/r/tipofmyjoystick
This is a subreddit for finding the name of a game that you can't remember. Read the rules, post your description, and hopefully someone will be able to identify it. Be sure to help out if you think you may have an answer to someone else's post!
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/r/tipofmyjoystick
Hi, I'm surching for a game from my youth, an fantasy rpg game in 3d, staring a man that can shapeshift in a lizard or a monster depending on the situation. You can use magic and mêlée weapons. At the beginning you are in a prison/cave and escape and after that a forêt. The animations where with réal human actors. Would be great to find it again a play it. Thanks
hi! this is a shot in the dark because i only remember a few details about this game lol. again, as stated in the title, this was an online movie-maker game or maybe an application i played on school computers back in 2016-18. it was very possibly on something like ABCya! (probably not that, but a similar website. perhaps friv? idk) i feel like it was a website like that because i remember trying to get it up on a tablet too. the art style i remember being cartoony, but i couldnt draw it from memory.
now time for the reason im making this post. there were three characters featured for you to use in the movie (im sure there were more but these were the main 3) a sister, brother, and cat. the cat was a black cat named “011”(possibly also 001).
the mechanics of the game were very simple and easy. i remember there were scenes/backgrounds you could choose from. the ones i remember best were a back yard, a living room, and space. you could put the characters in preset positions/animations holding preset items (for example, there was an option to put the cat in a spaceship or make the girl hold an apple). essentially you would just make scenes, using the little animations + speech bubbles and there was maybe like a little plus button and it added the scene to the movie. at the end you would play the movie. i made endless amounts of these and forced my parents to watch them. i remember the cat was implied to be an alien/something similar but tbh it just looked like a normal black cat. think perry the platypus? or maybe i just always made it that way. this is driving me CRAZY and i cant remember anything else about it. thank you for any help anybody can offer.
Platform(s): PC
Genre: Magic Fight
Estimated year of release: Sometime in 2010s
Graphics/art styles: Cartoon-y
Notable characters: I don't remember if there was any characters
Notable gameplay mechanics: Combining magic elements.
Other details: This is a long shot since I barely remember the game. You play as a Chibi(?) Mage that can combine 2 elements to create new elemental spell. Might be multiplayer idk. Name is Magik or something.
Platform: PC (not sure if it was released in any other console)
Genre: Magic, Fantasy Adventure
Estimated year of release: 2002 or maybe earlier
Graphics/Art style : Bright world's, full of castles and 1 storeyed marbled buildings, cartoonist
Notable characters: The MC is a Prince as far as I remember
Notable gameplay mechanics: He shoots magic bullets and eventually gains different elements
Other details:
One thing I remember is each stage was shown in the map as a floating island in the sky and the prince jumps from the edge of each island and an Eagle spawns who he rides.
Another thing I remember is in between levels there is a bonus level which is in the dark and you are riding some sort of boat where you have to shoot monster like looking balloons to gain points.
Platform(s): Flash/web
Genre: Mystery?/Point and click
Estimated year of release: Sometime in 2000-2010s
Graphics/art styles: Cartoon-y
Notable characters: I don't remember if there was any characters
Notable gameplay mechanics: Point and click
Other details: This is a long shot since I barely remember the game. It's a flash game that I played on the browser back in early 2010s. I think I followed someone or something through snow into a cave? One of the puzzles was to match notes and colors together. It's a fixed camera game (not top down) and cartoon-y.
Hello everyone, I'm looking for the fighting video game, if I'm not mistaken, that appears in the song Battle for Britain (The Letter) by David Bowie, it's at minute 3:30 of the song, just after the piano solo, I can't find it although it brings me a lot of nostalgia, does anyone know which one it is?
Thankssss!
I remember playing a browser game years agothat had a very distinct 2D art style (pixelated and simple). Here’s what I remember about the game: The main objective was to climb a tower. Each floor of the tower was a single level, and you'd progress room by room. You fought NPCs who each had their own teams of monsters that you battled against. After completing each floor, there was a big room full of eggs, and you could pick one to add to your team , but you didnt know what was inside of the egg untile you chose it. One of the monsters was a T-Rex, which was very strong and had an ability that would bite your entire team during battle. The game started in a forest, and you met an old man who gave you a tutorial fight. The characters and environment had a 2D, pixelated look.
The game was on a site like PokiGames or Armor Games.
Does anyone remember the name of this game? I've been trying to find it for ages!
It was a side scrolling game where I'm pretty sure you fought these black shadow type enemies. Your weapon was a gun that shot a lightning, electricity bolt which grabbed onto the enemies and you had to slam them off the ground to inflict damage. The protagonist was a young boy.
