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Quick Googling got me this:

Auralux: Constellations

or at least similar gameplay to that, I've played quite a few of those.

This? There are also many different "reskins" of the game. You can download the pale moon browser if you want to play old flash games again.

If you're certain that this is one singular NES game then in addition to the "all NES games" YouTube videos you could check out one of the printed NES encyclopedia/almanacs. This is the one I'm familiar with, and it's well done: https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Nintendo-Guide-Library-1985-1995/dp/0997328304/

There just aren't that many NES games, so an exhaustive search is feasible.

Perhaps Bad Piggies? Everything you said about the pigs made me think of the enemies from Angry Birds so I looked up its spin-offs.

Well I can't believe this but I bought a game at Goodwill about 2 weeks ago. I'd never heard of it but I like to collect old pc games so I picked it up. I noticed it's from 2002 so I just installed it on my old XP machine. I think this might be the one you're looking for.

It's Ultimate Pinball by Valusoft. Here's an Amazon link.

I made a quick video going through the different tables. Sorry for the poor quality. This must be it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELPjbRoyLr0

Lost Mind of Dr. Brain features multiple puzzles, one with trains on a track and another with pipes.

But that's a long shot seeing as you didn't mention the giant talking rat.

EDIT: Thank you, /u/parkerlreed! This is a big milestone for me and I very much appreciate it.

Putting the URL on that image into Wayback gives me this page, where the name is apparently "Star Pop".

And you're in luck, since the game was archived by Flashpoint. Just download Flashpoint Infinity, search for it, and you're good to go. The name on Flashpoint is "스타팝".

The Second Amendment! (Unfortunately, it looks like the game uses the now-deprecated Unity Webplayer and was never ported to the newer WebGL engine or offered as a downloadable.)

This sounds a bit like either the first or second star control game.

They're both available from gog.com, and the second has a freeware version called "The Ur-Quan Masters"

I know you said late 90's, but you also said MS-DOS graphics and Resident Evil, so I first thought of Alone in the Dark.

Edit: Forgot to mention the early 00's release, Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare

I'm going out on a limb here, but you said...

>The background castle seemed to be off in the distance from where you were playing.

That made me think of Legacy of the Wizard. Here's a shot of the castle on the surface.

Here's a vs. speedrun of the game.

I've done some sleuthing, and you were close! My recollection of the gameplay was a little off, but the entire bit about a guy getting cut up by a Dancing Blade spell revealing a skeletal lich is straight from the Might and Magic IV: Clouds of Xeen. This is doubly funny because I had purchased the Might & Magic collection second hand back in the early 2000's but never went through all of them, and I was convinced the game I saw my friend at the time playing some 10 years earlier was different.

If anyone is curious, I got the manual from Abandonia. My next step is to buy the collection from GOG and figure out how to go back and play some games that make Dark Souls seem forgiving by comparison :)

Thanks for your help.

Blade of Darkness? Also called Severance in some european countries I believe.

http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/blade-of-darkness

Amazon you remember http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/blade-of-darkness/screenshots/gameShotId,367168/

Ahriman's Prophecy by Aveyond Studios (formerly Amaranth Games)?

You start your journey in the small town of Elden. There is an early sidequest where you retrieve a bow for one of the village girls. The combat was not turn-based, but real-time. It has blue speech bubbles. The starting village has a well with some chickens near it. One of the first main-story quests has you going to a blacksmith which is on the other side of the river in the small town (the path you described matches, and there's actually a screenshot on the product page that shows part of this path).

The first major town, Devinshire (not sure on spelling, been a bit since I played), has stone walls and kids near the entrance playing tag. One of the other characters that joins you along the way, Frederick Le Mew, is an animal shape-shifter, who can change into multiple forms, including a chicken. There is a wolf-man in the game (actually two but one of them is very, very much later on in the game) near the entrance to the village where you meet Frederick.

