This reminds me, and I still get annoyed whenever I look back at this. I wanted to check out Sam and Max, I loved adventure games in the 90s, and so on dial up, it took me literally all day just to get the demo... Except I never got the demo. There was 15 minutes left to go when this high school 'friend' showed up. Wanted to use my phone, I told him just wait 15 minutes and I explained the reason. Of course being the self important type that he was, he went out to my kitchen, and used my phone anyway. I was so pissed. I avoided him until he eventually left, and really, he did not live far away from me, so there was absolutely no reason why it even had to be my phone. This dude never changed either. Everyone got fed up with him. And he drank himself to the grave.
I remember downloading things and leaving the PC on all night for it to complete only to come down the following morning and find that there was an error and it failed 😅
i would've added in The Wheel of Time but still a lovely collection. I really love this series of obscure PC games. Will you also do 2000s? Personally, I hope so. Anyways, thanks for this video and series as a whole. Also thanks so much for the Steam key. (It was Gotham Knights in case anyone is wondering)
Thanks for the kind words and also letting us know you claimed the steam key! Creating this series was a lot of fun, but it was also incredibly difficult and time-consuming, especially the later installments. There were two problems: finding the games and, more frustrating, getting them running. While I am very proud of the results (and happy that people like yourself are enjoying them!), I need a bit of a break before I dive into more arcane Windows 98 insanity. But yes, the plan is to continue with more obscure PC/Windows games at some point 😉
@@GaryRetroGamer Hey, no problem! I think it is important to let others know if you claimed a key, although I can also see why some might not want to tell (out of fear they get flamed). Yeah, I get that. PC games aren't the easiest to run, let alone to get. I had to experience that myself many times for my channel. Cool, can't wait to see your return to this series one day. Thank you for replying!
The world of computer shovelware it's so fascinating, and this particular era brings me so much memories, even if I only knew a few of these from my childhood.
I actually remember playing Tank Racer, had completely forgotten about that game until now. Really nice list, except for 4 or 5 of these most of them I have never even heard about.
Why the heck do I not seem to know any of these? Even if I was involved into PC gaming from the early 90s to 2000s and since today. That's how obscure they are!
@@MrStrangermoon I know Outcast.Didn't see it in the video. I was scrolling through it. Now I tried alphabetically and it isn't. Nocturne isn't either.
@@Optimus6128 yes outcast 2 out this year remake of first game out before. Nocturne and dino crisis 12 only ones not remaked after sh2 and alone in dark remakes. Dino crisis probably see remake so nocturne left obsucre king. Not need reame still look better than 2020 medium game bloober sh2 remake company first game. Oucast and nocturne was same demo cds.both rumored dreamcast but erly death of sega console they not rleased like half life port.
Because it s called shovel ware, mostly blatantly ripping off other games down to ripping sound effects. You would find those in bargain bins in drugstores.
Had great fun with Abomination, still have cd somewhere. Also remember playing leaked beta of Mortyr, I could swaer it contained bump mapped bullet holes in walls.
The mayority of these "obscure videogames" videos are just nostalgia bait and only show well known games. But man, in this one I only recognized 3 of them. Great video, Gary
Didn't expected so many russian voice lines in here. Obscure indeed. Also, it's a nice touch to end the video with "That's really strange" quote. Can't agree more with that. Really strange list =)
7:37 Fastfood Tycoon. I know this game as Pizza Syndicate. 🍕 It is funny. You have to open a pizza restaurant and can do criminal things to your competitions. Breaking into warehouses etc. 😆 14:37 Prince of Persia 3D. I couldnt play this game very far because of gamebreaking bugs :'c
I'm curious how you can play those old PC games on a modern machine/PC, do you have a retro machine/PC to play those old PC games? Btw, great video content, bro. Please continue making the next part, for obscure PC games from 2000s, because there are still many obscure and low-budget PC games that I think are pretty decent and good.
