Ok, Im absolutely giving the demo a try then thanks :) And the help option will definitely be needed! But I cant help but be really intrigued by the concept of the game, thanks!
A game so niche that it feels like only you know of its existence?
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Orphen (Playstation 2 launch title)
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One of the first games I've played on PlayStation 2, together with Tekken Tag Tournament.
Orphen: Scion of Sorcery - Wikipedia
One of the first games I've played on PlayStation 2, together with Tekken Tag Tournament.
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Lol what a janky ass game this was. The pacing and combat was so incredibly slow. Had a lot of fun bashing it with a friend of mine though!
Gungage (Playstation 1 game. Only released in EU and Japan, made by Konami):
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Noobow is a puzzle platformer whose titular hero was the mascot of the Japanese candy company Morinaga.
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It was my first PS2 game. It was ok. Do not think I ever finished it. I bought it thinking it was an JRPG.Orphen (Playstation 2 launch title)
Orphen: Scion of Sorcery - Wikipedia
One of the first games I've played on PlayStation 2, together with Tekken Tag Tournament.
Never finished it either. Only got it because the PlayStation 2 library was small when it released in Europe, lol.
Research & Destroy. I could probably think of something more obscure, but this has like 5 critic reviews and 21 user reviews if you combine MC and steam, which is a shame.
I guess one might browse past it and assume it's just some random shovelware. The cover admittedly doesn't look super promising, and with these storefronts it can be hard digging through everything to find these gems... but!
Really fun realtime/turnbased strategy action game (idk what to call it) that supports co-op, local included (!) and feels built for it. You've got a sort of Civ-Lite map where you pick which territory to attack or defend, and then proceed on silly, b-movie monster-inspired missions.
Each of your four characters can move, attack, etc in real time, though said time is limited & then it's the enemy turn.
Published by Spike Chunsoft and I think made by only three people, which I think is super impressive, especially considering I believe it's their first and only game. My brother and I probably put 30 hours into it, could easily do more.
It's got a lot of heart, a lot of charm, and I'd def recommend it to anyone wanting some co-op shenanigans.
Nope, me too! From the Elebits team. It was… fine!Only I know of this game
7th Dragon III Code: VFD
This game was so weird in a good way.
View: https://imgur.com/a/VO4FXoS
One class used rocket driven Lances and could rode them, lol
This game was so weird in a good way.
View: https://imgur.com/a/VO4FXoS
One class used rocket driven Lances and could rode them, lol
For me, probably Remote Control Dandy SF, a follow-up to a PS1 original. It's by the same team that made RAD on ps2 with a similar robot fighting system, except this time all the character movement and control is in first person. Fun little import game that lacks some of the charm of RAD, but still cool. Haven't really heard this game mentioned much anywhere.
Another one is Napple Tale, an obscure Dreamcast game that plays pretty well, kind of like Klonoa or Pandemonium and has a hub world you can run around in. Pretty garish art style in parts though lol.
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I remember this. I finished it
It took me way too long to remember the name of this game! I remember beating it and thinking it had potential but feeling like a more annoying Team Ico game.
A bunch of PC indie games from the early 2000's for me. Like these games made by a German dev named Heiko Thies.
There are certainly a handful of other indie games from that period of time made in Klik n' Play or Multimedia Fusion that I feel like only I and a very small number of living people ever knew existed.
There are certainly a handful of other indie games from that period of time made in Klik n' Play or Multimedia Fusion that I feel like only I and a very small number of living people ever knew existed.
Picking Amiga games feels like I'm cheating, but Hoi AGA left a big impression on me in the 1990s. The final level was called 'The Epileptic Finale' because the visuals were so hard on the eyes.
Warning: flashing lights
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Warning: flashing lights
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There are people here who've played them but I feel this way about the Riddick games. They're the best games that no one played (and better than the movies they're based on).
Highly enjoyed Riddick when it came out on Xbox. A shame Star breeze is basically stuck with Payday now...
