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[Draco18s]

I'm going to drop The Dig down and see if anyone has ever heard of it.

It puts the entire Myst series to shame.

[Soulwynd]

The dig was obscure? O.o

[Draco18s]

The dig was obscure? O.o

I'm never sure about some of the games that I played that I have no idea how I acquired them.

This one, I know came with the Compaq my dad bought after he over-upgraded the 486.  I still haven't met anyone who's played it.

[Typoman]

anyone heard of operation neptune?
the Mice Men? (a little more obscure)

[olemars]

I'm going to drop The Dig down and see if anyone has ever heard of it.

It puts the entire Myst series to shame.

You can pick it up at steam for less than a fiver. Not sure if I'd go as far as calling it obscure, but it is much less well-known than the other lucasarts adventures. I haven't even played it, and I've played pretty much everyting else LA has released.

[andrea]

I played " the dig" too, after seeing it at a local videogame store. probably less obscure than it may seem.

[Cecilff2]

Gazillionaire, if I or someone else hasn't already mentioned it.

It's like a souped-up excel spreadsheet with kid-friendly drawings of zaaaannnyyy aliens, in which you try to make 1 million "kubars" before the other AI personalities.

I remember that.  The AI was pathetic, but really really annoying.  I saw plenty of times when they went into more debt than they could possibly handle(And more than it would ever allow you to go) and still buy engine upgrades and pretty much every single product on a planet.

[lordnincompoop]

Probably the most obscure game I've played was any of Spiderweb Software's games or Lemonade Tycoon.

Spidey's games are amazing stuff. Lemonade Tycoon not so much.

EDIT: No wait, there's Istiden, SimTheme Park (RC knockoff), Robot Arena, and various Swedish anatomy/history games I had when I was a kid.

[Cecilff2]

PC: Slice 'n' Hook

Haha.  Such an insane minigolf game.  I liked black hole the most I think.  Whichever one had the whistling severed head at the end.


Just thought of another one on my end

PC: Siege of Avalon

[Draco18s]

I'm going to drop The Dig down and see if anyone has ever heard of it.

You can pick it up at steam for less than a fiver. Not sure if I'd go as far as calling it obscure, but it is much less well-known than the other lucasarts adventures. I haven't even played it, and I've played pretty much everyting else LA has released.

Oh nice, $5.  If I hadn't used a walkthrough when I was twelve (and completed the game*).  I might go get it.

*I might add that there is in fact one conversation bit that if you don't have it before leaving the room it is no longer available and the game becomes impossible to finish.  The only reason I can figure that it's in there at all is because it was in the book.

[beorn080]

anyone heard of operation neptune?
the Mice Men? (a little more obscure)

I still have the operation Neptune floppies. That game is HARD for adult gamers, completely ignoring the fact that its intended for 5-8th graders.

Gazillionaire. That was fun. Actually, as I recall, that game had pretty good AI. I mean, often you'll see one of the 6 AI bots go horribly in the red, but the rest tend to do very good. It's much easier in the full version thanks to the sheer amount of things you can do,  and all the special planets.

[Soulwynd]

I thought it was one, if not the most well known lucas arts adventure game. There was a huge buzz about it when it was released.

[neotemplar]

PC: Netstorm, Slice 'n' Hook
PS1: Robo Pit, Carnage Heart
GBC: Magination

All I can think of.

I totally got a copy of Robo Pit last year!  That is obscure.

[kg333]

anyone heard of operation neptune?
the Mice Men? (a little more obscure)

I still have the operation Neptune floppies. That game is HARD for adult gamers, completely ignoring the fact that its intended for 5-8th graders.

Operation Neptune, hells yes...beat the pants off Treasure Mountain.  And yeah, it's hard, that last level on Expert was nasty.

KG

[nenjin]

Obscure.

No seriously, that's the name.

A weird Resident Evil type-game cast as a teen horror movie. Looks very up to date and shiny, yet I never heard or saw anything on the game until I found it online.