Post the most obscure game you've played. Bonus points if it can really be called a hidden gem.
Transformers on PS2, the japanese-only one.
There was a fantasy game I played on the ps1 as a kid where I remember being in a kingdom in the clouds or something. I wish I could find it, it involved swords and magic but I only have the vaguest memories.
>>695199315I've played more niche itch.io slop than I care to admit.
>>695199315No one talks about this game. In fact it only had a spike in search results recently because of gameplay videos on YT.As for the game, it's a decent movie-game. The Heavy Rain or Until Dawn of its day.
>>695199584it could've been granstream saga
>>695199315
>>695199315Zero chance anyone else here played it.
>>695199526that one is fun, i was surprised to see it had a lot of English VA and UI elements
Most of the achievements have a rate of less than 10% on steam. Even the one for beating Act 1.
>>695199315Martian Gothic Unification
Knights of the Chalice probably. Decent combat-centric D&D3.5E game. It's very ugly and didn't used to be on steam so almost no one knew it existed. 7,62 High Calibre and Brigand Oaxaca get honorable mentions.
>>695199315The most obscure games I've played are the ones me and my mates made.They were all terrible, except a dope 2player robot soccer game we made in the old blender game engine. Wish I still had it.
>>695200090There's a game dungeon episode on this so there's a possibility someone here decided to give it a go.
>>695199315this is hardly obscure anon, it's on steam for god sake is it good?
>>695204682its one of the only games where the whole point is you can control a dragon (that isnt cartoony) without any catch.
>>695200021Based
>>695204682I enjoyed it as a kid, I'm curious myself of it's good as I remember.
>>695201361I've had lots of fun with this as a kid
Really mediocre platformer but the spooky haunted house aesthetic was kinda fun.
<= how come nobody made other arena fighters like this ? Savage skies is still fun
PS1 had so many lesser know games. Anyway I hope I'm not the only one who played this.
Only Morrowind comes close to magic system of pic related.
>>695209971Best looking game on the DS.
Played this religiously as a kid
Rip off clothes from your enemies, wear them to gain new classes.Currency can be used to heal or power up yourself besides just buying things.
I LOVE obscure games!
>>695214653you just unlocked a memory for me
<= Are there other anons that have played it ? I can't be the only one that remembers last good open world shooter.
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>>695199315take no prisoners 1997 I got it for $2 in a game bin when I was a kid
>>695199315hard edge for PS1 was a good one not sure why I rented it...maybe hybrid heaven
>>695199315Webm related, probably.
It's jank, but it's actually pretty good.
>>695199315This one too. It's not that obscure, but I seldom find people who know this game.
>>695219902soldier of fortune 2
>>695219707Boiling Point, holy shitloved that game
>>695218989>>695219707played bothabsolute slavjank
>>695218989very little english in this game
Russian RTS.
>>695200576really boring game
>>695201361I bought that one at full price.it was disappointing and buggy as fucknot to mention you have to beat the game 3 times to actually challenge Loki
>>695199315antarctic adventure. it even has sequels no one's ever heard aboutvery unique game
>>695199315If you liked the ARG stuff within and outside of the Secret World, cool and esoteric lore, or the weird fourth wall breaking stuff from Omikron the Nomad Soul then this game is right up there
>>695220061Hve you played the sequel?
Try meBut this is a fun enough monster catcher of sorts for the NGPC
People only know if it because of the meme English VA but it's actually an awesome game. Devs went on to make EDF
I've been dumpster diving JP games on IA, so each one I play ends up being more obscure than the last.
>>695219707Oh, look, it's XENUS!
>>695222681Is that Soldier of Fortune nobody wants to talk about?
Star Traders: Frontiers
>>695222460They could easily have compressed the first 30 missions down to like 10 but bloating up the stage count is the Sandlot way. Everything past that can stay since it actually introduces new gimmicks and objectives.
>>695199315I liked it, but I was very young when I played it.
Not actually sure if they're obscure, but I loved both of them yet I never saw any discussion.
>>695222986Yup. What about webm related?
Not really that obscure but here it is https://youtu.be/HCtX8-9hHZM
>>695199315I've played a bunch of unknown games on PC when I was a kid. Especially demos and shareware. I'll share some here that I know the names of.
>>695224893Nocturne. "Resiclone" type of game.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ivFzaWdh4A
U.F.Os. Point and click adventure game. Not a demo, this one was came in a CD-rom with a newspaper (every week there was a new game offered).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmUZTRCRHfY
>>695225352Hateful Chris: Never Say Buy. This was a demo. Some side-scrolling action adventure, I dunno.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR7DsAQI6_I
I loved this as a kid. Never found the full version though.
For some console games, I think The Unholy War was pretty obscure. It was like a 3D fighting game.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b303tnHJfQ
Fade to Black. It could technically be considered a 3rd person shooter. But I just remember hating it from the few minutes I've played.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0-V_1avDAM
Glukoza ActionA terrible licensed game based on the music video of a russian pop artist who got popular because she had one song in GTAIV
Brought to you by the same people who would later make GTA.
A bunch of other games are coming to mind. Gruntz. Holy fuck, I need to try to play this one again. Some puzzle/strategy game?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdsGWyWakTQ
>>695199315Neocron. It's a cyberpunk MMORPG with Deus Ex style gameplay. Very unique. Still around somehow.A scizophrenic Muppet made a video about ithttps://youtu.be/BU6qYnyfkwo?si=TRlmqEw73Nb9S2QG
And speaking of strategy games, Gangsters is relatively unknown today.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC8p2k86Qg8
>>695226741And Constructor.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC8p2k86Qg8
>>695226741Kino shit. Even if I was too retarded as a child (and also an adult) to be any good at it.I'm surprised we haven't seen some sort of modern equivalent.
