Can't remember the name of that game from your past?

[Suptuou]

It's funny cause what you describe fits perfectly with Lament of Innocence but it could be you merging a couple memories together and sending yourself on a wild goose chase as a result lol

Probably..

 

[Sinmenon]

The way you described, it could be either Castlevania: Lament of Innocence or even Curse of Darkness. Both have extra playable characters, so I'm wondering if you saw a clip of Joachim as a playable character?

In any case...
At some point, when you are relaxed, try to do this:
Recall the day when you saw that game. How was the weather? Were there any external sounds around you? And what about the smells? Now, how was your day, and what were you doing just before seeing the game?
Now that you are "in the mood", in a similar headspace as back then, try to recall what you saw. Try to describe the main character: what are their colors? Can you remember the hair? Weapons?
Then the location. You mentioned gothic-like setting and brain-like tissue. Can you remember anything that stands out? Something about the place, maybe more details of the enemy? Can you remember anyone speaking in the game?
Yes, I'm trying to help jog your memory. I hope it helps.

 

[PhaseJump]

If it wasn't Darksiders, or a Castlevania game, including Lords of Shadow.

Could it have been a platformer like Maximo 1 and 2, MediEvil, even Akuji the Heartless?

 

[nobitakun]

The way you described, it could be either Castlevania: Lament of Innocence or even Curse of Darkness. Both have extra playable characters, so I'm wondering if you saw a clip of Joachim as a playable character?

In any case...
At some point, when you are relaxed, try to do this:
Recall the day when you saw that game. How was the weather? Were there any external sounds around you? And what about the smells? Now, how was your day, and what were you doing just before seeing the game?
Now that you are "in the mood", in a similar headspace as back then, try to recall what you saw. Try to describe the main character: what are their colors? Can you remember the hair? Weapons?
Then the location. You mentioned gothic-like setting and brain-like tissue. Can you remember anything that stands out? Something about the place, maybe more details of the enemy? Can you remember anyone speaking in the game?
Yes, I'm trying to help jog your memory. I hope it helps.

I think it would be more interesting if he asked his mother about it, because I quote from his first message:

When I played it as a kid, it got me so excited—I even got scared and asked my mom, "Do people’s brains look like that when they die?"

I assume he showed her to ask that question.

Otherwise I would be very surprised if by a 2-3 seconds clip anybody who didn't see that clip would guess what game is it, among all the thousands and thousands PS2 and PS3 games that exist. How can you know it was PS2 or PS3 and not Xbox or Xbox360, if you can't tell PS2 from PS3 graphics? :O

 

[Vaggplus]

Was it by any chance the final boss from Grandia 2?

Spoiler: Grandia 2 final boss

 

[PSVitaForever]

Was it by any chance the final boss from Grandia 2?

Spoiler: Grandia 2 final boss

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When they mentioned brains and things like that I immediately thought of Grandia 2 because of that part inside an enemy, but I feel it's not so "creepy" like the rest of description make it seems, also it's not like Grandia reminds of DMC.

Let's hope the author of this topic will be able to find that game, eventually; sometimes it happens to me as well, I have some scene in mind and I can't remember which game was, lucky me when I find out!

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Not sure if someone mentioned it already, but around the time 3.04.56 of the video below there are worms coming out of the ground. "Dante's Inferno", never played it but I recall I thought it was shocking when I first saw it years ago, and the description made me think about it.

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3.55.29 (time in the video below), this one came to mind when mentioning swords and action battles, "The Sword of Etheria" (I wanted to play it but I haven't still, never seen before today that it becomes creepy, maybe it could fit with your description)

After this I give up and I wish you good luck :)

 

[Suptuou]

Alright friends, I'm throwing in the towel. I'll inevitably stumble upon it during my 'play every PS2 game ever' challenge. And if not? Well, guess my imagination betrayed me. Thanks a ton for all your efforts – now I'm off to cry-play Onimusha 3.

 

[ThatOneLum ThatOneLum]

There's this edutainment game that I think is for the BBC micro which I remember playing in first school a lot, but for the life of me I've been entirely unable to find out which game it was.

It was something of an adventure game for kids where you had to solve a bunch of logic puzzles and quizzes, etc, but there are a few key moments I remember:

• Early on you arrive on an island and there's some sort of puzzle where you have to fix a drinks machine.
• There's a scene where you have to solve a puzzle while a robot slowly cuts the door open.
• There's a chicken-race scene where you have to answer quiz questions, and each time you get one wrong, your chicken gets another foot blister...(weird)

Graphics are standard fair for the BBC micro. The only reason I believe it to be from the micro is that I Found another game I used to play at school where you had to give commands to this little red ball guy and he'd do different stuff depending on what you type in, and that game was also on the micro.

