Great old games that people don't talk about very often

I'm gonna start with this right here:

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This was a godly little platformer game by Capcom that has more in common with things like Mega Man than you'd originally think. Mickey eventually gets a solid arsenal of different costumes and powerups in order to work his way through some pretty imaginative levels and boss fights. This was really an underplayed gem of a game and I highly recommend it for any oldschool platforming fan.

What are some other classic games that you don't hear people talk about very often?

I don't really have any games to add to the list. I just wanted to say that Magical Quest was one of my favorite games as a kid. I was saddened last year to pop it into a SNES for the first time in a long time only to find that it no longer works.

The only other game I can think of off the top of my head is Final Lap Twin for the TurboGrafx. I'm not sure if it is actually a good game, but I remember sinking hours into that racing/rpg hybrid when I was a kid. I should play it again to see if it is actually as fun as I remember.

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I don't really have any games to add to the list. I just wanted to say that Magical Quest was one of my favorite games as a kid. I was saddened last year to pop it into a SNES for the first time in a long time only to find that it no longer works.

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I got the GBA port :)

Pike may appreciate this as a strategy fan:
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It was a great strategy game for the NES especially when playing with someone. The ending was also really amusing when you played as the South and won the Civil War.

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Game was hella sweet. Shame not many people gave it a go.

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I loved this game as a kid, was a nice easy going open-world adventure with cute characters. It's Ufouria for the original Nintendo.

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My friend and I would spend quite a bit on this game, it's called General Chaos for the Mega Drive.

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Rock n' Roll racing was pretty boss for the Super Nintendo, and so was...

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Biker Mice from Mars for the Super Nintendo! A lot of fun.

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This was a nice adventure/RPG game for the N64, and it was quite quirky for my very-western young mind at the time, haha. It's Mystical Ninja starring Goemon for the Nintendo 64.

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Mickey Mania was also a really good Mickey Mouse game, for the Super Nintendo. Had some great music and interesting levels spanning across all the stuff that Mickey used to be involved in (e.g. Steamboat Willy, Jack and the Bean Stalk, etc.).

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This was a pretty awesome beat-em' up game for the Super Nintendo, as was...

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Battletoads and Double Dragon for the Super Nintendo! Such a great game worthy of many hours of play time, imo.

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Tiny Toon Adventures Sports Challenge was actually a really fun game, especially multiplayer! The other Tiny Toon Adventures game was pretty good too, both for Super Nintendo.

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Riven for PC has a special place in my heart, I'm still waiting for a realRiven to come out preferably with Occulus Rift! However, check out the entire Myst series as it is quite incredible - a huge and deep lore, great story archs, and really amazing exploration and atmosphere.

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Speaking of favourite adventure games for the PC, check out Grim Fandango! It's incredible!

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I love the Wonderboy series, more specifically Wonderboy in Monster Land! It's a side-scroller pseudo-RPG for the Sega Mega Drive (Genesis).

Well that's it for now, maybe I'll add more later! Hope you enjoyed my stroll through nostalgia-lane.

Mickey Mania was a lot of fun; I don't think it was on the same level as the Magical Quest games and the controls were kind of floaty but it was fun nonetheless and had some nice music.

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Mickey Mania was a lot of fun; I don't think it was on the same level as the Magical Quest games and the controls were kind of floaty but it was fun nonetheless and had some nice music.

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Yes, very true. There's also:

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Castle of Illusion which I really enjoyed when I was young, and they happen to be remaking.

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The Toejam and Earl games for the Mega Drive (Genesis) were quite fun! I'm not sure which one I enjoy more. I just saw that there was a third one, but it doesn't really look good - especially not compared to the first and second!

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Anyone ever play Alfred Chicken for Super Nintendo? That was pretty cool! At least from what I can remember.

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A fairly dated PC adventure game, but it was quite good back then! It's called Atlantis: The Lost Tales.

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Yes, very true. There's also:

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Castle of Illusion which I really enjoyed when I was young, and they happen to be remaking.

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They're remaking it!?

smurf YES

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Speaking of favourite adventure games for the PC, check out Grim Fandango! It's incredible!

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Holy trout, Grim Fandango is so awesome! Nice to see someone else who appreciates it :love:

I really like the old King's Quest games and Castle of the Winds. Hours of my childhood wasted on Castle of the Winds trying to slay those smurfing manticores.

