/vr/ - Retro Games

>"Move over Mario." -Nintendo Official Magazine

It wasn't even good.

>>3414095
B-but I played 40 winks, OP. It's a nice Banjo-Kazooie wannabe.

>>3414101
They did a review of the canceled N64 game.

>>3414134
Forgot my game.

>>3414134

it's still a weird quote to put on the playstation box

The Forgotten: it begins (PC)
Wild Riders (Arcade - NAOMI 2) (technically not retro since it's 2000, but then again, some one posted an Xbox game in this thread)
Zap! Snowboarding Trix 98 (Saturn)
Titanic: Adventure out of Time (PC)
Initial D 3, 4, 7 (Arcade - NAOMI 2, Lindbergh, Ringedge) (Not retro, but again, xbox game posted)

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>>3414145
that's a pretty badass way to spin that quote

>>3414114

>>>/v/

>>3414159
>see someone posting retro games on a retro games board
>levels of autism and logical fallacy reaches levels previously thought impossible
>refer them to one of the only boards even worse than /VR/

K

>>3414117
I feel like i rented this once with my brother

>>3414114
pretty sure I played the demo on pc

>>3414101

Wasn't that for Croc?

>>3414189
>post deleted
What was that you were saying son?

>>3414101
I guess he was trying to hype up the game and suggest it might be even better than Mario 64. Magazines are always trying to hype the next thing, still very strange to hear it from Nintendo Official Magazine.

This game was so good. I wish there was a sequel.

>>3417164
Per the thread and/or backstory it's actually a quote reviewing the N64 version taken waay out of context (perhaps the original was just saying "take a look at this") and presented in contrast of Mario and Nintendo. Kind of clever if you ask me.

Horde: Northern Wind. Some other russians must have played this but I've never seen or heard anyone talk about it. It's basically the first Warcraft game but based on russian history/fairytales and with an open-world(!) campaign

>>3414095
The unreleased N64 version is actually fairly decent

>>3414095
To me, this my legend of zelda since i never owned a N64 and i played Zelda64 way later. It's a shame that it's not that known because it's a great game.

>>3414095
To me, this was my legend of zelda since i never owned a N64 and i played Zelda64 way later. It's a shame that it's not that known because it's a great game.

>>3414095
I loved this game so much when I was a kid, and I still do, but I guess it's understandable that not many people know it since it's a PC game.

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>>3414117
i had the demo for that. it was pretty crappy

>>3417565
Hey that's my first game, I love it

Getting it to run on modern system was hard though especially non-english version

got it for christmas one year. loved it

This was the shit

>>3414095

To be honest, as a pure game, it's pretty awful.

But I have never, before or since, seen a better adaptation of Tolkien into some outside format. Athelas is pretty consistently found in the west side of old Dunedain ruins. They actually put in some of Tolkien's conlangs as part of the in-game text if your characters read something that they don't have the appropriate lore skill to decipher. You have elves complaining over differences in their various "ethnicities". It's brilliant, and they REALLY did their homework on this one.

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>>3414117
Played these.

>>3417605
I played this and even remember when it first came out. A big deal was made about it here because it was an Australian game.

>>3414095
I played this you faggot

>>3417525
I remember seeing adverts for this in GameLand back in 1996 I think, never got to play it. Was it good?

>>3414117
Oh shit was this on Windows 95? I was just thinking of that game the other day. Not particularly nostalgic about it but it was a game we had. We used keyboard controls and it kinda sucked.

>>3414095
Aw shit nigga isn't that Dora the explorer?

>>3417717
I remember playing that.

>>3414117
Oh, I played it too. It sucked, but had some nice designs.
I even made this.

>>3417605
That box art deserves this image.

Never heard of the game though..

>>3417605

Radical Rex is one of my favorite shit games. I've never had a game impress me so much by its title screen, then immediately let me down when I start playing it.

>>3414095
Even my mom played this when I was young.. I remember it being pretty fun, but a little clunky controls-wise. Should give it a spin again some day.