There is not chapter two
wasn't very good
>>695227407It's always a bit sad when something desperately wants to be the first entry in a massive franchise, only for that franchise to be dead on arrival.
>>695227407damn they even had a tie-in comic in there lmao
bump
And for a reason. It's the worst game I've ever played.
Idk if it counts as obscure but if you didn't play Pajama Sam or Math Blasters back in the day then you's a bitch
>>695219707I’ve tried making several threads about it but they just goes straight to the archive
It's pretty much just a classic RE game but with ancient Egypt theme instead of zombies.
>>695220198This was fun.
>>695212292There's Flying Heroes.
Resurrection: The Return of the Black Dragon.I bought it years ago in a CD store and never managed to beat the very first level.
>>695222364name?
>>695199315post gog collection, here's minesome of these are pretty bad desu
Queens Crown for ios.It was a pretty early game and I put a ton of hours into it.There's no longer any way to play it.
>>695229331Despite the jank, I really liked Venetica.
>>695228659wouldve been easier 15 years ago
>>695212292This looks so familiar...
>>695232740I almost got this as a kid.Was it any good?
>>695233129Not really
>>695232740I liked itand Dead Man's Hand
>>695233196Well my choice wasn't any good either. Some sort of point and click fairy game.
pic related, if you wanna go further i wonder how many people even know there is a standalone expansion
>>695199315First shooter I ever played.It was basically a Wolf3D clone, but instead of Nazis you were shooting living toys with guns.
>>695226714Thanks for reminding ! Reinstalling it right now
>>695228659You should try making threads on iichan you might get more discussion.Also, there are like 2.3 anons that played those game...
>>695226741>Mordecai LevinVery subtle
Probably not as obscure as some games posted here, but it's still quite unknown.
Project: Nomads. One of the most atmospheric games I've played set in a steampunk world of floating islands.The gameplay's all over the place: you have third-person action, base building, tower defense, and flight arcade.
ive never seen anyone talk about this gamefor good reason, it fucking sucks
I think barely anyone remembers that game. Had nice water physics for its time, and that's about the full list of things to remember about it.
>>695235595Better water than most modern slop
There was a PS1 game so obscure that I can't remember what it's called or find it anywhere, so I'll have to make do with this. It's not that obscure but obscure enough. I played the shit out of this on Mega Drive
>>695237438What was that first game like?
>>695235163That era of shitty Xbox 360 FPS games getting churned out constantly because of CoD's popularity is vaguely nostalgic to me
>>695199526I like it for the more obscure character inclusions
>>695206881Magic carpet was big when it came out, anon.
>>695199315Easy, this game fucking ruled and it took me about half an hour to track down any mention of it
>>695237823I'm like 99% sure it was this
I have yet to find a person in /v/ who knows Reset Generation
>>695224215Easy, Cliver Barker's Jericho.
>>695223987Looks nice, have a rare shadowrun rogueluke
Little me thought this was a sequel to Hogs of War.
This one is pretty good if you like Myst clones
The most difficult point-and-click adventure in history.
Hellfire, the haulage bashing simulator. You go around British Rail in the 1980s trying to ride behind as many different engines as possible.
>>695235163Oh yeah, that game was a real piece of shit. I'm not saying every alt. history ww2 have to ape Wolfenstein, but Turning point was lame.After that, developers made Legendary, another utter shit game, but you shoot griffins and werewolfs. Sounds cool if you ask me, but it was awful. Just a really bad shooter.And after that, developer made Lost Planet 3! And that was the end of Lost Planet series, may it rest in piece. Shit dev, released nothing but trash and killed a series with a lot of potential (but that's mainy on Crapcom. Niggers keep beating the horse of Dead Rising).
An old German(I think) fps with moderately inventive setting and a pointless gimmick of making a bet when you fight bosses.
>>695199315I have NEVER seen another soul mention this game, anywhere. No one's played it except me and my mom. Shame, because its ridiculously fun.Amazing couch co-op, too. Its honestly super unique and I dunno why it never took off, it holds up really well.
I remember playing some Counter Strike clone, and my PC at the time was so bad it turned every character completely black (basically just a silhouette) and it was generally super dark or set at dusk/night.
go go cosmo copsraging bladesGamshara
>>695199315You've probably never heard of it.
>>695199315Until recently it was Baroque but know I guess this game called Fallen LordsThe only reason I know it exists is that I found a single review of it on an Spanish website and some Russian had a video of the last mission on YouTube
this motherfucker
combat music is still stuck in my headthat one mission where you """had""" to collect $1mio was bullshit and made me drop the game
>>695229320Xenus 2: White Gold
>>695234767Was this the game that (without a patch applied) formated your entire HDD during uninstal, or am I thinking of Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth-Drannor?
>>695242385Oh damn. I thought the thread was about obscure games in the sense of "not well known" and not in actual luminosity-wise obscure games.
I’ll eat my own fingers if one of you has played this.
No idea why whoever currently owns the IP did a modern re-release of either this or NC1 yet that plays basicly just like Bloodborne but without a dodge roll to cheese thru every encounter.
>>695245278Why the fuck is this game on literally every single system that was released globaly?
