Author Topic: Obscure PS1 games (Read 27978 times)

Great Rumbler · « **on:** May 29, 2011, 02:47:18 PM »

Specifically, GOOD obscure PS1 games.

I just feel like playing some that I haven't played before, so bring up some old favorites that maybe everyone hasn't heard of before.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #1 on:** May 29, 2011, 02:50:44 PM »

I always liked Nanotek Warrior.

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Great Rumbler · « **Reply #2 on:** May 29, 2011, 02:53:26 PM »

The Nanotek Warrior logo looks almost exactly the same as Deepsilver's logo!

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #3 on:** May 29, 2011, 03:01:52 PM »

I preferred Rogue Trip to any of the Twisted Metal Games

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Project Overkill was pretty bad ass back in the day.

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Himu · « **Reply #4 on:** May 29, 2011, 03:05:35 PM »

Oh boy, I can bring a thing or two to this topic.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #5 on:** May 29, 2011, 03:10:39 PM »

I played Twisted Metal 2 and Rogue Trip again recently, the controls are so much better in the later. The cars actually feel like they have some weight too.

Project Overkill reminds me of those Alien/Zombie Shooter games on Steam. Almost exactly the same kind of gameplay.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #6 on:** May 29, 2011, 03:12:51 PM »

tempest x^3 > tempest 2000

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Stoney Mason · « **Reply #7 on:** May 29, 2011, 03:13:08 PM »

Man I totally forgot such a thing as G-Police even existed. I remember thinking this game looked amazing back in the day

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Colony Wars had such a bad ass intro. That's some straigt Babylon 5 type shit

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Treasures of the Deep was cool

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Great Rumbler · « **Reply #8 on:** May 29, 2011, 03:18:52 PM »

Here's one that I don't think too many people played:

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demi · « **Reply #9 on:** May 29, 2011, 03:20:13 PM »

Swagman
ONE
Future Cop LAPD

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #10 on:** May 29, 2011, 03:45:47 PM »

Fear Effect 1&2

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magus · « **Reply #11 on:** May 29, 2011, 04:18:42 PM »

Medievil?

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Jade Cocoon is an rpg where you capture monster which isn't pretty original and i don't remember it being that good but the game has art by miyazaki if you are into that sort of thing

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Kula world it's a pretty weird and unique puzzle game where you guide a ball around a 3D object and try to get all the fruit while not falling down

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oh yes! fucking tomba! best zeldalike ever! seriously play this like now do it for the opening,it also feature evil pigs,FUCKING EVIL PIGS!

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one piece mansion is a weird puzzle game by capcom where you have to manage a flat,you put people in their appartment and depending on their kind they either bring joy or despair to different appartment (for example the cute little girl bring joy in every appartment but the sumo wrestler brings despair to the apartment below him because he's busy stomping) sometimes evil tenant decide to invade your flat so you have to redirect all the despair to them,again it's a pretty original game

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gunner's heaven is a kickass metal slug clone,i have no idea who did it

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actualy i never played these but here are 2 other weirdo puzzle game i know of,one is devil dice

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and there is also this

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did you know there is an atlus SRPG with art made by yoshitaka amano? sounds like the perfect himuro game

i played it forever ago,i remember it being ok

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Himu · « **Reply #12 on:** May 29, 2011, 04:19:33 PM »

Holy fuck, Stony THANKS. I've been trying to remember the name of that game for YEARS.

RE: Treasures of the Deep

Himu · « **Reply #13 on:** May 29, 2011, 04:21:10 PM »

[youtube=560,345]OLeEjMEGwLg[/youtube]

magus · « **Reply #14 on:** May 29, 2011, 04:26:15 PM »

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it's a shooter! by square! and it's more good than what you would think by hearing "square made a shooter"

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a pretty cool platformer in the vein of rayman but this one has lemmings instead! i think it also got released on pc

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ever played parasite eve? i guess it's not really obscure since it got a psp sequel and all but damn it's good!

