bin.pol.social

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

There was this game I swear was called Solaris but was not able to find. The whole thing is a model of a star system with a couple dozens of oddly-named planets and you need to “shoot units” at the planets you want to conquer. You basically have to estimate how many units you need to take it over or something.

I’ll probably never be able to find it cause I can’t even describe it so well haha

Daefsdeda,

Do you perhaps mean solarmax (1/2)?

burntbacon,

That’s what sprang to mind for me as well. There’s another version somewhere with viruses/bacteria where you’re in a petri dish and can find/modify your dna for better traits in certain multiplying/attack/defending strengths.

prole,

Probably not Stellaris right?

KittyCat,

Almost sounds like eufloria

Ashiette,

apocalypsis.org ?

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

I remember a top down game from the late '80s or very early '90s where you drive a car along a highway and try to defend yourself against other cars using different weapons and tire-slashing spikes mounted to your wheels.
You’d start inside a semi-truck, drive out of it backwards, and at the end of the level, the truck would re-appear and you have to drive into it again.

SlurpingPus,

‘Spy Hunter’? It was on a whole bunch of platforms.

mech,

YES, that’s it!

SlurpingPus, (edited )

Yeah this one was easy. I even forgot about the trucks (probably because they weren’t there in ‘Super Spy Hunter’, which started as a clone before having been released as a sequel).

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/7ab4716a-5728-4283-be3d-8f9ce1ea35a3.gif

SlurpingPus,

Btw, there were sequels ‘SpyHunter’ in 2001 and then ‘SpyHunter 2’, for PS2/Gamecube/Xbox and desktops — though not with the top-down view.

And there’s the 2012 ‘Spy Hunter’ for PS Vita and 3DS. Apparently also with the view from behind, and this time with poor reviews.

coaxil,

Major motion?

youtu.be/bASGBe6jhes

One of my favs growing up

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

It took me FOREVER to find, but I was determined to find my old games. I assumed they were Sega Master System games, so I started watching videos like “best master system games” and such.

Then when I finally came across them, the memories all came rushing back like it was the 80s again! It’s so frustrating but when you finally find it, it’s such a good feeling.

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

I can’t remember if it was C-64 or DOS, but there was a sidescroll game where your character was on a quest in a forest where there were tree houses. They were called the “Grund” or something. Can’t find it anywhere.

Edit: I may have found it: “Below The Root” Gotta see if I can find it abandonware somewhere and try it again.

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

3d third person shooter with a female protagonist. Late 90 or early 2000s. Think something like Tomb Raider, but I am pretty sure it was not Tomb Raider. I don’t remember much, aside from the tutorial level being in some kind of Portal chamber / Aperture Science like sterile tiled floor and walls with various lights. If I remember correctly, the first real level was in an old big multi store warehouse or club house.

petersr,

After having looked for this game for two decades and asked here, I realized perhaps I should ask ChatGPT. I gave it the same description and it came up with Oni (2001). And I am pretty sure that’s it!

dingleberrylover,

This is my guess as well. I still remember the tutorial.

tetris11,

Stealth game? There was a nice PS2 stealth/hacking fame with a female protagonist

petersr,

I don’t recall stealth, but I also only watched someone else play it for an hour or so.

captain_aggravated,
@captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works avatar

What platform? PC, Playstation?

petersr,

PC

JcbAzPx,

It sounds like Perfect Dark, but that didn’t get a PC port until recently.

prole,

Fear Effect maybe?

Lushed_Lungfish,

Ah, that one cutscene in Fear Effect 2 jumpstarted my puberty.

Xatolos,
@Xatolos@reddthat.com avatar
Appoxo, (edited ) do gaming w For me, it was Microsoft Ants
@Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

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.

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

Yep, I have one of those. A side-scrolling scifi shooter for C64 from probably late 80s that I just remember a general vibe about. Not Nemesis, something where you fly above a sort of city. I have tried to remember its name for more than a decade probably.

One would think that there weren’t that many of them but oh boy.

RememberTheApollo_,
@RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world avatar

Dominion?

vga,

I haven’t heard of that one, but no, wasn’t that.

Also tried figuring this out with an AI but nope. I’m pretty sure I’m not hallucinating this game.

gorkur,

Can’t really tell from that description but have you tried to look for it on Lemon? 🙂

www.lemon64.com/games/list.php?list_year=1985&lis…

vga,

I have.

In fact, once I browsed through all the games in there and didn’t find what I was looking for. It’s so far ago and I was so young that I probably have a very distorted and overly positive view of what the game looked like.

N01R3, do gaming w For me, it was Microsoft Ants

I know it’s name: End of the World, part 2. Was a Wolf RPG Editor game someone made and released for free.

Cant seem to find it anywhere.

umbrella, (edited ) do gaming w For me, it was Microsoft Ants
@umbrella@lemmy.ml avatar

top down spacecraft kind of thing. two of them, but there are so many of these its pretty much impossible.

radiantshackles, do gaming w For me, it was Microsoft Ants
@radiantshackles@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Brave Fencer Musashi for me. Played that game so many times through what I remember as the first boss, then didn’t figure out how to progress when the world opened up

Soggy,

It’s so good! BFM is a top 5 PS1 game for me, easily.