You took me way back on those Tiny Toon games.

As for me, I can't think of anything that hasn't been mentioned here already except for this.


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Never beat it as a child. Might see if I can buy another copy and beat it this time around

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Another fun little Capcom gem! You feed cute little animals candy and then they'll somehow fuse with you to assist in each separate dream. House of Toys is/was oppressively difficult. What warped smurfing kid that Nemo dreamt about has that many spikes attached to his legos, more importantly?

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Not a very memorable cartoon, but a hell of an action-platforming ride. Think Mega Man with a few improvements! There's four levels to choose from, where defeating the boss gets another member of your crew back. You can switch between them on the fly, each with different attacks and special abilities (wall jumping, flight, super-death laser).

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I liked this when I was nine but the novelty of Michael Jordan throwing explosive basketballs to save Chicago is wasted on this generation.

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UN Squadron! A friend of mine got this with his SNES instead of Super Mario World but the two-player mode on this was a hell of a lot more fun by a long shot. Side-scrollin' shoot-em-up fun. We never picked the blonde guy though, he was lame.

GUYS

guys

UNIRACERS

I can praise this game ALL DAY for real I think this was one of the best racing games ever made. It required a lot of skill and practice.

I was literally going to post General Chaos!!! Rostum you pwned the crap out of this thread, keep going!

I also think sharky and chionos' top 75 list had a couple good ones I don't hear about that often anymore, like Wario Land.

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Seriously, I played the trout out of this game. I may or may not have been a total nerd for DuckTales as a kid.

Oh trout, just saw this. It better not be a damn joke!:


I may or may not still be a total nerd for DuckTales.

The DuckTales remake is NOT a joke! :love:

I could pick a lot of games but I'm going with Final Fantasy Adventure on the old gameboy. (Yes, I know it's a Mana game). It's easily one of the five best games on the system and I enjoy it just as much as The Legend of Zelda on the GB. Highly recommended if you can get your hands on it.

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Seriously, I played the trout out of this game. I may or may not have been a total nerd for DuckTales as a kid.

Oh trout, just saw this. It better not be a damn joke!:


I may or may not still be a total nerd for DuckTales.

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Capcom, if you weren't about to rerelease Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons again, I would hate you sooo much right now.

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Mickey Mania was a lot of fun; I don't think it was on the same level as the Magical Quest games and the controls were kind of floaty but it was fun nonetheless and had some nice music.

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Yes, very true. There's also:

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Castle of Illusion which I really enjoyed when I was young, and they happen to be remaking.

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This game was awesome.

Blaster Master!


Fester's Quest!

FESTER'S QUEST oh my god I had that when I was a kid before my nintendo died ;__________________________;

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another fun little Capcom gem! You feed cute little animals candy and then they'll somehow fuse with you to assist in each separate dream. House of Toys is/was oppressively difficult. What warped smurfing kid that Nemo dreamt about has that many spikes attached to his legos, more importantly?

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I never played this game, but Finding Nemo was a great movie.

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Fester's Quest!

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FESTER'S QUEST oh my god I had that when I was a kid before my nintendo died ;__________________________;

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another fun little Capcom gem! You feed cute little animals candy and then they'll somehow fuse with you to assist in each separate dream. House of Toys is/was oppressively difficult. What warped smurfing kid that Nemo dreamt about has that many spikes attached to his legos, more importantly?

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I never played this game, but Finding Nemo was a great movie.

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The cartridge for Fester's Quest is on the media shelf. :aimsun: And Sarah - wrong nemo, darlin'. Although the fish movie is cute, I'll give you that.

Little Nemo was fun up until you reached Nightmare land. Then it got smurfing hard.

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Little Nemo was fun up until you reached Nightmare land. Then it got smurfing hard.

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It may or may not have taken six years to realize I could switch between the bag of candy and the magic scepter once you got to Nightmare Land. Never actually made it to the end boss though.

• Half-life
• Halo
• Grand Theft Auto 3
• Street Fighter 2
• Super Mario World

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It may or may not have taken six years to realize I could switch between the bag of candy and the magic scepter once you got to Nightmare Land. Never actually made it to the end boss though.

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Haha, it took me a while, but not six years! I think I was able to beat a couple bosses but never got through the final level.

