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Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: blueskirt on Thu 16/06/2011 00:38:29

Title: The "I'm looking for a game" thread: June 2011 Edition
Post by: blueskirt on Thu 16/06/2011 00:38:29
Alright, a friend of mine was looking for a game yesterday, a game he used to play when he was a kid, and since you guys are pro at finding the titles of old games people are looking for, I figured this was the perfect place to ask.

According to my friend, the game was a 2D platforming game, released between 1990 and 2000, on PC, where you could run, jump, shoot, morph into a ball and where you could fire a grappling hook on ceilings/walls to swing around from platform to platform. And no, it's not Super Metroid.
Title: Re: The "I'm looking for a game" thread: June 2011 Edition
Post by: Grim on Thu 16/06/2011 01:10:54
Turrican II.
Title: Re: The "I'm looking for a game" thread: June 2011 Edition
Post by: Chicky on Thu 16/06/2011 01:18:57
Your post made me remember Strider Returns, a game i had long forgotten about. Nostalgia five!
Title: Re: The "I'm looking for a game" thread: June 2011 Edition
Post by: LimpingFish on Thu 16/06/2011 02:12:33
Yep, sounds a lot like Turrican or Turrican II.

(http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/376735-turrican-ii-the-final-fight-dos-screenshot-starting-point.png)

Since only II was released for DOS, I'd say it's probably that one.
Title: Re: The "I'm looking for a game" thread: June 2011 Edition
Post by: blueskirt on Fri 17/06/2011 16:38:58
Thanks for the replies, I showed him vids of Turrican II but he says it's not that.

Apparently I misunderstood his description of the gameplay the first time around. According to him, you played as a ball, on the press of a button, a grappling hook was shot on ceilings so you could swing over gaps, on the press of another button the ball would turn into a robot that could fire at enemies, but not jump.

The hunt is still on!
Title: Re: The "I'm looking for a game" thread: June 2011 Edition
Post by: stepsoversnails on Fri 17/06/2011 16:56:44
it king of sounds like Super Putty or Super Putty Squad on the SNES. Just without the shooting and turning into a robot.
Title: Re: The "I'm looking for a game" thread: June 2011 Edition
Post by: Mati256 on Sat 18/06/2011 01:08:46
Anyone knows this game? It`s in spanish, but maybe you recognize it. I think is AGS made.
(http://i.imgur.com/CxSpd.jpg)
Title: Re: The "I'm looking for a game" thread: June 2011 Edition
Post by: Crimson Wizard on Sat 18/06/2011 21:07:42
Quote from: bluE3skirt on Fri 17/06/2011 16:38:58
Apparently I misunderstood his description of the gameplay the first time around. According to him, you played as a ball, on the press of a button, a grappling hook was shot on ceilings so you could swing over gaps, on the press of another button the ball would turn into a robot that could fire at enemies, but not jump.

Furry of the Furries?
http://www.abandonia.com/games/279

it wasn't a robot though