The studio that made this game recently moved all of their forums to Discord so I'm not able to get any other screenshots for you, but if you're interested in checking to make sure it's the right game, the game is free to download and play, and you should know if it's the right one after a few minutes of gameplay, judging by your descriptions here.

It's available on GOG.com, along with its sequel, Ties That Bind, for a few bucks. Look into stability patches, too. I've played it and absolutely love it on the PC, even though I played the PS2 version originally.

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https://www.gog.com/game/the\_suffering

Draw Something? (If not, the one I played that matched your description was called Doodle or Die)

It could also be Drawception but seeing as that's the first result on google I think you would've found it already lol

You're looking for the game 7 Days to Die. It's open world survival zombie game with a similar crafting system to minecraft in an apocalyptic world. Unfortunately it's still in development, but if you don't mind a few bugs, it's good.

http://7daystodie.com/

It's on steam by the way.

Shadow Warrior Classic Redux i would guess?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devolverdigital.swredux.play&hl=en_AU&gl=US

Sounds a lot like Seedship:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.johnayliff.seedship

Though I'm not sure, as this doesn't really have 'graphics'.

Edit: just re-read and noticed the phone tilt mechanic you mentioned. Definitely not Seedship. But the other parts are so similar, maybe if you look for games similar to Seedship, might pop up.

Found it!!! It's called Torx Found this guy's YT channel that reviews electronic games (from searching Brain Warp on YT as /u/mustardgreens suggested) and he happened to have a video on it.

Sounds like "Spaceward Ho!". It was originally made for Mac then ported to DOS and more recently ported to Android.

It definitely had upgraded ships with wolf heads.

http://www.mobygames.com/game/spaceward-ho

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ariton.spacewardho

I'm not sure whether it's still any good at this point, but Fractured Space was nice when I played it a couple years ago. It's more of a space MOBA than an MMO, though. For more conventional MMO experiences, I can't think of anything beyond the already-mentioned EVE Online and Elite Dangerous.

Try making a [WSIB] post over at /r/shouldIbuythisgame; this sort of question is more appropriate for that subreddit.

Were you also able to mix your minions in a special machine to create hybrids? (Don't remember how the game was called, but remember reading about it.)

Upd: the game I'm thinking about is called Dominus.

Barry the Bear?

Found one screenshot of a possible platforming section. Looked through the assets of the Windows 3.1 version and found some pics of a seal and penguin too.

Ill post the links to the 2 games here if anyone interested

1: http://www.addictinggames.com/puzzle-games/deaths-embrace-escape-game.jsp

2: http://www.crazyscarygames.com/scary-games/death-embrace-escape-2/

Thanks for the help guys!

Woah, I hadn't thought about this game since it first came out! This sounds like Marvel Super Heroes: Amazing Math (sorry for terrible screenshots - but it seems to be so rare I can't find much else!). I remember playing the Wolverine in the Danger Room segment over and over :)

There are quite a few series in this genre. Without a little more detail, I can't say for sure which one, but I'd look into 12 Labours of Hercules, Roads of Rome, My Kingdom for the Princess, Northern Tale, Gardens Inc...maybe browse this list?

Cannon Fodder? was that available for a PC? (or Cannon Fodder 2, for that matter, even though the first one was infinitely better :P)

EDIT: Yeah, Cannon Fodder 2 was available to the PC (DOS) Here's some screens and info: http://www.myabandonware.com/game/cannon-fodder-2-2p9

Evoland.

EDIT: Maybe the classic version. I actually found it on my own a few years ago the official games might also be good.

EDIT 2: I was dead wrong. I read your prompt incorrectly.

Think I found something like that: Radica UB Funkeys, here is one of the figures on amazon

Ha, I actually found it by browsing and got Idea it must be done in RPG maker. Than it was jsut matter of few minutes.

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The game is Andor´s Trail

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gpl.rpg.AndorsTrail&hl=en_US

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Thank you anyway.

When you say "forts", do the players build them in-game? Also, what was the camera style (i.e. first or third person, isometric)?