Thanks for the kind words! I do indeed get these games running on my desktop PC - but it is definitely a very complicated process; it's different for each game and often involves doing lots of googling followed by experimentation and lots of blind luck. And lots of cursing too. It's a real headache, and makes creating these videos extremely time consuming. I would like to continue this series into the 2000s, but ... I gotta say, it might be a while before I start. I'm a little burned out after making the 1999 one, and not looking forward to jumping right back into it. Might be a few months before I get to it...
Great list! I played a bunch of the demos, but only played to the end of two of the included games - Recoil & Drakhan. Most of the games I never even remember hearing about, so kudos for that! For Drakhan though, I think it would've been nice if you'd included a clip of the dragonback gameplay, as that was the far better part of the game compared to the on-foot melee combat IMO.
I don't really remember but I'm pretty sure I played some of these in a computer class in early 2000s. There was a ton of interesting stuff installed by students and I never played any of this since then lol
I have one question: is the footage original? If so, how can you play these games in modern systems? Are you using emulation or an old computer? The only ones I know are Carnivores 2, amazing game, Malvinas 2032 and Prince of Persia 3D (idk if I would call this one obscure). And there must be a lot more obscure PC games, mainly japanese (although most of these are visual novels and it would be kinda boring to make a vid with lots of them), korean and chinese releases.
I play Codename Eagle for many many years, it's actually what eventually evolved into Battlefield! I also played a lot of Gubble and Gubble 2, no idea why he looks like that in the video though... his voice lines are forever stuck in my head. And i had no idea about "Skull Caps" , but I used to play the first game in that series though, it's called "Baldies". But I refuse to believe that Lego Racers is "obscure"!
I remember picking up rhe big box of it as a 16 ye old.I had fun with it but it wasn't a bigger project like half life,soldier of fortune,quake 2/3 unreal/unreal tournament but it was a decent enough game as far as I remember it's been 24yra since I played it
I playwd a few pf these back then and heard of a few more that i didn't get around too because of a small town and slow dialup.We didn't get alot of games and this was b4 gog and steam
I actually own LEGO Racers... on the N64. It is unfortunately one of few N64 games that requires a Memory Pak, otherwise you pretty much have to play the game in one sitting.
There are too many clones in 1999 huh? Some real rarities (someone remembers Gromada!). And the rare sequel (Skullcaps). The 90s were weird, but varied.
fucking loved Arcomage in MM7-8. Always wanted to try out the stand alone version but never could. And fking LOVED Drakan! That game was amazing back then. Except the ending...and then the made the sequel ps2 only back when I didnt have one....was so sad. I remember Revenant being pretty fun. And PoP 3D being pretty bad...
Yes, Carnivores was relatively popular. There are a few games that should not be part of this list, like Drakan, Abomination, Lego Racers, Revenant, Heavy Gear II and Prince of Persia 3D. These were not obscure.
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COMPLETE GAMELIST WITH TIMESTAMPS
1 - 3D Ultra Control Racers Deluxe (Dynamix) 00:00:00
2 - Abomination (Hothouse Creations) 00:00:12
3 - Animaniacs_A Gigantic Adventure (Engineering Animation) 00:00:24
4 - Archipelagos 2000 (Anthill Studios) 00:00:36
5 - Arcomage (New World Computing) 00:00:48
