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

[Grumpy_Old_Man]

Sounds like Krull ( based on the 80's film )

They released a version for the Atari 2600 so it would not surprise me if bootlegs were made for other systems if not, official releases.

Thank you, but i remember a rice paddy, somewhat like the ones in Sid Meier Sword of the samurai a Dos game...
Although, you know how messy memory can be, it may be mix of dreams and imagination.

 

[resketreke]

I been thinking of game, i used to play on a famiclone(89-90) on a multicart(probably a bootleg of some sorts), where you controlled a greenish? colored character(could be played cooperatively) in a vertical autoscroller(or maybe more akin to Ikari warriors, Pocky and Rocky) where you fired something akin to a boomerang one if not all the levels looked like a rice field.
Any help that doesn't help is welcome.

It's a very long shot since it doesn't fully match the description, but could it be Front Line?

 

[Grumpy_Old_Man]

It's a very long shot since it doesn't fully match the description, but could it be Front Line?

The gameplay does match (don't remember vehicle combat though) it may as well been a Taiwanese "hack", from those famiclones ingrained with multiple games in the motherboard.
They frequently had repeated games, like Contra with various cheats like invulnerability or multiple lives.

 

[yungmysterymane]

I been thinking of game, i used to play on a famiclone(89-90) on a multicart(probably a bootleg of some sorts), where you controlled a greenish? colored character(could be played cooperatively) in a vertical autoscroller(or maybe more akin to Ikari warriors, Pocky and Rocky) where you fired something akin to a boomerang one if not all the levels looked like a rice field.
Any help that doesn't help is welcome.

I feel like this could be what you're looking for. Ikki is pretty fun! I always liked the music for that and Demon Sword. Kinda scratched your brain in a good way.

 

[Grumpy_Old_Man]

I feel like this could be what you're looking for. Ikki is pretty fun! I always liked the music for that and Demon Sword. Kinda scratched your brain in a good way.

Yeah that's it, thank you... I do remember the melody stuck in my head for hours....

 

[Arthur_McSultan]

I remember an FPS that my brother used to play when I was little. Basically, it looked and played like COD, but there was a gimmick where if you typed your name in the game, the NPCs would actually say it, so if you typed in "John" the characters would actually say John. I remembered how you started in a town that turned into an active warzone, with vison being limited due to the fire spreading.

Another thing I recall was that my brother would only play the intro of the game, either because he wanted to name his character different swear words or the game might've been only a demo.

My brother went to college around 2006 so that game must of been made before then.

 

[GEORGE?W?BUSH]

There are two games in my head that I played as a very, very young kid and haven't been able to find. Neither of them could have come out past 1997, both of them playable on Windows 98. Both of them were probably shareware games.

One of them was a maze game where like, a laser would fill up if it touched you, you'd lose. The other was sort of like, Rampage but more horizontal, with a larger play area than the dinosaur section from Bart's Nightmare.

 

[yungmysterymane]

I remember an FPS that my brother used to play when I was little. Basically, it looked and played like COD, but there was a gimmick where if you typed your name in the game, the NPCs would actually say it, so if you typed in "John" the characters would actually say John. I remembered how you started in a town that turned into an active warzone, with vison being limited due to the fire spreading.

Another thing I recall was that my brother would only play the intro of the game, either because he wanted to name his character different swear words or the game might've been only a demo.

My brother went to college around 2006 so that game must of been made before then.

This is tough because I honestly only know a handful of games that do this, and most of them aren't first person. There's "Lifeline" and the two "Black and White" games, but neither of those are FPS games.

 

[EnthusiastGuy]

Ok, O actually have one. It's been bugging me for years, almost 10 of them. I am a fan of Dizzy-like adventure games so this game I have (blurry) in my mind kind-of came rather close.

- It's on the ZX Spectrum
- Main character was a fox (I think) and it could pick up items and use them.
- 2D graphics, individual screens, you had to travel to an edge to go to the next screen, nothing scrolling. Slightly lower graphical quality than Dizzy games.
- I remember the fox was somewhere outdoor, maybe some vegetation, but definitely in or near a town.
- there was an ATM that you could interact with and I think I had to find an ATM card somewhere.

That is honestly all I can remember. I would REALLY appreciate if anyone remembers it, but don't go overboard. I think I spent a total time of days on the ZX Archive YouTube channel searching for gameplay videos to find it.

I think this is a difficult one.

But thanks!

 

[KaiserMk7]

Ok, O actually have one. It's been bugging me for years, almost 10 of them. I am a fan of Dizzy-like adventure games so this game I have (blurry) in my mind kind-of came rather close.

- It's on the ZX Spectrum
- Main character was a fox (I think) and it could pick up items and use them.
- 2D graphics, individual screens, you had to travel to an edge to go to the next screen, nothing scrolling. Slightly lower graphical quality than Dizzy games.
- I remember the fox was somewhere outdoor, maybe some vegetation, but definitely in or near a town.
- there was an ATM that you could interact with and I think I had to find an ATM card somewhere.

That is honestly all I can remember. I would REALLY appreciate if anyone remembers it, but don't go overboard. I think I spent a total time of days on the ZX Archive YouTube channel searching for gameplay videos to find it.

I think this is a difficult one.

But thanks!

I don't have the slightest idea of where to start to help you, but there's also a much more recent freeware Dizzy game on steam if you're not already aware of it.

 

[EnthusiastGuy]

Oh, yeah, I know it. There are also a lot of fan-made Dizzy games using the Dizzy AGE engine. Most of them are on theyolkfolk website.

No, this one was different, but the limited info I remember really makes it difficult to find indeed.

