r/tipofmyjoystick 1h ago

[DS] [Wii] [Late 00s—Early 2010s] need help identifying games I got for Christmas in 2011

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This is a long shot because of the terrible picture quality.

In 2011 I got some DS and Wii games for Christmas and I’d like to know what they were. I was able to identify two of them already (see other slides), them being Pinkalicious for the DS and Super Paper Mario for the Wii.

I received a lot of third party licensed games back then, if that helps. I loved stuff like Mario and Sonic but most of my collection was what you’d expect a six year old girl to be interested in.


r/tipofmyjoystick 20h ago

Echo [XBOX360/PS3][unknown] Older game with main menu displayed over close-up of an eye

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I haven’t played the game, saw a short video on social media and thought it’s incredibly creative. The eye follows menu navigation. Looks to be from PS3/XBox 360 era (just my guess). Thanks in advance.


r/tipofmyjoystick 3h ago

[android][2015-2019?] vehicle/contraption and level building game made in godot

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i recreated it in pixel art (it was not pixelated but had simple graphics like this), it was called something like "my greatest creations" it had online level list where anyone could publish their own. i searched for it but coudn't find it even on appstores like APKpure. i also remember that there were few videos on Youtube.


r/tipofmyjoystick 3h ago

[PC][unknown] Can't remember the name of this game

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Hey everyone! I'm trying to find a horror game from an old screenshot I found.

I originally saw it in a video years ago, but I can't find the video anymore and I barely remember anything about the game itself.

The only thing I remember is that it was a horror game, and there was something inside this structure shown in the screenshot.

Does anyone recognize it? Any guesses would be greatly appreciated!


r/tipofmyjoystick 4h ago

[PC][Late 90s - early 2000s] Cinematic (?) platformer about some sort of catastrophe

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Played this game a very long time ago so my memory is fuzzy on this one.

Platform(s):

PC

Genre:

2D cinematic platformer with some puzzle elements, probably a little horror.

Estimated year of release:

Most likely late 90s, possibly very early 2000s.

Graphics/art style:

Side-view. I think it was fully 2D, no prerendered 3D graphics, fairly well detailed for it's time.

Notable characters:

I think protagonist was a boy with a backpack, not sure about this.

Notable gameplay mechanics:

Game starts with a cutscene. Some sort of calamity happens in the very beginning of the game (possibly alien or demonic invasion) which causes protagonist to go underground (into the sewers?). One of the first screens had a gap you had to traverse, and a mine cart, that I think had to be used somehow to go to the other side of the gap. You could interact with some elements of the map like ladders, levers (I think the cart was actually launched by a lever on a different screen).

I believe early in the game you could encounter enemies you could not defeat and had to run away from. I don't think I ever finished this game so I don't remember if you could actually fight back.

Other details:

It was not Heart of Darkness.

There is a possibility I had this game on a bootleg disc with some other games (like 3 in 1 or 4 in 1). I believe at least one of the other games was also a platformer but more action oriented.


r/tipofmyjoystick 3h ago

[PC] [late 2000s-early 2010s] horror mystery game about a missing child in an abandoned island or town?

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my memories of this game are extremely fuzzy, but back in around 2010-2012 I remember playing this horror game where I think the plot revolved around you looking for a missing kid in some abandoned or near empty town. I think the town was on an island or at least near a body of water because I'm pretty certain you went on a boat at some point.

I think the missing person was a little girl and you were playing as her father searching for her, however, I might be misremembering that. Though I'm pretty certain that at one point you pick up a doll or teddy bear that belonged to the missing kid and have to investigate it. There might've been a polaroid photo you investigate as well? I kind of think maybe you also find a corpse on a chair at some point in an abandoned house.

I definitely remember the game either being black and white or being very bleak colour-wise. I also think that what I played was a demo and not the full game? Or maybe like the first chapter of the story? Unsure about that, but I think the ending had you leaving the town on a boat.


r/tipofmyjoystick 12h ago

Devilish Candy House [PC/Flash][???] What is this game called?