>>695221805I prefer 200% penguin adventurefuck penguin wars
>>695199315Really damn good Diablo clone
>>695199315Was kino as a kid
was pretty sick tbqh
>>695199315Darkstone:https://store.steampowered.com/app/320320/Darkstone/
>>695233764yo i played thisit was on one of those discs with a bunch of shareware games
>>695242789is that the shmup mmo?i remember playing it once or twice
>>695219707>what far cry 2 should've been
>>695235595That was a good game
A bunch of those older ipod touch games. Add in Dark Meadow to that, an Infinity Blade clone.
Here's one from me. I vibed so much listening to its soundtrack.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F91S9s6uM7Y>>695199315I remember drawing a beautiful eye on a CD I burned it on.>>695226464These and Captain Claw were super popular in Poland when they came out.
>>695245097fuck me that's a huge oversight
>>695242058I know it solely from Jontron, which I assume anyone else who replies is in the same boat.He even called it ze hidden gem way back when, too.I wouldn't have doubted it, Lucasarts rarely missed back then and it looked pretty good based on the little I saw.
>>695249016>what STALKER 2 should've been*Honestly, if the game's source code was leaked and it got modded like Anomaly, I would be playing it today instead of the other slop. The game had so much potential and is the closest thing to Stalker.
As a child I made it my mission to try out every rts demo that I could find and now, as a manchild, I've tried to rediscover some of them. This is one that I managed to find again after several hours of searching based on a fuzzy mental image.It's pretty ass.
no idea if obscure or not
>>695235163I will forever remember the awesome opening cutscene but outside of that? Erh.
>>695254009Not really, played it, fun game.
>>695233770How? It's dead.
>>695248241ohoho now thats a blast from the past. we have called it "3d diablo" back then. but then when real D2 came, it was crushed into obscurity
>>695254009Holy shit I have this
>>695254625It was a Christmas Gift.
>>695242364it's not that obscure, look at the views for it's soundtrack on youtube
>>695202886That's cheating
>>695199315Gonna go with Sokoban, I've never heard anyone post about, mention, or recognize this game on the internet. I'm kinda cheating because of how old it is but it still counts, right?If you care for puzzle games, this game is a must play, definitely meets the "hidden gem" criteria very intuitive, fun and difficult.
>>695255882sorry your game isnt as obscure as you thought
>>695217708he :) heheheHAHAHA :D
>>695256161It's not mine game but I refuse to accept an easy win like this.THIS is my game
>>695199315Tunguksa: Legend of Faith, the PC versionI remember the combat being quite deep for a game like this but it was frustrating as fuck. Imagine a beat em up with tank controls
>>695225709I played this a lot
>>695256770Another obscure Arxel Tribe game. Faust is great but this one sucked ass.
>>695199315this piece of shit
>>695256403Never played the first one but played the shit out of the sequel as a kid. The ost slapshttps://youtu.be/yq6DFC6c4e8
>>695199315PVP only third-person arena game. I think they were trying to capture the WoW PVP audience. I bought it, played it for like a few hours when I was like 12, it was dogshit because no Australian servers, then it died within a few months because it was not very good. Which is a shame because through nostalgia goggles, I'd like to go back and play it again.
>>695256060you've just mentioned only the backgammon of puzzle games. it's about as obscure as captain falcon
Lode Runner 2I bought it because the levels looked so colorful and pretty to look at, but couldn't get past the first world because I couldn't into Lode Runner gameplay in isometric viewCool intro toohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yblVcgqJhvE
>>695199315Where my toy commander bros at?
>>695257407looks comfy
>>695257278We used to play the first Lode Runner like crazy in our computer lab when I was a kid. All the boys in the school were trying to beat each others scores it was great
One of the blandest names ever for a game imaginable, besides the 80's-era [SPORT/GENRE] naming conventions that is. Still a neat Diablo clone I guess.
>>695256893Was about to post this so I will post next thing that comes to mind
Septerra Core was fucking sick
>>695199315Uncle Albert's Fabulous Voyage
Metroidvania about Moses made by someone in japan
>>695257407I wish there was more than just 1 level where you're just an unnarmed cab for the army mens, relying on them to get rid of all the stuff in your way (mostly by keeping the bazooka guy both stay alive and not kill you or the other troops from the squad)
>>695222379This got rereleased on the switch.
>>695199315action man
Anyone remember a japanese indie game that's like 20 years old where you play as a ninja? It was 2D, graphics were basic pixels kind of like Cat Mario, but the movement was insane, you could pull some satisfying kills.
>>695199836Only just found out about Hilltop translations recently and haven't had a chance to sift through all their releases. This one is definitely getting a look - thanks anon.
>>695199315actually I never played, I only know it existed
There was a Korean online side-scrolling shooter called Nanaimo that had an English beta which lasted like two weeks or something before disappearing forever.
Ignore Warcraft 2 remake, play War Wind!>>695258470I only started it the other day and while the gameplay is a bit jank at times (mostly because of the camera) it seems fun and the story and presentation, including the English dub, is really nice.
>>695258435>20 years ago was only 2004I was initially thinking you were describing an NES game
>>695258767I never played War Wind, yet somehow I ended up buying War Wind 2 when it came out. Fun concept and it was nifty that it had multiple possible endings for factions.
>>695252710This one is some good shit.
>>695258435https://www.mobygames.com/game/13173/n/
>>695245783A mighty spell!I remember being a retard while playing the game and not realizing that you could permanently enchant your gear. I just kept adding the latest versions of whatever runes I found on top of my gear and wondering why the game was brutally difficult. I'd probably buy this in a heartbeat if they rereleased it since the spindle on my DC broke.
