Trying to remember a game from the early 90's

leonk · Post by **leonk** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 1:37 pm

When I was a kid, I remember a console game I used to play at the local sears store. I thought all these years that it was R-type on the turbografx-16 but after seeing online gameplay I realized it's not.

The game is a side scroller. Alien futuristic type game. Your on some kind of planet and you jump around in what seems like caves. There's things all around you that you shoot. I recall r-type like long snakes coming in and out. They go around you and the trick was to know where to stand to not get hit.

There were 2 memorable things about the game:

- how big the characters on screen were and how colorful and dark they were
- I believe (this could be wrong) that your character in later stages changed into flying ship from robot

I've been looking for this game for 25 years! Anyone know what it might be?

Xyga · Post by **Xyga** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 2:18 pm

Heavy Unit ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eyZvvVQMvQ

EDIT:

leonk wrote:you jump around in what seems like caves.

Oh missed this, might not be a shmup actually.

leonk · Post by **leonk** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 5:05 pm

No. Not dark enough. Game felt almost b&w with bigger characters on screen.

Xyga · Post by **Xyga** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 5:07 pm

But was it a pure shmup or some game with platformer elements ?

Plasmo · Post by **Plasmo** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 5:12 pm

Hyper Duel?

Or maybe Pulp Fiction?

Darude - Sandstorm?

Post by **system11** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 5:34 pm

Side Arms?

leonk · Post by **leonk** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 5:43 pm

Thank you all for the leads but they're not right. I specifically remember the jumping around and this sort of materializing / fading into a level.

pestro87 · Post by **pestro87** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 5:53 pm

I'm going to take a wild guess and say Mr. Heli since you mention "jumping", "caves", "There's things all around you that you shoot" and "fading into a level". It was released on the PC-Engine though...

EDIT: Or maybe Atomic Robo Kid? Again, that was also released on the PC-Engine

Cagar · Post by **Cagar** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 7:55 pm

Could you please explain the "jumping around"?
Was the game 2D? 3D? Was it a shmup? Did the player even shoot?

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 8:39 pm

Forgotten Worlds?

Post by **system11** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 8:50 pm

Xain D'Sleena (AKA Soldier Of Light)

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 8:54 pm

^ Xain D'Sleena (AKA Soldier Of Light)
Funny, I was just about to post that

But pestro87's Atomic Robo Kid is a good guess also.

leonk · Post by **leonk** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 9:19 pm

It was 2D side view. Very dark blue, gray and white. Very little color. It seemed like the flying snakes were coming out from the ground going in circles and going back in. Darn mind of a child.

loopyeddie · Post by **loopyeddie** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 9:56 pm

Are you sure it was TG16?

leonk · Post by **leonk** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 10:57 pm

I thought it was TG16 but not sure now. Maybe Genesis? It was a new system that was post NES.

Captain · Post by **Captain** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 11:02 pm

Wasn't there a really old game where you control a mech that could change into a spaceship on the go?

The ship could fly and shoots a laser where its going, the mech could jump and had a homing laser.

leonk · Post by **leonk** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 11:09 pm

Captain wrote:Wasn't there a really old game where you control a mech that could change into a spaceship on the go?

The ship could fly and shoots a laser where its going, the mech could jump and had a homing laser.

and the name of the game is ...

rancor · Post by **rancor** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 12:25 am

leonk wrote:It was 2D side view. Very dark blue, gray and white. Very little color.

Deep Blue?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF7y3q7MJ70

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 2:21 am

leonk wrote:
Captain wrote:Wasn't there a really old game where you control a mech that could change into a spaceship on the go?

The ship could fly and shoots a laser where its going, the mech could jump and had a homing laser.
and the name of the game is ...

Thexder

HydrogLox · Post by **HydrogLox** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 2:25 am

leonk wrote:
Captain wrote:Wasn't there a really old game where you control a mech that could change into a spaceship on the go?

The ship could fly and shoots a laser where its going, the mech could jump and had a homing laser.
and the name of the game is ...

That basically descibes Thexder.

Thexder PC-8801
Thexder Neo PSP
Thexder Neo PS3

There was a sequel "Fire Hawk - Thexder the Second Contact"

MSX2 THEXDER2 FIREHAWK

parallaxscroll2 · Post by **parallaxscroll2** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 3:28 am

Sinistron ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQJliYWXq90

Edit: I'm guessing it might be Deep Blue

Or how about Transbot aka Astro Flash on the Sega Master System? It was one of the SMS games on card (like TurboGrafx-16)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qlv-ufZaXTs

Again, edit:

What about Wings of Wor aka Gynoug on Genesis / Mega Drive. It's a side scrolling shmup, is very dark, almost B&W and has caves:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjiGztXBOYE

GrantWindsor · Post by **GrantWindsor** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 4:08 am

This has to be Arrow Flash for Mega Drive/Genesis.

parallaxscroll2 · Post by **parallaxscroll2** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 4:17 am

GrantWindsor wrote:This has to be Arrow Flash for Mega Drive/Genesis.

I was also going to say Arrow Flash on Genesis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex3ZOIvj4Qo

And also Psychosis on TurboGrafx-16: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d80JiPoTMXI

But Psychosis is so colorful.

GrantWindsor · Post by **GrantWindsor** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 4:32 am

parallaxscroll2 wrote: What about Wings of Wor aka Gynoug on Genesis / Mega Drive. It's a side scrolling shmup, is very dark, almost B&W and has caves:

In that case, one of the "snakes" is actually a penis. Thankfully, it doesn't move around the screen...or "in and out," as leonk stated.

Kollision · Post by **Kollision** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 4:47 am

Another option is Metamor Jupiter (PCE CD).

parallaxscroll2 · Post by **parallaxscroll2** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 4:57 am

It's gotta be BioMetal for the SNES.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JSCdhpUH2Q

Has some stages that are nearly b&w, (also some dark blues, grays and whits) cave-like levels and R-Type like snakes.

Xyga · Post by **Xyga** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 5:05 am

Well...

Side scroller, Alien, futuristic, planet, jump, caves, shoot, flying ship, robot.

That's the semantic field for like 50% of the games from that era.

Our only leads are the snakes and 'almost b&w with bigger characters on screen'.

Captain · Post by **Captain** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 7:17 am

Lets actually wait for an answer, we all handed our guesses.

parallaxscroll2 · Post by **parallaxscroll2** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 8:25 am

My last guess is Mega Turrican on Genesis / Mega Drive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H-qskYLiAE

Lots of jumping, shooting, side scrolling and the first boss is a multi-sprite snake. You seem to need to stand in the right place.

Cagar · Post by **Cagar** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 8:38 am

Remember that if he thought that it was R-type game, it has to be pretty damn similiar. Just a reminder, if someone missed it

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