- Joined
- Jul 12, 2014
Bubble Ghost: A fun, yet inoffensive game where you play a ghost trying to move this bubble across rooms full of dangerous traps. I remember my mom buying it for me as a surprise.
Obscure game you have played - What have you played that you think, maybe, nobody else here has played?
- Thread starter Mecha-Lenin
- Start date
- Joined
- Sep 18, 2017
I played this once or twice on Game Boy. Pretty rare cartridge nowadays.
- Joined
- Feb 7, 2019
wild 9 for the psx. one of those game you wish got a followup because, while you enjoyed it, it had some flaws that made it not very good
- Joined
- Sep 7, 2016
That sums up every Shiny game except, maybe, MDK.
Former Shiny people made Giant Citizen Kabuto and that was a great game. It had some crap moments though. Overall it was a great game, though I have no desire to ever play it again. Armed and Dangerous, the spiritual successor, wasn't good. It tried too hard to be wacky with crazy weapons and such.
- Joined
- Jan 16, 2019
So, I'll probably toss in several games. One is a point'n'click game called Voodoo Kid. The idea is this kid fell asleep while reading this old book about a cursed ship and well suddenly ended up on it.
Second would be Martian Gothic Unification, which is funny I've heard about this game before 2BestFriends ever played it. But back when it was on PC and frankly enjoyed it more than RE1.
And finally Black Bucaneer, I doubt anyone here ever played or saw this game. So, it's pretty much likes Prince of Persia but with Pirates.
Second would be Martian Gothic Unification, which is funny I've heard about this game before 2BestFriends ever played it. But back when it was on PC and frankly enjoyed it more than RE1.
Stasi
kiwifarms.net
- Joined
- Jan 6, 2019
Before Volition Inc made nothing but Saints Row games they put out a couple of quality RPGs in the early 2000s called Summoner. The second game, Summoner 2, in particular is an excellent game and I swear no one played it.
I think probably because this was when Final Fantasy was at peak popularity and anything not called FF or with a Square Enix logo on it was largely overlooked.
The game has really detailed lore/world, interesting characters and pretty good combat system with some cool twists like the main character being able to transform into demons and one of your mage's spells being trapping an enemy in a fucking iron maiden. Surprisingly for the time the voice acting is mostly really good too. Compare the voice acting in this to FF X and it is night and day. I would recommend to anyone who likes RPGs. Don't need to have played the first game either as they are mostly not connected other than lore and some character appearances from the first game.
It came out on PS2 and Gamecube. Gamecube version is probably technically better but I tried it when I was getting Dolphin set up on my PC and they changed the character icons from the PS2 release and the main character looks a bit like an autistic Matt Damon. A thumbs down from me on the Gamecube version.
I think probably because this was when Final Fantasy was at peak popularity and anything not called FF or with a Square Enix logo on it was largely overlooked.
The game has really detailed lore/world, interesting characters and pretty good combat system with some cool twists like the main character being able to transform into demons and one of your mage's spells being trapping an enemy in a fucking iron maiden. Surprisingly for the time the voice acting is mostly really good too. Compare the voice acting in this to FF X and it is night and day. I would recommend to anyone who likes RPGs. Don't need to have played the first game either as they are mostly not connected other than lore and some character appearances from the first game.
It came out on PS2 and Gamecube. Gamecube version is probably technically better but I tried it when I was getting Dolphin set up on my PC and they changed the character icons from the PS2 release and the main character looks a bit like an autistic Matt Damon. A thumbs down from me on the Gamecube version.
DerpDerpGee
kiwifarms.net
- Joined
- Nov 21, 2018
Fantavision for the PlayStation 2. Criminally underrated launch title (get it?) where you have to detonate fireworks of the same color in a chain of three or more. It also has this "Starmine" Minigame where you can detonate as many fireworks as you can in a preset color.
Shitassdeaddude
kiwifarms.net
- Joined
- Jun 17, 2018
I bring you another game I used to play from the world of Myst ripoffs. This week's episode, "Lighthouse: The Dark Being"
I know I said Shivers was a poor man's Myst but this one is literally a poor man's Myst. Word is Sierra got so butthurt about Myst becoming the best selling PC game that one of the executives burst into the dev's office and demanded they make their own version.
I never beat this one, though my uncle did. Some of the puzzles are so ass-blastingly obtuse you are almost guaranteed to need a guide.
Funnily enough despite having played a million and a half Myst-clones I've never actually played the game itself.
I know I said Shivers was a poor man's Myst but this one is literally a poor man's Myst. Word is Sierra got so butthurt about Myst becoming the best selling PC game that one of the executives burst into the dev's office and demanded they make their own version.
I never beat this one, though my uncle did. Some of the puzzles are so ass-blastingly obtuse you are almost guaranteed to need a guide.
Funnily enough despite having played a million and a half Myst-clones I've never actually played the game itself.
- Joined
- Feb 17, 2019
necroing because I find this game interesting and hope you will too
Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion - a game that starts out as a cute parody of the jumpscare-fests that pass as horror nowadays before turning into a full-fledged horror game that's absolutely jam-packed with references and nods to the classic games of the horror genre (shit like Silent Hill). The version linked is HD Renovation, a Unity remake of the original game, which was made on the Game Maker engine.
Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion - a game that starts out as a cute parody of the jumpscare-fests that pass as horror nowadays before turning into a full-fledged horror game that's absolutely jam-packed with references and nods to the classic games of the horror genre (shit like Silent Hill). The version linked is HD Renovation, a Unity remake of the original game, which was made on the Game Maker engine.
- Joined
- Jun 13, 2016
Time Gate.
Questionable use of the Alone in the Dark engine, this French action adventure from 1996 involves a university student (you) being attacked in your garret in Paris by a time travelling knight who warps in from the 13th century and having to break into a museum to rescue your girlfriend. Only to realise that the museum was a former Knights Templar preceptory and being transported back in time to the 13th century to rescue her.
It was one of those games that blends obscure object combining puzzles with iffy combat with a segment where you have to drive a remote controlled catapult under the alarm lasers to fire a conker at the fire alarm to auto open a locked door.
Questionable use of the Alone in the Dark engine, this French action adventure from 1996 involves a university student (you) being attacked in your garret in Paris by a time travelling knight who warps in from the 13th century and having to break into a museum to rescue your girlfriend. Only to realise that the museum was a former Knights Templar preceptory and being transported back in time to the 13th century to rescue her.
It was one of those games that blends obscure object combining puzzles with iffy combat with a segment where you have to drive a remote controlled catapult under the alarm lasers to fire a conker at the fire alarm to auto open a locked door.
- Joined
- Nov 30, 2014
Mole Mania
It's a very polished and charming gameboy puzzle game that was apparently worked on by Miyamoto himself but nobody knows about it.
It's a very polished and charming gameboy puzzle game that was apparently worked on by Miyamoto himself but nobody knows about it.
Shamsiel
kiwifarms.net
- Joined
- Feb 19, 2019
Genesis Rising: The Eternal Crusade
A space strategy game about spaceships that eat eachother. I bought it on steam, and its only programmed to work on windows 10. It was missing textures when i got it to run, and crashed after a few minutes.
Cool concept, I have no idea how its supposed to work.
**Edit: go figure even the images don't work for this game.
- Joined
- Sep 30, 2018
I feel like I'm the only person who has played Ecco the Dolphin Defender of the Future for ps2
That game was a fucking fever dream, and I clearly remember a point you swim up a giant Geiger-esque aliens vaginas in order to kill it from the inside out .
And of course the hanging waters level was amazing.
Damn it was a cool fucking game though as bats hit crazy as it was. So sad I lost the disk.
That game was a fucking fever dream, and I clearly remember a point you swim up a giant Geiger-esque aliens vaginas in order to kill it from the inside out .
And of course the hanging waters level was amazing.
Damn it was a cool fucking game though as bats hit crazy as it was. So sad I lost the disk.
MysticMisty
kiwifarms.net
- Joined
- Mar 12, 2013
I like Mole Mania. It was one of the first GameBoy games I played. One of the spirits in SSBU is the main character of Mole Mania so a lot more people might look into it now.
- Joined
- Feb 17, 2019
back at it again with another obscure spooky game
Monstrum - a game where you have to escape a sprawling, abandoned ship while being hunted by 1 of 3 ooga-booga monsters, randomly chosen at the start of each game. The ship's insides are randomly constructed from a set of preset rooms & hallways and the items required to escape or at least help you live for a bit longer are scattered at random throughout those rooms. It has permadeath, meaning if you fuck up and get ooga-booga'd to death, you gotta start all over again.
Pretty good and scary game, would recommend if you have constipation and not enough money to buy laxatives (headphones are recommended for the best experience, though).
Monstrum - a game where you have to escape a sprawling, abandoned ship while being hunted by 1 of 3 ooga-booga monsters, randomly chosen at the start of each game. The ship's insides are randomly constructed from a set of preset rooms & hallways and the items required to escape or at least help you live for a bit longer are scattered at random throughout those rooms. It has permadeath, meaning if you fuck up and get ooga-booga'd to death, you gotta start all over again.
Pretty good and scary game, would recommend if you have constipation and not enough money to buy laxatives (headphones are recommended for the best experience, though).
- Joined
- Nov 7, 2018
Oh wow.
I distinctly remember playing that game in a place where you could play PS2 games for an equivalent of a dollar per hour.
- Joined
- Oct 20, 2015
I been playing that through the 3DS Eshop. It's a pretty fun game. Same with games like Qwirk and other cute puzzle game.
- Joined
- Jan 15, 2018
The Ooze for Genesis was a pretty damned weird game. A pretty unique in-house Sega game. Reminds me a bit of the Toxic Avenger in concept.
Plunkie
kiwifarms.net
- Joined
- Dec 19, 2017
Cube 2: Sauerbraten has a pretty underground fanbase, never hear about it in casual circles. It's a classic style arena twitch shooter with a, for its time, incredibly extensive live cooperative map editor. Desperately deserves a Steam release.
Syo
kiwifarms.net
- Joined
- Nov 29, 2018
Treasure Quest an early windows game with the woman who played Jadzia Dax on DS9 as the lead.
Amber Journey's Beyond an early windows game that required Quicktime to play, it became impossible to play even in an emulated environment due to hardcoding paths for quicktime files of a certain version.
I have many others I enjoy trying out all kinds of games, but these I figured would be least known.
Amber Journey's Beyond an early windows game that required Quicktime to play, it became impossible to play even in an emulated environment due to hardcoding paths for quicktime files of a certain version.
I have many others I enjoy trying out all kinds of games, but these I figured would be least known.