Ten Computer RPGs You’ve Never Heard Of
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To help ensure that they wouldn't be lost to obscurity, Rampant Games' Jay Barnson has rounded up a group of ten role-playing games - some old, some relatively new - for some welcomed highlights and links to areas of the web where you can still procure them. We've covered most of these at one time or another, but there are certainly some hidden gems in there like Devil Whiskey that I'm glad he pointed out:
This one is hard to label as (obscure.) If hardcore CRPG fans were hipsters, this would be one of the hipster games out there, that the (in) crowd all know about, but nobody else does. It came out in an era where very few indie RPGs were being released, so it gained some momentum by being unique. It is very strongly influenced by The Bard's Tale, to a fault in my opinion (including an extremely hard first area a town that is as hard as an old-school dungeon). It's a first-person dungeon crawler with 3D graphics and quality artwork, now (finally) available via Gamersgate.
I also have very fond memories of Vampyr, though the long-distance phone call charge I had to endure to get that one from a BBS across the country meant that it wasn't free for me.
