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The "There are dozens of us" forum game
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How about an obscure, ancient Apple ][ game? Brought to you by the publishers of the original Castle Wolfenstein and the bewildering adaptation of BBC's cult show The Prisoner, I wonder if anyone else here actually played ... Firebug! The game was written by the author of the original Wolfenstein, too, for bonus relevance to the modern age.
You made good time. I've been waiting for a remaster of them for almost 2 decades, and while we didn't get that, we did get the Series X emulating them at 4K 60fps
Realmz, a DnD-style game where you can assemble characters and play various scenarios. Was very cool because you can share characters across scenarios etc. Think it was the game that started my modding career back on Mac in like mid 90s, it came with an editor for making entire new campaigns, and I modded the art heavily.
Played it
Played it.
I played this as a child and i swore it was a fever dream of mine cuz i never saw anyone ever mention it
Played the hell out of this. It was a popular game.Continuum/Subspace
Metal Arms: Glitch in the System,
- Tons of levels with good variety(stealth via hacking, vehicle, full-on assault), as well as maps both big and small
- Interesting weapons
- The ability to hack and play as enemies
- Binary Domain-level ability to break apart enemies apart, and frankly a level above it IMO
- Buddy AI in certain levels
- A fun soundtrack
- Humorous
- Even had local multiplayer
- Secret Unlockables for MP in the form of chips found in different areas throughout the Campaign levels
- Was available on all the consoles at the time (PS2 ,GC, Xbox)
- Challenging at times even on Normal
- Memorable Merchants not unlike the RE4 Merchant!
There are dozens of us! Play this game!
You have my sword.
By most accounts it was a pretty average game but I didn't know any better as a kid. I liked the main mechanic (the Rig)of whacking people onto the floor and then quickly on the otherside. Or putting enemies into grinders. Must have seeded an early appreciation of 2.5D games. I have two more ps1 games that I never see anything about if I don't get a bite for this but I bet more people are likely to have played them.
A Danny Phantom game loosely based on the TV episode. It was a 2d shooter with Ikaruga mechanics and a neat boss rush mode with basically all the main villains from the show. Was one of my favorite games as a kid. I should track down a copy and see if it holds up.
Yo this game was hype!! I remember there being a couple good Danny Phantom games around that time
Played it! I had to get my Jumpman fix on friends' Atari and Commodore systems because they weren't available for my Apple ][.
Still have both copies, waiting patiently to get a Series X to replay them since my OG Xbox died on me like 15 years ago!
Played this on a old modded ps1.
Played this one too, but I think it was an incomplete version, there wasn't any music.
E.X Troopers for PS3, my first ever import. It's a Japanese only spin-off of Lost Planet. Also on 3DS.
The game was a massive bomb from what I read. I don't remember how I first heard about it.
Played the demo from the Jp PS3 PSN at the time, as it never released here in France. Sad because it was fun and looked cool! Cel shading forever!
By most accounts it was a pretty average game but I didn't know any better as a kid. I liked the main mechanic (the Rig)of whacking people onto the floor and then quickly on the otherside. Or putting enemies into grinders. Must have seeded an early appreciation of 2.5D games. I have two more ps1 games that I never see anything about if I don't get a bite for this but I bet more people are likely to have played them.
Once again, I only played the demo, don't know if that count, but I still remember the music and enemie voices to this day!
I got this game with my PS1. Not Wipeout, not Toshinden, this. I also got my SNES with Caveman Ninja. I had weird taste as a kid.
Loved this game! Same here
Very fun games, co-op horror action fun. It's a series I'd love to see again, or at least something similar. For those who enjoyed his other soundtracks, Olivier Deriviere (Alone in the Dark, Vampyr, Greedfall, A Plague Tale) started his videogame composing career here! I remember visiting his site in the mid-00s in my IT class and just listening to them completely entranced.
Oh my god I've been trying to remember anything about this game for decades! I had a little shareware/demo version that I was absolutely fixated on when I was a kid. What a cool fucking game!
Realmz, a DnD-style game where you can assemble characters and play various scenarios. Was very cool because you can share characters across scenarios etc. Think it was the game that started my modding career back on Mac in like mid 90s, it came with an editor for making entire new campaigns, and I modded the art heavily.
Where are my Brigandine peeps, at?
