The Gang of Five
Beyond the Mysterious Beyond => Hobbies and Recreation => Gamers Zone => Topic started by: WeirdRaptor on December 07, 2007, 11:35:52 PM
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Let's hear it. Yes, I know I just started another topic, but I'm trying to keep things moving along in the Gamers' Zone.
There was this one game I liked that never amounted to much. It was called "Radical Rex". You played as a T-Rex who tried to stop the complete extinction of the dinosaurs from being caused by a human sorcerer. It was actually quite good, despite feeling like a 80s animated series reject concept.
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The only game I ever liked that was unsecessful was jurassic park II for sega genesis. Holy crap was that game hard! :P:
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A hidden treasure in my reckoning is Dynamite Headdy for Megadrive (Genesis). You play a puppet with a launchable head who happened to be the star of a show. A vibrant, colourful platformer that did work really well but sadly fell on deaf ears as the rage of the PS1 and N64 came to light. Some may have heard of it, and it was released on the Wii's Virtual Console a couple of months ago, but only those deeply into the platforming scene really took notice of it. And how irritatingly HARD the later levels got. I loved the way the stage names were all mickey-take of REAL movies. Toyz in the Hood, Terminate Her Too!, Stair Wars... :lol A great piece of gaming history I think was robbed of the limelight it deserved :^.^:
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N64's Blast Corps! :wow :D
Great Puzzle-action game by Rareware (Goldeneye, Donkey Kong 64, etc.). You are assigned small-to-large-scale destruction vehicles to clear a path for an out-of-control nuclear missile carrier as quickly and efficiently as possible. I have been able to achieve all but 2 of the platinum medals in this game. :D (the "pac-man" levels are the only 2 I can't nail the platinum times on.) <_<
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Yeah... Blast Corps was hard.
I have a couple too. Space Station Silicon Valley, and Armorines.
Dark Rift is up there, too.
That is why I love EB games/Gamestop.
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Turok Evolution for the Gamecube, Reign of Fire for the Playstation 2, and Scaler for Playstation 2. Not sure if these games are "uknown", though.
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I can't think of any unsuccessful games I've played... I'd have to look, I didn't fully HATE Mario is Missing, but I think it's because I beat it without actually playing it XD The music wasn't too bad in Mario is Missing tho either...
somewhat unheard of but kinda unfairly: Sonic 2 Beta, I LOVED the levels that didn't make it to the final game, I wish they'd've completed the Hidden Palace Zone in that form, it was great...
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A hidden treasure in my reckoning is Dynamite Headdy for Megadrive (Genesis). You play a puppet with a launchable head who happened to be the star of a show. A vibrant, colourful platformer that did work really well but sadly fell on deaf ears as the rage of the PS1 and N64 came to light. Some may have heard of it, and it was released on the Wii's Virtual Console a couple of months ago, but only those deeply into the platforming scene really took notice of it. And how irritatingly HARD the later levels got. I loved the way the stage names were all mickey-take of REAL movies. Toyz in the Hood, Terminate Her Too!, Stair Wars... :lol A great piece of gaming history I think was robbed of the limelight it deserved :^.^:
I bought that one too. It's a platforming gem.
Come to think of it, I've loved every Treasure game I've ever played. Dynamite Headdy, Sin + Punishment, Ikaruga, Gunstar Heroes, Alien Soldier, Mischief Makers. All of them were awesome.
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Turok Evolution
Add Turok 1 and 2 to this list for me! Wooo, go Turok! :D
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Add Turok 1 and 2 to this list for me! Wooo, go Turok!
They are actually making a sequal so i wouldn't really say its unsuccessful. I enjoyed Turok: Rage Wars, to bad they never made a sequal for that, that was really fun.
A game that i really love is Ikaruga(One of the best shooter games ever). It came out on the dreamcast and later on the gamecube. It seems that people don't really know about (i asked about it at a store and the person had no clue what i was talking about). You can't even buy it in store anymore, i had to buy it on Ebay about a month ago to finally be able to play it again. If anyones unsure about what the game actually is a could post a video of me playing it under the video game videos topic.
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The first two Turok games actually did pretty well. Its with Turok #3 that the series started sliding downhill. yeah, I never did understand why all the hate was on Turok: Evolution. It wasn't a brilliant game, but what were people expecting people a game starring an Indian who travels through deminsions to fight the evil forces of saurian villains who want to take over a lost land filled with weird critters of all sorts. Its like expecting Shakespear out of Die Hard.
