# Identify 80386 free game for me please.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-80386-free-game-for-me-please/397394>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 25, 2007, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-80386-free-game-for-me-please/397394 "2007-03-25T03:45:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-80386-free-game-for-me-please/397394/1 "2007-03-25T03:45:12Z")

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Back about 13 years ago I was playing this game my mom had on her 386. It was a puzzle game. It was probably freeware.

It had a whole bunch of levels on which you had collect keys (I think) so you could go to the next level. I got stuck on one level where the entire floor was icy with some direction changing walls. So you’d step right and keep sliding in that direction till you hit a curved wall which would make you go up. Then you’d hit another wall and head left. It was a tough level and I never finished the game but not I would like to.

Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-80386-free-game-for-me-please/397394/2 "2007-03-25T03:48:17Z")

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[Chip’s Challenge](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip's_Challenge)?

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**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-80386-free-game-for-me-please/397394/3 "2007-03-25T03:58:46Z")

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My money’s on Chip’s Challenge.

If not, was it a Win 3.11 game or DOS? What kind of character did you play? Any memorable sound effects, tile-based vs. 3d or other, etc.?

If it’s not CC, there’s an outside chance it might be [Laser Tank](http://pages.globetrotter.net/lasertank/).

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**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-80386-free-game-for-me-please/397394/4 "2007-03-25T04:10:51Z")

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Yup, that was it. Or some clone of it at least. Thank you Miller.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-80386-free-game-for-me-please/397394/5 "2007-03-25T04:11:28Z")

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Moving thread from IMHO to Cafe Society.