Hidden Gems/Generally Obscure Games

What hidden gems or obscure games do you goys like? I've recently been playing through Rising Zan: The Samurai Gunman for an analysis that I've been working on and I can barely find any information on the development of this game, or even the developer UEP Systems. They've been out of business for like 15 years now, but there's almost nothing out on the web about them. I may have located the Director of UEP, and hopefully he responds. Rising Zan is pretty fun though. Compared to Devil May Cry, it definitely feels very underdeveloped, but I'm wondering if a lot of that has to do with the hardware it was running on, and I definitely feel that an analog stick would have made the game much more playable. Despite that, it has a nice chunk of content and it's somewhat challenging. Fuck those all-button segments though.

Anyways, good obscure games, what do you fuggers like?

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I wish I had known about this game when it was new

Huh, interesting. I'll have to look into this one.

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I found this at a used media store and really enjoyed it. I liked that you could play as Sapphire too. The badge system pisses me off though, since
applies to me too. Really cucks your mission score.

Here's 2:
Abandoned online game where you use URLs made by the program and uploaded on websites to generate monsters. Nobody to connect with for trading or combat, but plenty of weird mechanics to master and bosses to fight. All documentation about it and most of the monsters come from archived angelfire sites. Play it on a windows XP virtual machine for an error-free experience. Basically a form of digital archeology. I tried to revive it here, but interest was low because of technical issues. I made a little guide and stuff: dongwiener.angelfire.com/guide.html

MMO with an extremely small, largely European community where the very best gear in the game comes from crafting stuff out of plant and animal materials (no metal). Interesting monster designs and a universe that deviates from Tolkein crap. No classes, your character can potentially level all skills, but gear determines role. Currently free up to skill level 125 out of 250 (I think). Requires a LOT of teamwork, so I'm planning on pitching this game in a thread soon.

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I've been on the hunt for hidden Famicom gems as of recent. Embed related, it's an impressive looking Space Harrier clone. Aside from this, I also quite liked Nazo No Murasamejou, which is basically Zelda as a twitch action arcade game. It even has a parry mechanic. It's a real shame it was never released for the states until recently, and even then, I can't find any development notes about it, which would be nice. Nintendo, outside of the Iwata Asks and the olden Nintendo Power Players Guides, does not seem to like detailing behind the scenes stuff.

this thread deserves a bump

Seen that and a PS3 game that I assume is in the same series around cheap where I live. How are they?

Planet of Death was gr8

wake me up fam

first one is a surprisingly good action game with a time stop mechanic, plot is pretty much Star Wars in old Nippon. second game I dunno but got bad reviews.

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I never got very far in Folklore but it was really stylish.

Huh, might give the first a looking into then. Thanks.

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Pretty much any of Holla Forumss favourite games.

just fuck my shit up fam, what a fucking masterpiece

Tell me about it

Any idea if the online dungeon swapping component still works?

the what now?

did you quote the wrong post?

Nope - it's documented in the manual.

I've yet to progress far enough in the game to mess around wit hit.

i guess i never even paid attention to that since i played it offline.

Intergalactic Ninja Zen's breddy cool. Konami game.

Just about every stage has a gimmick. Not really your average platformer. You got sidescrollin', your top-down platforming at a bad camera angle and jumping on tiny moving platforms and conveyor belts while being shot, your minecart riding, some weird fall ceiling crusher zone that fucks you up and some gimmicky bosses. You beat up pollution with a stick, like a darker, edgier Captain Planet.

I'm just going to not watch that video and play this game and see if it's as cool as I remember it being. And getting fucked by some other crusher and net thing that I never understood.

I have no idea who the devs are for this game or whether or not they still exist.

Urban Reign was a neat lil game. Constant 60 frames per second, really stylish moves. Looks like an experimental game Namco's B team did in their spare time. Its too bad its so bullshit on its difficulty. If you're stunlocked, you're done.

Am probably the only one that actually enjoyed playing it.

I'm too tired to get into details, but Blade & Sword, not the mmo one.
Basically a DMC on diablo 2 engine, made by chinks.

I've been playing sega saturn games for the past month, everything I play is an obscure hidden gem. Check out Cotton Boomerang..

I would have, had the game not tried to brick my PS3 every 15 minutes. Game's a wreck, and that sucks. Anyone know if the PS4 version fixes any of this shit?

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