Freaking "Mancopter" you guys, such a great C64 game with a super catchy theme song.

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and "H.E.R.O."! My mom could trounce anyone at this game. She could get to some absurdly high level that no one else in our family could.

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This was a nice adventure/RPG game for the N64, and it was quite quirky for my very-western young mind at the time, haha. It's Mystical Ninja starring Goemon for the Nintendo 64.

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You! You are my new best friend!

No, you do not have any say in the matter.

I always thought Bubsy was awesome.
I don't understand all the hate for the game.The game isn't great but it was really funny(at least from the last time i played it).The sequels were bad though, I must admit, But I loved the Original

Please stop hating on bubsy.

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You! You are my new best friend!
No, you do not have any say in the matter.

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Deal. :D

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I always thought Bubsy was awesome.
I don't understand all the hate for the game.The game isn't great but it was really funny (at least from the last time i played it).

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Same, I enjoyed Bubsy! But not the sequels.

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Alex Kidd in Miracle World and Alex Kidd in Shinobi World were really awesome games and I loved them as a kid! It'd be cool if they were to remake them.

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Rolo to the Rescue for Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) is very cute, and I thought it was quite cool you have to switch between characters to use different abilities (like climb, swim, etc.).

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I really liked Heart of Darkness for PS1 when it came out. :)

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The Journeyman Project series was pretty good, especially Legacy of Time! For PC, of course.

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Gotta love some Earthworm Jim 2 for the SNES! It's grooooovey.

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I don't care what anyone says, both Aladdin's for Super Nintendo and Mega Drive (Genesis) were amazing games. One favoured platforming whilst the other more action. Good stuff indeed.

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This is another amazing adventure game. Hell, it even has Erick Avari in it and he's just a great actor! Also has voice over work from Michael McKean. The humour is quite good, as is with most Zork games (though Nemesis is quite dark) - this is Zork Grand Inquisitor.

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The Journeyman Project series was pretty good, especially Legacy of Time! For PC, of course.

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smurfING JOURNEYMAN that trout was so good!

oh my god, waves of nostalgia coming through this thread.

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I always thought Bubsy was awesome.
I don't understand all the hate for the game.The game isn't great but it was really funny(at least from the last time i played it).The sequels were bad though, I must admit, But I loved the Original

Please stop hating on bubsy.

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From what I remember, Bubsy mostly got flack for the atrocious 3D game that was nearly unplayable.

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The Journeyman Project series was pretty good, especially Legacy of Time! For PC, of course.

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smurfING JOURNEYMAN that trout was so good!

oh my god, waves of nostalgia coming through this thread.

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Wow. I thought about posting Journeyman Project but I really didn't think anyone else had played them. I only ever played Journeyman Project TURBO!, which was TURBO! because it took advantage of the all-new CD-ROM technology at the time. That game was a blast and a half. I miss adventure games like that.

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Great fantastic platforming game, made my childhood fantastic.

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Scary as smurf when I was little, but I still loved it to death. Sad that it's not mentioned much.

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Bless my soul Herc is on a roll ! One of my favourite Playstation games growing up. Oh my feels !

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I'm surprised that one of my Uncles let me play this, it was quite graphic by early standards.

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Again a childhood Psone classic, though nobody else seems to have played it. It breaks my heart.

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Again a childhood Psone classic, though nobody else seems to have played it. It breaks my heart.

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I still have my Klonoa 2, great underrated games.

Some other old games I enjoyed playing as a kid:

Bubble Bobble
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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Faxanadu
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Conan (Apple IIe)
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Battle of Olympus
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Star Tropics
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Soul Blazer
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Arcana
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Crystalis
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I wish there were more Startropics games. :( Would have been perfect for handhelds.

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I wish there were more Startropics games. :( Would have been perfect for handhelds.

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There's at least one more that I can think of.

It's called Final Fantasy Mystic Quest.

I am trying to remember a great little game I used to play, but I cannot remember for the life of me the name or console it was on. D: You were in a tank and it played as a top down overworld sort of thing. ...I remember less than I thought I did. xD

Ah well. If more people talked about it, I'd totes remember what it was. Entirely fits with the thread. :shifty:

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I am trying to remember a great little game I used to play, but I cannot remember for the life of me the name or console it was on. D: You were in a tank and it played as a top down overworld sort of thing. ...I remember less than I thought I did. xD

Ah well. If more people talked about it, I'd totes remember what it was. Entirely fits with the thread. :shifty:

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Like this?

