What is an obscure piece of media or videogame that you think nobody else here has heard of?
It could even be a youtube video or movie that you don't think anyone reading this has heard of besides you.
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It could even be a youtube video or movie that you don't think anyone reading this has heard of besides you.
I recently worked my way through the old games library on archive.org and found some gems I used to play.
The game that got me looking there in the first place was Lost Dutchman Mine (still holds up!), but then I just kept scrolling and have bookmarked dozens of games. I won't list them all, but some favourites I grew up playing (and still occasionally revisit) that I don't think were massively (or at least still would be) well known:
Xonix - the first pc game I ever played, back when monitors only had 2 colours lol
Jones in the Fast Lane The Sims if it was a board game
Mario is Missing Yes, the Mario. I was the only person I know to own and play this game
Home alone and Home Alone 2 both on 5¼-inch floppy
Goblins I never got far in this game as a kid, and I have resorted to digging up the walkthrough even today to progress lol
Not a game, there is also Jerry Springer the Opera, a satire which I feel went far too low under the radar, and more people should watch (I think most people assume that the first act - a mock up JS episode, is all it is, but it really isn't). I've listened to it so many times I can literally sing you the whole thing from beginning to end (OST is much better quality than the live recording, and is on YT too). 😂(CW: contains some outdated and offensive terms and slurs)
E: here's a no-spoiler taste, the ad break
Edit again (I'm now re-watching it and this part just came up and reminded me lol): some folks here might be familiar with I Just Wanna Fuckin' Dance, which is from the opera!
There are probably many more, but I've just woken up, so that's all that comes to mind rn..
I somehow played Mario is missing on dos and SNES when I was a kid.
Woo hoo, it wasn't just me! 😂
(for years I wondered if I'd imagined it because no one else ever knew what I was talking about..)
That game was bafflingly difficult.
I spent way too much of my childhood playing Jones in the Fast Lane. It plays on ScummVM these days.
Same, though not only in childhood! For a while it was my "get to sleep" game I would play every night until I dozed off, this was only a couple of years ago.. 😂
Despite that last remark, it's a great game (if a little repetitive, which is what puts me to sleep lol E: Sims 3 often does the same..😆)!
Nice, Gobliiins!!! I played that a whole lot back in the day. I think there was even a couple sequels too. Fun game!
I had Jones as well! Honestly, I barely knew what the hell I was doing back then.