The "What game was it?" Thread

[Carbonox]

May this be a thread where you can ask for identification of games that you remember playing or seeing played before, but don't know the title and can't exactly google it based on the information you have.

For me, a real puzzle for years has been some sort of a computer game from which I recall exactly one scene: a talking spider coming up to the player character and demanding a password, at which point one could be chosen out of a selection of three. Oh, and it was spoken in Finnish, though it could well have been a dubbed game. This was in the early 2000's where I briefly watched a friend's brother play it.

 

[HuskyGT]

A sci-fi 3rd person shooter for the PS2. It was one of those old blue discs. It was so weird and can't remember the name. All I remember is an old man and a four arm dog with a cigar.

 

[sesselpupser]

@Carbonox any other details? Was it a fantasy game, sci-fi, what platform was it on? FPS, RPG...?

A sci-fi 3rd person shooter for the PS2. It was one of those old blue discs. It was so weird and can't remember the name. All I remember is an old man and a four arm dog with a cigar.

I only ever played the demo of this on the Dreamcast, I always wanted to get it but never did and then the Dreamcast died anyway.

 

[JR98]

One game I've been wanting to remember the name of for ages was this old PS2 arena battle style game with futuristic looking vehicles. I remember it having weapons, powerups and an announcer who would be the boss for each level. Think it was released in the early 2000's, and it may have had one of Overseer's songs in it.

I've looked everywhere and have not found any game similar to it.

 

[Carbonox]

@Carbonox any other details? Was it a fantasy game, sci-fi, what platform was it on? FPS, RPG...?

I really have a faded memory on that one when it comes to details. It was on PC, played in first person mode I think, and may have had some sort of fantasy elements.

 

[Wiz]

I've got one that I've been trying to find for years. It was an old Apple II game, I think I played it on a IIGS. Since this was 30ish years ago and I was only around 10 years old, my memories of this game are pretty faded so I could be way off with the following description.

I want to say it was some sort of sci-fi/adventure game.

The only thing I can remember is walking into some sort of bar and sitting down at a game/card table, sitting across from an alien/being thing in a hooded robe. I want to say this thing had no face, or maybe just eyes.

The objective at this part of the game was to throw a knife between this beings fingers. He'd put his hand on the table with his fingers spread apart. The knife moved side to side on the screen and the goal was to hit a button when the knife was aimed between his fingers. If you hit his fingers, I think he killed you.

Unfortunately that's all I remember. Ring any bells?

 

[Northstar]

One game I've been wanting to remember the name of for ages was this old PS2 arena battle style game with futuristic looking vehicles. I remember it having weapons, powerups and an announcer who would be the boss for each level. Think it was released in the early 2000's, and it may have had one of Overseer's songs in it.

I've looked everywhere and have not found any game similar to it.

Sounds a bit like Jak X:Combat Racing

Spoiler

Granted it came out in 2005 and the announcer was only the final boss.

 

[HuskyGT]

@Carbonox any other details? Was it a fantasy game, sci-fi, what platform was it on? FPS, RPG...?

I only ever played the demo of this on the Dreamcast, I always wanted to get it but never did and then the Dreamcast died anyway.

That's it!!!! Finally! It's been killing me for years It was a decent game. Not very polished, but very unique. I played it a bit since my PS2 suddenly decided not to read anything on CD format.

 

[Wiz]

I've got one that I've been trying to find for years. It was an old Apple II game, I think I played it on a IIGS. Since this was 30ish years ago and I was only around 10 years old, my memories of this game are pretty faded so I could be way off with the following description.

I want to say it was some sort of sci-fi/adventure game.

The only thing I can remember is walking into some sort of bar and sitting down at a game/card table, sitting across from an alien/being thing in a hooded robe. I want to say this thing had no face, or maybe just eyes.

The objective at this part of the game was to throw a knife between this beings fingers. He'd put his hand on the table with his fingers spread apart. The knife moved side to side on the screen and the goal was to hit a button when the knife was aimed between his fingers. If you hit his fingers, I think he killed you.

Unfortunately that's all I remember. Ring any bells?

Found it. It was a game called "Manhunter: New York"

My memory wasn't too far off....