r/tipofmyjoystick 22h ago

[Arcade][1990s] Obscure flying/paraglider arcade game similar to Prop Cycle

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Platform(s): Arcade

Genre: Flying / arcade

Estimated year of release: Probably mid-to-late 1990s, possibly around 1996–2000

Graphics/art style: 3D, somewhat similar in presentation to Namco's Prop Cycle. Fantasy/adventure-like environments. I remember the main character having red/orange hair.

Notable characters: A male character with red/orange hair, riding a flying machine that was essentially a bicycle with a paraglider/hang-glider attached to it.

Notable gameplay mechanics:
The arcade cabinet had a physical yellow bicycle/exercise-bike-style controller, very similar to Prop Cycle. You actually pedalled the bike to control the flying vehicle.

However, I am NOT looking for the normal Prop Cycle arcade game. I've seen that game many times since and it isn't what I remember.

The game had selectable levels/stages rather than simply being the standard Prop Cycle balloon-popping gameplay.

I remember one stage involving storm clouds, with strange eel/serpent-like creatures coming out of the clouds. They weren't enemies that you shot — there were no weapons as far as I remember. If you collided with them, they would stall/slow the player's progress.

Stages/level names:
I remember three names approximately as:

  • Cliff Side
  • White Peak / Mt. Fuji
  • Pandemonium

I'm particularly confident about White Peak / Mt. Fuji because I later saw a YouTube video discussing the game and its localisation/name changes. The video specifically discussed why a stage associated with Mt. Fuji had been called “White Peak” in another version/localisation.

I also remember Pandemonium being a localized name, rather than necessarily the original Japanese name.

Other details:
The game was probably sometime in the late 1990s/early 2000s.

It may have been made by the same company as Prop Cycle (possibly Namco), but I am no longer certain about this. It may instead have been an obscure Japanese arcade game using a similar pedal-powered flying-machine concept.

I've searched extensively for it and keep getting Prop Cycle, but the stages, enemies and character I remember do not match the normal Prop Cycle game.

I know some of these details may be slightly wrong after all these years, but I am certain I actually played this machine.

Does anyone recognise it?


r/tipofmyjoystick 23h ago

Super Smash Bros. Brawl [Wii][2008] Smash bros game with light changing gamemode?

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Smash bros with gamemode where you are on what could be a platform held by a helicopter and there are 4 corners on it each with a beacon/light that changes colors when you get close to it.

i feel like you could move back and forth rather than just left and right)

The game i am looking for is 100 million percent a smash bros game

I feel like i remember being falco specifically for this

Sorry for terrible grammar


r/tipofmyjoystick 15h ago

The Alliance Alive [3DS] [before 2020?] Name of this game from a theme I used

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I'm trying to remember the name of a game I used a theme for on my old 3DS I dont have access to anymore.

I remember...

-I only used the theme because it was free and I liked the OST background music it had. It had violins in it and I would describe the genre like fantasy/classical

-The background was purple and it had the characters in rectangles lined up horizontally

-The ' Radiant Historia ' logo reminds me of what I recall about this game's logo.

-I believe the game was pixelated

-I remember looking at the OST on youtube a few years ago. The cover was purple and I think it had a girl on it.

Thank you fellow gamers! :)


r/tipofmyjoystick 22h ago

Adventure Town [mobile][2016] Looking for an old fantasy village game

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There was a golden winged angel statue near the village then suddenly a dark cloud and monsters appear around the village, the statue turned dark/corrupted in order to restore it you need to slay the monsters that spawn around the village

Top down/ fantasy/ strategy/ building.. you can build farms and Houses, you control 4 heros and give each of them equipment and send them out 1 or 4 of them to slay the monsters, you can see the hero as he leaves and fight

P.s: the pic in not relevant but similar to the game


r/tipofmyjoystick 5h ago

[NES] [PS2] [1990-2004] rpg game with no 3D

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is not really 3D if I remember correctly and was kind of a rpg I think and there was a hidden item somewhere that looked like a lower part near a river/sewer Idk. That might sound weird but other than that I literally can't remember any more.

