I'll start with ZanZarah: The Hidden Portal (2002) some kind of bizarre German Pokemon-RPFPS with faeries.

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Dark Secrets of Africa (1999), another German game, this time an RPG where you play as a European explorer in 19th century Africa.

>>11827019
>RPG random battles against Africans
kek

>>11827019
Looks kinda dope!
This might actually be a hidden gem for some Africa enthusiasts.

>Rune
Third-person hack and slash kino. Nice multiplayer mode.
>Draconus Cult of the Wyrm
Third-person hack and slash, webm related.

>>11826897 (OP)
Revolution (2002) is a pretty good first person shooter about a scifi dystopia where you start off playing as a maintenance guy and end up as part of The Revolution(TM)
Developed by Fun Labs Romania, mostly known for also developing a fuckton of Cabela's games and that one Duck Dynasty game. Revolution is one of their earliest, and runs on their custom in-house engine that they kept using up until at least Duck Dynasty.

I love late 90/early 00 PC aesthetic so much

The greatest class-based team shooter ever made.

Some new age trip.

>>11826897 (OP)
>bizarre German Pokemon-RPFPS with faeries
Picking up.

>>11827290
In what world Rune is obscure nigga

>>11827365
A couple notes about this one: the PS1 version is pretty much a completely different game entirely. And the PC version has optional 3DFX Glide support but it's one of the few games that's a massive pain in the ass to get working on anything that's not a Voodoo 1 running on Windows 95, so just play in software rendering mode instead.

>>11826897 (OP)
>Chaos element
>no Order/Neutral element
Dropped

>>11827290
>Rune
Not obscure.
>Draconus Cult of the Wyrm
Nice, never heard of this one.
>>11827354
>Revolution
Is it any good? I just watched bits of a playthrough on YouTube and it looked kind of generic.
>>11827362
Renegade isn't obscure lmfao.

>>11827412
I only emulated the PS1 version.

Now something so obscure you won't even find it on MobyGames, it's Crimson Wars (1999). Some kind of mech-based RTS that was DOA, which is a shame because it looks pretty cool.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=WHwv7Z-hu4s

>>11827019
What's with even the most random-ass isometric 2d games of this era having fucking beautiful graphics

MAD thermonuclear warfare. I think I still have a disc buried somewhere in storage but I bet it is a real bitch to get working.

>>11827019
is that a slave buying screen on the bottom left lol

>>11827362
They're making a modern tibsun version called Firestorm

>>11829110
I wish to learn more.

My personal favorite PC strategy game. Think of it like a turn-based Starcraft with more emphasis on tech trees and resource management. it's on GOG and Steam now too.

>>11829139
>Deadlock: Planetary Conquest
>1996
You had one job dude. Whatever, it looks cool and I appreciate the bump.
>it's on GOG and Steam now too.
With not a cent going to the original devs no doubt.

>>11829169
apparently neither version launches and runs correctly without work on modern PC, either. Thankfully, the original disc ISOs are readily available on Archive.

>>11829212
Does it work on WinXP? I still have an old laptop lying around.

>>11829234
it should. I haven't tried in years but I for sure had it running on XP back in the day. The netcode it uses only works up through XP, so if you want multiplayer thats what you need anyway unless you patch a newer release.

>>11827409
it's frequently on 85 or 90% sale.
I'm legitimately surprised this counts as a hidden gem desu. I thought it was always some kind of a flawed fan favourite. But I'm a Germ myself, so maybe that's why.

This thread is why I have horaded away about 40 different old pcs.

This game was RTS that let you take FPS control of units. Can't think of any other RTS that did that and this one kinda flew under most people's radar.

>>11829212
>apparently neither version launches and runs correctly without work on modern PC, either
Runs fine for me. Fix your toaster, you fucked something up.

>>11829701
Man I loved the way old Win games used the native UI elements.

>>11829169

Seeing as we're doing 1996 games now, the early 3DFX era was a real trip.

>>11827290
Rune is awesome. Played this at a LAN party a year or so ago. Very fun.

>>11828492
Not released doesn't count bitch

>>11830112

Wild Ride: Surf Shack

>>11830125
>Not released
Then what's this?
https://www.wtsretro.dk/shop/pc/pc-spil/pc-jewelcase/crimson-wars/

>>11830236
I don't read Nazi

>>11828492
I had this one on some random cd from magazine, i remember absolutely nothing gameplay wise tho.
I also had Gromada, Pic rel.

>>11830329
https://www-wtsretro-dk.translate.goog/shop/pc/pc-spil/pc-jewelcase/crimson-wars/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=iw&_x_tr_hl
this will help you

Times of Conflict (2000) a French RTS, it might look promising but the in-game graphics are underwhelming.

>>11829647
I dunno what that game is like, but Dungeon Keeper features a version of that mechanic. You'll have to be the judge of weather that counts, I guess.

>>11829519
This thread is why I downloaded PCem

>>11827019
This game actually is fun, it's like Diablo.. but lol. Even in 1999 (I'm an old fag and was a teen then) this wouldn't be socially OK at all.

>From The Creators Who Played Maximo

Every time I post this, nobody replies. That must make it pretty obscure. It still has an early-2000s website too: https://o-r-b.com/

>>11831707
If it plays like that I'm sold. I always felt Maximo was like a 3d Ghosts and Goblins.

>>11830130
I think I played the demo of this

>>11831913
>I always felt Maximo was like a 3d Ghosts and Goblins.
It effectively is.

>>11831717
Looks really cool! Thanks for the recommendation—I will check it out ASAP!

>>11826897 (OP)
PC gamers should post more of these and things like >>11827290 >>11827354 >>11830721 it would greatly interest people. Make webms (even if stealing from youtube), take screenshots and post about them.

The premise was the game would infect your system files and then delete them if you lose.

Ofc it didn't infect nor deleted anything. Also it was crap.

>>11831717
>Every time I post this, nobody replies.
It helps if you include some screenshots of the game, a cover by itself doesn't really tell us much.

>>11832191
I usually like to do something like this.

>>11831717
I had this game back in the day, same with Kohan and Kohan Ahrimans Gift made by the same company.

ORB is honestly not that great.

>>11827362
>>11829110
Ironic given that that Renegade was the game that EA demanded to be shat out in short order, then used it as an excuse to kill Westwood when it didn't sell like Halo did.

Star Trek Voyager Elite Force

>>11833365
Any particular reason?

I don't have Rune installed on my retro PC I have to fix that right now

>>11833365
>Star Trek Voyager Elite Force

Not obscure, but sure as shit pretty great m8

>>11833908
What happened to her hand?

>>11831717
Because you keep posting it when I'm not itt

I played this all the time as a kid, I never knew about Homeworld back then so this was my generic walmart sam's choice version of it

It has a nice spacey atmosphere, decent gameplay. I like how hard they tried to make it seem epic and mythical with the story clearly trying to be like Homeworld.

You want an even more obscure Homeworld ripoff try this game, unfortunately it won't run on modern systems at least none I have.

>>11833974
I know right. It's over for handjobbros.

Bumping this thread even though you useless fags didn't contribute anything.

>>11827290
Rune isn't obscure.

>>11835565

the 90s and early 2000s were so kino it hurts my heart.