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I played a game on Kongregate about a year ago with a World War II vibe. The plot had something to do with Hitler discovering some ancient artifact that allowed him to make monsters out of his troops (or something), and now you have to fight them off and destroy the facility. You could also play as the Nazis and try to win the war for Germany. In between missions you were briefed by officers that had a very anime-like feel to them (art-wise). Gameplay was kind of like tower defense, except that both sides were producing units and sending them to the other side of the map, similar to Desert Strike from Star Craft if anyone's familiar with that. The in-game animation was similar to Kingdom Rush. Any ideas?
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First off, about the medium - it's more of a fanfic about a video game. Close enough, right? Anyway, the work in question was a Mario fanfic - actually, more specifically, a Luigi's Mansion one - ACTUALLY ACTUALLY, it was a choose-your-own-adventure on the Game FA Qs boards (except I don't remember any of the other user's comments, so maybe it wasn't one). I read this in about 2008, 2007 (yeah, my memory's bad) - this is just a rough guess. The plot was - "Luigi is chilling in his mansion (I don't remember if it was the ghostly one or not) with his friends when suddenly, BAD STUFF HAPPENS (I don't remember what), thus causing him to discover that there are evil ghost-parasite things attacking the ghosts of the mansion...who are here...for some reason that I don't remember, and they must save them...because. To save them, he has to go into their pasts from when they were alive... somehow... and (I'm completely guessing here, but it's reasonable) make things right, I suppose." There are certain points in the story that I remember - Sir Weston (a.k.a the human popsicle ghost in the freezer) was a mountain climber that burned to death, Jarvis (weird optional jar dude) was a salesman of some sort, probably a jar salesman, and finally, some of the other Game FA Qs members('s avatars) showed up at the end to fight something. Also, it wasn't The Verdict. I know that much. So, to summarize:
- It was on Game FA Qs' Luigi's Mansion board.
- It probably wasn't a choose-your-own-adventure.
- I read this in about 2007-2008.
- The plot is: "Luigi and co. hanging out. Bad stuff. Ghost parasites. 4 MINUTES BEFORE DEATH (not actually, but it was too good an opportunity to pass up)."
- Sir Weston burns to death.
- Jarvis is a salesman, probably of the jar variety.
- Game FA Qs members are there to fight something.
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I remember reading a preview in an old Game Informer about a game where you'd play a survivor of an apocalyptic scenario involving weird red growths on the environment (something like fungus or the Blacklight Virus growths from Prototype), working together with other survivors to try to get to safety. It was also promised that the disaster would not be an alien invasion. I can't remember the name or if anything ever came of it, though.
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Trying to remember the title of an SNES game I rented once long ago. It was definitely side-scrolling action. Dark color scheme, at least from my recollection. I think it was set in a fantasy feudal Japan - your character might have wielded a spear. The Japanese setting possibility is reinforced by your magic capacity being enumerated by kanji. I think you earned a new spell after each level. I know for certain it isn't First Samurai; I tracked that one down recently.
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In early 2010 I found this online wizard RPG I wonder if anyone knows the name of. There wasn't all that much to it as far as I remember. It was a wizard school RPG with a weird looking school that was nothing like Hogwarts. You created a detailed character from limited choices. You explored on this non-flash map that resembled the original two Neoquest games on Neopets. You didn't see your character on the map, but to the side. The classes were about different, element based types of magic, I want to say it was like earth, air, fire, water, dark, light, and energy, but if it wasn't it was something close. You had a very limited amount of energy, you used it up when you took a step or made an action. You only got 1 more energy point every hour or something unless you bought some with real money. I only played for less that a week before I gave it up. I believe a very early goal involved making a potion with "apricot mushrooms", which you often picked up when you walked.
Does anyone know what this was? Thanks.
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There was this video game i played a few years back but all i know is this:
1. It started with the line "Do you think you could reach that truck?" and was at the beach. 2. It then changed to going to a place that was dark, probably hiding from enemies. 3. Then Went back to the beach, the voice said "Be careful..." then the entire screen went pitch black and the voice said: "Dammit!" 4. Another thing i can remember is that, after all that, the girl is killed (I think) by someone, and i think you have to chase them to avenge her death.
It was a First person game and the voice was female and i think its a rated M game or a rated T game.
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So it's a computer game, internet game, really, and you have this dot that you have to get from one end of the 'board' to the other, but there are blocks, like ones that'll move if you press the up arrow or down arrow, and then later ones that move when you press the side arrows. Anyway, there's around 20 levels, and it's really addictive.