Edit: I was mistaken, it wasn't the SNES, it was the PlayStation, amd the game was Wild 9
I remembered this game that is stuck in my head but I couldn’t remember the name. This game I got when I was little on the first gen of IPads (front what I can remember). This game was an action platformer where you shoot your guns at robots. You play as some creature, it was a pink creature from what I can remember and you have four arms (I maybe mistaken by this detail or not). But you are helping theses raccoon like critters against the robots. But there are some stealth sections where you play as a good robot. I may have gotten some or many details wrong but I’ve been thinking about this game for years but couldn’t find the name of it?
yo reddit, so i'm trying to find this game i played somewhere between 2014 and 2016.
game was played in a browser. it could have been a flash game. it had flat 2d cartoon graphics. it was free.
you had a micro-earth-like planet in the center of a space blue background. you launched tiny rockets from the ground by applying throttle and rotation while fighting against the planet's gravity. if you did it wrong the rocket would crash into the ground or fly off beyond the screen edge into space. you scored points by keeping as many rockets in freefall as possible, completing more loops around the planet, ideally in stable orbits. i think you were awarded stars for combos or something?
it was not a steam or console or mobile game, it was 100% a free browser game you could play on a desktop. maybe it was playable on a touchscreen too, i don't think i checked.
it was not:
thank you in advance!
Hi everyone,
I recently came across this YouTube video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLOcj5qvOio) showing an Augmented Reality game that seems to focus on astronomy. I’m trying to figure out what it’s called. Here’s what I know:
Does this ring any bells? Thanks for your help! 😊
Platform: I suppose it was PS3 since that was the console I played the game on, but since it had a CFW could also be from PS1/PS2?
Genre : Platformer, similar to Contra & Metal Slug
Estimated year of release : Somewhere between 2000-2012
Graphics : It was 2D
Other details : I remember it had a construction zone where you were killing people. I don't think you were able to see the face of the character. The game's in 2D, so there weren't too many details related to the graphics. Been trying to find the game for couple years, but I can't seem to find it.
I am looking for an older browser based game where the goal was to build larger base then your opponent by clicking on square tiles.
It had very simple graphics, imagine a square grid, where you can click on 1 square and that square becomes yours. You had a base square in the beginning, and you could expand your base by clicking on the next square.
Every square had a counter, so if you clicked multiple times on a square it was "stronger" and by every click the counter went up on the square. Also the graphics had some 3d elements, when the square had more and more points, it went upwards from the square grid. Imagine it like this: if you have a square with 10 points, its 1mm thick, but if you have a square with 1000 points it was 1-2cm thick.
Your opponents could decrease your tiles by clicking on them, and also you could click on the opponent tiles, reducing the points from it. When the tile reached 0 and you clicked 1 more it became yours.
Every player had a different color.
I played this game between 2005-2015 but i dont remember exactly when.
Also imagine the concept was like the old browser based games like travian/gladiatus/tribalwars etc. but way more simpler.
Does any1 knows which game I am looking for? Does it even exists nowadays?
Thanks in advance.
Probably from the 90s. I wish i could remember more.
Here are the things i remember.
Please help me find this game.
This has been driving me crazy for years, I have the blur memory of this game i played when I was like 6.
All I can remember is the main character is really similar to crash bandicoot, not a bandicoot of course but the design is as I said, similar... I kind of recall having another character that is on the shoulder of the main character.
As for setting I kind of remember there's a home base and it was set in a jungle/forest.
For gameplay I kind of remember that to start the game you leave your house and go into the wild and start exploring
As for console I can't really recall since in that time my brother went from N64, GameCube and PS2 in a year or two
All i know about this game is that the cover of the case has a girl on a swing in a snowy environment. The girl on the cover looked creepy and unsettled me a bit looking back now,any ideas?
(Already posted but deleted) So for context, I played this game super while ago, its a dragon ball game focused on the Z series, There was frieza, Cell, buu, and more, I loved that game and it's amazing it has transforms and all kind of stuff that you'd want in a dragon ball game, but sadly I can't remember it's name, all I remember that it has "super" for some reason in it's name, and it's game picture is blue and a man firing an energy blast, I just can't find the game, if anyone know something about it let me know asap!
Landscape-format asteroids-style space shooter game. I vividly remember neon yellow outlines of asteroids and other space projectiles that you had to shoot.
I remember playing it on an iPod touch if that helps, but I’ve been ransacking the App Store and I can’t find it.
I remember there was a lite version and that was what I had installed on the iPod.
Edit - I also remember the icon bring a picture of the ship you controlled in the game
Platform(s): Iphone 3g, PC
Genere: 2d gravity Physics "platformer"
Estimated Year of Release: 2009ish
Graphics/Art style: Clean Minimialist Solid Black Shapes and Foreground in front of a singe colour background (may have had some basic shading or animation) Not pixelated.
Notable Characters: -Black Square Dude and his Girlfriend (probably some other enemy characthers and npcs) -The Square Dude had rounded corners. -The Girlfriend probably had a bow and was probably the same shape.
Notable Game Mechanics: -Clicking/Tapping creates a circular gravity field where your cursor/finger is held. -Universal Downwards gravity applied. -Your objective was to repel (or pull?) the black square over and around obstacles and spikes to reach a goal point. -Spikes were a common hazard. -There were other gravity wells that could push and pull you in a circular gravity field (probably some other shapes too). -You were probably able to repel other objects with your input. -There may have been bossfigts and other characters you could meet. Eg. spiky black shapes.