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Another obscure one that Rocks is Chaos Legion for the PS2.
(It's almost as hard as Ninja Gaiden for XBOX, and that says something right there...)
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I liked Battle Cars for the SNES, if anyone here knows what that is.
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A lot of the sames I know and love are unknown and unsuccessful because a lot of my games were fished from bargain bins back in the day XD
The most unknown game that I absolutely adore is: "Skullmonkeys". "Skullmonkeys" is a platform sequel for the point-and-click puzzle game "The NeverHood" for the PC. Because a lot of PC gamers don't play on consoles, it was really ill-advised for Skullmonkeys to only be available for the playstation =\ but anyway, it's a really quirky and funny game that's completely "Klaymated" (their words) about Klayman who is brought to the planet of the skullmonkeys when the evil Klogg (who is technically Klayman's brother) crashes on the planet and immediately becomes the king of the skullmonkeys. He's brought there to liberate the skullmonkeys (who don't really want to be liberated) but since Klogg is building a machine to destroy The NeverHood (where Klayman lives) he'd have to be there anyway.
It's a really good game and a rare find, since the company that made it is now defunct and thus the game is no longer manufactured. That said, it's worth the money if you can find it. It is kind of terrifying, even though it's not a horror game. That might be me, though, claymation unsettles me XD
By the by, the game is done by the same guy who did Earthworm Jim games and the Catscratch cartoon.
The other games I love but no one has ever heard of are:
Hodj' n' Podj' (PC)
Oddballz (PC)
GearHeads (PC)
Creatures (PC)
A Boy and His Blob (NES)
Plok (SNES)
Smartball (SNES)
Ardy Lightfoot (SNES)
Claymates (SNES)
Donald Duck as Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow (SNES)
Young Merlin (SNES)
Digimon Rumble Arena (PSX)
Rat Attack! (PSX)
Space Station: Silicon Valley (N64)
Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil (PS2)
Okage: Shadow King (PS2)
And, like, many others I can't remember XD
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Hodj' n' Podj' (PC)
Now That's a name I haven't heard in awhile! :wow I remember playing this back on my first computer ever. Only thing I remember being a pain was having to print out the "codes" so you could actually complete the game. The red and blue characters had different code sheets (obviously) so it took quite a bit of paper :p
Claymates (SNES)
Another great game. I really should go and finish this someday. :p
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Sid Maier's Alpha centauri. Though the name of the famous creator may be the reason for a certain "awareness of the existence" of the game, but it never was as great a success as I think it would have deserved to be.
I suppose the main reason is that Alpha Centauri is a lot more complex than the (otherwise similar) games of the Civilization series. Unlike in case of the later there was some very good and realistic diplomacy part in the game where you could even agree with an ally on where to attack a common foe etc. You could create your own vehicles, planes etc. with a set of equipment depending on which technologies you had already researched etc. The game was in many ways an enhanced version of Civilization for all those for whom the graphic isn't the most important feature (it certainly wasn't spectacular), but I suppose most people found it too complex.
As far as I'm concerned I only regret that it was impossible to play a game with the 7 teams of the original game plus the 7 teams of the "Alien Crossfire" expansion. There was no way to play with more than 7 teams which I think would have been really a major improvement.
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Now That's a name I haven't heard in awhile! :wow I remember playing this back on my first computer ever. Only thing I remember being a pain was having to print out the "codes" so you could actually complete the game. The red and blue characters had different code sheets (obviously) so it took quite a bit of paper :p
Wow, I didn't think anyone knew of Hodj' n' Podj'! My copy came with a booklet for the codes so you didn't have to print those out...although we lost it pretty much the same day we bought it so we always played the full game blind XD Usually we just played the free-play version where you pick the games you play, because the crossword game was defective and would crash the game =\ So we'd have to start all over again if you happened to have to go there XD
Fun game, though. I recently bought a new copy to play only to discover it's one of the only games that can't be played on XP (even with DOSBox) =(
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Digimon Rumble Arena (PSX)
Yes, awesome game! :DD
For me, a game action9000 showed me, Serious Sam. Never heard of it or seen it anywhere, and it's pretty darn fun. One of the best and funnest Co-op games ever!