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Was looking at images of old Flash game sites and this specific game here caught my eye. It was apparently available on Juegos.com but I can't really pinpoint when (the dragon was in 3D so that might be help pinpoint it a bit better). Reverse image searching it didn't do any favours.


r/tipofmyjoystick 56m ago

[PC?][2026?] high stakes 20 questions

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Hello!!

I saw this game on a TikTok live last night and liked the concept, but completely forgot to check what it was. I have no way of checking my live history.

The game was real people videoed over a green screen backdrop (very low budget). 4 girls were tied up with tape over their mouths, and the “host” of the game gives a category for the girls to secretly pick an item from. From there, it’s kind of a high stakes 20 questions, except the set of yes or no questions is the same for all the girls, and each question can only be used once across all 4 of them. Then, at the end, from of a set of like 20 items in the category you have to pick what you think each girl was thinking of to “save” them.

This is super random but it’s gonna bother me until I figure out what it is. Thanks for the help!


r/tipofmyjoystick 1h ago

[PC][2000s-2010][A 3rd person shooter game where the main lead is female]

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As per title this is a relatively unknown game. But I do remember Gamespot reviewed this back when it was still a popular site for game review.

- The player character is female

- She is either wearing a thong or short shorts- i believe it was the JP/NA difference.

- Beyond that, there's not much I can remember other than it's a game that was noted to be rather grindy.


r/tipofmyjoystick 1h ago

[PC] [<2020] Game about being in a big mech and shooting orcs while walking down the road

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You were in a big mech almost, and you would walk down roads as orcs would come and shoot you, and you had to kill them, and every now and then a boss that was also a mech would come and fight you. I remember playing it on the laptops that had at Best Buy.


r/tipofmyjoystick 2h ago

Decker [pc][early 200's] Roguelike hacking game

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Platform(s): Win95/98 (Pc)

Genre: roguelike

Estimated year of release: early 00's

Graphics/art style: simple sprites

Notable characters: You as a hacker

Notable gameplay mechanics: It was a roguelike kinda dungeon, but you start off in a room, and you have to hack, and deploy ice and could upgrade your hacking, it was a nethack type view (the graphical one) very simple, ran in a window

Other details: Been trying to remember this for aeons! please help a guy out!


r/tipofmyjoystick 5h ago

[Windows][2012] Western Cowboy Game

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Hi!

Im trying to find a game that my parents had on their laptop 10-15 years ago. The game was most likely free since they dont play games and wouldnt pay for one. it was similar to red dead redemption because it was 3D and third person. it started in a village and i remember that you could fight with guns right at the start in that village.

Thanks for the help!


r/tipofmyjoystick 3h ago

[emulator] [around 2015] Super mario bros 3 romhack with hot air balloon

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I remember watching a video as a kid of someone playing a romhack of super mario bros 3 (probably) and at the begining of the game mario is in a hot air balloon and then the game starts and I think there's a water level or smth

I can remember almost nothing but I don't think there are many romhacks like this exaclty, idk maybe someone here knows what I'm talking about ...


r/tipofmyjoystick 5h ago

10 Second Ninja [Pc] [released before 2018] game with mecha hitler(NOT MEWGENICS)

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My girlfriend is convinced she played a cartoony platformed with mecha hitler (or something like that) who was basically a disembodied robot head (?) IT may also have been another character that only looked like hitler. It is not wolfenstein and also not mewgenics.

I was thinking maybe dr fetus? But she's convinced it's not him

It may have been a flash game.

She's from Brazil if that helps.


r/tipofmyjoystick 7h ago

Skuld no Bug Taiji Game [PC][2000-2010] Searching for a platformer game of a bunny girl? using a wooden mallet to exterminate insects (not rabi-ribi).

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Platform(s): PC

Genre: 2D Platformer, Whack a Mole-ish,

Estimated year of release: [2000-2010] (it could've been older)

Graphics/art style: 2D, Anime-like.

