Obscure Video Games

Flower, Sun and Rain (Grasshopper Manufacture - DS - 2008/2009)
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XI [sai] Little: The devil’s in the dice You might have already seen this one. Not here in its unexpected WonderSwan form, but on the PlayStation, where it was known to most of us as Devil Dice. Well, I say “most of us”, but t…

Hey, did you know that not only did PlayStation dice 'em up XI [sai] (AKA: Devil Dice) get a WonderSwan port, but it's actually a fantastic demake with a fun little dance mode too!

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Hokuto no Ken (Natsume - PSX - 2000) obscurevideogames.tumblr.com/post/7936696...

Domo-kun no Fushigi Terebi (Suzak - GBA - 2002)
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Evolution Worlds (Sting - GameCube - 2003)
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Baroque (Sting - PSX - 1999)
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Evolution Worlds (Sting - GameCube - 2003)
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Yeah, especially since the two O's don't look like they're part of the name! I guess Gamest didn't see the flyer since it has the name typed out below the logo~

Baroque (Sting - PSX - 1999)
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Cover illustration from Computer Gamer magazine. A ninja pokes out of a tiger's mouth. It's either a very large tiger or a very small ninja.

I can't figure out if the tiger or the ninja is more confused about what is going on here.

Cover art for Driller Tanks, MSX. A tank shoots the head off a T-Rex.

Kinda burying the lede with that title, I'd have called it DINOSAUROS CARNAGE or something.

Ancient Roman (Nihon Systems - PSX - 1998)
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Baroque: Should you hope to survive, hold Baroque inside. “This is the age of Great Heat. This is the world it destroyed.” What if an angel gave you a gun and asked you to go forth and kill god with it? And then… What if you did what it …

Baroque's such a special game - let me tell you why:

(And then click the "Further Reading" links at the bottom for information on everything from prequels and promotional discs to shmup spinoffs!)

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Elemental Gearbolt (Alfa System - PSX - 1998)

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Laser Lords (Spinnaker - CDI - 1992)

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Drone Tactics (Success - DS - 2008)
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So I guess they finally figured out how to make animated GIFs work. Now it's time to party like it's 1995.

Flower, Sun and Rain (Grasshopper Manufacture - DS - 2008/2009)

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Flower, Sun and Rain (Grasshopper Manufacture - DS - 2008/2009)
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Screenshot from the 3DO game Cyberdillo. The famous Jacques-Louis David painting "The Death of Marat" but with a cyborg armadillo in place of the assassinated French revolutionary. As you do.

Shout-out to Cyberdillo, the only videogame to recreate "The Death of Marat" with a cyborg armadillo. At least I assume it is.

Yanya Caballista: City Skater (Cave/KOEI - PS2 - 2001)

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Baroque Shooting: A surprisingly worthy spinoff Who takes an engrossing 3D roguelike and then decides to follow it up with an adventure based on a published story? A typing game? Or in this case, an honest-to-goodness shmup? Sting, that’s …

Everyone remembers Sting's Baroque, right? You know, the... gorgeous RP- *checks notes* fast-paced PC exclusive vert shmup?!

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Celebratory music for a happy occasion :D

Tsugunai: Atonement (Cattle Call - PS2 - 2001)

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Tsugunai: Atonement (Cattle Call - PS2 - 2001)

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Zwei: The Arges Adventure (Falcom - PC - 2001)
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Tsugunai: Atonement (Cattle Call - PS2 - 2001)
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Phix: The Adventure (Affect - PSX - 2003)
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Nayuta no Kiseki aka The Legend of Nayuta
(Falcom - PSP - 2012)
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"Short Warp" (ショートワープ) WARP, 1996
3DO minigame collection, includes free condom, has amazing array of content descriptors