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4404563 No.4404563 [Reply] [Original]

Post completely, utterly forgotten games.

>> No.4404590
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>> No.4404591

>>4404563
is this loss?

>> No.4404593 [DELETED] 
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Good times.

>> No.4404596

>>4404591
I'm going to allow it.

>> No.4404608

>>4404563
no snes game is "forgotten". thats ridiculous. anyone who doesnt know family dog of beethoven probably isnt a retrogamer

>> No.4404616
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anything in the "value range"

>> No.4404619

>>4404608
I think he's talking more about the SNES game itself. It's so bad. Like, abysmal. I wasted a rental on that garbage.

>> No.4405182
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I played through Disruptor recently. Is it a bad game? No. But it doesn't stand out except for a couple of cheesy FMV scenes. Otherwise it's a bog standard Doom clone.

>> No.4405187
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it's a decent castlevania clone.
but young indy is completely forgotten.

>> No.4405196

>>4405182
I remember Disruptor. Because it was a store demo unit game.

>> No.4405337

>>4404619
It was released in an incomplete state because the TV show got canceled and they knew they had to get this shit on the shelves immediately otherwise there'd be absolutely no audience for it. They knew it was bad.

>> No.4405612
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One of the funniest point and click adventures from the 90s

>> No.4405620

>>4404608
>no snes game is "forgotten". thats ridiculous.
Yeah and games don't age.

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>>4404563

>> No.4405674

>>4405620
They don't.

>> No.4405772

>>4405624
the artstyle reminds me of cuphead

>> No.4405818

>>4405772
This bait is too obvious. Try harder next time.

>> No.4405829

>>4405818
?

>> No.4405859

>>4405624
Ahh Gametek. RIP.

>> No.4405970

>>4405337
Oh, interesting.

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This game was fun. Hard as hell.

>> No.4406480

>>4405674
Exactly. Jaws is just as scary now as when it was released.

>> No.4406490

>>4404563
How was family dog?
Its hidden jem is what i would assume.

>> No.4406492

>>4405624
Noooo way!! Simultaneous two player action!?!??!?

>> No.4406493
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Did anyone ever care about these GBC titles?

>> No.4406536

>>4406493
I had a rule for myself to never buy any games based on movies.

>> No.4406538

>>4406536
You missed out on a bunch of good star wars games. There are more good ones than bad.

>> No.4406546

>>4406538
But compared to all the crap i didnt miss out on back when i had to make good use of my weekend video game rental it was worth it.

>> No.4406556

>>4406480
Jaws is stationary as a game. Peoples' perception of may change based on what they've experienced but that doesn't mean the game itself changes. If someone today were to only play Pong and they played Jaws, it might have an effect on them. It's all a matter of perspective.

>> No.4406578

>>4404563

I remember renting this, but have no memory of the actual game. Or the show that it was based on. It ran for only like two episodes right?

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>> No.4406586

>>4406579
Fuck you, anon. I still play that every weekend.
>Dat sweat-inducing intensity of the Mozart rhythm minigame.

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>>4404616
I've been looking for this one for years, thanks anon

>> No.4406591

>>4406556
Age in the context of games is obviously from a societal perspective, language isn't always stuck in an autistically literal fashion anon.

>> No.4406593

>>4404608
I was very familiar with Beethoven growing up but I've never once watched Family Dog or was particularly aware of it in the 90's.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8zM1v0piSs
I've rarely seen this, why? Same with prehistorik 1-2.
>inb4 lurk more

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Loved this one as a kid. Challenging, but beatable. Gorgeous production values. Nobody talks about it, ever.

>> No.4406672

>>4406579
I still don't understand how anyone can justify having Frank as a companion in that game. I always bench his crippled ass.

>> No.4406718
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Stumbled upon this little gem while looking through my SNES ROMset. Extremely funny and quirky, but quite clunky gameplay.

>> No.4406726

>>4404616
WE'RE PLAYING FUCKING GUBBLE

>> No.4406736

>>4406662
I love pitfall!!
I don't think it's a forgotten game. I thought it was rather popular.

>> No.4406905

>>4406317
fucking great game!

