okay we all have them, that one game you secretly like that not many others do. that game that no one talked about but seems to be a closet favorite of yours. (i think you know what i mean) that game that you thought was cool or that you supported because you thought fairly highly of it. a game that not many raved about (okay i think ive wound on enough)
2 lil favorites of mine from the past that i never hear mentioned are (both on the genesis) Speedball 2:brutal deluxe and Chakan the forever man
Speedball (i think) was one of the 1st games with a semi-franchise mode to the thing, plus original gameplay
as far as Chakan. interesting story, and the fact that you never die (or lose the game) was pretty original back in the days of "obtaining free lives" to continue playing
Homer Simpson
01-24-06, 02:25 PM
In arcades I always liked Bagman, it was a pain to even finish the first level but it lasted a while even if you didn't finish.
PixyJunket
01-24-06, 02:28 PM
Speedball 2 was bad ass (on the Amiga at least).
I love a little obscure Japanese PS1 game called "Ore no Ryori." It's basically Tapper on crack and multi-player. Sure, it's ugly as hell (most PS1 games are) but it's insanely fun and one of those games that has that "non-gamer" appeal to it that you can get other people in on it. I had always hoped a PS2 sequel would be made as it may have had a chance to come out based on games like Katamari gaining appeal over here. There's a DS game coming out that LOOKS similar (a cooking game), but will probably be very different.. could be the next best thing though.
xVladx
01-24-06, 02:54 PM
One of my favorite PC games ever is Treadmarks (http://www.treadmarks.com). It's a pretty straightforward multiplayer action game involving tanks and lots of shooting. It was one of those games that was pretty tough to get into, due to the slightly odd (not bad, just different) controls, and the unique feel of the tanks (they feel both heavy and super-light at the same time.. tough to describe). Once you got into it, though, it could be pretty addicting.
The weapons were all pretty interesting, too. Since you could only hold one weapon at a time, and you had to use it all up before you could pick up another one, you were required to learn how to use all the different weapons instead of just sticking to one or two favorites.
The game also featured some pretty nice-looking deformable terrain. Every weapon in the game had an effect on the terrain, from leaving small holes (the tank's main gun, small machine guns, etc), to massive craters (airstrikes, nuclear missiles), to actually raising the land (one of the super-weapons creates a huge hill where it detonates, and any tanks near it get sent flipping through the air wildly, which is always highly amusing).
You could also create mods pretty easily using just simple text files and the games own graphical assets.
Unfortunately, the sheer differentness of the game really made it hard for it to take off, and it never really was all that popular (I'm talking maybe a player base of 50-80 people at its height. I still highly recommend checking out the demo (http://www.ldagames.com/treadmarks/downloads/), as there still hasn't been anything quite like the game to this day, even though it's coming up on 6 years old.
dvdsteve2000
01-24-06, 03:32 PM
Intelligent Qube for me (Playstation). Possibly the most addictive game I've ever played.
S2
CreatureX
01-24-06, 05:52 PM
I've always liked Beetle Adventure Racing for the N64. Amazing track design!
Raul3
01-24-06, 06:39 PM
Bubble Trouble in the Mac!
shizawn
01-24-06, 07:08 PM
Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe was such an awesome game. The Bitmap Bros. were working on a new Speedball game, called Speedball Arena, but I think it was shelved.
I remember liking Mantis a lot, and it's pretty much forgotten when talking about space flight games such as Wing Commander, X-Wing, and the like.
I dunno if it's that obscure though, seeing as how it was released by a major (at the time) publisher in Microprose.
Chris_D
01-24-06, 07:38 PM
How about Rings of Power on the genesis. An interesting western style rpg produced when there wasn't much else for the genesis other than phantasy star. Got panned by most of the reviews I read but still I found it engrossing and fairly epic in scope.
btw this guy seems to be a bit of a fan of it:
http://www.gamelegacies.com/ringsofpower.html
;)
noonan4224
01-25-06, 08:37 AM
My choice would have to be Nectaris for PS1. It was a remake of a old TG16 game called Military Madness. Basically advance wars before advance wars came out. Great multi player game and it used passwords for the different levels so no memory card needed.
The Bus
01-25-06, 08:47 AM
That would have to be Money Idol Exchanger for the Neo-Geo MVS.