Other Details: -The main charachter probably said "damn" -The charachters probably only had one or two white eyes for details. -The effect used for the "gravity wells" was a simple white rippling circle effect. -The basic plot had you searching for your girlfriend to rescue her. -I don't know if the version I played on PC was a flash game, or a native PC port.
Platform(s): Pc/mobile I dont remember
Genre: platformer game
Estimated year of release: 2012?
Graphics/art style: I believe it was pixel art style
Notable characters: I dont recall
Notable gameplay mechanics: Platformer game where each level you beat unlocks the art in the background of each map
Other details: I remember watching youtubers play it. I think the artwork you unlock from each level are supposed to be goddesses? I just remember they were anime girls with big boobs. I think they were all pixel art sort of style but im not 100% sure. I think they wore like ancient greek clothes i dont remember entirely.
Platform(s): PC Flash
Genre: 2D point-and-click RPG
Estimated year of release: 2000 - 2010
Graphics/art style: 2D cheap typical flash game.
Notable characters: protagonist is a young adult male.
Notable gameplay mechanics: Point-and-click 'open world'. You need to find and use items to progress in the story.
Other details: It's a 2D point-and-click RPG using only the mouse. I believe we are on a tropical holiday. At some point in some location you find a doctor pepper, then in the gazebo location you can drink it which makes you fart and a rope falls from above. You use this rope later to swing across an ocean bay, and I think the Indiana Jones theme plays while you do that.
I vaguely think it's the second game in its series, where in the first game you had to beat the end boss by feeding him magical cheese sausages.
I played this game somewhere in 2010, it was like a shooting 2 game with descent graphics (not like cartoon), one of the tools the character used was camera, and I could clearly hear a camera's shutter
Platform(s): mobile
Genre: mmorpg i believe
Estimated year of release: 2015?
Graphics/art style: Anime kind of art style
Notable characters: I think there was a tribe girl you could play as
Notable gameplay mechanics: I think it was like summoners war where it was turn based gameplay?
Other details: I think the name of the game was tribe wars or something like that but everywhere i look online its like the game never existed. I do remember the game being connected to another game called Avatar Fight Online where the link to the game was in Avatar fight.
Platform(s): Mobile
Genre: Action Rpg i believe
Estimated year of release: not sure but i played it around 2015
Graphics/art style: 2 art styles: 1 detailed anime artstyle for showcasing the characters, 1 more pixelated for actual gameplay
Notable characters: The first character you play as and unlock is this black guy with a wife beater and jeans (?)
Notable gameplay mechanics: | believe it was a side scrolling game where u just fight enemies you encounter in each map(?) You also get to unlock more characters you can play as.
This image is the best I can do to recreate what I remember. He may have worn a green shirt, I don’t remember much. Please, if you know anything, let me know. It was a 2d flash platformer game I believe.
i’m so sorry i barely have any info but this has been annoying me for weeks
Platform: i’m pretty sure it was pc but we also had an xbox at the time
Genre: fairytale quest/combat
Estimated year of release: early 2000’s? i’m not sure though
Graphics/art style: 2D but not as cartoonish as early zelda games, more like diablo 2 lord of destruction if it was 2D?
Notable characters: all i know is my brother played as a male fairy
Other details: i remember his character was a fairy and he had to talk to various npcs to complete quests. i vaguely remember some fighting maybe? when the characters spoke their speech showed up in text bubbles at the bottom of the screen.
I’m new to this sub sorry if I don’t follow the exact template. Genre: definitely an indie game Game details: It was 2d, so the perspective was above and everything was flat like looking from the top of the map. Everything was black and white and somewhat pixelated, and the monsters chasing you were kind of like blobs from what I remember. The title for the game was definitely in spanish and had something to do with death or apocalypse or something like that. Played this as a kid on my old HTC phone, would greatly appreciate if someone recognized this game it’s such a childhood memory for me.
Hello! This has been nagging at me for as long as I can remember. I was gifted it by my mom’s ex boyfriend when I was a kid, and it came with a Nintendo 3Ds I was given by him as well. It was a cartridge, I can just barely remember it exactly but not the name.
The game looked like a flash game with a cartoony, a bit pixelated drawn style and flat colors. There were animals that were monkeys (lots of monkeys, bananas, and the monkeys would laugh or make lots of noise and stay at the corner or top of your screen) lions, zebras and gazelles. A few other animals I don’t remember in specifics, but they all looked pretty simple. The main gameplay was just casual mini-games you did on your own. I remember sticks (You lifted sticks from a pile without making any others move. I remember you played against a monkey or ants, and causing the other stick to move would cause an immediate game over pop-up), spot the difference which had a difficulty toggle option, and memory games.
The only point of the game was to play solo fun puzzles and things like that. I have never been able to find it, and I’m hoping I can for nostalgia sake.