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>>4404563
That show was so horrendously depressing. Kinda like Courage but without any of the charm or hope, just pure cruelty.

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The sequel to BattleClash. I think I only ever played it once at a friend's place. It was fun but similar to the first game.

>> No.4406992

>>4406589
np anon
>>4406726
kek , its not a bad game by any means, just a bit meh after a bit

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>>4404563

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3fV_IF8Yjg

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>>4404563

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq2r9zO1LdQ

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>>4404591
>>4404596

>> No.4407143

>>4406718
Did this come out before or after Zombies Ate My Neighbors? I always thought it felt similar to ZAMN sometimes.

Damn is it funny though.

>> No.4407147

>>4406620
Few people really talk about most animal mascot games of the time.

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>>4406536
Me too. Saved me so much disappointment. Except for NES Batman, awesome game.

>> No.4407193 [DELETED] 

>>4407075
kek

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>> No.4407220

>>4407034
oh dude, GoT is the shiiit

good job though, thread. Outside of OP and this I've never even heard of any of these

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>>4407147
Speaking of forgotten animal mascots. Some folks may know of the SNES Izzy game because of online reviewers, but I bet not a damn one of you know about the point & click PC edutainment game.

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>>4404563

>> No.4407564
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Had both the original Battleship and a dull turn-based strategy game.

>> No.4407584

>>4407248

Does Izzy get caught in the 1996 Olympics' bombing and die?

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>> No.4407691

>>4407217
Was the game as chaotic and awful as the movie?

>> No.4407867 [DELETED] 

>>4407691
yes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCPeeO5zO3k

>> No.4407927

>>4406356
Did the US release amp up the damage rates a bunch? The speed in which you could die felt off to me but I never bothered to play the original one yet so maybe it was always just incredibly hard.

>> No.4408314

>>4407409
RIP Phil

>> No.4408389

>>4407431
MAKE ME A PIZZA

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>>4404563

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh0MD3yr-uY

>> No.4408737

>>4406586
>referencing rhythm games when they weren't even around in the snes days

>> No.4408756 [DELETED] 

>>4408680
DUDE WEED

>> No.4408758

>>4408680
Not completely forgotten. I remember playing that in high school while a friend and I were growing the real stuff. Kind of boring though. A game where you literally watch the grass grow.

>> No.4408797
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The Breach series doesn't seem to get much coverage.

>> No.4408832

>>4407409
This is something i totally forgot about until now, shit

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>> No.4408871

>>4406556
That's what people mean when they say "games age" tho.

>> No.4408879
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>that time when Nintendo beat Sega with BLAZE processing

>> No.4408880

>>4407431
school book fair-tier

>> No.4409048

>>4408836
I love this series, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to have much of a fanbase on /vr/.

>> No.4409094

>>4408847

We rented that once. I didn't like it a lot and probably didn't get very far. I don't think the rental copy came with any glasses...

>> No.4409105

>>4408879

That one did at least have memorable music.

>> No.4409119

>>4409105
So comfy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJr4O2BWstY

>> No.4409185

HELP

I cannot remember one PSX game, it has brain on front cd cover with green edges, you are basically arranging balls and making combinations..

>> No.4409251

>>4404563
But you remember that game. Probably from a youtube video you just watched.

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>> No.4409620

>>4408756

LMAO

>> No.4409631

>>4406579
>That second Cam Winston fight
HOW DO I BEAT HIM

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>>4404563

>> No.4409707

>>4405187
I suddenly remembered reading the choose your own adventure books in school related to this spin off.

>> No.4409709

>>4405612
Is that nympho Marilyn Monroe?

>> No.4409712

>>4405818
I actually thought the same thing. Calm down, Nerdo

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>>4404563

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>>4409759
in case that post gets deleted :S

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>>4409320
I remember seeing this in a game shop a lot as a kid and thinking it was part of a franchise. Were there multiple Mort the Chicken games, or did some bigger IP draw chickens or other animals in a very similar way?

>>4409742
>>4409749
>>4409753
as subjective as this is, I don't think any of these fit the thread

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>>4404563

>> No.4409774
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>>4404563
Remember when Resident Evil was a 1st person shooter?