If anyone had any idea wtf I'm talking about, please let me know, would love to try it again and realize my childhood was a waste of time.

 

[iplaygames42069]

there was this dsi game i used to play when i was a kid. it was a fashion game where you would pick out clothes for customers. i thought it was style savvy, but i'm almost certain it was less anime. for some reason, i remember the style of one specific brand logo in the game. i recreated it as best i can for reference.

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Let me invoke my alpha male ultra masculinity powers here

It could have been the Fashion Designer games, High Fashion or Style Icon. It could have been Girls' Life: Fashion Addict. It could have been Imagine Fashion Designer: World Tour

To be honest it could've been a ton of games. These are all the "career simulation" DS games on GameFAQs:

DS Cheats, Reviews, FAQs, Message Boards, and More - GameFAQs

For the DS, GameFAQs has game information and a community message board for game discussion.

gamefaqs.gamespot.com

On reddit /r/tipofmyjoystick i regularly use gamefaqs genre lists.... but for something like this, there's so many similar games, and most of them aren't particularly great

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Is it Suikoden 1? It's single disc though but the only game that comes to my mind for the 3 cups minigame and everything else.

Suikoden 1 was single disc, but came in a double jewel case because the booklet was about 60 pages. Same with Tales of Destiny and Brigandine. A lot of old RPGs and strategy games from Japan were like that.

 

[Combofish]

Not quite looking for a game, but I have a silly story about a game (or two) that eluded me for years.

I used to watch my older brother play practically all of the PC RPGs and strategy games of the late 90's, but there was one that stuck out in my memory. The cover art had your typical hooded wizard/sorcerer type guy with no visible face, and the gameplay fascinated me because you had what I remembered to be an isometric overworld in the style of Heroes of Might & Magic, but combat encounters suddenly turned the game into a Warcraft 1&2 style top down RTS.

Cut to a couple decades later, and I couldn't tell you what that game was to save my life.

Until one day, while looking for something unrelated, I found the cover art from my memories:

Mystery solved! Except... Betrayal at Antara is a pretty typical RPG, not any kind of strategy-RTS hybrid thing.

But then I came back around to a game I initially crossed off the suspect list, due to a lack of wizards on the cover: Lords of the Realm II.

And well, long story short, my brother used to keep a copy of Lords of the Realm II in the box for Betrayal at Antara. Thank you brother for decades of confusion.

 

[Zerohour2k12]

There was a beat em' up I used to play in an arcade cab that I can't recall the title that that only things I remember about it was the character I always choose had an overall costume with red and white colors with his black hair sticking out on top and there's a boss that's a small old dude with a black cape wielding a gun. that's all I remember about it,

 

[Deleted member 560402]

I am proud to say I now remember all the games from my childhood, even the Mac ones. Maze Ball was the last name to elude me. I can now emulate my childhood.

 

[SLEDGE_DOG]

There was a beat em' up I used to play in an arcade cab that I can't recall the title that that only things I remember about it was the character I always choose had an overall costume with red and white colors with his black hair sticking out on top and there's a boss that's a small old dude with a black cape wielding a gun. that's all I remember about it,

Maybe Battle Circuit?

 

[Zerohour2k12]

Maybe Battle Circuit?

I'm not sure man, I remember the overalls dude having black hair. how about the small old man boss that has a gun?

Edit: After a bit of looking up and a robot by the name of ChatGPT, I finally managed t pin it down.
It's a game called Zero Team by Seibu Kaihatsu. Thanks for taking the time to reply though...

 

[midnitecarnival]

The Driver, maybe?

There was another similar game in Chuck E Cheese during the 80's. Only lasted in the arcade room a week before they pulled it.

Until now I had suspected my memories of the game were a witness to a 'Glitch in the Matrix' where a highly advanced game had been introduced into our reality on accident.

Now, seeing this, I realize that there were more Context-Reaction Disc games aside from just Space Ace, Badlands and Dragon's Lair.

 

[bjork]

There's this edutainment game that I think is for the BBC micro which I remember playing in first school a lot, but for the life of me I've been entirely unable to find out which game it was.

