The Strangest game you ever played

[marcusm]

Though weird isn't necessarily crap in my book.
Consoles have much more examples than PC gaming obviously. 80s saw much
more experimentation in gaming.

[cdbeck]

ORIGINAL: marcusm

Though weird isn't necessarily crap in my book.
Consoles have much more examples than PC gaming obviously. 80s saw much
more experimentation in gaming.

You can say that again. Anyone remember the old Raiders of the Lost Ark game for the Atari. Now that made NO sense at all. ET wasn't much better. Why were there so many pits?

SoM

[marcusm]

Wonder if those ET games they dug down are still playable?
But that game was just awful from start to finish. A bit like MOO3.

Btw. The prices people are asking for Machiavell are insane. 1000 bucks.

Maybe an indication that this game needs a PC version .

[Hertston]

ORIGINAL: ravinhood

I think SSI made a sucky one back in the day called "Warwinds"?? It was pretty strange and I never got into it at all cause it was another one of those resource gathering ones.

War Wind. It was, but regardless was one of the better Dune 2 derivatives. I don't think it sold that well though, everyone was playing Warcraft 2 and Command & Conquer instead.

[ravinhood]

lol Herston I played it for about 5 minutes and I chucked it. I still have it, but, never played it again. The only resourse gathering rts'es I really ever played past the first level were Dune II and Age of Empires origional. I tried Warcraft but it was just too I dunno kiddified to continue and the artwork sucked like some romper room toys. I still think Sacrifice is the best rts game ever made. I can't get over how easy it is to get into and everything is right there in front of you only thing you have to gather are souls.

Btw. The prices people are asking for Machiavell are insane. 1000 bucks

Is this a board game or a computer game you are talking about? $1000 bucks for Machiavelli computer game? No way!

[marcusm]

The board game. That computer game you are thinking about, is actually Holistic Designs own creation.
The boardgame is more like Diplomacy but has added complexity (just enough).

[madgamer2]

ORIGINAL: Grell

Master of Orion 3. Just a terrible game by any standards, when my wife saw me playing it she said "is that pong?" now that is weird.

Regards,

Grell

so much pre-game hype...so little substance
Madgamer

[madgamer2]

ORIGINAL: ravinhood

I think SSI made a sucky one back in the day called "Warwinds"?? It was pretty strange and I never got into it at all cause it was another one of those resource gathering ones. That's what I got for buy everything SSI published. Later in their life some of the games they released sucked oodles. lol

It was the guy from SSI who did most of the graphics for there was allowed to design a game. II was some sor of soace conquest game and was the first I ever saw that used the Resource Point) the basic RP may he live in infamy.

Madgamer

[madgamer2]

ORIGINAL: Son_of_Montfort

We have had threads on best game, weird things in movies, most tactical.. now I am going to start one on the strangest or most bizarre game that you ever played. It can be a wargame or not, a PC, console, or board game - if you wish.

Mine would have to be a little known gem called The Tone Rebellion. It was made by Logic Factory, the same people who made the oft talked about Ascendancy. It shared some of the visual aesthetic, but the story was wacked out beyond belief. You semi-controlled, kinda like an RTS, this tribe of tone (think mana) swimming tentacled creatures (called Floaters) as they tried to erect certain sigils to kill Leviathan and his minions, which came as spores, infected the tone pools (resource for building) and created monster generators. I never beat the game, came close, but it seemed like a lot of fun. Check out that wiki article and look for screenshots... if my description sounded strange, imagine playing the game...

Now, what is your strangest game, and why?

SoM

Well I will get flamed but after playing board and computer games for over 30 years and strange is not always bad but I have to say "Shivering Isles for Oblivion was strange to play for me. It was just that I was not comfortable for me to play the game. I did not like anything about it and the strange quests and the basic plot line, NPC's, side quests were not for me. I kept rooting for the forces of order. Maybe its just me but it is the first game in all these years that I quite because the game world and quests made me uncomfortable.

Madgamer

[marcusm]

Nevermind the LLamas, they were already mentiond .

How about Psychonauts? That was one strange game.

[Kuokkanen]

ORIGINAL: capitan

Turborakketi (cannot find any reference to it anywhere unfortunatly).

Becouse you had typed it wrong! It's TurboRaketti. Homepage, and if you can't understand what is said on there, use Babel Fish. By the way, it's Amiga game [;)]

Some people behind that game have made similar game for DOS: Turbis. See homepage, and if you can't understand that either, use Babel Fish again [;)]

There are lots of other similar games. Best ones have been made by Finns [:D]

[morvwilson]

I got two that no - one seems to have mentioned.
First, a game that was an insert into the Dragon magazine back when dinosaurs roamed. Food Fight. Whoever took the most damage was too embarasssed to continue the fight. Great fun.
And second, Banana Republic. Whoever embezles the most money into their swiss bank account wins! Oh and if you don't like the leadership you can always start a coup.

[ilovestrategy]

I remember Food Fight! [:D]

[Vic]

When i played Kult my english wasnt any good and the game really managed to baffle me beyond belief.
 
mobygames has some nice screenshots:
http://www.mobygames.com/game/amiga/chamber-of-the-sci-mutant-priestess/screenshots/gameShotId,33253/

[marcusm]

How about Porrasturvat? That Finnish game where the goal is to
fall down stairs and break as many bones as possible?

Fun for a while .

[ORANGE]

Leather Godess of Phobos and Leisure Suit Larry.

[morvwilson]

ORIGINAL: ORANGE

Leisure Suit Larry.

Brrrrr, you just sent me on a '70s flash back![:D]