Really Obscure RPGs

[Zariusz]

Is Gorasul good or atleast decent crpg? The way its often mentioned on Codex makes me think its a meme so i wonder how it is really.

 

[lukaszek]

bestest rpg that you never played

 

[Cyberarmy]

Istanbul Efsaneleri: Lale Savaşçılar (Istanbul Legends: Tulip Warriors) A Turkish RPG from 1994(Amiga) 1996 (PC), I don't think it ever translated to English. 4 fool trying to save Istanbul from evil sheikh "Ignorance". Pretty OK game .fmv cutscenes O_o

"İstanbul Efsaneleri: Lale Savaşçıları is one of the first Turkish games (first CRPG) ever developed for PCs. The game consists of a lot of different spells (actually swear words from turkish) and a very different character system.

The story takes place in an alternative Istanbul. You start with a group of four Turkish youngsters who were playing football near an abandoned auto-park. When the ball accidentally went inside the building and of course the youngsters after the ball, they all find themselves in a medieval looking Istanbul. They use all of their training (swearing as spells, waste baskets as shields, and turnips as weapons) to overcome the dangers of this mysterious and evil-infested medieval looking Istanbul, and return to their homes.

The gameplay is from the first-person perspective. You control your party with the keyboard and find your way in the 2D environment. The combats are from an isometric point of view and turn-based."

https://dungeoncrawlers.org/game/istanbul-efsaneleri-lale-savaclar/

Edit: Classes were kinda creative: Student, Prick, Teacher, Lout (?), Whore and Siliconian (metal head)

 

[Lord_Potato]

bestest rpg that you never played

How would you compare it to Dragonfire: Well of Souls?

Oh, I greatly enjoy cripple fights!

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Oh that last pic. Hilarious.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

ARPG?

MOBYGAMES



So ya’ll using abandonware version iso?

 

[Grauken]

ARPG?

Just your typical RTwP RPG

 

[Baron Dupek]

Is Gorasul good or atleast decent crpg? The way its often mentioned on Codex makes me thing its a meme so i wonder how it is really.

It had nice spell variety - you might improve your talking dagger to get better mana boost and might even solo the game? Overall - average experience if you don't have access to better RPGs. Which was a thing back then - you could get Gorasul for a few bucks when new games could cost arm and leg easily.

but still got some bugs - remember finishing Potato version no problems, then tried English version and turns out puzzles are different depending on the difficulty and language....

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

It was hard for me to tell as the mobs looked like they still moved during his menu and item swaps. I didn’t see any pausing. I will note those zombies do walk slow and the skeletons far faster.

I found the German manual: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Gorasul:_The_Legacy_of_the_Dragon

Any clue on English documentation links? I don’t feel like buying a physical copy atm.

 

[solemgar]

Istanbul Efsaneleri: Lale Savaşçılar (Istanbul Legends: Tulip Warriors) A Turkish RPG from 1994(Amiga) 1996 (PC), I don't think it ever translated to English. 4 fool trying to save Istanbul from evil sheikh "Ignorance". Pretty OK game .fmv cutscenes O_o

"İstanbul Efsaneleri: Lale Savaşçıları is one of the first Turkish games (first CRPG) ever developed for PCs. The game consists of a lot of different spells (actually swear words from turkish) and a very different character system.

The story takes place in an alternative Istanbul. You start with a group of four Turkish youngsters who were playing football near an abandoned auto-park. When the ball accidentally went inside the building and of course the youngsters after the ball, they all find themselves in a medieval looking Istanbul. They use all of their training (swearing as spells, waste baskets as shields, and turnips as weapons) to overcome the dangers of this mysterious and evil-infested medieval looking Istanbul, and return to their homes.

The gameplay is from the first-person perspective. You control your party with the keyboard and find your way in the 2D environment. The combats are from an isometric point of view and turn-based."

https://dungeoncrawlers.org/game/istanbul-efsaneleri-lale-savaclar/



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Edit: Classes were kinda creative: Student, Prick, Teacher, Lout (?), Whore and Siliconian (metal head)

WTF is that pyramid head in a leather jacket?? XD It even has strays of hair

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

“THE” Illuminati, maybe?

THIS GAME MUST BE TRANSLATED!!! NOW!!!

It is of importance most vital, yesssss?

 

[solemgar]

“THE” Illuminati, maybe?

THIS GAME MUST BE TRANSLATED!!! NOW!!!

It is of importance most vital, yesssss?

+10000

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

based."

https://dungeoncrawlers.org/game/istanbul-efsaneleri-lale-savaclar/

God damn! Almost POWER RANGER RIFT MYSIC. 6:08 is pretty intense futball action. (Yes.. FUT!)

 

[NancySadkov]

Hi folks! I'm a transgender woman with medium functioning autism and I abosultely enjoy roleplaying RPG games. Currently I LP-review exclusively little known RPGs at my YT channel, like Chaos Seed, Malgrimia and Ginga Sengoku Gunyuuden Rai (Japanese Master of Orion). Interested? Search Heroes of Malgrimia and Nancy Sadkov. Apparently I'm the first person to do English commentary on Malgrimia. Dank u wel!

 

[lukaszek]

Hi folks!

awaiting gorasul piece

 

[Abu Antar]

'Sup Drog

 

[octavius]

roleplaying RPG games.

That's some rich bait.

 

[BosanskiSeljak]

Did anyone compile all the games listed in this thread or will I have to go through every page to find them?

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Did anyone compile all the games listed in this thread or will I have to go through every page to find them?

The games are obscure enough that the quest compass dlc ain't out yet.

 

[lukaszek]

Did anyone compile all the games listed in this thread or will I have to go through every page to find them?

The games are obscure enough that the quest compass dlc ain't out yet.

right, should obscure them more by splitting thread and moving em all to subforum where google bots do not go

 

[NancySadkov]

Hi folks!

awaiting gorasul piece

I only LP stuff without wikipedia entries and existing let's plays, otherwise I feel too mainstream.

 

[Snufkin]

Found Gorasul PL
https://archive.org/details/gorasul_pl

Sadly i get black screen on startup, which hangs up my pc so i have to unlog with alt+ctrl+del. Tried fixes from pcgamingwiki and it does not work.

 

[NancySadkov]

Freedom: Rebels in the Darkness.
1988 French RPG/strategy made by a Black girl.
You have to free Black slaves from the plantation and kill whites.
Atari ST appears to be the definitive version, since in others you can't reroll stats.

 

[BosanskiSeljak]

If I count obscure as "doesn't have a codex thread" then here's a list (I'll take liberties with this definition, if there's just one, old, and didn't even go past one page I'll include it):

SpurguX
1987 "politically incorrect" roguelike by a Finnish mf, probably not obscure enough but I do love to bring this game up any chance I get

Warrior Dragon
You play as a dragon, fighting humans. Released in 2000, made by Lumental Games, it's a top down, "consoley" RPG with pixel graphics

The Broken Land
Yet another diablo clone by some developer called Ace Platinous Family

Invictus: In the Shadow of Olympus
Strategy/RPG, it has both a steam and GOG store page but I haven't seen it mentioned on the Codex

 

[JarlFrank]

SpurguX
1987 "politically incorrect" roguelike by a Finnish mf, probably not obscure enough but I do love to bring this game up any chance I get

I always found that name interesting.

Does SpurguX have any connection whatsoever to Spurdo Spärde, linguistically or culturally?