Obscure Release

Culture concept

These were deficiently announced/advertised compared to other ports or other games of the same publisher; Hidden in their package; obscure on publisher's homepage, etc

games

platforms

LIN 2007-09-28

LIN 2009-10-20

LIN 2012

WIN 2014-05-26

LIN 1996

WIN 2013-08-13

LIN 2013-09-11

LIN 2014-05-26

Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution

WIN 2019-02-09

9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek

LIN 2014

Battlepaths

WIN 2012-10-28

Stunt Marble Racers

LIN ? *

Note, if a TV ad aired, or ads appeared in print, or it appeared in the publisher's catalog, in similar settings and/or like manor as other games from publisher, then don't use this tag. For example, Pepsiman for PSX had a commercial in Japan. Shareware games should almost never have this tag either.

Parent group

Post-release states

Games by year

The first Obscure Release video game was released in 1989.

Artifex Mundi, Wisdom Tree and Namco Bandai Games published most of these games.

Platforms

Linux		50
Windows		4
Mac OS X		2
C128		1
Unix		1
OS/2		1
Android		1
GP2X		1

Most common companies