Cool Spot?

I looked at these not cool spots

Thank you for the suggestion of Cool Spot, but unfortunately, it is not the game I'm looking for. The game I remember has some specific features:

- The gameplay is similar to Breakout or Tetris, involving removing brick/block shapes.
- The high scores menu is set in a dark room with prison cages.
- After completing a level, a prison appears, and balloons with strings attached float upwards.
- The game launched in a black window on Windows XP.
- There was specific music playing in the high scores menu.
- I played it on Windows XP, but it might have been an MS-DOS game.

I appreciate your help and any other suggestions you might have. Thank you!

the Breakout reboot from Supersonic/Hasbro/"Atari" in the year 2000 starts in a prison....

Copilot identified it as "Prison Riot"
Based on your description, the game you're thinking of might be "Prison Riot". It was a brick-breaking game similar to Breakout, with a prison theme. The high scores menu featured a dark room with prison cages, and balloons with strings appeared after completing a level.

But all I seem to find is a different game for Spectrum

Thank you for your suggestion about Prison Riot. However, the game I remember launched in a black window on Windows XP, which suggests it might have been an MS-DOS game rather than a Commodore 64 game. It had specific music in the high scores menu and featured a dark room with prison cages. After completing a level, balloons with strings would float upwards. Any other suggestions or similar games you can think of would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

leileilol wrote on 2025-02-11, 16:30:

the Breakout reboot from Supersonic/Hasbro/"Atari" in the year 2000 starts in a prison....

Thank you for the suggestion of Breakout (2000), but unfortunately, it is not the game I'm looking for. The game I remember had specific features:

- The gameplay was similar to Breakout or Tetris, involving removing brick/block shapes.
- The high scores menu was set in a dark room with prison cages.
- After completing a level, a prison appeared, and balloons with strings attached floated upwards.
- The game launched in a black window on Windows XP, suggesting it might have been an MS-DOS game.
- There was specific music playing in the high scores menu.

I appreciate your help and any other suggestions you might have. Thank you!

Hi, i hope you are well.

Many things from our childhood are often different from how we remember them. It might not be but the neo geo game "puzzled" has some of those characteristics.
I hope you find it soon.

nach wrote on 2025-02-13, 02:06:

Hi, i hope you are well.

Many things from our childhood are often different from how we remember them. It might not be but the neo geo game "puzzled" has some of those characteristics.
I hope you find it soon.

Thank you for all the suggestions so far. Just to clarify, the game I'm looking for might have been an MS-DOS game, as it launched in a black window on Windows XP. It had gameplay similar to Breakout or Tetris, with a high scores menu set in a dark room with prison cages. After completing a level, a prison would appear, and balloons with strings attached would float upwards. There was specific music playing in the high scores menu. Any other suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Prisoner by any chance? It involves sliding blocks around the screen to free a prisoner. I didn't play it but sounds sort of similar to what you describe.

or maybe Dynamite Joe? Again looks like something you describe and no one has mentioned it yet:)

breadbin wrote on 2025-03-17, 20:27:

or maybe Dynamite Joe? Again looks like something you describe and no one has mentioned it yet:)

Hello everyone,

I am searching for a game I remember playing years ago, but I can't recall its name. Here are the details I remember:

Platform: It was playable on MS-DOS or Windows XP. The executable file (.exe) had an icon that resembled the colorful MS-DOS logo.

Menu screen: The main menu featured a prison with visible cages, where the high scores were displayed. The atmosphere was dark.

Gameplay: It felt like a mix between Tetris and Arkanoid, possibly a puzzle or arcade-style game.

Distinctive feature: At the end of each level, colorful balloons floated upward, creating a striking visual contrast with the dark menu.

Launching behavior: When starting the game, it opened a black command-line-like window, similar to MS-DOS, before fully launching.

Unfortunately, neither "Dynamite Joe" nor another puzzle game recently suggested matched the game I’m looking for. I really appreciate any help or suggestions, even if they’re vague!

Thank you in advance for your time and help!

breadbin wrote on 2025-03-17, 20:27:

or maybe Dynamite Joe? Again looks like something you describe and no one has mentioned it yet:)

This is what the prison cages and balloons look like at the end of a level.