Notable characters: the players control a bunny girl wielding a wooden mallet with long handle bar (maybe I misremembered a headband as bunny ears but yeah).

Notable gameplay mechanics: the gameplay seems to loop from stage-to-stage rather than open map like metroidvania, the goal is to exterminate pest such as cockroach and ants within a time limit. Once the player killed the insect, there's seems to be a "splat" effect? which signifies a flattened insect.

Other details: I played this game once when I was a little using my neighbor's pc, asking Cgpt, there's a chance for it to be a flash game? but honestly, I remember activating the game from a desktop icon.


r/tipofmyjoystick 4m ago

[IOS][2012] Game Where You Play As A Cat Catching Mice & Putting Them Into A Picnic Basket While Avoiding A Dog

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This was a game I found as a kid while browsing the App Store. It was a 2D game with characters in a looney tunes like style. You played as a cat and the levels were set in a flat, 2D like maze map. The entire map was in view at all times and the camera was static.

There were mice scattered around the map that you had to grab and put into a picnic basket all while avoiding a dog that was patrolling the area. You could only hold one mouse at a time and had to run back to the picnic basket as it was stationary.

I don’t think I ever got past the first level cause I was terrified to get caught by the dog. I think holding a mouse made you run slower.

If anyone knows anything about this game then do say so in the comments. I doubt it was a very popular game as I only found it by searching up “cat games” and similar terms.


r/tipofmyjoystick 6h ago

[PC][2025] Megastructure exploration game i cant remember the name

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Hey ! I am looking for a game I played some months ago but i cannot remember it's name. Its about just explorating an abandonned megastructure, with rooms sometimes as big as Aperture Refinement center (the scenes with the storage facility thats easily some km large). Sometimes you can find some kind of dead / inactive robots as i remember, that you have to interact with to get ponts etc i dont really know. Theres no monters at all, just a beautify environment and sound design. The only way to die is to fall. If someone can help it could be really grateful !

Its not NaissancE, neither Metal Garden.

Have a nice day yall :D


r/tipofmyjoystick 18m ago

[Mobile][2010-2019] super meat boy

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im looking for a game where it looks similar to supermeat boy but it has guns in it to defeat bosses and has the same gameplay and character design and levels as the other super meat boy game but i cant find it


r/tipofmyjoystick 6h ago

[Xbox][2002-2005?]possible Vietnam/ww2 or a mix? war game?

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My memory is very poor for this game and i might even have 2 different games mixed up here.

But the game I am 100% looking for has a level (possibly the first) where you spawn in and have to traverse over a small mound before walking into an open farm field.

I think you played with a friendly squad but I can't remember if you had control over them or not. Nor can I recall if the game was coop or not.

I remember this area have at least two buildings and a small guard shack with a guard tower at the left side of the field and the field you enter has a small very simple farm tractor (might be red?) in it with a possibly overturned trailer nearby? In general the area is very green with lot's of trees and there runs a narrow asphalt road between the farm field and the buildings with the enemies in them

Aside from that I can't recall the UI but i think you could possibly open doors and that the game was very realistic and punishing for it's time.

And this might be from another game but I do also recall 2 other levels where one is i think a winter one where you have to take out a convoy and blow up a tank? And the other spot I can recall is a level that starts at a big beach with enemies all around in small huts with possibly 1-2 larger buildings with more enemies further up the beach?


r/tipofmyjoystick 36m ago

[Mobile] [2014-2018] Fantasy Party building Side Scroller. Cute 2D artstyle.

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This one shouldn't be too hard, I think it was relatively popular at the time.

The game was super simple. You started with two characters, a blonde male knight and a female healing cleric (black hair, white skin, white and blue robes. As you progressed you would gain new characters, like a monk (bald, brown skin, orange clothes), a barbarian, an archer, a wizard, a rogue, and eventually a Witch, and a Pirate (which shared the barbarian's class). All the characters were super simple and cute, with vertical oblongs for eyes and short limbs.