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

Ok maybe Lemmy can help me. Does anyone remember a cartoon that used a key. A magic key. To draw a door and open to a new dimension? I have been looking for this show for decades and I can’t remember it. It had like care bare characters and children.

AngryPancake,

I only know Pans Labyrinth but it’s certainly not a comic

radiantshackles,
@radiantshackles@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar
PissingIntoTheWind,

Nah. Think lte 80’s and early 90’s. I wonder if I dreamed this shit up.

ZoopZeZoop,

I remember that in Beetlejuice, and there was a cartoon version of that.

Ashiette,

Final Fantasy Unlimited ?

burntbacon,

A magic key to draw a door? It’s not the kid with the purple crayon cartoon?

PissingIntoTheWind,

No. Much older. Like lat 80’s early 90’s. I remember a friendly funny dragon with the characters.

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

This is a weird one. I’ve been looking for a game for years and I’ve had no luck. My uncle took me on one of his drug deals, as he did very often and I played someone’s ps1 or ps2 while they got high. All I know about this RPG/JRPG I played is there were summons and I can vividly remember the 2d world map. There was a mine/tunnel area and some kind of grand library or mansion area. I’ve been looking for this game for 20 years now with no luck. If I see the world map I’ll recognize it instantly. So many of the RPGs of that time had sprawling world maps, but this was very confined. One screen with very obvious images for each area. I would be eternally grateful if anyone could help me find this game.

Edit: The mine/tunnel area was in the middle/bottom of the world map and the grand library or mansion area was towards the top right if I remember correctly.

baltakatei,
Guitarfun, (edited )

Unfortunately no, it was definitely turn based and not an ARPG. The graphics weren’t very different though.

SlurpingPus,

You could try looking for a ‘compilation of PS1 jrpgs’ video on YouTube, showing gameplay of each game for half a minute. This could jostle the memory. And the same with ps2, if that doesn’t work. However, afaiu there were a lot of jrpg games, so idk if anyone’s made a comprehensive video.

Guitarfun,

That’s a good idea. I found one video that covers over 420 JRPGs on PS1. I wish they did a list of world maps because that’s the best way I’d recognize it.

prole,

Legend of Dragoon?

Guitarfun,

Unfortunately no, it was a much brighter game. The main thing I remember about it was the world map. The map was colorful and had images for the ecosystems or locations. That is a good game though.

KittyCat,

Was it Shadow Madness maybe?

Guitarfun,

I don’t think so based on what I found online. The main thing I remember about it was the world map. The map was colorful and had images for the ecosystems or locations. It had summons and I could be wrong, but maybe only the summons battled enemies. I could be way off on that last part though.

Ashiette,

Might have been Shadow Hearts (Covenant) ? Because I vividly remember a tunnel area between Wales and England I think ?

Guitarfun, (edited )

No unfortunately, it was a very bright game. The main thing I remember about it was the world map. The map was colorful and had images for the ecosystems or locations. Everytime I think about this game I spend a couple hours searching RPG world maps, but I’ve never found it lol.

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

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,
@Xatolos@reddthat.com avatar

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

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

Here’s hoping:

It was in the 90s. Top down, you could be either an Apache gunship or a tank for each mission.

EDIT: Folks, thank you for all the help and suggestions. Turns out it was “Seek and Destroy”.

Xatolos,
@Xatolos@reddthat.com avatar
ZoopZeZoop,

I really enjoyed this on GameGear. My brother had it and I remember it being hard, but fair. We did pretty well.

Lushed_Lungfish,

Might be this. I’ll download and play. Though I seem to remember it was in the desert…

dubyakay,

I don’t think it’s jungle strike. Do you remember if it was sprite based or vector?

Lushed_Lungfish,

Sprite based maybe? It was something like thirty years ago so we’re reaching back. I can confirm that it was on PC and I THINK it was on Windows 95.

dubyakay,

Either way, Jungle Strike is the sequel (prequel?) to Desert Strike. Desert Strike definitely has a lot of desert, as you have described.

Blackmist,

SWIV?

Lushed_Lungfish,

Not SWIV, sorry but it looks neat! I’m going to give it a shot!

Ashiette,

Army Men : Air Attack ?

Lushed_Lungfish,

Not Army Men unfortunately. Though that was another series I loved!

  • Wszystkie
  • Subskrybowane
  • Moderowane
  • Ulubione
  • FromSilesiaToPolesia
  • NomadOffgrid
  • fediversum
  • krakow
  • muzyka
  • rowery
  • test1
  • tech
  • healthcare
  • esport
  • m0biTech
  • Psychologia
  • Technologia
  • niusy
  • MiddleEast
  • ERP
  • Gaming
  • Spoleczenstwo
  • sport
  • informasi
  • turystyka
  • Cyfryzacja
  • Blogi
  • shophiajons
  • retro
  • Travel
  • warnersteve
  • Radiant
  • Wszystkie magazyny