>>3417551
I never played the sequel, but the 1st part is so fucking good

Never seen anyone talk about the game in my pic. Probably not a very good game, but I played the shit out of it as a kid

An RTS called Tzar for windows 98

Did anyone else play this? It's pretty obscure so I don't know how many of you would have played it.

>>3418708
>wings
>on a hat

lmao it'd just fly away without him baka

this game was crappy

>>3417565
great game, replayed it recently

>>3417470
My nigga, I still have it some where deep in my box of Nintendo stuff.

>>3417470
holy fuck i havent thought about that game since i was a kid now i need it

>>3417832
I haven't played it for over a decade, but I think it was pretty fun. The main hook is the campaign: there are no missions, just nine interlocked screens/maps, and you can move your armies freely between them. Your mission is to find and kill a dragon, and you can search for artifacts, make allies and build bases until you're ready.

>>3417470
I'm still hoping against hope that Muddy Mole will be the surprise retro character in the next Smash Bros.

>>3417470

>YOU'LL DIG MOLE MANIA

>>3417705
"Did ya drop somethin'... like your SPLEEN?"

>>3421196
played but only a demo

>>3414108
>dad the new computer you bought is dumb it doesn't have the game port for my sick sidewinder!
>i just want to play monster trucks!

Funniest game i played in my life, and i bet my balls no one else played it here

>>3417542
It's the same as the PS1

>>3421281
It looks better graphically and plays smoother. A very competent port for something that wasn't even released.

>>3414095
That cover looks like a South Park promo piece

>>3421196
I remember playing this on a demo disc. I kinda liked it, but never saw the full game in any store.

>>3417565
Another great game from my childhood. I was obsessed with it for a while. I even remember downloading the map editor from their website and making my own levels.

>>3417565
>>3417625
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>>3423339

Like >>3417625, this was also my first game. Man, I loved that shit. I got so many of my friends to play it as well. We could never beat it without cheats, it is insanely difficult. Two years ago I beat it legit for the first time.

It is noteworthy that the same devolopers also made Blood for PC.

You guys haven't even heard of Monkey Puncher. It is total shit

i wonder if anyone has played this?

Shit sucked but was fun anyway cuz ff7

>>3423497
It was fun making Cloud and Sephiroth do a foot race on the beach

>>3417470
Just picked this one up recently - it's pretty fun. Would have been perfect to put a sequel on the DS - above/underground screens, or just super vertical levels.

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>>3418439
>>3418708 kek
>>3423497
played all of these.

>>3418691
OMG that game, in Italy EVERY kid had one or more copy of this game that came with tons of different magazines, some that had nothing to do with viideogames

>>3423497
Square was too good during psx days
So wtf happened

>>3423641
They were better during snes days

Good job sneaking past my filter, faggot.

Getting this game as a kid helped me figure out basic command lines, and I spent hours adventuring across the galaxy fucking up not-Klingons.

Never seen anyone mention this, even as a kid nobody seemed excited for this or even know of it until I mentioned it.

>>3418678
If you like the first Alundra game my advice is to steer clear of the second, it's not the worst game made but it's just lacking in every department.

Air Force Commander, for DOS. Took me forever to find it again because there's apparently a lot of overhead DOS games about Middle East conflicts.

I played a lot of the Gameboy Color version of Rampage World Tour, even though you can't really tell what's going on since everything's so tiny

>>3423641
Final Fantasy: Spirits Within

Going all out in that movie studio thinking they can make money from creating movies royally fucked them over financially.

Mac MMO started beta in 1998, released in 2005. Still alive today but, the population is very small. Only about 5 to 15 people on at regular hours. Maybe 25 at peak.

It still exists somehow as a relic from the past.

>>3418708
God damn you /vr/ contrarians, nobody has heard of your obscure ass Super 64 Mario game, looks like a jrpg? Lame.

