What game is this? (tip of my tongue)

[MetalGuru]

I don't remember much except for the very beginning where you get to
control some kind of RC car (?) and had to maneuver it around some laser
beans (?) in an old building like a church or a museum.

Early to mid-90's I think, probably a DOS game but could have also been
a Win95 game. I think it was 3rd person view (?) and graphics reminded
me of the early Alone in the Dark games.

Any ideas?

[Spalls Hurgenson]

On Sun, 1 May 2016 17:28:05 -0400, MetalGuru <notmy...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

The first thing that comes to mind when thinking of "RC car racing"
and "inside a building" is Re-Volt. I think there was even a level
where you had to avoid laser tripwires in a museum. It's a bit out of
the date-range (1999) and definitely not a DOS game; its graphics are
a bit improved from the first AitD games too. But that's the first
game that pops into my head.

[MetalGuru]

Yea I remember Re-Volt well, that wasn't it. It was more of an adventure
type game and the remote controlled car thing was just a mini game
within the first level. Wish I could remember a few more details about
it but I'm drawing a blank, I'm beginning to think I've only played the
demo a lot because it was pretty tough getting past all the lasers and
completing that first level - probably due to bad controls but we didn't
know any better at the time lol.

But thanks for the suggestion, Spalls, I really appreciate it. This is
really going to bug me until I find out the name of that darn game :)

[Mike S.]

On Mon, 2 May 2016 13:20:51 -0400, MetalGuru <notmy...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>Yea I remember Re-Volt well, that wasn't it. It was more of an adventure
>type game and the remote controlled car thing was just a mini game
>within the first level. Wish I could remember a few more details about
>it but I'm drawing a blank, I'm beginning to think I've only played the
>demo a lot because it was pretty tough getting past all the lasers and
>completing that first level - probably due to bad controls but we didn't
>know any better at the time lol.

The only adventure game I ever played where you ride a car was Mean
Streets put out by Access Software. It used RealSound technology. And
that is literally everything I remember about that game.

[Mr Rob]

On Sun, 1 May 2016 17:28:05 -0400, MetalGuru <notmy...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

Project Eden had a number of missions and sequences that required the
use of a RC vehicle.

It was an awesome game, one of my all time favourites. I wish somebody
would make a Project Eden 2 or make a modern remake of the original.

Project Eden was third person (with 1st Person toggle but it was
better in 3rd person). You had to switch between different characters
with their own unique skills in order to solve puzzles, progress in
levels, and to complete missions.

A great Windows 95/98 game that was sadly overlooked
--
Rob

[MetalGuru]

Never heard of this game before, had to google it. In the game I played
you don't actually ride in a car, you just guide a small remote control
toy car thru a laser beam maze of sorts undetected trying not to set the
alarm off. This was in the very early days of 3D graphics, like Fade to
Black (first 3D game I've ever played) and Tomb Raider. Thanks though.

[MetalGuru]

> A great Windows 95/98 game that was sadly overlooked.

I remember that game well, it was indeed great with a similar concept in
gameplay to The Lost Vikings which I loved to death (and put Blizzard on
the gaming map). The one I'm thinking of came out quite a few years
earlier and you controlled only one character which I think was a spy,
detective, policeman or something along those lines. More adventure than
action, I don't think there was any combat at all but I could be wrong.

[Spalls Hurgenson]

On Mon, 2 May 2016 13:20:51 -0400, MetalGuru <notmy...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

Well, this is another game that certainly is not the one you are
thinking of, but the original Shadow Warrior (an FPS from 1997) had
you occassionally control an RC car to solve simple puzzles. There
might even have been lasers. I mean, I don't particularly /remember/
lasers, but it was the sort of game that had lasers in it so I
wouldn't be surprised ;-)

(yes, at this point I'm more or less hijacking your thread to discuss
old games ;-)

[Spalls Hurgenson]

On Mon, 02 May 2016 23:13:30 +0100, Mr Rob
<noemail...@jsjsaiiowppw.com> wrote:


>Project Eden had a number of missions and sequences that required the
>use of a RC vehicle.
>

I hated those sequences in the game. The controls sucked. Although I
guess technically they count as "RC vehicles" in that they were
remote-controlled and, well, vehicles, they were really more wheeled
drones. Generally, when somebody mentions RC vehicles or cars its
little kid toys.

Definitely agree with you on the game. The gameplay wasn't that
spectacular - by the halfway point they'd run out of ideas and the
puzzles started repeating - but the game had excellent world-building.
Although that little voice in the back of my head kept nagging me
about the physical impossibilities of those huge mile-high
mega-structures built upon the decaying infrastructure of a 20th
century-era city ;)

[Mr Rob]

On Tue, 03 May 2016 09:10:25 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallsh...@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Mon, 02 May 2016 23:13:30 +0100, Mr Rob
><noemail...@jsjsaiiowppw.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Project Eden had a number of missions and sequences that required the
>>use of a RC vehicle.
>>
>
>I hated those sequences in the game. The controls sucked. Although I
>guess technically they count as "RC vehicles" in that they were
>remote-controlled and, well, vehicles, they were really more wheeled
>drones. Generally, when somebody mentions RC vehicles or cars its
>little kid toys.

I wasn't a huge fan of those parts either.

Did you play any of the Metroid Prime games?

I loved those games, but every time Samus had to revert to the Morph
Ball I groaned out load. I was (and still am) hopeless at controlling
it.

--
Rob

[Zaghadka]

Heh, if I can jump in here, no problems with the morph ball, but the
endgame of Metroid Prime was a real drag. Never finished it. I just
didn't feel like revisiting the entire map looking for sigils (while
being attacked by invisible enemies!).

