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I remember playing SimLife a few times as a kid and thought it was amazing - basic in appearance but creatures would "evolve". Don't remember it well enough to determine whether it was a classic or nothing special though.

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07-03-2017 , 11:50 PM

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Ha, Sim Ant, man. That game was great.

I remember back in 1999, I was working up in the D.C. area and had a second apartment up there. I played Sim Ant online using dial-up. Someone who I later figured out was a middle-schooler "friended" me or whatever it was and we played together a bunch of times. My girlfriend (now wife) totally made fun of me for that.

I still remember his nickname: BioTony. I believe Bio was his "clan."

EDIT: Now that watched that video, I don't think the game I played with BioTony was Sim Ant. I do remember Sim Ant, though, and it was definitely a great game. Damn, I wish I could remember what the online ant game was.

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07-04-2017 , 01:07 AM

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SimAnt was one of my favorites as well, and I have been meaning to rebuy the cartridge for awhile now. I don't regret or even miss most of the games I traded in over the years but this is one that always stands out as I wish I had kept.

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07-06-2017 , 07:43 AM

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i never liked that you could jump in "new age" ego shooters. i think half-life made that transition?!
well, two ego-shooetrs that were pure fire (and without jumping):
disruptor (ps one)
exhumed (saturn)

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07-06-2017 , 08:53 AM

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The heck is an ego shooter?

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07-06-2017 , 10:38 AM

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swear i had a dream about sim ant last night before reading this thread

those things that would come out of a hole and eat you have featured in my nightmares since about 5 years old and it continues to this day

i didnt gaf about the spider

had it on amiga not snes

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07-06-2017 , 10:44 AM

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u & i played this version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ucLyqEboGM

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07-07-2017 , 05:01 AM

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The heck is an ego shooter?

doom, quake, disruptor, exhumed!!?!

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07-07-2017 , 09:44 AM

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Daer

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FPS in english. Ego shooter is the german name for them.

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07-07-2017 , 03:36 PM

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07-12-2017 , 02:49 AM

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Love me some Blast Corps and was the game I was thinking of before I saw OP. Getting all Platinums is probably my greatest video game accomplishment.

Well I just retrieved my N64 with a copy of Blast Corps from a good friend of mine who is moving. I mean I left it at his place a long time ago and just retrieved it.

But damn it, I want to make an exercise to try to get all platinums again, and am going to use this thread as a periodic journal...

68 Golds is the end result of day 1. Think I am missing 6 golds before interplanetary levels, which leads to time trial grind. Which is just a precursor to the Platinum grind.

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07-12-2017 , 04:53 AM

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son, may the analog-stick be with you!

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07-12-2017 , 09:16 PM

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I got all the Platinums in Blast Corps too, many people to this day don't believe me. Some of them were that freaking hard. We're talking trying the same level for a few hours to shave the last .2 off your time.

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07-13-2017 , 10:47 AM

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haha Disruptor was great. You got to dual wield a gun and a psionic magic spell. Doom with a cinematic cutscene storyline to explain your growing default arsenal. I remember rewatching a playthrough of it when Youtube first came out.

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07-13-2017 , 02:01 PM

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Are you maybe thinking of C&C Red Alert? That was big around that time and had some mode where you fought against giant ants.

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07-14-2017 , 12:44 AM

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Platinums are every much of a ***** as I remembered. 22/78 at the moment. Not sure I will do the two pac-man levels. I am willing to overlook the camera issues except for those two levels. But **** those two levels. Those two levels are easily the games biggest flaw.

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07-14-2017 , 04:56 AM

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Are you maybe thinking of C&C Red Alert? That was big around that time and had some mode where you fought against giant ants.

I never knew this.

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07-15-2017 , 07:43 PM

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07-15-2017 , 08:02 PM

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Pilotwings snes. My friend and I are playing it through (as well as lol paperboy 2) and it's fun times.

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07-15-2017 , 11:31 PM

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More like the most overhyped "cult" game.

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07-15-2017 , 11:32 PM

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07-16-2017 , 12:03 AM

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07-16-2017 , 08:03 AM

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More like the most overhyped "cult" game.

It became a cult game yes. At the time you still couldnt buy it in europe because publishers "overlooked" it. It took about 1.5 years from release before you could buy it in europe.

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07-16-2017 , 08:18 AM

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Earthbound was released in 94, but didn't make it to the U.K. until 2016 or something

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07-16-2017 , 08:28 AM

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Sputnik is right, when Demon Souls was released it was seen as a niche game that wouldn't sell very well and therefore got a really limited initial retail run.

A recent example of this happening is Nier Automata. It's the best game released for PS4 this year but retail copies were kept really low because they didn't have much faith in it selling in the west.

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