What old rare video game did I play?

abes odyssey ?

@Staalesen That’s what I was thinking too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oddworld:_Abe%27s_Oddysee

Spy vs Spy?

Are you thinking of Out of this World(video_game)? It was also known as Another World or Outer World.

@tedd @Staalesen Abes Odyssey had way too good of graphics.
@dappled_leaves Nope that isnt it. Also had to good of graphics. Maybe lode runner was a bad example. Each level was only one screen, and the 2 characters moved about on that screen. My friend and I used to play using the same keyboard.

@Lightlyseared I love Spy vs spy, but the two players were cooprative.

Given the quality of this game I wouldnt be suprised if twelve people in the world total have heard of it. But, it was amazingly fun.

I think I remember the box art. Was it PC or Apple IIgs?

@RocketSquid PC. I remember Alan and I played it. I am not sure about you and I.

I think we might have. The alien’s head was a purple triangle and it had some kind of weird squiggly body.

Wait, did the aliens commit suicide when they died? I might be thinking of a different game entirely.

@RocketSquid I think that is it. I don’t remember the suicide part, but I have a vague conception of the game…. so it might have happend.