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this is better than OoT,you heard me bore

OH GOD I CAN'T STOP

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #15 on:** May 29, 2011, 04:37:22 PM »

Most of the games I ended up buying were high profile releases, but I'll give it a try...

- Alundra! (Not obscure, but I don't give a fuck! so good.)

Trying harder, I can only think of a few. Some were pretty known at the time, but they certainly don't get brought up a lot these days. Heads up though, I used to think they were good back in the day, and have no idea how well they've aged:

-Destrega
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- Loaded (and the sequel reloaded)
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- Ghost in the Shell
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- Evil Zone (shut up, I loved it!)
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- Elemental Gearbolt
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- Gekido
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- Tunnel B1 (first PS1 game I bought, 100% guaranteed to be shit)
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- Final Fantasy 8
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- One
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- Akuji the Heartless
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- Deathtrap Dungeon
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- Final Fantasy 8
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- Apocalypse
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magus · « **Reply #16 on:** May 29, 2011, 04:47:47 PM »

i'd say alundra is pretty obscure
another zelda done better than zelda game

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at least until you get to those annoying sliding box puzzles

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oh,oh does lunar silver star story count? if it count,play that too!

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #17 on:** May 29, 2011, 04:50:32 PM »

The first Alundra was pretty awesome

Himu · « **Reply #18 on:** May 29, 2011, 04:52:56 PM »

Jumping Flash 1/2, Ghost in the Shell, Tomba 1/2, and Alundra get my vote. Also, if you've a hankerin' for some war and strategy: Arc the Lad 2.

And while it's not obscure, I think the original Ape Escape is still one of the most inventive games out there.

cool breeze · « **Reply #19 on:** May 29, 2011, 04:55:34 PM »

I remember disliking it, but PO'ed was probably the first PS1 game I played.
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wait, I think that was Bubsy 3D at the Franklin Institute future gaming exhibit thing. PO'ed was the first game I rented when I rented a PS1, though. The cover was a chef in a jetpack and it looked like a good time.

demi · « **Reply #20 on:** May 29, 2011, 04:59:24 PM »

Gekido is pretty good, I remember it having a sweet ass fight track.

iconoclast · « **Reply #21 on:** May 29, 2011, 05:26:07 PM »

Vib Ribbon
Incredible Crisis
Umihara Kawase Shun

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #22 on:** May 29, 2011, 06:56:16 PM »

Quote from: magus on May 29, 2011, 04:47:47 PM

oh,oh does lunar silver star story count? if it count,play that too!

I don't know that I'd really call LSSS obscure, I've still got my super-awesome copy around somewhere.

naff · « **Reply #23 on:** May 29, 2011, 07:55:25 PM »

Tomba, Kula world, In The Hunt

Point and click adventure, only one I really got into during PS era (is on Saturn and PS), well this and Broken Sword
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I always liked THPS2 & 3 more but it was cooler in my group of friends to be good at this game

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turn based battle game like Valkyria Chronicles, apart from the kinda annoying VA I used to really like this
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Crusader

made with the Ultima VIII engine. Similar too but better than Project Overkill
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cool breeze · « **Reply #24 on:** May 29, 2011, 08:19:34 PM »

Ore no Ryouri is one of the few PS1 imports I own. I remember playing it first on one of those demo disks (Jampack, maybe).

also one of the few games I wanted to see on the DS. The closest thing on that system is cooking mama. But having all the orders and restaurant stuff happen on the top screen while all the actions were performed using the touch screen seemed like a no-brainer.

and if we're posting imports (for the US, at least), then two other (not so obscure) games

Gungage
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Silent Bomber
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chronovore · « **Reply #25 on:** May 29, 2011, 10:15:14 PM »

Tails Concerto - before steampunk was de rigueur in Japanese cute animal games.

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #26 on:** May 30, 2011, 02:57:46 AM »

Heart of Darkness has some of the best pixel art/2D animation of all time. The game rocks too, a really great Flashback/Oddworld esque puzzle platformer.

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Shaka Khan · « **Reply #27 on:** May 30, 2011, 03:40:29 AM »

This reminds of that game with clay-like visual style, can't remember the name...