>>695258065>2003>windowsthat's extremely surprising considering japs abandoned PC in the '00s
Came with my nextdoor neighbor’s PC. We called it “Clayman” and it really sparked the imagination as a kid.
>>695259506The follow up game Skull Monkeys was a really solid platformer.
My local arcade’s main attraction, Mazan: Flash of the Blade. Only 300 ever made, it’s a House of the Dead-like but you use a sword instead of light guns. Full Wii motion controls in 2002. Wild game, super fun.
>>695259290Not N, it was an untranslated japanese game, it wasn't flash and I played it as an .exe. I got it from this board actually. The worst part is that I think the name was in japanese kanji so there's no way to remember a name
>>695257175Well, I'm glad it is popular, never seen anyone mention it on all my days on the web.
>>695259506I still can't believe I stopped to read a literal wall of text, and the lore in it was amazing
>>695259506Amazing game, one of my all-time favourites. SOUL incarnatehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh4WnHlsbvM
>>695259806Well a lot of people don't know it as sokoban, just as the block pushing game
>>695245278I played it on the MegaDrive, does that count?
>>695259741I remember in my arcade it had for a limited time a japanese light gun machine that had some sort of motion detector like Kinect, you had to lay low to cover and dodge from bullets... 15 mins in it ruined my thighs for a week
>>695260116Were you playing as a cop/detective and shooting up like a diner I think it was? If it is the one I am thinking of you are right about how fucking nuts the motion stuff was.
>>695260116Mazan would kill my arms for the rest of the day but it was worth it. You can emulate on PC but it’s not the same. Game was hard but fair, you really could parry almost anything if you were really good.
>>695258184I have this one too! I thought the shield mechanic was kinda weird.
>>695258767Forget Warcraft 2, Warcraft 2OOO is where its at.>What is Warcraft 2OOOA bunch of Russians essentially made their own What If Warcraft 3.
I’ve been the obscure childhood games whisperer for all my friends but I have a game I played exactly once on vacation that I’ve never been able to find.It’s either a lightgun game or a spaceship game where you shoot abstract enemies in the air. 3D graphics, and I distinctly remember a boss of floating eyeballs. I was young so it can’t have come after 2006 at the latest. I played it in an arcade cabinet at an icecream shop for about 20 mins.
>>695199315Fury 3
>>695205959what is this? some DOS game?
We have Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead at home.>>695259778Nikujin maybe? https://arch.b4k.co/v/thread/645180745/#645205628
>>695261105YEPThat's the one holy shit. Thank you anon
>>695199315gar
>>695260728Your game is Planet Harriers, the boss you remember appears at 10:30https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUHQvnSVQnU
>>695261929Holy FUCKING shit. I looked at over a hundred lightgun games for the answer. Been bothering me for two decades. This is actually it.
>>695221805i played this as a kid, very hard for me at the time.
No one has been able to help me. A Mech Game either made at the tail end of 1999 or beginning of early aughts. First person from the cockpit. You could ride around on wheels or run at full sprint. You could sommersault from the cockpit. First mission was set in a desert and you had to make your way to the other side while flanked by two enemy mechs. There was a very small city or village there you could step around or onto. The cover was green with the image of the mech in it. pc only.
I was going to say Freespace 2 but I was very young when I played it and had no concept of how popular a game was. I didnt know anyone at the time who also had the game and it isnt one I hear people talk about. Looking it up now it seems the game was pretty well recieved
>>695262478Metaltech: Earthsiege 2?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQq3S6MapuI
>>695263645>Metaltech: Earthsiege IISadly no. I checked with so many. I have searched on v, vr, even m. No one as been able to help. The only thing I can remember, I drew. Something like this.
>>695264223mechwarrior
>>695264223Those enemies remind me of Shogo: MAD but the UI is way different.
>>695264223Jap mechs? 3D graphics? You’re sure its on PC?
>>695235595This was awful. The water physics were okay, but everything else was just under mid.
>>695264437Yes, it was on my ancient piece of shit Dell. I have no idea how it ran. Its graphical range was... Imagine if the Dreamcast had slightly more bite, or retard the Xbox a little. If you give me some time I could sketch an approximation of the starting mech.>>695264318Nah. The movement was smoother than Mech3 and Mech4. >>695264431I keep coming back to Shogo MAD but nothing about it jumps out at me.I asked my Dad what it was and he told me it was just some game a friend of his from work let him have, and that he gave to me because he thoughtd Id like it.
You should play it too.
>>695262478
>>695264578Biggest question is are you 1000% sure it was first person or could you be misremembering? Narrows the pool a lot.
>>695264578Battlezone 2?
>>695264223From your descriptions it's probably G-Nome
>>695262478https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnCU7wz9SlIGreat Qin Warriors?
Hello?
>>695264734It was 1000% first person. I remember because every time you died, your stayed in the cockpit and watched your mech fall over with the feed to the cockpit going out and telling you to restart.
>>695265126Good call. I bet that’s it, map looks identical to his drawing.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM9S5Tux14k>>695265151This yours?