It isn't an age thing, most countries in the world just didn't care about the Master System. Don't worry, I am a TG-16 fan, so I understand your pain.
98% of this forum is too young to even know the Master System was reading cartridges AND carts!
Played this at a friends house.
I played this as a child and i swore it was a fever dream of mine cuz i never saw anyone ever mention it
Played it at my neighbors house. The i got it for my self when i got a PS2. Still have the game. It's still fun.
Wasn't sure I was going to be able to say I've played any of these, until The Horde popped up!The Horde!
Awesome hack N slash, sort of town defense game, but with live action story interludes starring Kirk freaking Cameron. Had a blast with this as a youngster..
This is a tough topic, I have not played A LOT of these. I have a couple of my own, but my first one I'll say is Ribbit King, a funky little golf game that was pretty fun.
Same with this one. Gah, the PS2 classic library on PS3 was so good. Bring it back Sony.
I played the demo, does that count?
I played this one! It was one of the PS2 games on PS3, I didn't get very far in it though.oh god the memories! i remember wanting to play this so bad only to be lost the minute i booted it up haha
i love this game, bring it back namco lol
the game ive never heard anyone play but it was a good strategy-game on console was:ring of red is such a cool little game. really wish we had some sequels to expand on some of the ideas they had
One of my all time favourites growing up
Same with this one. Gah, the PS2 classic library on PS3 was so good. Bring it back Sony.
Ayy, fellow (ex) North Dakotan here, I've played this one! It was the only one of the planned state expansions for CS that actually released.Holy crap, there are a lot of games I've never heard of in here.
This is absolutely going to reveal my age and where I'm from, but here's mine. I wish I owned a copy of it - we played it in school way back in the day.
Where In North Dakota is Carmen Sandiego?
Actual boxart, I guess:
Have it. Played it. Pretty cool for a ps1 FPS.
Disruptor for the PS1/PSX. It is a FPS more akin to the Dark Forces 1.
I played this one and had a real love/hate relationship with it partly due to that high encounter rate. I did manage to finish it though!When I think "obscure games I actually enjoyed," I usually default to Black Sigil: Blade of the Exiled, a Nintendo DS game that reeeeally wanted to be Chrono Trigger and had a mindboggling encounter rate and some really nasty bugs. Yet I still thought it was really solid otherwise.
Willow on the NES.
Played these. I borrowed Willow many times from my friend as a kid.
This is weird. I just ripped my GameCube copy the other day to play on PC at higher resolution. Played it a ton back when it came out.
Metal Arms: Glitch in the System,
- Tons of levels with good variety(stealth via hacking, vehicle, full-on assault), as well as maps both big and small
- Interesting weapons
- The ability to hack and play as enemies
- Binary Domain-level ability to break apart enemies apart, and frankly a level above it IMO
- Buddy AI in certain levels
- A fun soundtrack
- Humorous
- Even had local multiplayer
- Secret Unlockables for MP in the form of chips found in different areas throughout the Campaign levels
- Was available on all the consoles at the time (PS2 ,GC, Xbox)
- Challenging at times even on Normal
- Memorable Merchants not unlike the RE4 Merchant!
There are dozens of us! Play this game!
You have my sword.
my friend growing up had this game, I remember being impressed by the picking up enemies/putting them into grinders lol. As a dumb kid the edgyness/gross out factor was cool I guess.
FMV adventure/myst style game. I could never figure out what to do or how to progress.
Played Ball Breakers as MoHo in the UK, but these are all I've played. Well, I can't remember if my computer could run Obscure lol, but I definitely own(ed) it and made an attempt to install it. Or maybe I played a bit and it was just very forgettable.
Valhalla: Before the War
98% of this forum is too young to even know the Master System was reading cartridges AND carts!
Xenon 1(and 2)
Also played a lot of BBS games that are probably pretty obscure nowadays + I think this forum is way younger than me overall. Things like The Pit, Super Rig, Murder Motel, etc.
Transbot was literally the first game I got for my SMS, along with The Ninja. I had to have it because of the blatant AT-ST rip-off from Star Wars. LOL
Had Xenon on PC. I don't think it supported whatever soundcard I had at the time, so I had to play it without any audio. Graphics were nice though!
Golvellius is a bit strange to play these days, but I loved it back in the day; I think I played it around the same time as Kenseiden, another SMS favorite of mine. Title screen music and that overworld theme are A+.
