[General Discussion] Obscure games from your childhood.

The thread is just like the title implies. What are some obscure games from your childhood you're sure very few other people if not no one else has heard of. What are those little largely undiscovered gems that captured you as a child, maybe cause they were the only thing available at the time, or maybe cause you were really easily entertained as a child, or maybe cause they were just all around good.

They can be console games, they can be internet games, they can be old mac games (which i grew up on) or anything else that might've been a part of your childhood.

When i was a kid, my parents had a kibosh on video games in the house until i was about 12. That's when they started to give me more freedoms. The only thing i had to play was a Mac that was so old i can't even remember the model number or anything. Let's just say it was about 5 years before the iMac came out.

Malestrom was one such mac game. Developed by Amborsia, a very underrated company, that puts out quality lower budget games, usually for mac. This game was a remake of the classic asteroids game. I could play this game for ever. It was crazy how such a simple game could be so addictive with increasing levels of dificulty, and new little things thrown in like bonus items, or the ability to move around should you so chose, or even alien spaceships joining the mix and shooting back at you.

Marathon: The game that made Bungie into was it is now. Without this game there would be no Halo. I had a demo of it on my computer, and i would play through it constantly. It was my very first shooter.

The Elroy Series. Man this was something great back in the day. They were a series of flash games made by Headbone Interactive in 1995. I bought Elroy's Costume Closet, which was a dressup game. You put characters into different constumes and watch them put on plays depending on the costumes they were wearing. Kinda straight forward, but always a great time killer.

Question. There was an Elroy game that i could never find. It was called "Elroy Hits the Pavement". A mystery game. I had a demo of it, but could never, and still can't find it. If anyone has it, or knows where i could find, that would be very much appreciated. I would love to see that game at it's fullest.

I'm sure there are so many more. As a video game deprived child gamer i found all kinds of crazy stuff everywhere i looked. So what's your list look like.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by The_Griffin

There was also this other one... Cosmo, I think it was. You were an alien (with suction cups for hands) on his way to Disney World for his birthday when their ship was attacked and his parents abducted.

There's also Commander Keen 1-5 (although they're hardly obscure).

A friend of mine had this on his computer when we were kids. That an the Commander Keen games. He had some other great titles on there, but possibly not quite as obscure, such as Hocus Pocus, Jazz Jackrabbit, and the classics Word Rescue, and Math Rescue. Looking back, man, adults really found creative ways foist education on me.

How ya doing, buddy?