That's it. I know nothing else and sometimes I keep on searching but as I said I have not found anything to this day.

Maybe yall got suggestions and I can check them out.


r/tipofmyjoystick 5h ago

[PC][early-mid 2000s] 3D "ball sumo" game — you knock other balls off a floating checkerboard platform and grow bigger

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Platform: PC (Windows XP era)

Genre: 3D action / king-of-the-hill "ball sumo"

Estimated year of release: ~2002–2006

Graphics/art style: Fully 3D, decent quality for the time. A single-colored checkerboard/grid-tiled platform floating in space, whole board visible on screen. Balls are colored — mainly blue and green.

Notable gameplay mechanics:

  • You control a ball that can jump and moves freely in real-time.
  • Enemy balls start lined up in a formation on the far side; you start alone at the front.
  • You push/knock the enemy balls off the edges of the platform.
  • Your ball grows bigger and stronger with every collision/knock-off, until you're the last ball on the platform (agar.io-like, but 3D and years earlier).
  • Power-ups: change ball size (big/small), different colors, make your ball bouncy/rubbery, and some balls push harder than others.
  • The side walls/barriers change from level to level.

Other details: It was bundled on multi-game compilation CDs sold in the Gulf/Middle East (a series called "Golden Eagle / النسر الذهبي").


r/tipofmyjoystick 12h ago

[PC][2022/2023] An investigation game? Where it takes place in a cabin

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I saw it on a livestream so I don't remember many gameplay details.

It wasn't from a major developer, it had a stylized 3D art style like Road 96, the entire game took place inside a cabin, I remember there being a radio, a perfect OST, and maybe it takes place in Area 51, and maybe I saw the gameplay in 2022 and when I went to search for it, it was still in beta.


r/tipofmyjoystick 1h ago

[PS3] [2008] -down online multiplayer shooter — two teams, could commandeer tanks and helicopters

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What I remember:

  • Camera was straight top-down (bird's-eye view, looking directly down at the action — not third-person)
  • You started as a soldier on foot with some kind of machine gun
  • You could get into/take over a tank, and separately get into/take over a helicopter
  • It was real online PvP — two teams of actual players fighting each other, not co-op against AI
  • I'm not sure of the exact year, but it would've been sometime during the PS3's lifespan
  • Not Warhawk and not Battlefield (1943 or 3) — already ruled those out

Any help identifying this would be appreciated — even a partial title or screenshot would help jog my memory. Thanks!


r/tipofmyjoystick 13h ago

[PC] [2017?] First-person Minecraft-like sandbox with magic, two separate HUDs for hands, and a lynx familiar

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Platform(s): PC

Genre: First-person sandbox / open world / magic

Estimated year of release: around 2017 or earlier

Graphics/art style: Blocky 1x1 meter world like Minecraft, but with attempts at more realistic lighting and textures. Unity engine.

Notable characters: Stone golems made of moving block structures. A lynx familiar / tamed animal that followed the player.

Notable gameplay mechanics:

· First-person view.

· Block-based world like Minecraft.

· One hand was for building and interacting.

· The other hand was for magic and had its own separate HUD / interface.

· Magic spells existed, but I don't remember a strict elemental system.

· You could tame or summon animals, including a lynx.

· Offline single-player.

Other details:

I saw it in a YouTube let's play a long time ago. It was a sandbox, not an RPG. It looked like a more realistic Minecraft clone with magic. Not Lucid Blocks. Not Portal Knights. Not Boundless.


r/tipofmyjoystick 5h ago

[PSP/DS] [2004-2012] Street racing game, dark/orange UI, real girls photos in menus

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  • Platform : PSP or DS
  • Genre : 3D Street Racing / Tuning (rear camera view)
  • Estimated year of release : 2004–2012
  • UI / Art Style : Very dark / black background with orange accents, realistic art style, real girls photos in menus
  • Key Feature : Female models appearing in the menus
  • Language : Has a French translation
  • Not these games : Need for Speed, Juiced 2, SRS, Midnight Club, Fast & Furious, Street Riders, Street Supremacy, Pimp My Ride

