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FireBlade_2049
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I'm going to throw my two cents out there and say Re-Volt (RC racing) and 1nsane (Off road).

Both are wonerful examples of their respective genres, but neither got a true sequel. (Both are easily moddable though...)

darkstone
Gone Gonzo
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Breakdown for the xbox, was really good.
talking bloodstains = awesome.

listerofsmeg
Paperboy
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Joined: 20 Aug 2008

Strife, Killer Loop and Rollcage. All games I recently re-discovered.

Downside
Beat Writer
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Joined: 16 Sep 2008

Skitchin on the megadrive (genesis). Never seen it anywhere else before. Its alot like road rash except your an inline skater and skitch on the back of cars to the finish line. After each race you can upgrade your skates and pads. You can also beat other racers while skitchin on cars with pipes and chains etc.

I actually loved that game now i think about it.

gothic_dragon
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P O D and death drome for PC ring any bells

poleboy
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Albion, old 2D/3D RPG for the PC. I've never heard anyone mention it before or since.

chronobreak:
Maybe "Nightshade" or "deja Vu" for NES, I never knew anyone who had them.

Is Nightshade the same as Shadowgate? I remember Deja Vú. Not a great game, but the music was awesome.

onethought99
Paperboy
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Joined: 4 Sep 2008

Conspiracy Weapons of Mass Destruction.
I hope no one else knows of it.
A sin against all that is good and natural

Copter400
Gone Gonzo
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Geneforge. More people need to play it.

Negativ Solution
Paperboy
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Joined: 26 Jun 2008

Kane and Lynch: Dead Men, or is it just that everyone wants to forget it and live happily ever after.

Downside
Beat Writer
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gothic_dragon:
P O D and death drome for PC ring any bells

P O D was that the futuristic racing game?

if it is then that game was cool as hell.

RYjet911
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Joined: 11 May 2008

Take No Prisoners for PC. Probably the first 3D game I ever played on the PC.

TOGSolid
Press Junketeer
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Joined: 15 Jul 2008

Ultrabots. It was an old mech combat game for DOS. The scorpion mech that actually was a giant scorpion with a missile launcher for a stinger and machine guns for claws was pretty damn fun to run around in.

astaldodhol
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Joined: 10 Sep 2008

Crystal Caves.
Damn I loved that game.

ilikeshinymetal
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Posts: 4
Joined: 2 Jul 2008

Heart of Darkness. That bit at the start took the shit out of me. I was only like, 6 when i played it too, so i didn't understand what was going on.I thought the kid was that kid in toy story:P

Death Magnetic
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Tombi.

Guaranteed no ones what that is.

-Ricky

Boober the Pig
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Wasn't Tombi the caveman platformer on the PS1?

Captin Planet
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Joined: 28 Aug 2008

Physic Detective on the 3do. When i was teenager i really loved this game. I kinda wonder if i would today.

Bhaalspawn
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War Gems

chronobreak
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Is Nightshade the same as Shadowgate? I remember Deja Vú. Not a great game, but the music was awesome.

Nah, two different games. I looked it up, I've never played Shadowgate though.

Here's another one, but I bet lots of people have played it; Fade to Black for Playstation.
Also, how's about Mad Dog McCree. "Nice shootin, try another one!"

Vortigar
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Weird how some titles are mentioned quite a lot in this thread...
listerofsmeg: Rollcage is awesome
poleboy: Know two guys who played Albion zealously and won't shut up about it when prompted.
Susan Arendt: Toejam & Earl, check!
Random argument man: Ogre Battle? Try Shining Force.
DamienHell: Alpha Centauri is widely regarded as a classic, Sid doesn't have the rights for it anymore though.
Eldritch Warlord: Played loads of AoW hotseat games. It gets a bit complex after a while and some units are pretty imba.

For my part I'll chuck up:
Ascendancy (can I get a hell yeah?)
Knights and Merchants (and you shouldn't play it either)
Rival Realms (a.k.a. the AI will run you through a blender, great concept gone to hell, RTS where every unit gains xp and carries items)

Susan Arendt
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cheatking:
Bouncer if anyone else has ever heard of it. Was a 3d streets of rage-esq fighter for ps2.

Killed a few hours and that guy (something begining with V) had horn coming out of his head!

Oh and i swear the main character was ripped off an put into kingdom hearts

Small wonder they resemble each other, as they're both from Square Enix.

Psi-Ops was indeed a very good game, but TimeSplitters 3, less so. Just didn't have the zing of TS2, in my opinion. Plus, driving that cat drove me bonkers.

Anyone else remember an RPG called Arcana on the SNES? I actually got headaches, I played it so much.

Captin Planet:
Physic Detective on the 3do. When i was teenager i really loved this game. I kinda wonder if i would today.

Um...no. Trust me on that one. It was definitely intriguing at the time, but it doesn't age particularly well. Wouldn't mind seeing a redo of it, though.

Boober the Pig:
Wasn't Tombi the caveman platformer on the PS1?

That's Tomba. Bloody brilliant game...pity it's one of the few PS1 titles that the PS2 couldn't play.

Death Magnetic
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Susan Arendt:

cheatking:

Wasn't Tombi the caveman platformer on the PS1?

That's Tomba. Bloody brilliant game...pity it's one of the few PS1 titles that the PS2 couldn't play.