PixyJunket
01-25-06, 08:48 AM
My choice would have to be Nectaris for PS1. It was a remake of a old TG16 game called Military Madness. Basically advance wars before advance wars came out. Great multi player game and it used passwords for the different levels so no memory card needed.Technically, Famicom Wars, the first game in the series that would eventually come here as Advance Wars, was released in 1988.. of course.. that's Japan only. The original Nectaris came out a year later. I did not know they release a PS1 version and it actually came out here. I've got a friend that would probably like to hear that (if he doesn't already know).
noonan4224
01-25-06, 09:10 AM
Technically, Famicom Wars, the first game in the series that would eventually come here as Advance Wars, was released in 1988.. of course.. that's Japan only. The original Nectaris came out a year later. I did not know they release a PS1 version and it actually came out here. I've got a friend that would probably like to hear that (if he doesn't already know).
I didn't know that. When TG16 came out, Military Madness was my favorite game. Then when I saw it come out for PS1 I was all over it. I'm sure it's a very rare game now, but there doesn't seem to be much demand for it.
i knew someone would post the Obscure PS2 game. there was a remake of Speedball for the ps1 titled Speedball 2100. just doesnt have the same feel as the old genesis game though
salamander2
01-26-06, 07:01 AM
CHRONICLE OF THE SWORD and BATTLEMONSTERS, so bad, had to play it several times!
seriously, games I liked but no one I know heard of
DARK MESSIAH
MR BONES
SCUD DISPOSABLE ASSASSIN
TAIL CONCERTO
KUON
KAMEN RIDER V3
GUARDIAN CRUSADE
GRANDSTREAM SAGA
KARTIA
CARRIER
FEAR EFFECT
EGGS OF STEEL
BOOMBOTS
DARTH GAMER
01-26-06, 09:21 AM
CHRONICLE OF THE SWORD and BATTLEMONSTERS, so bad, had to play it several times!
seriously, games I liked but no one I know heard of
DARK MESSIAH
MR BONES
SCUD DISPOSABLE ASSASSIN
TAIL CONCERTO
KUON
KAMEN RIDER V3
GUARDIAN CRUSADE
GRANDSTREAM SAGA
KARTIA
CARRIER
FEAR EFFECT
EGGS OF STEEL
BOOMBOTS
I loved Kartia and Fear Effect too. Infact, I still own both. Although I probably wouldent classify Fear Effect as obscure. That was pretty well known.
rfduncan
01-26-06, 10:01 AM
Mine would be Impossible Mission (http://www.classicgaming.com/rotw/impmission.shtml) for the Commodore 64. I'm trying to think if I was able to complete it more than once....
DIVIDE ENEMY WITHIN was really obscure, but it was unplayable!
Brooklyn
01-27-06, 03:20 AM
CHRONICLE OF THE SWORD and BATTLEMONSTERS, so bad, had to play it several times!
seriously, games I liked but no one I know heard of
DARK MESSIAH
MR BONES
SCUD DISPOSABLE ASSASSIN
TAIL CONCERTO
KUON
KAMEN RIDER V3
GUARDIAN CRUSADE
GRANDSTREAM SAGA
KARTIA
CARRIER
FEAR EFFECT
EGGS OF STEEL
BOOMBOTS
Heard of all of 'em, and liked Guardian's Crusade (Knight And Baby) enough
to write a guide for it :)
Giantrobo
01-27-06, 03:46 AM
Chakan = Eddie's(Iron Maiden) brother :D
I love CIRCUS MAXIMUS. :up:
tanman
01-27-06, 04:49 AM
Couple of lesser known ones. Not quite obscure.
NES
Desert Commander. Similar to Advance Wars
Snake Rattle and Roll. Loved this game very creative and two player co-op
Archon. Chess with fighting pieces.
diespine
01-27-06, 05:10 AM
the summoning, pc game early 90's, isometric view rpg like diablo but with a good story and great special weapons and unique magic casting
Ralph Jenkins
01-27-06, 11:41 PM
Moonstone (Amiga) was one of my favorites. It was an action game in which up to four players played knights and battled a slew of monsters as well as each other in order to win the game. This game was *very* gory for the time. Nothing like decapitating your friend and looting his body. :)
I also have fond memories of Project: Firestart on the C64, which was probably one of the first survival horror games.