>>3418439
I had a demo disk with this on it, I was quite young but I remember playing that demo a lot.

>>3423497
OST is PS1-era gold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T-WVwLVp2E

>>3423402

I ended up playing this game for some reason and got pissed off in about 10 minutes.

>>3414108
The sequel was included with their sidewinder wheel.
>those voices and quips
>those modified "kewl" trucks
>underwater driving

It was nothing special. I just remember the game because the dev died shortly after making it.

>>3417470
I'm playing through the 3DS port currently, it's great.

An absolute turd of a game in every way. I knew no better in the early-mid 90s though.

>ask for Warcraft
>get this

It was fun, don't know if it is any good now though.

everyone hypes and praises the original TA but TA:K was the coolest shit

loved seeing my pathetic footsoldiers raking up enough kills, leveling up to silver and then gold units and suddenly becoming powerhouses

the monarchs were cool too
aramon 4 lyf

everyone hypes and praises the original TA but TA:K was the coolest shit

i loved seeing my pathetic footsoldiers raking up enough kills, leveling up to silver and then gold units and suddenly becoming powerhouses. or wasting an entire match trying to building the fucking dragon and never using the piece of shit because the game was long won by that point

the monarchs were cool too
aramon 4 lyf

>>3430025
Holy shit anon I played the shit out of that game, and I much prefered it to TA. Taros main here. Veruna was nice as well though.

I spent probably a good year playing it on gamespy as well, such a great game for its time, i'm suprised it never met the popularity its predecessor had.

>tfw finding that one unit with like 50 something kills and trying to keep them alive the whole match

>>3417565
>no one ever played captain claw

Sometimes i wonder if you guys are being serious in these threads or just havin' a giggle

>>3414095
>captain Comic for dos
>godzilla for gameboy
>7 cities of gold 1996 remake for dos
>tombstone city and hunt the wumpus for ti-99 4A

>>3414095

>>3424131
Have this. Mediocre.
>>3417470
Why are people acting like Mole Mania is obscure?

This game was better in my imagination before finding it again.

Gearheads. I liked the demo as a kid, but the full version doesn't have many toys, and some of them do the same thing.

>>3431775
I dont think there such thing as an unknown mascot platformer.

>>3430554
Dat OST

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7ok5AV7ZrM

>>3414095
>"Move over Mario..."

Always wondered, what's the full quote? I wouldn't be surprised if the full thing was sarcastic as hell.

This was one of the games that came with an IBM compatible computer my family bought when I was a kid. I could never figure it out.

>>3430025
Oh shit I bought this a couple years ago on GoG. Only played it a few times, should pick it up again.

>>3423641
Along with >>3426212 when they merged with Enix most of the good people from both companies abandoned ship.

Completed Excalibug. Completed Mortalus. Completed Inquisitor. Completed Wrath of Earth. Completed Majestic: Alien Encounter. Watched playthroughs of Gooka 1 (NOT Mystery of Janatris), Heath: Unchosen Path and Catechumen on youtube.

I don't know if thi8s game was actually ever released, but it had a demo on a PCGamer (or PCZONE) magazine disc
"Dark Angael" for PC back in the mid 90's

also another one with the same problem (probably never released, despite a demo in a magazine) was "Robosaurs vs the Space Bastards"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51fgH2j-i0c
sorry about the video being a review, but it's literally the only gameplay footage I can find

>>3421271

>>3418678

I played it.

>that giant robot who says DAMNIT every time you hit him
>that broken ass burrowing lizard monster
>using kamikaze with the KillCycle
>that bone monster guy with a whip
>those OP flying laser shooting faggot angels
>that crow shaman

Man I loved that game. It was one of my first PS1 games. The levels and character designs were great; I remember it being the game that made me go "so this is the next gen"

>>3423497
I still have this. The dungeon game was like Diablo but more intricate. You could starve to death, had to balance your nutrition, you could essentially wind up with osteoporosis if you had too few minerals in your diet which wrecked your defense, lots of other things.

