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Tattorack, do gaming w For me, it was Microsoft Ants
@Tattorack@lemmy.world avatar

This is me with SHMUPS. Oh, sure, I can find databases of the ones that were popular, but in the early to late 2000s there were so many PC SHMUPS with mouse controls that came on demo CDs or you could get from the front page of any demo shareware website…

Now all forgotten.

Some of them I used to play a lot and want to play again, but can’t for the life of me find back.

SlurpingPus,

You could try r/tipofmyjoystick on Reddit, describing the game as much as you can remember. 2000s wasn’t even really the peak of the genre popularity.

Gremour, do gaming w For me, it was Microsoft Ants
Ragallos, do gaming w For me, it was Microsoft Ants

I had to try and find it for the sake of this meme! I thought it was a PS1 game all these years, just found it.

Buck Bumble. An N64 game I played when I was a kid, flew around as a bee and shot down other bugs. Its was a good time, glad I was inspired to try and find it’s name again!

Odo,

I love that game’s title music.

faltryka,

Me too man, it’s stuck in my head now!

AMillionMonkeys, do games w Sometimes devs intentionally punish players for struggling with the game
@AMillionMonkeys@lemmy.world avatar

What could I do? Uninstall.

If you aren’t having fun with it, sure. I was expecting the comments to be people arguing with how you have fun (using the dev console), but fortunately that’s not the case.

PlantJam, do games w Sometimes devs intentionally punish players for struggling with the game

If you want a dark game with puzzle style combat and bosses, I can’t recommend a plague tale enough. Innocence is the first one, Requiem is the second one.

Lembot_0006,

plague tale

I believe I have tried it. Until the first boss, where I was forced to run around him and try to dismantle his armour piece by piece with a sling and stones. Of course he caught me while having the last piece of armour on. Uninstalled and never even considered giving it a second chance.

PlantJam,

I hated black myth wukong and elden ring boss fights, so punishing games really aren’t for me. I finished both plague tale games, though. I usually lower the difficulty quite a bit just to enjoy the story, so maybe the defaults are harder than what I experienced.

Kazumara,

Yeah they are fun!

Also pretty easy I’d say.

ViraPyon, do gaming w For me, it was Microsoft Ants

Waku Waku 7, very silly fighter

faltryka, do gaming w For me, it was Microsoft Ants

Miner VGA, I still fire it up every now and then.

ThrowawayPermanente,

May the hair on your toes never fall off

sailormoon, do gaming w For me, it was Microsoft Ants
@sailormoon@lemmy.world avatar

Nanosaur

kieron115, (edited ) do gaming w For me, it was Microsoft Ants

Edit: I’m pretty sure the game was “Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets!” and I was remembering the intro/home screen!

I used to play this edutainment title in the early 90s. All i can remember is cartoonish art, a professor or scientist or something and you had to solve puzzles by building machines i think?

ArsonButCute,
kieron115, (edited )

The game I remember had a top down view, and looked more modern than that. It might have been a late DOS game but our computer at that time ran windows 3.1 on top so it could have been an early windows game too.

Xatolos,
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Most likely it’s The Incredible Machine by Sierra. www.gog.com/…/the_incredible_machine_mega_pack

kieron115,

The game I remember had a top down view, and looked more modern than that. It might have been a late DOS game but our computer at that time ran windows 3.1 on top so it could have been an early windows game too.

prole,

I loved the Super Solver games as a kid

Redacted, do gaming w For me, it was Microsoft Ants

Theres a shitty flash game i spent years playing that ill never find again. Top down worms game very similar to vampire survivors in gameplay, only many years before it.

Strider, do games w Sometimes devs intentionally punish players for struggling with the game

All games need accessibility options.

And those need to include ‘cheats’.

rozodru, do gaming w Playing Final Fantasy XI in 2025 (or 2026)?
@rozodru@pie.andmc.ca avatar

I’ve played on one of the fan servers and it was fine. if XIV has burned you out, and honestly I don’t blame you, not sure you’re going to find what you’re looking for in XI.

remember XI is a pre-WoW mmo so that means it’s quite difficult when compared to modern MMOs and plays like other MMOs of the day i.e. Everquest, Anarchy Online, Ultima, etc.

You’re not going to find as many new players and other players are going to be literally years/decades ahead of you. I’d suggest you try one of the fan servers first to see if you like it before spending money on the actual servers/game.

_Lory98_,

I did play for a bit in HorizonXI and liked it, but couldn’t find many players around (which made it even grindier than it should be), which is why I was wondering about retail.

I don’t mind the difficulty, that’s kinda why I’m tired of FFXIV. Outside of the endgame “high-end” trials/raids, I find its gameplay a bit too easy to the point of being boring. The jobs in XI also look more interesting and varied, instead of FFXIV’s that feel too samey.

Appoxo, (edited ) do gaming w For me, it was Microsoft Ants
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For me it is a ski racing game that looks like about 2005 or 2009 type of game and has a sort of athletic/olympic winter games type of vibe.

Jela,
@Jela@lemmy.today avatar

Was it SSX?

Appoxo,
@Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Doesnt look like it.
Additionally it was also a PC game on Windows XP.

krooklochurm, do gaming w Playing Final Fantasy XI in 2025 (or 2026)?

What?

There’s chat in ffxiv

MagisterSieran,

But the post is about XI.

krooklochurm,

Oh - I may have misunderstood what you were saying then.

sharkfucker420, do gaming w For me, it was Microsoft Ants
@sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml avatar

I’m still looking for a mobile game where I played as a necromancer in a castle fighting off the stickman armies of king Otto through spells and by flicking them into the air. It culminated with the necromancer standing upon a pile of corpses topped by the king himself. I really liked that game but it honestly could be lost media.

Wimopy,

Doesn’t quite check those boxes, but it definitely sounds like a game that was based on Defend Your Castle, from back in the days of Flash games.

sharkfucker420,
@sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml avatar

I think you are right, that mechanic is very similar

MagnificentSteiner,

Could it be Stickwars?

sharkfucker420,
@sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml avatar

Holy shit it is thank you wth

Not compatable with my phone 😔😔😔 emulator time

MagnificentSteiner,

A little bit of google-fu goes a long way ;)

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