What are some noteworthy games that aren't available through traditional/common means?

kfwyre
2023-06-15T00:41:30Z

I originally asked this three years ago and got some great responses. Now that we have a lot more users active here and we're living three years in the future, I'd love to ask it again and see what comes up!

I'm interested in hearing about games that exist off the main map of gaming: games that I can't buy from any of the common storefronts and games that aren't easily playable through an emulator.

Examples of things I'm interested in hearing about:

Long-forgotten abandonware

Homebrew games for consoles

Romhacks

Legally dubious fan-games

Total conversion mods

ARGs

Web games (not ones on sites like Kongregate/GameJolt though)

Independently distributed games (that you can't get through, say, itch.io)

Games for systems that aren't currently emulatable

Games that have been removed from distribution

Games with servers or content that are no longer operational

Anything else you think fits the question, really

Tell me about the game(s) you know of and what makes them noteworthy.

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