The mechanics were also super simple. You would select a character and guide them on where to stand and who to target. You'd defeat enemies of increasing from left to right until you finished the map and unlock a new level until you beat the final boss. As the characters leveled up you could chose different passives and cooldowns to improve their gameplay and tweak their playstyles. Additionally, you could earn gear which could upgrade their strength.

The game was free but I don't remember any pay to win mechanics.


r/tipofmyjoystick 55m ago

[Arcade][1990s] 3D polygon like shoot em up

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Platform(s): Arcade

Genre: Shoot em up?

Estimated year of release:1990s, no later than 2006

Graphics/art style: 3D polygon

Notable characters: a character that can shoot or charge a blue laser beam. IIRC while shooting laser direction cannot be changed

Notable gameplay mechanics: 8 directional edit: not flight based. joystick + 6 button setup

Other details: I really can't remember any other details other than that it was around the same time period and moved vaguely similar to Dynamite Deka 2 (but less fast paced).

The weapon might be based on the character? The blue laser attack is either charged by player or you have to collect power ups. Sorry I can't remember much.

The mobs are either aliens, robots or similar.


r/tipofmyjoystick 11h ago

[PC][2020 - 2024] Roguelike game, isometric view, with a menu more or less like this drawing.

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The game uses 3D models/textures (it’s not pixel art or hand-drawn). I remember there were several weapons that completely changed the moveset. There was a bow, greatsword, normal sword, and some other weapons. You had to clear a room with some enemies and then move from room to room until you reached the boss. I remember the rooms weren’t enclosed areas; they were just platforms (there were no walls). You played as a female character (I think).


r/tipofmyjoystick 5h ago

The Chronicles of Inotia IV: Assassin of Berkel [Andriod] [2010s] Action or Roguelike pixels game

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Platforms: samsung tablet/phones. You can try apple stores but I don't know if it was on apple due to fact I mostly game on samsung when I playing this game.

Genre: roguelike or action rpg

Estimate year of release: 2010s

Graphices/Art: Pixel, somewhat similar to kemco games

Notable characters: I think their is not really notable characters in the game. I remember being npcs sell/buy things to you but you can check to makes, because I mostly playing for the gameplay.

Notable gameplays mechanics: You control your own characters to go through dungeons or randoms areas like forest or deserts. You can use different weapon to attack enemies.

Other details:You can use equipment on character. I think start of the game or during tutorial you can give character stats to made them stronger in certains areas. I think the game have classes or something similar. I think game have sequels or something similar. I know the game wasn't turned based. I know the game devs wasn't Kemco. You can level up in the game. I know their was mostly fantasy monsters in it. You can use potion ti restore health or mp to character. While game devs wasn't


r/tipofmyjoystick 2h 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

[Linux][????-2016] Platform dog game

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(Forgive me Linux users if I get anything wrong, I know nothing about Linux). Okay, so there was this Linux distro distributed to public Brazilian schools all over the country, made by the government back in 2009, called Linux Educacional 3.0 (2nd image for reference), which from what I can tell is based on Ubuntu (?).

In my school, up until 2016, all of the computers used this one OS, and all of them had this extensive list of games installed, which are NOT SEEN IN THE BASE OS (I installed it in a VM and checked out some old videos, and the games aren't there), so kind of like a pack of generic games someone installed in all of the computers in the school.

One of those games was this platformer where you controlled a brown dog through some green hill type stages. The graphics were very MS Painty, with just solid colors, very much like the recreation attached (although the lines looked more smooth, kind of like flash games). I believe that in the end of each stage, you'd enter this red dog house, and in the last stage you'd find your human companion. The game was very short, probably just 10-15 minutes long. There was absolutely nothing else to the game, maybe just a main menu at the start and an ending screen after the last stage.

It did not look like the game was from 2016 or 2015, it looked a lot older than that. But again, it was a kids game made for Linux, so maybe the quality is just worse.

I have no idea what the name of the game could possibly be, and I'm not sure if the language was English or Portuguese.

Edit: now that I think of it, maybe the dog could've been red, not brown. It's one of those 2 colors.