6 - Attack of the Saucermen (Fube Industries) 00:01:00
7 - Autobahn Total - (IncaGold) 00:01:12
8 - Aztec Wars (New Media Generation) 00:01:24
9 - B Hunter_Chasseur De Primes (Interactive Vision) 00:01:36
10 - Battle Commander_Return of Waroid (Geomind Entertainment) 00:01:48
11 - Biosys (Jumpstart Solutions) 00:02:00
12 - Blaze & Blade_Eternal Quest (T&E Soft - 2009) 00:02:12
13 - Body Glove's Bluewater Hunter (Zombie Inc) 00:02:24
14 - Braveheart (Red Lemon Studios) 00:02:36
15 - Busters (FEW) 00:02:48
16 - Cap'n Crunch's Crunchling Adventure (Cobalt Interactive) 00:03:00
17 - Carnivores 2 (Action Forms) 00:03:12
18 - Chase Ace 2 (Cape Copenhagen) 00:03:24
19 - Clue Chronicles_Fatal Illusion (Engineering Animation) 00:03:36
20 - Codename Eagle (Refraction Games AB) 00:03:48
21 - Colt's Wild West Shootout (Contraband Entertainment) 00:04:00
22 - Confrontation Military Chronicle (Nashi Igry) 00:04:12
23 - Crazy Raiders (Impactrea Entertainment) 00:04:24
24 - Cutthroats_Terror on the High Seas (Hothouse Creations) 00:04:36
25 - Dark Side of Africa (New Generation Software) 00:04:48
26 - Demolition Racer (Pitbull Syndicate) 00:05:00
27 - Deo Gratias (Cryo) 00:05:12
28 - Die Nacht Der Vampire (Odin 4000) 00:05:24
29 - Dirt Track Racing (Ratbag Studios) 00:05:36
30 - Dragonfire_The Well of Souls (ComputerHouse GBG AB) 00:05:48
31 - Drakan Order of the Flame (Surreal Software) 00:06:00
32 - Ed Hunter (Synthetic Dimensions) 00:06:12
33 - Edgar Torronteras' eXtreme Biker (Deibus Studio) 00:06:24
34 - Eliminator (Magenta Software) 00:06:36
35 - Emergeny Room_Disaster STrikes (Legacy Interactive) 00:06:48
36 - Escape (Ben Glick) 00:07:00
37 - Excessive Speed (Chaos Works) 00:07:12
38 - Exploding Lips (Galaxy Games) 00:07:24
39 - Fast Food Tycoon (Software 2000) 00:07:36
40 - Final Demand_The Challenge (United Softwared) 00:07:48
41 - Force 21 (Red Storm Entertainment) 00:08:00
42 - Friction-Kun (Hikware) 00:08:12
43 - Full Strength Strongman Competition (Cat Daddy Games) 00:08:24
44 - G-Sector (Freeform Interative) 00:08:36
45 - Gromada (Gromada Inc) 00:08:48
46 - Gruntz (Monolith Productions) 00:09:00
47 - Guardian of Darkness, The (Cryo Interactive) 00:09:12
48 - Gubble 2 (Actual Entertainment) 00:09:24
49 - Gulf War_Operation Desert Hammer (The 3DO Company) 00:09:36
50 - Hatfields & McCoys_Families At War (Lupine Games) 00:09:48
51 - Heavy Gear II (Activision) 00:10:00
52 - Honour & Freedom (Beijing Gold Human Computer) 00:10:12
53 - Hype_The Time Quest (Ubi Soft Entertainment) 00:10:24
54 - Jetboat Superchamps (Fiendish Games) 00:10:36
55 - Jungle Legend (Flair Software) 00:10:48
56 - Killer Loop (VCC Entertainment) 00:11:00
57 - KO (Independent Arts) 00:11:12
58 - Land Der Hoffnung (Innonics) 00:11:24
59 - Lander (Psygnosis) 00:11:36
60 - Lego Racers (High Voltage Software) 00:11:48
61 - Link XS (Access Software) 00:12:00
62 - Live Wire (The Code Monkeys) 00:12:12
63 - Machines (Charybdis) 00:12:24
64 - Mall Maniacs (Unique Development Studios) 00:12:36
65 - Malvinas 2032 (Sabarasa Inc) 00:12:48
66 - Metal Knight_Mission - Terminate Resistance (Overmax Studio) 00:13:00
67 - Millenium Racer - Y2K Fighters (Cryo Interactive=Creat) 00:13:12
68 - Mission Humanity (Techland) 00:13:24
69 - Mortyr 2093-1944 (Mirage Media) 00:13:36
70 - Neophyte_The Spirit Master (Alien Software) 00:13:48
71 - Passion Pinball (Cherrysoft) 00:14:00
72 - Peacemaker_Project, Search & Destroy (Kuju=Jinxter) 00:14:12
73 - Phoenix (Team 17) 00:14:24
74 - Prince of Persia 3D (Red Orb Entertainment) 00:14:36
75 - Pyl (Optimus Nexus) 00:14:48
76 - Queen of Heart '99 (Watanabe Seisakusho) 00:15:00
77 - Raising Dead (Gelios) 00:15:12
78 - Recoil (Zipper Interactive) 00:15:24
79 - Redline (Accolade) 00:15:36
80 - Relics_The Recur of Origin (Bothtec) 00:15:48
81 - Revenant 00:16:00