 

[ThatOneLum ThatOneLum]

So I'm not looking for a Sonic romhack. Pretty sure it was a romhack of Sonic 2 but it included a hub area that used the cut Wood Zone style, and you could play as pretty much anyone from Sonic history that had been in a 2D game at that point.

I remember being able to play as Vector specifically, as well as Espio and Charmy, but not a lot else about what the rest of the hack entailed.

LIke I Said, it had a hubworld structure that was somewhat akin to the one in Sonic Advance. Has anyone come across this before and happened to remember what it was called?

 

[midnitecarnival]

Oh, yeah, I know it. There are also a lot of fan-made Dizzy games using the Dizzy AGE engine. Most of them are on theyolkfolk website.

No, this one was different, but the limited info I remember really makes it difficult to find indeed.

This post sent me searching because I'm looking for a similar type of game. If I'm not mistaken, the game you're talking about is sort of an old puzzle platformer like Elephantasy or Tres Bashers.

Elephantasy on Steam

After falling from the sky into a miniature world, a tiny Elephant has a big adventure in store for them! Climb, dash, lift, and swim while exploring colorful pixel-art environments in this cute 2D puzzle-platformer! Can you collect all the Gems, reach the Tower in the clouds, and return home?

store.steampowered.com

Tres-Bashers on Steam

Tres-Bashers is a 2D monster-bashing adventure featuring a big interconnected map full of cryptids, secrets, and more! Find 40 different monster types and whack 'em with your baseball bat!

store.steampowered.com

Searching for 'Dizzy' referred me to Sinclair Spectrum and while browsing Spectrum games I noticed TONS of games for it like Dizzy and the above two I mentioned.

So keywords that may help your search: TOSEC, FUSE, Launchbox

 

[KaiserMk7]

I once saw a relative using a children's edutainment handheld with I believe a Sonic X licensed title inserted into its cartridge slot. Hardware capabilities seem to be no less than 16 bit color and lesser-than-CD-quality audio judging by the sound of the voice lines.

 

[ThatOneLum ThatOneLum]

I once saw a relative using a children's edutainment handheld with I believe a Sonic X licensed title inserted into its cartridge slot. Hardware capabilities seem to be no less than 16 bit color and lesser-than-CD-quality audio judging by the sound of the voice lines.

Do you mean this:

 

[KaiserMk7]

Do you mean this:
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Yes, I think it was one of this line of devices, but without a stylus and touch screen.

 

[ThatOneLum ThatOneLum]

Yes, I think it was one of this line of devices, but without a stylus and touch screen.

Guessing from the manual for the SOnic X game that there was a Leapster 2 as well. Might have been that version of it that they were using?

 

[YoshifreakZX]

This is actually a Pokemon romhack, but I remember playing one where your starter was a Teddiursa and I also remember the Pokedex entry for it got changed to "IT'S SO CUTE!!!!!" or something like that. That's all I remember from it and completely forgot the name of the hack since it has been ages since I last played it.
Also, it's a Gen 3 romhack in case anyone asks.

 

[White Ashe]

I wanted to ask about a mobile game. Made maybe between 2005-2010. It was one of those catapult games I think where you are scored based on how much damage you caused or distance travelled. I remember it was based on texas and there were hot air ballons ,storm clouds, eagles and oil rigs in it. If I remember correctly the place and game name contained Texas. Pls help i have thought about it for about 3 days and still couldn't remember or found it.

Post automatically merged: Sep 22, 2025

Just found out what game it was from a reddit post. It was "Jhonny Crash does Texas".

 

[030079AR]

I wanted to ask about a mobile game. Made maybe between 2005-2010. It was one of those catapult games I think where you are scored based on how much damage you caused or distance travelled. I remember it was based on texas and there were hot air ballons ,storm clouds, eagles and oil rigs in it. If I remember correctly the place and game name contained Texas. Pls help i have thought about it for about 3 days and still couldn't remember or found it.

Post automatically merged: Sep 22, 2025

Just found out what game it was from a reddit post. It was "Jhonny Crash does Texas".

mobile game at the time are hard to find, good You alrready got it

 

[Aeriththeflowergirl]

There was this PC game on Windows where you drive these military vehicles around a beach or something. It kind of looked A.S.P. Air Strike Patrol or Command and Conquer.

Now I know what game it was. Return Fire on PC

 

[_-_AceDragon_-_]

Now I know what game it was. Return Fire on PC

Just googled this. Looks great. Apparently on PS1 too, and a decent looking 2 player mode.

 

[thetwaz]

Not to promote other websites here too much - but if you're struggling to find an answer here, www.reddit.com/r/tipofmyjoystick is quite good for quite obscure games, not sure how they do on romhacks.

 

[GenoCL]

There's this game that's been in my mind since I was kid and I'm sure it's not a dream.
I remember seeing it in a magazine AND in real life.

It's an arcade game, apparently a fighting game, with two guys who look like Prince Addam not transformed into He-Man but had similar clothes and hairstyle. The sprites of the two fighters were HUGE almost using the whole screen, you looked at the back of the fighter in the left and the front of the fighter in the right.

The game vaguely looked like this incredibly crude drawing from my mind.

That vague memory is still super clear in my mind, clear enough to think I didn't dream it.

 

[RetroLaw]

There's this game that's been in my mind since I was kid and I'm sure it's not a dream.
I remember seeing it in a magazine AND in real life.

It's an arcade game, apparently a fighting game, with two guys who look like Prince Addam not transformed into He-Man but had similar clothes and hairstyle. The sprites of the two fighters were HUGE almost using the whole screen, you looked at the back of the fighter in the left and the front of the fighter in the right.

The game vaguely looked like this incredibly crude drawing from my mind.
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That vague memory is still super clear in my mind, clear enough to think I didn't dream it.

Only game I know that is like that is Dark edge but it wasn't that zoomed in.