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Video Games => Video Game Chat => Topic started by: Mega 2 on May 03, 2007, 09:49:42 PM
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Years ago I played a couple titles on N.E.S. and one on Sega Genesis that I can't remember the titles of. I'd really love to learn what these were called and maybe find copies someday. Any info you can give me will be appreciated.
Game 1 (for N.E.S.): All I remember is that the final boss was a giant eyeball hanging from a ceiling. It dripped slime that became pillars.
Game 2 (for N.E.S.): You were a werewolf who for some reason had metal hooks for hands.
Game 3 (for Sega Genesis, released ca. 1994): You were a claymation-looking guy, and you had to light a candle to beat one of the early stages.
Do any of these descriptions ring a bell for anyone?
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That last one for the Sega Genesis may be Vector-man, considering you said you were playing as "claymation-looking guy". If you meant the character looked 3-D, then it was probably Vector-man, considering it used Pre-rendered graphics to give the illusion of 3-D. Maybe. That's the first thing that poped into my head.
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Game 2 is Werewolf: The Last Warrior
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Game 1 certainly rings a bell, but I can't put my finger on it. Game 3 might be either Vectorman or any of the other several Genesis titles that had claymation-ish characters. Other than that, I can't help.
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I think the last one might actually be Claymates.
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Thanks, Megabyte. I looked that title up on Moby games and that's definitely it.
Game 3 wasn't "Vectorman" or "Claymates." It was a very cartoonish platform game. The graphics were reminiscent of "Donkey Kong Country," and the main character looked like he might be related to Gumby.
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Earthworm Jim? Nah.
Maybe it was Jazz Jackrabbit or something.
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Could be Boogerman, but I really hope it isn't.
Gumby, ye say? Well, I remember having a game for my Genesis very similar to the one you described; I'll go digging through my collection and see.
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Wait, could game 3 be Puggsy, perchance?
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"Puggsy!" That name sounded right as soon as I read it, and now I've done some research and found out that that's the same game for sure. The screenshots on MobyGames threw me off because the graphics looked very different from how I remembered (probably because we're talking about a game I played one time when I was 11), but then I looked up a walkthrough on GameF.A.Q.s and found the part about the candle. Thank you, Fifth!
Now we just need to figure out the one with the eyeball boss. I think it was a difficult platform game with frantic autoscrolling and living bug-platforms, but my memory could be playing tricks on me again.
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Game One sounds really similar to Kid Icarus, except for the fight with Medusa: it takes place with Medusa at the right of the screen, shooting snakes at you from her eyeball.
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It wasn't "Kid Icarus." Unfortunately I've never played that legendary game.
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Contra, perhaps? No...maybe BattleToads?
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Maybe it was Jazz Jackrabbit or something.
I don't think Jazz Jackrabbit was ever ported to Genesis...
Claymation could be Clayfighter... I don't know very many games where you light candles to beat stages, besides LoZ.
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I thought Jazz Jackrabbit was best known on the Genesis.
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No way. It was made famous on the PC.
If we're going to find out the game, we need some details about the eyeball boss. Did it have tentacles, teeth, anything like that?
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Could you draw a mock screenshot of the battle?
... It probably wouldn't help much, but it might be fun.
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I haven't played this game in 14 years. You're not gonna get a mock screenshot. : )
I just remember that there was a big eyeball, and the ceiling around it dripped green stuff. If it hit you it hurt you, but if it was allowed to build up it formed vertical pillars. You could shoot out segments of the pillars, but the parts above would remain, defying gravity. I think the ceiling also moved up and down.
It wasn't "BattleToads," and I'm pretty sure it wasn't "Contra" either.
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I still don't know the game, but that sounds like a wicked-awesome final boss.
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If memory serves it's a fun game, but not truly outstanding. That's probably why no one recognizes it: it didn't earn the status of a classic like certain other N.E.S. games did. But I'd still love to know what it was called.
Now that I think about it, it might have been one of the "Ninja Gaiden" games. Is there anyone who's played through those who can tell me what the final bosses are like?
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Final boss of Ninja Gaiden? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.... yeah right.
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What about "Ninja Gaiden 2?"