DOS Games Discussion

Hi, there is an old game that I used to play on the PC that I can't find anywhere. While it probably wasn't famous as I never found about it, it was afaik well made.

It was a game that you picked a vessel (each one had a speed, firing power and mode, special and a cool visual) and a map, and you would play against other vessels controlled by the computer in a top-down view in a PVP-like mode. You would respawn if you died, as the other "players". I think there was a team mode and a free for all. Maybe it also had online mode, although internet wasn't common back then. It came in a CD-ROM game pack (I have no memory about this CD).

Platform(s): PC Genre: Shooter?

Estimated year of release: 90s-2000s

Graphics/art style: Something like this, but older and with spaceships - i.ytimg. com/vi/uN4hvMxRs9M/maxresdefault.jpg

Notable gameplay mechanics: I think the controls were only the arrows to move and rotate, and a key to fire and another to use the special. And, while they were space ships, you could only move above the terrain, you couldn't move outside the map.

Other details: I think there was also a text log for who shot down who.

I feel very frustrated as I can't find anything about it, and I have searched about it for many years :/ Just curious to find stuff of my past

Edit: A guy in reddit said it could be Subspace (youtube. com/watch?v=4m4bKu1ve20), it's similar but definitely it isn't the same game. Here is what I replied to him:

"Some images looks somewhat like it but it was different... This Subspace game seems to be just a black background with walls, but the game I used to play had more vivid maps, and the ships were a little different. There was indeed a map there was like in space, but there was also a map there was in something like a desert.

But maybe it's a good starting point to find it.

Edit: Searching for similar games to the one you pointed, found another similar game, but still not what I am looking for - youtube. com/watch?v=idvyjcb7lFI"

Guessing: Captain Forever Remix

Another one: Final Duel 2: Deathmatch arena
(no screenshots on Mobygames, could be too spacey, and it had local multiplayer only)
https://www.fractilegames.com/final-duel-2/

Hello, ok boy, I'm also looking for a top-down shooter with spaceships on a map. And the map had some "jumps" in the from the sand or water or bricks /cement. The game that I had was on a 100 demo games. I don't know why the game was named "hit to lose a friend" or "losing your best friend". I hope we both find out game, even if it's not the same game that we want.

HARKONNEN wrote: ↑ I hope we both find out game, even if it's not the same game that we want.

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Could be Chase Ace Deluxe maybe? There are some videos on YT

Or was it like one of those thrust/cave flyer type games? There were a lot of those back in the 90s, There is a list of them on Mobygames -> mobygames. com/game-group/cave-flyers-and-thrust-variants