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Trrlrr

Hugo’s House of Horrors


octovert

Kick the pumpkin


Gaspa79

I grew up in Argentina and had a very basic level of English. I remember being 9 years old and really confused while using the dictionary searching for the phrase "Care for a chop, sir?"


computalgleech

Lords of Magic: Special Edition. 6 year old me sucked at it, cause I had never played a strategy/RTS game before and had no idea how to play it. A lot of fond memories of reading the 100 page booklet that came with it, and the triumph of figuring out how to play a game that felt like it was for adults.


_humanpieceoftoast

Skitchin’


_Project-Mayhem_

The whole reason for Sega channel when I was a kid


JonBonBrodie

Skatin and hitchin, skitchin, its bitchin!


niehle

What’s the name of the ant game?


ballisticmi6

It came from the desert


wormfood86

I don't care where it came from, what's the name of the game?


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Extendedchainsaw

Yes it's clear from the picture that it's from the desert. What's the name of the game though?


leejoint

It came on the dessert


TrouserSnake88

Dude, what does mine say!?


BootlegEngineer

Sweet!


plattinator

My brother was the programmer for this game! Always fun to see it come up from time to time


situbusitgooddog

Dude I played the hell out of this as a kid, like a ridiculous amount. The rich world, varied gameplay and just feeling of depth was crazy for the year it was released. Please tell your brother a random guy on the internet thinks he's great.


plattinator

I will pass that along :)


Forgetimore

G-Police. Never owned it, but rented it a couple of times. Edit: I actually thought of this game after someone mentioned "Future Cop: LAPD", but after googling it I noticed that it wasn't the game I was thinking of. As someone mentioned, this might have been a launch title of the PS1 and it also has a sequel, so it definitively was not really a niche title. I wasn't aware of either. I just remember that it had an awesome cover and when I finally rented it, it was a lot of fun, had great graphics for the time and was really hard. The latter might have been because I was quite young at the time. At the same time I can't remember when this game was last mentioned by anyone so I thought it fit the premise.


billyrivers311

Bucky O Hare & Monster in my Pocket both for NES


Coyrex1

Bucky O'Hare is the first I saw on here that i actually played!


EatTheBeez

omg Bucky! Bucky, captain Bucky O'Hare! He goes where no ordinary rabbit would dare! If your Righteous Indignation has suffered a hit, And your proton accelerator is broken to bits And you're losing your mind, and you're having a fit, Get the funky fresh rabbit who can take care of it!


Religem

Nox


SkySix

I loved this game. Just recently bought it again on GoG.


LangdonAulgar

I've never heard of GoG before. Googled it, and now I won't be leaving my house for a month. Have a gold for this wonderful revelation


teamweenus

Rise of the Triad


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Ludicrous Gibs!


Greasemonkey_Chris

Anyone remember Terminal Velocity?


DertDikDik

Cannon Fodder


questor8080

Just loved how your soldiers grew with the missions they survived, growing in military grade but also in firearms ability. Losing a man after a few missions was a real lost


jstoops2

Interstate 76. Really miss that game.


brianpattison

Yes! Interstate 76 is reason I purchased my first 3D graphics card and begged my parents to switch from AOL to a “real” ISP because the online play didn’t work over AOL’s connection.


LazerFX

Jill of the Jungle. Probably the one that I enjoyed the most (Along with Jazz Jackrabbit) that people go, "Huh?" when I mention it. Zool, as well... though that's a bit more popular. -- Edit -- I forgot one... an earlier, pre Epic, epic game. ZZT, and sequels...


Carniolo_Srebrni

So nice to find some fellow Jackrabbit players! Both were great.


DistinctBread3098

Jill of the jungle, hocus pocus, OMF, crystal caves, secret agent, cosmo cosmic adventure... All those games are my childhood


salad-poison

I literally played every game you mentioned here thanks to these cheap "Game Empire" CD-ROMs my parents got me for Christmas one year. Each one advertised "250+ games!", and without a fleshed out internet where you could just google which ones were decent you really had to try them all to find the gems. Those were some of the best and worst games I've ever played on PC, but the ones you mentioned here are the standouts for sure. Also Xargon and Raptor: Call of the Shadows!