82 - Rocky Interactive Horror Show (On-Line Entertainment) 00:16:12
83 - Russian Roulette 2_The Next Worlds (Logos) 00:16:24
84 - Saints of Virtue (Shine Studios) 00:16:36
85 - Shadow Company_Left For Dead (Sinister Games) 00:16:48
86 - Skout (Soft Enterprises) 00:17:00
87 - Skull Caps (Creative Edge Software) 00:17:12
88 - Space Clash_The Last Frontier (Dinamic Multimedia) 00:17:24
89 - Stahlfabrik (TriNodeE Entertainment) 00:17:36
90 - Swarm Assault (Gate 5 Software) 00:17:48
91 - Swarog (Alawar Entertainment) 00:18:00
92 - Tahl - Uncover the Evil Within (Hanbitsoft) 00:18:12
93 - Tank Racer (Glass Ghost) 00:18:24
94 - Tanktics (DMA Design) 00:18:36
95 - Thrust Twist + Turn (Carts Entertainment) 00:18:48
96 - Tournament of Warriors (Silmarils) 00:19:00
97 - War In Heaven, The (Eternal Warriors LLC) 00:19:12
98 - Wet Attack_The Empire Cums Back (Interactive Strip) 00:19:24
99 - Wild Metal Country (DMA Design) 00:19:36
100 - Y2K_The Game (Runecraft) 00:19:48
Thanks for the video. It would be useful to see time codes in the video itself.
I lived in this time and remember only 1 of these games. I left the Internet on all night to download a 40mb demo
demo cd. Nocturne demo 121mb.
I remember spending all night to download the quake shareware demo. It was so awesome to me
This reminds me, and I still get annoyed whenever I look back at this. I wanted to check out Sam and Max, I loved adventure games in the 90s, and so on dial up, it took me literally all day just to get the demo... Except I never got the demo. There was 15 minutes left to go when this high school 'friend' showed up. Wanted to use my phone, I told him just wait 15 minutes and I explained the reason. Of course being the self important type that he was, he went out to my kitchen, and used my phone anyway.
I was so pissed. I avoided him until he eventually left, and really, he did not live far away from me, so there was absolutely no reason why it even had to be my phone. This dude never changed either. Everyone got fed up with him. And he drank himself to the grave.
I remember downloading things and leaving the PC on all night for it to complete only to come down the following morning and find that there was an error and it failed 😅
Great work on making this Obscure Games list Gary. Great dedication❤❤❤❤
i would've added in The Wheel of Time but still a lovely collection.
I really love this series of obscure PC games. Will you also do 2000s? Personally, I hope so. Anyways, thanks for this video and series as a whole.
Also thanks so much for the Steam key. (It was Gotham Knights in case anyone is wondering)
Thanks for the kind words and also letting us know you claimed the steam key!
Creating this series was a lot of fun, but it was also incredibly difficult and time-consuming, especially the later installments. There were two problems: finding the games and, more frustrating, getting them running. While I am very proud of the results (and happy that people like yourself are enjoying them!), I need a bit of a break before I dive into more arcane Windows 98 insanity.
But yes, the plan is to continue with more obscure PC/Windows games at some point 😉
@@GaryRetroGamer Hey, no problem! I think it is important to let others know if you claimed a key, although I can also see why some might not want to tell (out of fear they get flamed).
Yeah, I get that. PC games aren't the easiest to run, let alone to get. I had to experience that myself many times for my channel.
Cool, can't wait to see your return to this series one day.
Thank you for replying!
Thank you for these! This actually help filter through the crap when digging through abandonware websites.
I been searching for Blaze & Blade's name for sooo many years now. Makes me so happy to finally find it!
