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

[Cantarella]

Wanted to say yes, but years wrong. Chased a trans am, red or perhaps maroon, (definitely not a viper) think car had the bird on hood. It was around the mid 80s, the NES wasn't out in the US yet. Adults would call games "stupid" after games were being wiped out, being "uncool." Would hear stuff like that while I sat down playing having time of my life, rather play this game than ski ball and other games Chucky Cheese had.

The Driver, maybe?

 

[GuyZero32k4]

Holy SHIT! THAT'S IT! My quest at last ended.

 

[smurfbert]

The Driver, maybe?

Wow, excellent job. I never heard of that one. GuyZero32K4 has found his childhood game and I have a new FMV game I have somehow missed and will now try to find a way to play :P

A lot more about this game: https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=5826.0

 

[koutameoshifan27]

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.

 

[embiid]

This may be a little broad but here goes, it was for PS1, a JRPG that had multiple discs. I remember being able to name your own character, recruit a bunch of people and I specifically remember you could get money from this little minigame where it's the 3 cups and you have to find the cup with the chip in it after its randomized.

I played that game for days at a time when I was like 7 and now I can't remember what it is to save my life

 

[daro_glez]

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.

 

[bigstinkie]

maybe this forum can help me in my lifelong lifehunt
i played a top down perspective, 2d game on my computer in the early 2000s in which you played as a little creature bouncing back and forth, and you would click on pipes on screen to bounce the little yellowish creature through a path to his goal
i recall that the pipes were blue and there were even boss fights
it could have been a proper pc game release, or a flash game for all i recall
i have looked for this game on and off for maybe a decade now

 

[Castilho]

This may be a little broad but here goes, it was for PS1, a JRPG that had multiple discs. I remember being able to name your own character, recruit a bunch of people and I specifically remember you could get money from this little minigame where it's the 3 cups and you have to find the cup with the chip in it after its randomized.

I played that game for days at a time when I was like 7 and now I can't remember what it is to save my life

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.

maybe this forum can help me in my lifelong lifehunt
i played a top down perspective, 2d game on my computer in the early 2000s in which you played as a little creature bouncing back and forth, and you would click on pipes on screen to bounce the little yellowish creature through a path to his goal
i recall that the pipes were blue and there were even boss fights
it could have been a proper pc game release, or a flash game for all i recall
i have looked for this game on and off for maybe a decade now

Probably not the end of your hunt, but maybe Speedy Eggbert ? Yellow creature, blue pipes

 

[bigstinkie]

unfortunately no but thank you
speedy eggbert looks cute

 

[Michael Frank]

It took me years to remember this game, first saw it being played by a guy in a cyber when i was 5, then i remembered it when i was 21 and saw it on a youtube video, and mind you, this game was released as a free download sponsored by the US Air Force.

 

[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,

 

[Segadude113]

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.