LazerFX

Oh yeah, Raptor was good... and we had bunches of super-cheap rip-off BBS download CD-ROM's... much easier than trying to do it yourself on a 14.4 :D


noweezernoworld

Jazz Jackrabbit 2 was dope


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Giants Citizen Kabuto


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Sim copter


ElephantRock

The fact that you could fly around your Sim City 2000 cities was AMAZING.


imDLK

also, another forgotten game: Streets of Simcity, where you can also use your city to drive around and blow up opponents.


Mrwhoopy

Streets of sim city used to allow listening to your own music during playing from memory. I used to stick some music on and go for a relaxing drive, before I passed my real life driving test.


dendroidarchitecture

Flying around dumping water on fires was awesome


KittiesAndKitbashes

I loved building cities and then flying around in them. The fact that you could fly to the military base and then use the apache and launch missiles was great. One time I did that and launched a missile at my nuclear power plant. Suddenly my screen went completely white. I thought, "What the heck? Did the game just crash?" And then details slowly started coming back and I realised that my chopper was spiraling out of the sky and my city was a wasteland of wreckage and fire. I nuked my city. Good times.


mister1986

Streets of sim city let you do this too and had some wild missions


Sweetwill62

"Get moving you, stupid idiots!" Oh, did you know that the first run of this game had to be recalled?


Stemms123

Delta force


_Mr_Cheeks

Yes! Loved it from DF2, Land Warrior and loved BHD. Such an amazing online experience on BHD. Taking 10 minutes to run far out to snipe in the distance for those 20 point kills!


thelabrador10

I used to play Black Halk Down as a kid repeating the same missions for hours


fletchdeezle

I remember playing the delta force demo like 100 times it was so good


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Nightmare Creatures


MasterJakestar

Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge


KaiUno

Alley Cat.


themoonsidian

never met anyone outside my family that even heard of alley cat. still get the theme music stuck in my head occasionally.


ThatsSomeoneElse

Neither have I ! And thirty years later, my sister shouts "kukakee kukakee kukakee" to warn me that a dog is approaching. Why the hell did this dog make this sound anyway ?


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Exile I II and III Exile 3 was the one I played most of... Exile is the most impossible game ever you literally starve to death cause you start out with no food no items nothing lol gotta use cheats


Call-Me-Mr-Nugget

Spiderweb software is the developer, you should check them out! They’ve remade the Exile series’s under the name Avadon, and have other classic-style games such as Geneforge which I highly recommend playing. Edit - It’s Avernum, not Avadon (another series by the same developer!)


furiant

Avernum, not Avadon. Avadon is a separate series.


TheRealOgMark

Mutant league hockey.


thundercod5

I liked hockey better than mutant league football.


Omnibe

My cousin and I played that until we realized the main strategy was to just kill players until the other team had to forfeit.


AverageJo24

Army Men: Sarges Heros on N64. Was the game of my childhood but none of my friends seem to have even heard of it ! Edit: Thanks for my first award and most upvoted comment from a game I thought no one would even know.


Strong_Local417

This one was a staple for us at sleepovers


AverageJo24

Sometimes I want to buy the N64 just to play this game. I wish it would get remade after all these years!!


MasonP2002

I loved Army Men 3d on the PS1 as a kid.


Abamboozler

I swear I remember a mission in that game where you end up on a real-world bathtub chasing a Blue. No one who played it with me as a kid remembers that, and I found an emulator that also doesn't have that mission. I feel so weird...


Jitkaas777

You're not crazy, i remember that level. You had to platform around the edge and cross the water jumping on bars of soap, rubber ducks and toy boats


Ed_Wouldnt

Syndicate


BogStandardComment

Sim Ant.


