Nostalgia: Guess this old game thread

damocles

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For a bit of fun.

First person to guess the correct game - then has to list a game and so on...

Platform: (Amiga, Dos, C64 etc)...
Decade: (approximate is fine)
Basic Description of that game.


I'll start with a simple one.

Platform: Atari 800XL (and others)
Decade: Mid 80s

Crash landed on a planet - the objective was to escape...

Used 3D vector graphics and open ended game play. Planes looked like the paper darts you probably made as a kid. World was massive for its time....
 

Annisman*

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Arkanoid! Jk I have no idea thats way before my time.

Heres one:

Platform pc (win 95 ish)
Decade: mid nineties (I think)
Concept; race other vehicles in the future, death race style. Hint: look what you just won, Enforcer!
 

Maximilian

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Mercenary was correct.

Megarace?

Heh, i just stuck what you said about the game into google and it spat mercenary out :cool:

Platform: (PC)
Decade: (late 90's)
Futuristic tank game, you drive a prototype tank and wreck up several different levels with it.
 

Anteaus

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Heh, i just stuck what you said about the game into google and it spat mercenary out :cool:

Platform: (PC)
Decade: (late 90's)
Futuristic tank game, you drive a prototype tank and wreck up several different levels with it.

Stellar 7? or maybe Battlezone?
 

irishScott

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Alright, here's one:

Platform: DOS and FM Towns
Decade: Early 90s

Science fiction, earth disappears, you save it. Lizard people.
 

mmntech

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Platform: Mac
Decade: Mid 90s
Description: Early FPS, set in the future played as a "space marine" type character. One of the first to feature "free look". Widely considered to be the granddaddy of one of the most successful current generation franchises.
 

PhatoseAlpha

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Platform: Mac
Decade: Mid 90s
Description: Early FPS, set in the future played as a "space marine" type character. One of the first to feature "free look". Widely considered to be the granddaddy of one of the most successful current generation franchises.

Marathon.
 

Geosurface

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Platform: PC
Decade: Mid 90s
Description: Set in the future, first person perspective, you awake from a long cryogenic sleep on a space station.
 

Tweak155

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Platform: PC
Decade: 80's?
Description: You are placed in a puzzle and must get all boxes on the right squares.
 

EDUSAN

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platform: Pc
decade: 80's?
Description: You are placed in a puzzle and must get all boxes on the right squares.

sokoban?

Super easy... and i recall the game was GREAT

Platform: PC
Decade: Mid 90s
Description: Fighting game with robots
 
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Annisman*

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Got a tough one:

Platform: PC
Decade: All decades
Description: Sweep mines from your box, blow up, try again.
 

Daverino

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Platform: C64
Decade: 1980s
Description: Neutralize a corrupted AI at an underwater geothermal plant.

(favorite C64 game of all time)
 

jimrawr

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Platform: PC
Decade: Mid 90's
Description:The king has been enchanted by the witch. Kill the witch and save the king!