Michael Corvin
01-28-06, 11:26 AM
Couple of lesser known ones. Not quite obscure.
NES
Desert Commander. Similar to Advance Wars
Snake Rattle and Roll. Loved this game very creative and two player co-op
Archon. Chess with fighting pieces.
Archon was great. That made it to the NES? I had no idea.
Commodore 64:
Spleunker
Castle Wolfenstein - not the FPS series
N64
Izzy's Wreckin' Balls - Highly addictive multiplayer game
cleverusername
01-28-06, 04:33 PM
Pieces -- SNES
This jigsaw puzzle was an addictive break from Super Metroid. I haven't played it in years, but the music is stuck in my head.
jessecrx
01-28-06, 07:56 PM
Flying Warriors (oddball fighter by Culture Brain)
Flying Dragon (another oddball fighter by Culture Brain)
Stealth ATF - (This game never ended!)
Crash n The Boys Street Challenge - Not many people I knew played this game but was alot of fun and pretty weird.
jw2299
01-28-06, 09:47 PM
Intelligent Qube for me (Playstation). Possibly the most addictive game I've ever played.
S2
IQ, Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo, and Tail of the Sun. All PS1.
And Pipe Dreams for the NES. A cool, but underdeveloped game.
Tail of the Sun is awesome in it's weirdness.
http://www.vidgames.com/ps/screens/tailofthesun4.jpg
Outlaw
01-29-06, 12:06 AM
Flying Warriors (oddball fighter by Culture Brain)
Flying Dragon (another oddball fighter by Culture Brain)
hahah! Yes! I thought I was the only one who played Flying Warriors. Interesting fighting system/rpg sidescrolling game. Music was the best part.
They made a sequel for the SNES called Ultimate Fighter or something I think.
darkside
01-29-06, 12:08 AM
Kojima's Snatcher. I don't know a single person other than myself that has played it since it was only released on the Sega CD in English, but its one of the best games I ever played. Still my all time favorite and I've played it through dozens of times. Excellent mix of point and click adventure and light gun shooter. Awesome Blade Runner like storyline as well.
mndtrp
01-29-06, 04:28 AM
I've been looking for Loaded on the PS1. It was a pretty mindless top-down shooter with cool music.
ChrisKnudsen
01-29-06, 04:10 PM
I've been looking for Loaded on the PS1. It was a pretty mindless top-down shooter with cool music.
It was a greatest hits title and so is the sequel, I think.
RichC2
01-29-06, 04:19 PM
Intelligent Qube and Jet Set Willy.
shadowhawk2020
01-29-06, 05:11 PM
I liked conflict for the PC. No graphics, you were isreal and you had to build your army to attack and defend.
Fodder1976
01-29-06, 05:21 PM
Mine would be Twinsen's Odyssey for the PC and its sequel. A couple of truly bizarre games made by the French I believe.
It was a greatest hits title and so is the sequel, I think.
Yeah, but getting tough to find in the stores. I'm not a fan of ebay, so that's out. Not to mention, it's fairly low on my priority list, so :shrug:
19K
01-31-06, 11:41 AM
Pac Mania
It's its own cartridge on the NES, but it's also part of the Pac Man collection on the GBA. It's probably other places as well so maybe it not so obscure.
But it's definitely my favorite variation of the Pac Man games and no one seems to know what I'm talking about when I mention it.
the summoning, pc game early 90's, isometric view rpg like diablo but with a good story and great special weapons and unique magic casting
One of my favorites as well. I also played through Veil of Darkness, which was similar in feel (made by same developer I'm sure), but was a little more "horror movie-ish". Didn't like that one as much as The Summoning though.
look4sheep
01-31-06, 08:50 PM
Magical Drop 2 + 3, and Super Fire Pro Wrestling.
I bought a NeoGeo Color just to have a portable Magical Drop. Hoping it'll be released on the DS eventually someday, cause the GBC one is really bad.
Played Super Fire since I was in jr.highschool and finally managed to track one down for the S.Famicom again. Too lazy to go afford a SNES to play with it at the moment though.
SiberianLlama
02-01-06, 03:34 AM
I liked conflict for the PC. No graphics, you were isreal and you had to build your army to attack and defend.