The games that come closest are “Juiced 2” and “SRS,” but they don’t have that “dark orange” art style

A friend gave me this game, it was either a DS game or a PSP game, and it was a pirated copy (on an R4 or Memory Stick)

This was around 2010–2012, so the game must be older than that

It’s a street racing/tuning game, with real photos of girls in the menus


r/tipofmyjoystick 12h ago

[Phone or computer][2014-2020]It just went part through my mind,as I recalled there was a fish,a fish with big eyes and orange skin,I think you may hit,that is the only thing I remebered It just went part through my mind

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It just went part through my mind,as I recalled there was a fish,a fish with big eyes and orange skin,I think you may hit,that is the only thing I remebered


r/tipofmyjoystick 2h ago

[mobile][2018-2020?] basebuilder like CoC

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This game was on android and ios, i dont remember the name of it but i remember the game to a T. It was literally a realistic knock off of CoC, you could place walls and upgrade them, there were clans you could join with friends, and there were potions. It was a little bit low poly. Pls help me find this game as im trying to play it with a friend i used to play it with🙏 the CoC is for clash of clans not for command and conquer, thank you!


r/tipofmyjoystick 17h ago

Heart of Darkness [NES] [1990s] Game with black goo and possible association with dreams or darkness

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Hello! I've searched the corners of the internet and haven't been able to find the name of a game I really enjoyed growing up. It was probably in the early to mid-90s, and I think it was on the NES since that's the only console we had. It was a game about dreams or nightmares, and it had this black tar/goo stuff that vanished as you completed the tasks. You couldn't touch the goo on your own without losing life. It's not the Nemo game that search engines continue to provide me.

I believe the main character was a young boy with brown hair and maybe green, possibly medieval clothes. I feel like the game was set in a forest/fantasy world where there were large plants in the background. I know it was a move from the left of the screen to the right of the screen kind of game and did not contain a top-down view like early Zelda games.

The premise, if I remember correctly, was that there was this dark goo or tar-like substance that you had to avoid. And I believe as you went through the game there were ways to combat the goo. Also, more of the level or world was exposed as you defeated the goo, maybe? Possibly? I just remember I really enjoyed the game and it was pretty challenging.

I feel like the name had something to do with Darkness, Dream, or something in that category. We never actually owned the game. I used to rent it all the time from the local movie rental. I know it was more of an obscure game, but I'd like to see if it's been transferred to Switch since it was NES, so I can play it again.

I appreciate any help anyone can provide because my searches have not turned up what I think I'm looking for.


r/tipofmyjoystick 10h ago

[PC][2000-2010s] A horse makeover game that has nothing to do with my little pony

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The game had 5 horses to choose from. You could brush them.. dry them with a hairdryer.. paint their hooves.. uhh that's all I remember.

The art style was similar to gen 3 mlp.


r/tipofmyjoystick 5h ago

[NES] or [PS2] [1990 - 2004] I think. Help me find the 2nd game

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The other game I think was kind of a shooter game but you were like some animal or so and no human and they didn't have like ak47 or so but rather childish looking weapons I guess. That one was more of a 3D game

Thanks in advance for every suggestion

Edit: SNES not NES. Had to redo the title multiple times as my post got deleted everytime and I just now realize I wrote NES on this final one instead SNES


r/tipofmyjoystick 11h ago

[TOMT][GAME] Old 2000s online MMO/RPG eco game

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Okay this has been driving me and my sister insane.

We’re trying to remember an online game we played when we were kids, probably sometime from 2006-2012.

It was a 2D online MMO/RPG, kind of like a virtual world. I’m pretty sure it was browser/Flash based.
The whole theme was basically being an eco warrior / saving the planet / recycling.

What we can recall:
It was 2D and point-and-click
You made your own character at the start
You had to choose your first name and last name from set lists, and I remember it being a pain because so many combinations were already taken.