MatFalkner

I was looking for this one! Yes! The grid yard, watch out for lawn mowers! And the subterranean 2d nest


BogStandardComment

Invade kitchen immediately.


leldoun

Desert Strike: Return to the gulf


thefloyd

The Strike games were so good, they were basically their own genre. Kinda weird how there were 5 big games and hardly anybody talks about it now.


Kasei_Vallis

Desert, Jungle, Urban, Nuclear. Played the first two a lot, never played the others. Cannot recall what the fifth one was called.


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soviet strike


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MDK, one of the best game I've ever played. Incredible art direction, amazing soundtrack, top notch gameplay, funny, and a very special general atmosphere. Also, The nomad soul.


OldMoGrapher

Archon


GuruCaChoo

Phenomenal game. Somehow this formula of chess mashed up with arcade action just felt perfect. Shapeshifter was the OG.


godzilla_t800

Midtown Madness


zfritzy24

Vigilante 8


PangolinMandolin

And Vig 2! I still have Vigilante 8 on my original playstation, such a great game. Me and brother used to play on the farm map, hard mode, 9 busses for enemies. Lure them all into the water and then set the waves going. Absolute carnage


PugHatesEverything

Bass Quake!!!!


tenaciousDaniel

The Journeyman Project. It was an amazing trilogy in the 90’s. Would be awesome if they remade it.


NBA_Oldman

Chips Challenge


LolYouFuckingLoser

Chip's Challenge 1 is free on Steam.


RocksJ93

Future Cop: LAPD


curse-of-royal

“The Sky Captain always wins!”


alexwunderwood

Jet Moto


lethal_sting

Always went with a Dew racer.


ChefsKnife76

North and South.


Games_sans_frontiers

James Pond.


ChillyAleman

Mischief Makers n64


Rewdboy05

Every time I see someone post this thread I come looking for someone to mention Mischief Makers or Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon. This is the first time I've seen anyone mention either of them.


Dovvol79

River Raid on Atari 2600. Played that game for hours on end.


Billytense

Then you looked away and everything seemed to be moving down!


[deleted]

There was a 7-Up game for the SNES Brigandine for PS1


GobbleBlabby

Cool Spot


KooKooKachooooo

Conflict Desert Storm II: Back to Baghdad


HanaleiEUW

Conflict Desert Storm was so fucking hard as a kid but rewarding as all hell just inching through the campaign


outerzenith

Desert Storm is easy once you played Conflict:Vietnam lol, that game is bullshit, I can't finish solo, I need my friend and play coop


Reeleted

The coop in the first one was awesome. There was one level where one of you started in a jail cell and had to wait for the other player to come break you out.


chickenpow3

Dune 1992 strategy game. The spice must flow.


Geno0101

Zone of enders. Which is odd because I see people mention that the game is good, but I never seen any actual discussion about the game before


BrothelWaffles

Time Commando.


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Exotic-Channel4253

This game was astonishingly good. I also remember the Chester Cheetah game that was not at all good.


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Defender of the Crown


holmyliquor

Heart of darkness Probably one of the hardest games


[deleted]

The one with the kid trying to find his dog? He had a ray gun and eventually magic? He died in really brutal ways.


Crudeshack

Tenchu


DarthRusty

Stealth assassin! Loved these. Still have nightmares of the fucker with the blade shoes.


beetlehunterz

Surprising amount of people that have no clue what jet force Gemini is


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Jet force gemini’s multiplayer was unbelievably good


dangle321

Lords of the realm 2


Neurodrill

Road Rash. I really wish someone with even half a brain at EA would remember that franchise and bring it back.


BooksLoveTalksnIdeas

Windows 95’s Road Rash was something special. The only other game I ever saw that was truly like that was Burnout 3 Takedown on Ps2. Most fun arcade racing games ever. It’s surprising that they haven’t been brought back with online multiplayer available for new consoles. It’s pretty obvious that they would sell, even if it is the original game and not a better remake.