Very cool game! Would recommend to any Saturn owner who thinks this looks even remotely interesting.Detana TwinBee Yahho
I love all things RTS and this game was no exception. Played the shit out of this back in the day.
'Jan Pienkowski'a Haunted House', a point and click game for PC based on a book.
Full play through here. I loved this game as a kid, so much fun.
Think i've played something like this but on consoles.
I really don't know anyone else who played this but this game was an absolute blast lmao. It was a party brawler with crazy stage mechanics and a surprising amount of destructible stuff on the maps.
Yeah I enjoyed this game back in the day. Generally licensed games were a lot better back then.
98% of this forum is too young to even know the Master System was reading cartridges AND carts!
I loved my master system back in the day and this was one of my favourite games. A lot of memories right there.
The 1997 Criterion Game "Sub Culture" of which I have little recollection besides surprisingly clear memories of the cover art and certain gameplay segments
Jewel Master
Sega Genesis
The game is basically an old-school Castlevania game (very linear). The soundtrack kicks a lot of ass and I don't know why that game was in my house (I mean, one of my brothers must have bought it or my mom got it as a gift) but that game became my childhood.
Sega Genesis
The game is basically an old-school Castlevania game (very linear). The soundtrack kicks a lot of ass and I don't know why that game was in my house (I mean, one of my brothers must have bought it or my mom got it as a gift) but that game became my childhood.
I enjoyed this game as well though my strongest memory of the game is actually the cover.
Easy
such a good game, but I doubt many people have played it - even tho it was published by Ubi
such a good game, but I doubt many people have played it - even tho it was published by Ubi
Easy
such a good game, but I doubt many people have played it - even tho it was published by Ubi
This was a pretty popular game, sold well enough to get an expansion and is available on GOG. Plenty of people have played it, myself included.
Carlos gameplay (PC Game, 1994)
Introduction and gameplay for Carlos, Dos PC game produced by Microids in 1994 - http://www.squakenet.com/download/carlos/15561/On each level you have to gat...
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My choice would be the Aeon Flux film adaptation game for PS2/Xbox. I have to assume not many people played it. The film bombed, of course. I guess the free movie vouchers that came with the game didn't help as the used copy I bought last year still had them in it.
E.X Troopers for PS3, my first ever import. It's a Japanese only spin-off of Lost Planet. Also on 3DS.
The game was a massive bomb from what I read. I don't remember how I first heard about it.
This is a tough topic, I have not played A LOT of these. I have a couple of my own, but my first one I'll say is Ribbit King, a funky little golf game that was pretty fun.
Played all of these. Ribbit King is legit as hell and I'd love to see it return. It's by far the best golf or golf-adjacent game I've ever played.
I played this shitty licensed game when I was a kid.
And god damn it, EX Troopers deserved better.
My contribution is this strategy(?) game on PS1. I don't remember much about it except that it had some funky voice acting.
This one is usually my go to for threads like this. Glad to see it here, got it for 1 dollar in a bargain bin at a comp usa back in the day.
Old PC game with adventure-style gameplay, some strategy elements, CGI-environments (which were in vogue at the time), and dinosaurs.
rented this one from he local video rental place in the early ps2 days because it had anime art on the cover. If I recall correctly it was pretty early in the ps2s life cycle when there weren't a lot of games. Needless to say it didn't really click with me.
my uncle had this game. I don't think I ever played it but I remember staring at the box art at his placeTwinsen's Odyssey
I can name like half-dozen Russian PC games from the 90s that no one's ever heard of, but that would be cheating.
So instead I present you:
www.mobygames.com
And also, the best shareware game I've ever played
www.mobygames.com
So instead I present you:
D.O.G: Fight For Your Life (1997) - MobyGames
D.O.G. is a third-person shooter with vehicles and turrets to use. The game doesn't have a story, you just select a mission that you can afford (you get money from completing missions), kill everyone/everything in it and continue to the next mission....
www.mobygames.com
And also, the best shareware game I've ever played
Solar Winds: The Escape (1993) - MobyGames
Solar Winds: The Escape is a space saga. You are Jake Stone, a mercenary for hire. Go around the galaxy, make money, destroy ships, smuggle cargo, upgrade your ship and uncover a sinister plot.
www.mobygames.com