classic pc video game filter: does anyone remember this game?

April 19, 2008 10:02 AM

classic pc video game filter: does anyone remember this game: used to be a free download way back in the dawn of the internet. what i remember.... it was a game racing some sort of airplane or anti-gravity car. (similar to a more modern game called wipeout pure). it was a free download, and if im not mistaken it was actually from or sponsored by Microsoft to show off directx. The time frame would have been '96 or '97.
posted by chasles to computers & internet (8 comments total)

Was it Pod?
posted by rus at 10:06 AM on April 19, 2008

"Hover!"?
posted by moonshine at 10:14 AM on April 19, 2008

Yup sounds like Hover. And I think it cam pre-installed on a bunch of computers.
posted by lilkeith07 at 10:38 AM on April 19, 2008

Definitely Hover. It came on the Windows 95 CD along with Weezer's Buddy Holly video.
posted by burnmp3s at 11:04 AM on April 19, 2008 [1 favorite]

You're right, it was a demo. It was oddly fun though.
posted by The Light Fantastic at 12:14 PM on April 19, 2008

http://www.duke.edu/~mfc5/HOVER/
posted by PowerCat at 12:49 PM on April 19, 2008

oh my gosh.... i totally forgot about this. how weird. the unfortunate part is that although this so fits the bill, its not the one im looking for.... this one was explicitly racing based. fixed track, you against the computer, i even remember that after the race finished it showed a fixed perspective shot of you crossing the finish line.... any thoughts?


for what it's worth i also seem to keep coming up with the name canyon racer but google searches have led me to a flash game and to a NFS carbon game.... i also got stuck with the name ridge racer for awhile but that too is a different console based game.




(btw, i totally just played hover for 25 minutes!!!)
posted by chasles at 4:34 PM on April 19, 2008

was it Hi-Octane? Doesn't fit any of your other descriptions - wasn't an advert for directx or free download that i remember, but i played this constantly around the timeframe you speak of.
posted by dnc at 1:34 AM on April 21, 2008