Tagged: 90s

Music Highlight: Noctropolis Music Highlights category

Noctropolis is a very messy game, but Ron Saltmarsh’s opening theme captures the epic heroism it tried so hard for.

Music Highlight: Obitus Music Highlights category

The title theme of the DOS version of the role-playing game Obitus prepares you to lose your way while there’s still promise in that idea.

Music Highlight: Realmz Music Highlights category

A trip-hop electric piano groove isn’t an obvious choice for shop music in a fantasy RPG, but it fits the mood.

Music Highlight: The Labyrinth of Time Music Highlights category

This first Music Highlight is a fan-favorite track from The Labyrinth of Time, “Telecom.” It’s easy to hear why its elaborate electronic jazz vibe caught people’s attention.

Screenshot from Noctropolis

Noctropolis Adventure category

With its creative, pulpy setting wasted on D-level writing, Noctropolis is an ambitious misfire of the highest order. It’s a game as beautiful and intricate as it is mesmerizingly lousy.

Screenshot from Noir: A Shadowy Thriller

Noir: A Shadowy Thriller Adventure category

Noir recreates the world of a generic 1940s detective story with incredible production values and the genre’s trademark convoluted plotting.

Screenshot from Obitus

Obitus RPG category

Not all who wander are lost, but in Obitus, you will always be lost. For this otherwise simple and charming RPG, either prepare to draw your own maps or don’t bother playing.

Screenshot from Obsidian

Obsidian Adventure category

As you go deeper into the triumphantly bizarre world of Obsidian, the rules of reality twist and change. It’s a game about why we dream – and how dangerous following your dreams can be.

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