100 Obscure PC Games of the 1990s (Part 8: 1997) [TURN ON SUBTITLES]
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- Опубліковано 12 січ 2024
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A look at 100 obscure PC games that were released in 1997!
Another great year for PC gaming - but a bit of a sad one; so many of these obscure games are pretty good and deserve a higher profile - but the PC game scene was exploding - with new titles being released every day by big companies (compared to earlier in the decade when a bulk of the produced games were shareware/homebrew games).
3D was starting to cement itself as a must-have; FPSs were still popular, but the point and click multimedia adventures were losing favor. In place, the Real Time Strategy (RTS) was really taking off, next to the advent of 3D games! Additionally, Windows 95 was now the defacto platform for most big releases, with pure DOS games falling in number.
Korean game developers were, as always, producing some very solid games - and Psygnosis was a heavy weight publisher - releasing all sorts of games (many of which were also released on the PS1).
Keep an eye out for entries by Epic MegaGames (who is best know today for Fortnite, and producing the Unreal engine), Criterion - and the first game from a small studio called Larian. Also keep a lookout for what is possibly the weirdest choice for a licensed game ever ("Forbes Corporate Warrior")
COMPLETE GAMELIST:
3DO Games Decathlon (Studio 3DO)
7th Legion (Epic Megagmes)
ACM 1918: Aerial Combat Maneuvres (Aqua Pacific Ltd)
Agent Armstrong (King of the Jungle)
Alien Cabal (QA Soft)
Alpha Storm (TAG)
Amulets & Armor (Exigus Entertainment)
Armed & Delirious/Dementia (Makh-Shevet Ltd)
Battle Wrath (Cerebral Gaming Systems)
Beasts and Bumpkins (Worldweaver Productions)
Bedlam 2: Absolute Bedlam (Mirage Technologies)
Black Magic (WiZ)
Blood Bath At Red Falls (UnderWorld Software)
Bruce Colville's My Teacher Is An Alien (Hypnotix, Inc)
BUNGMYEONG (FEW)
Campus Heroes (Mips Soft)
Chaos Island: The Lost World - Jurassic Park (Dreamworks)
Chemical Warfare (Drew Costigan)
City of Lost Children, The (Psygnosis)
Conquest Earth (Data Design Interactive - 1997)
Corum Jeoju Badeun Ttang (Hicom Entertainment)
Counter Blow (CenoZoic)
Dark Angael (Vicarious Visions)
Dark Colony (Take Two Interactive Canada)
Dark Rift (Kronos Digital)
Dead Reckoning (Goldtree Enterprises)
Death Drome (Zipper Interactive)
Defiance (Logicware)
Dreams to Reality (Cryo)
Duckman: The Graphic Adventures of a Private Dick (The Illusions Gaming Company)
Dune Runners (Funsoft)
Ecstatica II (Andrew Spencer Studios)
Electronic Popple (Byteshock)
Entombed Enhanced (Blue Water Entertainment)
Eojjeonji Joheun Il-i Saenggil Geot Gateun Jeonyeok (TG Entertinment)
Extreme Tactics (Media Station)
Flesh Feast (Ingames Interactive)
Forbes Corporate Warrior (Brooklyn Multimedia)
Forced Alliance: The Glarious Mandate (Orbital Studios)
G-Nome (7th Level)
Galapagos: Mendel's Escape (Anark)
Gooch Grundy's X-Decathlon (Motion Pixels)
Have a N.I.C.E Day / Axelerator (Synetic)
Helicops (Paragon Visual Systems)
Hollywood Monsters (Pendulo Studios)
Icarus: Sanctuary of the Gods (KRGSoft)
Jan Pienkowski Haunted House (Media Station)