Edit:

... anyone?

The Sceneman · « **Reply #28 on:** May 30, 2011, 03:44:21 AM »

thats Skullmonkeys, which was a spin-off of the fantastic point n click game "The Neverhood" on PC.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #29 on:** May 30, 2011, 03:48:48 AM »

A spin off you say? goes to show how big of a newbie I was back then. I remember Skullmonkeys being fun and visually pleasing...

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How old and fantastic is the PC game?

The Sceneman · « **Reply #30 on:** May 30, 2011, 03:54:08 AM »

tbh I never played Skullmonkeys but I understand it was a platformer of sorts. The Neverhood was a straight up point and click adventure, with all the locations made out of clay and photographed. It was a real trip.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Neverhood I'd give it a shot if you are a fan of the genre.

naff · « **Reply #31 on:** May 30, 2011, 05:30:52 AM »

I found Skullmonkeys really hard, weird controls or something I dunno. Never finished it, but it looked amazing. Heart of Darkness also looks damn great, and it's a really good puzzle platformer iirc. I've got it but haven't played it since PS1 was current gen tech

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #32 on:** May 30, 2011, 05:42:37 AM »

Oh yeah, I found Skullmonkeys to be really hard back in the day, it even says so in the wiki!

The Sceneman · « **Reply #33 on:** May 30, 2011, 05:55:26 AM »

I really liked Jersey Devil back in the day, no idea if its actually any good though! I just remember it being a rock solid challenge for the platform game freak I was.
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Shaka Khan · « **Reply #34 on:** May 30, 2011, 07:51:48 AM »

Wow, now that's a blast from the past. I played --and completed-- that game too, as I did many other obscure platformers (Croc, Rascal, Gex 3D, etc )that tried to ride the wave of SMB64's success.

demi · « **Reply #35 on:** May 30, 2011, 08:33:42 AM »

Guardian's Crusade

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #36 on:** May 30, 2011, 09:43:59 AM »

Quote from: demi on May 30, 2011, 08:33:42 AM

Guardian's Crusade

Played/owned that back in the day.

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #37 on:** May 30, 2011, 08:47:11 PM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on May 29, 2011, 03:13:08 PM

Treasures of the Deep was cool

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Sheeeeit. I remember playing this. Definitely pretty good. I don't understand why this sort of game isn't appearing on XBL or PSN. Seems like a great budget game that doesn't need to cost $60.

chronovore · « **Reply #38 on:** May 30, 2011, 09:40:52 PM »

Quote from: Shah Rukh Khan on May 30, 2011, 03:48:48 AM

A spin off you say? goes to show how big of a newbie I was back then. I remember Skullmonkeys being fun and visually pleasing...

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How old and fantastic is the PC game?

IIRC, it was done at the inception of DirectX, and the version it used is incompatible with other versions which followed it.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #39 on:** May 30, 2011, 09:55:41 PM »

Quote from: Shah Rukh Khan on May 30, 2011, 07:51:48 AM

Wow, now that's a blast from the past. I played --and completed-- that game too, as I did many other obscure platformers (Croc, Rascal, Gex 3D, etc )that tried to ride the wave of SMB64's success.

yeah I managed to beat Jersey Devil also, it was pretty tough iirc.

Croc was good, Rascal was ass, Gex 3D was AWESOME - as was it's sequel "Deep Cover Gecko".

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #40 on:** May 30, 2011, 10:09:21 PM »

So what happened to the Gex franchise? Wikipedia says it shipped 15 million copies across three games and the third game was highest selling [at 6 million].

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #41 on:** May 30, 2011, 10:10:30 PM »

I got flown out on a press trip to the UK to see Rascal

The team was so apologetic

The Sceneman · « **Reply #42 on:** May 30, 2011, 10:12:22 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on May 30, 2011, 10:09:21 PM

So what happened to the Gex franchise? Wikipedia says it shipped 15 million copies across three games and the third game was highest selling [at 6 million].

jesus, it did that well?

