The "I'm Not a Hipster" Obscure Games Thread

Inindo: Way of the Ninja is probably my favorite RPG on the SNES and I've never seen anybody talking about it.

Probably a lot of the Saturn titles, like for example: 
 

I always had an affinity for Gunvalkyrie.

Wu-Tang

The Neverhood.  A game made from 3 tons of clay, I had heard about this when I was 10 and it was a gift for my next birthday.  Such a classic, I wish more people new about it.
 
  

@Mr_Skeleton said:

Little Big Adventure 2 (Twinsen's Odyssey) . At least I think it's obscure because no one ever talks about it.

There's a game I haven't thought about in a long while. Should submit this to gog.com

@mosdl said:

@Mr_Skeleton said:

Little Big Adventure 2 (Twinsen's Odyssey) . At least I think it's obscure because no one ever talks about it.

There's a game I haven't thought about in a long while. Should submit this to gog.com

That's a great idea, I was really bummed out when I found out I couldn't run it on Windows 7.

 Space Station Silicon Valley for the N64. It can look ugly and be glitchy, but it is extremely creative and charming.

According to the lack of forum posts, Virtua Fighter 5 seems to be pretty "obscure". But in this age of 1993-part-2 for fighting games, I guess that makes sense.

I would've said Earth Defense Force 2017 but that's pretty well known at the moment, so I'll go with Moonbase Alpha.

Daymare Town

Actually that's a flash game, so I guess that's cheating.

Radiata Stories? I hardly ever see that mentioned these days. Also Cubivore, which is amazingly insane and needs a re-release.

@tourgen said:

It's really not that obscure but it's a good little strategy/RPG - King's Bounty: Armored Princess

I'm enticed! Just bought from the Steam sale.

Don't know if it counts as obscure, but I was really fond of Rock & Roll Racing. Great RC Pro Am style game with an excellent SNES soundtrack. It's from Blizzard, yes that Blizzard, and they never make bad games.

@Skullo:

Ya, ive heard em mention Crusader on the Bombcast. They released on GoG.com recently too. Not a lot of people know about it though. I played it a ton when I was younger, I loved it. Some people may not. At the time it was just awesome because of all the ways you could die- I liked the cheesy sci fi story too.

@benjaebe said:

Obscure.

No shit, I came in here to post the exact same thing. I really should have a go at finishing that some day.

OT, here are some faves that spring to mind:

Rocket: Robot on Wheels

Ranger X

Mazin Wars

Devil Dice

Future Cop LAPD

Can I still participate if I'm a hipster?

@hoseph1337: If you like Stalker or Metro, then You Are Empty is a game to look at. Its graphics are pretty low and gameplay is mediocre, but its still an interesting game.

@Krampus: Nice. Ya I still have that as well, great game but few frustrating things in it (such as the long ass "bible" wall you have to walk down until you get to the end for the cartridge) but otherwise its fantastic and I loved it.

The sequel on PS1 (skullmonkeys) was alright too. It was an ok platformer, and had more story so it was ok.

• Vanguard Bandits PSX
• Warlocked GBC
  
• Magi Nation GBC
  
• Evil Genius PC
• Para World PC
• Rogue Galaxy PS2

• Monaco PC
• Dawn of Fantasy PC
• Fray PC
• Xenonauts PC
• Team Assault: Baptism of Fire PC

wow, you guys really come through with the weird stuff. I like the weird stuff. Keep it rolling!

hell yea Crusader No Remorse

The Neverhood.  A game made from 3 tons of clay, I had heard about this when I was 10 and it was a gift for my next birthday.  Such a classic, I wish more people new about it.
 
  

Bet you didn't know that SQUARE made one of the most badass fighting games of all time, TOBAL NO. 1.

Grand Theft Auto IV

ever since the internet, no game is obscure for long. yes even your wacky japan only import snes games that were never actually released.
 
that said, i always used to play Beyond Oasis when it came up on Sega Channel, so that would be mine.

ever since the internet, no game is obscure for long. yes even your wacky japan only import snes games that were never actually released.

@onimonkii said:

ever since the internet, no game is obscure for long. yes even your wacky japan only import snes games that were never actually released.

I really want to respond to this, but I can't figure out what you mean. Do you want merely Japan-only games, or games that were canceled before they could get a Japan-only release?

Metronome. A game so obscure it never got released!

@coakroach said:

Tactics Ogre: Let us cling together. And it is amazing, makes Final Fantasy tactics look like a pile of shit. Anyone remotely interested in strategy RPG's has to play it.

While I agree with the bolded, I disagree with the underlined. Final Fantasy Tactics improved upon a lot of what the original Tactics Ogre kinda screwed up. However, if we're talking about the PSP remake, then while I haven't played that, I do recognize that it fixed a lot of the flaws present in the SNES original, letting the game beneath shine through, maybe (again, haven't played it).

I Wanna Be The Guy.

Saboteur!

Before there was Metal Gear there was Saboteur! One of my favourite games on the Commodore 64, not sure how it holds up today.

Trespasser.  
A  really flawed game but I still love it. It's very atmospheric and the voice acting is great.

Robot Arena 2.

Many hours were lost to that game. Anyone know of a newer game that is along the same lines? That would be awesome.

• Nox
• Wurm Online
• A Tale in the Desert
• Iji
• Dwarf Fortress
• Unreal World

Err, are the Men of Wars obscure?

I was a big fan of Klonoa: Door to Phantomile.

I wouldn't say that it's that obscure but Ghost Hunter is a nice little game that I think quite a few people overlooked.

@buzz_clik: Dude, EA should totally do a downloadable sequel to Future cop LAPD, the scope of the game seems just perfect for just such a thing.

@Nasar7 said:

Evil Zone is not a great fighting game, but I loved it as a kid.

Damn you! I wanted to be the one to post that!

It's the one PSX game that I still go back to, the Kakurine level has the best music:

I'm not sure how obscure this game actually is, but I really liked Oni. (I tried to link it but the sites fucked at the moment)

Risk Your Life, you guys probably never heard of it though *hipsterism*