Klondike Moon/Luna Ticks (TeamForm Software)
Kosmopolska (TATI Mixedia)
Last Knight, The (Island Dream)
LED Wars, The (Larian)
Legend of the Ancient Dragon (Mirinae Software)
Lomax (Psygnosis)
Lurid Land (Illusion Softworks)
Machine Hunter (Eurocom)
Madspace: To Hell And Beyond (Maddox Games)
Mageslayer (Raven)
Mars3D (Engine Technology CO.LTD
Meat Puppet (Kronos Digital)
Montezuma's Return (Utopia Technologies)
Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life (7th Level)
Moon Child (Team Hoi)
Mortalus: The Quest for Immortality (Hoffman and Associates)
Mutarium (ZIMA)
Necrodome (Raven Software)
Necrons, The (Mirinae Software)
Neophyte : The Journey Begins (Alien Software)
Nightmare Ned (Creative Capers Entertainment/Window Painters
No Respect (Appeal SA)
Overboard! (Psygnosis)
Panic Soldier (Trigger Soft)
Perfect Assassin (Synthetic Dimensions)
Project Paradise (Soft Enterprises)
Quiver (ADvertainment Software - 1997)
Reap, The(Housemarque)
Rebel Moon Rising (Fenris Wolf)
Rising Lands (Microids)
Saban's Iznougod (MC2-Microids)
Scarab (Electronic Arts)
SCUD: Industrial Revolution (Syrox)
Sentient (Psygnosis)
Seven Years War (hq team)
Simpsons, The: Virtual Springfield (Digital Evolution)
Sky Target (Sega)
Smuta: Living Dead (Gelios)
SODA Off-Road Racing (Software Allies)
Soldier Boyz (Hypnotix)
Speedboat Attack (Criterion)
Spellcross (Cauldron)
Stone Axe: Search For Elysium (LG Software)
Sub Culture (Criterion Games)
Take No Prisoners (Raven Software)
Team 47 GoMan (47-Tek)
Terracide (Simis)
Theater of Pain (Mirage Technologies)
Time Warriors (Silmarils)
Tone Rebellion. The (The Logic Factory)
Ultra Resort Keroncuel (Toshiba-EMI)
Waterworld (Intelligent Games)
Zombieville (Psygnosis) - Ігри
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*TURN ON SUBTITLES TO SEE GAME NAMES*
Complete gamelist (with timestamps)
3DO Games Decathlon (Studio 3DO) 00:00:00
7th Legion (Epic Megagmes) 00:00:12
ACM 1918: Aerial Combat Maneuvres (Aqua Pacific Ltd) 00:00:24
Agent Armstrong (King of the Jungle) 00:00:36
Alien Cabal (QA Soft) 00:00:48
Alpha Storm (TAG) 00:01:00
Amulets & Armor (Exigus Entertainment) 00:01:12
Armed & Delirious/Dementia (Makh-Shevet Ltd) 00:01:24
Battle Wrath (Cerebral Gaming Systems) 00:01:36
Beasts and Bumpkins (Worldweaver Productions) 00:01:48
Bedlam 2: Absolute Bedlam (Mirage Technologies) 00:02:00
Black Magic (WiZ) 00:02:12
Blood Bath At Red Falls (UnderWorld Software) 00:02:24
Bruce Colville's My Teacher Is An Alien (Hypnotix, Inc) 00:02:36
BUNGMYEONG (FEW) 00:02:48
Campus Heroes (Mips Soft) 00:03:00
Chaos Island: The Lost World - Jurassic Park (Dreamworks) 00:03:12
Chemical Warfare (Drew Costigan) 00:03:24
City of Lost Children, The (Psygnosis) 00:03:36
Conquest Earth (Data Design Interactive - 1997) 00:03:48
Corum Jeoju Badeun Ttang (Hicom Entertainment) 00:04:00
Counter Blow (CenoZoic) 00:04:12
Dark Angael (Vicarious Visions) 00:04:24
Dark Colony (Take Two Interactive Canada) 00:04:36
Dark Rift (Kronos Digital) 00:04:48
Dead Reckoning (Goldtree Enterprises) 00:05:00
Death Drome (Zipper Interactive) 00:05:12
Defiance (Logicware) 00:05:24
Dreams to Reality (Cryo) 00:05:36
Duckman: The Graphic Adventures of a Private Dick (The Illusions Gaming Company) 00:05:48
