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    • pjftP
      pjft @A2ra3L
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      @A2ra3L I'm going to check out The Firemen, even if just because my oldest son loves firemen, so it should be a fun one to try out.

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        EctoOne
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        I never was into Sportsgames but one game got my attention when i was young.
        Track Meet for the Gameboy. It's an Track & Field clone. The obscure thing about it are the crazy opponents you have to compete with. Like a Ninja or Fakir riding a carpet.
        Skip to minute 14 in the video to see another special.

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        • OmnijaO
          Omnija
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          GBA
          -Car Battler Joe

          -CIMA - The Enemy

          -Lady Sia (The art.. so well done)

          GBC
          -Hands of Time

          -Samurai Kid

          -Toki Tori (Figured id mention this one for those with little kids)

          -Azure Dreams (the psx version was mentioned above, figured nobody knew about the gbc)

          GB
          -Avenging Spirit

          -Cave Noire

          -Mole Mania

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          • pjftP
            pjft @Omnija
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            @Omnija Toki Tori is a really nice puzzler.

            If we're going for gbc, I can recommend the two Tomb Raider games, which are nice platformers a la Prince of Persia.

            Also on the GBA I've recently caught wind of Ninja Cop/Ninja Five-O which is a surprisingly competent shinobi-like platformer.

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            • ZioDarkmageZ
              ZioDarkmage
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              So I know that Phantasy Star IV on Sega Genesis/MegaDrive really isn't that obscure, but it is what really got me into the RPG genre. But in the RPG vein, I would like to recomment Koudelka. It is an RPG set with a horror story.

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              • CapemanC
                Capeman
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                This is my kind of thread!

                JJ Squakers MAME

                Cliffhanger Edward Randy MAME

                Pop'n Twinbee SNES

                Bio Miracle Baby Upa NES

                King of Demons SNES

                Vector Artist, Designer and Maker of Stuff: Laser Cut Atari / Pixel Theme Bartop

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                • CapemanC
                  Capeman
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                  OoOops! Forgot a couple! I could do this all day...

                  Pulseman GENESIS

                  Worm War 1 ATARI

                  Magical Chase TURBOGRAFX

                  Blade Buster NES

                  Summer Carnival 92: Recca NES

                  Panic SEGA CD

                  R-Type Leo MAME

                  Ninja Baseball Bat Man MAME

                  Cosmo Gang SNES

                  Vector Artist, Designer and Maker of Stuff: Laser Cut Atari / Pixel Theme Bartop

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                  • UDb23U
                    UDb23 @Capeman
                    last edited by

                    @Capeman R-type Leo ... cannot be really defined "obscure"; it's a very famous game ;-)

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                    • CapemanC
                      Capeman @UDb23
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                      @UDb23 I consider it kind of obscure since it never got a port anywhere else from the arcade, most people think of Super R-Type and R-type3 for SNES or sometimes the TG16 ports... Some people are surprised when they heard there was an R-Type game that you can only play in MAME, and just how kick ass it is!

                      Vector Artist, Designer and Maker of Stuff: Laser Cut Atari / Pixel Theme Bartop

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                      • UDb23U
                        UDb23 @Capeman
                        last edited by

                        @Capeman I like it too and, jokes aside, I'm happy you mentioned it.
                        It's a good way to make it known to those people that never heard of, or never played, R-type games.

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                        • CapemanC
                          Capeman
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                          Alot of us MAME-heads tend to forget that people new to MAME usually haven't had exposure to any of the really good "common" MAME gems...aside from the super obvious classics such as donkey kong and pacman of course.

                          Pull JJ Squackers or Ninja Baseball Bat Man out of your pocket and people look at it like the glowing suitcase from pulp fiction! hahaha!

                          Vector Artist, Designer and Maker of Stuff: Laser Cut Atari / Pixel Theme Bartop

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                          • CapemanC
                            Capeman
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                            Everyone knows battletoads, but only MAME-heads know that one of the best ones was arcade only! BOOM!

                            Battletoads MAME

                            Vector Artist, Designer and Maker of Stuff: Laser Cut Atari / Pixel Theme Bartop

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                            • cyperghostC
                              cyperghost
                              last edited by cyperghost

                              Obscure games?
                              Well let's call this ... Grand Theft Auto 0 - ASPHALT on CPC - I loved this game :)

                              Annother obscure one ... because shooting on humans is not okay, but killing aliens is - here it is SPACE Invasion (AKA Commando here are you killing humans). Now this makes me really laugh.... Hey these guys wear white jump suits - how gay :D

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                              • pjftP
                                pjft @Capeman
                                last edited by

                                @Capeman R-Type Leo certainly deserves a mention. I was a big R-Type fan from the time of the ZX Spectrum, later on got a hold of R-Type 2, played Delta on the psx, but had never heard of Leo until recently.

                                I played it a bit once and blazed through the first level pretty much unscathed, only to then be demolished in the first part of the second stage :) Still, one to play again in the future.

                                I mentioned Sega Ninja in a separate thread, on MAME. I'm honestly not sure how famous it is, but I found it quite enjoyable. Think of it as Commando, but with a few mechanics on top.

                                I apologize for never posting videos - I'm on my phone :(

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                                  backstander @Capeman
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                                  @Capeman
                                  Thanks for the list!

                                  I noticed that Blade Buster is a homebrew!
                                  http://www.romhacking.net/homebrew/24/

                                  Also Summer Carnival '92: Recca's Wikipedia page says that the original cartridge was only released in Japan and is quite rare (sells for around 20,000 yen now). It was re-released on the Virtual Console.

                                  "Recca is described by shoot 'em up fans and reviewers as one of the toughest games in history. Although it is a little known game, Recca is one of the few games that pushed the hardware of the Famicom console. Recca worked around sprite limits of the Famicom hardware by showing sprites for effects like explosions every other frame (at 30fps instead of 60fps). One reason for its general obscurity is due to the fact that upon its release in 1992, focus was already on the Famicom's successor, the Super Famicom console."

                                  "By using a rom hack or cheat code, the Sega logo appears and explodes, then the Nintendo logo appears. ('Sega' and 'Nintendo' are spelled with '?'s instead of 'e's.)"

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                                  • CapemanC
                                    Capeman @backstander
                                    last edited by Capeman

                                    @backstander An even more random fun fact is the music in blade buster is directly stolen from a TG16 shooter. I only realized this the other day when I was drinking beer and playing shooters on my arcade. I cant remember if it was Super Star Soldier or Blazing Lasers... but it was definitely one of them.

                                    EDIT I think it was Soldier Blade, hence the BLADE in both names! That makes sense!

                                    Vector Artist, Designer and Maker of Stuff: Laser Cut Atari / Pixel Theme Bartop

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                                    • CodeDrawerC
                                      CodeDrawer
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                                      I'd have to say battleship by nintendo for the gameboy colour? Or the gameboy. There is no differnce. Other then the colour XD

                                      N64 emulation is the next step :)

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                                      • pjftP
                                        pjft
                                        last edited by

                                        I forgot to mention Rolling Thunder! One of my favorite games from back in the day.

                                        Unsure of its popularity meter, but both arcade and ZX Spectrum versions are good to recommend.

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                                        • CodeDrawerC
                                          CodeDrawer
                                          last edited by

                                          But then again, I just love battle ship.

                                          N64 emulation is the next step :)

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                                          • mediamogulM
                                            mediamogul Global Moderator @Capeman
                                            last edited by mediamogul

                                            @Capeman

                                            I only realized this the other day when I was drinking beer

                                            This is the same way I realized how amazing I am at Karaoke.

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