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First post, by Danicela

Posted on 2018-12-11, 22:35

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Hi,

I remember a game but I can't find its name, and nothing on the internet.

It was a mix between a platform game and puzzle game, you were a robot and you had to use dynamites to access to other parts of the level, you had limited moves (due to gas short?), I don't remember exactly what you had to do, maybe reaching some destination, you got various powerups and you had to think on how to do the 'puzzle' and reach the end, breaking the wall needed, and going through the right way. Not sure you had enemies. I think you could also build some bridges with limited 'ammo'.

I searched on google and youtube for 'robot dynamite dos game' but I can't find anything on it.

Anyone remembers ?

If there is a better forum / location for this question, tell it to me as it's been a while I didn't come here.

Thanks,
Danicela

Reply 1 of 20, by xjas

Posted on 2018-12-11, 23:04

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This sounds a lot like Quadralien. If that's not it, maybe The Machines (DOS) / Universal Warrior (Amiga) (which was the subject of my own "what game was this?!" thread years ago 😜) is?

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Reply 2 of 20, by Danicela

Posted on 2018-12-11, 23:33

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It's not them ^^ it was more like Jetpack about the point of view, it wasn't with camera on above, you had gravity and your robot could fall on the ground, and your 2 games have smooth animations/feeling, mine was slower / less reactive, I think it was older (maybe during the 5" floppies era?)

Reply 3 of 20, by Davros

Posted on 2018-12-12, 10:53

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You realise the windows section is not the ideal place to search for a dos game

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Reply 4 of 20, by gca

Posted on 2018-12-12, 14:28

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Kind of sounds like H.E.R.O but I've only seen that on the Atari VCS, not sure if there was a DOS port (or clone) of it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.E.R.O.

Reply 5 of 20, by skitters

Posted on 2018-12-12, 15:29

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Spiderbot ?
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Reply 6 of 20, by eL_PuSHeR

Posted on 2018-12-13, 09:29

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Reply 7 of 20, by Danicela

Posted on 2018-12-13, 21:31

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It's none of the 3 games, mine has still kind of more evolved graphics. (more colors)

Reply 8 of 20, by akula65

Posted on 2018-12-15, 00:02

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What about one of the innumerable Hudson Soft Bomberman titles?: bomberman.wikia.com/wiki/Bomberman_(series)

Not that it could be what you are looking for since it is a Windows title, but you might also look at CDV Software Entertainment's/Soft Enterprises' Explomaen, and see how it compares as a point of reference.

Reply 9 of 20, by Danicela

Posted on 2018-12-17, 22:16

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No, it's not a bomberman ^^

Not sure it was a DOS game but it was so old that it was during the Win 3.1 era I think, so it was surely a DOS game. (it was a computer game, not console)

What I can add is that the robot can also push some blocks, on left and on right. It has same point of view as Jetpack. (not seen from the above)

Reply 10 of 20, by Errius

Posted on 2018-12-17, 22:26

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Sounds like Deactivators but that's not a DOS game.

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Reply 11 of 20, by Danicela

Posted on 2018-12-17, 23:01

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No ^^ this reminds me the dungeon crawlers. (first person point of view)

Reply 12 of 20, by dr_st

Posted on 2018-12-18, 07:35

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At first I though it might be Epic MegaGames "Robbo", but that one did not have gravity...

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Reply 13 of 20, by Garrett W

Posted on 2018-12-18, 07:45

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By any chance, was it this one?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC4zcVJK_w4

Reply 14 of 20, by ZanQuance

Posted on 2018-12-18, 15:02

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Reminds me of Trugg by Digital Workshop, but that isn't really Jetpack like but does have a sideways perspective...hmmmm

Reply 15 of 20, by Danicela

Posted on 2018-12-18, 22:24

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No, no and no ^^ I also know Trugg from back in the day, but I search another one ^^

Reply 16 of 20, by Danicela

Posted on 2019-02-26, 22:30

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still searching ^^

Reply 17 of 20, by awgamer

Posted on 2019-02-26, 22:37

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You need to think of things to narrow the search, was it cga? vga? fm music?

Reply 18 of 20, by Danicela

Posted on 2019-02-27, 23:29

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I can remember it was a color rich game, not like some games with 2-3 colors purple teal and grey like some Keen episodes, and I don't think it had music, but in those days sound was hard to configure and maybe the music was just not playing.

Reply 19 of 20, by TheMLGladiator

Posted on 2019-02-27, 23:57

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Could the game you are looking for possibly be "Secret Agent" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Agent_(video_game)?

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