Oh and Claymates = the source of all video game frustration :p
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the ape escape games never did make it big in the uk
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I think that all the Myst games after Riven were unheard of...and...they...are...AWSOME
It's like you're actually there, especally in Revelation, and the graphics...are awesome...AND THE MUSIC :wow
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Digimon Rumble Arena (PSX)
Yes, awesome game! :DD
I have that game. I haven't played it much for quite some time though. I prefer Digimon Rumble Arena 2.
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I have that game. I haven't played it much for quite some time though. I prefer Digimon Rumble Arena 2.
I'm pretty sure I've played that one too. It's also for the regular playstation right? I remember me and my friend seeing it in a rental store and playing it. Aahh good times :lol:
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It's for Playstation 2, Gamecube, and I think X-Box.
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Mmmm ok, maybe I do remember it being for the Playstation 2. I probably played it. But yea, great games.
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Nanosaur
http://www.pangeasoft.net/nano/index.html (http://www.pangeasoft.net/nano/index.html)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanosaur (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanosaur)
Power Pete
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Pete (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Pete)
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I've played Nanosaur a few times. Not very good at it.
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Anybody ever heard of Theme Hospital? I remember when I used to play that all the time. Really fun and amusing game :DD
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duke nukem awesome game B)
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Does anyone remember Hyper Zone for the SNES? It's a game where you control a spaceship and destroy enemies while avoiding danger. I played it when I as a kid, and I found it awesome.As far as I know, there never wasn't a sequel for it.
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Klonoa: Door to Phantomile and Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil for me.
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Darkstone (1999) - This is a very rare Diablo styled RPG. It is made by a French developer, Delphine Software, which has since gone out of business.
It is great fun but no sequels were ever made and support for this game is nearly nonexistent.
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Anybody ever heard of Theme Hospital? I remember when I used to play that all the time. Really fun and amusing game :DD
I owned it on PC. Was a fun game, with a quirky sense of humor and an interesting system for construction that made it fun to build a hospital... go figure.
Unknown, Unsuccessful games I enjoyed:
- Steel Battalion: highly realistic mech simulator that came with a humongous controller. Just barely broke even with sales, and is quite rare these days. Its sequel, Line of Contact, was multiplayer only... and I could never get into it. Still, I hope and pray for a true sequel... as I still love it to this day.
- Mount and Blade: a medieval combat RPG that is quite popular but flew under the radar upon release. Mainly focused on horse combat, and has many great mods. Highly replayable, and cheap!
- Battlezone 2: the underrated sequel to a rather bland Real Time Strategy slash First Person game. It had quite a few flaws, but the community turned it into a fantastic game with many mods and fully fledged total conversions.
- Freespace 2: the sequel to a rather bland Space Combat game. Is better in every single way, and has one of the best plots in a game I've ever played. Has many mods that add new campaigns and settings.
- Kings Bounty, and it's expansion Armored Princess: an RPG with elements borrowed from the Might and Magic games. Is heaps of fun, even with a poor translation. Colorful and fun, and the expansion has a really cute dragon!
- Total Annihilation: an old RTS that came around the same time as Starcraft, dooming it to being runner up. A technological innovation, with 3d units when everything was still 2d. It had (and still does) the most units per side in any RTS ever... and with a mod, each side could potentially have 200+ different units to build. Was so ridiculously over the top as to be fun, and my dad and me would spend hours blowing each other to smithereens.
I'll definitely think of more.... :lol
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I've enjoyed "Captain Rainbow"... it's my favorite non-mario game (as I stated in another thread)!! I love it!
More information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_rainbow (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_rainbow)
Unfortunately it was unsuccessful. :( It only sold about 6000 copies during it's first week of release. And there aren't any release dates for Europe or America... it's a japan-only game.
But I enjoyed it very much, even with the language barrier! It has such a great style, wonderful music and a good atmosphere...
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Total Annihilation: an old RTS that came around the same time as Starcraft, dooming it to being runner up. A technological innovation, with 3d units when everything was still 2d. It had (and still does) the most units per side in any RTS ever... and with a mod, each side could potentially have 200+ different units to build. Was so ridiculously over the top as to be fun, and my dad and me would spend hours blowing each other to smithereens.
Uh, Total Annihilation is not really unknown, there are still several active communities. It was however, not super successful because it Starcraft overtook it.
That said, I loved TA far more than any other RTS.