Edit: GUNS UP! seems to match your description gameplay-wise.

Almost sounds like the old Prince of Persia, it had a dungeon with deadly spikes, but no anthropomorphic cat dressed in blue so maybe not the game you're looking for.

Hmm without more info it's hard to say. Two games came to mind while reading your description so here's my guess: Kingpin: Life of Crime or Sin

Rebels: Prison Escape

I remembered that game from the magazines, and if you google "prison commandos clone pc game -star -wars" it appears on the first page.

UPD: or simply "prison commandos pc game"

Police Quest: SWAT 2? Only difference is that this one wasn't released in the early, but late 90's.

Edit: Just realised you are looking for a swat type game, so I assume you already know about the Police Quest SWAT titles. [Note to self: Don't post before you had your first cup of coffee]

There's a dog character in MDK 2, but I don't think he's "robotic". Might want to check it out anyway.

EDIT: Here's a screenshot from the game with him wearing what looks to be a jetpack; this might be the right game after all

And it isn't one of the Warlords games which partly inspired Wesnoth?

http://www.mobygames.com/game/warlords-ii/screenshots

Edit: If it isn't one of the Warlords games, maybe Heroes of Might and Magic (http://www.mobygames.com/game/heroes-of-might-and-magic/screenshots).

You're describing a game of the Sabotage family: http://www.mobygames.com/game-group/sabotage-paratrooper-variants

The first version was on the Apple ][. Nice design. You could shoot the parachutes only and have them drop down on already landed guys below and you could use the debris falling from a shot helicopter to take out guys.

Others copied the design so it really depends on what platform and year you're looking for. If it is the Mac, it is probably Airborne; other platforms, Paratrooper.

Could be Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare??

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alone_in_the_Dark:_The_New_Nightmare

Image (PC though)

Thanks! I found it with your help! It was Cluefinder's 3rd Grade Adventures: The Mystery of Mathra .

The dragon part that I remembering was this part

I had totally forgotten about the Cluefinders series. Thanks for your help!

Is the style of the game anything like Shufflepuck Cafe?

Opponent select - PC or Opponent select - Amiga

Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault is free on Origin right now, at least for me in the US. Not quite Allied Assault but very similar! Allied Assault has been free too and may be again someday.

Eco Fighters?

It was included on Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded for PSP

Sounds like it may be Thexder. It wasn't on the C64 but it was on the Tandy CoCo3, which was comparable. I played a LOT of Thexder on my CoCo3.

There are screenshots for the different versions here, see if they ring a bell.

http://www.mobygames.com/game/thexder/screenshots

Any chance it was Blaze and Blade?

If not, do you have any other info to narrow down the search? Action RPG? Turn-Based? Did you have a party, or was the main character alone?

OP I know exactly the game you mean, kind of like Tron? There were low poly buildings and ramps and you had to collect little dots?

This is going to annoy me until I help you figure out what it is!

Edit

Is it Cyberbykes?

http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/cyberbykes-shadow-racer-vr

reminds me of Totally Rad, he doesn't have wings by default but he has an ability that lets him get wings and fly around, and the 2nd stage is circus themed.

Here he is flying: http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/160030-totally-rad-nes-screenshot-jake-as-the-flying-guy-beating.png

And here is the 2nd level, at the circus, which has the music you mentioned: https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQe2moXPJW_oaoDYvYmq4hJjrLpXLJPHb0JqgaLyH5fojD-WkuQ

Silent Storm? http://store.steampowered.com/app/254960/

Also Hidden & Dangerous, although I think that was first person.

Deadly Dozen and Deadly Dozen Pacific Theater are Third person, and were both very good for low budget. http://www.mobygames.com/game-group/deadly-dozen-series

I think you could do that as a droid in one of the episode I themed starwars games. Maybe a rogue squadron game or something?

