r/tipofmyjoystick

I was born in 2008 and played this game around 2011–2013, when I was only 3–5 years old. It's one of my earliest gaming memories, and I'd genuinely love to experience it again.

Platform(s): Windows PC. I remember launching it from a desktop shortcut, not a browser.

Genre: First-person shooter, very similar to Quake.

Estimated year of release: Unknown, but definitely no later than 2013. It could easily be a game from the late 1990s or early 2000s.

Graphics/art style: Old, very low-poly 3D graphics. Something along the lines of Quake 1 or Half-Life 1, with blocky environments and simple textures.

Notable characters: I remember fighting enemies that looked like monsters, mutants or strange non-human creatures. I believe they carried guns and shot at me, just like regular FPS bots.

Notable gameplay mechanics: As far as I remember, I could select different maps and fight against computer-controlled enemies. It felt more like an arena shooter than a story-driven campaign, although I might be wrong about that.

Maps I vaguely remember: A snowy/winter map: I distinctly remember snow or an icy environment. A train map: There were regular railway tracks and train cars. I think the train might have been moving, but I'm not certain. It could have been stationary. A multi-story maze-like map: A large, confusing building or structure with multiple floors, corridors and passages. Red environments: I remember a lot of red, particularly on walls, floors or parts of the maps. This is one of the stronger visual memories I have.

Other details: The game was installed on a Windows PC, and I played it when I was extremely young. Unfortunately, I don't remember the title, menu, HUD or exact weapons. I've already spent a lot of time looking through screenshots of games like Quake III, Unreal Tournament, Nexuiz, Alien Arena, Cube, Sauerbraten, X Operations and many other old FPS games. None of them looked familiar, although I can't completely rule anything out because my memories are so old. It could have been a really obscure game, a standalone Quake clone, or even a modded version of another shooter

[SOLVED, game is called "Stuck In Time"] It may have been called "overloop" at one point, but searches just bring up a sci fi by the same name, with weirdly similar events in the game.

Anyway, it was a fantasy game, where the protagonist starts in a tiny field, and by placing down pathing "stamps" you could have him travel and do stuff; every tile moved through, every fight, every conversation gained xp, making it slightly easier to do next time.

You had to spend "mana" to move and do stuff, though, and when you ran out, the loop would reset. I recall that at one point, some guards would teach you how to make a rat pelt cloak, and later, you would need to activate 4 crystals with a drop of blood from specific NPC's, including a necromancer you could go on a date with, and a swordmaster.

It was a very cool game, and I hope it hasn't vanished into the mists of time.

Looking for a 3D PC game on CD, around 2006-2010. Before each level you build a car: pick a chassis from several (mostly white, ~muscular-looking) and mount machine guns and rockets. Then you drive it yourself through an enclosed, futuristic corridor with an overhead camera. Robots are stationary, and some hide behind walls. Doors only open once all the robots in the room are destroyed. After finishing a level you get cash/points to upgrade the chassis and weapons, then the next level loads.

This has been plaguing me because I have such little memory of it I’ve almost convinced myself it’s a lie.

It was 3d movement. It’s a boy character with long arms and legs and it’s in 3rd person pov. He walks around. He gets to a carnival game where you test your strength by hitting with the hammer. It would turn into 1st person pov where he hits with the hammer and it lights up as he hits it. If you don’t reach a certain threshold the worker who is huge yells something at you.

I think you were able to walk around the town. I remember it being snowy and kind of dim. Also the carnival game was just one section of the game, but I don’t remember the rest :(

This was around the same time I was playing Catz if that helps. Thank you!!

I played this game when I was super young so I only remember bits and pieces. You play as a blonde girl/woman in a tan or beige outfit though it could have just been her skin with revealing clothing. She had a wand or a gun of some kind.

It takes place in a dungeon of some kind in the beginning and you explore for a bit before fighting a warrior who is incredibly easy to beat, likely a tutorial fight, next you wander for a while through the dungeon before a female warrior appears, I could never beat her so idk if it’s a fight that is mandatory to lose or what. The warrior lady had a sword and shield, I do not remember what the male warrior had.

This game is not turn based and has enemy names inside of the health bars, I don’t remember the enemy names anymore sadly. I remember the disc having reddish-orange coloring on it but I could be conflating it with another game I played as a kid so take that part with a grain of salt

This one has been driving me nutso for years now... Early days tried Google, now even AI ain't helping. Much gratitude to anyone here that can crack it. Apologies as my memory is horrible...

Pretty sure its NOT any FF games, Breath of Fire, The Legend of Dragoon, Dragon Quest

Platform(s): Console — I owned NES, Genesis, PS1, and PS2, so likely one of those

Genre: 2D top-down party-based JRPG, very Final Fantasy-like, lined-up turn-based battles

Estimated year of release: Probably late 1990s

Graphics/art style: 2D sprites, top-down overworld

Notable details:

- Party of multiple characters; sea pirates feature in the story

- You get a flying vehicle late in the game that's faster than earlier travel

- The airship is the thing I remember most clearly: a solid cube or square balanced on one corner so it looks like a diamond**, with** animated tracing lines of light on it. No wings — just a geometric solid you fly fast around the overworld

- I may be mixing in another game, but I vaguely recall a party member/creature that could be flown on earlier in the game. My memory was a dragon but not certain

I believe I came across this game on one of those online websites around 2010/2011 during a summer typing class in middle school. I remember that it was a black screen with green text. On the left of the screen with an area to type your answer, and a green outline of a figure on the right. I remember typing my response to its prompt and it would answer. I do not remember what it was about but it was some escape game like “there is a locked door” and you would answer “check for a key” or something like that. Similar to games like “A Dark Room” in that you couldn’t see what was happening only the figure speaking and the textbox. It may or may not have had sound. I also remember it having a little introduction monologue before unlocking the ability to text back.
Sorry Im not really sure if thats enough to go on, I remember trying to save the name of it on a thumb drive so I could play it outside of the typing class but have since lost it.

I figured this would be a good a place as any to ask, either that or I’m going crazy and hallucinated the whole thing :) Cheers

Platform(s): PC

Genre: Action/Isometric Shooter

Estimated year of release: 1995-2005-ish

Graphics/art style: Dark sci-fi, semi-realistic, dark moody atmosphere

Notable characters: Lead protagonist was a male I believe, in some kind of exo-suit or armor

Notable gameplay mechanics: I remember an isometric or top-down view. Lots of darkness and alien or robot enemies. I want to say it was click to move as well, but I could be wrong.

Other details: I don't think it was part of a larger franchise, and I think it was level-based rather than open world

Hello, I'm looking for a PS2 game I played during my childhood. It's a first-person shooter with a somewhat futuristic vibe. I remember starting with a pistol and what seemed to be an assault rifle.

The first stage takes place in an urban city at night. I also recall a level where you go to some kind of clinic or hospital where you only have the pistol equipped, but there are no enemies in that area—just friendly NPCs.

Another detail I remember is that the pistol had a bullet counter on it, which I think was blue (I could be wrong about this last part, since I was a kid at the time).