Kusoge/Bakage/Obscure

An on-going, ever-growing list of bad, weird, or forgotten games I want to or have played.

Slowly adding additional info in the notes.

Many of these have been found thanks to The Obscuritory, Hardcore Gaming 101, The Rarest Gamer, Lunatic Obscurity, and Ephemeral Enigmas.

Games not on IGDB:

Liquid War 5 (MS-DOS/OS X/Windows) [Thomas Colcombet, 1998]
The Surgeon (Macintosh/Amiga) [Information Systems for Medicine, 1985]
Imagynasium (Windows) [SouthPeak Interactive, 1999]
Music Brush (Windows) [Mister Matt Software, 1996/1999] https://archive.org/details/MusicBrush2.03_1999_Mister_Matt_Software To get a registration code for the full version, add 999762854389 to the program’s serial number
The Stig 4 (ZX-Spectrum) [Antok Software, 1987]
Agent 99 (ZX-Spectrum) [Alkoholsoft, 1988]
Perfect Murder 2: Bukapao (ZX-Spectrum) [Ultrasoft, 1988]
Satochin (ZX-Spectrum) [Sybilasoft, 1988]
Kewin 2 (ZX-Spectrum) [Sybilasoft, 1989]
Kuru Kuru Panic (PSX) [Kool Kizz, 1996]
Gals Panic II: Special Edition (Arcade) [Kaneko, 1994]
Lovely Pop Mahjong Jangjang Shimasho (Arcade) [Visco, 1996]

Forbes Corporate Warrior
Forbes Corporate Warrior
Gooch Grundy's X-Decathlon
Gooch Grundy's X-Decathlon
Quite Soulless
Quite Soulless
The Yakyuken: Ojousama
The Yakyuken: Ojousama
Gallop Racer
Gallop Racer
Kuma Uta
Kuma Uta
Frog Days
Frog Days
Ultra Resort Keroncuel
Ultra Resort Keroncuel
Crystal Pixels
Crystal Pixels
Enigma
Enigma
G.O.D Pure: Growth or devolution
G.O.D Pure: Growth or devolution
Johnny
Johnny
Roly-Polys World Tour
Roly-Polys World Tour
Garage: Bad Dream Adventure
Garage: Bad Dream Adventure
Kazoe Meshi
Kazoe Meshi
Delisoba Deluxe
Delisoba Deluxe
N.U.D.E.@ Natural Ultimate Digital Experiment
N.U.D.E.@ Natural Ultimate Digital Experiment
The Gostak
The Gostak
Guru Logic Champ
Guru Logic Champ
The Seven Games of the Soul
The Seven Games of the Soul
3 In Three
3 In Three
An early meta puzzle game on the Mac about a number 3 that gets lost in a computer. Some of the puzzles are obscenely difficult but I might just be bad at thinking.

Obscuritory article
the Footl's Errand et al. article
Endonesia
Endonesia
Ore no Ryouri
Ore no Ryouri
Dong Dong Never Die
Dong Dong Never Die
Oh Shit!
Oh Shit!
BLACK SOULS
BLACK SOULS
Off
Off
Cosmology of Kyoto
Cosmology of Kyoto
Aaargh! Condor
Aaargh! Condor
Single screen C64 title where you have 10 seconds to save someone from being taken by a condor. Honestly very fun.

Obscurity article
CyberJudas
CyberJudas
Heaven & Earth
Heaven & Earth
Meditative spiritual puzzler thing with gorgeous color-cycling art.