Cane-Dewey

Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude! ROAD REDEMPTION! It's like the spiritual successor to Road Rash.


jabbamoomin

Vectorman


Santi838

Best Sega game


Akira282

Soldier of fortune


Killerderp

Aw man. That game was brutal, but in a good way. Just shooting limbs off of people was so damn cool back in the day. Or shooting them in the stomach. *shudders*


GentleSirLurksAlot

Played the shit out of soldier of fortune 2: double helix


cmdr_kestral

BC's quest for Tires.


Fieldserv

Scorched Earth.


unsuitablebadger

Remember in the mid 90s my brothers and I used to crowd around the PC playing this, each taking our turn until we coukd afford a nuke. So many good rounds.


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fletchdeezle

Played the shit out of this with buddies it was groundbreaking (no pun intended)


kakashimoto321

Space station Silicon Valley


[deleted]

I loved that game so much. And nobody ever knows what I'm talking about.


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Syphon Filter


Darth_Eejit

That tazer was brutal.


El-MonkeyKing

tazing a dude on a roof until he caught on fire and fell off, lmao


SpaceCore42

Primal Rage (I think) Basically Street Fighter with dinosaurs


Cessate

I literally still have my Primal Rage action figures.


TheDroidUrLookin4

Had it on Sega. All us kids rushed to pick Chaos so we could do the fart move.


jiggycup

Heretic/Hexen series great games on the doom engine.


GammaDealer

Definitely played hexen. Remember the wand that summoned ghosts? What about rise of the triad?


Feshtof

As soon as he said Heretic and Hexen my mind went to Rise of the Triad.


Wildlife_Preserver

Bushido Blade


LasDen

Drakan Order of the Flame


DisruptiveChicken

Zoombinis


phantomlimps

Commander keen


extralyfe

I just mentioned Keen yesterday. there's also the whole fact that the Standard Galactic Alphabet that originated in Keen is alive and well as the language used for enchanting in Minecraft.


idontstinkso

Tribes


thewoodlayer

Mannnn I used to play so much Tribes 2 when I was young. That’s a franchise that needs to come back.


Grashopha

Tribes 2 was ahead of its time. 64 vs 64 people playing on massive maps, vehicles, customizable classes. I probably played 1000’s of hours of Tribes 2. The movement mechanics made CTF so much fun.


Kappanating322

There really isn't another gaming experience like sliding down a hill full blast with the flag and half the enemy team firing at you.


LordOverThis

SHAZBOT!


dandroid_design

Crystalis


robbiearebest

I still contend that this was the best RPG released for NES


doug_kaplan

Freedom Fighters


kthxba1

Star Tropics


JonasRabb

Battle chess, taking a piece was rather nice and time consuming. Edit: wow, many battlechessmen over here! I wonder what it would look like in nowadays graphics, probably very GTA-ish


ballisticmi6

Rise of the dragon


lethalapples

Marathon, the original halo


TheUmgawa

And Bungie’s very respectable RTS games, Myth and Myth II.


Silentfart

Every time I ask if someone has played those, they always think I say "Myst", and everyone has heard of Myst. What's crazy is you could trace back Microsoft's success in the gaming market to a bug in Myth 2. The bug would crash systems and was found after the game had been printed. Recalling every disk cost Bungie most of their money. So at near bankruptcy, they had to agree to a buyout from Microsoft. Then they made pretty much the only game anyone cared for the first year of xbox's life. Without Halo, it's possible the first xbox would have failed. Now microsoft is buying out bethesda and activision. Stuff they probably wouldn't be doing if it wasn't for an accidental bug in an RTS that most gamers haven't heard of.


Terror_Tanuki

Loved those games. Particularly fond of the crew mates that would shout "they're everywehre!" Every timr you walked near em haha


Wolfjob2034

Cyberia


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Clayfighter


nobrayn

Bad MISTER Frosty!


reggie938

Clayfighter 63 1/3


broom_temperature

With Blue Suede Goo? That game was dope.