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I'm looking for a fan-made Pokémon computer game I played as a kid, I remember finding a download on the net years ago (back in... 2004-5-6? A good few years ago at least)
It starred Pikachu running through different stages, trying to avoid the Pokéballs getting thrown at it. You had to avoid them until the time ran out, and then you continued to the next level. If you lost (I think you had several lives), you got a "game over" screen with a countdown and a hurt/tired Pikachu, if you clicked continue you would start again from the same level. It had different themed stages, some with obstacles or other Pokémon in the way (I remember a water-level with a Shellder). Various trainers from the anime also made apperances, I remember Gary being somewhere in the game. I think it might have had "Pikachu/Pikachu's" in the name, but I'm not sure. Anyone knows what this is?
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I remember a flash game I played a while ago but I can't figure out the name. It had you running around a facility where an untrustworthy voice told you to do things that were going to harm you like saying "we need crystals" or something similar even though touching them killed you.
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There was a Source Film Maker short I found one time with the Scout's mom and the Spy. The Narrator says "the fastest way to a man's heart is through his stomach, but the fastest way to his stomach is through his butthole, so you may want to rethink your plan of attack there." And it ends with Scout's Mom's hand up Spy's ass. I can't remember the title of the short- anyone know?
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A few years ago, I played this freeware game where a ninja was traversing levels using a ninja rope. The sprites, both the ninja and the enemy guards, were very small and the levels were randomly generated landscapes filled with trees and chinese temple-like buildings. The goal of each level was to get through the level before the time ran out and let as little guards see you as possible (I think that if you were seen by ten guards, it was game over). One weird thing about the game was that the ninja rope was more like a ninja pole; if you shot it straight down and extended it, it actually lifted you in the air.
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There was this old PC game... The gameplay was like this. You were this purple fuzzy thing and you had to reach your children. Each map was composed of tiles, and and clicked where you wanted to go. There were things like lasers, mirrors that rotated the beams, bombs, ice panels that froze the character, and heat panels. I remember playing a free version of it that only had 10 levels. Hope this is enough information
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Their was this game on armour game i played but i dont know the name of it, it was where you had to run throughout 30 (i think) levels, the background is kind of gray and dark, but the Player Character Is blue of color, also, the ending line was "And so you ran, onwards toward a new life..." Or something like that. you can cutomize your character too.
I think i might have had the word "Run" Or "Life" In it.
Sorry for my bad spelling.
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There was this one educational video game i got as a kid, and it had these three yellow people, a guy wearing glasses, I think a guy dressed like a rockstar/Elvis Lookalike, and some girl in a dress. They were getting ready for a concert when the glasses guy accidently ruined all of their equipment, and so you had to help fix it. The game taught about light, sound, and electricity, allowing experimentation, anyone know what this is? I think the girl was in charge of light, the rockstar in charge of sound, and the nerdy guy in charge of electricity.
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Alright this is an odd one. It is a flash game. You play as a stick figure and everything (including you) is drawn with neon-like lines. You get upgrades after beating certain enemies that allow you to walk through different areas such as bombs. You shoot a gun that shoots little lines. At the end you find the king who grants you powers to create a world. I believe it is called something like this: The (single syllable, short word.) Please help.
EDIT: the main character's head was a rectangle.
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It was a really stupid premise for a video game, a generic deserty squad-based Iraq third/first-person shooter except you played as photorealistic furry rabbits or cats in American GI uniforms. I saw it when it was lambasted in a list of stupid video games on youtube. It had an insulting title like "Air F*** Five" or "Black F*** Down", had the F-word in it. Pretty sure it was from Japan.
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This is somewhat recent. It's an indie game that was in development about a year ago. It might still be. It was a sandbox game where you could destroy a city by creating anarchy with riots and other things. The real draw of it was being able to destroy the city and then watch as nature took over and then seeing a city rise again. I think the art style used cubes. Oh, and it was a pc game.
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This may read weird, but I'm trying to find this game that was still in development, last time I saw it. I think the basic premise was that you woke up on a space station, without other humans(this part I could be wrong about, or either all the humans are missing). The space station was either a testing facility or a space station, like in Doctor Who. I don't remember if you fought against anything. I know that there is a room in there that was a surgical room, and a machine would operate on you, givin you put in the correct stuff in the computer. The game was Fallout esque
Sorry if this seems confusing, but I'm hoping someone will know what I'm talking about.
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