Mine is Lady Sia for GBA. It’s just a platformer but I just love it played and completed more 20 times. Will probably speedrun it in future.
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atomic runner on the Sega Genesis is pretty neat
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Yes! And I updated the BASIC code to add cheats. I thought I was quite the leet haxor. 😆 Edit: I accidentally a letter.
Great game, learned the basics of programming from fucking around with the source code in QBasic
I really like the old PSP Patapon games. They’re catchy. After playing, I find myself humming the beat. The original creators are making a spiritual successor called Ratatan. Still not out yet, but I’m looking forward to playing it.
my niece thinks Morrowind is retro
Morrowind is ancient lmao
Even Skyrim is retro
now that’s just too far
There is less time between the release of Morrowind(2002) and Skyrim(2011) than there is between Skyrim and right now.
There are college graduates who are younger than Morrowind. Yeah, it’s fucking retro.
I’m upvoting you but I need you to know that you are wrong, sir.
Look, I was born in the 80s, I played Morrowind about the time it was released (closer to GOTY edition, but whatever), but even I have to kinda agree with your niece at this point.
Though its gameplay and world-building certainly aged better than Oblivion’s.
For me its screamer. It’s a pretty nice PC arcade racer with a great soundtrack. I still listen to it from time to time.
Agreed. Great game and had a LAN mode, and I believe a direct cable mode? Had hours of fun.
Legend of Legaia. It’s a JRPG from the PS1 golden era, which was completely overshadowed by larger releases like FF7 and Legend of Dragoon. And when I say “completely overshadowed” I mean that the first time I played through it, it didn’t even have a GameFAQs listing.
Nowadays it has a sort of cult classic following, because the combat system was pretty unique and the plot line is surprisingly long for only being one disc.
The American version of the game is apparently much harder than other versions for some reason; They decided to slash the exp and gold drop rates across the board, then bumped them back up for the European release. So the American version is extremely grindy in comparison.
This was the first one that came to mind for me! I had a ps1 growing up, and I think my grandma bought me this game or something lol. No clue how she picked it out. Maybe the person at checkout recommended it or something. It was probably the first rpg I ever played, and I had no idea what I was doing. I remember complaining to a friend at school how I was just stuck at the first castle area, and he was like, “you need to hang out outside that area for a bit and grind some levels”, and I was like, “wtf does that mean.” I go back and play it every once in a while, but I’ve never actually beaten it. It is a long game!
Man, playing massive JRPGs without the internet is just something kids will never be able to experience again…
Seven Kingdoms II: The Fryhtan Wars
I found the disk at a Dollar Tree Store when I was a teen. I spent hours in endless matches trying to build my empire. I remember the spy system in this RTS was incredibly fun and nothing I’ve seen in any other game. Truly a gem with so much potential to become a cult classic with its charming art style.
It’s not super obscure, but I think I’d have to go with Star Tropics. Gameplay wise it’s very similar to Zelda, but the setting and story is more like EarthBound. Interestingly the game is a first-party Nintendo game that has never been released in Japan despite being developed there. Another thing is that it’s been almost completely ignored by Smash Bros. I think it got a mention in Brawl’s chronicle, but that’s it. Even Ultimate forgot about it despite having all kinds of deep cuts among the spirits.
Staying on the Zelda tip, I’ll always have a place in my heart for Crystalis (1990) on the NES. More linear than Zelda but with significantly more RPG elements worked in.
If you want to get even more obscure, both Neutopia (1989) and Neutopia II (1991) for the TG-16 are great! Extremely obvious Zelda inspiration but they hold up well on their own merits.
Quest 64 / Holy Magic Century / Eltale Monsters is a bad game that nobody played, except for me, and I absolutely love it. It was my third favorite game on the N64 behind Ocarina of Time and Super Mario 64. I still play this game via emulation every now and then, maybe once a year or so.
This guy also played it and wrote an LPArchive story that contains all the lore this game should have had included in it. If you already know and like the game, this is an incredible read, highly recommend. If you don’t like the game this might arguably be a better way to experience it than playing it.
There are also a few YouTube videos on it for those inclined, I’ll leave finding those as an exercise for the reader.
Shout out to https://bsky.app/profile/quest64official.bsky.social
Ok this is incredible and way more active than I expected. There are dozens of us Quest fans! Dozens, I say! Thanks for this.
Pretty sure tons of people played Quest 64 when they saw their PlayStation-owning friends fawning over Final Fantasy VII and wanted their own RPG.
Unfortunately, they got Quest 64 instead.
I like this really old game called Skyrim, I like to cast the spells
I remember that one, my dad used to play it when I was a child! I should go dig out the old retro hardware…
Maybe Hover!. Basically hover bumper cars in the future playing capture the flag. Was a lot of fun and never saw any rereleases or remakes or another game like it.
Hey, I know that one!
One of my favorites was definitely Kororinpa (Wii) Yes, the Wii is now considered retro. It is now older than the NES was when the Wii first was released.
Hey, I have played it.
NFS Porsche Unleashed aka Porsche 2000 for PC. It had great physics and tons of realistic modifications you could purchase for every car. So many details in the game that made it truly great.
One of my favorite NFS games. I love how you work through the history of Porsche starting with their old cars.
Depends on how you’re defining “obscure” and “retro”.
If by “retro” you mean SNES, Genesis, NES etc… the game I was super into for a time was Xevious. A pretty simple top-down space shooter/bomber that for some reason I remember getting absolutely obsessed with completing. It wasn’t even a particularly good game. It was repetitive, and when you DID reach the end it just started all over again. But for some reason I played the absolute shit out of it.
If you move “retro” up to the PS1 era, my favourite seemingly forgotten games of all time are the Colony Wars series (Colony Wars, Colony Wars: Vengeance, Colony Wars: Red Sun) Great story lines and a super fun conceit where in the second game, you’re playing as the now-defeated enemy of the first game, rebuilding after their loss.
I put a lot of quarters into Xevious in high school. Way too many.
xevious was great