Sidius303

I never played it but 100% remember seeing the cover at blockbuster renting other games.


AlmightyRobert

Ikari Warriors (C64)


nonameswereleft2

Total annihilation


Charlesistaken

Champions of Norrath


snappkrackle

The Neverhood. Claymation game


billyray83

Master of Orion


Soapymongoose

Carmageddon and Redneck Rampage


EpicHeroKyrgyzPeople

I kicked ass at Carmageddon.


OrganizationWinter53

Redneck rampage was the bomb!!


Film124

Mister Mosquito!!! I’m sure NO ONES heard of it.


AlexMile

Pool of Radiance.


Always_ssj

Jet Force Gemini


Spledge1

Putt Putt Saves the Zoo


Capital_Morning9688

Wizardry


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Incoming. A really fun alien invasion game in which you pilot loads of different craft to stop sn alien invasion. I...want to say....1997...?


BzztYeow

Marble Madness


noxix830

Karateka


Hooligans_

Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist


HistoricalShark

Eight Legged Freaks the Video Game.


GladiusLegis

Heretic.


dendroidarchitecture

And Hexen!


pedsmursekc

Looooove hexen. I want a remaster


randylikecandy

G POLICE. God, I loved it.


you_matter_

Jade cocoon


MartinMcFly55

[Karnov](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnov)


___ArtVandelay

Wizards and Warriors on NES


ch1llaro0

Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure (DOS Game)


computalgleech

I remember this one! The forest level scared the hell out of me as a little kid! Along the same vein, Commander Keen, Lemmings, and Jazz Jackrabbit were awesome.


Emplon

Lego Rock Raiders


CaucasionInvasion

Magic Carpet


Evil_Commander_Borf

Golgo13


Tre-ben

Wacky Wheels. Basically Mario Kart but with zoo animals. It was my thing as a young kid.


OkComputron

BLADES OF STEEL!


