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spived2 · 09-16-2003, 07:23 AM

Okay, I don't know if this thread has been made yet or not, but what the hell. If you have a game and you can't remember the name, post it and hope someone knows what it is.

here's mine:

Im trying to remember the name of an old game i played on my old nintendo. You were in first person but couldnt move. You would have to click on various object and doors to move around and solve puzzles to advance to new areas. I remember one part you had to take this orb and put it in a lake to freeze it and walk across.

What game is this?

krazixs · 09-16-2003, 08:49 AM

Shadowgate, can be purchased as a gameboy game now, and also had a brief remake as Shadowgate 64

Other games similar would be Deja`Vu also on nintendo but I don't know if it got ported to GB or not

Beltruckus · 09-16-2003, 08:52 AM

sounds similar to myst also.

krazixs · 09-16-2003, 09:04 AM

lol waaayyyyyy too old school for myst, but your right maybe a precursor.

JazzmanAl · 09-16-2003, 10:13 AM

Deja 'Vu was awesome, though really hrad to finish correctly.

bundy · 09-16-2003, 10:30 PM

wow.
talk about blast from the past.

Deja Vu. i think i had that one on my Amiga 2000.

and i remember going over to a friends house heaps just to play Myst when it first came out.

Nefir · 09-17-2003, 06:39 AM

Oy.... so I actually remember the name of this game, I just can't find it anywhere. If anybody can help me, I'd really appreciate it.

Its called "BOLO". It was on a demo disc several years ago, back when Win'95 was cool.

Its a Windows puzzle game, with a top-down view, the point of which is to manipulate a sort of heavy iron ball on a chain (the chain is connected to your mouse cursor). By jerking your mouse in certain ways you can get the ball rolling, spinning around on the chain, etc. You have to navigate it around the level, avoiding holes, and hit the right things to solve puzzles.

I have tried my best to find the demo disc and the game itself on the net, but finding diddly squat. Anyone know what I am talking about?

IckUber · 09-17-2003, 08:44 AM

Try playing Beyond Zork. That game was awesome.

Shadowman · 09-17-2003, 10:36 AM

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Originally posted by Nefir
Its called "BOLO". It was on a demo disc several years ago, back when Win'95 was cool.

Windows 95 was never cool, it was just new and inventive. Microsoft is so not cool :-)

floonine · 09-17-2003, 10:42 AM

The game I can't remember is one on Genesis: the main character was a guy who had this thing on his arm that was not unlike a bionic commando arm, that he could use to swing and grab stuff with. Does anybody remember that game?

Sun Tzu · 09-17-2003, 03:52 PM

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Originally posted by Nefir
Oy.... so I actually remember the name of this game, I just can't find it anywhere. If anybody can help me, I'd really appreciate it.

Its called "BOLO". It was on a demo disc several years ago, back when Win'95 was cool.

Its a Windows puzzle game, with a top-down view, the point of which is to manipulate a sort of heavy iron ball on a chain (the chain is connected to your mouse cursor). By jerking your mouse in certain ways you can get the ball rolling, spinning around on the chain, etc. You have to navigate it around the level, avoiding holes, and hit the right things to solve puzzles.

I have tried my best to find the demo disc and the game itself on the net, but finding diddly squat. Anyone know what I am talking about?

I could have sworn BOLO was a tank game

Nefir · 09-17-2003, 05:07 PM

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Originally posted by Sun Tzu
I could have sworn BOLO was a tank game

Nope, this was certainly not a tank game. Also, there's a game out there called BOLO BALL, a DOS game, and its also not it.

BOLO's logo was a round face of some sort.. I am doing my best to reconstruct it in my mind's eye, but am failing miserably.

two_tailed · 09-17-2003, 05:13 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by floonine
The game I can't remember is one on Genesis: the main character was a guy who had this thing on his arm that was not unlike a bionic commando arm, that he could use to swing and grab stuff with. Does anybody remember that game?

I remember this game. Played it a whole bunch. Can't remember the name though. I also played Bionic Commando a lot, so I get the two confused. Hmm, I think I still have my old Genesis somewhere. I should see if I still have the game...

fhqwhgads · 09-18-2003, 08:12 AM

I've got one for you...