I wish I could remember more of what this thing looked like. If I had to wager from my Mechwarrior experience, it looked vaguely like, a Shadow Hawk but rounder, if you took the Autocannon off the shoulder and set it into its right arm. It had wheels on its feet, allowing you to tilt or lean left to right so you could strafe, you could activate jump jets to vault over obstacles and even do a flip in the air whilst you were firing. But it was slow. You were vulnerable. You could get shot out of the air and crash down and kill your pilot. The cover was a dark green or black, as if the mech was emerging into frame from a jungle, raising its arm triumphantly with smoke steaming off the bore of the weapon. On the back of the box showed huge enviroments, mechs\aircraft\tanks, as well as ships you were suppose to fight on in later levels. I was so young when I got it, I only had gotten to the second level, where they took your weapons away and told you to run.
bro, it's Battlezone >>695264673once you're bored of it and its sequel play the two Uprising games from around the same eraSchleichfahrt, X &Aquanox fans also should check out HardWar
>>695265126>>695265420No, I wish it was.I swear this game sold so poorly its going to take me another ten years of searching before I find someone who even has an idea of what I meant. I found someone on VR who had an inkling of what I remember but, there is nothing.
>>695265630https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWVPGeImdag
>>695265630The gameplay you describe sounds a lot like G-NomeThe UI was different depending on what mech/vehicle you drive
>>695225709Oh I had this one, I still even have it. Loved to play as the lizard with the sword.
>>695266015wtf this game looks so appealing visually
>>695266015Just sent this to my Dad.>Youre still looking for that game?>It wasnt Heavy Gear, our computer didnt have enough space for it.>It start with something like Mech or Robot something. It wasnt GNome and it wasnt Mechwarrior, you still have tose.Hmmmmm.>No idea what else it was. Some really off the wall game that was terrible.Honestly, even if I dont find it this thread, thank you everyone for your help. Might not find it but Im getting some really good recommendations.
>>695266043Nah, it wasnt GNome. I have GNome, and its nothing like it. >Sequel to Dominion never.
>>695217708>We have the Faust cover at home
>>695266506This matches some of what you describe.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZdYDe47nyUThe only PC port I’m aware of is a fan port though.
>>695266880See, GunGriffon comes the close. I have it on my Xbox but. Man.
>>695267149You’ve got a toughiehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akUPnhRx3S4
>>695245552No idea, I remember seeing one of these games on GBA all the time in bargain sections. I was going to compare it to Lemmings in terms of being fucking everywhere, but that made total sense for Lemmings. Not James fucking Pond.
>>695267578You dont know the half of it.Neg, not Terra Nova either. The targets, the mech, and the world were all in 3D polygons.
>>695260794Isn't this like one of the very earliest games that'll still run natively on modern Windows?
>>695264606Glad this one got translated. Really neat semi-Zeldalike.
I fucking loved the Arcade Labs aesthetic and music style as a kid. Pic related and Superstar Chefs were my favorites of the bunch.
>>695267991Was it Krazy Ivan by any chance?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs4YzvOlmR8
>>695199315Probably one of the worst fucking games I played on the 360. Genuinely awful
>Gameboy: Heiankyo AlienDig holes to bury aliens alive.>Gameboy Color: Command MasterI don't even remember what it's like.>PC Engine: Princess MinervaFun RPG with scantily clad girls.>Sega Genesis: LandstalkerReally good RPG. Never seen it talked about though.>Sega Saturn: Twinkle Star SpritesSHMUP. >PS2: Magician's Academy (まじしゃんず・あかでみい)SRPG based on a light novel that also got an anime adaptation whose TV release used claymation for censored scenes.>PSP: Kenka Bancho Badass RumblePlay as a stereotypical Japanese punk and beat the shit out of other stereotypical Japanese punks.>Mobile: Okami-Hime (オオカミ姫)First mobile game I ever played.Had a neat gameplay loop, but I didn't play it for long.>PC: Sorcerland (ソーサランド)Sidescrolling RPG similar to Megaman games, but you play as one of three kemoshota traps. Or a busty fox ninja if you unlock her. Pic related. I remember it was talked about on /v/ for like a week, but then it died off.
>>695268736Sadly no. Didnt have a Home Console that could do 3D until well into the Xbox made its debut.
>>695268907Iron Assault?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQREUkEQ40w
>>695268907Krazy Ivan was on PC as well though.And it wasn't Starsiege (not Tribes)?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybmg_us5UJo
>>695238605This looks kino
>>695245278Played it on Amiga. This idle animation and the music for the first level has lived rent-free in my head ever since.
>>695270223There's something about the shading or palette choices in most Amiga games like this that rubs me the wrong way. Especially knowing that there do exist games that actually look great (and not just for Amiga standards).
>>695199315Record of Lodoss war for ps2. The upgrade system is pretty unique only repeated in Shining Force Exa. I don't know if obscure but rarely see it mentioned anywhere
>>695245454Nightmare creatures is pretty known. They fucked it up with the adrenaline mechanic. I liked it
>>695199315It's freeware. It runs in DOSBox. Go play it right now. Fun as hell game.
>>695199315Online text-based games from the 90s that haven't been playable in 30 years. Played them on a PC with a modem when I was a little kid.
I'd call it underrated more than obscure but for all the glazing people give to Metal Slug's pixel art, that shit did not come from nowhere. Irem's Gun Force 2 was basically the prototype to Metal Slug and it shows by having absolute god tier pixelart and some of the most badass run n gun gameplay there is.It's pretty impressive how shit went from R-Type's pixel art in the 80's to this glorious shit to then Metal Slug remaining to be the toppest of top tier apexes of pixel art.
>>695272130>You try my patience. Make your choice!
MAZEBALLMS-DOS game. I was only able to find the freeware version. Full version is quite literally impossible to find.
