FAVOURITE UNKNOWN RPG?

[Venator]

Mine was the Mysterious Case of the Lady in the Lake. It was a fantastic game from 1992, with Midi Support and great storyline. How I miss that game; anyone got any old favourites?

[Omega Weapon]

Omega Weapon is not familiar with that particular RPG. However Luna Sun was an excellent game in terms of storyline which unfortunately has not recieved its due attention.  

[Venator]

Originally posted by Omega Weapon
Omega Weapon is not familiar with that particular RPG. However Luna Sun was an excellent game in terms of storyline which unfortunately has not recieved its due attention.  

Alas, I never heard of Luna Sun I'm sure it was a great game though. What year was it? I'll look it up on Home of the Underdogs.

Oh! do you remember a game from 1994 on the SNES called the Faraway Tree and the Bulb? That was a CLASS Rpg, by an unknown scottish company that went bankrupt in 1997.

[Meiscool-2]

Secert of Evermore for the SNES. Hardly "unheard" of, but rarly talked about.

[Omega Weapon]

Originally posted by Meiscool
Secert of Evermore for the SNES. Hardly "unheard" of, but rarly talked about.

'Twas an excellent game. It is a shame that newer RPGs do not pay homage to their betters by adding a hidden weapon or summon monster from said better games as an easter egg.

[Venator]

Originally posted by Meiscool
Secert of Evermore for the SNES. Hardly "unheard" of, but rarly talked about.

Yeah, that is hardly unheard of.

Has anyone ever played Ultima: Attack of the Celts? It was a rare game made by origin in 1989, and didn't get much press coverage. Apparently a lot of the graphcis in the original game were very good, but Richard Garriot fell out with the graphics artists at the last minute and so had to do some quick 'rush' graphics that weren't as good.

I think it only sold 5,000 units. Very rare game, and my friend has a copy!

[MrMister]

Originally posted by Meiscool
Secert of Evermore for the SNES. Hardly "unheard" of, but rarly talked about.

Ah. Square of America's crappy attempt to make another Secret of Mana. Man, that got boring after 10 minutes. I think you couldn't think of anything better.
Well I'll go with Ikachan, a PC game from the creators of Cave Story. You can find it on HotU. It's in Japanese, but there isn't much text. You control a squid that has to eat other sea creatures to live. And you fight cool bosses.

[Venator]

Originally posted by MrMister

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Originally posted by Meiscool Secert of Evermore for the SNES. Hardly "unheard" of, but rarly talked about.

Ah. Square of America's crappy attempt to make another Secret of Mana. Man, that got boring after 10 minutes. I think you couldn't think of anything better.
Well I'll go with Ikachan, a PC game from the creators of Cave Story. You can find it on HotU. It's in Japanese, but there isn't much text. You control a squid that has to eat other sea creatures to live. And you fight cool bosses.

There was a cool WW2 style Japanese RPG called 'The Emperor's Sack'. It involved the protagonist, a Japanese Charlie Chaplin character, sneaking around the Imperial Palace stealing all the important Japanese historical treasures, solving very hard clues on the way. It was made in 1994 by the Ashashara Company, which went into Liquidation when the Japanese economy didn't do too well in recent years.

[Meiscool-2]

Another good RPG that isn't talked much about, but I'm sure most of you have heard of, was Crystalis. I think that was by far the best NES game put out in it's time period.

[Omega Weapon]

Originally posted by Venator

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Originally posted by MrMister quote: Originally posted by Meiscool Secert of Evermore for the SNES. Hardly "unheard" of, but rarly talked about. Ah. Square of America's crappy attempt to make another Secret of Mana. Man, that got boring after 10 minutes. I think you couldn't think of anything better. Well I'll go with Ikachan, a PC game from the creators of Cave Story. You can find it on HotU. It's in Japanese, but there isn't much text. You control a squid that has to eat other sea creatures to live. And you fight cool bosses.

It was made in 1994 by the Ashashara Company, which went into Liquidation when the Japanese economy didn't do too well in recent years.

Pardon me if I contest this good sir but if a company was to be closed in Japan it should be due to lackluster sales and not the splendid Japanese gaming-industrial powerhouse.

[headspace]

I liked Dark Passage on the BBC B micro - now that is showing my age.

[Venator]

Originally posted by headspace
I liked Dark Passage on the BBC B micro - now that is showing my age.

The sequal 'Round the back Passage' was tops; I used to play it on the school computer!

[Archem]

Originally posted by Meiscool
Another good RPG that isn't talked much about, but I'm sure most of you have heard of, was Crystalis. I think that was by far the best NES game put out in it's time period.

If that's the game I think you're talking about, yeah, it was pretty fun. For a LoZ clone. And there was a GBC remake, but I furkin' lost it. Since I lost both the NES and GBC versions (identical), and it's so rare, I fear I'll never finish it...

[Venator]

The Best RPG ever made that is VERY rare is 'A Bowl of Soup'. It first appeared on the Commadore 64, and was similar to Jetset Willy, only you had to go around gathering ingredients for the kings Soup. When you had finished, the king would let you marry the princess and give you a spoonfull of the delicious soup!

I can't seem to find this RPG though, but my older brother who'se into Troma movies says it's really cool.

[Meiscool-2]

Originally posted by Archem2

quote:

Originally posted by Meiscool Another good RPG that isn't talked much about, but I'm sure most of you have heard of, was Crystalis. I think that was by far the best NES game put out in it's time period.

If that's the game I think you're talking about, yeah, it was pretty fun. For a LoZ clone. And there was a GBC remake, but I furkin' lost it. Since I lost both the NES and GBC versions (identical), and it's so rare, I fear I'll never finish it...

Did somebody say Limewire?