Favorite obscure games [Archive]

zachface

01-07-2009, 09:09 AM

Let's play a game. Post a picture of a game that you loved as a kid that's relatively obscure and see if we can guess it. Here's mine:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3090/3176623824_7a2d3d6b96.jpg?v=0

dolson

01-07-2009, 03:54 PM

That looks familiar... A little like Magic Carpet and Ecstatica combined, or something, but I don't think that's what it is... Hmm.

brynomite

01-07-2009, 04:03 PM

dolson

01-07-2009, 04:05 PM

Little Big Adventure! Is that right? I also had "Twinsen's Odyssey" on the brain as well, but I believe that may have been the sequel? Dunno. Whatever it's called, it was awesome. I only played the demo though.

THAT'S what I was trying to think of when I said Magic Carpet! I looked up Magic Carpet and it definitely isn't what I was thinking of. Haha, man, it's been years since I saw Twinsen's Odyssey.

brynomite

01-07-2009, 04:12 PM

brynomite

01-07-2009, 04:21 PM

Magic Carpet was awesome too. They should totally bring that back. I seriously doubt that Peter Molyneux would be working on it though, so maybe not. Or maybe, depending on your opinion of Peter Molyneux.

What I MEANT was that you might not mind the exclusion of Peter Molyneux if you're one of those dudes/dudettes that doesn't like his stuff.

I'm tired. Having difficulties sleeping. Not making sense. I apologize.

zachface

01-07-2009, 08:33 PM

Little Big Adventure!

You win! I actually used to take the cd out and listen to it because it was one of the few games that was also an audio cd. Also, when Twinsen's Odyssey was announced, I remember exactly where I was and saying "I never thought this day would come!" Good times.

bradschl

01-07-2009, 08:35 PM

Take a guess at this one. Anyone?

http://www.examiner.org/tmp/game.png

zachface

01-07-2009, 08:43 PM

Take a guess at this one. Anyone?

http://www.examiner.org/tmp/game.png

You've got me sir. Maybe someone else knows. (I could examine the image source, but that would be cheating)

sjspring90

01-07-2009, 09:23 PM

Great game I used to play with my dad when I was younger.
http://www.abandonia.com/files/games/88/Legend%20of%20Kyrandia_2.jpg

heyseuss

01-07-2009, 11:22 PM

Take a guess at this one. Anyone?

http://www.examiner.org/tmp/game.png

Something with the word 'Trail' in it.

brynomite

01-07-2009, 11:36 PM

Great game I used to play with my dad when I was younger.
http://www.abandonia.com/files/games/88/Legend%20of%20Kyrandia_2.jpg

Legend of Kyrandia! I'm pretty sure I got stuck in that game and never completed it. That was ages ago though. I miss those old adventure games. I was a huge Sierra nut. Freddy Pharkas is still my favorite PC game ever.

rabidbadger

01-07-2009, 11:44 PM

as a kid? I am soooo old.

http://www.carobinson.com/games/ATARI%20-%20PONG%201973.JPG

But this kicked ass when I got my Mac 512k

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e2/Pararena.png

zachface

01-08-2009, 03:38 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIzmCNtmrUM

I wonder if this will incur any nostalgia for anyone here :)

This was my "pre-Doom" game.

zachface

01-08-2009, 03:49 AM

Commander Keen, anyone? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plXYaKRUEEA

No? How about some Monster Bash? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfA2TF2JUD0

I wish Apogee had made it through the 90's... it used to be my dream to work for them.

damnedeyez

01-08-2009, 04:24 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIzmCNtmrUM

I wonder if this will incur any nostalgia for anyone here :)

This was my "pre-Doom" game.

Can't say I've even heard of it...but it did remind me of Wolfenstein 3d.

As far as Commander Keen, I played some of it way back in the 90s, and it came as part of a pack I bought on Steam awhile back...one of these days I'll load it up again.

heyseuss

01-08-2009, 04:38 AM

Can't say I've even heard of it...but it did remind me of Wolfenstein 3d.

This looks like a direct copy of Wolfenstein.

damnedeyez

01-08-2009, 04:43 AM

This looks like a direct copy of Wolfenstein.

Not direct...aliens instead of Nazis...probably the same engine, though.

zachface

01-08-2009, 04:45 AM

This looks like a direct copy of Wolfenstein.

It was what I played in between being tired of Wolfenstein and waiting (for my friend) to get a copy of Doom. It looks the same as Wolf3d, but as a kid, it feels like a totally different game even if it's using the same engine because of the way the monsters look. It amazes me how much we left to imagination back then. I think we still leave some to imagination because games don't look 100% realistic, but they're getting close.

heyseuss

01-08-2009, 04:56 AM

Not direct...aliens instead of Nazis...probably the same engine, though.

I didn't really mean content-wise. Everything else. What disturbs me is, I'd never heard of this game, and was playing Wolfenstein back then.

bradschl

01-08-2009, 05:10 AM

Commander Keen, anyone? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plXYaKRUEEA

SOOOO many good Commander Keen memories. I just bought the entire thing again from Steam over their sale weekend. Well worth the $4.

bobafettjm

01-08-2009, 10:39 AM

Commander Keen was one of my all time favs back in the day.

elbruelsio

01-08-2009, 11:21 PM

How about this one?

http://img.gamespot.com/gamespot/images/screenshots/2/35752/rockjock_screen004.jpg

bobafettjm

01-08-2009, 11:34 PM

This is one of the games I remember playing a lot and I loved it.

http://www.dosgamesarchive.com/download/hugo.gif

bradschl

01-10-2009, 03:25 AM

This is one of the games I remember playing a lot and I loved it.

http://www.dosgamesarchive.com/download/hugo.gif

Hugo's House of Horrors.

I remember having an insanely hard time actually getting into that darned house. I sorta remember trying the 2nd one, but played a ton of the 3rd. I forget the title, but it was out in a jungle if I recall.

th3-space-pope

01-10-2009, 05:08 AM

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3092/3184210146_f3dff63ce5.jpg?v=0