DOS Games Discussion

Guest · Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 1:40 pm Post subject: Robotgame, platform [= Microman]

Hi everybody! Happy

I used to have a CD with all kinds of Windows 95 and DOS games on it, including a platform game where you manouvre a robot through several levels. Every ten levels or so levels you had a boss to defeat (or only at the end, I can't remember).

It wasn't 3D, more Mario-like.

More details: the robot could shoot. Also, I remember a hard to defeat boss that (dis)appeared after it shot you a few times. Appearing and disappering always involveld a lot of pixels. Wink

Unfortunately that's all I remember. Does anyone know the name of this game?

(I'm from the Netherlands by the way, so I hope it wasn't just a game for Holland. Wink

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emmzee · Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 5:54 pm Post subject:

Electroman? (aka "Electro Body")

If so, you can download it here:
http://dosgames.com/g_side2.php

Guest · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 2:00 am Post subject:

Nope, looks way to sleek and 3D to be it... Thanks for replying though!

emmzee · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:26 am Post subject:

Hmmm, okay then possibly Roboman:

Or Robomaze II:

Either one of those are available on the same page:
http://dosgames.com/g_side2.php

If it's not one of those, I'm out of ideas. Happy

Guest · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:41 am Post subject:

Aahh no, not it... Sad

Thanks for helping!

I've searched the internet for any game with 'robo' or 'robot' in the name, but I don't think that's the right way to go for it. Confuzzled

I do think it has 'man' in the name... and maybe a number.

And about the graphics: it's somewhere in between the first and second example. Happy

(So not that 3d, but better graphics than the last shown game.)

Hopefully it rings a bell! And otherwise... well, I'm still searching anyway. Wink

dosraider · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 12:33 pm Post subject:

One of the Mega Man?
http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/mega-man-x
http://www.mobygames.com/game-group/mega-man-xrockman-x-series

Ant Man?
http://www.the-underdogs.info/game.php?gameid=3159

Thexder?
http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/thexder

Guest · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 1:09 pm Post subject:

ARGH!

I had this entire post ready and it was erased 'cause I put in a link. Sad

Anyway, I wanted to thank dosraider. Unfortunately the posted games weren't the ones I was looking for. Sad

However, I remember a bit more, so I made a little drawing of the 'boss' level.

http://www.plaatjesupload.nl/bekijk/2008/06/23/1214244020-860.jpg

(Hope it works now.)

1 and 2: where the boss (dis)appears
3: you, the robot, firing bullets
4: a trampoline, thanks to which you could avoid the bullets the boss fired at you

Behind 1 or 2 there was a wall that opened up after you defeated the boss.

I also remember the background being gray(ish). Not very dark. The game didn't have as much shadow as the games dosraider posted.

dosraider · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 1:16 pm Post subject:

Edited your post and made the link clickable.

About your game, nope, doesn't ring a bell.

Guest · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 2:29 pm Post subject:

Too bad, thanks anyway. Happy

Of course my drawing is not that brilliant. Wink

Wally · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:53 pm Post subject:

Duke Nukem 1?

486 player · Gaming Demi-god Joined: 18 Sep 2002 Posts: 1031

MicroMan?

emmzee · Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:21 am Post subject:

Good call 486 player, I actually was trying to remember the name of that one!

This screenshot pretty much confirms it:

You can download it at the bottom of this page:
http://www.andrew-turnbull.net/microman.html

There's also a new updated version apparently:
http://www.hipsoft.com/mmcc.jsp

(Trivia: Microman was created by Brian Goble (now part of Hipsoft) who also created "Roboman" that I linked above ... you can even see similarities between the main characters of the two games! Happy

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Guest · Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:12 am Post subject:

JAY!

You guys have just made me a very happy girl! Happy