Can anyone identify a video game from the 90s I vaguely remember?

September 27, 2015 11:46 PM

I believe it was for NES and came out before '97. In the long prologue, a female character ends up trapped on one side of a broken floor in a collapsing building. A male love interest remains with her instead of escaping with the group. Does anyone remember what this is? I've tried Google and it sounds like it might be in the Final Fantasy series, but I'm not at all certain.
posted by Tick Tock Tourmaline to Sports, Hobbies, & Recreation (3 answers total)

It sounds a lot to me like the intro sequence to the first Lufia game, on the SNES. Youtube clip to see if it jogs your memory.
posted by Magnakai at 2:17 AM on September 28, 2015

I don't know the game but this website is a database of essentially all NES games and has video previews of the beginnings of each game. Your game sounds like action or adventure, so I would start by sorting by genre if you choose to look for it.

Magnakai mentioned an SNES game, so it's possible what you're looking for isn't an NES game and won't be there.
posted by atinna at 3:03 AM on September 28, 2015

Thank you both! Magnakai, that's it! I definitely remember some of the combat screens and maps. I can finally put that niggling unknown to rest. Sorry for giving the wrong platform, it was at a friend's house way back when that I played it.

Atinna, thank you for the amazing resource. I'll be using that again.
posted by Tick Tock Tourmaline at 10:00 AM on September 28, 2015