>> No.4409930

Chrono Cross
Zelda games but especially Link to the Past and Ocarina of Time
NiGHTS into Dreams
Planescape Torment
Sonic the Hedgehog games
Aladdin (SNES)
Goldeneye 007
Every Donkey Kong game that isn't Country 1 or 2
Pokemon as a whole
Super Smash Bros
Castlevania: Dracula X
Crash Bandicoot 1
Spyro 1
Dragon Quest 1-4
Final Fantasy 1-3 and 8
Mega Man 1, 8, I-III, and X6
Vagrant Story
Mortal Kombat as a whole
Alien Soldier
Virtua Fighter series
Every single handheld game prior to the GBA/PSP
Every single pre-NES console game other than maybe Space Invaders for the Atari 2600
Jet Set Radio
Altered Beast
Columns
Kid Chameleon
Ecco the Dolphin
Eternal Champions
Killer Instinct 1-2
Flicky
Shinobi games other than 3
Contra as a franchise other than the NES games
Ghosts n Goblins mainline games
Streets of Rage games other than 2
Gradius games
Duck Hunt
Kid Icarus
Mother
Startropics 2
Actraiser 2
King of Fighters 2002
Waku Waku 7

>> No.4409936

>>4409930
I don't think you're supposed to throw a net this wide with a bait post
you do you tho

>> No.4409937

>>4407248
Same with the Rayman educational games.

>> No.4409941

>>4409936
Oh I thought this was a "games you don't like but everybody else does' thread. Fuck

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>>4409941
with /vr/ being what it is I can't tell if you're being ironic or if you thought the whole rest of the thread was

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>>4404563
>i was 7
>lots of weapons
>it was awesome
Along with a toy story ricing game, a nickelodeon raicing game, a beat 'em up about robots which i never remembered the name, and adventure game of barbie(it was from my sister, kinda fun)

>> No.4409975

>>4409969
I didn't bother to read the thread lmao I just remembered Family Dog being awful

>> No.4409997

>>4409975

The state of nu-/vr/ "I didn't read what the thread was about but I posted anyway"

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OllYOLui80o
The guy playing it sucks.

I got this game when one day, to my surprise, my local UK cornershop run by an indian family suddenly had a rack of PS1 games out of nowhere. It was surreal. I couldn't see anything I recognised so I got this and it turned out to be pretty good for multiplayer. One friend always wanted to play this.

>> No.4410005

>>4409774
I actually liked that game as a kid, stupidly easy and short though. The umbrella chronicles was a good spiritual successor.

>> No.4410038

>>4410002
>a rack of PS1 games out of nowhere.
Sounds like they "Fell off a truck."

>> No.4410432

I suppose the older games played by Saint would count.

>> No.4410554

How could I post if I forgot it?

>> No.4410985

>>4409709
Just play it and see for yourself

>> No.4411210

>>4404590
I forgot this shitty film series existed

>> No.4411236

>>4407409
Too bad the sequel got axed.

>> No.4411243
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Wouldn't be surprised to find out Chrono Trigger nabbed a couple of ideas from this game.

>> No.4411247

>>4409712
Cuphead is heavily based on Felix the Cat you fucking moron

>> No.4411260

>>4411243
I wouldn't call that forgotten. That's more in the le hidden gem zone. Hardcore RPG fans know that one well enough.

>> No.4411262 [DELETED] 

>>4411247
Guess who the Felix Cat was based off, moron.

>> No.4411396

>>4409997
Technically I just misread the OP actually

>> No.4411434

>>4407034
GoT was my SHIT

>> No.4411879

>>4411247
????

no one is questioning this

>> No.4412554

>>4406317
Had a blast renting this as a kid and playing with my sister. I still play it with her around the holidays.

>> No.4412560

>>4407143
After. And isnt BST made by LucasArts? Wonder why they arent mentioned on the boxart.

>> No.4412585

>>4408879
This one got a bunch of press back in the day, I remember. It was the cover feature on the local Nintendo mag the month it came out.

>> No.4412610

>>4405772
>the artstyle reminds me of cuphead

i find this comment a little sad. it suggests you don't really know much about good animation.

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