Extremely Weird And Obscure Games

[ThatOneLum ThatOneLum]

Mine's gotta be Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure (2004)

Really tight, 3D-platformer-kids-game with some light RPG item progression and (this is a stretch but you'd agree) Sonic inspired combat. Rhythm elements in the PC and 3DS ports (PSP was lacking for whatever reason...) Somewhat endearing characters, as cheesy and archetypal they may be. Overall a really nice kicking-back-on-a-friday kinda game that still makes you think at some portions and is engaging! Really good!

(Same devs as Trials in the Sky, the Ys games, and The Legend of Heroes)
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oh dip, I actually loved this game on PSP but had no idea it was the same devs as the trails games.

 

[blasmin3]

DS has a lot of them:
KochiKame (Kochira Katsushikaku Kameari Kouenmae Hashutsujo)
Nanashi no Game Me
Contact

Full Quiet and Alwa's Awakening for NES (both are homebrew)
Rent a Hero for Genesis
Keio Flying Squadron for Sega CD

I bought a copy of contact some time ago and didnt find the time to play it to the end. Does it stand to its art style? I really love the sprites i saw trying it, but felt somewhat slow (doesnt matter to me, will play it anyway).

 

[SylvanSwordstress]

The Brandish games by Nihon Falcom for the PC-98. Specifically Brandish 2: The Planet Buster is really good. The pixel art is incredible and the music goes really hard (as to be expected of both Falcom and the PC-98). They're also way more fun than they have any right to be, considering the CPU capabilities of the system they came out for.

 

[null.problem]

The Brandish games by Nihon Falcom for the PC-98. Specifically Brandish 2: The Planet Buster is really good. The pixel art is incredible and the music goes really hard (as to be expected of both Falcom and the PC-98). They're also way more fun than they have any right to be, considering the CPU capabilities of the system they came out for.

I loved Brandish - completed the whole thing! The music is really nice, as you said. I tried 2, but got stuck forever fighting the kraken boss. I couldn't do enough damage to it, and it couldn't kill me. I should try again sometime. I wish there were more games of this sort, I can't think of any others that are quite like it.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

The Brandish games by Nihon Falcom for the PC-98. Specifically Brandish 2: The Planet Buster is really good. The pixel art is incredible and the music goes really hard (as to be expected of both Falcom and the PC-98). They're also way more fun than they have any right to be, considering the CPU capabilities of the system they came out for.

Those are dungeon crawlers right?


I need to try that one PSP remake of the first (was it?)

 

[aquova]

I thought I was fairly familiar with the top regarded Genesis titles until I discovered Battle Mania 2 a few years ago. I adore it, and feel like it isn't talked about nearly enough