Battle for Naboo sounds like it might fit the bill

http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/star-wars-episode-i-battle-for-naboo/screenshots/gameShotId,14856/

Or perhaps Rocket: Robot On Wheels http://www.mobygames.com/game/n64/rocket-robot-on-wheels

Could it be The Ancient Art of War in the Skies (1992 - DOS)? There was definitely a red biplane involved.

Awesome. You can play it here:

http://playdosgamesonline.com/eye-of-the-beholder.html

i'm not sure about saving and loading, in the comments they seem to be having some problems. If you really want to play it properly best to get it abandonware here and play it through dosbox on your own PC :

http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/98/Eye+of+the+Beholder.htm

The game is based on some books by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman who also did the Dragonlance sagas. You can get this game here:

http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/525/Death+Gate.html

but will need to run it through DosBox.

download the game from abandonia.

make a new directory on c:\ called "games" or something

unzip 'dgate' directory into c:\games\

(so the path reads c:\games\dgate)

run dosbox

get dosbox here

http://www.dosbox.com/

in dosbox type:

"mount d c:\games"

"d:"

"cd dgate"

"dgate"

you are now playing Death Gate (hopefully)

enjoy the memories

Swords & Souls! If you liked it, you'd be delighted to hear they're making a premium version with so much more content & polish coming next year

I think I found it. It's called Imperium and matches your description. I never played it but I just searched Armor Games and typed in "Imper-" and this one looked right. I was thinking Age of War or Feudalism.

Mebas

I archived this game, so if you want to play it you can find it on Flashpoint. I salvaged as much of the game as I could, but only singleplayer works.

That was a wild ride, but I found it: Cosmo Gang

Bonus: The Beverly Hills 90210 episode, game is featured at 33:48

This is going to get a little weird, but I couldn't sleep last night and what started as a casual search for the game out of bored curiosity, turned into a 3am trip down the rabbit hole.

Here's the most useful link that I could find. There isn't a single game in either the complete US or the JP listing that matches your description. City of Lost Children is sort of similar in that you play as a kid.

Even browsing full list of all the PAL demo discs that featured any Crash 2 content returned nothing.

I even did similar searches for Saturn, Dreamcast, PS2 (you also play as kids in Fatal Frame: Crimson Butterfly), and N64 titles from every region.

Do you remember anything else? Like where you got the demo disc (a publication, with another game, cereal box, etc)? What country were you living in at the time? Could the Crash 2 demo have actually been for another title in the series? Was there any gameplay footage of the game in question or was it just CG cutscenes? If there was gameplay, was it 1st person, 3rd person, sidescrolling, or possibly a graphic novel style interface? Finally, are you sure it was actually the version of "House of the Rising Sun" done by the Animals? It's a popular public domain song that's been covered a ton of times.

If I had to bet, you watched a trailer for a game that was never released. Or you're just confusing some details with something else.

Anyway, I told you that was going to get weird. Now I'm really curious to know the answer. It just better not be Resident Evil :)

Have you tried googling for Schiffbruch? Because it looks like you got the name right!
Or if it's somewhat more recent, it may have been Wayward.

Let's Go Read: An Island Adventure?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugo4w_Wrwek

EDIT: Hey, I even managed to find something on the hat. : D It's hard to see, but you can see the kid on this version of the box wearing it:

https://www.igdb.com/games/lets-go-read-an-island-adventure/countdown

Could it be The Lost Tribe? I played this a lot around the same time.

http://www.myabandonware.com/game/the-lost-tribe-1na

You can get it working with DOSbox. Pm me if you need help.

https://www.taleworlds.com/en/Games/Bannerlord/Blog/13

If you scroll you will find a picture of the same game, and a description that reads "Each of the game's six cultures has their own boardgame, originally designed but inspired by real historical games."

Vertix Online, perhaps? (EDIT: Looks like it's being updated right now, so although the site works, the game doesn't launch at the moment. Hopefully it'll be back by the time you see this!)

A Dark Room. Text based, addictive, can email a passcode to you self to resume on another browser or just continue on in your original browser. Worth a play even if it's not what you were looking for.

