Extremely Weird And Obscure Games

[TamagotchiTamaHero24's icon TamagotchiTamaHero24 TamagotchiTamaHero24]

Watching a video about Tempo right now.

If there was ever THE GAME I most wanted to play on emulation or a modded console, it would possibly be Super Tempo. There are other contenders for that title, but Super Tempo sticks in my mind as this mysterious sequel to this expressive and overlooked platformer on the 32X. There’s also Pocket Tempo for Game Gear, which is by far the easiest title to set up and play on emulator, but I’m hesitant considering I swear I remember gameplay looking choppy when I looked it up.

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There’s also this game: Lunistice.

Kind of a junk food platformer with a very well done artstyle that mimics the 32 bit days. I would call it junk food because I think its main gameplay isn’t amazing, but it’s cute and colorful and easy to play. I think, instead, the term “comfort food” is more applicable here.

It’s on both Steam and Switch. More people have played the Switch release, but it has a latgescale modding project in the works on the PC version called 1.5 Accel Coda.

 

[Turbo Kid]

 

[Cody34]

Still my fav

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Wow i forgot i still owned it.

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

Stand back, ill show you obscure

- Ranko Tsukigame Longest Day
- Beat Sketch
- Trash Panic
- Kung Fu Rider
- Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn
- Remember Me
- Death Spank Trilogy
- Dusk Diver
- Malicious (the PS4 version is superior)
- G1 Jockey
- R Type Dimensions
- Flashback
- Naughty Bear
- DreamCclub Trilogy
- Virtua Tennis 4
- Sega Rally Revo
- Fatal Inertia EX

 

[Cody34]

Steel Talons (Atari)

 

[iamthemilkman]

I have the super expensive Asian English version of Lost in the Rain. Goes for $500+. I bought it new from Playasia back in the day for $30-$40. Pain (PAL), Afrika (NTSC), The Last Guy (Asian English version), and MotorStorm Complete (PAL) are all quite rare. Magus is probably one of the hardest to come across. Very few copies are available on Ebay (2 copies, to be exact), none on Amazon. It's also a North American exclusive, making it even rarer.

 

[HyperTurboFox]

 

[diet_orange]

Speed Freak (Vectorbeam, late 70s)

Have ALWAYS loved the look of Vector Graphics

Crystal Castles (Atari, 1983)

Played the fuck out of this on Atari Anniversary Collection Redux on PS1 and Atari Anthology on PS2. Loved the visuals

Wizard Of Wor (Midway, 1980)

Was completely obsessed with this game ever since I first played it on Midways Arcade Treasures 2

NARC (Williams, 1988)

Complete and total mayhem, the video game (and yes, you can arrest people, but where's the fun in that?). Was also famously a part of the Foot Clan hideout in TMNT 1990

 

[RandomHajile]

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I always find it hard to pass by this game without playing it.

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When I was in college, there was an arcade near my house that had one of these, and I can't tell you how much money I spent playing it, but the one I played had the turntable on the left side and the buttons on the right.

Deadstorm Pirates!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I played that ONCE down at Jilly's Arcade in Ocean City, NJ many years ago. God was it AMAZING. One of the coolest gun games I ever played. I'd love to be able to play it again.

 

[Mr. Rokobot]

Hello, everyone.
I wanted to compile a list of obscure PS1 games, since the same games are always mentioned, but many titles that deserve recognition are completely ignored.
I'll start with a short list:

Volfoss
Kamaitachi No Yoru Tokubetsu-Hen
Rally Cross and Rally Cross 2
Sound Novel Evolution 1 - Otogirisou - Sosei Hen
Soukou Kihei Votoms - Lightning Slash
Future Cop: LAPD
Bushido Blade
Jade Cocoon: Story Of The Tamamayu
Apocalypse
Kagero: Deception II
Deception III: Dark Delusion
One
The Adventure of Little Ralph
Wild 9
Nekketsu Oyako
Battle Arena Toshinden 3
Overkill
Psychic Force
Warriors of Fate
Pu·Li·Ru·La
Herc's Adventure
Vib-Ribbon
Silent Bomber
Brave Fencer Musashi
Dragon Valor
Kowai Shashin
Echo Nigh
Echo Night: Nemuri no Shihaisha
Yaku - Yuujou Dangi (Misfortune: A Story of Suspicious Friendships)
Creature Shock
Dr. Slump
Gouketuji Ichizoku 2 - Chottodake Saikyou Densetsu
Soukaigi
B Senjou No Alice: Alice On Borderlines
Deep Freeze
Robotron X

Write down which obscure games you have played or know of, and I will gradually update the list.
Thank you all!