The world of computer shovelware it's so fascinating, and this particular era brings me so much memories, even if I only knew a few of these from my childhood.
Love this series, please keep it coming.
3:04 Wow! Never thought I'd see Captain Crunch's Crunchling Adventure! Played that game growing up 😅
I actually remember playing Tank Racer, had completely forgotten about that game until now.
Really nice list, except for 4 or 5 of these most of them I have never even heard about.
Why the heck do I not seem to know any of these? Even if I was involved into PC gaming from the early 90s to 2000s and since today. That's how obscure they are!
Do you know nocturne and outcast 1999. İf not you know nothing. Outcast 2 rleased this year.
@@MrStrangermoon I know Outcast.Didn't see it in the video. I was scrolling through it. Now I tried alphabetically and it isn't. Nocturne isn't either.
@@Optimus6128 yes outcast 2 out this year remake of first game out before. Nocturne and dino crisis 12 only ones not remaked after sh2 and alone in dark remakes. Dino crisis probably see remake so nocturne left obsucre king. Not need reame still look better than 2020 medium game bloober sh2 remake company first game. Oucast and nocturne was same demo cds.both rumored dreamcast but erly death of sega console they not rleased like half life port.
Because it s called shovel ware, mostly blatantly ripping off other games down to ripping sound effects. You would find those in bargain bins in drugstores.
Had great fun with Abomination, still have cd somewhere.
Also remember playing leaked beta of Mortyr, I could swaer it contained bump mapped bullet holes in walls.
The mayority of these "obscure videogames" videos are just nostalgia bait and only show well known games. But man, in this one I only recognized 3 of them.
Great video, Gary
Thanks! Please check out the rest of the videos in this series for more "legit" obscure games!
3:08 "Time to practice your speed, ay? Well, come with me!"
"We're off to hunt dinosaurs!"
Great list, thanks for putting this together.
Didn't expected so many russian voice lines in here. Obscure indeed.
Also, it's a nice touch to end the video with "That's really strange" quote. Can't agree more with that. Really strange list =)
Well done! A lot of Obscure Games! I just played 10 of it and never even heard of the rest :D
thanks for the video. gary this is aesome to look at the progress they've made back then!
Great video as always
7:37 Fastfood Tycoon. I know this game as Pizza Syndicate. 🍕
It is funny. You have to open a pizza restaurant and can do criminal things to your competitions.
Breaking into warehouses etc. 😆
14:37 Prince of Persia 3D. I couldnt play this game very far because of gamebreaking bugs :'c
I'm curious how you can play those old PC games on a modern machine/PC, do you have a retro machine/PC to play those old PC games? Btw, great video content, bro. Please continue making the next part, for obscure PC games from 2000s, because there are still many obscure and low-budget PC games that I think are pretty decent and good.
Thanks for the kind words! I do indeed get these games running on my desktop PC - but it is definitely a very complicated process; it's different for each game and often involves doing lots of googling followed by experimentation and lots of blind luck. And lots of cursing too. It's a real headache, and makes creating these videos extremely time consuming.
I would like to continue this series into the 2000s, but ... I gotta say, it might be a while before I start. I'm a little burned out after making the 1999 one, and not looking forward to jumping right back into it. Might be a few months before I get to it...
@@GaryRetroGamer Okay bro, it's okay, your health is much more important, keep your spirits up!
Excessive Speed was real fun and with a great soundtrack, I used to put the cd on in my car stereo 😅
Great list! I played a bunch of the demos, but only played to the end of two of the included games - Recoil & Drakhan. Most of the games I never even remember hearing about, so kudos for that!
For Drakhan though, I think it would've been nice if you'd included a clip of the dragonback gameplay, as that was the far better part of the game compared to the on-foot melee combat IMO.
hey Gary! Indeed these are quite obscure! thanks
I don't really remember but I'm pretty sure I played some of these in a computer class in early 2000s. There was a ton of interesting stuff installed by students and I never played any of this since then lol
I remember playing "3d ultra control racers deluxe" from my father's old computer since 2001 or 2002.
