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I talked about TrainTown in a thread over in the Obscure PC Games section, but the music in this game is so wonderful. I got my hands on the Deluxe Version (thank BitTorrent) and apparently the songs have proper names. I used Game Extractor 2 to rip the soundtrack, and it's at https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7RRcwFJCj2FWkVMWXZiTlZEb2M/edit?usp=sharing (14 WAV files). This soundtrack and indeed the game itself is quite obscure; I hope you all enjoy. Music by Christopher Stevens (CS Productions/Fabmusic). Updated on 4/15/2014; file transferred to Google Drive.

The question is why you watched it. Such is the awesome power of Kitchens of Doom. It might even get you laid.

YOU ARE HUGE THAT MEANS YOU HAVE HUGE GUTS Man, am I the only one who ripped the DOOM Comic Dramatization from YouTube to my HLDJ? Speaking of obscure DOOM stuff, have any of you played the DOOM Roguelike? It's a roguelike in the vein of Nethack and Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup, but instead it's DOOM (and it's simpler). Quite awesome. Yes, I have played Doom Roguelike, and I LOVED it. modified missile launcher > revenant archvile arachnotron army

YOU ARE HUGE THAT MEANS YOU HAVE HUGE GUTS Man, am I the only one who ripped the DOOM Comic Dramatization from YouTube to my HLDJ? Speaking of obscure DOOM stuff, have any of you played the DOOM Roguelike? It's a roguelike in the vein of Nethack and Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup, but instead it's DOOM (and it's simpler). Quite awesome.

Certainly has a lot in common with Burnout, doesn't it?

I have all four games and i'm probably in a minority. On a related note, I made my very first Xbox Live friend in PGR3. That was kind of embarrassing. Nice guy, until he changed his gamertag, my Friends list became cluttered and I was cut off from the Internet. I haven't checked my Friends list in years

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Let's resurrect it as the ROBOFORUM! The FUTURE of board enforcement! FORUM ROLL CALL Back on topic, I do think the original Project Gotham Racing has become very obscure. Methinks it's because it was released in 2001 for the Xbox, a hallmark age for obscure titles. In fact, I think the whole PGR series has fallen by the wayside. Even with the release of PGR4 a few years ago for the 360, nobody seems to be talking about it and I don't know if anyone's playing online.

Well, you would be getting the game WADs legally. The only problem for me is that the Steam versions utilize DOSBox instead of better alternatives such as ZDoom or Doomsday. But as I said, it's a legal way of getting the WADs. I considered pirating the originals since they're so old, but I saw they were on Steam. Now pirating may be free but Steam is more convenient, plus you get to support the developers. I think i'll buy the pack when I get the chance.

Such is the mind-numbing awesome of Kitchens of Doom.

You think I should buy the DOOM games on Steam? I'm thinking I should get the complete collection (Ultimate DOOM, DOOM 2, DOOM 2 Master Levels, Final DOOM, DOOM 3, DOOM 3 Resurrection of Evil) for a cool 35 bucks.

I'm a fan of DOOM, and of course I like playing the DOOM games. The groundbreaking originals and the mediocre modernized DOOM 3 are all fun, and i'm sure there's at least one other person here who agrees with me. Don't know if any of you play DOOM The Roguelike though...

You know it! Just look at how many games have used french fries as enemies now. 20? 30? 60?

