Games you enjoyed that are not well known!

Curio · 28 Feb 2012 at 21:08

http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000176

I spent so many hours on this game. So simple but absolutely bursting with atmosphere. It was 2 quid as well. Yes - 2 quid - brand new. It actually got great reviews at the time, but I seemed to be the only one at my school who owned it. EDIT: Just realized that came out 25 years ago! Jeez.

Tried to think of something more recent but I've never had much to spend on games, so I usually end up buying the "must haves" that everybody has heard of.

Huw · 28 Feb 2012 at 22:06

Pestilence said:
Also Burn: Cycle was a cheesy as hell FMV sci-fi adventure.

Haha, I remember that one. We had it on the...wait for it...Philips CD-I! I quite enjoyed it really, but I was fairly young and was easily impressed by the FMV.

charthan · 28 Feb 2012 at 22:17

I always remember
Ultima
Syndicate
Dune
Operation flashpoint

Neil79 · 28 Feb 2012 at 22:18

charthan said:
I always remember
Ultima
Syndicate
Dune
Operation flashpoint

You just listed every well known game

reflux · 28 Feb 2012 at 22:19

Dark Messiah - great game powered by the Source engine. Did decent physics and swordplay wayyy before Skyrim.

Huw · 28 Feb 2012 at 22:21

Neil79 said:
You just listed every well known game

I think we're fighting a losing battle, mate. You may as well just change the thread title to "name some good games".

f1rstcast · 28 Feb 2012 at 22:23

A game that me and a friend spent a lot of hours on that i really enjoyed was Insurgency, it was a free download from steam, not sure if it still is though.

FPS that focused on the gulf war, but had a great aspect of realism to it. Based on the source engine i believe

Compound · 28 Feb 2012 at 22:31

Some great games listed so far, mine have to be:-

Quarantine
Descent
One must fall (omf)
Rise of the triad
Creatures & creatures 2 for the c64

Neil79 · 28 Feb 2012 at 22:31

Huw said:
I think we're fighting a losing battle, mate. You may as well just change the thread title to "name some good games".

Yeh I was thinking that today lol

djkav · 28 Feb 2012 at 22:34

Some more oldies

Neil79 · 28 Feb 2012 at 22:37

oooo Midwinter... Hunter! now that brings back memories, not exactly well known either

Guest2 · 28 Feb 2012 at 23:21

Virus was also good on amiga. A flying triangle from what i remember

Aeleys · 28 Feb 2012 at 23:23

Neil79 · 29 Feb 2012 at 00:02

Used to love this when I was a kid, even played it with family not well known

valkynaz · 29 Feb 2012 at 00:26

reflux said:
Dark Messiah - great game powered by the Source engine. Did decent physics and swordplay wayyy before Skyrim.

It might be a different story on the PC, but when I rented it on the Xbox 360 the combat felt horrendous and clunky to use. The only part I really enjoyed is the execution moves.

overclick · 29 Feb 2012 at 00:55

Just remebered Jetset willy.

Incredibly hard game and it turns out after spending an age my copy was broken near the end!

EdwardTeach · 29 Feb 2012 at 01:42

Stunt car racer (amiga) - really difficult!

North & south

Both on the amiga.

Zefan · 29 Feb 2012 at 01:59

EdwardTeach said:
North & south

Yes. Some bits of it were pretty weird, the hilariously childish humour was just crazy.

EdwardTeach · 29 Feb 2012 at 02:03

Ive remembered another game -hostages on the amiga, great game.

I don't remember finishing many games back then. Don't know if it was because the Games were harder, I was lazy or the disks would break!

mithrandir · 29 Feb 2012 at 02:04

I enjoyed shoot'em ups a lot.

Crusader
Little big adventure 1 & 2
Thunderforce 3
X-out
X multiply