SteevLWhat can I do for you?Registered Userregular
edited October 2007
I'm not sure if this would be considered "strange" but I remember finding Solar Jetman on the NES kind of unique. It was also very difficult. I think you had to land on various planets and then fly around them in a pod that was affected by the planet's gravity. This got more difficult when you also had to tow things back to your main ship.
Of course, you also had to deal with a fuel shortage, as well as shooting down enemies.
Rare made it. They also made Snake Rattle & Roll, which was already mentioned in the thread.
Flashback is more of a classic than an obscure game.
Fade to Black wasn't as good.
Heart of Darkness is pure art, in the platforming/puzzle genre.
I was watching somebody play that in a YouTube video and I was completely mesmerized. The guy that made those games must be some sort of platforming genus.
Thank you for the suggestions everybody, and please keep them coming. We've recorded all the gameplay footage for the review of A Boy And His Blob, and died an unbelievable amount of times trying to get it since there's no saves.
amateurhourOne day I'll be professionalhourThe woods somewhere in TennesseeRegistered Userregular
edited October 2007
How has no one mentioned the following
The Lost Vikings (SNES)
Mario RPG (SNES)
Mario Paint (SNES) - c'mon, it's got a game, and you can make movies on it. It's how Homestar Runner got it's start......
Also, I can't think of the name of the game, but there's a bugs bunny game on snes where you play as bugs primarily, and you get all of the artists tools from the cartoon where someone is drawing it as they go along. It's a really good game.
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GoslingLooking Up Soccer In Mongolia Right Now, ProbablyWatertown, WIRegistered Userregular
edited October 2007
Surely you can't mean Bugs Bunny in Rabbit Rampage. Because that game was horrible.
I still remember the level where I gave up and said "fuck this shit". Level 3, you're up against the bull. You know the one if you've seen the relevant Looney Tune. You have to get from one end of the arena to the other, and then back. Along the way, you have to make the bull hit every damn wooden barrier, and then a steel one at the end.
Now, see, this is a bullring, so the only thing standing between the bull and the walls is you. You have to jump over him right before he hits a wall. Then you have to get to the next one.
Just getting him to hit one is hard, because remember the bull's focused on you, not the wall. Time the jump wrong and he'll plow into you. Hop on top of the wall and he'll just sit there waiting. And after a wall is hit, it goes away, so after you take out all the wooden walls, you have to run alllllllll the way back to get the steel one, with a bull chasing you. Plus a stone wall you need to make him hit so you can pull a lever to put up the steel wall. The only tools you have are anvils you can make him hit if he's running too fast for you.
Did I mention the bull's faster?
Edited because once again my memory has failed me and Youtube remembered for me.
dammit.
Gosling on
I have a new soccer blog The Minnow Tank. Reading it psychically kicks Sepp Blatter in the bean bag.
I don't even know how or why I ended up with this game, but I have many fond memories of it.
The basic idea (if i remember correctly) is to run around quite fast (with what felt like physics back in the day) and collect rabbits which then released a letter, which you could collect to try and spell a word, which possibly did a spell? I cant remember that well!
I've seen at least two games mentioned with the word 'Panic' in the title, yet no one has mentioned Panic! for the Sega CD.
It isn't much of a game, really; it's literally a button masher. Each screen has buttons. Some of em' take you to the next screen. Some kill you. Others will warp you to previous screens. The game's saving grace is the bizarre, insane animations. Very Monty Python-esque, if I remember. Puking computers are just the tip of the iceberg. I'm sure there's a sampling on YouTube (it's blocked here at work).
I've seen at least two games mentioned with the word 'Panic' in the title, yet no one has mentioned Panic! for the Sega CD.
It isn't much of a game, really; it's literally a button masher. Each screen has buttons. Some of em' take you to the next screen. Some kill you. Others will warp you to previous screens. The game's saving grace is the bizarre, insane animations. Very Monty Python-esque, if I remember. Puking computers are just the tip of the iceberg. I'm sure there's a sampling on YouTube (it's blocked here at work).
I've seen at least two games mentioned with the word 'Panic' in the title, yet no one has mentioned Panic! for the Sega CD.
It isn't much of a game, really; it's literally a button masher. Each screen has buttons. Some of em' take you to the next screen. Some kill you. Others will warp you to previous screens. The game's saving grace is the bizarre, insane animations. Very Monty Python-esque, if I remember. Puking computers are just the tip of the iceberg. I'm sure there's a sampling on YouTube (it's blocked here at work).
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqV7e5xLERU
Of course, you also had to deal with a fuel shortage, as well as shooting down enemies.
Rare made it. They also made Snake Rattle & Roll, which was already mentioned in the thread.
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Also known as Freak Out.
Sadly, it doesn't really fit the "old" part of the OP, though it does out-odd anything else mentioned.
marble madness, popular but still really fucking weird.
then again 90% of old games are probably weird in some way. should stick to the extremes. sorry.
I was watching somebody play that in a YouTube video and I was completely mesmerized. The guy that made those games must be some sort of platforming genus.
Thank you for the suggestions everybody, and please keep them coming. We've recorded all the gameplay footage for the review of A Boy And His Blob, and died an unbelievable amount of times trying to get it since there's no saves.
See my game reviews at: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=strangegamer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FP7QlZV7BQ
See my game reviews at: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=strangegamer
The Lost Vikings (SNES)
Mario RPG (SNES)
Mario Paint (SNES) - c'mon, it's got a game, and you can make movies on it. It's how Homestar Runner got it's start......
Also, I can't think of the name of the game, but there's a bugs bunny game on snes where you play as bugs primarily, and you get all of the artists tools from the cartoon where someone is drawing it as they go along. It's a really good game.
I still remember the level where I gave up and said "fuck this shit". Level 3, you're up against the bull. You know the one if you've seen the relevant Looney Tune. You have to get from one end of the arena to the other, and then back. Along the way, you have to make the bull hit every damn wooden barrier, and then a steel one at the end.
Now, see, this is a bullring, so the only thing standing between the bull and the walls is you. You have to jump over him right before he hits a wall. Then you have to get to the next one.
Just getting him to hit one is hard, because remember the bull's focused on you, not the wall. Time the jump wrong and he'll plow into you. Hop on top of the wall and he'll just sit there waiting. And after a wall is hit, it goes away, so after you take out all the wooden walls, you have to run alllllllll the way back to get the steel one, with a bull chasing you. Plus a stone wall you need to make him hit so you can pull a lever to put up the steel wall. The only tools you have are anvils you can make him hit if he's running too fast for you.
Did I mention the bull's faster?
Edited because once again my memory has failed me and Youtube remembered for me.
dammit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMXvQZmm_Yg
http://www.encyclopedia-obscura.com/gamescho.html
See my game reviews at: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=strangegamer
I don't even know how or why I ended up with this game, but I have many fond memories of it.
The basic idea (if i remember correctly) is to run around quite fast (with what felt like physics back in the day) and collect rabbits which then released a letter, which you could collect to try and spell a word, which possibly did a spell? I cant remember that well!
Spoiler has a screenshot:
It isn't much of a game, really; it's literally a button masher. Each screen has buttons. Some of em' take you to the next screen. Some kill you. Others will warp you to previous screens. The game's saving grace is the bizarre, insane animations. Very Monty Python-esque, if I remember. Puking computers are just the tip of the iceberg. I'm sure there's a sampling on YouTube (it's blocked here at work).
Oh Japan, why do you confuse me so much.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeRlFUhzDgA
See my game reviews at: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=strangegamer
Will wonders never cease, YouTube isn't blocked after all. About halfway through the video, in the room with all the doors, is that Karnov?