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Torneko: The Last Hope (Chunsoft/Matrix - PSX - 1999) obscurevideogames.tumblr.com/post/7988506...

November 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM

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Torneko: The Last Hope (Chunsoft/Matrix - PSX - 1999) obscurevideogames.tumblr.com/post/7988337...

November 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM

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Laser Lords (Spinnaker - CDI - 1992) obscurevideogames.tumblr.com/tagged/ovpop...

November 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM

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Vampire Night (Namco/Sega/WOW Entertainment - PS2 - 2001) obscurevideogames.tumblr.com/post/7982901...

November 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM

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"Doctor, please help me, I have been stricken by a strange and terrible condition known as..."

Cover art for Melonmania, Commodore 64. A large bald although possibly not human "man" holds a watermelon.

October 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM

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Kakurine’s “Devitalizing” attack

Evil Zone (Yuke’s - PSX - 1999) obscurevideogames.tumblr.com/post/7976559...

November 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM

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Happy KarnovembaaaAAARRRGGHHHH

Illustration from Sinclair User magazine. Karnov roasts some poor sod wth his fire breath.

November 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM

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Baroque (Sting - PSX - 1999) obscurevideogames.tumblr.com/post/7975823...

November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM

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Gungrave: Overdose (RED - PS2 - 2004) obscurevideogames.tumblr.com/post/7954080...

November 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM

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Yes, that's the face of someone with nothing to worry about.

The ancient Greek myth of Cronus, as told in the Apple II game Magical Myths.

November 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM

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Wizard of Oz: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road (Media Vision - DS - 2008) obscurevideogames.tumblr.com/post/7957703...

November 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM

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Relics reminds me of Shadow of the Beast; it's got that sort of hyper-ambitious energy to it, a game that wants to evolve side-scrolling into something more (back in 1986 - the same year Falcom's Romancia was having similar thoughts).

A screenshot from Relics (PC-98). A purple alien bunny like creature stands in a long room decorated with green pillar structures in the background. An extremely talk gold figure wearing a cape stands at the right side of the room.

November 5, 2025 at 5:03 AM

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Flower, Sun and Rain (Grasshopper Manufacture - DS - 2008/2009) obscurevideogames.tumblr.com/post/7950454...

November 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM

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Flower, Sun and Rain (Grasshopper Manufacture - DS - 2008/2009) obscurevideogames.tumblr.com/post/7950285...

November 4, 2025 at 2:20 AM

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West Mansion: The Splatterhouse Homepage

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STOP THE PRESSES.

The ROM for the unreleased Famicom RPG Splatter World has been released (in a thread on 4chan, of all places). I've tried it myself, and it does seem to be genuine. If it's a fake, it's a damn good one.

Expect (more) coverage on West Mansion soon.

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