Games you enjoyed that are not well known!
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They still need to patch that game as some of the translation is still messed up, it actually annoys me that they still haven't got around to it. I didn't think some of the features were implemented that well either, such as hacking. Each to their own though.
That game was awesome, I used to love playing skirmishes against that flying AI, nobody else seemed to realise what the all fuss was about. Its a shame I didn't have anyone that would play it with me /foreveralone
I think Vagrant Story is the best game i can come up with that was not well known, even though it was developed by squaresoft and rated highly. It was a 3rd person action rpg on the ps1. It had a medieval setting in a fantasy world, lots of armor crafting, magic, stats and enemy types. You could also playthrough with the same upgraded character and unlock different areas in subsequent playthroughs. It had a wierd stat progression system that gave you random stat increases, depending on where you stopped a roulette. I remember struggling quite a bit with some of the earlier bosses, but that was probably because I kept getting magic increases with a melee character.
The only thing it lacked was any kind of interaction with people other than cutscenes, the best you could achieve was positioning yourself in such a way that enemy troops would hit one another instead of you and would switch sides
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Wasn't it bugged so that it couldn't be finished? Or am I thinking of the first game, Manic Miner?
Yeah I loved that one too, although you could finish it in about 20 minutes, heh. Cool game though. I'm pretty sure there was a sequel, although I didn't play it.
Oh they were definitely much harder back in the 8/16-bit days. I barely completed any games at all.
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X-out was great.
With the 8bit'ers being all over rtype at the time, thats one that sliped under the radar of most.
That effect....
The Rings of Power.... everybody doing zelda on the snes, the megadrive had a classic that few played. Beyond the terrible control/movement, the games a 10/10 rpg. It's got everything, puzzles, trade, exploration, all in a massive go anywhere open world... and it's hard as hell
With the 8bit'ers being all over rtype at the time, thats one that sliped under the radar of most.
That effect....
The Rings of Power.... everybody doing zelda on the snes, the megadrive had a classic that few played. Beyond the terrible control/movement, the games a 10/10 rpg. It's got everything, puzzles, trade, exploration, all in a massive go anywhere open world... and it's hard as hell
oooo Midwinter... Hunter! now that brings back memories, not exactly well known either
Mike Singleton was years ahead of his time. Somewhere, in an alternate universe, there's a Lords of Midnight MMO, it's the best game ever, and world peace reigns. Or something
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Pizza Tycoon. 1995/6 I bought this. I had just bought my first pc after years of using an Amiga. Loved the game, that and Champ Manager 2 (Well known obviously, but I don't think it did too well ) - with the vocal commentary . Free kick to ...................................................................................Spurs
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Pizza Tycoon. 1995/6 I bought this. I had just bought my first pc after years of using an Amiga. Loved the game, that and Champ Manager 2 (Well known obviously, but I don't think it did too well ) - with the vocal commentary . Free kick to ...................................................................................Spurs
Was this the one where you could manage England by putting Terry Venables as your manager name?
Or maybe that was the first one
X-out was great.
With the 8bit'ers being all over rtype at the time, thats one that sliped under the radar of most.
That effect....
The Rings of Power.... everybody doing zelda on the snes, the megadrive had a classic that few played. Beyond the terrible control/movement, the games a 10/10 rpg. It's got everything, puzzles, trade, exploration, all in a massive go anywhere open world... and it's hard as hell
I always got scared watching the x-out intro. I think there was a guy eating a turnip or something! The thing on the front cover looked rank
Rainbow arts did some class games
I loved this game. Hot bird chatting to you in your head and combat that made Oblivion look like a total joke.
Die by the sword did sword combat pretty well. Was always fun plaing a friend over modem, shopping his leg off and using it to beat him to death!
MDK - nobody i've ever known has played this game apart from me, and I absolutely loved how eerily creepy/ridiculously hard it was.
I remember the ad campaign for this.
The one I remember:
Madonna Dates Kylie?
Anyone remember anymore ?
BINGO! K240 it was called here is a video:
Not the one I was thinking of
Stoner81.
They still need to patch that game as some of the translation is still messed up, it actually annoys me that they still haven't got around to it. I didn't think some of the features were implemented that well either, such as hacking. Each to their own though.
That game was awesome, I used to love playing skirmishes against that flying AI, nobody else seemed to realise what the all fuss was about. Its a shame I didn't have anyone that would play it with me /foreveralone
I think Vagrant Story is the best game i can come up with that was not well known, even though it was developed by squaresoft and rated highly. It was a 3rd person action rpg on the ps1. It had a medieval setting in a fantasy world, lots of armor crafting, magic, stats and enemy types. You could also playthrough with the same upgraded character and unlock different areas in subsequent playthroughs. It had a wierd stat progression system that gave you random stat increases, depending on where you stopped a roulette. I remember struggling quite a bit with some of the earlier bosses, but that was probably because I kept getting magic increases with a melee character.
The only thing it lacked was any kind of interaction with people other than cutscenes, the best you could achieve was positioning yourself in such a way that enemy troops would hit one another instead of you and would switch sides
I tried playing Futurecop LAPD a few months back to show my woman, hoping to play two player but the HUD was all ruined for the second player
I used to play this thing when I was younger, never made it past the first level haha! Also used to love the game in the OP, anyone know a way of playing it now? I'm presuming it would be freeware by now but I wouldn't even mind paying for the nostalgia.
