What's the world's "strangest" game?

[haruvister]

A couple of people have mentioned Wizball, but I think Sensible Software's sequel, Wizkid, is actually stranger. I copied the plot synopsis from Wikipedia:

"The story starts after the Wiz and his cat Nifta had restored colours to their world. They were both married (to different spouses, apparently) and had children: the Wiz had a son, Wizkid, and Nifta had eight kittens. All was peaceful and happy until the evil mouse wizard Zark came and kidnapped the Wiz, Nifta, and all the kittens, imprisoning them in different parts of the world. It is Wizkid's job to save them."

A practically Shakespearean tale, then.

Before that there was a game on the Amiga (and Amstrad and Spectrum) called Chubby Gristle. I won't bother trying to describe it, but... well, it was a bit like Jet Set Willy but even weirder.

 

[_dante]

That game was so fucked up especially when you are a hyena who kills a hippopotamus by laughing at it.

 

[_dante]

Space Station Silicon Valley.

You play as a tiny robot chip thing that survives by hijacking all the robot animals in the space station, including bears, wheeled mice, floating sheep, and missile shooting wheeled dog, and using them to do puzzles.

This team later developed the same game, but changed space station to new york, animal robots to cars, and puzzles to hookers. Rockstar North ftw.

That game was so fucked up especially when you are a hyena who kills a hippopotamus by laughing at it

 

[_dante]

Quantum Fighter Was the weirdest game I played

Your this guy with long red hair who went inside a computer and would kill computer monsters by flicking his hair at them.

Thats fucked

And no one has said Conkers bad fur day.

 

[klarax]

Jet Set Willy.
Was also the sequels to Manic Minor.

Don't know how many of you know of it.

Seriously tho, Jet Set was so weird that to this day, it haunts my dreams.
Also: was impossible to clear. But then again, most games those days were

 

[shatnershaman]

Halo 2 is pretty weird too I mean why sabotage a perfectly good campaign with the arbiter.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Jet Set Willy.
Was also the sequels to Manic Minor.

Don't know how many of you know of it.

Banyan Tree.

 

[Fusi0n.be]

It's an little flash game, but I gotta add it: Rose and Camilla. It's a game of Japanese origin (of course) where you literally have to ***** slap your way to your inheritance.

http://nigoro.jp/game/rosecamellia/rosecamellia.php

This game is AWESOME!
And Jeah, Toejam And Earl was indeed.. funky! *throws in a funky bassline*

 

[Bingo182]

I'm surprised noone's mentioned Rez yet. I took one look at it and instantly said, "You have to be stoned to play that!"

 

[MagnetoHydroDynamics]

Why hasn't anyone mentioned the Zelda series?

You got the heros WOODEN sword

How tah fuck are you supposed to kill a 20 tonnes dragon with a WOODEN sword?!
...
Oh and it beats me how a boy at the age of 15-17 years can weild a 30 kg (about 60 lbs) blade with one hand...

 

[calibrax]

Going back a bit to the old C64 days, but Jeff Minter must take the prize for the strangest games...

Llamatron - you play a llama, and you have to shoot your enemies including Rizla papers, Coke cans, and a toilet...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llamatron

Revenge of the Mutant Camels - features skiing kangaroos, Polo mints, spliffs, and flying toilets.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenge_of_the_Mutant_Camels

 

[TheGreenManalishi]

Pokemon's pretty weird when you think about it

But yeah, I thought Grim Fandango as soon as i saw the thread title.

 

[Jabez]

Second (technically, third, because someone made mention of 'anything Suda51 craps out of his mind') for Killer7. And Cho Aniki, too. Anyone remember Custer's Revenge for one of the Atari systems? Strange and disgusting.

Also, Guilty Gear is one of the strangest fighting games (due to its visuals, nostalgic heavy-metal soundtrack which is awesome, and many of the specials): A.B.A., a young gothic-looking woman with a sleeveless, bandaged shirt/outfit fighting with a huge key, and using bloodpacks to grow stronger (hell, the key changes shape), anything to do with Zappa, from his stance, specials, instant kill (homage to Ringu) and Faust, and other characters. One of my favorite fighting game installments, nonetheless.

I'll make one more mention: Psychic Force. I personally enjoyed the first one (for PSX/PS1) and 2012 (for Dreamcast) for having two combatants floating in a cube, throwing fireballs, wind crescents, light beams, magic scrolls, etc-etc., while they unleashed punch-kick combos at close range. Though it may not look it, when I first saw one of the characters, Burn Griffith, he has a few blond strands shaped like a flame (of course to match the persona).

 

[Colodomoko]

No contest- Oddworld.

 

[Terramax]

A game where I play a plumber who should be dead by now from eating all those shrooms and weeds, who has enough money by now since he gathered all those fucking coins, to hire a mexican death squad to do what he does over and over again; saving a princess who can't even install a simple security system in her castle after she's been abducted god knows how many times, and does so by ; *surprise ensues* eating shrooms and weeds, jumping on other shrooms and winged turtles, and in the end fighting the boss of this trippy shroom/turtle land; another turtle with a mohawk and spike studs that would make the most fervent punk rocker jealous. Strange huh?

Still like a couple of these games though

ROFL XD


The Dark Eye was a lil' weird. Not so much a game as an interactive slideshow. As was 'Bad Day On The Midway', a co-production with the world's weirdest music band - The Residents. Try looking up some of their songs on youtube, and you'll know the definition of surrealism.

The former is a terric, obscure lil gem.

 

[Logan Westbrook]

Why hasn't anyone mentioned the Zelda series?

You got the heros WOODEN sword

How tah fuck are you supposed to kill a 20 tonnes dragon with a WOODEN sword?!
...
Oh and it beats me how a boy at the age of 15-17 years can weild a 30 kg (about 60 lbs) blade with one hand...

30kg? I think you've been misled about the weight of swords!

 

[GloatingSwine]

A 30kg sword would look something like Cloud's from FFVII.

 

[SomeBritishDude]

Jazz Jackrabbit. You're a rabbit (a green rabbit) with a brother named Spaz, and you run through levels shooting stuff and jumping around. At one point, you are in an Alice in Wonderland world and your controls are reversed if you go into the smoke of the caterpiller's "pipe".

And by pipe, I mean bong.

I'd almost forgotten about that game. I had great fun playing that. What was with the nerdy turtle?!?

I'd have to go with Earth Worm Jim. For thoughs who don't know you play as a Worm who finds a space suit giving arms, legs and a lazer gun. You then go on to beat up a load of bad guys, consisting of a mad chicken, a cat from hell, and a talking dog that turns into a weredog. Never completed that game, should try and find it again...

 

[SomeBritishDude]

I've just been looking over this forum and it strikes me as sad that most of these games seem to be at least 10 years old. Theres just not enough mental games anymore.

 

[tino1498]

I've just been looking over this forum and it strikes me as sad that most of these games seem to be at least 10 years old. Theres just not enough mental games anymore.

portal was pretty screwed up