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1988 - 1994 DOS Side Shooter / Puzzle (no scrolling) = Very difficult not recognizable on big lists
Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2021 10:21 pm
by theicecream
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.
1988 - 1994 DOS Side Shooter / Puzzle (no scrolling) = Very difficult not recognizable on big lists
Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2021 10:22 pm
by theicecream
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1988 - 1994 DOS Side Shooter / Puzzle (no scrolling) = Very difficult not recognizable on big lists
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2021 11:08 am
by Swiftcutter
Something like Lode Runner, maybe?
1988 - 1994 DOS Side Shooter / Puzzle (no scrolling) = Very difficult not recognizable on big lists
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 6:44 pm
by theicecream
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.
1988 - 1994 DOS Side Shooter / Puzzle (no scrolling) = Very difficult not recognizable on big lists
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2021 7:56 am
by Rwolf
Hmm...maybe
'Out of this world'?
Shooter (laser gun perhaps?) and puzzles, mostly black/blue colors.
1988 - 1994 DOS Side Shooter / Puzzle (no scrolling) = Very difficult not recognizable on big lists
Posted: Sun May 02, 2021 7:42 pm
by theicecream
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.
1988 - 1994 DOS Side Shooter / Puzzle (no scrolling) = Very difficult not recognizable on big lists
Posted: Mon May 03, 2021 3:53 pm
by Swiftcutter
Arctic Adventure?
1988 - 1994 DOS Side Shooter / Puzzle (no scrolling) = Very difficult not recognizable on big lists
Posted: Wed May 05, 2021 12:45 am
by theicecream
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.
1988 - 1994 DOS Side Shooter / Puzzle (no scrolling) = Very difficult not recognizable on big lists
Posted: Wed May 05, 2021 4:50 pm
by Rwolf
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
1988 - 1994 DOS Side Shooter / Puzzle (no scrolling) = Very difficult not recognizable on big lists
Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 2:47 pm
by Swiftcutter
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.
1988 - 1994 DOS Side Shooter / Puzzle (no scrolling) = Very difficult not recognizable on big lists
Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 6:49 pm
by emmzee
Yeah I'm thinking Monuments of Mars running in CMW CGA mode also ...
https://dosgames.com/game/monuments-of-mars/