>>695199315I never play this game, but I remember watching a segment on TV about a PS2 fighting game, I forgot the name, but it features Optimus Prime fighting Yatterman
>>695272217Also, not the only Irem game to have a very strongly linked spiritual successor by their Nazca expats on the Neo Geo.
>>695272217Beautiful.
Sengoku Blade AKA Tengai in the west is a criminally underrated shmup whose only source of popularity is the attract screen displaying a beautiful pair of tits on the attract screen.
>>695268785im gonna highjack your post a little because the name of this game always makes me think its a game I played but did not. I want to say in the late 90's, i think, but no later than super early xbox. Anyway it was a "pirate" game where you just traipsed around an island with shitty sword and range combat and you played as a redhead woman. I want to say its pirates of dark shore/tide something like that
>>695200576buy an ad
>>695248241THE DAAAARKSTONE WILL SHINE
weird hybrid of shitty turn based strategy and shitty fighting gamewas kinda fun tho too bad my friends hated it
dank
An odd full motion video choose-the-scene game sort of like Dragon's Lair. Those were popular on the 3DS but somehow this one made it to PS1 long after the novelty wore off.Surprised the AVGN or someone hasn't done a review of it, it's fucking weird (and difficult).
>>695273481oh fuck i remember renting that gamei sucked so much at it
>>695270223James Pond 2 was sex, so fucking good
>>695229184i downloaded it and it was the worst piece of shit ive ever played
>>695274962oh fuck, why? I just download it too.
Pure Kino
>>695200090
Has anyone played the game?
>>695275740I think I'm the only person in the world with this disk.
anybody else played this?
>>695275740I feel like I remember playing a demo for it way back in the day.
>>695262478Could be Heavy Gear 2 or Parkan: Iron Strategy.
>>695219707Do people really play games with this FOV? It looks horrible
>>695225653Holy shit. Is that Aethera Chronicles?I thought I was the only one.
When RE4 was believed to be GC exclusive Sony tried to have their own RE4 at home. Wasn't as good, but still pretty charming with its wacky designs and atmosphere.
Psyvariar 2: The Will to Fabricate.
>>695275821never got past the first level
>>695272217>glazingback to tiktok with you. Cool game though.
>>695254203Fans are keeping it alivehttps://neocron-game.com
bu
>>695275504Fuck. This brings back memories.
>>695235049came here to post this. Actually insane how unknown it is. There is a steampunky version of it by another studio I think but I never played it.
I remember playing this game that starts with you going into a bank, it's a TPS on pc, 7th gen I think but can't remember the name
>>695259448theres quite some freeware games from them, mostly shoot em ups
Bullet Witch
>>695199315Scorched Earth (1991) Tank pixel game, very fun
>>695227407>Chapter One, Implying there was going to be more>Comic tie inInnovation is just proper execution, isn't it?
>>695281776Oh fuck yeah Scorched Earth. Randomly found it on a CD. I think it might have been on a PC Gamer disc from memory. Great game to play with friends. The modernish remake/homage available on Steam is pretty decent too.
>>695229537I downloaded but only played a littleIs it actually worth it? I have jank resistance
Keepsake (2006), found on a bootleg disc in Russia and never, ever seen anyone mention it my whole life. Adventure Company made a lot of low budget point and click games like that.I remember thinking the protagonist was hot when I was 10
>>695242364LMAO grossly wrongThis was kinoFlash platformer shooters were my jamStrike force heroes remake is out in steam btw
>>695282152I've played this one. It's about a young girl joining a mage school but everyone was missing, right?
>>695199315Probably between Fighting Masters on Genesis, Blood+: One Night Kiss on PS2, or pic related
Graal2001
>>695226887I saw recently there was a version on the ps store.
Also Gunbound
>>695282384It's also on Steam, it's one of their most known games but still my personal "game nobody remembers" gameThat and Secret Files Tungushka
>>695218989some how its on steam
>>695200090Played it. It was included with som gaming magazine I used to read.>>695201361Didn't care much for the game but the skimpy dressed chicks were nice. >>695212746Played the demo. It was fine and I think it's a reboot of an old arcade game?
I recall it being on a bundle once and yet it's peak on steam is 56 players in 2015. It's a shame because I really liked it
>>695220361Damn, that's really obscure. From the cover and screenshots it does reminds me of Sacrifice.>>695282152I remember reading review about it and I even played the demo but I couldn't figure out the chess puzzle.
I've tried to make it run on the modern system for good old times but no cigar.
>>695226714/vm/ was just playing this actually, had quite a few players. was only a 2 week thing though.
>>695245097Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth-Drannor and one of bungies rts did this
>>695283137yeah kinda hard to get it running, even on xp, but it at least works on xp
Some freeware game top down shooter with aliens in mars?
>>695272038play the n64 version you can turn it off
>>695282303Played the shit out of it until they forced subs onto everyoneWhat a bunch of fucking niggers
>>695283919found it https://www.mobygames.com/game/61176/phobia-iii-edge-of-humanity/
All three.
>>695257827>it has a sequel
>>695257839What's this? You play as dinosaur in this game?
Heads will RollIt's not a porn game it's a game inspired by Legionary's Life
>>695283816So you suggest using virtual machine? Also what are you thought about the game? I have to say even as a kid I didn't get far.
Anything not in English or Japanese (only slightly outside of "cult classics") has an immediate edge, I guess older (former) USSR stuff too, but how many people actually had a computer there? Should probably disqualify consoles as well a lot of the more obscure ones have tiny libraries and the good consoles have had their libraries picked clean. Got plenty to pick from, but whilst interesting not exactly hidden gems for the a/v/erage player.K-Tora USA was a welcome surprise though (and I have a webm). A freeware racing game with a basic drifting mechanic and a few tracks. PC-98 only (requires MS-DOS iirc) and there's no pre-installed HDD in neokobe, though I dropped one before so maybe it spread. Archive should still be up on Vector.co.jp anyway, only need to move the files to an HDD image (or your real machine).