At least the Riddick team left and formed MachineGames though! Wolfenstein and Indiana Jones are basically spiritual successors.
But yeah Starbreeze is just Overkill now.
First game to come to mind for me.
Used to spend hours creating levels in this game as a kid.
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I fondly remember playing Mystic Heroes and playing it in 3 player split screen mode on my GameCube. I kept dying and the others took turns reviving me. Good times.Whoa, never heard of this one and it has an animated intro? Amazing! Koei put out some interesting games back then. I have this PS2 game in my collection called Mystic Heroes.
We often get threads about relationships in games but so many people have never played Florence.... 🙃
Funny that it shares a name with another niche, forgotten game from 1996. This one was an isometric action shooter with graphics similar to Fallout, from the makers of the infamous fighting game Rise of the Robots.I love this thread and I do know a bunch of these games ahahahaha.
Mine is this one:
Mini Car Racing - I've never seen anyone mention this game on Era or the old place. Tbf it's one of those no-name games you'd find on a CD "megapack" from the 2000s, but I enjoyed it a lot
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Even though they were more "known" back during the NES/SNES era, I'd say a good chunk of Culture Brain titles featured mixtures of combat systems in a single game. Like, you can say nowadays you get games that are ARPGs with turn-based or ATB-esque systems incorporated into the action combat. Something like Magic of Scheherazade or Little Ninja Brothers had BOTH ARPG combat AND turn-based combat. Magic of Scheherazade is like if Legend of Zelda not only allows you to wander around a world map fighting monsters from screen-to-screen, but sometimes there are random encounters that whisk you away to a turn-based RPG screen where you, your party members, and troops (that you can employ via cash at towns) fight monsters in a sorta Dragon Quest fashion.
Little Ninja Brothers (and others in the series) is a classic RPG world where you go wandering a world map but have random encounters that whisk you away to a battle arena where it turns into a Beat 'Em Up where the goal to win a battle is to defeat a certain number of enemies, but then most of the major boss battles are classic turn-based combat.
Flying Warriors, which was side-scrolling action platformer with RPG elements as well as some battles fought 1-on-1 (like a fighting game) and others fought turn-based (like old school RPGs).
I kinda liked that experimentation. The games could've been better, but ideas in playing with different gameplay styles are something I wish we'd see more in gaming, especially RPGs.
I don't think it's THAT obscure. That's called Mr. Do! over here:
More obscure than Dig Dug, sure, but I think it's heyday was back in the early 80s.
Little Ninja Brothers (and others in the series) is a classic RPG world where you go wandering a world map but have random encounters that whisk you away to a battle arena where it turns into a Beat 'Em Up where the goal to win a battle is to defeat a certain number of enemies, but then most of the major boss battles are classic turn-based combat.
Flying Warriors, which was side-scrolling action platformer with RPG elements as well as some battles fought 1-on-1 (like a fighting game) and others fought turn-based (like old school RPGs).
I kinda liked that experimentation. The games could've been better, but ideas in playing with different gameplay styles are something I wish we'd see more in gaming, especially RPGs.
A grew up playing an old hand me down Amiga so probably most games on that
This music is seared into my skull
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Or BBC Micro games
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I don't think it's THAT obscure. That's called Mr. Do! over here:
More obscure than Dig Dug, sure, but I think it's heyday was back in the early 80s.
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Ghosthunter
Overblood
Phix the Adventure
Septerra Core
Ecstatica
Silver
Rocket: Robot on Wheels
Roll Away
Wetrix
No One Can Stop Mr. Domino!
Yeah showing my age with these lol
Overblood
Phix the Adventure
Septerra Core
Ecstatica
Silver
Rocket: Robot on Wheels
Roll Away
Wetrix
No One Can Stop Mr. Domino!
Yeah showing my age with these lol
Funny that it shares a name with another niche, forgotten game from 1996. This one was an isometric action shooter with graphics similar to Fallout, from the makers of the infamous fighting game Rise of the Robots.
Here's another
Also rather obscure / forgotten.
