Guess the Video Game from the Screenshot

[Ben]

Hint 2: my parents got mad at me because I kept cutting up cereal boxes and taking the labels off cans.

 

[Ben]

OK I convinced myself that was too much of a dumb obscure pick. Only took 15 minutes to doubt myself.

I just wanted to talk about mother fuckin' Barcode Battler. Came with cards with barcodes that represented monsters, items, etc. and used an algorithm to pit them against each other in battle.

Apparently it bombed everywhere but Japan, but there it had Nintendo licensed cards made to input characters like Mario or Link. The second Barcode Battler II had an actual interface with the SNES for games like Digimon and Monster Rancher, but I only had the original device.



Until I lost it somewhere, I'd cut up basically anything in our cupboard just to see what the barcode came out as. Thinking about it, my parents probably threw the device away to stop that...

I'll give an actual video game pick instead though.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Outtrigger all day.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

I wonder if Nintendo used that tech for their E-Reader device for the GBA. That thing was Amiibo before they came up with Amiibo. You could get card booster sets for Animal Crossing, Pokémon, and Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros 3. Pretty cool little device.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

I was not about to pick some random game on the Specturm that no one outside of Ben and Crystal would have heard of. This is a port of a relatively well known game.

 

[dimmerwit]

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7?

 

[canadaguy]

Toejam and Earl

 

[Smacktard]

I just wanted to talk about mother fuckin' Barcode Battler. Came with cards with barcodes that represented monsters, items, etc. and used an algorithm to pit them against each other in battle

BROOOOOO, FUCKKKKKK I REMEMBER SEEING COMMERCIALS FOR THESE ALL THE TIME AS A KID

I LOOKED EVERYWHERE FOR ONE AND COULDNT FIND ONE ;_;

 

[Ben]

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I was not about to pick some random game on the Specturm that no one outside of Ben and Crystal would have heard of. This is a port of a relatively well known game.

Some early Commando version?

BROOOOOO, FUCKKKKKK I REMEMBER SEEING COMMERCIALS FOR THESE ALL THE TIME AS A KID

I LOOKED EVERYWHERE FOR ONE AND COULDNT FIND ONE ;_;

I have no idea where I got mine from, especially considering how they apparently didn't do well outside of Japan.

Had to have been either brand new or barely used second hand though, because I remember the robot guy on the box/manual.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Commando, it is.

 

[Ben]

Commando, it is.

Huh. It looked similar but I thought the Atari version was the earliest one and even that looked more detailed. What system was that shot from?

I'm gonna pick the other game your screenshot reminded me of.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

I know this one too, I'll let someone else guess it

 

[canadaguy]

Command and Conquer for fucken gamegear or some shit

 

[Ben]

Command and Conquer for fucken gamegear or some shit

No.

Although checking through all the platforms it did get released on, I misread 'Symbian' as 'Sybian' and thought that must have been one hell of a vibration feedback system.

 

[dimmerwit]

It's Cannon Fodder.

 

[Ben]

It's Cannon Fodder.

 

[dimmerwit]

 

[Smacktard]

Idk but this looks nice

 

[Ben]

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I think I just saw a reddit post from the dev about this game today...

 

[Ben]

I did. Okomotion, who previously made the FAR games, announced the release of their new game today.

This is Herdling.

 

[Ben]

Another old one.

 

[canadaguy]

 

[Ben]

This game is older than @dimmerwit.

But not as old as @Jon.

 

[Ben]

I went too obscure again, huh?

It was a 1989 release on the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST and DOS, but those seem to have been Europe only. It didn't hit the US until 1991 on the Game Gear (and Japan on the TurboGrafx-16)

Well bugger, I'll retract that one too. It was a puzzle game called Skweek that I played a ton.



OK, easier screenshot.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

I went too obscure again, huh?

It was a 1989 release on the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST and DOS, but those seem to have been Europe only. It didn't hit the US until 1991 on the Game Gear (and Japan on the TurboGrafx-16)

Well bugger, I'll retract that one too. It was a puzzle game called Skweek that I played a ton.

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OK, easier screenshot.

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Soul Calibur 4, aka, the last good one.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Hint: This has one of the largest navigable open worlds in video gaming (or it did when it was released).

 

[dimmerwit]

Fuel?

 

[Fool's Requiem]

indeed

 

[dimmerwit]

I never played it, and only remember it because of its massive map.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Never played it, either.

I think the first time I saw footage of the game was in this video about empty open worlds:

 

[TD]

I never played it, and only remember it because of its massive map.

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Finally something I think I know.

F-Zero?

 

[A Stud-Finder]

Finally something I think I know.

F-Zero?

It has player names, so it's gotta be FZero 99.

 

[canadaguy]

It has player names, so it's gotta be FZero 99.

Also the 99 gives it away

 

[dimmerwit]

It has player names, so it's gotta be FZero 99.

Got 99 problems but naming games ain't one.

 

[A Stud-Finder]

Oh shit I guess it's my turn.

 

[Ben]

lol, scrolled down this thread and my son saw the screenshot over my shoulder for 1 second then said "That's F-Zero 99!", so I trust them (more than Alu).

 

[A Stud-Finder]

 

[canadaguy]

Megaman Soccer

 

[A Stud-Finder]

Yes.

 

[canadaguy]

Oh wtf that's a real game?

I literally put that as a gag answer

 

[canadaguy]

 

[TD]

It has player names, so it's gotta be FZero 99.

Welp, today I learned that's a thing.

 

[A Stud-Finder]

Oh wtf that's a real game?

I literally put that as a gag answer

lmao yeah it is a real game. It was a super fun soccer game (unless my nostalgia is kicking into high gear).

 

[canadaguy]

Lol I was like I will put the most literal description of the picture

 

[Smacktard]

lmao yeah it is a real game. It was a super fun soccer game (unless my nostalgia is kicking into high gear).

I remember enjoying it but the consensus seems to be that it's shit

 

[A Stud-Finder]

I remember enjoying it but the consensus seems to be that it's shit

Yeah I figured it might be remembered better than it was lol

 

[canadaguy]

So no one even gonna make a joke guess?

 

[Ben]

So no one even gonna make a joke guess?

Fine.

LEGO Batman.

 

[canadaguy]

 

[A Stud-Finder]

The Flintstones the Game