Dune Runners (Funsoft) 00:06:00
Ecstatica II (Andrew Spencer Studios) 00:06:12
Electronic Popple (Byteshock) 00:06:24
Entombed Enhanced (Blue Water Entertainment) 00:06:36
Eojjeonji Joheun Il-i Saenggil Geot Gateun Jeonyeok (TG Entertinment) 00:06:48
Extreme Tactics (Media Station) 00:07:00
Flesh Feast (Ingames Interactive) 00:07:12
Forbes Corporate Warrior (Brooklyn Multimedia) 00:07:24
Forced Alliance: The Glarious Mandate (Orbital Studios) 00:07:36
Galapagos: Mendel's Escape (Anarkl) 00:07:48
G-Nome (7th Level) 00:08:00
Gooch Grundy's X-Decathlon (Motion Pixels) 00:08:12
Have a N.I.C.E Day / Axelerator (Synetic) 00:08:24
Helicops (Paragon Visual Systems) 00:08:36
Hollywood Monsters (Pendulo Studios) 00:08:48
Icarus: Sanctuary of the Gods (KRGSoft) 00:09:00
Jan Pienkowski Haunted House (Media Station) 00:09:12
Klondike Moon/Luna Ticks (TeamForm Software) 00:09:24
Kosmopolska (TATI Mixedia) 00:09:36
Last Knight, The (Island Dream) 00:09:48
LED Wars, The (Larian) 00:10:00
Legend of the Ancient Dragon (Mirinae Software) 00:10:12
Lomax (Psygnosis) 00:10:24
Lurid Land (Illusion Softworks) 00:10:36
Machine Hunter (Eurocom) 00:10:48
Madspace: To Hell And Beyond (Maddox Games) 00:11:00
Mageslayer (Raven) 00:11:12
Mars3D (Engine Technology CO.LTD 00:11:24
Meat Puppet (Kronos Digital) 00:11:36
Montezuma's Return (Utopia Technologies) 00:11:48
Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life (7th Level) 00:12:00
Moon Child (Team Hoi) 00:12:12
Mortalus: The Quest for Immortality (Hoffman and Associates) 00:12:24
Mutarium (ZIMA) 00:12:36
Necrodome (Raven Software) 00:12:48
Necrons, The (Mirinae Software) 00:13:00
Neophyte : The Journey Begins (Alien Software) 00:13:12
Nightmare Ned (Creative Capers Entertainment/Window Painters 00:13:24
No Respect (Appeal SA) 00:13:36
Overboard! (Psygnosis) 00:13:48
Panic Soldier (Trigger Soft) 00:14:00
Perfect Assassin (Synthetic Dimensions) 00:14:12
Project Paradise (Soft Enterprises) 00:14:24
The Reap (Housemarque- 1997) 00:14:36
Quiver (ADvertainment Software ) 00:14:48
Rebel Moon Rising (Fenris Wolf) 00:15:00
Rising Lands (Microids) 00:15:12
Saban's Iznougod (MC2-Microids) 00:15:24
Scarab (Electronic Arts) 00:15:36
SCUD: Industrial Revolution (Syrox) 00:15:48
Sentient (Psygnosis) 00:16:00
Seven Years War (hq team) 00:16:12
Simpsons, The: Virtual Springfield (Digital Evolution) 00:16:24
Sky Target (Sega) 00:16:36
Smuta: Living Dead (Gelios) 00:16:48
SODA Off-Road Racing (Software Allies) 00:17:00
Soldier Boyz (Hypnotix) 00:17:12
Speedboat Attack (Criterion) 00:17:24
Spellcross (Cauldron) 00:17:36
Stone Axe: Search For Elysium (LG Software) 00:17:48
Sub Culture (Criterion Games) 00:18:00
Take No Prisoners (Raven Software) 00:18:12
Team 47 GoMan (47-Tek) 00:18:24
Terracide (Simis) 00:18:36
Theater of Pain (Mirage Technologies) 00:18:48
Time Warriors (Silmarils) 00:19:00
Tone Rebellion. The (The Logic Factory) 00:19:12
Ultra Resort Keroncuel (Toshiba-EMI) 00:19:24
Waterworld (Intelligent Games) 00:19:36
Zombieville (Psygnosis 00:19:48
You do absolutely phenomenal work at documenting all these titles. By far the most comprehensive lists I have seen. I can't imagine how much effort goes into compiling and editing all of these games and footage.
