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Obscure Video Games @obscurevgs.bsky.social · 6h

Drakan: The Ancients’ Gates (Surreal Software - PS2 - 2002)

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Obscure Video Games @obscurevgs.bsky.social · 3d

Goo! Goo! Soundy (Konami - PSX - 1999)

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Obscure Video Games @obscurevgs.bsky.social · 8d

Flower, Sun and Rain (Grasshopper Manufacture - DS - 2008/2009)
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Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, but spooky 🦇 @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 9d

Hey, did you know that not only did PlayStation dice 'em up XI [sai] (AKA: Devil Dice) get a WonderSwan port, but it's actually a fantastic demake with a fun little dance mode too!

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XI [sai] Little: The devil’s in the dice

You might have already seen this one. Not here in its unexpected WonderSwan form, but on the PlayStation, where it was known to most of us as Devil Dice. Well, I say “most of us”, but t…

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Obscure Video Games @obscurevgs.bsky.social · 11d

Hokuto no Ken (Natsume - PSX - 2000) obscurevideogames.tumblr.com/post/7936696...

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Obscure Video Games @obscurevgs.bsky.social · 14d

Domo-kun no Fushigi Terebi (Suzak - GBA - 2002)
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Obscure Video Games @obscurevgs.bsky.social · 15d

Evolution Worlds (Sting - GameCube - 2003)
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Obscure Video Games @obscurevgs.bsky.social · 17d

Baroque (Sting - PSX - 1999)
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Obscure Video Games @obscurevgs.bsky.social · 19d

Evolution Worlds (Sting - GameCube - 2003)
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Gaming Hell @sarahssowertty.bsky.social · 23d

Yeah, especially since the two O's don't look like they're part of the name! I guess Gamest didn't see the flyer since it has the name typed out below the logo~

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Obscure Video Games @obscurevgs.bsky.social · 23d

Baroque (Sting - PSX - 1999)
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VGJunk @vgjunk.bsky.social · Aug 27

I can't figure out if the tiger or the ninja is more confused about what is going on here.

Cover illustration from Computer Gamer magazine. A ninja pokes out of a tiger's mouth. It's either a very large tiger or a very small ninja.

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VGJunk @vgjunk.bsky.social · Sep 2

Kinda burying the lede with that title, I'd have called it DINOSAUROS CARNAGE or something.

Cover art for Driller Tanks, MSX. A tank shoots the head off a T-Rex.

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Obscure Video Games @obscurevgs.bsky.social · 24d

Ancient Roman (Nihon Systems - PSX - 1998)
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Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, but spooky 🦇 @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 24d

Baroque's such a special game - let me tell you why:

(And then click the "Further Reading" links at the bottom for information on everything from prequels and promotional discs to shmup spinoffs!)

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Baroque: Should you hope to survive, hold Baroque inside.

“This is the age of Great Heat. This is the world it destroyed.” What if an angel gave you a gun and asked you to go forth and kill god with it? And then… What if you did what it …

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Obscure Video Games @obscurevgs.bsky.social · Sep 13

Elemental Gearbolt (Alfa System - PSX - 1998)

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Obscure Video Games @obscurevgs.bsky.social · Sep 11

Laser Lords (Spinnaker - CDI - 1992)

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Obscure Video Games @obscurevgs.bsky.social · Sep 10

Drone Tactics (Success - DS - 2008)
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Obscure Video Games @obscurevgs.bsky.social · Sep 9

So I guess they finally figured out how to make animated GIFs work. Now it's time to party like it's 1995.

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Obscure Video Games @obscurevgs.bsky.social · Sep 9

Flower, Sun and Rain (Grasshopper Manufacture - DS - 2008/2009)

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Obscure Video Games @obscurevgs.bsky.social · Sep 6

Flower, Sun and Rain (Grasshopper Manufacture - DS - 2008/2009)
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VGJunk @vgjunk.bsky.social · Sep 4

Shout-out to Cyberdillo, the only videogame to recreate "The Death of Marat" with a cyborg armadillo. At least I assume it is.

Screenshot from the 3DO game Cyberdillo. The famous Jacques-Louis David painting "The Death of Marat" but with a cyborg armadillo in place of the assassinated French revolutionary. As you do.

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Obscure Video Games @obscurevgs.bsky.social · Sep 4

Yanya Caballista: City Skater (Cave/KOEI - PS2 - 2001)

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Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, but spooky 🦇 @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · Sep 3

Everyone remembers Sting's Baroque, right? You know, the... gorgeous RP- *checks notes* fast-paced PC exclusive vert shmup?!

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Baroque Shooting: A surprisingly worthy spinoff

Who takes an engrossing 3D roguelike and then decides to follow it up with an adventure based on a published story? A typing game? Or in this case, an honest-to-goodness shmup? Sting, that’s …

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Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, but spooky 🦇 @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · Sep 3

Celebratory music for a happy occasion :D

A photo showing the soundtrack to Mach Breakers spread out on my floor.

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