Yeah it was the caveman one with loads of pigs. I thought it was Tombi but ohh well.

-Ricky

Captin Planet
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Susan Arendt:

Captin Planet:
Physic Detective on the 3do. When i was teenager i really loved this game. I kinda wonder if i would today.

Um...no. Trust me on that one. It was definitely intriguing at the time, but it doesn't age particularly well. Wouldn't mind seeing a redo of it, though.

yeah i just read a review and it seems its a dudd damn shame. Another Fmv game would be great if done right.

Evil_Blue_Dot
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I'm going to have to throw in Einhander for the PS1. Beautiful sidescrolling ship-based shooter with some amazing music to boot. Oh that was a fun game...

Zeriercahl
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Joined: 3 Apr 2008

Tomba - awesome game. So much fun.
Einhander - I just played that the other day! (for the millionth time) My favorite shooter, I don't care what anyone says about Ikaruga.

Anyone ever heard of Solar Eclipse? It was for the Sega Saturn. A shooter with this amazing story. It was really tough and really great.

And then there's Commander Keen.

Jinjiro
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Gotta be Amerzone - first person adventure game released in 1999

Also Imogen for the BBC, I wonder if anyone played that game...

Ralackk
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-Seraph-:
Seems me and my friend are the only ones I know who have Played Bahamut Lagoon. Awesome fire emblem like RPG that sadly was only released in Japan. When he told me about it, i put it on my emulator and god damn, pure awesome.

Bahamut Lagoon was pretty fun as I recall, Ive never played Fire Emblem but it reminded me alot of Final Fantasy 1 and 2.

Age of Wonders and Sid Meier's Alpha Century seem to be pretty well known to the turn based stratergy crowd.

Toejam and Earl now that was a fun, very weird but fun co-op sega game.

gothic_dragon:
P O D and death drome for PC ring any bells

Not heard of P O D but I used to play death drome alot, Something satisfying about arena based combat on Tron looking motor bikes.

Now to add one of my own to the list. I have yet to find anyone else that has played or heard of Rogue Trip. It seems to been passed by for Twisted Metal which its fairly similar too but Rogue Trip had way more character in my opinion. This game was out on the PS1.

d3stroyer427
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Awesome Possum. It was a BAD (Let me repeat BAD) Sonic knock-off for the Sega Genesis. You can download the rom, if you want to waste that much time of your life...

User was banned for: "Gaymers" Speak Out On Homophobia. (Permanent)
Azhrarn-101
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Joined: 15 Jul 2008

Bamcrash:
Advent Rising, Original XBox.

I think its safe to assume even the developers forgot about this, as it is set up for a sequel, but there isn't one being created as far as I know. It is still fun, but is graphically bad.

Try the PC version of the same game, it took me 6 months to even track down a copy in Europe. That game was years ahead of its time in terms of physics, and was originally designed as a trilogy, instead it just faded away. The controls for PC were weird though, but surprisingly effective.

Besides there's not much that beats dual-wielding rocket launchers or any weapon in the game, although the Psi powers are phenomenal once you max them out.

Vanguard1219
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Joined: 31 Mar 2008

I've yet to meet somebody that has heard of, much less played, the original Dreamfall. I know that people have heard of it, but for some reason not a single friend of mine has ever heard of it.

Susan Arendt
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Vanguard1219:
I've yet to meet somebody that has heard of, much less played, the original Dreamfall. I know that people have heard of it, but for some reason not a single friend of mine has ever heard of it.

Now you have (assuming you mean The Longest Journey, to which Dreamfall is the sequel). Oh, and whoever mentioned Breakdown earlier, oh, lord yes. That game is fantastic, and woefully underplayed.

Vanguard1219
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Yeah, I kinda did mean The Longest Journey, but for some reason the name Dreamfall is what popped up after I thought about it. Meh, it happens.

Oh, and Ralackk is right. Toejam and Earl was six shades of awesome back in the day when it first came out.

Rossmallo
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Joined: 20 Feb 2008

TheColdHeart:
I had a game for the PS1 called Heart of Darkness, a platformer about a kid trying to rescue his pet dog from the darkness realm or something. I never completed it as it was so dam hard and no one i know has ever played/heard of it.

I heard of it, and was about to mention it. BRILLIANT game, but dude, it was REALLY graphic with the deaths, even though it had no blood.

Chopp
Paperboy
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Joined: 1 Aug 2008

CAB0SE:
Time Splitters: Future Perfect

I've heard everyone rave about the second one, but I thought number 3 was actually marginally better. I've seen reviews around for it, but it never really comes up it a lot of conversations

I actually prefer Future Perfect to TS2, except they didn't include the Scourge Splitter, which was my favorite miltiplayer character in TS2. :P

Phantasy Star Online. The only game(s) that made use of the Gamecube's online capabilities. Unless you're on a strictly-PSO forum, everyone's just like "You spelled 'Fantasy' wrong."

Vanguard1219
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I'd say Future Perfect is my favorite out of the Time Splitters series because it actually has a decent story in comparison to the other two. Just my opinion, guys, do with it what you will.

Susan, I honestly can't remember for the life of me what game your avatar comes from. I remember seeing it, I believe I even rented it, but I can't remember what it name was. This is going to bother me until I figure it out...

EDIT POINT:

I've got it! The game was P.N.03 and the character's name was Vanessa Schneider. I think I'll be able to sleep at night now...

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