Blast from the past: Name this game?

MrGuest · December 6, 2009, 7:09am

So way back in the first years of school (1994-1997ish) we would play this game on the computer. I remember vaguely it having to do with Ancient Egypt or something like that. It was a side-scrolling game… I think it was DOS based, as I seem to remember using command prompt on the black screen to pull it up, but I’m not 100% sure. I would love if someone remembers this game so I can look back at what I used to think was such an amazing game and laugh… plus maybe give it another try.

CloudVaris · December 6, 2009, 9:48am

Egypt? Want to give some more info?
The only thing that even seems close is the original Prince of Persia.

MrGuest · December 6, 2009, 5:46pm

I found it out by speaking with some other people:

And seriously, that was all I remembered. xD

CloudVaris · December 6, 2009, 7:00pm

Oh man! XD Those games were awesome. I never had that one, but I had one that had to do with a race track or something… Planes and cars. Fun stuff.

Syntax_Man · December 6, 2009, 11:59pm

Ah yes, I remember those games.

Grenchler · December 8, 2009, 1:52am

Even I remember those useless games. Anyone ever play Math Blaster before?

Infinitys_End · December 9, 2009, 7:50am

Yes! I rocked those games years before I was in the corresponding grade! …yet I still don’t like math.

How about Chex Quest? Or Carmen Sandiego?

MrGuest · December 9, 2009, 2:27pm

Hell yeah! Best games ever.

072 · December 9, 2009, 5:25pm

Best game to ever come from a cereal box, for sure. I remember a Carmen Sandiego game too; did that also come in a cereal box?

Grenchler · December 9, 2009, 9:47pm

Yes. It did. I distinctly remember that. Those games were the s**t man. I still have loads of those.

Candy_Man_Criminal · December 10, 2009, 3:26pm

i got one
you played as an egg

ALL I EFFING REMEMBER

Infinitys_End · December 12, 2009, 5:43pm

Whoa. I vaguely remember something like that.

…and what was that one Mac game where you were a raptor with a jetpack trying to save all the dinosaur eggs?

Phlakes · December 12, 2009, 7:38pm

Fucking Nanosaur.

Pomegranate · December 12, 2009, 8:32pm

Ahh… chex quest…

Grenchler · December 12, 2009, 9:19pm

DUDE NANOSAUR WAS AWESOME

Phlakes · December 12, 2009, 9:24pm

ZOMG IT WUZ

Candy_Man_Criminal · December 13, 2009, 1:14am

so im pretty sure the egg game thing was either PS or SNES

DeProgrammer · December 29, 2009, 8:23pm

I usually ignore the general gaming forums.

Today, I must mention a few old games I still have and loved!

SimAnt
SimTower
SimCopter
Majestic - Part 1: Alien Encounter, by Istvan Pely. Such an obscure but fun point-and-click adventure with revolutionary graphics (pre-rendered) for its time.
SimFarm (well, I don’t have it, but I wish I could find it)

So yeah, old games are the bomb. Every highly-rated modern game I can find is a first-person shooter or something similar, and I’m not particularly fond of FPSes.