbing rocks, and lots of them.
Later on, I think the 3rd, there is a lava 'puzzle' Where you must drop the right skull(s) into the lava to pass. There are hands that reach out of gaps in the level and drag you into the lava.
The last part of the game I remember is one where you are locked in a cage with a pile of rocks, with a tribal guard walking back and forth. You have to throw the rock to distract him, then grab the key as he walks by to get out.

- Second game, I don't remember a lot, and most of it is just guessing. I believe you play as a bird, and the first level I think you finish by inflating a balloon. I'm quite sure there are no weapons in the game. Yeah, thats all I got...

Hopefully someone can help me out, cause I've looked through every list of game names I can find and none look familiar.
Thank you in advance!

 

[ItsTheWeirdGuy]

Heh, well...
Alright, here we go. This has been bugging me for ages. I've tried searching lists and lists on games, but couldn't find it. This games is on ps2, its an action rpg game and I think it was back in 2002, 2003, 2004. The camera is third person; you see everything from top and you share one screen with everyone else. Its a four player game, and you have a choice to pick 4 classes: A knight with a 2h sword, a wizard, a viking with a 2h axe and a blonde woman that fights with martial arts. The key point I remember is that it seemed like it was an arcade type gameplay- many levels in a row and if you die then you have to start over. Its a fantasy game, and you fight enemies like demons and dark knights; basically mystical beings and all. I remember correctly one specific boss in the game- a giant ogre in a mountain that makes the mountain shake and collapse. Please, anyone... I've been searching for this for ages. I also remember there is a versus mode.
I'm begging anyone to identify this...
Please...
Thank you very much.

 

[Kafrikon]

Hello there guys,
I really need your help cause i'm going ballistic that i cant find that game....
It was on psx (ps1) you had some sort of a car or a tank dont remember exactly that was transforming into a robot.
You had flamethrower miniguns and stuff, it was customizable.
I remember a bit also the first stage of the game.....the scenery was something like urban....you go at a parkin lot if i remember right with a small building on top left....and there was a horde of tiny little thing (i think they where humans) and you destroyed them with the flamethrower.....damn gawd i cant remember this game....

Tiny Tank? Twisted Metal? Grudge Warriors? Ray Tracers? Vigilante 8?

There are a few possibilities

Weeeell.....nope...i remembered now that the camera perspective was like those rts games..and if i'm correct it was something like a police vehicle transforming into a mech....something like that.

Hmmm... Future Cop: LAPD?

HOLY SHIET BRAH!!! THATS IT 1.000.000 INTERNETS FOR YOU.

 

[Hargrimm]

Okay, here is a challenge (Probly) for all you out there. I recently got a SNES again, and started replaying all my childhood memories, this time with an understanding of the games. Only problem, is there are two games that have eluded me for quite some time.

Both are 2d, side scrolling platformers.
- The first one I remember quite clearly. Your character wakes up on an island beach. I remember that he is a coward, and does a 'half-kick' at things to kill them. The first area consists of you climbing rocks, and lots of them.
Later on, I think the 3rd, there is a lava 'puzzle' Where you must drop the right skull(s) into the lava to pass. There are hands that reach out of gaps in the level and drag you into the lava.
The last part of the game I remember is one where you are locked in a cage with a pile of rocks, with a tribal guard walking back and forth. You have to throw the rock to distract him, then grab the key as he walks by to get out.

- Second game, I don't remember a lot, and most of it is just guessing. I believe you play as a bird, and the first level I think you finish by inflating a balloon. I'm quite sure there are no weapons in the game. Yeah, thats all I got...

Hopefully someone can help me out, cause I've looked through every list of game names I can find and none look familiar.
Thank you in advance!

First one is Lester the unlikely.
Don't know about the second one.

Heh, well...
Alright, here we go. This has been bugging me for ages. I've tried searching lists and lists on games, but couldn't find it. This games is on ps2, its an action rpg game and I think it was back in 2002, 2003, 2004. The camera is third person; you see everything from top and you share one screen with everyone else. Its a four player game, and you have a choice to pick 4 classes: A knight with a 2h sword, a wizard, a viking with a 2h axe and a blonde woman that fights with martial arts. The key point I remember is that it seemed like it was an arcade type gameplay- many levels in a row and if you die then you have to start over. Its a fantasy game, and you fight enemies like demons and dark knights; basically mystical beings and all. I remember correctly one specific boss in the game- a giant ogre in a mountain that makes the mountain shake and collapse. Please, anyone... I've been searching for this for ages. I also remember there is a versus mode.
I'm begging anyone to identify this...
Please...
Thank you very much.

Sounds like one of the Gauntlet games they made for the ps2(Dark Legacy or seven Seven Sorrows, maybe there were more), so check those out and see if they're what you're looking for.

 

[Hargrimm]

I can't remember almost anything about this game, it's been driving me crazy for like 2 years. It's kind of like Crusaders of Might and Magic or Arx Fatalis or Wizards and Warriors, but anyways. The only things I remember is talking to a rat-like character (kind of like the rat people in the late wizardry games) in a sewer (towards the beginning I believe) and at some point picking a familiar (A ferret was an option). I'm fairly sure it was popular, but I can not find it anywhere. Please please, any ideas at all.
1) First person RPG
2) Castles?
3) Medieval-ish
... very standard stuff actually.
Thanks in advance.

What was the platform and when, roughly, did it come out? 'Cause there are aloooot of games that you could be talking about, but if we narrow down the timeframe it might be easier to find.

It was on the PC. I feel like it was 1995-2006. I'm so sorry for such a huge timeline. The ferret familiar is really the key thing I remember. Thank you for the response. Any ideas at all would be appreciated.

Damn, this is gonna be tricky. I'm assuming that if you're thinking '95 to '06, then you don't remember the visuals very clearly, but what other games would you compare it to graphically? Was it like a pseudo-3D like Daggerfall, or a more advanced, polygon-based, Morrowind style engine?

Lands of Lore, Anvil of Dawn or Ultima Underworld would be my suggestions, otherwise I'm drawing blank


EDIT:

I'm glad I found an active thread on this topic, because I've got a tough one I'm trying to crack.

Back in the early '90s, my Grandad gave me a bunch of games and demos on a pile of floppy disks when my family got our first computer. One of the games was a shareware demo of a flight simulator, and all I remember about it was that it ran on DOS, you played from a first-person cockpit perspective, and the objective of the demo was to land on some sort of tower or something(the graphics were very primitive). I also remember it had a looping gameplay demo when you started it up, and from that I seem to remember that the plane was blue, with one set of wings; not a biplane, basically.

I can't actually recall ever knowing the name of this thing; If memory serves, the .exe that started the game was called something generic like "flight.exe" or something along those lines, and I'm starting to worry that I'll never find this game again. Anyone have the faintest clue what game I'm on about?

DOS game, blue plane, cockpit perspective...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e2jzkELDfU
Is this what you're looking for?