>>695256060lol what? everyone knows sokoban, there's literally a genre of puzzle games named after it
also exteel
>>695285678damn, this one is not even on gog or my usual private torrent site
>>695275821beat it recently, the final level was a bitch.Nice to play FPS where enemies are not bullet sponges.
>>69524824110/10 game
Old Russian rts named Swarog or Cвapoг. Can't even find a proper coverart.
>>695228484They released a 20 year anniversary edition and it's still jank as fuck.
>>695257917>>695257975I played these. Pic related is Interstate 76, some Twisted Metal / Vigilante 8 type of game, but not sure about the release timeline and don't care enough to quickly google about it.
>>695290070Excalibur 2555 ad.
>>695281621peak 360 jank
Worst game I have ever played.
>>695290070This was pretty popular back in the day. Mechwarrior 2 engine iirc? it was the first game I ever played online lmao
It's like a trucker game with mechanics of a space sim.
>>695290191Looks like FF knock-off. What made it so bad?
>>695290516>1cThey published one of my favorite games
>>695290547It's a drpg that flopped and the main reason it flopped is it was censored.
Either this or this
>>695290621They're like one of the biggest software conglomerates in Russia, and not just for gaming. They even have like their own programming language where all operators are in Russian, although all the people I know to have used it say it sucks.
>>695290621Too bad the developers got shafted. Didn't get to make KB2, their mmorpg failed and iirc they got delegated into making mobile games.
>>695290689From the cover I expected third-person action game but from screenshots it looks more like Chinese fantasy Diablo.
>>695233664At the very least a million
>>695290758
>>695291169How about this Polish fps with demons?
Dark VengeanceVoxfoxSquirrels are Going NutsArcade AmericaGus goes to the Kooky CarnivalLenny's Music TunesAlien Arcade
It's sort of a Warcraft 3 clone with viking theme and a focus on siege methods, as normal units are incapable of destroying fortification buildings, so you have to either build siege weaponry, or use zeppelins to paratrooper your units into enemy cities.
>>695199315Straimium Immortaly
>>695199315Colorblind people are psychotic
>>695226205They also made Body Harvest, another obscure gem and prototype for GTA.
>>695291086that mmorgp looks goofy as hell judging by those first mobs you encounter, a jumping stick and some blue balls
>>695199315This is the most obscure game ITT.
>>695291982Haven't played it, but I do remember seeing the ad in a vidya magazine and jerking off to this chick.
>>695292591no people in it makes it look eerie
>>695242058It stuttered like a bitch back in the day. Plays better now on ps4, but it still has ass hit detection.
>>695291982Looks fun. Who's this shaman chick?
>>695292758She's supposed to be the main villain, but that's just art, in-game everyone's blocky and chibi, like in WC3 and Battle Realms.
>>695260656Always wanted to play this. Pissed it never came to any Virtual Console.
>>695272217This series is included in Irem Collection vol 2, just out this week lol. Bit pricey, though.
>>695292926Weird design for an evil sorceress. She doesn't look evil at all.
Anyone else remember this?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOWtjXiXUms
>>695228663it goes downhill after you leave the museum
>>695293449Played it. I got it from a disc from some magazine. Although I can't recall the name of the game.
>>695261790THE FUCKING MONSTER SLAYER
>>695292000Thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuXzDzK-vrg
>>695268861>Kenka Bancho Badass Rumblethat's a known game in the circles of PSP emulation fags
>>695293751Sleepwalker The art and music in it were comfy
pun not intended
It was a weird math/puzzle game, we got free copies from our school.
>>695293997Yeah, it was pretty neat puzzle game.
>>695219707played it recently
I had this game but only played the first level. I have been weirdly curious about it ever since.>>695273879Crazy that this was "made" (actually bought from a smaller studio, they only put it out) by fucking Capcom.
I don't there's a single living person in this world other than me that have even heard about this game
>>695281621I remember how long it took me to take down the final boss. Nearly stopped the game because of boredom.
>>695284526nanosaur, and yes. you fight other dinos
>>695225996>Fade to Blacknot obscure
Only real niggas know.
>>695227421probably the best performing shooter on N64 at least.
>>695284854Yes, but even with a virtual machine it was kind of tweaking, finally got it to work by using a specific combination of .exe versions and an older version of Dgvoodoo. Game itself is okay at the least, didnt get far but I am a sucker for isometric games
Gonna sound odd but did anyone play an isometric anime inspired MMO called "Endless Online"? It had cues from early WoW, EverQuest, and RuneScape.
>>695294287Its a shame they didn't polish it, it had potential if they just fixed that retarded regeneration thing and no qtes (which where broken even)
>>695199836i have it, I've played it, stopped after I sobered up though.
I played this shit back when you had to put cd-roms in that stupid plastic thing so it would go into the computer
>>695298408you mean the tray?
>>695298516nah, it was like this. You open that plastic thing up and put a new cd-rom in IT
>>695298847wtf i've never seen that
>>69529892590s had some weird storage media. you could some of these that had something like those 6 cd changers people used to put in the trunk of their cars
>>695299150>you could get some*
>>695299150Reminds me of UMDs.
Quite a few of these games see semi-frequent posting on /vr/.