Obscuritory article
Kurohige no Golf Shiyouyo
Laurie Anderson's Puppet Motel
Laurie Anderson's Puppet Motel
Milano no Arbeit Collection
Milano no Arbeit Collection
Mission Sunlight
Mission Sunlight
Napple Tale: Arsia in Daydream
Napple Tale: Arsia in Daydream
Nichibutsu Mahjong Collection
Nichibutsu Mahjong Collection
Shootanto: Evolutionary Mayhem
Shootanto: Evolutionary Mayhem
Kowloon's Gate
Kowloon's Gate
Shadow President
Shadow President
L.O.L.: Lack of Love
L.O.L.: Lack of Love
La Abadía del Crimen
La Abadía del Crimen
Sengoku Turb
Sengoku Turb
Nemuru Mayu
Nemuru Mayu
Planet DOB
Planet DOB
Densha de GO! 64
Densha de GO! 64
Roommania #203
Roommania #203
Japan only 'intervention' sim where you try to make some nobody's life better. Inspired by the early Internet popularity of things like the Trojan Room coffee pot and JenniCam. Featuring music by Richard Jacques and Serani Poji, a fictional pop idol that eventually released an independent album unrelated to the game!
Ribbit King
Ribbit King
Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong Nou
Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong Nou
Osamu Sato's first game

Obscuritory article
Etoile Princesse
Etoile Princesse
Poinie's Poin
Poinie's Poin
Immortal Defense
Immortal Defense
Generally labelled as a schizocore game, it's a tower defense title where the towers have individual personalities and interact with the game space in very unique ways. The story is a little bonkos but it's also pretty well written.
Thousand Land
Thousand Land
Aquales
Aquales
Geograph Seal
Geograph Seal
Cookie's Bustle
Cookie's Bustle
Chu-Teng
Chu-Teng
Carton-Kun
Carton-Kun
Gashi Shachi no Sachi
Gashi Shachi no Sachi
Pandora's Box
Pandora's Box
Germs: Nerawareta Machi
Germs: Nerawareta Machi
Roly-Polys no Nanakorobi Yaoki
Roly-Polys no Nanakorobi Yaoki
Harmful Park
Harmful Park
Segagaga
Segagaga
Kaze no Notam
Kaze no Notam
Robbit Mon Dieu
Robbit Mon Dieu
The Lost Mind of Dr. Brain
The Lost Mind of Dr. Brain
The Residents: Freak Show
The Residents: Freak Show
Ufouria: The Saga
Ufouria: The Saga
Gadget: Invention, Travel & Adventure
Gadget: Invention, Travel & Adventure
David Lynch and Guillermo del Toro love this game!

Obscuritory article
The Museum of Anything Goes
The Museum of Anything Goes
Popol Maya
Popol Maya
Largely atextual adventure thing focused on communication through animism or something?

Obscuritory article
Tryrush Deppy
Tryrush Deppy
Forklift Load
Forklift Load
Bakage that's best described as if NieR: Automata was about vehicles instead of androids.
The Legend of Lotus Spring
The Legend of Lotus Spring
Ballistics
Ballistics
UFO: A Day in the Life
UFO: A Day in the Life
_____
_____
STG presented entirely in an alien script with no analogue to any written human language. No transliteration here, and the number(?) system on display doesn't follow any base systems.
Osman
Osman
Ghostlop
Ghostlop
Hard Truck: Apocalypse
Hard Truck: Apocalypse
Hameln no Violin Hiki
Hameln no Violin Hiki
Bomber Hehhe
Bomber Hehhe
Caper in the Castro
Caper in the Castro
First known gay and lesbian themed computer game, made in Hypercard

LGBTQ Video Game Archive page
DogDay
DogDay
Freedom: Rebels in the Darkness
Freedom: Rebels in the Darkness
Slave rebellion strategy game by an Afro-Caribbean developer set in Martinique. Made in 1988.

Obscuritory article
Ling Rise
Ling Rise
Marble Saga: Kororinpa
Marble Saga: Kororinpa
Mizuiro Blood
Mizuiro Blood
Net Guardian: Dai Kyo Utage
Net Guardian: Dai Kyo Utage
Relics
Relics
The Journeyman Project
The Journeyman Project
White Heart Baekgu
White Heart Baekgu
Opoona
Opoona
Egg
Egg
Star Cruiser
Star Cruiser
E.V.O. : Search for Eden
E.V.O. : Search for Eden
Floor 13
Floor 13
Ten made Jack: Odoroki Mamenoki Daitoubou!!
Ten made Jack: Odoroki Mamenoki Daitoubou!!
No One Can Stop Mr. Domino!
No One Can Stop Mr. Domino!

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