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Post by craig on Oct 24, 2017 7:48:14 GMT -5
Hi all
Found your forum while looking for some game titles now the SNES Mini has been released; it's rekindled a wish to play some old games I played growing up.
I've successfully managed to find the names of almost all of them except one.. I'm fairly sure it was. SNES game but it's possible it was PS1
My memory of the game is fairly bad. The only thing I really recall is that you'd walk around on grey streets/a map or environment and you'd move between environments using black space like portals that were on the ground.
And that's about it! I remember it having nice music too, but that's not very helpful when it comes to 16bit games!
I've tried searching for time travel and space games, but almost everything is too "space" based (as in outer space) where as I believe this game was based on a normal environment and you moved through space or time using portals.
Hopefully that jingles something in someone's memory! Thanks in advance for your thoughts!
Craig
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Post by Nester the Lark on Oct 24, 2017 10:43:00 GMT -5
Hello! It's been a long time since we've had to help anyone remember a game.
Anyway, that's a pretty vague description. I can't really think of anything off the top of my head. Any other little details you can provide would help, like what type of game it was (RPG, action, etc.), what perspective it had (overhead, side-scrolling, etc.), or what the main character looked like.
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Post by craig on Oct 24, 2017 11:00:06 GMT -5
Hey Nester
Hopefully the brain wriggler is a welcome refresher then!
Sadly not really.. it's vague in my mind too...
I'd say it was an RPG, and perspective wise if memory serves correct it was overhead, much like Zelda A Link to the Past. Games like that are the ones I preferred around that age; Zelda A Link to the Past being a top favourite
The thing I really hold on to about it is the portals on the floor. They're really the only vivid thing I can remember, they were black with dots/stars in them
Thanks for the reply either way : )
Edit: It might also be worth noting I'm in the UK so it would be UK/EMEA version
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Post by nocturnal YL on Oct 24, 2017 12:07:36 GMT -5
Treasure Hunter G? (This is just the most obvious result I got from Google Search; I don't think it fits the bill given your description.) It's hard to imagine what game are you talking about, given so few clues. My inexperience with adventure games and RPGs on the SNES did not help. Also, since this is going to cause confusion, may I ask what do you mean by RPG? Is it western- or Japanese-styled? Is it actually an action adventure game (that some people call RPGs even though they don't have RPG elements), since you mentioned Zelda which is one one those? The only things I can remember with dark portals with stars in overhead maps are the Super Mario Bros. 3 level select screens, which probably are't what you're looking for.
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Post by Nester the Lark on Oct 24, 2017 12:14:43 GMT -5
I'll take a couple of stabs.
There's Illusion of Gaia (known as Illusion of Time in Europe), in which the main character can travel into a space-like portal to save the game.
Also, the Ultima series had warp portals called "moongates" somewhat similar to what you're describing, and there were SNES versions of Ultima VI and VII, as well as Ultima: Runes of Virtue II that was only on SNES and Game Boy.
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Post by craig on Oct 25, 2017 2:37:53 GMT -5
I'll take a couple of stabs. There's Illusion of Gaia (known as Illusion of Time in Europe), in which the main character can travel into a space-like portal to save the game. Also, the Ultima series had warp portals called "moongates" somewhat similar to what you're describing, and there were SNES versions of Ultima VI and VII, as well as Ultima: Runes of Virtue II that was only on SNES and Game Boy. Rarely find myself making this emoji  in real life, but as soon as I seen "Illusion of Time" I just knew that was it. I honestly can't believe I finally know what it was; I've been thinking about it for years. I've even poured over the SNES game list multiple times but nothing ever jumped out at me (maybe because it's mainly listed as Illusion of Gaia, EU names just seem to be footnotes)! The only two blurry memories I had, which I was trying to describe was:  The save portal and the music from inside it Thank you very much for your help nester, and taking the time to think this over - looking forward to smacking it on the SNES Mini if I can get the hack working to load my own games on it. Also thanks to nocturnal for taking time out too  All the best! Craig |
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Post by Nester the Lark on Oct 25, 2017 10:34:34 GMT -5
Glad I could be of help!  |
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Post by nocturnal YL on Oct 26, 2017 7:26:00 GMT -5
Glad to see you found what you're after!
I blame the Internet's collective memory being US-centric when it comes to video games. European names do become forgotten easily, especially for the older systems.
Actually, even I didn't know Illusion of Gaia had a different name in Europe.
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Post by craig on Oct 26, 2017 7:53:51 GMT -5
I don't really understand why there's euro-spceicifc names to be honest! Maybe one or two if there was copyright conflict etc. but there are many with different names. Curious!
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Post by The Qu on Oct 26, 2017 12:11:56 GMT -5
I know a couple of the big ones are because of copyright conflicts- Star Wing and Lylat Wars being because of an obscure Atari game called Star Fox, for instance. I've zero idea about Illusion of Gaia though. I can't imagine there was a conflict with a name like that.
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in real life, but as soon as I seen "Illusion of Time" I just knew that was it. I honestly can't believe I finally know what it was; I've been thinking about it for years. I've even poured over the SNES game list multiple times but nothing ever jumped out at me (maybe because it's mainly listed as Illusion of Gaia, EU names just seem to be footnotes)!