Gex 360 pls

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #43 on:** May 30, 2011, 10:15:16 PM »

Unfortunately Crystal Dynamics is pretty much the Tomb Raider team now. They haven't made anything that's not Tomb Raider since Project Snowblind in 2005.

Which also means no new Soul Reaver games.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #44 on:** May 30, 2011, 11:36:50 PM »

did they do Tomb Raider Underworld? That game was SHIT HOT

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #45 on:** May 30, 2011, 11:39:48 PM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on May 30, 2011, 11:36:50 PM

did they do Tomb Raider Underworld? That game was SHIT HOT

Legend, Anniversary, Underworld, Guardian of Light, and the new reboot.

chronovore · « **Reply #46 on:** June 03, 2011, 09:19:31 PM »

So... current Crystal D team is made of win.

Cravis · « **Reply #47 on:** June 03, 2011, 10:51:45 PM »

Recently discovered Power Shovel.

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Blast Chamber was awesome with 4 other people

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Action Man Operation Extreme
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Spider is a really good 2.5d sidescroller
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Rising Zan
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Dare Devil Derby 3D was a really good Micro Machines clone. This is the only vid I can find of it
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Himu · « **Reply #48 on:** June 03, 2011, 10:53:09 PM »

psx is so crazy. I have been a huge psx fan for years and I'm still finding out about new gems like the ones Cravis posted.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #49 on:** June 04, 2011, 02:08:56 AM »

70's Robot Anime Geppy-X!

chronovore · « **Reply #50 on:** June 04, 2011, 11:50:50 AM »

Snowblind was rad +1

Imagine if they'd been allowed to keep working on it as a Deus Ex game...

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #51 on:** June 04, 2011, 02:56:47 PM »

Quote from: Wrath2X on June 04, 2011, 12:26:42 PM

I want a new Gex!

That's really unlikely in the current console market. It made sense for them to do another sequel for the PS2 [when there were tons of cartoony platformers, making it odd that they didn't], but those days are gone.

magus · « **Reply #52 on:** June 04, 2011, 03:34:39 PM »

gex fps!

The Sceneman · « **Reply #53 on:** June 05, 2011, 12:57:32 AM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on June 04, 2011, 02:56:47 PM

Quote from: Wrath2X on June 04, 2011, 12:26:42 PM
I want a new Gex!

That's really unlikely in the current console market. It made sense for them to do another sequel for the PS2 [when there were tons of cartoony platformers, making it odd that they didn't], but those days are gone.

isn't the Ratchet series still huge?

and isn't Sony shitting out triple packs of upgraded PS2 platformers?

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #54 on:** June 05, 2011, 01:17:38 AM »

Quote from: magus on June 04, 2011, 03:34:39 PM

gex fps!

JESUS, DON'T ENCOURAGE THEM

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #55 on:** June 05, 2011, 01:29:33 AM »

I'd like to see a good modern attempt at a miniature character viewpoint (like Gex). Climbin' kitchen sinks 'cause it gives a good sense of relatable scale all up in this shit.

chronovore · « **Reply #56 on:** June 05, 2011, 02:07:23 AM »

Quote from: Sho Nuff on June 05, 2011, 01:17:38 AM

Quote from: magus on June 04, 2011, 03:34:39 PM
gex fps!

JESUS, DON'T ENCOURAGE THEM

I'm still amazed that Rare made this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conker:_Live_%26_Reloaded

The Sceneman · « **Reply #57 on:** June 05, 2011, 02:37:18 AM »

Quote from: Sho Nuff on June 05, 2011, 01:17:38 AM

Quote from: magus on June 04, 2011, 03:34:39 PM
gex fps!

JESUS, DON'T ENCOURAGE THEM

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tiesto · « **Reply #58 on:** June 05, 2011, 09:52:41 AM »

The Divide: Enemies Within: 3D Metroid before Prime...

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/divide/divide.htm

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #59 on:** June 05, 2011, 01:00:03 PM »

They were like "Yeah, Jim Henson's workshop is doing the main character design" and I was like "Yikes really?" and they were like "Uh yeah but uh, that's just temporary, the final version isn't going to look like that"

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It looked like that

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