Looking for an old game....

[ToxieDogg]

Hi, wonder if any of you guys can help.

I'm looking for an old game that I used to play a lot when I was about 15/16. I think it may have been a Lynx game but it could have been on the Mega Drive or PlayStation. If I remember rightly, you played as a little foreign guy with a moustache and he is stuck on an island at the start which seem to have a load of tortoises on it. When he eats mushrooms he grows taller and I think there was a flower that give you magic powers to shoot fireballs as well. I remember a bit where you break an egg with a baby dinosaur in it and force it to carry you around, and also a bit with a castle where you had to fight some monster at the end, then a bridge appears to another island which I think has got a haunted house on it (?).

Yeah, I know it sounds weird and my description is vague, sorry! Have been searching everywhere online for days now, tried Google, Yahoo, Ask Jeeves etc. and haven't come up with any answers. Anybody got any ideas?

[Sureshot]

That's obviously Polybius.

[RMLF]

Squirrel King?

Boy thats a toughy. Im stumped

[Dominoid]

Clearly it's "Custer's revenge" on the Atari 2600

[ToxieDogg]

No, it's none of those. It might be a bit like Custer's Revenge because I remember that the little foreign guy with the moustache has to rescue a woman (might be a princess) I think? And you can run left and right and have to dodge stuff as well. It wasn't on the Atari 2600 though I don't think. Were there any games like Custer's Revenge on the Coleco Gemini? I played on one of those a while back.

Remembered another bit about the game, the little guy could fly on some bits, he'd put a cape on and he'd run and take off like Superman. Maybe it was a Superman game? I'm just going to check.

EDIT: No, it's not a Superman game either

[martyg]

It wasn't on the Atari 2600 though I don't think. Were there any games like Custer's Revenge on the Coleco Gemini? I played on one of those a while back.

The Gemini is a 2600, it's a 2600 clone. I think you mean Colecovision?

Anyways, sounds from your original description like it was one of the early Mario/Yoshi games like Super Mario World on the Super Nintendo.





But someone not remembering who Mario is would really scream absolute newbie around here.

[Sureshot]

[RetroBob]

Aww maaaan that's no fun.

I was about to suggest it was Great Gianna Sisters!

[martyg]

Sorry, but I only can see helpless things poked with a stick for just so long.

[aztecca]

Hmmm that game you describe there rings a bell Toxie.Just cant put my finger on it.You sure it isn't Oh Mummy on the Speccy or maybe Harrier Attack.

[thevulture]

Never mind the game, have you anything you want us to give you for free? Are you selling anything?.Where's the link in your post? Etc etc.Anywho, back on topic,The game sounds very much like a CD-i or Jaguar CD game to me....

[FatTrucker]

Hi, wonder if any of you guys can help.

I'm looking for an old game that I used to play a lot when I was about 15/16. I think it may have been a Lynx game but it could have been on the Mega Drive or PlayStation. If I remember rightly, you played as a little foreign guy with a moustache and he is stuck on an island at the start which seem to have a load of tortoises on it. When he eats mushrooms he grows taller and I think there was a flower that give you magic powers to shoot fireballs as well. I remember a bit where you break an egg with a baby dinosaur in it and force it to carry you around, and also a bit with a castle where you had to fight some monster at the end, then a bridge appears to another island which I think has got a haunted house on it (?).

Yeah, I know it sounds weird and my description is vague, sorry! Have been searching everywhere online for days now, tried Google, Yahoo, Ask Jeeves etc. and haven't come up with any answers. Anybody got any ideas?

Spare a thought for our American cousins, they don't get this kind of sarcasm and will think its a serious request....bad Dogg!.

Anyway its clearly some half ar*ed fan hack of Manic Miner.

[Liamh1982]

Pity those Yanks for not getting the subtle, clever British sense of humour (with a 'U') !

[ToxieDogg]

But someone not remembering who Mario is would really scream absolute newbie around here.

*points in the direction of my post count and join date*

Anyway, I initially thought it might be a Mario game, but then I bought Super Mario All Stars on the Wii just before Xmas and that was meant to have all the Mario games on it but it didn't have the game I was looking for.

I did a bit more searching last night and finally found it! It was in fact 'Bandersnatch' which I think was released on the Coleco Adam (hence my confusion about the Gemini). Thanks again everyone, might pick your brains again in the future, this is a very helpful forum!

[DPrinny]

Is it Battletoads?