Name that Game - Ancient Polygon Edition
September 5, 2018 9:58 PM Subscribe
I have an 80’s or 90’s 3D computer game stuck in my head that I swear I am not making up. Here is what I can remember:
- Early 3D game with brightly colored polygonal spaces and characters. Flat shaded, no wireframe
- Adventure game, walk around, climb stairs, push switches, talk to people
- There was a small plus shaped cursor that you could use to shoot a laser with the mouse
- I feel like this came with something for free. In my mind associated with Prodigy (don’t judge) but that might just be due to similar vintages?
Help!
- Early 3D game with brightly colored polygonal spaces and characters. Flat shaded, no wireframe
- Adventure game, walk around, climb stairs, push switches, talk to people
- There was a small plus shaped cursor that you could use to shoot a laser with the mouse
- I feel like this came with something for free. In my mind associated with Prodigy (don’t judge) but that might just be due to similar vintages?
Help!
Best answer: I remember something like that called "Lemme Outta Here", which came on a cd included with a book about virtual reality. (The same cd had a demo in what appeared to be the same engine of a virtual office park and also contained a demo of Continuum referenced by unliteral, among other things.) As I recall, you eventually got to a rowboat, and the game ended with you getting into a rocket. I haven't been able to find anything on Google, though.
posted by eruonna at 11:34 PM on September 5, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by eruonna at 11:34 PM on September 5, 2018 [1 favorite]
Could it have been one of the Freescape games?
posted by samj at 12:00 AM on September 6, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by samj at 12:00 AM on September 6, 2018 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Oh hey, the one I'm thinking of is apparently a demo for Virtual Reality Studio. (Images from it appear in the "Graphics" section here.) It seems this is built on top of Freescape.
posted by eruonna at 12:27 AM on September 6, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by eruonna at 12:27 AM on September 6, 2018 [1 favorite]
This sounds like Challenge of the ancient empires.
posted by pintapicasso at 2:07 AM on September 6, 2018
posted by pintapicasso at 2:07 AM on September 6, 2018
Response by poster: Definitely was the VRS demo built on Freescape. The rowboat, lighthouse, rocket are dead giveaways. Mystery solved!
posted by q*ben at 5:57 AM on September 6, 2018
posted by q*ben at 5:57 AM on September 6, 2018
There is a complete walkthrough on YouTube.
posted by tomcooke at 1:17 PM on September 6, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by tomcooke at 1:17 PM on September 6, 2018 [2 favorites]
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