Your right about Cubix. The cutscenes are just clips from the show.

i wish i was as cool as the boardroom member who came up with “spider with gun”

We all have that moment in life where we realize how cute glasses are. Seems that your's was obscure anime dodgeball.

Everyone's a comedian until the spiders start wielding guns. . .

Thanks to Anime Dodgeball, cute girls with glasses have become a fundamental part of my personality.

Oy. We're getting a new Bubble Bobble game! Maybe we'll get a new Bust-A-Move soon after?

Me upon seeing the video: Oh cool, anime-type design, and obscure games! That'll be a cool watch! Me after the vid: Those portraits really, really remind me of Pit from Kid Icarus: Uprising, and it's...seriously charming. I see you are a man of culture as well! In all seriousness, though, this was a really interesting watch, and a lot of these games were my first time ever seeing them! Well, except for Spider. That game was cool, but seriously hard, and...well, as you noted, I'm surprised the game got a K-A rating, considering the cutscenes in it. I never could beat it, but it left a lasting memory of my childhood. ...Kirby is still the better part, though. XD

Mentioning PBS Kids and Dragon Tales in this video made me feel a little nostalgic. I watched a buttload of that channel growing up and Dragon Tales was one of four shows I enjoyed the most when I was young. The other three being Clifford, Zoboomafoo, and Arthur. That said, I knew nothing of the PS1 as a kid, so color me surprised that that there was a game released for it.

Fun fact; the first time I watched an episode of Cubix was the day 4Kids was LITERALLY counting down the last few episodes until the series was cancelled. Like, they had the announcer actually say that there were only a few episodes left and count them down until the series ended. And, I think they had a quick 5 second animation at the end where the Cubix characters all said "goodbye." It was the weirdest mix of advertising, honouring the series they had cancelled, and morbidly watching it die. 4Kids was dark.

I fully accept the new intro.

I know this vid might not do as well as some of your other ones so I would just like to say I appreciate hearing about weird games that not many people would talk about. (Also I cant believe how it would be this video that finally helped me remember the name of Cubix, the tv show that actually started my love of technology that I've managed to turn into my job.)

OMG I JUST REALIZED Bubble Witch Saga (a series of puzzle games by King) reused the same gameplay as Bust-a-move but worse! _WTF_

Motor Toons Grand Prix multiplayer kinda feels like emulating an arcade feeling, like having separate units connected together

The fact i remember some of those IPs from my childhood in brazil is truly a testament to how wide those franchises and games spread just to later on be forgotten

Oh Jesus, spider. Never ever heard of anyone else who's played this, cheers mate. Grew up on bust a move 2 but 4 was a ton of fun when I eventually got my hands on it

I remember playing a lot of Bust-A-Move 4 at my aunt's bar when I was younger, pretty fun game. Also who would have thought that the creators of Gran Turismo, the series that has "Real Driving Simulator" as its tagline, actually made a cartoony racing game in the past? It certainly surprised me Also also I've actually heard of that spider game while I was working on a college project, of all the games out there, how is that one in particular rated E? O_O

There was one time a Mario vs. Donkey Kong game on the 3DS that played like Pipe Mania. I think it was called Minis on the Move and came out in 2013 exclusively on the eShop.

Some more weird and obscure PS1 games I recommend checking out are Alive 1998 (FMV) Reikoku - Kizoku Ikeda's Psychics Laborator 2000 (First person puzzle/horror game) Yaku - Yuujou Dangi 1996 (FMV/Choose your own adventure) Kowai Shashin ??? (Don't even know, and the game claims to be cursed and haunted)

Surprised how well that Spider game holds up, kind of a platformer with Metal Gear Solid vibes looking back on it.

Pbs kids is nostalgic Martha speaks and Word girl are some of my favorites.

That spider game looks really fun. Definetly going to remember that one.

I watched both Cubix and Dragontales when I was younger. One of the episodes of Cubix had a short genius using a robot mech suit to make himself taller, but he became brainwashed and acted like a bully after a significant amount of time. By the way, should Spiders: The Video Game be rated T or M?

I'd never thought i'd see the day where someone compared shrek to persona 4

XS Junior League Dodgeball may or may not be a newer version of an NES game you may or may not have heard of: Super Dodge Ball, by Technōs Japan (now owned by Arc System Games), the same team that once made River City Ransom!