These too:

Metal Marines
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Mech Warrior
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Shadowrun
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Crystal Caverns
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Sake or Die
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T&C Surf Designs
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Elf Bowling
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Dune
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SkiFree
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Desert Strike
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Godzilla
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There's at least one more that I can think of.

It's called Final Fantasy Mystic Quest.

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Not even close.

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Some other old games I enjoyed playing as a kid:

Bubble Bobble
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I am trying to remember a great little game I used to play, but I cannot remember for the life of me the name or console it was on. D: You were in a tank and it played as a top down overworld sort of thing. ...I remember less than I thought I did. xD

Ah well. If more people talked about it, I'd totes remember what it was. Entirely fits with the thread. :shifty:

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Nah, that's not it. I really have so little memory of this game, I don't think I'll ever find it. I have already went back on the notion that you were definitely in tanks. It was possibly just army men you controlled. I will report back if I ever find it.

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I am trying to remember a great little game I used to play, but I cannot remember for the life of me the name or console it was on. D: You were in a tank and it played as a top down overworld sort of thing. ...I remember less than I thought I did. xD

Ah well. If more people talked about it, I'd totes remember what it was. Entirely fits with the thread. :shifty:

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Nah, that's not it. I really have so little memory of this game, I don't think I'll ever find it. I have already went back on the notion that you were definitely in tanks. It was possibly just army men you controlled. I will report back if I ever find it.

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What kind of game was it? Action, strategy, puzzle? How did the game play? Story?

Like I said, I remember so little about it. xD However, I made an educated guess that it was on the Sega Genesis, scrolled through a list of games to appear on the Genesis and then found it.

It was an strategy type game called Cannon Fodder. I am almost 100% certain this is the game I was thinking of, I'm going to acquire a little copy and see if it hits me right in the nostalgia.

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Battlezone, man. It's a really awesome FPS/RTS hybrid.

Cannon Fodder is an absolutely brilliant game.

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Battlezone, man. It's a really awesome FPS/RTS hybrid.

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Love Battlezone. :D I wanna play it again, actually... xD

There is online multiplayer, you know! If we could get it working.

Is there? Man I was awful at the multiplayer - used to play it with my Dad and he'd steamroll me every time.

Monster Party for the NES. It was bizarre, a bit disturbing, and thoroughly awesome.

Some PS1 games I remember being awesome but don't get much discussion 'round here:

Rascal
Jersey Devil
Medieval
Intelligent Cube (or was it Qube? cba to look it up)
Treasures of the Deep
Brave Fencer Musashi
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
Mr. Driller

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Is there? Man I was awful at the multiplayer - used to play it with my Dad and he'd steamroll me every time.

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Yeah, I used to play it online when the servers were still up. I'm sure I could make it work with Hamachi or something. Would you be up for a game if I made it work?

I'd have to dig out Battlezone, but yeah. :D

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Croc: Legend of the Gobbos

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I loved that game when I was little ! The camera was frustrating, but it still had cute gameplay and a nice atmosphere and a awesome bad guy. :love:

I want to replay it now.

Though now that I'm older and that I've played more consoles and more older consoles I've noticed how " Mario " Croc is, like the big dragon/ dinosaur like bad guy and the forest, ice, warm place, final castle level of worlds.

Yeah but to be fair every platformer in the history of like ever has had a snow level, a lava level, and a castle or fortress type thing.

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Monster Party for the NES. It was bizarre, a bit disturbing, and thoroughly awesome.

Some PS1 games I remember being awesome but don't get much discussion 'round here:

Rascal
Jersey Devil
Medieval
Intelligent Cube (or was it Qube? cba to look it up)
Treasures of the Deep
Brave Fencer Musashi
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
Mr. Driller

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Oh I played the hell out of some Intelligent Qube.

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Yeah but to be fair every platformer in the history of like ever has had a snow level, a lava level, and a castle or fortress type thing.

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Rayman.

here are my classics:

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a silly game where you have to make a word.. you get a word and you have to search the right picture with it. played this game 10000x when i was young


anyone remember this golden oldie? Agent!
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and another childhood memorie: Freddi fish

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ok, ok... this wil really be the last one for now!! Supaplex!
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