r/videogames • u/mjpssc • 1d ago

Discussion / Question Identify old videogame 2000-2002

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Hi everyone. I've recently found a photograph of younger me with my grandfather playing some old video game. I cannot remember what it was. Does someone have any idea? The photo was taken around 2000-2002

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u/swansron2K 1d ago edited 1d ago

Kind of looks like the blue Ford F-350 from Microsoft's Midtown Madness so I fired up the 3dfx retro rig and drove around for about 15 minutes and found something that looks similar but I dunno ¯_(ツ)_/¯

/edit: I played this A LOT in junior high school on dial-up via the MSN Gaming Zone. A lot of fun and even though back then there wasn't chat or microphones people would roleplay as cops and turn on the sirens and pull over bad drivers and everyone just kinda went with it.

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u/NordicNinja 1d ago

Absolutely incredible

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u/breakConcentration 1d ago

And here I thought there was a gun in the center of the screen.

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u/WellTraveledPlatypus 23h ago

At first blush, my first instinct was to say Star Wars: Dark Forces, so I'm right there with you.

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u/iamwheat 1d ago

You win

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u/MonsieurDrole 1d ago edited 1d ago

Astonishing. I've played Midtown Madness extensively and couldn't have recognized this image in a thousand lifetimes

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u/Babada-Boopey929 1d ago

if that's not it, then nothing else is

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u/LRVHD 16h ago

A million percent this. Very well done.

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u/mjpssc 11h ago

Thank you a lot! Reddit is amazing :)

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u/RobciomixxNFS 1d ago

Not so sure about the car and I cannot for the life of me recognize the UI on the screen as it is unfortunately completely obstructed by the CRT flicker, but the building texture and the tree seem to be spot on

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u/swansron2K 1d ago

Back in the day I would turn off the map too (can just press tab to cycle through the views until it's gone), and the H key toggles the speedometer and whatnot.

I kept playing for a bit after posting and I figured I should try and take a picture of my monitor from the same angle 🎉

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u/LUMINAL_DEV 1d ago

Looks spot on.

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u/Alexaxas 1d ago

I love that you have that Trip-Lite power center under your monitor.  That really takes me back.

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u/bobotheboinger 1d ago

No, no, turn the truck slightly to the right, about 2 degrees should do it.

Really though, your dedication to helping is incredible here, amazing job.

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u/Routine_Helicopter47 20h ago

wait, is that ... is that a HP P1230 ? :O

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u/swansron2K 20h ago

It is not, but apparently my COMPAQ P1220 looks very similar (both 22" Mitsubishi Diamondtrons but it looks like the HP has newer/better specs)

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u/Routine_Helicopter47 19h ago

I used to have the HP one, it was a beast. Both in specs and size lol. I miss that thing, it was so crisp.

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u/Colonel_Bojangles 1d ago

Beat me to it. Instantly knew lol. What a great game. The ElDorado was my jam

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u/FuzzyWumpleStump 1d ago

Bravo dude. Im extremely impressed 

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u/Hottage 1d ago

My first thought was Midtown Madness also.

Just has a vibe about it.

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u/SnooWalruses6290 23h ago

Dude this looks so spot on

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u/keran22 22h ago

This is incredible

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u/mansjustereinnit 21h ago

What do you mean looks similar but i dunno. Its the exact same thing

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u/pigletsniffles 1h ago

Holy shit I remember this game, had so much fun as a 10 year old playing this

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u/scrotbofula 1d ago

I want to say Rise of the Triad from the textures?

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u/Billy_Dreamer 1d ago

That’d be my guess

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u/Dominicain 1d ago

Same. Don’t know why but it does feel right.

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u/EbbMediocre2066 1d ago

Holy crap you just unlocked something in my head!

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u/spderweb 1d ago

It's on steam!

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u/alynnwood85 1d ago

Oh man forgot about that game!

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u/TheLoraxxxxxxxx 15h ago

Tough to argue with Midtown Madness guy, but Rise Of The Triad was my immediate reaction too. No proof, but two of us are onto something!