Where did you get that version of exploding lips? I recall it being lost media, with only a very early demo being avaiable online. Nice list of games!
The first game was one of my absolute guilty pleasures of my childhood
ESCAPE!!!
I REMEMBER THIS GAME from downloading over AOL! I've been looking for it FOREVER HOLY CRAP LOLO
omg so much cool stuff to dig through for me here
I have one question: is the footage original? If so, how can you play these games in modern systems? Are you using emulation or an old computer?
The only ones I know are Carnivores 2, amazing game, Malvinas 2032 and Prince of Persia 3D (idk if I would call this one obscure). And there must be a lot more obscure PC games, mainly japanese (although most of these are visual novels and it would be kinda boring to make a vid with lots of them), korean and chinese releases.
I play Codename Eagle for many many years, it's actually what eventually evolved into Battlefield!
I also played a lot of Gubble and Gubble 2, no idea why he looks like that in the video though... his voice lines are forever stuck in my head.
And i had no idea about "Skull Caps" , but I used to play the first game in that series though, it's called "Baldies".
But I refuse to believe that Lego Racers is "obscure"!
I remember picking up rhe big box of it as a 16 ye old.I had fun with it but it wasn't a bigger project like half life,soldier of fortune,quake 2/3 unreal/unreal tournament but it was a decent enough game as far as I remember it's been 24yra since I played it
Hey, you missed in the title, that's 20 minutes.
Anyway, awesome collection of games!
Oops. Fixed! Thanks for letting me know!
I playwd a few pf these back then and heard of a few more that i didn't get around too because of a small town and slow dialup.We didn't get alot of games and this was b4 gog and steam
15:02 best PC only fighting game ever.....
Archipelagos 2000 - The graphics are nice, but I miss the atmospheric music from the original Amiga version.
B Hunter, i remember this game, I was amazed by it lol
I remember Lego Racers. Good memories.
14:12 :D
ill never tell
Epic
These games ost seems to be very obscure as well...some music is very good tbh
19:27 I cant wait to hear about the sequel : The Phantom Men Ass
You miss Nocturne a game so ahead of time way better than any survival horror.
3d ultra control racers deluxe were in nearly every cereal box
I actually own LEGO Racers... on the N64.
It is unfortunately one of few N64 games that requires a Memory Pak, otherwise you pretty much have to play the game in one sitting.
There are too many clones in 1999 huh? Some real rarities (someone remembers Gromada!). And the rare sequel (Skullcaps). The 90s were weird, but varied.
08:12 Kurae! (Kyo's voice clip)!
The burp sound effect genre
does anyone know where can i get phoenix? I cant find it anywhere.
fucking loved Arcomage in MM7-8. Always wanted to try out the stand alone version but never could.
And fking LOVED Drakan! That game was amazing back then. Except the ending...and then the made the sequel ps2 only back when I didnt have one....was so sad.
I remember Revenant being pretty fun. And PoP 3D being pretty bad...
lmao at relics 😂 damn, when is that translation project coming out 😢😅
Incredible
Lol and i was thninking i know every game from my biggest gaming era, from this list , only revenenat ... n1
Wet Attack: The Empire cums back ? Oh god, where you find these games ?
💜💜💜
Aint Arcomage just parto of Might and Magic?
Holy shovelware !
cant find any video of The Dark Side of Africa or Credo
revevnant was and still is a great game.
by dark games, do you mean unknown, pirate, clones?
Abomination was the shit! Basically real time xcom.
I thought Carnivores was a famous game.
Yes, Carnivores was relatively popular. There are a few games that should not be part of this list, like Drakan, Abomination, Lego Racers, Revenant, Heavy Gear II and Prince of Persia 3D. These were not obscure.
@@Brunorego80 My friend, PC Gaming in the 90's was obscure in and of itself, lol.
What's going on here? :D 19:36
It’s an erotic game from the looks of it 😂
16:38 про морду из телекомпании ВИD сделали игру😂
But busters its an tech demo of fighting force 😂
No vangers? sad day
👍👍
14:12 😏