A special game from your childhood that no one else seems to have played

[Grimh]

Alundra, it was fucking magnificent, dark and emotional storyline (seriously) fun as heck and hard and challenging puzzles (sometimes too hard) and tough bosses (some are pushovers though)

Was gonna say the same thing. That game was awesome. One of my most memorable gaming experiences.

...now I have to play it again.

 

[Grimh]

Alundra, it was fucking magnificent, dark and emotional storyline (seriously) fun as heck and hard and challenging puzzles (sometimes too hard) and tough bosses (some are pushovers though)

Was gonna say the same thing. That game was awesome. One of my most memorable gaming experiences.

...now I have to play it again.

I heard it's on the PSN store, may be able to pick up a copy there, I still have my PS1 copy, scratched to hell and back but miraculously still works fine.

Haha, I also have my old copy, and funnily enough mine is also scratched to all hell yet still works fine.

 

[scorptatious]

Mine is Mischief Makers 64. The game looks pretty crappy on the box but it was filled with awesome challenges and boss fights, including different game play stle than usual.

I've seen a lets play of that game on Youtube. It does look really good.

Anyway, for me that would probably be Klonoa: Door to Phantomile.



I can't really think of anyone else who has owned the game back then but I'm pretty sure I had some of my friends play it. And from what I've heard physical copies of the game are really rare and expensive. Although probably less so now that it's on the PSN for 6 bucks. Or maybe they are even more valuable now. I'm not sure really.

Another game that no one I knew played would probably be Metal Arms: Glitch in the System


Also an awesome game.

Both of these games are downloadable. The former on the PSN and the latter on XBOX LIVE.

The only game I can think of that's proper obscure is Glover, and Glover was the shit.

Fixed it for ya.

 

[KnightDragul]

Jet Force Gemini. I loved that game so much, and it never got any attention because Rare was more famous for Donkey Kong and other such things.

That was my fav game on 64 ever! Collecting the bug heads to trade for stuff. ohhh, and the ant disco!

But, my first childhood game was Secrets of Evermore on the SNES.

 

[Gavmando]

Fighting Vipers on the Saturn.
Nobody else seems to remember that game. But it was awesome!

Spoiler: This one

I still play it when I have some time to kill. I think the game is considered to be a classic, so I'm sure there's other folks who like the game, but I've never met anyone who's played it (besides my dad who showed me the game).


I remembered another one. Ski or die.

Mate, you're speaking my language. I grew up on that shit. Ah the memories. Just watching that video brought a smile to my face.

 

[bluepotatosack]

I'm a broken record when it comes to this question, but Crystalis.

That game is my early childhood.

How to get to the 8th dungeon in Zelda? Got me.
How to beat Contra? Fuck if I know.

But I can sure as hell tell you in bizarrely accurate detail where to find the Power Ring in the Oasis Cave south of Goa.

Crystalis was AMAZING! Somehow I never had any NES Zelda games, but I had Crystalis.

Willy Beamish
Great point-n-click game where you play as a somewhat troublesome kid (the first task in the game is sneaking out of detention) who tries to save up for a game tournament. It was a pretty tough game with many opportunities for death and game over scenes.

 

[iAmNothing]

Billy Hatcher & The Giant Egg.

It was for the Gamecube and it was so unbelievably strange and awesome and had one of the most catchy theme tunes EVER

It basically involved finding various large eggs, pushing them along to squash fruit so that they would grow until they were big enough to yell at until they cracked and a cool little creature would come out which you then tamed and used to fight big devil cats and save your friends.

Nuff said.

 

[CrashBang]

Evil Zone for the PS1. A great little fighting game with a weird as fuck story. I still have it, too.

 

[Timberwolf0924]

this.. so much this. I played the hell outta it, and not a single person I know can even think Little Nemo without thinking "Finding Nemo"

 

[Z of the Na'vi]

I'm pretty sure hardly anybody here has played Glover.

