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Post by Perpetual Nirvana on Aug 28, 2016 9:57:17 GMT -5
Total Distortion, a game on PC where you play a music video director who lived in space, you would go around with a camera filming stock footage of scenery, sometimes being challenged by robots and aliens armed with guitars, where you'd have to have out rock them to death. In your studio you'd take that footage, pick a song, impose B-roll clips of people dancing and stuff in there, compile music videos and sell them for space bucks. Also had the best Game Over ever.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2016 11:25:27 GMT -5
Total Distortion, a game on PC where you play a music video director who lived in space, you would go around with a camera filming stock footage of scenery, sometimes being challenged by robots and aliens armed with guitars, where you'd have to have out rock them to death. In your studio you'd take that footage, pick a song, impose B-roll clips of people dancing and stuff in there, compile music videos and sell them for space bucks. Also had the best Game Over ever. Well. I have to find a way to play this again now. The game had so much character. "Saw It Off and Ship It" was my favorite song on there.
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Post by Z-A Sandbaggin' Son of a b!%@h on Aug 28, 2016 13:26:29 GMT -5
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Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on Aug 28, 2016 13:34:48 GMT -5
How about Iggy's Wrecking Ballz on N64? That count for obscure? I remember loving that f***ing game as a kid.
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ERON
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Post by ERON on Aug 28, 2016 16:03:06 GMT -5
I spent way too much time in my teenage years playing Scorched Earth, an extremely basic, but still very fun shareware tank combat game for PC.
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Fry's dog Seymour
Pulled one over on everyone. Got away with it, this time.
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Post by Bo Rida on Aug 28, 2016 17:10:44 GMT -5
Asterix for the NES as it was only released in Europe where the console wasn't quite as popular. It was one of the earliest games I had and so became the first I ever completed. Even away from my own nostalgic memories it's pretty solid with one of the best soundtracks on the system.
The Net Yaroze games. Super Bub and Total Soccer were two of my favourite multi-player games on the PS1. Talking of the PS1 Circuit Breakers was another multi-tap favourite.
Lately Roda The Skysoldier was a welcome new Wii game, apparently the WiiU version isn't as good.
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Post by bibboid on Aug 28, 2016 18:28:15 GMT -5
Colonization - Everybody has heard of Civilization, but the same people came out with Colonization too. You sailed from Europe to discover the New World and then built towns and explored land and developed industry and dealt with natives...and then declared independence and fought a war for your freedom. I always loved this game.
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full time slacker
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Post by keezy on Aug 28, 2016 18:39:56 GMT -5
Simpsons Wrestling was a shit game but a good challenge and appealing enough to my young self to overlook it's flaws like the OP Flanders.
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Post by Alucard on Aug 28, 2016 18:47:14 GMT -5
Tokyo Xtreme Racer franchise (Tokyo Highway Challenge on the PSOne, Dreamcast: Tokyo Xtreme Racer and TXR2, PS2: TXR: Zero TXR3 (actually Zero-One in Japan), and then Drift and Drift 2, which were actually from a different game franchise from the same developers, PSP: Street Supremacy, X360: Import Tuner Challenge, and if you count 'em, Wangan Midnight in the arcades...pre Maximum Tune).
I miss Genki Racing Project.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Aug 28, 2016 19:10:44 GMT -5
Deathrow, for the X-Box "The game is based on the fictional extreme sport Blitz, a futuristic full-contact hybrid of hockey and basketball played with a flying disc. Two teams of four players attempt to move the disc through their opponent's goal, and teams can either win on points or by knocking out their opposing team." Armed and Dangerous (I played it on the X-Box) A hilarious third person action game published by Lucasarts Amongst the weapons was a gun that fired land sharks, and a device that flipped gravity and flipped the game world so enemies fell down into the sky. I don't know how obscure these three are but I don't see them mentioned frequently
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Post by Main Eventer on Aug 28, 2016 20:27:08 GMT -5
Gladius. An gladiator RPG. I played that all the time and I usually don't like RPGs.
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Post by Evilution E5150 on Aug 28, 2016 20:36:52 GMT -5
Master Of Darkness for Master System. It was a complete clone of Castlevania but it had more of a Hammer Horror theme to it. Was tons of fun
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Post by CMPunkyBrewster on Aug 28, 2016 20:50:24 GMT -5
I never hear anybody talk about 3Xtreme for the original Playstation, but I played the hell out of that game back in like, 2000.
I would sit in my room listening to the Slim Shady LP, the Amazing Jeckel Brothers, and pretty much every Blink 182 album on repeat, playing 3Xtreme, beating it over and over again.
....that was a weird time in my life.
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Captain Pixel: the Game Master
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Post by Dub H on Aug 28, 2016 21:28:48 GMT -5
mischief Maker was so great
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Post by beamanhogan on Aug 29, 2016 9:35:14 GMT -5
Here are just a few. Some are more overlooked than obscure:
Destiny of an Emperor (NES) - I still think this is the best RPG on the NES. Castlevania: Bloodlines (GEN) - For being a major franchise, this game is overlooked. I vastly prefer it to Super Castlevania IV Solaris (2600) - A way ahead of its time space game American Gladiators (SNES)- About as faithful representation of the game show as you could make at the time. Controls are a bit wonky, but they work once you get the hang of them Wrestlemania 2000 (N64) - Not an obscure game, but most people only talk about No Mercy. The Rumble is 2000x better in Wrestlemania 2000, making it a perfect multiplayer game. Rygar (PS2) - An exceptional platformer with great music. The NES game is amazing as well. Earth Defense Force Series (XBox360) - Best run and gun games on the market.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Aug 29, 2016 9:40:19 GMT -5
There's a following, but it's almost never mentioned in 'Best of' lists. It's a lot of fun and creative though. I loved this game.
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Urethra Franklin
King Koopa
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Post by Urethra Franklin on Aug 29, 2016 10:33:03 GMT -5
I dunno if it was obscure per se, but I played a lot of Adventures in the Magic Kingdom for the NES.
I was a huge fan of Capcom's Disney games when I was a kid and this was a collection of mini-games based around Disneyland attractions (there was a Haunted Mansion level, Pirates of the Caribbean, etc.).
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2016 13:04:19 GMT -5
NBA Give and Go on the SNES...My favorite basketball game of all time...
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Post by Nickybojelais on Aug 29, 2016 17:12:49 GMT -5
'Zoom!' for the Sega Megadrive
It was an addictive puzzle game where you run around a kind of chess board whilst being chased by lots of bizarre creatures. The aim of the game was to colour in the squares on the board before a time limit expires and without getting hit by the numerous evil beings who are chasing you.
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Post by Super Weak Machine on Aug 29, 2016 20:05:05 GMT -5
The DOS version of Genghis Khan II. Real shame we never got the last entry in the series.
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