1988 - 1994 DOS Side Shooter / Puzzle (no scrolling) = Very difficult not recognizable on big lists

theicecream · Post by **theicecream** » Fri Apr 16, 2021 10:21 pm

Peers never heard of it when it was out it must be a one-off from an unpopular studio.

Very heavy silver and black theme like 95%. Other color is blue

It was probably free. My parents would never have bought me it.

Audio was just blip and bonk.

It was a few word title describing the hero like Robocypher or something like that.

Not a lot of sprites like one or two per level, it was sort of a puzzle game.

You had a laser gun.

You needed to avoid spikes and break glass

The graphics were pretty good for the time, as in they didn't look drawn like all the other games I saw from the era.

theicecream · Post by **theicecream** » Fri Apr 16, 2021 10:22 pm

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Swiftcutter · Post by **Swiftcutter** » Mon Apr 19, 2021 11:08 am

Something like Lode Runner, maybe?

theicecream · Post by **theicecream** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 6:44 pm

I played LodeRunner concurrently, as well as a game called Hardball III, during this time. Not very helpful but I rotated these three. The LodeRunner version would have been 1994.

I wonder if I should expand my years.

Rwolf · Post by **Rwolf** » Wed Apr 21, 2021 7:56 am

Hmm...maybe 'Out of this world'?
Shooter (laser gun perhaps?) and puzzles, mostly black/blue colors.

theicecream · Post by **theicecream** » Sun May 02, 2021 7:42 pm

It's like that game was created to deliberately make the search harder. No the graphics weren't as good, they weren't drawn either, more like 8 bit. Also, that game looks way more fun.

Thanks for your help folks. I think I about give up on this one.

Swiftcutter · Post by **Swiftcutter** » Mon May 03, 2021 3:53 pm

Arctic Adventure?

theicecream · Post by **theicecream** » Wed May 05, 2021 12:45 am

This game basically stole Arctic Adventure apparently - or vice versa. The spikes are nearly identical.

The problem is the graphic quality is a little higher in mine, better resolution. Plus your guy is wearing a spacesuit.

Rwolf · Post by **Rwolf** » Wed May 05, 2021 4:50 pm

So...maybe something from the same developer/publisher Apogee Software, or involving the same designer George Broussard?

https://www.mobygames.com/company/apogee-software-ltd

https://www.mobygames.com/developer/she ... erId,1007/

I looked at a few of his games, and possibly Bio Menace is similar? Lots of Black/Grey(Silver?)/Blue, and a spiked ceiling in one screenshot:

https://www.mobygames.com/game/bio-menace/screenshots

Swiftcutter · Post by **Swiftcutter** » Thu May 06, 2021 2:47 pm

Monuments of Mars, then? It's basically the same as Arctic Adventure, but with a little spacesuit guy...
The colors were red-yellow-green when I played it, but I found some screen shots of the game running with a cyan-magenta-white palette as well.

Post by **emmzee** » Mon May 10, 2021 6:49 pm

Yeah I'm thinking Monuments of Mars running in CMW CGA mode also ...

https://dosgames.com/game/monuments-of-mars/