I loved this game! It was great promoting civil disorder in other countries and taking over Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan. Egypt was always a bitch to fight though and I almost always ended up in long draw-out wars of attrition with them.
Gunships rocked!
I always wished there was a whole world version of Conflict.
Great game!
bis22
02-03-06, 07:01 PM
Off the top of my head:
Um Jammer Lammy (PS1)
Space Channel 5 part 2 (PS2) - and you just gotta love the Michael Jackson cameo
Night Trap (Sega CD 32X)
Double Switch (Sega CD)
Ground Zero Texas (Sega CD)
Snatcher (Sega CD)
Rockmjd23
02-03-06, 07:05 PM
The real Super Mario Bros. 2, not the US version, though I liked that as well. Supposedly it became 'the lost level's' in super mario all-stars.
Dashed
02-03-06, 08:04 PM
As for somewhat obscure I will go for Devil Dice (psx). My vote goes for monkey Island 1 because its a name that may be know but im not sure that many people have played through it.
flair
02-04-06, 01:06 AM
Hogs of war for the PS1. It may not be that obscure, but it certainly is one of my favorite games of all time that I rarely hear people talkinga bout.
DarthMarino
02-04-06, 11:03 AM
Pac Mania
It's its own cartridge on the NES, but it's also part of the Pac Man collection on the GBA. It's probably other places as well so maybe it not so obscure.
But it's definitely my favorite variation of the Pac Man games and no one seems to know what I'm talking about when I mention it.
I remember that. Wasn't it called Relentless in the US? Maybe that was the sequel. Anyway, that game was a lot of fun.
BigPete
02-04-06, 01:40 PM
Puyo Puyo Sun
DARTH GAMER
02-07-06, 12:24 PM
Here's a game I used to love and wonder if anyone here remembers it.
Brain Dead 13. It was very much in the style of Dragons lair only I thought it was much better. It was one of the first PS2 games back in 1996. Good game with good humor.
The Bus
02-08-06, 08:21 PM
It was one of the first PS2 games back in 1996.
I'll say.
eau
02-09-06, 02:57 AM
It was one of the first PS2 games back in 1996.
There were PS2 games back in 1996??? Gee! Gamers must be pissed to have to wait 4 years before they had a console to play their PS2 games...
DARTH GAMER
02-09-06, 10:27 AM
There were PS2 games back in 1996??? Gee! Gamers must be pissed to have to wait 4 years before they had a console to play their PS2 games...
lol.. Sorry, I meant PS1.
chess
02-14-06, 09:15 AM
space. megaforce. owns. me.
whitetigeress
02-25-06, 07:24 PM
http://www.vgmuseum.com/scans/psx/02/legendd.jpg
Brooklyn
02-26-06, 11:12 AM
Legend Of Dragoon was nowhere near obscure, any used rack at EB/Gamestop or clearance aisle at Target will tell you that :)
Great game/battle system though.
dvd182
02-26-06, 06:13 PM
Earthbound is still my favorite rpg ever.
I also was a huge sucker for all of the early Epyx games for pc and mac (California games, Winter/Summer games, etc..). They all rocked.
Ralph Wiggum
02-26-06, 08:27 PM
I'll just go with Dynamite Headdy. If you like 2D platformers and want something different, you have to try this game at least once.
big e
02-26-06, 09:34 PM
Here's a game I used to love and wonder if anyone here remembers it.
Brain Dead 13. It was very much in the style of Dragons lair only I thought it was much better. It was one of the first PS2 games back in 1996. Good game with good humor.
I remember seeing it advertized in gamepro and electronic gaming monthly and seeing it at my local video store when it first came out, but never played it since I only had a NES, SNES, gameboy, and game gear at the time.
For me, my favorite obscure games would be the Mobile Suit Gundam games released for PS2. (Not sure if you'd lable these as 'obscure' since they've all been released within the last couple years, but alot of gamers I know have never heard of them, although they're also the same ones who have never heard of gundam and don't watch anime)
Wick
02-26-06, 10:39 PM
Harvest Moon 64
Qui Gon Jim
02-27-06, 05:46 AM
I'm very partial towards Faxanadu for the NES. It came out near the end of the NES's life, and is a really good adventure/RPG in the vein of a Castlevania SOTN, but obviously not nearly as good.
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