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First post, by 286dos

Posted on 2006-02-11, 02:30

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Hiya

Looking for a game I used to play on my 286 10-13 years ago, I've searched and searched and despite my best efforts I'm unable to find it.

It was a platform game, set in the future, in space, similar to captain comic, except that the in game scale was about 1:3 of the size of captain comic, so everything was smaller in contrast but you could see a larger viewable area at once.

From what I recollect.. points were gained from killing enemies and possibly collecting various coloured 4 pointed stars/diamonds..

There were atleast 3 episodes, possibly four, the file naming style, (I think) was of the general pattern per episode was sq1, sq2, sq3, possibly ssq1 ssq2 ssq3 etc..

No.. it's not Sierras Space Quest.

As the subject says, I'll gladly pay the first person who finds and provides this game $15 USD by paypal. Please respond by replying to this topic not by private message.

Thanks in advance

Reply 1 of 16, by red_avatar

Posted on 2006-02-11, 03:33

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There's a few I can think of - Duke Nukem for one. Boulder Dash seems to fit the bill too.

Reply 2 of 16, by 286dos

Posted on 2006-02-11, 03:56

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heh, not Duke Nukem or Boulder Dash

Reply 3 of 16, by red_avatar

Posted on 2006-02-11, 04:04

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Well your description was quite vague 😜 could just be about half of all platform games made back then.

Reply 4 of 16, by cmw

Posted on 2006-02-11, 04:30

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Maybe Commander Keen?

Reply 5 of 16, by 286dos

Posted on 2006-02-11, 05:21

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no, not commander keen, not cosmos cosmic adventures, not crystal caves, not captain comic, not duken nukem, not crystal caves.

Reply 6 of 16, by vasyl

Posted on 2006-02-11, 06:59

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Rick Dangerous? Or the more simplistic Dangerous Dave? I don't think any of them are actually set in space but those are my best attempts.

Reply 7 of 16, by 286dos

Posted on 2006-02-11, 07:33

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not rick dangeorus, not dangerous dave.

Reply 8 of 16, by Kippesoep

Posted on 2006-02-11, 08:11

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What about Jetpack, Jetman or Starquake?

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Reply 9 of 16, by Harekiet

Posted on 2006-02-11, 08:16

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Or secret agent

Reply 10 of 16, by 286dos

Posted on 2006-02-11, 08:17

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nope, not Jetpack, not Jetman and not Starquake and I said it wasnt' secret agent.. secret agent isn't in space it's on an island on earth, quite possibly not in the future either, judging by the IBM mainframes with tape reels on the front.

Reply 11 of 16, by Harekiet

Posted on 2006-02-11, 08:56

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Well Jason Storm in Space Chase then, i'm out of ideas after that 😀

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Reply 12 of 16, by 286dos

Posted on 2006-02-11, 09:07

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Harekiet wins! that's it. $20USD donated to dosbox via sf.net

Reply 13 of 16, by red_avatar

Posted on 2006-02-11, 09:51

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Ooh yeah, that was one game I couldn't remember the name off - I could imagine it in my head, but just couldn't remember the name.

EDIT: just gave it a go, still quite a bit of fun. Reminds me a great deal of Commander Keen though 😜

Reply 14 of 16, by Dominus

Posted on 2006-02-11, 17:29

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he he, great thread. Needs to be preserved 😀

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Reply 15 of 16, by Tatti

Posted on 2007-07-22, 02:34

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I've tried to download Jason Storm from various sites, but the first episode of the three seems always to be missing. Instead of it, there is some silly (and very short) demo version. Do you know where could I find the whole game? (The first episode was the only one a friend of mine had some twelve years ago, and I used to play it with her machine, so I think I really know something is missing...)

Reply 16 of 16, by 286dos

Posted on 2007-07-22, 04:02

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give me an email address.

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