Extremely Weird And Obscure Games

[Turbo Kid]

 

[Sheepy765]

Baroque and Jumping Flash are both pretty fun and fairly obscure PS1 titles. They're very tonally different from each other, however.

 

[thetwaz]

According to the Scumm VM compatibility list, looks they they work (haven't tried it myself).

Discworld (first one) required tinkering to get sound last i tried, it was always a bit of an arse to run though. Both games are great, though I think I preferred the second one. Also play Discworld Noir if you get a chance. Unique spin on the genre using a notebook of clues a bit like an inventory.

Lots of great recs in this thread. The only obvious one I haven't seen yet is Toonstruck. Great animation, voice acting and writing, though be prepared for pretty difficult puzzles. It's not a softlock adventure game though.

 

[job32]

Anything by Dennou Eizou lol

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Sony Music: can we make a game
Playstation: sure
...
Playstation: bro what the fuck

They live together.

-- On the thread topic I finished a weird interactive novel from this site not that long ago where you go into a mansion after your 2 friends with a girl you half-trust..You make choices along the way that carry weight. I don't really like this genre but enjoyed this one. Short-lived game, so forgot the name. Some Duke Nukem games might fit the bill. Abe's Odysee would be along those lines.

There is a fantastic series that begins with a title "5 days a stranger" that is accessible if you are on a pc or laptop. It begins as a kind of mild "point and click" investigation into a murder, with a few " Clock Tower" elements and it goes into different dimensions with the sequels. Defo, one that would be worth a shot.

 

[Senawa]

Baroque and Jumping Flash are both pretty fun and fairly obscure PS1 titles. They're very tonally different from each other, however.

have been playing baroque on my ps2, ur soo real for this
my suggestions for this thread will be,
Dungeon keeper, Dungeon hunter 2, Dark secrets of africa and okamiden

 

[job32]

They live together.

-- On the thread topic I finished a weird interactive novel from this site not that long ago where you go into a mansion after your 2 friends with a girl you half-trust..You make choices along the way that carry weight. I don't really like this genre but enjoyed this one. Short-lived game, so forgot the name. Some Duke Nukem games might fit the bill. Abe's Odysee would be along those lines.

There is a fantastic series that begins with a title "5 days a stranger" that is accessible if you are on a pc or laptop. It begins as a kind of mild "point and click" investigation into a murder, with a few " Clock Tower" elements and it goes into different dimensions with the sequels. Defo, one that would be worth a shot.

Regarding "5 days a stranger", I forgot the initial plot (played over 20 years ago). Trilby is a "moral" housethief who steals only from the rich, breaks into a mansion and finds himself in a situation. The series gets a lot weirder as it goes on, with the following games. Would've edited my last post but ran over the 60 minutes. This series should be ported to android somehow.

 

[stealthRUSH stealthRUSH]

Doshin the Giant

Immercenary

L.O.L.: Lack Of Love

-Cubivore
-Gekisha Boy
-Short Warp
-Incredible Crisis
-Dynamite Headdy
-R?MJ: The Mystery Hospital
-Demolition Girl
-Seventh Cross Evolution
-PO'ed
-Illbleed
-Rocky Rodent
-No One Can Stop Mr. Domino!
-Oyaji Hunter Mahjong
-Toilet Kids
-Hakai-ou: King of Crusher
-The Ooze
-D2

 

[Burzuru Burzuru]

mister mosquito. whole game you play as a mosquito sucking the blood of a typical japanese family. one of the levels has you drinking the blood from the daughter while she's taking a bath.

 

[Klonesixfour]

I was in Las Vegas for a concert years ago and I stopped in one of the arcades and found this fun lil gem. I was able to beat it with only like 4 contines which was really nice.

 

[TinRattler]

Only ever saw this game once in a video store in a pissant bush town never saw it in any arcades in the city

DJ Boy

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Another one I only ever saw once in a bowling alley in Blacktown was Time Killers

 

[DjQuick2008]

Cisco heat the arcade cabinet was amazing

 

[Turbo Kid]

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24's icon TamagotchiTamaHero24 TamagotchiTamaHero24]

OH! I actually know this one! I played Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit a while back!

On PS3. Bad place to play it. It was fun to play, but not fantastic enough to get past how unstable the port was. Dead serious, it kept crashing and freezing and had framerate hitches. Thankfully, I think the PC version is free from all these faults, same with the 360 version, so play those if you’re interested.

 

[Bakuma1997]

The Wagyan Land series

The platformer component is fire, you can temporaly turn enemies in plataform by screaming at them, and being aimed at kids is sort of easy, the part that make it unique but may be a turnoff is the fact that the "bosses" are minigames based on word chain minigames, the fact that only the first two are translated doesn't help matters, fortunately i use savestates so all is good

 

[Turbo Kid]

Some more I thought of:

OH! I actually know this one! I played Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit a while back!

On PS3. Bad place to play it. It was fun to play, but not fantastic enough to get past how unstable the port was. Dead serious, it kept crashing and freezing and had framerate hitches. Thankfully, I think the PC version is free from all these faults, same with the 360 version, so play those if you’re interested.

Yeah, I think I played it on the Xbox 360 myself.

 

[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!