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u/Who_red_it 43m ago

I know now it's wrong, but that was the first thought that popped into my head too!

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u/Comprehensive_Elk586 1d ago

r/tipofmyjoystick

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u/wizardfrog4679 1d ago

I was about to say I’d want to see more unknown game solving. Thanks for the link

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u/phunknsoul 1d ago edited 1d ago

Prince of Persia I think? The original

Sorry, looking up screenshots I don't think I'm right

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u/heavensto_mergatroid 1d ago

That was my first guess. Prince of Persia

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u/ShrimpShrimpington 1d ago

That's what I thought too

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u/Utvales 1d ago

Shadow and Flame (the sequel)?

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u/Hottage 1d ago

Was the Ford F150 a prominent feature in Prince of Persia? 🤔

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u/phunknsoul 1d ago

No, but you also can't see that that's even a car in OPs photo... Just looks like a shadow to me

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u/Hottage 23h ago

On mobile maybe not, definately see a 3rd person view of a utility truck on desktop.

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u/balsid 1d ago

Midtown Madness?

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u/fascinatingMundanity 1d ago

Do ya reckon that it was new / relatively recently released pc game back in wee aughts?

any inkling on kind of game you likely would had been playing (with?) your gpa?

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u/Efaustus9 1d ago

Looks to me like a blue truck on a sidewalk facing a building, maybe driver 2.

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u/Meatier_Meteor 1d ago

That was going to be my guess as well

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u/TheNotoriousFAP 1d ago

Driver 2 was never on PC.

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u/Efaustus9 1d ago

The first driver could also be a possibility, I had that for my gaming PC of the time.

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u/DWFMOD 1d ago

That gate(?) is scratching something in my head....but I don't know from what

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u/Gold_Classic9521 1d ago

If you was playing a puzzle game might’ve been nancy drew thats if you like those type of games.

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u/EchoFieldHorizon 1d ago

Could it possibly be Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets? I’m wondering if the thing in the middle isn’t a gun, but a hooded person. The style in the background might be from Harry Potter.

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u/briguywiththei 1d ago

That was my first thought too. But maybe somewhere in diagon alley maybe?

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u/Sooke 1d ago

To me it looks like Quake. The centre gun. The textures are a little off. But it could also be a mod of quake.

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u/HeldnarRommar 1d ago

Looks like an FPS but I can't pinpoint just what

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u/mjpssc 1d ago

I was 3/4yo at the time so I can't imagine my grandpa buying me a fps to play

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u/EternityNotes 20h ago

I was murking nazis in the OG Wolfenstein at around 7-8y/o. Games were different back then lol

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u/FunkHavoc 1d ago

Mega Man Legends?

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u/SickAFk 1d ago

It's a first person shooter? Is that a shotgun?

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u/hallofgamer 1d ago

Bg 2? Or else a much older game maybe kings quest

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u/TheNotoriousFAP 1d ago

I believe it's Spider-Man: The Movie. I can't say definitely, but the timeline seems right and stands to reason there are skyscrapers.

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u/oleThook 1d ago

gta 3

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u/ryan0585 1d ago

It took me longer than I'd like to admit you were holding a photo. I thought you were holding a small card up to a very miniature computer.

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u/dcrooma 1d ago

Midtown Madness, maybe?

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u/Equal_Equipment4480 23h ago

Is that Big Rigs??

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u/Least_Animal_4874 23h ago

Perfect dark?

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u/Beefweezle 22h ago

That’s quake.

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u/whackabumpty 22h ago

Could it be Grim Fandango?

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u/Mousse_Solid 19h ago

Good thing you didn’t take the picture directly facing the monitor…..

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u/HealsOnWheals 3h ago

Thats hella midtown madness!

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u/itsalwaysbeen 16h ago

Is that a rail of coke in front of the monitor?!

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u/hereforboobsw 1d ago

Xexyz says google