22:00 As an arachnophobe, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE TIME CARD SKIP. I WILL NOW USE IT!!!!

I also had the Dragon Tales and Shrek games.

Finally a new upload! Now we only have to wait 2 months for the next one, im already hyped tho

Dang it...Now I wanna dig up my old copies of Walt Disney World Race: Magical Racing Tour (yes, I caught the clip ;) ) and Bust-A-Move 4 and play them again.

For some reason am I always reminded of the game "Sword of Etheria" when I hear obscure games. As far as I know wasn't it actually that obscure, but I still think about it.

I found out something interesting about that XS Junior Dodgeball Game. In the Original Japanese version of the game, all of the playable characters were girls, Have you noticed that all the boy characters look slightly off compared to the girl characters? Now you know why, It’s not just the characters that were changed, but several elements were removed for some reason, The original game had voice acting and a “special match” mode. None of those things were present in the localized version. If you guys wanna check out the original version of the game, it’s called Dodge De Ball.

There was also a Spyro clone named “Jinx” which was released exclusively in Europe in 2003 which was super late in the PS1 lifespan.

I played Bust a move 4 and i love it. My favorite character from that game is Kurol.

that dodgeball game reminds me of Super Dodge Ball for Neo Geo, but with less Street Fighter inputs. Then again... Neo Geo.

Bust a Move 4........... I knew more about the original arcade port thanks to MAME.

I have three words to describe my obscure playstation games experience: Rayman Brain Games

I played a lot of Bust a Move w and 3 DX back in the day. I didn't know there was a 4th one. Maybe I'll buy it at some point.

22:46 Wow. Talk about a brutal intro.

17:40 yeah i would compere more Shrek to the main smt games instead of persona because of its law vs chaos thing

holy shirt i actually watched a bit of cubix as a kid and had not thought of it a single time since, wild to see it come up nearly 20 years later on a random yt video

I love how Shrek just straight up dies if you fail a mini game.

PBS Kids gang rise up. Also, as someone who grew up with a Nintendo 64, I cannot say I have played any of these games. I have, however, poured plenty of hours into Space Station Silicon Valley, Beetle Adventure Racing, Elmo's Number Journey/Letter Adventure, Buck Bumble, and Scooby Doo Classic Creepy Capers.

I used to play that spider game, was pretty bad ass.

That spider game looks great. I would have loved to play it as a kid, as a huge fan of bugs.

Aw, man. PBS Kids. That takes me back. I remember Cyberchase being my JAM when I was a kid! Especially the villian Hacker- *That's THE Hacker, to you!* ...okay, The Hacker, and his two bumbling minions Buzz and Delete (The latter of which is apparently only a nickname. His name proper is Backspace. You learn something new everyday.)

15:57 several other titles did that including destruction derby 1, wipeout, wip3out, test drive 4, twisted metal 3, the need for speed and more (some of these games made it optional but for the others it is every bit as manditory)

Holy crap a Spider with knifes and machine guns... oh HECK YEAH that’s Awesome ( i love Spiders btw )

I have an obscure PS1 game no-one's ever talked about... At least, I think it existed. Can't find my copy of it anywhere. It was called *Butsibushi...* or something like that. (Japanese titles can be weird.) It was basically a party game where you pushed blocks around to crush opponents to be the last open standing.

Funny how you say that, as a fan of racing games, you haven't played Gran Turismo... Yet you played the game that the series creator - Kazunori Yamauchi - developed so that Sony would let him make Gran Turismo. That game was *Motor Toon Grand Prix.* (Though that said, the version we got was actually the second game; the first one was never released outside Japan.) How's that for an interesting fun fact? EDIT: And that's what I get for NOT watching the full video first.

If you ever get to looking at obscure fighting games like you did with kart racers I got two to recommend playing for the ps2. War Of The Monsters and Black And Bruised. One is a love letter to giant monster movies like King Kong and Godzilla and the other a 3d arena boxing game with quirky characters.