I got a little way in MP: Corruption on my Wii, but it felt more like the
"Samus and Friends Adventure Hour" than a Prime game. Somehow the Wii
release really killed the atmosphere that were in the original Primes for
me.

The original Metroid Prime is a beautiful game though.

--
Zag

No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had
spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten

[Tim O]

On Tue, 03 May 2016 09:04:09 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallsh...@gmail.com> wrote:

>Well, this is another game that certainly is not the one you are
>thinking of, but the original Shadow Warrior (an FPS from 1997) had
>you occassionally control an RC car to solve simple puzzles. There
>might even have been lasers. I mean, I don't particularly /remember/
>lasers, but it was the sort of game that had lasers in it so I
>wouldn't be surprised ;-)
>
>(yes, at this point I'm more or less hijacking your thread to discuss
>old games ;-)

I had nothing either... All I could think of was that infuriating Duke
Nukem level that had you using an RC car and closed circuit TV screens
to open a door or something.

I can only hope the electronic architect that designed that building
got caned to death by the warthog police.

[MetalGuru]

On 5/3/2016 4:31 PM, Tim O wrote:
> On Tue, 03 May 2016 09:04:09 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
> <spallsh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Well, this is another game that certainly is not the one you are
>> thinking of, but the original Shadow Warrior (an FPS from 1997) had
>> you occassionally control an RC car to solve simple puzzles. There
>> might even have been lasers. I mean, I don't particularly
>> /remember/ lasers, but it was the sort of game that had lasers in
>> it so I wouldn't be surprised ;-)
>>
>> (yes, at this point I'm more or less hijacking your thread to
>> discuss old games ;-)
>
> I had nothing either... All I could think of was that infuriating
> Duke Nukem level that had you using an RC car and closed circuit TV
> screens to open a door or something.

It's neither one of those games but it's alright, I'll just cut my
losses and admit defeat on this quest. I've spent hours at mobygames
searching adventure games from 1992 to 1999 but came out empty handed.

I now seem to remember it was made and/or published by one of the many
French companies that were popular at the time like Infogrames, Delphine
or maybe even Ubisoft.

No biggie, but I really appreciate you guys trying to help though. It
was probably some obscure game demo that came with a magazine or
something back in the day, I'm sure one of these days I'll bump into it
somewhere when I least expect it.

[MetalGuru]

On 5/3/2016 1:35 PM, Zaghadka wrote:

> The original Metroid Prime is a beautiful game though.

Thanks for reminding me, Super Metroid on the SNES is probably my
favorite console game of all time and I've never played Prime.

Dolphin here I come :)

[rms]

>I had nothing either... All I could think of was that infuriating Duke
>Nukem level that had you using an RC car and closed circuit TV screens
>to open a door or something.

Rage also had a RC car weapon, as I recall

rms

[Zaghadka]

Runs well on Dolphin, but use the OpenGL backend. It's faster. Works well
in fake widescreen too!

[Justisaur]

Well more side missions, but I think some of the GTA games and Saint's
Row had you control some RC cars. I don't remember lasers though.

My google-fu is failing me here too.

- Justisaur

[Toby Newman]

On 2016-05-04, Zaghadka <zagh...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 4 May 2016 13:45:25 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
> MetalGuru wrote:
>
>>On 5/3/2016 1:35 PM, Zaghadka wrote:
>>
>>> The original Metroid Prime is a beautiful game though.
>>
>>Thanks for reminding me, Super Metroid on the SNES is probably my
>>favorite console game of all time and I've never played Prime.
>>
>>Dolphin here I come :)
>
> Runs well on Dolphin, but use the OpenGL backend. It's faster. Works well
> in fake widescreen too!

I hear you can run it in VR now. Haven't tried it.

--
-Toby
Add the word afiduluminag to the subject to circumvent my email filters.

[Spalls Hurgenson]

On Wed, 4 May 2016 13:38:45 -0400, MetalGuru <notmy...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>On 5/3/2016 4:31 PM, Tim O wrote:
>> On Tue, 03 May 2016 09:04:09 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
>> <spallsh...@gmail.com> wrote:

>It's neither one of those games but it's alright, I'll just cut my
>losses and admit defeat on this quest. I've spent hours at mobygames
>searching adventure games from 1992 to 1999 but came out empty handed.
>
>I now seem to remember it was made and/or published by one of the many
>French companies that were popular at the time like Infogrames, Delphine
>or maybe even Ubisoft.

Well, /we/ are not giving up so easily, if only because it's a great
conversation starter for discussing old games ;-)

But... 1990s era adventure game... They weren't RC cars (and it wasn't
a French company) but LucasArts' "Full Throttle" had a sequence where
you drove around a car in a demolition derby. The top-down perspective
made the cars look a lot like those old MicroMachines games.

[MetalGuru]

On 5/5/2016 9:33 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>
> Well, /we/ are not giving up so easily, if only because it's a great
> conversation starter for discussing old games ;-)

Haha, fair enough - I can happily go along with that.

> But... 1990s era adventure game... They weren't RC cars (and it
> wasn't a French company) but LucasArts' "Full Throttle" had a
> sequence where you drove around a car in a demolition derby. The
> top-down perspective made the cars look a lot like those old
> MicroMachines games.

Full Throttle is one my favorite LucasArts game, right next to Grim
Fandango. Played it to death when it first came out and once again about
5 years ago, guess it's time for another replay. The writing, voice
acting, graphics, humor, interface and puzzles are all top notch and
still hold up to this day.

I never thought Day of the Tentacle, Sam and Max, the Monkey Islands,
Indiana Jones' and The Dig were all that to be honest. Good games, no
doubt, but can't hold a candle to the likes of FT and GF.

I just don't have the patience for stuff like that anymore, the last
adventure game I've played was probably Syberia or The Longest Journey.