PS1 Obscure Games List

[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!

 

[DieselBrand]

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.

 

[DieselBrand]

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)

 

[Mr. Rokobot]

Athena: Awakening from the Ordinary Life
Bishi Bashi Special 3: Step Champ
Kamen Raider Kuuga
Terracon
Radikal Bikers

 

[NotReallyHere]

Came here to say Rising Zan! Glad someone beat me to it

As for one that hasn't been mentioned:

Treasures of the Deep - a surprisingly well-done submarine / diving sim, especially given the hardware limitations. Just hope you aren't hydrophobic...

 

[RetroGameUser25]

Was gonna mention Treasures of the Deep but beaten to it. Overboard!/Shipwreckers! is another one.

 

[Clippy]

OverBlood and its even more obscure sequel.
Juggernaut
Hellnight
ParanoiaScape
Mad Panic Coaster

As a side note, maybe sort the list in alphabetical order.

 

[BlindDragoon]

In the shuffle of all of PS1's amazing RPGs, I feel like "Beyond the Beyond" has gotten fairly obscure.