Looking for Name of DOS SVGA Shareware game from around 1995

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon May 03, 2004 9:32 pm

The game was similar to Oxyd in several ways because you contolled a ball that rolled around doing various functions. It differed in that the ball would be nudged in the direction of your mouse stroke and behaved as if it had weight and inertia. If I'm not mistaken, I believe the ball was a checkered pattern which makes me believe the game had its origin on the Amiga.

Anyway, the game used a top down perspective like Oxyd does and made you roll the ball around various traps and obstacles, all the time trying not to roll off the platform it was on. If it rolled off the playing field platform, it would appear to fall and disappear and you would lose a life. The graphics were absolutely stunning for the time, and in many ways still are, and I would really like a chance to see it in action again.

Thanks for your time,

Brian

Post by **Wally** » Mon May 03, 2004 9:37 pm

marble madness?

bdwilcox · Post by **bdwilcox** » Mon May 03, 2004 10:16 pm

No, it was similar to Marble Madness but it was on a flat playing field where there were little trap doors that would make you fall and little puzzles to solve with switches that would make little doors open. It also used a top-down perspective that parallaxed the playing field against the background rather than a 45° 3-D isometric view like Marble Madness.

Post by **Wally** » Mon May 03, 2004 11:21 pm

COuld it be the next version up from oxyd?

Oxyd Magnum?

bdwilcox · Post by **bdwilcox** » Tue May 04, 2004 12:45 am

I don't believe so. It seems all of the Oxyd games put you as a black marble, but this game used a white/greyish and red (Amiga) checkered ball that appeared to roll around. It was very well done and felt like it had inertia to it, so if you weren't careful, the bull would keep rolling a little bit after you told it to stop.

I first found this game on a DOS games compendium CD that I borrowed from a friend back around 96 or so, but unfortunately I've lost touch with him.

bdwilcox · Post by **bdwilcox** » Tue May 04, 2004 2:47 pm

I got it. For once in my life I kept an old slip of paper I actually needed.

It's the game Rollin' by HomeBrew Software. The game is fantastic and is definitely worth a try.

Thanks for the help.

-Brian Wilcox

Post by **wardrich** » Tue May 04, 2004 3:16 pm

it can be found HERE

-Richard-

Post by **emmzee** » Tue May 04, 2004 9:55 pm

Looks cool; since its shareware I'll dl it and possibly add it to dosgames.com.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed May 05, 2004 12:05 am

I've just contacted Home Brew Software to see if I can still buy the game from them. They got out of the shareware business for a while to do web design but have recently gone back to making games. Their games are excellent and highly underrated IMO.

For anyone that's looking for a good compilation of early Shareware to try, see if you can find the 101-Only the Best Games CDs. There were four of them if I can remember correctly, and the second volume is where I first found Rollin'.

Post by **Wally** » Wed May 05, 2004 5:49 pm

that is a good CD

I used to have it.. but it wasnt mine.