This game was a gem wrapped in shitty fighter packaging. You guys missed outhe.

>>3423416

Yeah, remember back in the day but I also own the Sega CD version now.

>>3431775
>>3431921
I own these NOW when I started collecting PS1 but never heard of them until they were posted in PS1 threads.

Created by Doug Ten'napel, the game has nice art, but is just decent.

>>3421253
I played it. Released in BR Portuguese here in Brazil.

>>3432746
>I don't know if thi8s game was actually ever released,
It was.

Sucked

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>>3434528


please stop posting forever, all games were reasonably popular or even one of the main reasons to have the console (like tails adventure)

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>>3434562
Every single one of those games were only played by me and one other person during all 18 years of my school career.

>>3432156
I still remember the song, had it on sega cd.

>>3434572
>only one person played an ikari warriors game near me!!!

i don't give a fuck about whatever third world cave you live, the rest of the world knew plenty about the shit you posted

>>3434575
I posted within the thread description you fucking loser. No one asked you for YOUR opinion.

>>3434593
>nobody else ever played tails adventure, spawn, ikari warriors and shogo

just drop dead already

thread would be infinitely more interesting if anons posted screenshots of obscure games and others had to guess what they were

>>3417565
>Windows 95 DVD
Wut

>>3434596
>hurrr everyone had the same childhood
I never claimed that you retard! I'm talking about games from a time before the damn internet.
>tails adventure was the reason for buying the GG
Yeah no, I don't give a shit what special bubble you grew up in, that game is relatively unknown at least within 300 miles of where I'm from.

>>3417627

I remember that! bought it because I was really into tank games back then.

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>>3434751

Never seen this game mentioned here before, and it's a Psygnosis game.

>>3417715
>this was shit
FTFY

>>3433315

I remember liking that game as a kid, but in retrospect it's not half as good as Chex Quest.

>>3434860
I thought it said Retard Force from the thumbnail.

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>>3434686
>I must be the only to have played these incredibly popular games
Yer kidding?

>>3423334
I don't think the full game ever came out in North America, but it did get a European release.

>>3417164
I used to read a magazine years ago which featured a section of their quotes taken out of context. One of my favourites was the quote "...It's a better multiplayer game than goldeneye". The actual quote?

"As to whether it's a better multiplayer game than Goldenberg? Errr, No."

Genius.

Also, back to OP, silver. Infogames (iirc) rpg kinda thing on pc.

well this is going no where

>>3424075
>If you like the first Alundra game my advice is to steer clear of the second

Eh, I managed to enjoy both Alundras rather equally.

>>3418050
Was that on the GBA? My cousin had it, threw that shit in his face when I realized you could only jump by pressing up.

>>3434836
This game looks sick. How did it play?

>>3433315
Nigga everyone played that shit.

If it came free in a cereal box, there's a high chance a lot of kids played it, ya dingus.

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>>3435008

>ITT: Games ONLY you played and nobody else did.
>Literally
>I only want super rare unreleased unplayed betas that my uncle from Nintendo gave me

Can you goddamn aspies just stop shitting up these threads every single time? Go outside or something.

>>3434836
Its a decently long Shin Megami Tensei universe game with a dragon quest vibe. It got a sequel called "last bible II" we never got and I think there is a translation floating around

>>3435368
see
>>3435076

>>3435368
>Can you goddamn aspies just stop shitting up these threads
how many fucking people will need to call your stupid shit for you to realize you weren't the only one to play goddamn tails adventures and shogo?


THEY WERE NOT UNCOMMON. ONE WAS A REASON TO BUY A GAME GEAR, THE OTHER IS SOMEWHAT A CULT CLASSIC. MANY PEOPLE PLAYED THEM. YOU ARE THE IDIOT WHO DOESNT UNDERSTAND THE THREAD

>>3435375

Hahahah. I apologize, you must be having trouble reading the thread title. I never claimed they were uncommon globally but were uncommon in my circle of friends. Its why this thread exists but since you have heard of every game that exists alreadyI'm sure you have more important things to be doing right now.