 

[Deleted member 881671]

Future Cop: LAPD
Bushido Blade
Jade Cocoon
Jade Cocoon: Story Of The Tamamayu

 

[Turbo Kid]

Apocalypse
Kagero: Deception II
Deception III: Dark Delusion
One
The Adventure of Little Ralph
Wild 9

 

[Bonkers225]

Nekketsu Oyako
Battle Arena Toshinden 3
Overkill

 

[Turbo Kid]

Psychic Force
Warriors of Fate
Pu·Li·Ru·La
Pepsiman
Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time
Hercules
Herc's Adventure

 

[Mr. Rokobot]

Psychic Force
Warriors of Fate
Pu·Li·Ru·La
Pepsiman
Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time
Hercules
Herc's Adventure

Pepsiman, Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time and Hercules they are not obscure games; on the contrary, they are very well known.

 

[Deleted member 881671]

Maybe this games too:
Vib-Ribbon
Hogs of War
Silent Bomber
Brave Fencer Musashi
Galerians
Dragon Valor

 

[irkella irkella]

Obscure now, or obscure during the PS1's life? I rented a good amount of these from the neighbourhood video store as a kid.

 

[Mr. Rokobot]

I would also add:

Gouketuji Ichizoku 2 - Chottodake Saikyou Densetsu
Soukaigi
B Senjou No Alice: Alice On Borderlines
Deep Freeze
Robotron X

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Obscure now, or obscure during the PS1's life? I rented a good amount of these from the neighbourhood video store as a kid.

Obscure now.
I have noticed that many of the games mentioned are still completely ignored today, unfortunately.
At the time, I also saw many games that have since been forgotten.

 

[Vexicrypt]

I highly recommend checking out Echo Night and Echo Night: Nemuri no Shihaisha. I wouldn't say they are obscure but most FromSoft fans never heard of them thats for sure. There are some cursed for different reasons games like Yaku - Yuujou Dangi (or Misfortune: A Story of Suspicious Friendships as its titled here), Creature Shock and Kowai Shashin that are pretty weird to say the least. Also I can't recommend Dr. Slump enough, its a fun platformer collect-a-thon with very good graphics (by PS1 standarts especially) which is just a delight to play.

 

[DjQuick2008]

Big Ol' Bass is a great fishing game

 

[Ferik]

Alundra
Ghost in the Shell
Koudelka
Blood Omen: The Legacy of Kain (A lot of people talk about the sequel, Soul Reaver, but the original Blood Omen seems to get overlooked)

 

[DjQuick2008]

Street sk8er 1 and 2

 

[qw90700]

Pepsiman, Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time and Hercules they are not obscure games; on the contrary, they are very well known.

And in this time and age lots of "obscure games" became popular so we can sell lots of rubbish games for high price to mindless collectors!!! lolol

All joking aside there are still obscure games for sure:

- Rising Zan: The Samurai Gunman (Oh wait it's not obscure anymore!!!! It was really obscure but IDK what happened afterwards. Perhaps my comments on "it's granma of Devil May Cry, God Hand and Samurai Western" everywhere did the thing lol)

- Or should I mention a really obscure PS1 game called "Sub"? You can hardly find Google search result for it, and Google think I meant the Sub-Zero game lol.

Here is a SS from the game. IDK if the game is cyberpunk game of controlling this digital animal or my PC is about to explode!!! Me fear trying this game on my oldie but goodie PS2 lolol.

- But then lots of obscure games stayed obscure because they are really a shit so the real question is do you wanna really learn about some shit games you would forget in 1 minutes anyway. For example Telefoot Manager, who would play this rubbish lol? And the fuck is this shit game?:

lol

Instead we gotta talk about underrated games because they deserve popularity but they are not like this soccer action game!!!:

Instead of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 we should talk about "da Mission" yo!!! lolol

 

[PhrawzT]

It's hard to suggest obscure games when everyone's experience is different. Galerians was overshadowed by Resident Evil, but plenty of people have heard of it, and yet others say it's obscure.

I remember when Bushido Blade first came out and it was advertised everywhere, and I picked up a copy so I wouldn't consider that obscure at all.

 

[irkella irkella]

Some lesser known games I've played recently (not necessarily an endorsement of all of them haha):
Addie no Okurimono - To Moze from Addie (JP only, English translated)
Gungage (JP and EU only)
Aquanaut's Holiday
The Book of Watermarks (JP only)
Ninku (JP only)
Crisis Beat (JP and EU only)
Evil Zone
Go-Jin Senki (JP only, English translated)
Hakai Ou: King of Crusher (JP only, English translated)
Kirikou (EU only)
Manic Game Girl (KR only, Spanish translated) I'm working on an English patch ;)
META-PH-LIST µ.X.2297 (JP only)
Starfighter Sanvein
Twin Goddesses (JP only)
Wander Trek (JP only, English translated)
Zeiramzone (JP only)