Obscure game you have played - What have you played that you think, maybe, nobody else here has played?

[Sho'nuff]

Baron Von Crashnburn Flying Circus. Absolutely loved this game, it was a dos game that was fairly involved for the time.

There was also a Macii game a friend had, something along the lines of WWII pearl harbor. You would pick missions and choose a plane load out to complete the mission.

It was also 2d like the above game. I cam never find it though, I've been looking for a long time. I should probably hit stack exchange, but I think the hunt is worth it.

 

[W00K #17]

Deer hunter 2003: legendary hunting
Cabelas big game hunter 2003/05

 

[Smaug's Smokey Hole]

Master of Monsters: Its a turn based strategy game with RPG elements, imagine Advance Wars but with units you build that level up and evolved. The only one I played as it is also the only one released outside of Japan. Map graphics are dated but has some atmosphere music to make up for it.

I hink there are fan-translations for the other games.

The monsters/fantasy theme and hex-based movement reminds me of another game that was pretty cool. One of Ubisoft's early games(1991) on the Amiga.

Overworld

It might be more like a Heroes of Might and Magic now that I think about it, but it was a couple of years before the first HoMaM. I also think it was more complicated in some way but that might just come down to us sucking ass when playing it and never having a manual.

 

[ZeCommissar]

I know it's been awhile but I remember a game series that very few of you have played (if any)

Real Space 3

Real Space 2

Antaris:Realspace:

The Real Space saga is a series of games that I loved when I was just a wee lad. The first few games were flash games you could play online on Arcade Town. They were made years apart as you can clearly see with the graphical changes. I think Antaris realspace was made in the late 90s or very early 2000s, with realspace 3 around 2008.

To sum up the story: Humanity goes full "America in space" and claims "manifest destiny" on the entire galaxy. The most powerful alien empire called The Katuri Empire defend themselves from the human onslaught. In the first two games "Antaris:Real Space" and "Apocalypse Outpost" games you play as the human United Fleet fending off Katuri counterattacks. In the second game humanity almost destroys the katuri homeworld before they are forced to retreat. You lead a massive Katuri counterattack that destroys Earth. In the third and final game Antaris comes back in the final stage of the war that destroys the Katuri once and for all. Humanity wins!.....after losing our homeworld and most of our fleet.

They are simple kids games, with the hardest being the second one.

Unfortunately ArcadeTown no longer hosts the flash games and every single game website that would have the games on them directly hosts from ArcadeTown. This means the only playable RealSpace game is realspace 3 from this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esLHY7FeRq8. Game is in the description and is safe. This is the only working copy that exists besides maybe some torrents on the pirate bay. The game is somewhat difficult on Insane, but not really that hard considering the target audience. Any difficulty easier than that and it's a cakewalk, whereas the second game was rage inducing.

For a kids game it does have a interesting "gray on gray" morality where the humans are clearly the aggressors, and each side wages total war and genocide without a thought. Hell the katuri even try to surrender when their homeworld was surrounded in the second game and the United Fleets reply was massive orbital bombardment. It's also interesting that you play as a alien race where the enemies are the humans in the second game. I only wish I could play the flash ones again, but ultimately it seems like that part of my childhood is gone forever.

 

[Becomemysoulreaver]

I cant remember how my brothers and I found out about this game, any of you know about it?

 

[I Love Beef]

But really, Soul Edge came out 11 months later, and did literally everything this game did, but way better.

But does Soul Calibur have Smooth Criminal Michael Jackson and Catwoman? No? I didn't think so, better game nyahhhh /sperging

 

[Detrogen]

Counter Force (Wii) - A weird, poorly localized mech-themed Sin & Punishment ripoff.

Seek & Destroy (PS2) - An equally weird, tank-based action game where everyone seems to literally live in their tanks.

Ghost Squad (Wii) - A Wii port of an old Sega lightgun shooter. There’s modes in which all enemies are replaced with ninjas or bikini babes and it’s only about 3 levels long. It’s also the only lightgun game I know of that’s four players at once.

I highly recommend hunting down and trying all three.

 

[A Hot Potato]

But does Soul Calibur have Smooth Criminal Michael Jackson and Catwoman? No? I didn't think so, better game nyahhhh /sperging

Lol I actually hadn't even played Toshiden when I wrote that.

Pre 2016 me lied about shit like a faggot quite a bit.

Toshiden 1, I have played, and I think it's pretty tight actually.

 

[A shitty ass clover]

Incoming! by Rage Software.

Mission 3-6 is fucking bullshit.

 

[The 3rd Hooligan]

Metal Dead
Funny metal themed, zombie apocalypse Point 'n click adventure game.
Sad it never got that sequel

Taxi Challege london:
A game so bad its good. Horrible physics, voices, music, but in somewat enjoyable way.

Also even though it was distributed with a kids magazine it has a nude woman with hairy pussy on one of the drivers ui.

 

[Stasi]

Back in the day I had a chipped PS1 and most of my games were pirated. You'd go down to the market, pick up a shit load of burned CDs from some shifty guy for pennies and occasionally you would stumble across some gems.

I have fond memories of playing Terracon back in the day. Pretty fun game and had amazing graphics for a PS1 title, you could honestly be forgiven for thinking it was an early PS2 game. Soundtrack was pretty kick ass too. You would probably call it an early free-roaming game? You basically run around little island maps collecting energy and completing different objectives.

