Find names for old games...

[papoj1]

i remember when i was 5, i played this game on DOS wher eu had a big square area where u had creatures flyin around (i am thinkin level 1 had a caterpillar or somethin) and u had to make the area as small as possible, durin that u can also cut out the sections of the area wit an enemy trapped and eliminated wit it, if u make it small enough, all the enemies that remain will explode...anyone know wat i mean?     

[mouser]

i dont know the name of the game you played but it's clearly based on the arcade game Qix:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qix

[Lashiec]

Could it be one of these?

Careful when checking up SeXoniX, that game features mature themes.

[jgpaiva]

Here's a similar one: jezzball.

It's pretty cool! (way better than QTX, which i find way too dificult )

[Deozaan]

Jezzbell was a lot better on the PC, not some poor browser-embedded remake.

I think I remember that game you're talking about papoj1. I played it on my grandma's computer or on the NES or something when I was young. But I can't remember the name either. I'll check out those variants and see if I find it.

[Deozaan]

By the way, that link to the variants is NSFW!

[Deozaan]

Looks like Qix was ported to all kinds of places. DOS, NES, Gameboy, Amiga, etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qix

The one I was thinking of was called Cacoma Knight in Bizyland for SNES

[Lashiec]

By the way, that link to the variants is NSFW!

Yup, I should have checked all titles, since I know first hand of the relationship of Qix + "eye candy". Actually, there are more games of that type than normal ones like Qix, which is pretty normal, considering the game mechanics. It's not a bad thing really, Kaneko made quite some good games of that particular variant, and at least helped the genre to survive.

I wonder if some indie developer would be up to the task of resurrecting the genre for the new generation of gamers, much like Nervous Brickdown did with Breakout-like games recently. Hmmm, a Qix game in the DS...

[mouser]

By the way, DC member TPReal wrote a really cool multiplayer qix-like game for the DC bcb contest:
http://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=4484.msg31786

[papoj1]

no one got it right :p and everytime i ask that, i get Quix as my answer or jezzball...

[papoj1]

actually u guys r close...but the thing u r controlling actually has to be moved in order to draw and cut out

[harmonv]

Try this webriing.
l.webring.com/hub?ring=dosgamesring

Here are some of the best DOS games sites i've found.
www.dosgames.com/
www.dosgamesarchive.com/
www.dosgamesonline.com/
www.gamingdepot.com/
www.classic-pc-games.com/
www.download-full-games.com/
dosgamer.com/
www.classicdosgames.com/
www.oldschooldos.com/
www.bestoldgames.net/eng/action.php
www.dosgamesdownload.com/

www.abandonia.com/index.php
www.xtcabandonware.com/
www.wirural.net/
www.alex-soft.net/
www.dosgames.nl/
www.80sdos.com/
www.dmoz.org/Games/Video_Games/Computer_Platforms/DOS/
www.experts-exchange.com/Gamers/Computer_Games/DOS/
www.kaser.com/msdos.html
www.soleau.com/dosgame.html
www.faqs.org/faqs/os2-faq/dos-games/part1/
www.tripletsandus.com/80s/80s_games/pcgames.htm


Good luck with your search!

[iphigenie]

Talk about weird coincidence... just read a review of a new game in that family: http://www.gamersinfo.net//index.php?art/id:2107 I dont think i would even had understood it had i not seen this thread recently.

PS: this site manages to review a totally eclectic mix of mainstream and independent games