Yeah I think the same. its not just "Here are the 10 games every Retro game YT shows", its the real obscure stuff too. And that is great :D
Jeez, I finally found out what that game of my childhood was! SCARAB. Thank you
The anticipation for parts 9 and 10 is killing me. Thank you for these compilations!
Ooh, thanks for reminding me to get cracking on parts 9 and 10. Admittedly, we've been stalling on them - because they've become very difficult to produce. As games get more into Windows 98 and early 3DFX graphics drivers, they become harder to run - which makes capturing footage difficult.
But we will continue soon! Honest!
Omg thank you so much, I finally found the name of the game that I had the korean demo of as a kid. Never found it just by looking for an rpg with a blond guy wearing a purple armor fighting slimes for some reason. Legend of the ancient dragon!
a few jewels in here (Sub Culture!) in a collection of incredible trash. The nerve to release games with the technology of Wolfenstein 3D in 1997...
Yeah you know we need more descent or quake engine games 😏
@@SAM-ru4vx we needed more System Shock like games, but we didn't have them for a while
Quite a great list. Most of these games feel bizarre yet interesting, it feels as if every company was trying to find a style while experimenting with the genres, but maybe it's because I know next to nothing about these foreign dev teams.
I'm leaving with quite a few titles to try for educational purposes, great job!
Great list as always!
Bedlam, played that game over at a friends house when I was 8 years old or something. never fought I would see it ever again
Thanks! Please include the year of the game and maybe make the clips twice as long.
There it is. Tone rebellion. A game i could describe as a 2d jellyfish sidescroller strategy game. Thank you.
Waterworld?
What a rip!
Galapagos and G-Nome were switched around.
Aside from that, I recognize Lomax, Nightmare Ned, and Virtual Springfield.
Thank you! Titles fixed!
OMG - OVERBOARD! Thank you thank you thank you!!!
Great list! But subtitles for galapagos and g-nome are switched around :p
Thank you! Titles have been fixed!
Also Scarab! Very interesting game
Helicops! Its really cool!
Lembro que eu jogava Smuta com meu irmão quando éramos crianças, sempre quis saber o nome desse jogo. Muito obrigado!
Gran Trabajo aqui mi like
There is something wrong with the Quiver footage. I searched for it online as it looked interesting, but Quiver is a less interesting Doom clone, so seems like that title is wrong.
THANK YOU! You've just caught an error in the titles - and it has been fixed!
I believe the game you are looking for is "The Reap" - the isometric shooter by Housemarque.
Quiver is indeed a pretty generic doom clone. The Reap is definitely more interesting!
@@GaryRetroGamerAh, cool, thanks. I thought Housemarque was just doing (amazing) multi-directional shooter stuff, but I have seen several old games by them recently.
¿are this game playable on current pcs or i need an emu?
Duckman sounds like someone doing a poor impersonation of Bradley Coopers Rocket Racoon
Are you saying you cantstanza the game
@@SAM-ru4vx nice reference
Is Claw not considered obscure? Lol. Either way, I just found out about it. Any chance you could do a 16/32-bit era side scrolling platformer list for the PC?
Claw is not obscure no. It was rather popular in the 90s
@@Grapeandsoda I had no idea! Guess because I was a console kid in the '90's :B
sugestion: put the year of the game too.
Did you read the title of the video?
@@GaryRetroGamer i'm sorry 😅
4:43 name ?
Dark Colony
turn on subs
Oh hey, I know Sub Culture and Panic Soldier, but damn there is a LOT trash in this list.