>>3435368
You really don't have to go that far. Most people are casuals and now about like the top 10% of a library.

>>3435386
One simple trick is taking PAL exclusives. Nobody cares about PAL exclusives. Unless they are "exclusive", meaning, also released in Japan, like Terranigma.

>>3435386
Yes I did. That guy was being a faggot

>>3431971
Man, I remember Gearheads. I don't remember much, but I do remember the CPU starts using toys you don't have access to.

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>>3435385
Would you kindly point me where in the OP says "games only you but none of your friends did"? Because I can't find that anywhere.

This kind of threads are just stealth "obscure game recommendations". Posting games that are frequently posted here but none of your friends had kinda beats the purpous of the thread.

>>3435517
Ritemare 3-D?

>>3434961
are you me?

>>3435901
yes. as in the the "right nitemare" to be in. the 3D one

>>3433290
I was amused when it got to 2012, and the world refused to change.

not a bad arcade flight game i enjoyed as a kid.

Moraffware games in general.

>>3436334
My god this jumped out at me. I remember it well.

>>3434516

idk why other people are bagging this one as being 'obscure'.

I played this game and loved it and never heard or saw a fucking thing about it besides the PC Gamer demo disc that came with it and Monolith's website.

Most of the people I've been friends with are also gamers and nobody has ever said a word about it IRL either. Its a shame too because they actually did a really nice job with it. Especially the scaling between on foot and mech missions.

Not just in level format but how big the weapons are on the screen, differences in movement, the height of your mech relative to things like the terrain.

Here is another obscure shooter that I have never seen anyone mention. Not here, not in gaming magazines, not anywhere but another PC Gamer demo disc. For the longest time I couldn't even find a torrent for this.

A really great game too. Setting was great, had a futurist Mad Max appeal, 1st game that I ever played with on foot AND vehicular combat as a free flowing option. Killer arsenal too, all the different faction vehicles had their own weapon sets and different vehicles had individual loadouts too.

It's also really fucking hard in some places, especially the "race through a minefield against the clock or your car explodes" mission about halfway through.

Probably not old enough to reach retro status yet, but this is the only game that I've played that I'm almost positive no one else has.

>>3423573
Kek..............just think about the games you highlighted you fucking stupid cunt mario 64 ? Seriously you dumb twat

This shit was my jam

>>3434326
Played this one, senpai. Hara-hara, that mantis guy, was my man.

Le Chip did massive fucking damage when he threw his dynamite random shot at almost max energy.

>>3436708
Microsoft and the zany Xbox exclusives no one liked or played.

>>3417470
I remember my mom buying that for me when I was a wee child.

>>3438282
I played it, or at least I tried, it was too shit and I dropped after a couple of hours. The one on SNES with the translation was surprisingly good and scary though.

It's a zelda clone with monster collecting. I was let down that the rest of the Bomberman franchise isn't much like it. The characterization isn't bad. Every time you encounter a monster you're treated to a little comic conversation between you and them. You also create and customize your bombs.

My mom bought this for me at Sears because it was like $10. It was worth maybe 1/10 of that.

my first ever game

>>3434326
>Boombots

Never played it, but I own the soundtrack CD...

>>3435375
>doesn't understand the thread
>thinks it's a thread about obscure games
>has autistic aneurysm meltdown

yup, it's /vr/

The thread is about personal experience, it's not an academic report about what games are technically obscure or not. You absolute retard.

>>3439352
Bomberman Tournament was sorta a sequel to this. It was a pretty good Bomberman RPG at that.

Nice OST atleast

>>3426270
Please forgive my ignorance but the only MMO's I've played were post-WoW or Kingdom of Loathing. How were MMO's playable with such slow internet speeds? Thinking about it makes my head spin.

>>3414095
Septerra Core RPG

>>3421239
>>3423334

Ah. Well the game is pretty short, but I think it is great for children.

