Obscure Console Games

[EVILNess]

Anyone remember that one game where it was Bruce Willis versus the 4 Horsemen on the PS1?

Good times.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Originally Posted by EVILNess

Anyone remember that one game where it was Bruce Willis versus the 4 Horsemen on the PS1?

Good times.

Apocalypse, yeah it was pretty good. Don't think I ever actually finished it though.

As for other obscure console games, well anything can become obscure if you go back far enough. Flashback, for instance, was a really cool unknown game from the SNES (NES?) days and earlier.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Wasn't that on the Amiga? Pretty sure I played that on the computator.

[Whomper]

It wasn't too obscure, but I haven't heard too many people talk about U.N. Squadron, a game that established my love for dogfighting-style games.

[Loyal]

Originally Posted by Niveras

The mechanics of Falsebound Kingdom sound a lot like how Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen worked (armies moving in real time, combat being turn-based and only last a few rounds). The difference there is you form squads out of a multitude of available classes/monsters, rather than being limited by leading characters. Also, combat was immensely hands-off in Ogre Battle. I imagine that since Ogre Battle's pretty well known around here, there might be more differences if you did not draw that parallel yourself.

Oh reeeeeeeeally? I'll have to check that out.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

You should. It is the greatest game of all time.

[Magus]

Yeah, it's not obscure in the sense that people don't know about it, but not enough people have played OB or OB 64, or those Tactics Ogre games, either.

I think I've mentioned Gemfire in an older obscure gaming thread, so I'll talk about Pool of Radiance instead. Pool of Radiance was an NES game I played for hours as a kid. Unlike every other Advanced Dungeons and Dragons game up until some of the newer ones like Baldur's Gate and so forth, it was actually an RPG game. It seemed like everything else was either a bad action game (Heroes of the Lance) or a weird mish-mash amalgamation that was so random and expansive it was nigh unplayable (Hillsfar). Pool of Radiance was turn based battles and you moved your guys around on a grid. It was pretty great fun. There was an entire trilogy on the PC but the first one was the only one that went to console, I believe.

Another game I played all the time was Journey to Silius, a good action game that no one has played, apparently.

[TARDIS]

Originally Posted by Hawk

Apocalypse, yeah it was pretty good. Don't think I ever actually finished it though.

As for other obscure console games, well anything can become obscure if you go back far enough. Flashback, for instance, was a really cool unknown game from the SNES (NES?) days and earlier.

was on the megadrive, too.
I sucked at it completely. gimme Sonic over it anyday.

[DarkDrgon]

ive never met anyone else that has heard of Unholy Wars, a combo TBS/Custom Robo arena type game. It had a Magic Vs. Tech thing going on that I loved, even if the magic side would always win

[Jagos]

Another game I played all the time was Journey to Silius, a good action game that no one has played, apparently

(*%(*% The first stage music was so friggin addicting that it's now stuck in my head! Curse you for reactivating my retroactive memory! >_<

No seriously, that was a good game.

Wasn't that on the Amiga? Pretty sure I played that on the computator.

It was. Just no one played this one nor Out of This World unless they were rich since it used the expensive 3D effects of the time.