Ah Puzzle Bobble 4 (I refuse to call it Bust-a-Move 4, you can't make me)! It was the first PS1 game I've ever played, and I loved it so much! Also, seeing where that show comes from, how on Earth did Dragon Tales make it overseas? Seriously, I watched loads of it as a kid, and I live in Italy! They dubbed it and everything!

Everyone who wants "this isn't fun" to be a new meme on this channel, please raise your hand. *raises hand*

For obscure games in my case -this underrated ghost in the shell game (ps1) -the gust games, Mainly Mana Khemia and Ar Tonelico (ps2) -Gungrave Overdose (ps2) -the Maximo games (ps2) -unison an obscure rhythm game (ps2) -gitaroo man a.k.a my favorite game of all time

My obscure Xbox collection: Fuzion Frenzy, Blinx: The Time Sweeper, Shrek, Sneakers, Voodoo Vince, Quantam Redshift, Kung Fu Chaos, Tork: Prehistoric Punk, Mech Assault, Oddworld: Munches Oddysee, Crimson Skies: High Road To Revenge, and Sudeki. The last one when I was in my mid-teen years since I wasn't old enough to play it when it first came out at the time. I highly advise looking some of these games up.

I loved cubix as a kid it was one of my favorite shows alongside sonic x and tmnt

Sonic Drift for the GameGear was only released in Japan, and 2 years later Sonic Drift 2 came out, and was called, well, Sonic Drift 2 in Japan, and the US for some reason. And in Europe, it was called Sonic Drift Racing, but all 3 region's roms are exactly the same so the European version still says Sonic Drift 2 on the title screen.

You seem like a really sweet and pure person! I'd love to have a conversation sometime!

RPG Maker on PS1 and ZZT on PC are how I got into game development as my main hobby.

I knew about Bust a Move 4 and Motor Toon Grand Prix which seems to have an extremely mixed reception. It's good to know that it's short going into it if I decide to get that game.

I came here because I wanted to see if you were going to talk about an obscure game I played when I was too young to remember anything. I don't remember name, developer, release year, cover art, etc. But I have a vague memory of the gameplay. You play as man with a laser gun in a futuristic setting and sometimes your weapon would change. It wasn't cartoony or anything. It was third person, and it had platforming elements. I wish I can remember its name. It might have been the very first PS1 game I've ever played in my life.

I can't even FINISH the story mode in Bust A move 4... The ai in there always ALWAYS kicked my ass...

Now that spider game interest me. When I had a ps2 at the the time I had the matrix path of neo.

I think every ''obscure'' PsOne title I have played are first experienced from old demo discs. Speed Freaks, or Speed Punks in NTSC release: overlooked kart racing game with characters having same kinda limbs Rayman has. Evil Zone: Woo boy if this fighting game isn't overlooked, I dunno what is. But this game's roster is pretty much filled with anime character tropes that were common in animes back in 90's, seriously, the game's poster character is a sentai with Duke Nukem's voice actor. And ALL the attacks in the game are done with triangle button and with the help of different directional buttons ya can do different attacks, while blocking is done with square button. Kula World: expect Swedish to make a puzzle game like this. And it's fun. In this game ya play as a mere ball and move it around floating levels to collect fruits to get to the goal.(this game is also available as a PsOne Classic for PS3, physical copies are RIDICILOUSLY expensive) Rat Attack: Another puzzle game, but the difference is that this one's also available for N64. In this game, ya choose a cat character, each feline having specific strenghts and weaknesses, and gather the required amount of alien rats from levels before they chow down and ruin the furniture from the level. Out of all games I listed, this is the ONLY game that I don't own.

RIP old intro. Press Woah to pay respect.

Mavvy, are we somehow related? Half of the games in the videos were some that I owned as kids! I'm scared...

When i saw the thumbnail I thought the dodgeball character was pudding from Tokyo mew mew lol.

I actually have played bust a move 4 on the ps store on vita and I love the game I really want to play the other games

I remember getting a pirated copy of Pac-Man World as a kid that, for some reason, during the final boss would play the Puzzle Bobble 4 stage theme lmao

26:52 I DON'T THINK THOSE TWO ARE KIDS.

23:28 Wait, he wants his old body back? The one that got gunned down earlier? How in the world is that beneficial?

Boss game studios was probably made partially to help them test their technology, makes some sense for a visual effects studio.