It was something of an adventure game for kids where you had to solve a bunch of logic puzzles and quizzes, etc, but there are a few key moments I remember:

I'm not sure, because I'm not super familiar with the micro, but this site has screenshots and maybe that'll help you recall? https://www.bbcmicro.co.uk/index.php?search=Adventure&on_G=on

 

[csanjuro]

I have been searching for a game for windows 3.1 that's top down and you control a knight with a skull for a head and you attack by swinging your sword from left to right and vice-versa using I believe Z and X keys also each level was contained in a single screen, any help would be appreciated

 

[midnitecarnival]

I have been searching for a game for windows 3.1 that's top down and you control a knight with a skull for a head and you attack by swinging your sword from left to right and vice-versa using I believe Z and X keys also each level was contained in a single screen, any help would be appreciated

Sounds like a Gameboy Color port of MediEvil but I don't believe there was one.

 

[Bluewyne]

I have been searching for a game for windows 3.1 that's top down and you control a knight with a skull for a head and you attack by swinging your sword from left to right and vice-versa using I believe Z and X keys also each level was contained in a single screen, any help would be appreciated

I believe it may be Mortuum (1995)

 

[csanjuro]

yes that's it, thank you very much, now I can see if it is as good as I remember

 

[NekketsuFighter]

Hi, there. I've been looking for a survival horror game with a female character (I don't remember if she's the protagonist). If I recall correctly, she was standing in the middle of a four-way intersection, surrounded by zombies. I remember opening the inventory, like it was a Resident Evil game, and only two items came to mind: a gun, and a... knitting tool? It was a console game, from before the PS3 era. I'd really appreciate it if anyone could help me remember it. This has been bothering me for years.

 

[Pinballbuzzbro]

I can't quite remember this game from the PS1 and N64 era. I think it was a 3d scroller in 3rd person and the main character was a child who could use toys to interact with the world. I don't remember if those toys were equipped ala Ape Escape or just laying around.

This sounds like it could be 40 winks, as it was released for the N64 and had a cancelled PS1 port planned.

 

[daro_glez]

This sounds like it could be 40 winks, as it was released for the N64 and had a cancelled PS1 port planned.

I think you're right. Thanks a bunch.

 

[Reverberata]

Somewhere around 2007 or 2008, I was at a soccer game with my team at an indoor complex - the kind with multiple individual astroturf fields connected by cement walkways. The location was pretty popular at the time and it had a few arcade games, including one of those big machines that housed a small screen with the falling block game, and there was a smaller, less populated downstairs area where a few of my teammates were playing a cabinet after the game wrapped. It was pretty average-sized, definitely had identifying art and branding, and I believe had a joystick and several buttons.

It was a 2D sidescroller. I want to use the term SHMUP, because I know there were a lot of bullets on screen, but I'm not a SHMUPdreg and I don't want to be uncouth. All the entities were 2D sprites. It was going for a pretty realistic aesthetic, kind of like Mortal Kombat, but there were a huge number of nonhuman and extremely fantastical creatures, so it probably wasn't actual greenscreen photography. The best comparison for flavor of the player characters, enemies and world would be generation 3.5 Dungeons And Dragons.

More or less all you did throughout the entire campaign was shoot, advance, shoot, and advance. I recall that there probably weren't any hard cuts from screen to screen and it was more like you floated to the next location while the constantly-moving background adjusted. Earlier levels might have included a forest and maybe a desert. The further you went, the darker and weirder the tone and enemies got; the most distinct image I have is spraying a bunch of Giger-esque tentacled squid or jellyfish creatures on a dark blue background that looked kind of like a roiling cloud or ocean full of debris. The tone started out pretty heroic and I guess early-stage-Tolkien-esque before becoming quite ghastly and serious by lategame.

The only other comment I have is that this was actually one of the first games I really felt good at. I was very satisfied with how far and how deep I was able to get into it, and each level being progressively weirder and darker scratched an itch that made it stick with me long-term. I've gone to Funspot in New Hampshire, PAX East, and a handful of other arcades around New England since, but never saw this game again. This is my only real tipofmyjoystick experience like this, so any insight would be appreciated.

 

[JoueurCitoyen]

Hello gaming connsoisseurs! I'm looking for a game my big brother used to play on Amstrad CPC. You evolved as a bald guy in some kind of prison/asylum, trying to escape and you could become mad and get a game over. For some reason, the MC could hit his head on the walls and if you did this too much, it also resulted in a game over I think.
Does it ring any bell?