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

[Anoobis]

I have two games in memory but can't find them.

NES: As a kid I had a Famiclone shaped like the N64 Controller. It had a Vertical Scroll shmup that I'm not sure if I'm confusing it or if I'm imagining it. It's not B-Wings, Xevious, Twinbee or Hector, but you flew across a blue background with islands and structures. Haven't found it. Probably a Chinese/Hong-Kong bootleg.

ARCADE: I remember playing a Horizontal Scroll shmup that had color labeled powerups. Red, Blue, Green, Yellow and Purple. Each color had one type of bullet and you could mix two. I remember picking always Red + Blue which made the ship shoot homing missiles.
I've already went through the entire MAME 2010 and FBNEO Arcade Games (yes, literally checked every single shmup rom from both romsets) and never landed at that particular game. It's not Gradius, Darius, R-Type, Zero Wings...

Was the Famiclone one of these?

https://bootleggames.fandom.com/wiki/Power_Joy_Classic_TV_Game

https://bootleggames.fandom.com/wiki/Power_Player_Super_Joy_III

 

[JuanMena]

Was the Famiclone one of these?

https://bootleggames.fandom.com/wiki/Power_Joy_Classic_TV_Game

https://bootleggames.fandom.com/wiki/Power_Player_Super_Joy_III

YES YEEES, ONE OF THOSE WITH A STIFF NON WORKING JOYSTICK!
Mine was Yellow. I remember it had integrated games, which included Popeye, Battle City, Pooyan, Mappy, Magic Jewelry, StarForce... so I'm guessing it might have had some Chinese Bootlegs there, but do remember most of them being real NES games.
I'm talking about 1995/1996, I was 3 years old by then.

 

[Anoobis]

YES YEEES, ONE OF THOSE WITH A STIFF NON WORKING JOYSTICK!
Mine was Yellow. I remember it had integrated games, which included Popeye, Battle City, Pooyan, Mappy, Magic Jewelry, StarForce... so I'm guessing it might have had some Chinese Bootlegs there, but do remember most of them being real NES games.
I'm talking about 1995/1996, I was 3 years old by then.

The one for looking for is probably a hack in one of these tables.

https://bootleggames.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Funtime_multi-game_variants/76-in-1_and_76000-in-1

https://bootleggames.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Funtime_multi-game_variants/32-in-1_and_64-in-1

https://bootleggames.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Funtime_multi-game_variants/128-in-1

 

[Snowboo48]

Rescue: The Embassy Mission
Wow, that must be it! I just don't quite remember it looking the same. I can't even remember if the game was in english.

 

[Yaro]

It's better known as Hostages. I used to play this on my amiga500, which is the best version of this game imo.

edit : btw please notice how bent the sniper's rifle is. You can shoot it from around the corner without blowing your cover :D

 

[Jdan-S]

The first game I ever saw was an Atari 2600 space game.
The screen moves horizontally and the ship can turn either left or right.
There's a map/radar either on top or at the bottom of the screen that shows your surroundings.

Maybe Flash Gordon? It doesn't have the horizontal lines though.

 

[extermist]

Maybe Flash Gordon? It doesn't have the horizontal lines though.

Thank you! Unfortunately the radar and enemy patterns don't match my memory, but those star patterns make me think it's possible.

 

[ThirdEidolon]

Could that maybe be Breath of fire 3? i think i remember there beeing something like that in that one.

Nah man. That's Terranigma or Soul Blazer.

 

[nomohero7]

There was a game (or maybe only announcement) for Wii U or Switch. Girl travelling with a robot in desert. Adventure. AAA. Good graphic. Probably Nintendo exclusive. Cant find it with Google -_-

 

[Anoobis]

There was a game (or maybe only announcement) for Wii U or Switch. Girl travelling with a robot in desert. Adventure. AAA. Good graphic. Probably Nintendo exclusive. Cant find it with Google -_-

The Girl and the Robot?

The Girl and the Robot (Wii U) Review

SuperPhillip Central is your place for original reviews, thoughtful editorials, top ten and five lists, and more all relating to gaming.

www.superphillipcentral.com

 

[nomohero7]

ReCore. For Xbox One/PC
Metroid Prime developer(s) were involved which made me think it was Nintendo exclusive.

 

[maxyliano]

Hello everyone! First time posting here and I have a very difficult one.
It was the mid 90s and there were tons of game magazines with demos and full games. I remember in one CD I got a demo for the fighting game Battle Beast (1995). I don't quite remember if it was in that same issue or another one, but I used to play the game I'm about to describe in that context and time-frame:
I remember it was a beat-em-up (you might have shot orbs too, I don't quite remember) where you were a floppy disk inside a "computer" and I think you fought viruses. Everything had a "Rayman" kinda vibe, with flying hands and feet with no arms or legs.
From what I gather, it might have been a game called "Floppy and the..." something, but it's very hard to find abandonware with that word in the title.
I know what I ask is very difficult, and to further add to the difficulty, the game magazine was in South-American Spanish.

Thanks for taking the time to read!

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Hello everyone! First time posting here and I have a very difficult one.
It was the mid 90s and there were tons of game magazines with demos and full games. I remember in one CD I got a demo for the fighting game Battle Beast (1995). I don't quite remember if it was in that same issue or another one, but I used to play the game I'm about to describe in that context and time-frame:
I remember it was a beat-em-up (you might have shot orbs too, I don't quite remember) where you were a floppy disk inside a "computer" and I think you fought viruses. Everything had a "Rayman" kinda vibe, with flying hands and feet with no arms or legs.
From what I gather, it might have been a game called "Floppy and the..." something, but it's very hard to find abandonware with that word in the title.
I know what I ask is very difficult, and to further add to the difficulty, the game magazine was in South-American Spanish.

Thanks for taking the time to read!

I realize I didn't mention it before, it was for Windows pc.

 

[RetroPixelLizard]

Okay, this one has been bugging me for years, but It's really more of a memory that Is fading yet still haunts me.

I saw this In a PS1 Magazine, It was a racing game.
In the screenshots I remember the racers had Icons on the side/bottom left to Indicate their position. It has shown the vehicle types were diffirent, I remember monster/pick-up trucks In a Canyon and a rainbow road with a loop having a guy on a motorbike, I think every character had their own vehcie too form this...

Unless I'm either mixing two seperate games up from worsening memory, or the game was canceled.

 

[Mileena]

There was a cowboy game on Genesis that was kinda hard and my brother and I finally beat it and…the ending was just a picture of bags of gold on the screen, we just stared in awe that THAT was the end result after all that raging lol

 

[Anoobis]

There was a cowboy game on Genesis that was kinda hard and my brother and I finally beat it and…the ending was just a picture of bags of gold on the screen, we just stared in awe that THAT was the end result after all that raging lol

Sunset Riders?

Ending for Sunset Riders (Sega Genesis/Nomad)

 

[Mileena]

Sunset Riders?

Ending for Sunset Riders (Sega Genesis/Nomad)

Yes that’s it lmao thank you! Seeing the screenshots ruined my life all over again LOL

 

[Anoobis]

Yes that’s it lmao thank you! Seeing the screenshots ruined my life all over again LOL

No problem

 

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How are we supposed to know that?