Which is a shame, because it was one of the most unique titles on the N64.

 

[Something Amyss]

I'm not sure the applies to "no one else seems to have played," but the first Actraiser was something amazingly special to me. I really wish we had a modern equivalent.

 

[Matt King]

lost kingdoms for the gamecube, fuck that game was amazing, but no one seems to have played it
-sob-

 

[AVATAR_RAGE]

Digimon World. I loved these games when I was a youngun but alas no one seems to have heard of em.

 

[IrateDonnie]

I'm a broken record when it comes to this question, but Crystalis.

That game is my early childhood.

How to get to the 8th dungeon in Zelda? Got me.
How to beat Contra? Fuck if I know.

But I can sure as hell tell you in bizarrely accurate detail where to find the Power Ring in the Oasis Cave south of Goa.

I remember that one, I stayed up like 26 hours straight playing it after I first got it.It's still one of my favorite games of all time.
Rygar,Karnov,Deadly Towers,and Wizards & Warriors were some of my favorites when I was younger too.

 

[CAPTCHA]

Obscurity away....

The Island of Dr Destructo


It was released for the Amstrad and was a really ingenious game. The goal was to sink the ship at the botton of the screen by shooting down planes so they crash into it. Put three holes in the ship and you win. As the levels progressed more enemy plane of greater threat were introduced and each ship became a much more difficult shape to destroy due to being thicker in certain sections.

 

[CrazyCapnMorgan]

I'm a broken record when it comes to this question, but Crystalis.

That game is my early childhood.

How to get to the 8th dungeon in Zelda? Got me.
How to beat Contra? Fuck if I know.

But I can sure as hell tell you in bizarrely accurate detail where to find the Power Ring in the Oasis Cave south of Goa.

My god, I loved that game. Totally awesome.

I love RPGs (and still do) but I guess I have to say Secret of Mana. Main reason: music. That game's music spoke more to me than any and every human ever possibly could.

Also, a special mention to Blasto. RIP Phil Hartman - now forever memorialized as the voice of Captain Blasto.

 

[Lunatic High]

KEITH COURAGE IN ALPHA ZONES turboGrafx 16 am I the only person on earth who has played this or what?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9rOJ_tzoz4

And another one was Monster Bash starring Johnny Dash for pc, WAY back in the day. A very gory game for its era.

 

[Raningwind]

Secret of mana for the super nintendo
its an exellent piece of story, odd characters, sidequests, fun combat and exploring.
ive seen that it goes for quite a bit on Amazon lately.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Secret+of+mana

also Rocket knight adventures, but that was at a friends house.

 

[Dragoon]

Billy Hatcher & The Giant Egg.

It was for the Gamecube and it was so unbelievably strange and awesome and had one of the most catchy theme tunes EVER

It basically involved finding various large eggs, pushing them along to squash fruit so that they would grow until they were big enough to yell at until they cracked and a cool little creature would come out which you then tamed and used to fight big devil cats and save your friends.

Nuff said.

I used to love that game, so fun and wacky.

 

[Oly J]

The title is self-explanatory, my fellow forum-goers; what is a game you fondly remember from your childhood that seemingly no one else has played? You can describe a specific memory or just the game itself!

For me, it's the game G-Darius, a game in the Darius series of space shooters by Taito. To most I suppose it would seem like your typical generic space shooter. But for me it was such a fun experience that I could share with another person as we uh...saved the world from um...why exactly were we fighting again?

Spoiler: Oh right, giant fish people are blowing stuff up

Well, story was certainly not this game's strong point.

However, a lot of the bosses were very memorable for me, and the ability to "capture" your enemies and utilize their abilities against other enemies and bosses alike could keep the levels fresh as you figured out which enemy was best to have against others.

So how about you guys? Any games you can think of that fit the bill?

mine is, and will always be Shenmue, I loved that game, well both of them, and I'm still hoping against hope for a conclusion