TwoHeadedBoy
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Okay, I stole this off the Hardcore Gaming forums, but it was such a good topic I just had to contribute. Seeming as I'm not a member on those boards, it's a case of sharing the magic, or something.
Anyway, the main point of it is to talk about games that you love, but are not aware of anyone else liking them, either because they're just plain unheard-of or because there seems to be a general consensus of hatred directed towards them throughout the gaming world.
Maybe eventually it'll be a list of the Best Bad Games Ever or something. I'm hopeful of xmas Magic.
I'll start us off, by talking about:
Skeleton Krew!
Let's see, it was made by Core (those crazy kids who did Chuck Rock and those Tomb Raider things) back in 1995 or something, originally on the Amiga I think, but I played it on the Megadrive. It was one of those isometric 3D shooting things. That's the history, and it was amazing, but I've never found anything favourable written about it. It hasn't even got a Wiki!
That's the history, or as much as I know anyway. The game itself, now I can see why that's an acquired taste. The sound's terrible, it's really short, there are only two weapons, and it's incredibly easy. I finish it every time I play it, so I must've finished it around fifty times by now. I don't know what it is about it, but there's something that always keeps me coming back. Probably the storylines I make up in my head to go along with the action. Usually something to do with intergalactic plumbers dealing with a zombie-infested space station, which is a lot more fun than the actual plot (some kind of bounty-hunting thing).
And that's why Skeleton Krew is great. I feel similar about Decap Attack, but I reckon there's a few people around who really like that game, so I won't talk about it here.
What's anyone else got?
Anyway, the main point of it is to talk about games that you love, but are not aware of anyone else liking them, either because they're just plain unheard-of or because there seems to be a general consensus of hatred directed towards them throughout the gaming world.
Maybe eventually it'll be a list of the Best Bad Games Ever or something. I'm hopeful of xmas Magic.
I'll start us off, by talking about:
Skeleton Krew!
Let's see, it was made by Core (those crazy kids who did Chuck Rock and those Tomb Raider things) back in 1995 or something, originally on the Amiga I think, but I played it on the Megadrive. It was one of those isometric 3D shooting things. That's the history, and it was amazing, but I've never found anything favourable written about it. It hasn't even got a Wiki!
That's the history, or as much as I know anyway. The game itself, now I can see why that's an acquired taste. The sound's terrible, it's really short, there are only two weapons, and it's incredibly easy. I finish it every time I play it, so I must've finished it around fifty times by now. I don't know what it is about it, but there's something that always keeps me coming back. Probably the storylines I make up in my head to go along with the action. Usually something to do with intergalactic plumbers dealing with a zombie-infested space station, which is a lot more fun than the actual plot (some kind of bounty-hunting thing).
And that's why Skeleton Krew is great. I feel similar about Decap Attack, but I reckon there's a few people around who really like that game, so I won't talk about it here.
What's anyone else got?