A vertical shmup for C64 that looks a bit like Tecmo's Starforce
I played the demo on the demo disc that came with my PlayStation. Never got the chance to play the full game but it was a lot of fun.
Even though they were more "known" back during the NES/SNES era, I'd say a good chunk of Culture Brain titles featured mixtures of combat systems in a single game. Like, you can say nowadays you get games that are ARPGs with turn-based or ATB-esque systems incorporated into the action combat. Something like Magic of Scheherazade or Little Ninja Brothers had BOTH ARPG combat AND turn-based combat. Magic of Scheherazade is like if Legend of Zelda not only allows you to wander around a world map fighting monsters from screen-to-screen, but sometimes there are random encounters that whisk you away to a turn-based RPG screen where you, your party members, and troops (that you can employ via cash at towns) fight monsters in a sorta Dragon Quest fashion.
Little Ninja Brothers (and others in the series) is a classic RPG world where you go wandering a world map but have random encounters that whisk you away to a battle arena where it turns into a Beat 'Em Up where the goal to win a battle is to defeat a certain number of enemies, but then most of the major boss battles are classic turn-based combat.
Flying Warriors, which was side-scrolling action platformer with RPG elements as well as some battles fought 1-on-1 (like a fighting game) and others fought turn-based (like old school RPGs).
I kinda liked that experimentation. The games could've been better, but ideas in playing with different gameplay styles are something I wish we'd see more in gaming, especially RPGs.
I don't think it's THAT obscure. That's called Mr. Do! over here:
More obscure than Dig Dug, sure, but I think it's heyday was back in the early 80s.
I love Culture Brain games. Magic of Sheherezade is one of my favorite NES games, there's even a person on this site that has the Coronya
I can do one even better.Some people know of this game but I never met anyone in person when it came out that had heard of it. I still remember buying this at Best Buy
Did you know there is a PS1 version of this game?
Don't know how many of you got all your PC games from your dad's shopping trips at the Bass Pro Shop, but Deer Avenger was a parody of the Deer Hunter franchise where you played as Bambo the Deer and hunted rednecks with an arsenal of different weapons from M16s to bazookas. You track them with farts, bait them with beer cans and porno mags, lure them with human calls ("college diplomas, 5 for a dollar"), and then shoot a colorful variety of rednecks in not one
Not two
Not even three
But FOUR entries from 1998 to 2001.
These games are... not good. Or particularly funny. Though there is something kinda fun about hunting something that can shoot you back.
Not two
Not even three
But FOUR entries from 1998 to 2001.
These games are... not good. Or particularly funny. Though there is something kinda fun about hunting something that can shoot you back.
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Funny that it shares a name with another niche, forgotten game from 1996. This one was an isometric action shooter with graphics similar to Fallout, from the makers of the infamous fighting game Rise of the Robots.
I actually still have my PC CD-ROM of this game!
I think I've posted about it before, but I have nothing but hilarious and fond memories of playing online with all kinds of friends with Gunbound. I guess it is relatively obscure, though.
Sky Mission, or Wings 2: Aces High as it was known in this continent:
Back in the day, my parents used to buy me a video game if I got good grades at the end of the school year. We would go to some department store and I would choose whichever game I wanted.
So, on one of those occassions, I saw this game with two biplanes on the cover and because I liked Pilotwings a lot, I immediately picked it up.
I don't think this game has ever been ported to any platform outside of the SNES, and I literally have never seen anyone talk about it online.
It's a WWI combat plane simulator. I remember it had great graphics for the time, but I also found it insanely difficult to play, so I never finished it.
I still have the cartridge and maybe I would be able to beat it these days, provided I could get a working SNES.
If I am not mistaken, it was released as Blazing Skies in the EU. I was the only person in the continent to buy it, apparently. Loved it.
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Hmm, from the screenshots on the Steam page, it kinda looks like those Ultima games.
Dark and Light, a barren open world MMORPG from the mid aughts with a world roughly the size of France