Games no one remembers but you

[walasaka]

I saw the thread while watching Zero punctuation's failure at being funny reviewing Washington and, after seeing that my favourite games of all time haven't featured - despite no one else I know ever having played them - I decided to register and post:

The Last Dynasty. Oh my - it was amazing! Space Sim where you played as a nerd who was the universe's salvation or some such nonsense. I think I was about 7 when i first played it. Nice mix actually, because there was a point-and-click part. Unfortunately it seems to have disappeared for ever... The cutscenes were something else too!

Comanche 3: Flying that helicopter around killing... Russians I think... was awesome. Plus there was an awesome replay mode. Every game should have a replay mode.

 

[Jonny49]

There's a nifty little RPG on the DS called Contact that only I seem to have bought, let alone heard about. It's pretty good actually, before it came out it was compared to Earthbound but I wouldn't know since I've never played Earthbound properly.

 

[Jharry5]

Future Cop LAPD, Team Buddies and Poy Poy, all for the PS1. All of them were really good.
Doubt anyone remembers them...

 

[RandV80]

Spoiler: Suikoden

In fact, only 2 people I met have even HEARD of it! There are 6 games in the main series alone, a few spinoffs, an anime and manga! Yet no-one even knows it exists!
So hard to find too. eBay on the second game, on PSX, about 65 GBP (Great British Pounds)! (for all you yankees, that's more than double the price of a brand new DS game over here)

I still have this game. It's a "Will Never Sell" game for me.

I don't care what people are buying it for on eBay.

I proudly own Suikoden I, II, III, Tactics, and V, with II and III being in my top five all-time favorite JRPG's. Maybe I should've kept IV just to have the complete collection, but was so pissed off at it that I immediately traded it in after beating it.

Anyways, two PC games from the late 90's that haven't been mentioned:

1. Die By The Sword, and it's expansion pack Limb from Limb (throw in the cuss pack for good measure too). When the Wii first came out and was still cool, it seems like the type of game everyone wanted to see was a lightsaber or at least a good sword fighting using the wii-mote realistically. Well here's that game, made way back in '98. Full range of motion of your sword arm mapped to the numpad, mouse, or joystick, combined with wasd-qe movements to increase the momentum of your swing. The whole thing had a sort of Monty Python King Arthur vs Black Knight feel to it, knock off an orcs leg and they'll keep hobbling towards you on one leg, cut of a kobalds sword arm and you can pick the limb up and beat it's owner to death with it, or just go for the clean decapitation, all complete with great one liners coming out of the hero. It's one and only downfall was the steep learning curve, which turned too many people away.

2. Carmageddon. With all the excitement that comes out with a GTA release, I'm always a little saddened that the Carmageddon series is all but forgotten. Based loosely on an old B movie named The Death Race 2000 (has a young Stallone in it as a villain), where as GTA has more of a gangsta theme to it Carmageddon was pure heavy metal carnage. More than 10 years ago when GTA was still in a birds eye view, Carmageddon gave you a variety of huge maps with the freedom to go anywhere, filled with tons of secret goodies & powerups (bombs, afterburner, flamethrower, electro-pedo-bastard ray, etc), the backspace button to fix any damage to your car for cash, and hundreds of pedestrians to splatter. You beat each round by winning the set out race, destroying all your opponents, or the much more difficult task of splattering every last ped. It was loads of mindless fun.

 

[Dr. Wily III]

Wow, how many times will I repeat myself?

Yggdra Union - We will never fight alone for the GameBoy Advance (Got a PSP Remake)

 

[zombflux]

None exist.

 

[NeutralDrow]

Soulbringer.

I'm not sure I've yet found more than two people besides me who remember that game.

 

[ZeroDotZero]

Chu Chu Rocket. I hope it gets released over PSN or something, cause it was awesome.

 

[Naheal]

Heroes of Might and Magic. the entire franchise.

Titan Quest.

Dawn of War: Dark Crusade.

DBZ fighting games.

I remember every single one of those. In fact, I have DoWC on my desktop right now.

 

[Project .hack]

Knuckles Chaotix for the 32X add-on for the Sega Genesis

 

[Starkey The Pirate]

Made Man,a so-bad-it's-good TPS,there are PC and PS2 versions. Good ol' Midtown Madness 2. The Incredible Machine. Looney Tunes Sheep Raider (AKA Sheep Dog N' Wolf). I could go on and on.

MIDTOWN MADNESS WAS AN AWESOME GAME

Traffic Congestion Level -High + Firetruck + Highway

I love how in Midtown Madness 3, the police would yell at you to pull over and throw your keys out the window hahaha

 

[Starkey The Pirate]

no one i know seems to remember perfect dark (for the n64)...they're too wrapped up in goldeneye to care T_T

That is a shame. I wonder how many other games got cast aside in Goldeneyes wake? p.s. GOLDENEYE IS AMAZING


I went through most of the thread, and I dont think i saw anyone mention Total Annihilation(arguably one of, if not the, best RTS's ever made). That, and Roadrash. Oh, the joy of beating fellow bikergang members with lead pipes at 90+ mph

 

[Christemo]

Heroes of Might and Magic. the entire franchise.

Titan Quest.

Dawn of War: Dark Crusade.

DBZ fighting games.

I remember a lot of games from this thread, but COME ON. Who doesn't remember Heroes, Titan Quest OR Dawn of War? They all had sequels in the last 3-4 years...

Heroes has fallen heavily in quality (altho im really excited for the upcoming HOMM6), Titan Quest only had an expansion (i would love to see another or a sequel) and DOW shifted genre and turned shitty.

 

[Crapster]

Here's one that I had completely forgotten until now...

Taken before his Bad Fur Day

 

[FurthestLocutus]

Empire Earth

 

[Scorch_Phoenix]

Read entire thread, amazed that I'm the first to post this one: Breath of Fire 2. Or any of the BoFs for that matter, but I've only played 2. Also, I think more people know of Eternal Darkness than is let on. It's actually a cult classic.

Wow, I am deeply disgusted with myself for forgetting the best RPG of all times, BOF III. Haven't played I and II, but I will be sure to do that sometime in the future.

Also, Imperial Glory. Just like Rome Total War except for it happens around the time of the Napoleon Wars and is also slightly better in my opinion.

 

[Arbitrary Cidin]

I don't know if this counts, but Dragon Ball Z Budukai Tenchaichi 2. It was so hard to remember between the 17 other Budukai games, but still a fun one.

 

[HerrBobo]

Dunno, Grand Prix Legends?

 

[darrinwright]

Rogue Galaxy for PS2.

I'm playing back through it. Got it when it first came out.

DAMN, I love that game.

 

[Lilani]

Catz and Dogz, the original series on PC that started in 1995. The new series now is just so...stupid.

Also, Frogger, Creatures, and Oregon Trail. You don't hear much about them, these days.

OH! And Klonoa. :3