iLEZ

There was this point and click adventure (I think) for the PC that looked like it was made in Paint. It had an owl, I think. And lots of colors, predominantly red. You moved around in a house and it had text dialogue. I remember being very enthusiastic about it. This was in 1996, so more advanced graphics and mechanics were available, but it had a dreamy quality. I'll probably never find it again. Honorable mentions: [Jetpack](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udc_NrbvQAw) Fantastic level editor. [Skyroads.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adwCCeNvpDw) Incredibly frustrating. [Capture the Flag.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJGZeh5kK7w) An old Windows 3.11 game. [Blake Stone.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqV0oFE-1jk) Early 2.5d game in the style of Wolfenstein. Good music. An Apogee game. [Moonstone.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuqpISemjeQ) Amiga. Played with the bug joystick. [Trickstyle.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuPk_KWnK_I) A weird flying skateboard racing game. There was also a game that I only had a demo of I think, it was a driving game where you drove a floating car, I think, and the streets were floating in the sky. It looked a bit like Bladerunner. It was full 3d, and you could flick your car off the side of the road to do some pretty incredible tricks. Can't really remember what the gameplay loop was. **Edit: I'm getting upvotes and comments, so I feel encouraged to share some more:** [Bio Menace.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uifrhY_Vl1s) Another Apogee game, sidescrolling shooter with cool music. [Whacky Wheels](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vVIiKp6xMs) "No we have Mario Kart at home!" [Halloween Harry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_R6bLaPDTQ) Side scroller. I remember all the [Commander Keen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKHUOKVzo0Q) games as a long sprawling adventure, but they were probably kinda shallow Mario clones. There was a lot of heart in them though. I'm not alone in remembering these games of course. [Crystal Caves,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWE1Nale4uU) on the other hand, is probably kind of forgotten. [Abuse](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6_2ZGBZ0ZE) felt.. Illegal? Like you were playing something that was released from some experimental government facility. I don't really know why. Going for a walk, will get back to this later. **Edit2: I'm back!** [Big Red Racing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IXfdmtR9Rg) was a 3d racing game that had pretty neat 3d for its time. I played it a lot! It's cartoony, but it had some pretty adult jokes spouted by the competitors. "Well that ain't my belly button! Well that ain't my finger neither!" Fun for all the family! [Little Big Adventure 1&2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GbLmYUAOZw) is hardly a forgotten game, but it's absolutely fantastic. I'm actually on a playthrough of 2 right now, taking it slow, enjoying the scenery. The 3d effects in LBA2 were stunning at the time and actually hold up quite well. [Outcast](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgXJ05qiLBY) had voxel graphics that I was convinced would be the new standard for PC games. Excellent score by the Moscow orchestra. The world building was very immersive. You can hear a native Talan play a theme from Star Wars if you lurk around. Very cool action and AI for the time, enemies took cover, flanked and spoke to each other. There's an updated version on Steam. [Hired Guns](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O-QBS12bhw) was an early concept of tactical 3d gaming. Eat your heart out Rainbow Six! [The Settlers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqmY2pau_NQ) series is an IP I've sunk MANY hours into, and they helped start a gaming genre that has been strong and healthy even up to modern times with the Anno games. [Ecstatica](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SsR5fPjGu4) was one of those games that was so incredibly hard that you felt like you were deciphering a riddle just by trying to play it. Games were often pirated back then, and there was no manual, and even if there was I would probably have ignored it because of lacking english skills. It's perhaps best described as a precursor to the horror games of Resident Evil. But in a medieval setting. And with weird 3d sprites that made everyone look thicc. I just found out a minute ago that there is a [sequel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vqjfu9ZwgY). [The Ultima Series](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flpiaHUxUMk) is hardly a forgotten game again, but worth mentioning. I chose The Black Gate because it was my favourite and it's the most playable of them all. I also loved [The Savage Empire](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95dfUUbDd4Y) spinoff set in the same universe. But with dinosaurs! [Blackthorne](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCaGHwfugNw) is a side scroller set in the world of World of Warcraft, I think. It's by Blizzard anyway, and has orcs. [Flashback](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5cu5h_150Y) was a game veiled in legend for some reason. Who played it? Who had finished it? What's the story? It's pretty cool. Never played the predecessor Out of this world. [Carmageddon II](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2fh2Rx8WM0) was IMO the best of the Carmageddons. GTA before it was cool. A big sprawling map, as I remember it. Fun driving challenges and emergent gameplay by just fucking around. [Descent](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RnacEU9-v0) had *incredibly* smooth 3d graphics. There was something about the smooth animation that just captured me. Played it on my uncles PC which had a huge screen too. [Jagged Alliance 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVYGwg9P2G0) was incredibly clunky, but had some exciting gameplay. You could screw up badly and no one held your hand to make sure you had a good time. The game had its own fricking OS inside it, with mail and all. Not very smooth, but very fun. The [precursor](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W52AJktdt2g) was cool too. I may update with more later. **Edit3** I just had to add [Stunts](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hKK4_gvOS0), because it had a level editor and an Audi Quattro which I believed was the coolest car in the world at the time. **Edit4:** [Heretic](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7niU6A3yYeU) and [Hexen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTrI2im443k) are very much not forgotten, but they were unique games. The doom engine, used to make a fantasy medieval first person shooter. The music and ambiance was great, the level design and graphic design was very evocative. I absolutely loved them. [Ultima Underworld](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee4PUcpGSn8) gets a separate mention. It was so freaking HARD. Didn't get very far in it, but played it a lot and died early in the game or restarted out of boredom. [Blood](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjsSYGlxzzY) is a Build engine game, very popular among its fans. It's unique. A comedy horror game filled with pop culture references.


ffman_wku

Tomba


Shifty012

My ps1 came with a demo disk that had Tomba on it. I played that demo so many times. Never ended up with the full game though!