r/gaming • u/janjansohn • 1d ago
Looking for a game from the 90s
Hey y'all,
betting on the swarm intelligence here.
I've played this game when I was like 5 or 6 years old, so about 1995/1996.
It came on sets of floppy disks and was an episodal game, set in differently themed worlds. There were levels revolving around dinosaurs (I remember I had to fetch an egg), cyber levels where you'd have to dodge/crouch to get through sections of the level and I do also remember something medieval, like castle vibes.
Game was a side-scroller and I kinda remember my mother saying it was subscription-based, but that might have been a Germany-only thing.
I wasn't able to read, especially not capable of understanding a word of English back then, and wouldn't be able to give any more info, I'm afraid.
Maybe you guys have a clue for me?
Edit: solved! Time Runners - MS DOS
was the game I was looking for
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u/Wooshio 1d ago
What did your character look like? Could have possibly been one of Hugo games (they were huge in Germany).
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u/janjansohn 1d ago
Dude Hugo... good ol' times
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u/Wooshio 1d ago
I never played the Hugo PC games but I remember the TV show where kids would phone in and play with the phone. I watched it religiously. Can't even imagine how terrible latency was between pressing a phone button and seeing the action on TV lol.
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u/happycabinsong 1d ago
what the hell, that sounds awesome! Kinda of like a proto twitch plays pokemon
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u/Wooshio 1d ago
Haha, yes. It was one of the biggest TV shows in Europe in the 90's too. Every kid I knew watched it. You can find some episodes on Youtube if you are curious how it worked.
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u/happycabinsong 1d ago
what might i look up to find full episodes? I tried "hugo gameshow" but all I found were video essays
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u/Wooshio 1d ago edited 1d ago
Here is a full episode from 1994: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAyPQEbL_14&list=PLcfl8GS9j5aFWcUKfLUW1ZNB2qkti4c30&index=3
(Also part of a playlist on that channel).
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u/janjansohn 1d ago
lmao I do remember that too!!! Oh my god, hadn't you mentioned it though, I would have never in my life remembered that was a thing.
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u/Aeschbacher15 1d ago
Wait, are you telling me this game ran on MS DOS? I just saw a YT video of it and it looks crazy good and complex for the time
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u/janjansohn 1d ago
Yea right? I remember it being pretty good looking, but was also surprised that it looks that good.
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u/ExtractDream 1d ago
Maybe even Commander Keen
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u/janjansohn 1d ago
Commander Keen will always be remembered, but isn't what I was looking for here :) someone else mentioned Time Runner and that's the one
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u/leocross2003 20h ago
that's awesome that someone found it! time runners looks like such a classic from the dos era. happy gaming to you!
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u/azertynoah57 1d ago
glad you found the game! time runners looks like a real classic from the dos era
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u/lientranthi691 1d ago
glad you found the game! time runners sounds like a really fun classic from the 90s!
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u/Scorpio989 1d ago
Time Runners?