Thanks for your help, but I think I just found it. It's called Solitary. I got a good bit of the details wrong, especially the graphics that I said in my last post, but it's it.

I'd still be looking for it, but I went through my brothers' laptop and found the save folder, the only thing that didn't get deleted whenever he uninstalled/deleted it.

Hey, I don't remember the tricks you described (maybe I was just bad lol) but every other trait made me think of Assault Cube

EDIT : if not, then maybe check Urban Terror. I remember this one having rocket jump tricks and being fairly popular in the 2000s

I sadly don't actually have an answer for you, but I wanted to mention Flashpoint, which is a project trying to preserve as many Flash games and animations as possible before they're no longer viewable.

There are probably too many games in it to just browse the listings and find what you're looking for, but IMO it's worth keeping in mind for anyone who grew up in that era and wants to re-experience these things from time to time.

Don't know the game, but I can give you some (hopefully helpful) pointers... the game engine seems to be an old version of AGS (Adventure Game Studio), that is used in many indie/amateur games.

They try to categorize games made with AGS on their site, and there's a search engine, maybe you could try to look for horror games there?

AGS game called Apprentice fits the bill. Oregano is one of the three ingredients he needs to find. There's plenty of green in the environment.
And deluxe version has voice acting.

Is it the one where all the other games are run through arcade cabinets?

like this? or this?

I couldn't find it either, so I decided to rehost it on my own website. Do note that it's a Shockwave game, which all major browsers no longer support due to security concerns, so you'll need to download a browser that still supports Shockwave to play it (I recommend Pale Moon.)

Here is a list of all the Gamecube RPGs (only 37) with screenshots so you can show that to your friend to see if that helps.

http://www.listal.com/list/gamecube-rpgs

I know in Darkened Skye the main character's abilities were based on different colors of skittles. Other guess off hand is Lost Kingdoms but those are more fantasy than sci-fi. Only real Sci-fi games here are Phantasy Star Universe and a couple others that don't sound right to me. Gamecube isn't my strongest system though so I could be wrong.

I managed to find it, it's called MicRouge. The free version seems to no longer exist but the paid version does (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.forestmoongames.microguegold) Sadly it no longer runs on modern android so I guess I'll never get to play it again.

I've found it guys and for anyone who wants to check it out it is:

Man Eats Fish

Thank you all for your immense help and your suggestions.

I managed to view history of previously downloaded apps on my devices (even those that aren't now officially compatible with my phone).

Game name is "Battle Robots!". https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.colopl.fighting_en

Solved!

PS: I haven't try getting working APK, but guys...I believe it's not just nostalgia speaking. This game was really good. I might even pick up older phone for it to work :D

Sodatete Nihon Ningyo / JapaneseDoll?

Looks like from reviews that there is at least a shared music track. >Not gonna lie having the Mad Father soundtrack music in the beginning of the game when you start and when you play with it (When you tap or rub to make it sing) is nice to hear cause it's my favourite game.

UB Funkeys? Released 2007. Smaller characters plug into the bigger one (with the starter kit's big one/hub being white as per the linked amazon page)

NEVER MIND I FOUND IT!!!

After looking through Amazon for like 3 hours, scouering through their 400 pages of CD rom games I finally found it!! Super Collapse 3!!!!

https://www.amazon.com/Super-Collapse-3-JC-PC/dp/B000FLYD9I/ref=pd_sbs_63_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B000FLYD9I&pd_rd_r=6c797fc5-c544-11e8-9084-47b0b2b8c51c&pd_rd_w=LVjP2&pd_rd_wg=QgeSx&pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKI...

I was a little off about the cover but still!!!!

I can't find any videos, but it sounds a lot like Discovery Kids: Snake Safari from what I'm seeing online. The Amazon page has a couple screenshots, if that helps.

that's either sort the court or reigns. more likely reigns. yea. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devolver.reigns&hl=en_US this is the google play version. PS, the four meters are religiousness, popularity, military strength, and wealth.