>>695299150I've seen this format before but I cannot recall.
>>695291380played it on PC back in the day. I downloaded it some time ago to replay at some point
I think the family owning an Amiga when I was a kid gives an unfair advantage in this.
>>695299150You're reminding me of Zip drives and the extreme likelihood of a $100 disk just permanently dying on you and its pissing me off.
>>695293631One of those arcade games that the pizzaria had for a week before replacing with Street Fighter 2.
>>695294287It's a pretty solid 6/10, would've been a 7/10 if the QTEs weren't so fucking infuriating.
>>695268785I beat it recently and its a 5/10 game. Maybe 5.5/10. My main complaint is that its too long for it's own good and magic sucks so you just use the muskets that also suck but do damage. Still better than most fucking games released since 2020 you just played the worst version of it. On Xbox it looks and runs like shit
>>695290070Interstate 76 was popular enough to get an expansion ('77) and a sequel (Interstate '82). Though the sequel sucked.
KKND crossfire on ps1
This is a great little Slavjank kino. I like the basic health system a lot, and I wish there was a more "gamey" take on the concept.
>>695256953Looks Chinese as fuck
>>695199315I've thought it's the coolest thing ever
i've never seen anyone talk about this one before. I remember it being pretty hard but I was also a retarded child so who knows
>>695225709I find it funny just how many times Toys For Bob remade Archon with better graphics.ArchonArchon 2Mail Order MonstersStar ControlStar Control 2The Unholy WarLittle Witching MischiefsI'm surprised Skylanders didn't involve switching from a strategic to a tactical combat view.
>>695293848DON'T TOUCH THE POCKET LIKE BILL, OBVIOUSLY
>>695290191I liked it
>>695304049>kinoit is anon, it isif it was made/written by western cücks, the game would be full of soap opera drama shit and one of the characters would be very evil, otherwise the western cücks can't understand why accidents can happen if there isn't an evil mastermind behind it
>>695295160Instructions unclear. Nearly turned off the game.
I have this on my pc but have zero idea of how to actually get it to work.
Somehow everyone knows the utter trash Batman Forever game for SNES, yet this sick-ass beat'em'up for PS1 and PC is completely unknown.
>>695199315A great space colonization game with a story. Not really obscure, just really old.
It's like Pokemon, except the fights are 3d fps.
>>695304158It was made by a bunch of Europeans. Mostly Swedes and Russians.
Unless you're Spanish, because apparently it's a massive franchise there. The game sucks though. Typical zero-effort tps from the early 00s.
>>695306540Sierra had a weird time period where they published like a half dozen space colony games. Outpost was an early exposure to "Game journalists always lie."
>>695199553Fuck lips, hated that faggot
(sorta) Procedural space exploration game made by demoscene programmers. What's cool about it is that space travel actually takes centuries so you can visit a planet that's space faring at one point then go back a few hundred years later and see that they've blown themselves up.Also there's apparently a 25th anniversary rerelease on steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/1412980/Ironseed_25th_Anniversary_Edition/&ved=2ahUKEwjtgd-tsPCJAxVA7DQHHVCtFKsQjjh6BAg6EAE&sqi=2&usg=AOvVaw39W01i2HmEQjeX7KOPmlRO
>>695306952Funny enough I know about this game because some Polish youtubers tackling bad video games made video about it. Yes, the game came out in Poland even tho I don't think anyone here is familiar with the movie series.
>>695199315Everyone talks about Norrath but this was my shit
Probably not that obscure but I've never met anyone else who's played it.
I remember playing a demo for this and Turning Point, both were trash, both made me sad as a kid
NOBODY played this (but me)
>>695309348I think quite a lot of people played it, just because it promised a shooter with griffons and werewolves.
>>695310909Did they even delivered on it?>>695310623Sorry buddy but you aren't even the first to post it >>695284120
>>695199315So I wouldn't call it much of a hidden gem, more of a hidden turd. But I have literally never talked to anybody that played or even remembers Slamscape on the PS1. It was one of the first PS1 games that my clueless boomer parents randomly bought for me, so I ended up playing it a lot. You drove a hovercar around nightmare-ish (circus-like for some reason, I think?) levels. You had to avoid and sometimes defeat enemies, while collecting objectives in a half-racing, half-platforming gameplay loop. Lots of strange, open space and glitchy mechanics. Thinking back, it was like a fever dream.
>>695311420>Did they even delivered on it?They did on werewolves, but fighting them sucks. Griffon just works as a setpiece, flying around destroying buildings. Maybe you fight it later as a boss, but I never got to that point, cause the game fucking sucks.
>>695199315>>695311738My second most obscure game was a lot better, Evolva on the PC. It was a squad-based 3rd person shooter. You controlled a squad of 4 aliens, that could pick up genetic material from defeated alien enemies, and use the DNA to change your stats and abilities. Each of your 4 aliens could be modified separately and could be customized to each specialize in different things. I think it was probably pretty rudimentary in hindsight, but the type of customization that it offered was extremely exciting to me at the time.
Quite a cool flight arcade and one of the few games that actually utilized Wiimote and nunchuck in a cool way - making you use them as a hotas.
>>695308356I played it because I'm a big Alundra fan and was curious about what else Matrix Soft had done. It was a bummer. Whereas Alundra felt like a LttP clone done right--and IMO better--Dual Hearts felt like a poor attempt at blending OoT and a collectathon platformer.
>>695312006The genetic mechanics were awesome, but underutilized.
No one else played this
BWC