I don't remember hearing anything about the game at the time and even now there seems to be limited information about it. I think probably because it came out late in the PS1 life and only got a European release.

Don't remember ever beating it and from digging around recently trying to find an ISO to play on an emulator saw a few comments about there being a game breaking bug in one of the late levels which is unfortunate. Still, would recommend people check it. If nothing else just to marvel at it from a technical standpoint.

 

[Chaos Theorist]

Back in the day I had a chipped PS1 and most of my games were pirated. You'd go down to the market, pick up a shit load of burned CDs from some shifty guy for pennies and occasionally you would stumble across some gems.

I have fond memories of playing Terracon back in the day. Pretty fun game and had amazing graphics for a PS1 title, you could honestly be forgiven for thinking it was an early PS2 game. Soundtrack was pretty kick ass too. You would probably call it an early free-roaming game? You basically run around little island maps collecting energy and completing different objectives.

I don't remember hearing anything about the game at the time and even now there seems to be limited information about it. I think probably because it came out late in the PS1 life and only got a European release.

Don't remember ever beating it and from digging around recently trying to find an ISO to play on an emulator saw a few comments about there being a game breaking bug in one of the late levels which is unfortunate. Still, would recommend people check it. If nothing else just to marvel at it from a technical standpoint.

I remember playing this on the same demo disc as Mr Driller

Euro Demo 63 (OUKPSM63)

The 63rd issue of OUKPSM. Released in October 2000. Interface Background: Fire Bubbles (Blue)

powerlineoeupsmfanclub.fandom.com

Did you ever play the net yaroze game demo disc

 

[sasazuka]

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Taxi Challege london:
A game so bad its good. Horrible physics, voices, music, but in somewat enjoyable way.

Also even though it was distributed with a kids magazine it has a nude woman with hairy pussy on one of the drivers ui.

One of my dream games would be a London cabbie game set on a 1:1 map of central London (ideally going out all of the way to the M25 ring motorway although just the inner boroughs would be fine). I think there were a couple of stabs at doing Crazy Taxi knockoffs set in London, including one on the Wii that is supposed to be terrible, and I know The Getaway: Black Monday had a cabbie mode with a few canned missions but I still don't think there's been a definitive London cabbie game.

 

[Stasi]

I remember playing this on the same demo disc as Mr Driller

Euro Demo 63 (OUKPSM63)

The 63rd issue of OUKPSM. Released in October 2000. Interface Background: Fire Bubbles (Blue)

powerlineoeupsmfanclub.fandom.com

Did you ever play the net yaroze game demo disc

Don't think I ever did no but I do remember having a load of magazine demo discs back in the day. Good times man.

Do they even make game magazines anymore? I imagine its a small market give you have unlimited information online now. Honestly wouldn't buy one myself these days (I think last I ever got was a copy of Edge in like 2004) but nothing beat the sense of wonder as a kid flicking through a mag and imagining what all the upcoming titles play like.

 

[The Sauce Boss]

Goblin Commander on the PS2. It was a kinda eh real time tactics game that was extremely assblastingly difficult for child me, and IIRC the PS2 port had a bunch of problems because the game was designed with the Gamecube in mind.

 

[Captain Communism]

Kingpin Life of Crime on the PC.

Multiplayer is a blast! But Singleplayer doesn't give the player much info on what to do. At least in the beginning segments. Plus the starter control scheme is rather strange.

 

[sasazuka]

Do they even make game magazines anymore? I imagine its a small market give you have unlimited information online now. Honestly wouldn't buy one myself these days (I think last I ever got was a copy of Edge in like 2004) but nothing beat the sense of wonder as a kid flicking through a mag and imagining what all the upcoming titles play like.

PC Gamer and Game Informer still have print editions though I reckon the market for print gaming magazines skews older (like Generation X and older millennials). I'm Gen X and I haven't bought a print magazine in over a decade other than a handful of issues of National Geographic (which also isn't nearly as good as it was when I was a kid probably because National Geographic the way I remember is considered racist by the woke crowd).

 

[eternal dog mongler]

Oh shit this reminds me. Like 15 years ago I was stuck in the hospital for hurricane prep, not doing much of anything, and I was playing a game on my work laptop to pass the time.

It was some compiled flash game where you were in some kind of mecha suit in space and fighting waves of spaceships. You could buy destroyers and place them on the field along with weapon upgrades for your mecha dude and shit.

Does anyone know what the hell that was? I remember it being pretty fun.

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

PC Gamer and Game Informer still have print editions though I reckon the market for print gaming magazines skews older (like Generation X and older millennials). I'm Gen X and I haven't bought a print magazine in over a decade other than a handful of issues of National Geographic (which also isn't nearly as good as it was when I was a kid probably because National Geographic the way I remember is considered racist by the woke crowd).

Used to get Game Informer thanks to a Gamestop card. Last issue I got had an interview with Anita Sarkeesian.

Might be for the best to not get the more mainstream game magazines.

Anyway, on topic time. Shrouded in Sanity. Pretty cool 2D souls clone.

 

[Easterling]

Eat lead, the return of mat hazard, one of the shittiest shooters on the xbox 360.