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hi there..how u doin guys

i just found R-Type game and it has some great surreal creepy stuff i guess

i need a list of great games..ver/hor..both..

i need good games with creepy and surreal stuff..and creepy soundtrack..not dancing soundtrack lol
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Gynoug and X-Multiply have some creepy art. I really like Gynoug's art.
R-Type III is creepy too.
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R-Type II
R-Type Delta
Dragon Breed
Crying/Biohazard Battle

Anything by Artesneit probably count. They take the H.R Giger style and push it beyond what Giger's paintings considered kosher in terms of blatant sexual imagery and gore/gross out material. Some fun games in there (particularly Yakouga 4) but definitely not safe for work.
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Metal Black, kinda. Either way it takes the whole "alien invasion" thing more seriously.
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Speaking of H. R. Giger: Dragon Saber borrows quite a few iconic creatures/images from the Alien movies, including face huggers and the pithy Alien cranial shape. Game's not too dark on the whole, but it has a couple of fairly eerie stages.
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Dotonpachi and other gustav games
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BIG THANX all of u

oh that METAL BLACK seems great Surreal Atmosphere
i would like to have some similar games if there's let me know

if there's more let me know
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Xexex kinda
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Squire Grooktook wrote: Anything by Artesneit probably count.
They're the ones that made those games, right:

http://i.imgur.com/Cq57tMU.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/yYLWUmH.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/uHus7zB.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/T6tO4ps.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/6pkiB13.jpg

Can you identify the names of those games? I found those pics sometime ago on a site but could never find their names.
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Rendering Ranger probably fits.

However, it is also a platformer/RnG aside from it's shmup levels.
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Synnae wrote:
Squire Grooktook wrote: Anything by Artesneit probably count.
They're the ones that made those games, right:

http://i.imgur.com/Cq57tMU.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/yYLWUmH.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/uHus7zB.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/T6tO4ps.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/6pkiB13.jpg

Can you identify the names of those games? I found those pics sometime ago on a site but could never find their names.
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Synnae wrote: They're the ones that made those games, right:

http://i.imgur.com/Cq57tMU.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/yYLWUmH.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/uHus7zB.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/T6tO4ps.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/6pkiB13.jpg

Can you identify the names of those games? I found those pics sometime ago on a site but could never find their names.

1) Galshell: Blood Red Skies
2) Galshell 2: Bullet Rain
3) Hellbound
4) Yakouga 1
5) Psyche Metal: The Bleeding

Anal Dansyaku became Galshell 2: Bullet Rain, from my understanding. Galshell 2: Bullet Rain subsequently simply became Galshell 2, which has been on development hiatus for years.

Psyche Metal is by The Dark Hell Company, which is what Astro Port used to call themselves.
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Axelay has some pretty creepy and bizarre parts to it. The intro alone is actually kind of unnerving and downright sad.
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@Aisha

Thank you. Are those 5 all of the games released by Artesneit or there are more?
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Synnae wrote:@Aisha

Thank you. Are those 5 all of the games released by Artesneit or there are more?
More (NSFW). He also made around 20 or so games of various genres that aren't listed there, but they were developed for the X68000 throughout the 90s and are now more or less lost to time.
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Hey Aisha, while you're here, could you tell me which option in Yakouga 4 is for difficulty selection? I can't read moon runes and I'm terrified of accidentally switching the hentai scenes back on lol.
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XOP Ultra and XOP Black Ultra have some levels that are creepy and surreal.

Hellsinker, while not exactly creepy, definitely gets more and more surreal as the game goes on.

If you like R-Type you'll probably like the Gradius games. They both have similar biological themes.

Akashicverse is definitely surreal. I wouldn't exactly call it creepy, but it's definitely surreal, and has amazing and trippy backgrounds throughout the entire game.
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Squire Grooktook wrote:Hey Aisha, while you're here, could you tell me which option in Yakouga 4 is for difficulty selection? I can't read moon runes and I'm terrified of accidentally switching the hentai scenes back on lol.
After you start the game (top-most option on the title screen), the very first options you are presented with are the difficulty settings:

かんたん - Easy
ふつう - Normal
すこああたっく - Score Attack

Score Attack might have to be unlocked. I could have sworn there was a hard difficulty (むずかしい) as well, but my file is relatively fresh.

The porn switch is in the configuration screen (こんふぃぐ) which is the third option down on the title screen. If you're playing the all-ages version of the game, then the option isn't even there.
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Baroque Shooting is one that hasn't been mentioned.
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Aisha wrote:
Squire Grooktook wrote:Hey Aisha, while you're here, could you tell me which option in Yakouga 4 is for difficulty selection? I can't read moon runes and I'm terrified of accidentally switching the hentai scenes back on lol.
After you start the game (top-most option on the title screen), the very first options you are presented with are the difficulty settings:

かんたん - Easy
ふつう - Normal
すこああたっく - Score Attack

Score Attack might have to be unlocked. I could have sworn there was a hard difficulty (むずかしい) as well, but my file is relatively fresh.

The porn switch is in the configuration screen (こんふぃぐ) which is the third option down on the title screen. If you're playing the all-ages version of the game, then the option isn't even there.
Ah, thank you. My game came with all characters unlocked, so I guess it just doesn't have a hard mode.
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Some of the Darius games have creepy and bizarre endings.
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Lord Satori wrote:XOP Ultra and XOP Black Ultra have some levels that are creepy and surreal.

Hellsinker, while not exactly creepy, definitely gets more and more surreal as the game goes on.

If you like R-Type you'll probably like the Gradius games. They both have similar biological themes.

Akashicverse is definitely surreal. I wouldn't exactly call it creepy, but it's definitely surreal, and has amazing and trippy backgrounds throughout the entire game.
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Chimera Beast is pretty bizarre.
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awry wrote:Chimera Beast is pretty bizarre.
Chimera Beast is really awesom..thnx for that
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