>>3440135
>thumbnail looks like a condom

>>3427831
This was like MGS.

>>3439352
There's a GBA bomberman rpg with monster catching and battles

>>3435517
Hugo's House of Horrors 4, the unofficial sequel with a lot of the same team. This was all over the 500+ shareware game disks.

>>3435894
This terrible fucking series was wildly popular where I grew up. Mobile freemium games have less grinding.

>>3440171
Laggy, somewhat non-responsive;
The game itself is shit. there is very little actually going on in it. You bump into things to fight or interact with them. No really. to get NPCs to do whatever they do (and generally each NPC has a single function) you bump into them for a set period of seconds while they spout off multiple lines explaining what they do. Some require you to say "yes" or "no" but, they don't really understand anything other than that. They also don't acknowledge anyone who isn't bumping into them; and the vast majority of them can only handle one person at a time.

I'm surprised SimTunes isn't more popular these days. 90s kistch, pixel art, MIDI music, everything Tumblr basic bitches and James Ferraro love.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-snzxArhC8

>>3430554
This was one of those games I saw on magazines back in the day that I always thought looked cool, but never got.

I did buy it in the end some time ago, but after trying it out I didn't really like it that much and ended up reselling it...

>>3435517
>>3440383
Oh man, I know this game. And yes, it was on one of my shareware bundle cds.

I still have it installed on my old pc.

>>3439352
I love this game. The only flaw is that it allows only one save file at a time.

>>3440216
It's called Wild Woody for a reason

>>3433298
the robot said dammage
the bone monster isn't a bone monster but a devil
OKAY BABY HERE I COME

>>3414117
I loved this.

>>3418023
It came with the IBM Aptiva, along with Torin's Passage and some other 7th Level games. And Mechwarrior 2.

>>3436708
Joke's on you.
When I was younger I played through the single player with every single character.
What a waste of time.

>>3440135
This is what I'm talking about
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfb_vwPXguk&list=PL5B329F4BC128D4E9&index=5

Nobody seems to remember that Cool Spot had a sequel. Even more uncommon is the Genesis version.

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>>3440818
I've played all of these.
Threads of fate was pretty good
Captain crunch doesn't work on my pc now, it has this weird slow down and just repeats sound clips over and over.

>>3435007
>Goldenberg

Nice digits though.

>>3414095
>to this day I've never beat it

Refire.

Well, the official name was Return Fire. I played it with my brothers a lot.

>>3436549
My brother stopped playing Redline with me after he'd always get into a huge amazing turret in the center of the map, then I'd just jump on top of it and grind everything down with my hoverblade.

Lots of fun, though.

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>>3443493
Threads of Fate was amazing.

Only problem was that Mint's ending pissed me off. I played the entire time hoping to rule the world and nothing.

>>3443539
I like the japanese cover better. Some of the later stages are extremely difficult but I've gotten pretty far.

>>3435894
Amazing game. 2nd one was even better

>>3414095

Still can't get passed Stage 4...

>>3443539
Owned it. I'm surprised the game even has a medium sized backstory.

>>3414143
Looks pretty cool. What is it?

>>3443637

I actually do remember playing this. Was one of the first games I played alongside Parappa the Rapper and some Hockey game my dad got.

Took me a long ass time to re-discover it because I couldn't remember the title and Battletanx was the only thing that came to mind for some reason.

>>3417627

I played the shit out of Tiny Tank. That game was balling. Favorite levels where the blimp level and the level where you road train tracks. Awesome game. I picked it up recently in a pawn shop bargain bin. Unfortunately the disc had a bunch of crap all over the front. When I booted it up on my PS2 connected to a rear projection TV, it looked like complete and utter shit.

Team Buddies.

Great game!

>>3417641
Good game/10

>>3424075
As bland as this game was, I realize now that it was directly responsible for making me have a thing for chicks in non-slutty armor and other such warrior women.