obscure pipe navigation computer game

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 5:27 pm

i'm wondering about a game from childhood i used to play all the time.

i'm pretty sure it was a c64 game, because other games i played on the same computer were impossible mission and spy vs. spy, and looking through screens they are exactly the kind of graphics i remember.

anyway, the game was very simple. you played an amorphic little creature (brightly colored i think). the whole point of the game was to navigate a set of pipes up to the surface of the level. and that was the entire game, from level to level, they would just switch up the tile layout.

FRO · Post by **FRO** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 5:30 pm

Oil's Well by Sierra?

Marc · Post by **Marc** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:28 am

Super Pipeline? Just guessing mind, gonna have to check to satisfy my curiosity now.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 4:21 pm

thanks for your help everyone, but i'm not going to pursue this any further.

i am of the mind where i cannot drop something, no matter how insignificant it may be. given that i last played this game more than 12 years ago, and in hindsite it was a bit boring to begin with (the whole game was navigate pipes to surface, walk to the right, fall down hole, do it again), not worth the effort.

again thanks to everyone who contributed.

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 5:32 pm

Sorry ahar, but as Marc said, it has nothing to do with you - we're in to satisfy our curiosity

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 6:16 pm

yeah, i understand that. carry on if you wish, i'll still be reading the thread if posts continue.

its just that at this point, i've basically given all i remember, so i will be unable to contribute.

edit: observe my extreme bi-polarity with this thread. topic title changed again to reflect current attitude. i am most irritating person on planet!

DC906270 · Post by **DC906270** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 6:27 pm

Pipemania?

I played it on Amiga - also released for SFC

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 6:36 pm

thanks but thats not it. i mentioned before that the game revolved around an amorphous blob of a main character. also, it wasn't so much a game as "interactive." strictly for kids, in other words.

Edge · Post by **Edge** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 7:06 pm

Pipedream
But it is probably not the game you are talking about. It is a nice puzzle game, anyway...

DC906270 · Post by **DC906270** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 7:08 pm

ah, pipedream - that is what i meant

ehh??? if pipedream is what i meant, what is Pipemania????

a whole new can of worms is opened

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 7:12 pm

actually, there is a pipe mania, didn't try it, but it appears to be a basic clone of pipedream.

doctorx0079 · Post by **doctorx0079** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 10:17 pm

The "not a game" part makes me think of The Manhole . . maybe it was made by the same company??

LoneSage · Post by **LoneSage** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 12:44 am

Bit of Pipe.

Not sure if that's a title or not, but oh how I know the agony of wanting to know a game from years ago D: