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Lesser known PS1 games you loved back in the day
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FloppyDelux
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itwasTuesday
He wasn't alone.
Wish I actually owned this game, I had the first two or so levels on a demo disc. I remember playing that so many times.
Everyone hates on this game, I had a lot of fun with it. It was a genuine scary atmosphere for me. You would constantly hear face huggers in the shadows and such.
Load times were super long, even for ps1. It even had options to turn off the fmv that would load before the level would load for marginally faster loading. And knocking over your friend with your arm while you are on a luge and hes on a bike was funny. I was mostly a rollerblade man though.
Confusion Illusion
Banned
This game came out around the same DVD/VHS release of the Ghost in the Shell movie( though I first saw it on pay-per-view). Being the GiTS fan, so I really wanted to get this game. Of coarse, it was based on the manga and you don't play as Kusanagi, but an unknown male character piloting a Fuchikoma. Not really a bad game(imo) despite all that, I still enjoyed it. It had some really animation sequences done my Production I.G as well
Also, this thread is making me so nostalgic lol.
FloppyDelux
Member
DigitalSoul said:
This game came out around the same DVD/VHS release of the Ghost in the Shell movie( though I first saw it on pay-per-view). Being the GiTS fan, so I really wanted to get this game. Of coarse, it was based on the manga and you don't play as Kusanagi, but an unknown male character piloting a Fuchikoma. Not really a bad game(imo) despite all that, I still enjoyed it. It had some really animation sequences done my Production I.G as well
Also, this thread is making me so nostalgic lol.
aaa i remember that game, it was fun.
GillianSeed79
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No one's mentioned Destruction Derby?
Kydd BlaZe
Member
OMG so fucking THIS!!RobertM said:I haven't seen anyone on gaf ever mention this game besides me.
Open world spyhunter, essentially.
I've been trying to remember the name of this game for years now. I had so much fun with this back in the day. I randomly thought about it a few years back, but for the life of me, could not remember the name of this bad boy.
GillianSeed79
Member
GrayFoxPL said:
Eh, I always thought Destruction Derby was lesser known. Any, these have been mentioned already, but DiscWorld, Bushido Blade and Blazing Dragons were great.
ram said:KINGSLEY's ADVENTURE
The game is similar to The Legend of Zelda series, in the sense that players are given a quest and have to explore certain areas of the game's overworld using a sword and a crossbow (both being upgradeable during the adventure). Young knight Kingsley, a fox swordsman, is sent to protect the Fruit Kingdom from warlock Bad Custard. The game starts with a cutscene of a puppet show where dark fruit is shown attacking the Fruit Kingdom, then it shows Kingsley; the main character the player controls. This, along with the ending scene, are the only cutscenes in the game.
LOVED this game
DoDonGouki
Member
TILT!
PetriP-TNT
Member
40 Winks was superhyped to become THE Mario killer when it was announcedWizpig said:
N64 version was cancelled.Wizpig said:
itwasTuesday said:
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
This thread is fantastic. I still can't believe someone already mentioned D! D! I loved that game so much that I would have bought Panasonics M2 because of D2 for it.
Also Alundra was pretty well known
Also Alundra was pretty well known
This one isn't massively obscure but im posting it anyway, amazing times:
Also, dat theme! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGiNEaNxOxo
Also, dat theme! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGiNEaNxOxo
DimmuBurgerKing
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I loved this game like crazy. Atlus localized some awesome stuff in the PS1 era.
weekend_warrior
Banned
I can't believe the amount of time I spent playing this terrible terrible game.
BloodySinner
Banned
Holy fucking shit. THANK YOU.
Goodacre0081
Member
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
I'm trying to order Duke Nukem and Nightmare Creatures for PS1 off Amazon UK, but since Norway isn't covered by the Amazon Marketplace, they can't be shipped to my address, fffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuu~ 
fierrotlepou
Member
Oh man, I recognise a lot of games that I've played. AWESOME
Anyone played:
A shooter, awesome.
This was fun too. Apocalyptic shit.
Anyone played:
A shooter, awesome.
This was fun too. Apocalyptic shit.
H_Prestige
Banned
I would play these just to beat people up. Didn't care about the racing.
SSJ1Goku said:Trap Gunner, so damn fun
So agreed. The Tenchu Game on XBLA is CLOSE in idea to TG as well, and I really wished it got a following, because I'd love a TG re-release with online play
Giard said:
The Unholy War
A turn-based strategy game that turned into an action game once two units fought. It was incredibly awesome. My first avatar on this forum was actually the Mantis unit from this game, kept it for a couple of years..
Gameplay
I'll always remember the guy on the speedbike, who'se ultimate move was to fly into the air, cooly say "OK baby, here I come!" and kamikaze-dive towards the opponent. Fantastically cheesy and dramatic!
SSJ1Goku said:
Destrega
Zero divide
Oh yeah! I love how Destrega had hidden costumes that turned the characters into Dynasty Warriors characters. (Based off the PS1 3D fighter designs.)
And Zero Divide... how can noone have the "Game over!" line online? "I can't believe you're giving up so soon! You're such a BABY! GO HOME TO YO MAMMAAA!"
And the fact that they hid Phalanx (Was it the full game) with an awesome new soundtrack on the disk, was excellent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3VQpirX7R4
Really, I love that Stage 1 Theme!
Ryuuga said:
Silent Bomber is still even fun now. It'd be fantastic to see a game like that, with a next-gen destruction engine... was great how the soldiers victory line in VS mode was "You'll pay for what you did to our buddies!"
DCharlie said:
I didn't get to play this until YEARS later, but man, it's such an awesome Guardian Heroes - a like, lol. The game felt a lot deeper than I expected, and controlled wonderfully.
MG310 said:
Suprised someone else remembered this! Great Co-Op play, and was much more fun than I'd have expected when first played. Loved all the special moves and character personality.
Guess I'll add a few of my own:
Also didn't get to play this until years later, but it's so over-the-top... The kinda thing I could imagine playing right alongside the best of the Bomberman series.
I remember enjoying this... but having no idea what was going on, lol.
Since I had the import, SHADE always gone to mind when I think of the game. It wa awesome going to war with an armada of battleships that just space-folded into your immediate location... A better Macross than most Macross games.
Not gonna bother wasting time listing Tobal No. 1 and 2... Really enjoyed them. A great RPG/Fighter Mashup, I really enjoyed the bonus modes they kinda shared with Ehergiez.
Oh... can't forget:
First & Second!
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
I loved the Extreme games so much. I played that demo over and over along with the T-Rex demo.
Reknoc said:
An interesting adventure game where you try to escape from/save a space station that's about to go into the sun. It was confusing and hard as hell but it was pretty neat.
I have been trying to figure out the name of this game for years! I played it once like 11 years ago and I've been trying to figure out the name of it ever since as I'd love to try it again.
As for a lesser known game that I loved, would Wild Arms 2 count? That was and still is one of my favorite games of all time.
Harold Burnett
Neo Member
Played this on an old Playstation Mag demo disc. I then found it for 10 bucks at an old Mom and Pop game store.
PetriP-TNT
Member
Cosmozone said:My picks:
Like Resident Evil, but with a cooler story. Great narrative in which you're exposed only step-by-step into what's going on starting with trying to find out who and where you are. Only reading the manual actually spoils some of the fun already.
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Really liked this game until I hit a wall where I couldn't go forward because I didn't have the medicine to heal yourself or something, on disc 3.
It had a sequel too on PS2 that was pretty good too, I hear, I haven't played it though.
NotebookJ2
Member
Harold Burnett said:Played this on an old Playstation Mag demo disc. I then found it for 10 bucks at an old Mom and Pop game store.
Best name for a game ever.
Giard said:
The Unholy War
A turn-based strategy game that turned into an action game once two units fought. It was incredibly awesome. My first avatar on this forum was actually the Mantis unit from this game, kept it for a couple of years..
Gameplay
Thread done. One of the best most underrated PS1 games. I would day one a sequel of any kind, and consider it to be the original powerstone. My friends and I played this tons, make it 4 player and add more characters and stages, it'd be AMAZING. The level design outclasses all of the other arena fighter type games by a country mile, and the controls/abilities for each character were pretty innovative. Jaeger was unstoppable though.
Giard said:
The Unholy War
A turn-based strategy game that turned into an action game once two units fought. It was incredibly awesome. My first avatar on this forum was actually the Mantis unit from this game, kept it for a couple of years..
Gameplay
I rented this game at least 4 or 5 times and played it to death in the time I had it. I should've just bought it, and I kind of regret not doing so now. I really had a lot of fun with it.
Is there any other game out there like this one?
OpinionatedCyborg
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Has anyone seen Fox Mulder's sister?Turnstyle said:This one is probably just rare in retrospect, I don't remember it being especially obscure at the time. Nobody ever talks about it these days though.
Whatever happened to Gex? I put a lot of time into this game as a teenager!
Callibretto
Member
if it's available on US PSN, I don't think we can call it lesser known =PFayte19 said:
As for a lesser known game that I loved, would Wild Arms 2 count? That was and still is one of my favorite games of all time.
Basileus777
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Risk meets a strategy RPG. Awesome game.