you know it's true

The Burnout racing series has evolved over the years, and it's quite fun playing through the 5 main games (Burnout, Burnout 2: Point of Impact, Burnout 3: Takedown, Burnout Revenge, Burnout Paradise) and seeing how they compare and contrast. Unfortunately, one thing that was lost over the years was the original, quality music. You see, the first two games had their own original soundtracks, and they quite complimented the two games. Stephen Root and Steve Emney composed the music, and they did a good job: it was awesome, and it made the game better. The music was never officially released, but fortunately the soundtracks have been ripped and are on the Internet - and are available for download below in this very post. Then Acclaim, their main publisher up to Burnout 2, went bankrupt. Fortunately, Criterion found Electronic Arts, and while the Burnout series was saved, EA decided to replace the original music with licensed EA Trax, and in Burnout 3 they were DJed by an actual radio host. Most of the fans didn't take him very well. There had been some music composed for 3 already, but it was thrown out, not to be released in a Burnout game until Burnout Paradise. I only really liked one song from 3's EA Trax - out of about 40 or so - that being I Wanna Be Sedated by The Ramones. Burnout Revenge, the 4th game in the series, had EA Trax as well. It had a better selection, featuring some trance and techno more to my tastes. Burnout Paradise, a major evolution in the Burnout franchise, had some more questionable Trax (read: Avril Lavigne; and I only really liked Depeche Mode's Route 66 cover and Paradise City for licensed stuff that wasn't classical music) but it also had the original music from Burnout 1 & 2 remastered, and the composed music from 3. In summary: The Burnout music composed by Stephen Root and Steve Emney is awesome and it made the games better. The music is a bit obscure from what I've heard, and I don't want to see it left in the dust. To that end, I've linked downloads for the original three soundtracks right here. The Burnout 1 & 2 downloads include the Burnout Paradise remastered versions, and the Burnout 1 version includes the enhanced stereo tracks that AFAIK were included on the Xbox edition. Burnout 1 music, 107 MB: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7RRcwFJCj2FYVB6bmtfNHprX1U/view?usp=sharing Burnout 2 music, 133 MB: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7RRcwFJCj2FaHVKdU1BVzBLb3c/view?usp=sharing Burnout 3 original music, 34 MB: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7RRcwFJCj2FaXBhRU9kdENURWs/view?usp=sharing Edited the Burnout 2 link on April 12th, 2013 (no torrenting needed now). Edited all links on 4/15/2014; files were moved to Google Drive. Collection updated on December 8th, 2014, and now includes a complete Burnout 2 soundtrack.

The forums looks nice, but I have a suggestion: Show post count. It's not a big deal, but it would be cool if it would show a user's post count when i'm looking at a post the user made. Y'know, like lots of other forums?

Around 2000 (I think), there was a cool little game for PC called 3D Ultra Lionel TrainTown. It was a sort of railroad-simulator-sandbox with lots of fun missions to do and a basic level editor. And it was awesome. I grew up with this game (even though I didn't get very far in it then), and it still holds a place on my hard drive today. It's not easy to describe this game, so check out the video: and see what you think. I made a thread here because it's pretty obscure from what I can tell, and it's nostalgic awesome (at least to me it is).

Slenderman creeps me right out. I've lost sleep thanks to those goons over at Something Awful (they thought up Slendy in the first place). I'm not one to discriminate based on how much sleep I lose over it though, and it looks like the various series out there are mostly well done. Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

Valve integrated Portal into the Half-Life universe because they didn't want to create a lot of new textures and props. The result will probably be damned cool.

I'm inclined to agree with this thread. Most of their stuff is just meh, and methinks they're getting a bit out of control.

Angry reviewing is pointless in itself, and the AVGN is one of the only good "reviewers" out there (probably because he's an amateur filmmaker who knows what he's doing).

The first two videogames I remember playing were both for the Sega Genesis: Sonic the Hedgehog and some Wile E Coyote platformer. Both were hard as hell.

Burnout. That simple yet intense arcade racer released in 2001 by Criterion and Acclaim (god rest their bank accounts) that set the beginnings of an awesome racing series. There are probably many people who play Burnout Paradise and love it, but there are most likely very few of them who would like the original, let alone actually have heard of it. I disliked it when I first got it, but now that i've matured I can see how good it is. The crashes are realistic, the driving is dangerous and exhilarating and it's basically not the Burnout your younger sibling might enjoy due to its difficulty. It's a different kind of racer, and it's a wonderful contrast to the other fast-and-furious, explosive games in the series. I would recommend this to Burnout fans that haven't played it. It might be tough finding a copy, but it's worth it. You'd do well to pick up Burnout 2 and Burnout 3 as well; they provide a look into the evolution of the games as well as providing even more fun road mayhem.

There's this book on the Tower of Pisa that's shaped like a rhombus. I checked it out of the town library on an impulse and it's kind of interesting.

We've lasted this long; we've faced resource problems before. This is just on a much larger, global scale. I'm going to be optimistic and NOT think that the oil companies are slowing down development of renewable energy. Hopefully we'll get those hydrogen cars in production before gas goes up to 8 dollars a gallon. http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1993/04/28/ (I thought I could put the text in the link, but alas)