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Torenhire
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States11681 Posts
July 08 2011 16:45 GMT
#1
First of all - is unpopular even a word? I hope so..

Secondly, the games listed here aren't necessarily bad, or unpopular...but I had never heard of a lot of the games on my list, and wouldn't have if I hadn't discovered the music. Don't take my thoughts and turn them into me saying such and such game is terrible.



I've gotten myself hooked on listening to all sorts of video game music, from old stuff to new stuff...thanks to a channel I found on Youtube ages ago (http://www.youtube.com/user/garudoh#p/c/3E245DF445E37F50) there's a TON of games there...he's got about 600 videos of games.

So usually what I'll do is start up a playlist, turn on shuffle, and listen away. I've found some really interesting and fun games that I had never heard of before, and the sound tracks are great! What are your favorite "hidden gems" from games? I'll post a few of mine below.. No particular order.


1 - The Ooze, Sega Genesis



Basically you're a doctor for a company, you find out they are going to release a plague on mankind, then sell the only known vaccine and become rich. The other doctors find you snooping, and they dip you in toxic waste...instead of killing you, you become the ooze. It's a puzzle kind of game, you have to find a cure for yourself and eat your former colleagues.


2 - Full Throttle, PC.



I have a feeling that more people will know of this one, but I was more into NES/SNES back then, as I didn't have a PC. This game's fucking awesome, though, talk about total badass. TL;DR of the story is that you're the badass leader of a biker gang, and the world is converting over to hovercrafts, the last manufacturer of motorcycles in the world gets murdered and your gang gets framed, and so on and so forth. Save your gang, save your motorcycles.


3 - LifeForce, NES.



This game was not unknown to me, HOWEVER I have yet to find someone else who has heard of this game. Save me TL!! Me and my dad used to play 2p on this all the time, it was his favorite NES game we had! Plus the soundtrack fuck freaking awesome. I have it on my Ipod. >>


4 - Solstice, NES.



Never heard of the game until I saw it on his channel...this game has amazing music though, and looks hard as hell, hahaha. The part at 4:02 is like an eargasm. For me, anyways. I don't know the story or anything behind the game...most NES games didn't really have one. Stories? Who wanted that crap back then. :p


5 - Splatterhouse, TG-16 (bonus if you know this thing <3)



Punching shit in a haunted house was never so much fun. This game is actually pretty good. If you're into old school games like I am, anyways. Predecessor to Splatterhouse 2+3 on the Genesis, if you are familiar. I don't think anyone has ever heard of this game because of the console it came on (lol NEC console) but the music in here is awesome. I love at the very beginning, splattering ghoulies against the wall with a giant stick. Yay Jason.


I'm curious to know if many people know of these 5...I'm sure between the tons of people on TL, that all five are known, but I can never seem to find anyone who is into playing really old, crappy or unpopular games! As an aside, I love watching really cheesy/shitty horror films, too...I have every season of MST3K, and the movies that they feature on that show are the kind of movies I love to watch, haha. Similar to video games!

So what are your guys old favorites? Ever have trouble finding people that have heard of the games? Hopefully we can talk about some older relatively unknown games together! :D


Also does anyone know of a way to play these old games multiplayer over the internet? There's gotta be a site somewhere that will let you pick a game and co-op it...maybe hamachi or certain emulators? I wanted to play Battletoads Co-op with Torte but I can't find something to do that.

2 times in a row, he's been mentioned in my blogs. What a jerk. Happy birthday Torte, btw <3

SirJolt: Well maybe if you weren't so big and stupid, it wouldn't have hit you.
SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-08 16:55:58
July 08 2011 16:53 GMT
#2


posting on liquid sites in current year
Torenhire
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States11681 Posts
July 08 2011 16:56 GMT
#3
Bahahaha, Cheetahmen II

Whyyyyy! That stupid crossbow noise, hahaha.
SirJolt: Well maybe if you weren't so big and stupid, it wouldn't have hit you.
Archas
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States6531 Posts
July 08 2011 17:01 GMT
#4
The room is ripe with the stench of bitches!
Smoru
Profile Joined September 2010
United States83 Posts
July 08 2011 17:28 GMT
#5


Dystopia has a number of good songs, but is a relatively unknown mod for source
Win Together, Die Alone
FreshNoThyme
Profile Joined March 2008
United States356 Posts
July 08 2011 17:36 GMT
#6
The Ooze was one of my top 5 Genesis games. I played the SHIT out of that game. I still have my Sega plus all the games (I bought Comix Zone the same day I got The Ooze). I also loved Splatterhouse. I used to get a lot of gaming magazines (from 95-2000 or so) and that's where I first heard about it. Badass games. Badass thread.
Torenhire
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States11681 Posts
July 08 2011 17:42 GMT
#7
On July 09 2011 02:36 RANDOMCL wrote:
The Ooze was one of my top 5 Genesis games. I played the SHIT out of that game. I still have my Sega plus all the games (I bought Comix Zone the same day I got The Ooze). I also loved Splatterhouse. I used to get a lot of gaming magazines (from 95-2000 or so) and that's where I first heard about it. Badass games. Badass thread.


I almost put Comix Zone in the OP but I didn't want it to be endlessly long...The music for Ooze and CZ were produced by the same guy, IIRC...maybe that was CZ and something else. I can't remember.


I don't have many of my stuff left, after way too many moves...between losing them and friends and stuff, haha. I've got like 100ish NES games and maybe 15 SNES games left, plus the consoles..


I used to have two NES but I converted one into a DVD player. >_>
SirJolt: Well maybe if you weren't so big and stupid, it wouldn't have hit you.
Zenaton
Profile Joined April 2011
United States16 Posts
July 08 2011 17:54 GMT
#8


Anything from this game was amazing.
Bibdy
Profile Joined March 2010
United States3481 Posts
July 08 2011 17:58 GMT
#9
I've got music from games like Battlezone 2, Anachronox, Tribes 2 and Planescape: Torment on my iPod.







edc
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States666 Posts
July 08 2011 17:58 GMT
#10
TETRIS THEME SONG!!! ALL THE SONGS FROM YOSHI'S ISLAND!!!

Seriously, they all sound great. The former gets stuck in my head way too often.
“There are two kinds of people in this world, those with loaded guns, and those who dig. You dig.” - Clint Eastwood
SlimeBagly
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
356 Posts
July 08 2011 18:07 GMT
#11
more popular game, but great music:

mutalisks are awesome!
Starparty
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Sweden1963 Posts
July 08 2011 18:13 GMT
#12
i have life force man
The artist formerly known as Starparty
Torenhire
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States11681 Posts
July 08 2011 18:15 GMT
#13
Ah god damnit the Katamari song is gonna be stuck in my head for the entire weekend.

Da naaaaaa nanana nana na naa....


Also, Starparty, High five! o/'

I think Lifeforce was one of my top 5 favorite NES games I've played. WAY too much fun.
SirJolt: Well maybe if you weren't so big and stupid, it wouldn't have hit you.
Servius_Fulvius
Profile Joined August 2009
United States947 Posts
July 08 2011 21:34 GMT
#14
One of my all-time favorite game scores comes from Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinistrals.

Great "big boss" battle theme:


Great slower song/ending theme:


Great "epic struggle" theme:


And one of the greatest orchestral adaptations I've heard to date:


I don't know why the game wasn't more popular. It did, however, come out in America between Final Fantasy 6 and the release of the Playstation, so maybe that had something to do with it...
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