It was back in the Win95 days, it was shareware (I believe). The whole concept was that you're a miner, and you dig into the ground dig-dug style. You mine gold and silver and such, take it back to the top, and sell it to buy more supplies. I remember that if you hit water the mine would flood and you'd die... I think the whole goal was to earn enough money to visit the whorehouse.

09-16-2003, 07:23 AM	#1 (permalink)
spived2 Desert Rat Location: Arizona	What game is this? Okay, I don't know if this thread has been made yet or not, but what the hell. If you have a game and you can't remember the name, post it and hope someone knows what it is. here's mine: Im trying to remember the name of an old game i played on my old nintendo. You were in first person but couldnt move. You would have to click on various object and doors to move around and solve puzzles to advance to new areas. I remember one part you had to take this orb and put it in a lake to freeze it and walk across. What game is this?

09-16-2003, 08:49 AM	#2 (permalink)
krazixs Psycho Location: courtin in the kitchen	Shadowgate, can be purchased as a gameboy game now, and also had a brief remake as Shadowgate 64 Other games similar would be Deja`Vu also on nintendo but I don't know if it got ported to GB or not __________________ The Kender in your party has just screamed in fear. Please roll a d20 to see how many of your body parts are still identifiable.

09-16-2003, 08:52 AM	#3 (permalink)
Beltruckus Psycho Location: Salt Lake City	sounds similar to myst also. __________________ The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings. Words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out. -Stephen King

09-16-2003, 09:04 AM	#4 (permalink)
krazixs Psycho Location: courtin in the kitchen	lol waaayyyyyy too old school for myst, but your right maybe a precursor. __________________ The Kender in your party has just screamed in fear. Please roll a d20 to see how many of your body parts are still identifiable.

09-16-2003, 10:13 AM	#5 (permalink)
JazzmanAl Crazy Location: Iowa?	Deja 'Vu was awesome, though really hrad to finish correctly. __________________ I should have been a pair of ragged claws Scuttling across the floors of silent seas. -The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, T.S. Eliot Your dumber then me.

09-16-2003, 10:30 PM	#6 (permalink)
bundy . Location: Tokyo	wow. talk about blast from the past. Deja Vu. i think i had that one on my Amiga 2000. and i remember going over to a friends house heaps just to play Myst when it first came out. __________________ Ohayo!!!

09-17-2003, 06:39 AM	#7 (permalink)
Nefir Junkie Location: Louisville, KY	Oy.... so I actually remember the name of this game, I just can't find it anywhere. If anybody can help me, I'd really appreciate it. Its called "BOLO". It was on a demo disc several years ago, back when Win'95 was cool. Its a Windows puzzle game, with a top-down view, the point of which is to manipulate a sort of heavy iron ball on a chain (the chain is connected to your mouse cursor). By jerking your mouse in certain ways you can get the ball rolling, spinning around on the chain, etc. You have to navigate it around the level, avoiding holes, and hit the right things to solve puzzles. I have tried my best to find the demo disc and the game itself on the net, but finding diddly squat. Anyone know what I am talking about? __________________ You do not use a Macintosh, instead you use a Tandy Kompressor break your glowstick, Kompressor eat your candy Kompressor open jaws, Kompressor release ants Kompressor watch you scream, Because Kompressor does not dance

09-17-2003, 08:44 AM	#8 (permalink)
IckUber Funran Location: Norman, OK	Try playing Beyond Zork. That game was awesome. __________________ How much is y'all Piolkles?

09-17-2003, 10:42 AM	#10 (permalink)
floonine Insane Location: Silicon Valley, Utah	The game I can't remember is one on Genesis: the main character was a guy who had this thing on his arm that was not unlike a bionic commando arm, that he could use to swing and grab stuff with. Does anybody remember that game? __________________ Political arguments do not exist, after all, for people to believe in them, rather they serve as a common, agreed-upon excuse. Foolish people who take them in earnest sooner or later discover inconsistencies in them, begin to protest and finish finally and infamously as heretics.

09-18-2003, 08:12 AM	#14 (permalink)
fhqwhgads Junkie	I've got one for you... It was back in the Win95 days, it was shareware (I believe). The whole concept was that you're a miner, and you dig into the ground dig-dug style. You mine gold and silver and such, take it back to the top, and sell it to buy more supplies. I remember that if you hit water the mine would flood and you'd die... I think the whole goal was to earn enough money to visit the whorehouse.