Best Obscure Arcade Games?

[TrekMD]

That does looks cool!  Thanks for posting the video!

[zapiy]

Jesus guys, some of those are bloody fantastic..

Great thread..

[TL]

I own the expensive Sega Saturn version of this but for those that don't have it then I definitely suggest firing up this superb but utterly crazy game on MAME. Oh and make sure you play the original Japanese version and not the drastically censored and toned down World version:

[Greyfox]

here's another wacky obsecure one for you and worth checking out also, only ever released in japan back in 1989, It's part shooter and part action-RPG and got a unseen release in 1996 that the game was translated into English (for a PlayStation compilation). In fact, most of the games that feature Namco's Valkyrie heroine aren't released in North America
[align=center:28aowmyr]The Legend of Valkyrie[/align:28aowmyr]
[align=center:28aowmyr]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4qMtbnBzog&feature=player_embedded[/align:28aowmyr]

[Greyfox]

this is so under-rated it's a criminal offense and you should be locked up and the key thrown away, if you've never played or heard of this one..it's the wonderful......
[align=center:1er81jgd][size=140]Namco's : The Outfoxies[/size][/align:1er81jgd]
[align=center:1er81jgd]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ1lsaaww80[/align:1er81jgd]

listen to the opening beep..Capcom would not be impressed with the sample ripping

[Greyfox]

Cave's ESP Ra.De. is an a typical shooter, and not just because it features psychic teenagers in place of heavily armed spaceships. As those Akira-esque teens shred through a multitude of tanks, jets, and rival espers, they have three different weapons at their command, again comes another wacky but original Shootem' up

[align=center:h629cjfj][size=120]ESP Ra.De[/size][/align:h629cjfj]
[align=center:h629cjfj]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG8mR_jfO9c[/align:h629cjfj]

[TL]

SNK might be best known for the NEO GEO console and games like Fatal Fury and Metal Slug but they were producing some ace arcade machines long before that, P.O.W. is a game I remember fondly:

[sloan]

this is so under-rated it's a criminal offense and you should be locked up and the key thrown away, if you've never played or heard of this one..it's the wonderful......
[align=center:301t2g19][size=140]Namco's : The Outfoxies[/size][/align:301t2g19]
[align=center:301t2g19]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ1lsaaww80[/align:301t2g19]

listen to the opening beep..Capcom would not be impressed with the sample ripping

That Outfoxies game looks and plays a lot like Rolling Thunder, a favorite of mine. I think that was a Namco game as well. Too bad I never came across The Outfoxies in any arcades around my area.

[TL]

Guardians Of The Hood, Atari's kind of sequel to Pit-Fighter. It's cheesy but I love it!

Guardians of the 'Hood - Arcade - Playthrough With Commentary

[TL]

Time for another game, the fantastic Desert War by Jaleco:

Desert War (arcade) - NMK / Jaleco 1995

[HomerRamone2084]

(Wakes up the topic)

JUNO FIRST arcade game by KONAMI 1983

(I dont see how to post an embedded video either)

[Minerals]

Juno First is a cracking game, only discovered it myself recently 

[TL]

Juno First is a cracking game, only discovered it myself recently 

Yep it was me who put you on to it and showed you the wonderful Atari 8-bit version. Great game.

[TrekMD]

There's also an excellent Atari 2600 version!  Excellent game and quite impressive on the 2600!

[align=center:1metyiac]Juno First (2600)[/align:1metyiac]

[sloan]

Make Trax, the best game to never get a western home console port.

MameZilla Reviews Make Trax for Arcade a Pac-Inspired Game