The "I'm looking for a classic game" Thread
I'm looking for a horizontal shooter.
Looks something like Stargunner, but slightly newer:
From what I remember, you can upgrade your ship.
I'm also looking to some shoot em ups similar to Tyrian and Raptor, where you can upgrade things. It might not be a shmup, but in the similar way that you progress and upgrade. If someone have recommendations...
Looks something like Stargunner, but slightly newer:
From what I remember, you can upgrade your ship.
I'm also looking to some shoot em ups similar to Tyrian and Raptor, where you can upgrade things. It might not be a shmup, but in the similar way that you progress and upgrade. If someone have recommendations...
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I don't know if this helps but U.N.Squadron comes to mind.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.N._Squadron
Never got past the second level though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.N._Squadron
Never got past the second level though.
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Has anyone tried this? http://sourceforge.net/projects/o2r/ not sure about pipes thoughMrBlack wrote:OMG those 2 games, why'd you have to remind me. Is it possible to get them working on DosBox or something?Genius314 wrote:Anyone who can get Rodent's Revenge and Pipes from BOWEP to work on a modern version of Windows will forever be awesome.
Alternatively if you're running Linux they should work fine with WINE, OR...
Windows (x)>virtualbox>linux>wine>pipes
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They work fine on 32-bit versions of Windows - it's only the 64-bit versions that have trouble with such things.MrBlack wrote:OMG those 2 games, why'd you have to remind me. Is it possible to get them working on DosBox or something?Genius314 wrote:Anyone who can get Rodent's Revenge and Pipes from BOWEP to work on a modern version of Windows will forever be awesome.
As 16-bit games, you could use DosBox to boot up Windows 3.1 and run them from there; otherwise you'll have to use a proper virtual machine.
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P.S. Anybody know anything about Canton? It seems either the full version was never finished or never sold.
P.S. Anybody know anything about Canton? It seems either the full version was never finished or never sold.
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Re: The "I'm looking for a classic game" Thread
The 8+ year search is over! Found it!
It's called Monsters of Terror originally for MS-DOS but was left unfinished and unreleased. Not sure how my brother got a copy. It later turned into an Amiga game.
(This was my very first forum post back in 2012)
It's called Monsters of Terror originally for MS-DOS but was left unfinished and unreleased. Not sure how my brother got a copy. It later turned into an Amiga game.
(This was my very first forum post back in 2012)
troublesomekeen wrote: ↑Fri Feb 03, 2012 8:26 So there's this old DOS game that I've been trying to find for years. It would be a whole lot easier to find if I knew the name. But I can't remember! Do you know what game I'm talking about?
The exe was named "mon"
It's a 4-player game
Players can be controlled by Joystick, Keyboard or Mouse
There were 4 characters, each having a name. I can't remember their names but it went some like "Zappo" "Zippy" "Zappy" "Zippo."
2 characters were male, the other 2 were female
The game would start after a deep voice said "GET READY"
Each character starts in their respective corners of the map.
Each character has 3 (or was it 4?) lives.
The map was like a maze. The walls were blue, the floor was purplish.
At random, cherries would appear in various places in the maze. When a character spotted the cherries, they'd say "Ah! Bonus!"
The game was like...over-head, arcade shooter style
The objective was the clear the map of all monsters.
I used to call the game "Monsters". That very well could be the name of the game seeing as how the exe was named "mon".
But I can't find a game called "Monsters" ...snip...
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Re: The "I'm looking for a classic game" Thread
hooray! what a relief.troublesomekeen wrote: ↑Mon Nov 12, 2018 23:18 The 8+ year search is over! Found it!
It's called Monsters of Terror originally for MS-DOS but was left unfinished and unreleased. Not sure how my brother got a copy. It later turned into an Amiga game.
have you had a chance to play Monsters of Terror recently? and does it bring back sweet memories of the good ol' days!?
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Re: The "I'm looking for a classic game" Thread
Alas, tis not to be. Whoever is in charge no longer has the DOS version. I might try to config the Amiga version, but just seeing it again is enough. Almost enough.
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