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Re: Weird games....

Postby ShadowNeku on Mon Aug 15, 2011 6:39 pm

LSD: Dream Emulator

I havent played it myself but a game where you wander around an imaginary world conjured by someone trippin on LSD without any real goal (bar watching weird sh!t unfold before you) must make for a pretty odd game.
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Re: Weird games....

Postby pratty on Mon Aug 15, 2011 6:50 pm

Nemesis wrote:
bonerlaw wrote:
pratty wrote:Edit: Killer 7 is quite mental aswell.


Quite mental? Killer 7 is one of the most f*cked up insane pieces of gaming I have ever had the pleasure of playing!

it was awesome though!

Seconded indeed! It's mental, f#cked up & very marmite. I loved it though as you may've guessed :wink:


It gets my recommendation aswell. The following No More Heroes games have their fair share of "WTF moments" but they were still tame by comparison to the weirdness of Killer 7.
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Re: Weird games....

Postby JazzFunk on Mon Aug 15, 2011 6:53 pm

Deadly Premonition.
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Re: Weird games....

Postby MikeFishcake on Tue Aug 16, 2011 7:11 am

The Katamari games.

Weird Dreams on the Amiga was a bit, well, weird as well.

As for current generation - the latest version of Techno Kitten Adventure (XBLA and iOS) is even more of a head-mess than the original version that came out a few years ago. Especially the "Meat" level: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4xARcC045g (yes, it does flip and wobble as you're playing)
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Re: Weird games....

Postby Fishsta on Tue Aug 16, 2011 8:58 am

che_don_john wrote:Bishi Bashi - very weird, but very funny, too.

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Re: Weird games....

Postby Mootown on Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:16 am

siamesegiant wrote:Hey folks, just picked up a game for my Saturn. It's a Japanese side scrolling beat em up called Nekketsu Oyako - Hot Blooded Family by Tecno Soft. I popped it in to have a go, first level was a pretty standard Final Fight rip off, but then at the end of that level the floor disintegrates and a whale eats you. You then proceed to fight through the whale's intestine, then it spits you out through its blow hole and you continue the fight on its back. There appeared to be a health power up halfway through the level - a can of beer - but I tried to pick it up and a message popped up saying 'adults only'. Its all a bit bonkers and I don't really know what to make of it, the gameplay is pretty average, but fun, but it's almost worth playing for the random strangeness.

Anyone else played this? And are there any other games you've played that are worth playing just for the sheer weirdness?


I have this - it gets even weirder the further on you go. The man character can take the beer pick-up as well :)
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Re: Weird games....

Postby The Laird on Tue Aug 16, 2011 7:03 pm

Ninja Golf - Atari 7800

A brilliant cross between a golf game and a scrolling beat 'em up
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Re: Weird games....

Postby thevulture on Tue Aug 16, 2011 7:30 pm

Jagfest_UK wrote: Ninja Golf - Atari 7800

A brilliant cross between a golf game and a scrolling beat 'em up

Just checked this out-Ninja VS Shark in the water holes? Outstanding! :D
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Re: Weird games....

Postby NintendoLegend on Tue Aug 16, 2011 8:23 pm

Taboo: The Sixth Sense on the NES. If you engage your suspension of disbelief a little, it's still quite the audacious title.
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Re: Weird games....

Postby resident paul on Tue Aug 16, 2011 8:32 pm

Any Jeff Minter games?
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Re: Weird games....

Postby deadpan666 on Wed Aug 17, 2011 12:28 am

Fishsta wrote:
che_don_john wrote:Bishi Bashi - very weird, but very funny, too.

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Awesome!! I want an invite!! :lol:

Another odd game is the Arcade game Gonbee No I'm Sorry...it's baddies include Carl Lewis and Michael Jackson!! :mrgreen:

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Re: Weird games....

Postby NintendoLegend on Wed Aug 17, 2011 10:03 pm

deadpan666 wrote:[Another odd game is the Arcade game Gonbee No I'm Sorry...it's baddies include Carl Lewis and Michael Jackson!! :mrgreen:


Does that make it racist...?

... I'm just sayin'... :lol:
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Re: Weird games....

Postby Gibberish Driftwood on Sat Jun 09, 2012 8:07 pm

Rayne wrote:Mr Mosquito is pretty...unique

Is Mister Mosquito for the Ps2 hard to find? I''ve looked for it on eBay a couple of times without luck.
It was released in pal format, right?
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Re: Weird games....

Postby Shinobi on Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:54 pm

Gibberish Driftwood wrote:
Rayne wrote:Mr Mosquito is pretty...unique

Is Mister Mosquito for the Ps2 hard to find? I''ve looked for it on eBay a couple of times without luck.
It was released in pal format, right?


I saw it in Gamestation in the 5 for £5 quite a few times and that Mad Maestro, if I knew it was that rare I would have got it..
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Re: Weird games....

Postby TwoHeadedBoy on Sat Jun 09, 2012 10:11 pm

MikeFishcake wrote:As for current generation - the latest version of Techno Kitten Adventure (XBLA and iOS) is even more of a head-mess than the original version that came out a few years ago. Especially the "Meat" level: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4xARcC045g (yes, it does flip and wobble as you're playing)


That looks nuts! Can't really work out what you're supposed to be doing, mind :?
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