Elder millennial, here. One of the weird things about the 90s was cereal boxes marketed to little bastards like me at the time would often have some kind of toy included in it.
PC gaming was kind of in its infancy and growing rapidly in popularity, so eventually the inevitable happed: a cereal company promoted their cereal by shoving a fucking CD into it, that little bastards like me lost their shit over, installed, and played the snot out of.
That had to be wild to work on. You get brought into the kickoff meeting for what you assume is going to be some soulless marketing gimick, then they start laying it out.
It had a plot, a decent amount of levels. There was a good amount of heart that went into that.
Cornflakes is cereal. AoE is Age of Empires, you might have heard about it. The comment I replied to was talking about games being released in cereal boxes. Where is the context lacking?
Well this is more of a digital bin but I picked up Brother a tale of two sons on sale ages ago because the art looked cool. Hands down one of the best games I ever played, made me sob like a bitch.
I distinctly remember in my city various computer stores had kiosks which were basically coin op PCs and for $1 you could transfer shareware onto a floppy disk. You were still responsible for paying for the full license if you liked it.
If my memory is right, after seeing how good sonic was on the megadrive,I was surprised with Jazz on my PC. It was so good and showed me that I didn’t need a console.
There are several games in that series, most if not all of which are on GOG for cheap. I recommend Caesar III (don’t bother with IV), Zeus, Pharoah and Cleopatra. They all follow the same basic formula and are a lot of fun.
I don’t remember the price, and Mom almost certainly paid for it, but Faxanadu. First game I ever beat, got an emulator and sought it out on a rom when those came out, and most recently played it at an arcade that had a bunch of older games loaded onto a “TV” with real controllers. Hadn’t used that kind of controller for a long time.
I’m not trying to be Mr Snappy but I think I paid a dollar for it too, and I feel I overpaid by about 99.9 cents
Edit: I can see why other people like it, but I found it to be utterly monotonous and just shallow, wanton destruction which didn’t appeal to me
Edit 2: I should be fair to the game, it was technically very well done (ignoring modern crash problems), the destruction was pretty cool, I thought the graphics were neat, and it offered was a variety of things that many people would enjoy. For my taste there not a enough world design, too much copy/paste, and the story/missions were perfunctory. For me, it had many good ingredients, but it didn’t make a stew. It comes down to personal taste.
The original Mount & Blade at an office max, I think? 5 dollar bargain bin game. I remember being blown away by the army combat in that game. The first one was so barebones but I still love that janky mess.
Majesty the fantasy kingdom sim. Got it at Ross the clothing store with the expansion and it’s genuinely the most fun management games I’ve ever played. Available on steam very cheap now.
A few years back, dusting off the GameStop bargain bin with old gen games, I found a sealed copy of Zone of the Enders and a used copy of Metal Gear Rising.
I had never heard of the first, and I was only mildly aware of the second one (it was before people started memeing it into mainstream status).
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Elder millennial, here. One of the weird things about the 90s was cereal boxes marketed to little bastards like me at the time would often have some kind of toy included in it.
PC gaming was kind of in its infancy and growing rapidly in popularity, so eventually the inevitable happed: a cereal company promoted their cereal by shoving a fucking CD into it, that little bastards like me lost their shit over, installed, and played the snot out of.
Chex Quest.
It was literally just Doom, except reskinned so the demons were boogers, and everything else was a fucking Chex cereal advertisement.
AND IT WAS AMAZING! lol
Best box of cereal my parents ever bought. Not a bargain bin, but I feel like “in a box of cereal” fits the spirit of the question.
That had to be wild to work on. You get brought into the kickoff meeting for what you assume is going to be some soulless marketing gimick, then they start laying it out.
It had a plot, a decent amount of levels. There was a good amount of heart that went into that.
Gonna vouch for Chex quest. That game was SOLID! 😂
Hey that was me, too! Definitely worth $4 for that game, and a free box of cereal, lol.
When I grew up AoE was put in cornflakes.
/r/nocontext
Cornflakes is cereal. AoE is Age of Empires, you might have heard about it. The comment I replied to was talking about games being released in cereal boxes. Where is the context lacking?
…if you read that comment without context, it sounds funny? It did to me, anyway.
Ah, I see.
I got the original roller coaster tycoon from a cereal box! I got other games too, but that’s definitely the best (by far), and only one I remember.
Well this is more of a digital bin but I picked up Brother a tale of two sons on sale ages ago because the art looked cool. Hands down one of the best games I ever played, made me sob like a bitch.
all shareware was bargain bin.
Jazz Jackrabbit was THE fucking SHIT.
Second reply…
I distinctly remember in my city various computer stores had kiosks which were basically coin op PCs and for $1 you could transfer shareware onto a floppy disk. You were still responsible for paying for the full license if you liked it.
Does anybody else remember these?
If my memory is right, after seeing how good sonic was on the megadrive,I was surprised with Jazz on my PC. It was so good and showed me that I didn’t need a console.
Oh shoot, thanks for reminding me of that old classic! That reminds me of Jill of the Jungle as well!
Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom back in like '04
There are several games in that series, most if not all of which are on GOG for cheap. I recommend Caesar III (don’t bother with IV), Zeus, Pharoah and Cleopatra. They all follow the same basic formula and are a lot of fun.
I got Fallout 1 and 2 in a 2-pack for $10. This was back in the early '00s before the others were released. I loved those games so much.
Castlevania Symphony of The Night!
Apparently it released at a time when 3d graphics were the new hotness and it originally flew under the radar for a lot of people.
Loved every minute of it!
Age of Empires 2 when a Kmart was closing down back in like 2001.
Dungeon Keeper. I can still hear the sound FX of a slapped imp, or the Dark Mistress’ scream
I don’t remember the price, and Mom almost certainly paid for it, but Faxanadu. First game I ever beat, got an emulator and sought it out on a rom when those came out, and most recently played it at an arcade that had a bunch of older games loaded onto a “TV” with real controllers. Hadn’t used that kind of controller for a long time.
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I’m not trying to be Mr Snappy but I think I paid a dollar for it too, and I feel I overpaid by about 99.9 cents
Edit: I can see why other people like it, but I found it to be utterly monotonous and just shallow, wanton destruction which didn’t appeal to me
Edit 2: I should be fair to the game, it was technically very well done (ignoring modern crash problems), the destruction was pretty cool, I thought the graphics were neat, and it offered was a variety of things that many people would enjoy. For my taste there not a enough world design, too much copy/paste, and the story/missions were perfunctory. For me, it had many good ingredients, but it didn’t make a stew. It comes down to personal taste.
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I got Okage for PlayStation 2 at Liquidation World for like $5.
It’s not the best RPG, but it’s one of my favourites just for its whacky humour and fantastic character designs.
The original Mount & Blade at an office max, I think? 5 dollar bargain bin game. I remember being blown away by the army combat in that game. The first one was so barebones but I still love that janky mess.
Enclave. I picked up the Xbox version in a clearance bin somewhere. It’s a really solid level-based action adventure game.
Worked on that, thanks for playing! 🙂
Awesome, well whatever you did for it, good work.
3d modeling, weapons and some enemies.
Majesty the fantasy kingdom sim. Got it at Ross the clothing store with the expansion and it’s genuinely the most fun management games I’ve ever played. Available on steam very cheap now.
A few years back, dusting off the GameStop bargain bin with old gen games, I found a sealed copy of Zone of the Enders and a used copy of Metal Gear Rising.
I had never heard of the first, and I was only mildly aware of the second one (it was before people started memeing it into mainstream status).
Best summer ever!