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I hope by "unsuccessful," "unsuccesful in America" will count. If I recall correctly, this was the first video game I ever completed. It may look very easy, simplistic, and slow, but I can assure you that it's harder than it looks. You have to blend strategy and quick thinking together just right ot you'll die over and over. It's been over a decade, and I still consider that game a toughie. There is a two-player mode, but my family only ever owned one TurboGrafx-16, so we could only play single-player modes.
The game is called Chew-Man-Fu. I forget how old I was when I got it, but researching enough would tell me. I got it the last year TurboGrafx-16 were sold in new-product stores. You can find such games now at pawn shops, but I get this when they were still selling them new in big stores. I'll show you how it looks, but again, it really is harder than it looks. The players here must be professionals. Well, at this game, at least. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uhfHnp2xhk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uhfHnp2xhk)
I loved and still love that game- still have the TurboGrafx, and still have the game. I'm willing to wager (with no stakes) that no one here has ever played, let alone heard of, this game.
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Majesty, an RTS/RPG style game were you weren't in direct control of the heroes instead you were the one reqiring there services, Majesty had recently got a 3D sequel which is almost as good as the original.
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Here's another one from m childhood: Cold Shadow, starring Maui Mallard (Donald Duck under a alias for whatever reason). Basically, this was a Disney side-scrolling adventure game where you play as Donald Duck as a Private Detective in a Noir-style mystery involving Voodoo Witch Doctors and Sacred statues. The game was a blast, but I don't think it was that successful.
Anyway, Donald who two forms. One was a gun slinging detective (yeah, Donald Duck with a gun. Sleep well on that thought.) and as a ninja (because everything's better with ninjas). The game was completely insane and awsome at the same time!
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Universal Studios Theme Parks Adventure (GCN)
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Universal Studios Theme Parks Adventure (GCN)
I've heard of that, many people consinder that game an abomination but it really isn't that bad and it contains the closest thing to a good Back To The Future game.
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Maybe I am stretching the terms unknown and unsuccessful a bit because I think some may have heard of this game and I do think that they didn't get red numbers for the game (but that's just my guess). However, one game which got too little attention to be pursued any further (as in creating a sequel or the like) by its creator's was Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri.
Having played almost all the Civilization engine based games from the same development team (Civilization 2 being the exception) I would say that Alpha Centauri in many ways surpassed the other games of the same genre.
One of the most important qualities of this game is an extremely high developed diplomatic system. In this game you cannot just make alliances with other factions (provided that you share compatible ideals (e.g. a faction of environmentalist democrats will not team up with an authoritarian faction that produces in ways that harm the environment)), but you can actually develop battle plans with them. They make suggestion on where they want to attack and where they would like you to attack and in turn you can also make your suggestions on where you would like to attack and where you would want them to attack. If you agree on such a strategy, they really WILL do their best to live up to their role in the strategy.
Another great plus for this game are the many options of terraforming which allow you to shape the world you end up in to your needs. Apart from the regular farm, road, and mine building there are other options which allow for even higher production rates of nutritients, minerals, or energy but usually at the expense of the environment which can cause serious problems. Moreover you can (given the necessary technological developments and material means) rise or lower the terrain thereby even creating land bridges to islands or "drown" enemy cities by lowering the surrounding terrain below sea level. < This works only if they don't have the improvement built that allows for a town to be build on water grids.
Like that was not enough they also allow you to construct your own vehicles with what technologies you have and depending on what you need (e.g. if you want a unit to maintain law and order in a town rather than fight in open war it is a good idea to equip them with non-lethal weapons thereby increasing their acceptance as police forces by the population).
I could go on like this for a very long time and here I am afraid lies also the reason why the game was not as successful as I think it would have deserved to be. To many players it was probably too complex to enjoy. But as far as I am concerned a sequel of this game with the option to play with more than seven factions and perhaps some of the battle experience boni that have been introduced in Civilization 4 (a nice game but much simpler by comparison) would be plain awesome :yes
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Let's see...
Digimon Rumble Arena (PSX)
Chrome Hounds (XBOX 360)
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Doppelganger for Amstrad CPC.
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Champions: Return To Arms (PS2) - VERY fun and addicting hack n' slash RPG with beautiful graphics. I believe there's another game in the series before this one, but this is the only one I've played. It plays in a very similar fashion that Diablo does, and you can play CO-OP with up to four players (granted you have the multi tap).
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Serious Sam - I enjoyed those games, and as far as I know, a few people don't seem to know what those games are all about.