Most original game concepts

[Xander]

What games do you think have the most original concepts, games that you can't really compare to any others.

I think Toejam and Earl on the Sega Megadrive is definately one of the most original. Two aliens who have to collect their ship pieces from Earth, have to find the pieces on the islands while collecting presents which have various things in to help them. When they find each ship piece they use a lift to go up to the next level, but if they fall off an island they end up on the level below again.

Sometimes a phone rings and if you find it it uncovers map pieces. If you get to close to a Hula girl, you start dancing the hula making you vulnerable to enemies, and if you get hit by Cupid's arrow your directions mess up. There's also a Santa which steals your presents and a secret island where you can drink lemonade and relax in a jacuzzi with some girls xD And if you leave the character too long they fall asleep and you have to hit buttons madly to wake them up again.

It rocks and I wouldn't really put it in a class with any other game.

[Strider]

Earthworm Jim. 'Nuff said.

[White Raven]

I really think that the Harvest Moon series is the most original out there. When the first one came out for SNES, the idea of being a farmer, doing RPG like tasks, and having a set time and calender was the only time we've seen that in a game (that I know of). Even today, I havn't seen an other HarvestMoon-type game out there, just more great Harvest Moon games for GC and GBA.

[Levian]

Clock Tower.

In most horror games you are able to defend yourself with some machine gun or other guns, while this horror game is actually more realistic. You don't have anything to defend yourself with, but you can hide or use objects near you to stall the killer :p The killer is also masked and I like finding out the identity of killers :) Unique indeed.

[Outsider]

Dungeon Keeper - You build a dungeon full of monsters in order to slay good heroes. You can't get much better than that.

Rampage - You assume control of a large beast (I always played with a gorilla), that for an unknown reason has to run around a city destroying buildings.

[blue_midget192]

Dungeon Keeper - You build a dungeon full of monsters in order to slay good heroes. You can't get much better than that.

now that i agree with :) dugeon keeper was very original :) but DK 2 was much better!

[Germ Hamee]

I really think that the Harvest Moon series is the most original out there. When the first one came out for SNES, the idea of being a farmer, doing RPG like tasks, and having a set time and calender was the only time we've seen that in a game (that I know of). Even today, I havn't seen an other HarvestMoon-type game out there, just more great Harvest Moon games for GC and GBA.

Agreed. There's a few other games I'm thinking of that were pretty original, but I think the farming game takes the cake.

Sim City and The Sims deserve mention as well.

[Kirobaito]

I'd say DDR. I mean, it's a game...that you DANCE to. WTF?

[Rainecloud]

Blast Corps. :D

[Yrkoon]

Nights in to dreams (sega saturn)

[Maxico]

Parapper the rapper.

[Lindy]

Metal Gear.

I mean, omg? A sneaking game? That won't work.

But it did, oh so well. And the MSX version was better than the NES version.

The world's only Tactial Espionage Action game series, of course it's original, it invented it's own genre.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

Dynamite Headdy and Mischief Makers. Shake, shake!

[Shoeberto]

Wario Ware

[DocFrance]

X-COM: UFO Defense

[Agent Proto]

I personally think Ape Escape was one of the most original games to come out for the PSX. It uses both analog controls to play, and the object of the game is to capture monkeys. Great stuff! :D

[ZeZipster]

DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION!

Yeah, man, it's the only game that makes me actually break a sweat.

[escobert]

Animal Crossing.

[Erdrick Holmes]

DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION!

Yeah, man, it's the only game that makes me actually break a sweat.

I got kicked out of an arcade for breaking that game once.

I found that the Parry and Superart system of Street Fighter 3 2nd Impact to be effeiciant.

[Del Murder]

Burger Time.

[Calliope]

BOOM BOOM SHAKA! BOOM BOOM CLAP!

Dammit Xan now I want a megadrive.

[Maxico]

A game came out recently in japan called katamari damashii. You play as a small stick ball that rolls around increasing in mass untill its big enough to stick such objects to itself as scyscrapers, oil liners and giant squid.

[Lindy]

Dynamite Headdy and Mischief Makers. Shake, shake!
Headdy was IMPOSSIBLE, or at least approaching such, but I do think the general fact that he attacked with his exploding head, which could be interchanged for more and varied destructive items is far outweighed by that fact that to get to the second level he's sucked through an incredibly small hole. Classy.

Also, Mischief Makers was the original game I wanted an N64 for, but I never actually got it in the end. Shame.

[Vaan]

Legend of Zelda. You play as a hero that must save a princess from an evil bad guy. All right all right I'll get serious...let's see...

Aha! EarthBound. If that doesn't fit the ticket, I don't know what does.

[Cz]

Vib Ribbon, and the more recent Mojib Ribbon. Both simple rhythm games at heart, but with such clever ideas implemented so well. Plus, 'Vib' was only £10.

[Shoyku]

Rez.

[The Captain]

Pong and Pacman, the games that started it all....

Also, the old, old, old game for the original Nintendo, I believe it was called, "Track and Field" or something to that degree, where you had to run on a floor pad and race people, or could jump hurdles.

Take care all.

[Vaan]

Is 'Take care all' like your sig or something, or do you actually bother to type it out for every post? Just curious.

[The Captain]

Well, I wouldn't say I 'bother" to type it, since it's not really a bother; but yes, I do type it at the end of each entry in hopes that anyone who reads it will in fact have a good day/night and the like. I figure we all deserve at the very least, a little exchange of pleasantries.

Take care all.

[Vaan]

Makes sense.

[Breine]

Rez, without any doubts.