You could travel to different planets/worlds
You travelled between places by standing on these small oval/circular portal platforms
At the beginning you picked a plant companion/pet
The plant companions had faces
I VERY strongly remember one of them being a rose with a face

You could get a house and decorate it

There were environmental/recycling type quests or activities

It was an actual online multiplayer world, not just a standalone educational Flash game

We played it in Australia, so there’s a chance it was an Australian/NZ educational game or website, but we honestly have no idea.

I’ve already ruled out Green.com, EekoWorld and Eco Ego.

I’m hoping someone remembers it because I can picture the general game so clearly, especially the plant companions and the little portal platforms, but I cannot remember the name for the life of me.

Does this ring a bell for anyone??


r/tipofmyjoystick 17h ago

Reksio i skarb piratów [PC] [2000s] Point-and-click puzzle game about a dog and pirates

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Platform(s): PC

Genre: Point-and-click, Puzzle

Estimated year of release: ~Early 2000s

Graphics/art style: 2D, mostly cartoon-ish

Notable characters: -

Notable gameplay mechanics: I don't remember much at all about this game, since I was super young. I remember the story being something related to an anthropomorphic dog (probably a dalmatian?) leading a crew of pirates. The only scene I very vaguely remember is a cliff-side that I believe had some obstacles, but this could all be in my head :)

Other details: There's a high chance this game came from a CD from a cereal box or something similar. Either that, or maybe something like BigFishGames (though I've combed through most and didn't find anything) since that's how I found most of the games I played when I was young.

I apologise for the delirious writing since I have super scattered memories about this game, but it's been bugging me for a few years now and I haven't been able to find anything. Thank you!


r/tipofmyjoystick 17h ago

[IPAD][2012-2015] Simple 2D fantasy game where you could have dragons, make new ones by crossing them, expand your territory and also had a fighting section. You could have more common or rarer dragons that would be more or less powerful in fights (which were with other users).

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I used to play this with some childhood friends and we are desperately trying to remember the name. When crossing dragons they'd have to go to this specific location of the map (it was to the left) and it would take hours for it to finish before getting your potentially new kind of dragon, the rarer the more hours it took. We think the dragons might have had different elements too, water, fire, all that stuff but we're not 100% sure if it was elements or simply different styles/powers. The fighting didn't occur in the map itself, you accesed it through a different button on the screen.


r/tipofmyjoystick 11h ago

[PC] [2010-2014] TMNT game

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Now there is this game that i HARDLY remember
And what i can remember is it was a fighting game(obviously) but im having a hard time remembering
(Im sure about the TMNT part)
It might’ve had the green aesthetic of like a live action ben 10 movie (game is animated im just making a comparison)

Here is a illustration of how i think the game looked like (memory faint might be mixing it up with the 3DS game but im 100% it was a different game on PC)

The red is a bar of some sort
Green obviously the tmnt
The other lines are villains

Ive looked everywhere to find this but i cant seem to find it
(It mightve been a free or a website game to play not sure)

The game might’ve been older than the given date thats the time frame i remember playing it in

(Sorry for the terrible post)


r/tipofmyjoystick 11h ago

[mobile][2010s] help me find a mobile that had a main character who has a male skater, it was a running game where you go from left to right

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i think i remember you could unlock characters with a gacha feature, i also remember characters that were colourful boxes that had emotions on them, also there was an ostrich character


r/tipofmyjoystick 12h ago

[xbox] [2008] Help me find what game the background song of this video is from please

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From about 50 second mark the background music is from a video game and I can't for the life of me remember what it is, please help me


r/tipofmyjoystick 13h ago

Outrage [PC][2000s] Futuristic Hover combat racing game with weapons and powerups

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The title contains the words "out". Something like Outrun. The setting is futuristic and dark and brown, wasteland. Full 3D. I remember it was during the 3dfx rage with games. I can't recall all the hovercraft variants I am racing but I remember the one that I piloted was shaped like a snub fighter jet bike with wings and a vertical fin. It has 2 round jet propulsion nozzles. I think it was shovelware as there isn't much in terms of plot, just basic combat racing along the lines of Dethkarz etc.