bomberpunk Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 this game came out sometime in the 90s,and it's a shooter available back then via 'shareware'. i thought it was either Raptor or Tyrian but the Youtube videos prove them not to be the one i'm thinking of. the sad thing is all i can remember is the title song; a hard-rock loop, complete with a guitar lead, being played during either the title screen or the main menu. i'm almost positive it's a military shooter and not a space shooter. definitely not sidescroller either. most likely top-down but i can't remember. does this ring a bell to anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenegg Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Maybe something in this thread will help you remember http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=38527 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Dart Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Does it have any other identifying characteristics / have you tried just searching google for "pc dos vertical shoot em up"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Tyrian and Raptor are the only ones I can think of that semi fit that bill. Everything else that comes to mind is of the pre-sound card era with simple PC speaker bleeps, or is just crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomberpunk Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 (edited) after a couple hours of extensive searching i still cannot find the damn game. it's mostly because i don't remember what it looks like so screen shots & videos aren't helping me. the ONLY thing that i thoroughly remember was that theme song / title screen song so i have recreated this half-assed version and uploaded it below: Unidentified_90s_Shooter.mp3 this search is starting to get on my nerves. i'm beginning to think that it might be some re-release or special edition version either Raptor or Tyrian Edited January 24, 2012 by bomberpunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hwj_chim Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 (edited) I found this on youtube and thought it might be your game Ravage http://youtu.be/-9bIi4KlGRs Edited January 24, 2012 by hwj_chim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomberpunk Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 that's not it either but that sure looks right up my alley. thanks! i'm going to track that down and play it! also i found that DotEmu has released Tyrian for free: http://www.dotemu.com/en/download-game/67/tyrian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockman_x_2002 Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 (edited) Just a guess but if you could give us the company name that might help. But Epic Megagames had a shooter game called Zone 66. It was a top-down shooter of sorts, but you could fly in all directions. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JQ-BzfVx5I Perhaps that's it? Edited January 25, 2012 by rockman_x_2002 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremysart Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I was just about to suggest Zone 66! Even if this is not the game, track this down and play it, it has a great intro, great music and all around great shooter. I have the song for the into of this game on my MP3 player lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremysart Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 after a couple hours of extensive searching i still cannot find the damn game. it's mostly because i don't remember what it looks like so screen shots & videos aren't helping me. the ONLY thing that i thoroughly remember was that theme song / title screen song so i have recreated this half-assed version and uploaded it below: Unidentified_90s_Shooter.mp3 this search is starting to get on my nerves. i'm beginning to think that it might be some re-release or special edition version either Raptor or Tyrian And btw, you made this? Thats not bad. Do you make chiptune music, have a link or a youtube page? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomberpunk Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share Posted January 25, 2012 Zone 66 is not the game either. i do remember a bit more although not much. the title screen was where the catchy rock song looped. the picture on the title screen was mostly orange-ish, with either a cockpit view of some kinda dog fight in the distance or a cityscape (or both). also, MAYBE there was 3rd person view of the ship. it was definitely a static screen, no animation. the gameplay was nothing like the title screen. as for that mp3, i made it within 10 minutes using WarioWare D.I.Y. (nintendo DS game), then exported it with a double-male headphone wire into the PC using a sound recording program. i noticed that the stereo sound got messed up and the "electric guitar" is much lower in volume than the other tracks. i do have other tracks (made the same way) floating around, such as: battletoads: turbo tunnel revival and a whole EP of originals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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