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What style of game was it? Point-and-click adventure? Side-scrolling platformer?
Side scrolling platformer.
Mm, not too convinced it IS this, but is it Hugo's Horrific Adventure, by any chance? Not the first one, one of the later ones (I don't recall which exactly). I remember there being a knife and an island and stuff in that...
^ Hugo III, Jungle of Doom!
is the one that takes place in a tropical wilderness.
No, that wasn't it but thanks for the suggestion. If I remember correctly, the graphics were a little more realistic and less "cartoony", if that makes sense.
Not sure if this game was released early enough for windows 95....but maybe you're thinking of Flashback?
The Secret Island Of Dr Quandary?
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I'll second Quandary, for what it's worth. It took place on a wooded island, there were a lot of virtually identical bridges, and you did have to find a knife at some point.
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Oh my god, Flashback is it! Thank you so much you guys! I would have never have found it otherwise!
This was a game demo for Macinotosh/and or Windows 95 (it came on some game I had). In the game you were a guy you were lost or kidnapped. I think you were on the run from someone. You were in woods or maybe an island. I don't remember a lot of it, since I only had the demo, but I think you were looking for a knife? I remember one part where you walk across a bridge. I know it's a terrible description but does anyone else recall this game???