The "I'm looking for a game" thread: June 2011 Edition

[blueskirt]

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.

[Grim]

Turrican II.

[Chicky]

Your post made me remember Strider Returns, a game i had long forgotten about. Nostalgia five!

[LimpingFish]

Yep, sounds a lot like Turrican or Turrican II.



Since only II was released for DOS, I'd say it's probably that one.

[blueskirt]

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!

[stepsoversnails]

it king of sounds like Super Putty or Super Putty Squad on the SNES. Just without the shooting and turning into a robot.

[Mati256]

Anyone knows this game? It`s in spanish, but maybe you recognize it. I think is AGS made.

[Crimson Wizard]

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