0:59 Of all the Tekken 3 footage out there, you not only went with footage from the Arcade version, but with Jin's *Twin Lancer Dash Glitch*. ...huh

When it comes to a potential sequel to this list, AKA a list about obscure PS2 titles, one that comes to my mind is literally just that: a game known as ObsCure, which was also on the Xbox. I'm still looking for a copy of that game, but one thing I can tell you is that the story is really messed up, and the sequel is possibly even more so. It's about a mutagen created from a strange plant, and apparently this plant turns people into vampires since they become weak to light. Also apparently, that plant was turned into narcotic in the sequel, Obscure: The Aftermath. It's also a co op horror game with an extensive item combination mechanic, though apparently, that wasn't enough to make reviews much more than so-so in terms of scoring.

About the Two TVs and Two PS1s for multiplayer... The original Wipeout and its sequel, 2097 (Basically Playstation F-Zero... except more fun in my opinion) ALSO had this quirk. It's a good thing they used the ol' fashioned split-screen for Wipeout 3 and onwards... aside from Pure and Pulse on PSP, and the Vita game... yeah, I like the Wipeout games, especially Wipeout Pure. So much fun I had on PSP... I don't like Fusion, though.

Holy flip bust a move 4 was the best. i literally fought my mom alot in that thing. 6:55 uh i wouldnt be so sure. DoReMi got messed with and that show is super kid friendly on my obscure game list we got Swing, jinx and a winnie the pooh party game where i dont know the name of anymore.

I now want an entire video of you comparing Shrek to Persona 4.

The game concept of Crossroad Crisis was used in Bioshock, when you hacked the vending machines!

To make you feel profoundly old 2 years after the video launch thus even fucking older I wasn't born yet when the PSone first came out and I'm 26

Is it weird that the minute you mentioned spiders I immediately thought of Spider the Game?

I vaguely remember the Cubix cartoon. The show was basically Mega Man if Mega Man was made out of Rubik's Cubes. Surprised that they made a racing game out of it though...

Out of these I've only played Bust a move 4, for years I had no idea it got a home port because I always looked for "Puzzle bobble 4" and obviously never found it... This game is WAY harder than I expected.

LMAO How did Spider get away with a K-A rating? You're right, the Boss Game Studios logo alone should've made it at least T. Maybe even M.

YES! Spider is such a great game and fun fact, the guy who did the OST for that was Barry Leitch, same guy who did the SNES Top Gear OST.

Who was the fourth character in your old intro I know the first three but who's last one with the sword

I had to rewind the first few seconds. I got a little to worried. Afterward, I was like :OH THANK SEPHIROTH IT WAS JUST THE INTRO"

Could this be a reoccurring series, you talking about some of your previous experiences of somewhat obscure games?

Bust a move is so much fun, sadly only had a demo of it.

Hey motor toon grand prix 2 i played it the moment my family bought ps1 and motor toon was one of pack in game i had fun and playing it now on normal setting ya it was hard

I had some obscure games on the ps1 as well, including Hugo and Flintstones: Bedrock Bowling.

Spyro 2 was the peak of human civilization. Like all the horrors of the 20th century were in order to give 5yo me a thing for chicks with horns and hooves

As a person with arachnophobia I thank you for the warning.

16:06 Yeah… that’s a LAN party game

Very interesting video! I hope that one year and a half later you have found the opportunity to play Metal Gear Solid and Tomb Raider. :)

Spider was developed by the studio that would later be renamed to Rockstar Games. I'm unaware if they went on to produce anything worth playing...

I first learned about Cubix from previews on my Pokémon 3 video tape and I once got Burger King Happy Meal toy parts of the titular robot without an knowledge of the show.

one of the PS1 games that I did play as a kid was a game known as Speed Punks (and the PS1 was my first video game console) edit: my first video game is Spyro the Dragon

16:13 ...wasn't the Playstation boomerang a thing at this point? Why not use it here? ...or maybe it's because you could link it up with the first game?

YES finally someone acknowledges Spin Jam 🥲

22:44 How is this rated E energy?

There’s a game named obscure and well, The title say’s it all. It’s creepy and weird, hence the name OBSCRUE (aftermath is the second game)

The arcade version of Puzzle Bobble fucking rules