I think I might know what this was actually. Is it Pocket League Story?

This is the same team that developed the excellent Game Dev Story for iPhone and (later) Android. I remember playing this on my iPhone back in the early '00s.

There are! They're called "interactive fiction" or "text adventures," for your app-store searching pleasure. Fabularium is an Android one I know of.

You can get more games for it here.

Vector.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nekki.vector

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nekki.vector.paid

Also playable in-browser via Facebook.

Sequel Vector 2 also out, but haven't played it.

Here is the remake of Space Trader for the Android. I remember playing the crap out of this game. I was so excited when I found this remake.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.anderdonau.spacetrader&hl=en_US

lol I dont know what that game is but you can use Chwazi here or here to pretty much simulate what you wanted to happen.

I think I know this one, did it have a cutscene where he would either turn off your phone or fake it?

if so, the game is The Curse (Google Play, IOS)

Wave Wave (possibly Wave Wave Legacy, depending on when you played it).

Is it Eufloria? They are spores/seeds though and not spaceship like you mentioned.

Another one that I can think of is Auralux. Also no spaceships but have these little coloured dots fighting instead.

Sounds exactly like Quadropus Rampage, if you like this game you should also check out Crashlands; made by the same devs Butterscotch Shenanigans.

Could it be Yesterday? I've managed to find a walkthrough and it specifically mentions a master that challenges you to guess how many fingers he's lifting behind his back. The rest also seems to match your description.

I found the game! Went through my YT history (which took a while) and it's called MEMENTO:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/437030/MEMENTO/

Thanks to those that replied, or took an interest at least, but this is a TOTJ that can be put to rest.

This is a late answer, but the game(s) you're thinking of are the Gateway flash games. Gateway II is on Kongregate.

I remember playing this back in 2008. Memorable, but obscure.

But was there another game like this? Since this one came out pretty recently.

I also know of time4cat http://www.kongregate.com/games/megadev/time4cat but noting else with this mechanic comes to my mind.

Gotta be a DishTV game because they had a bunch of versions of Carrot Mania

Here's a catalog of all their games -- there's a lot, but maybe if you read through them you'll find the one you're looking for:

https://www.slideshare.net/hlarney/game-catalog-playintv

This sounds incredibly similar to Shadowcaster: http://www.mobygames.com/game/shadowcaster

The first level is a castle, and you are a human, and you collect things and then turn into a dragon to beat the level.

Does any of Star Control 1,2,3 have a mode where you can fight vs a friend with ships and not playing the story?

I did a check on google and This picture looks very close to what i remember ship wise.

Gameplay wise from youtube it looks more storybased game and not just fighting in space 2d mode.

I cant be sure.. Will be looking it up more closely soon when i got time to play it or span across more youtube vids.

I found it through MobyGames. Didn't realize they even had many arcade games in their database, otherwise I would have checked there first (I found Beast Busters through Google).

Here's the page I found Laser Ghost on.

At a guess, Deadly Tide? It's the only game like that I can remember from that time that sounds vaguely similar to your description.

If not, it'll probably be somewhere on this list - try looking from 1995 onwards.

If the style was similar to QfG4, try looking up other games that used the game engine, specifically SCI1.1 or SCI2.

Then search mobygames for any screenshots to see if anything rings a bell.

Since you've covered the main ones, I'll try some more obscure titles.

Ace Speeder 1 or 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUJqAimTWlU (Gameplay footage from AS 2)

Freeride Thrash http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/freeride-thrash/screenshots

The Ace Speeder games had a lot of different ships. Maybe one matches your memory but I didn't watch enough of the footage to see for sure and the selection screen at the beginning of that vid flipped by too fast for me to catch a good look. Freeride Thrash was much more limited with only two ships and one track, but the ship in the screenshots on Mobygames bears some superficial resemblance to the B-2 Spirit.