{"id":858,"date":"2026-06-25T18:36:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T02:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weirdhoward.com\/staging\/7580\/?p=858"},"modified":"2026-06-25T18:53:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T02:53:07","slug":"weird-genres-we-were-denied","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weirdhoward.com\/staging\/7580\/weird-genres-we-were-denied\/","title":{"rendered":"Weird Genres We Were Denied"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You got your side scrollers, you got your shmups, your god sims, your roguelikes – your RTS, FPS, RPG, omg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then you got your “what the actual f–k was that?” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe some of these were one-off (literal) pipe dreams, but I prefer to think their designers had big dreams of overturning The Mainstream Paradigm with — whatever the hell this is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Digital Dreamware\u00a0\/ 1994<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

3DO \/ Virgin Interactive<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I swear as god is my witness this is an actual screenshot from an actual piece of software written by fully grown adults (I assume) and released by a once-legitimate global business concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Basically a bunch of demoscene visuals with era-appropriate rave-puppy mod music soundtrack. It’s almost amazing what it achieves on the historically anemic 3DO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People say the 1970s were lit but whatever was going around in 1994 would give Leary pause. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Rollergames \/ 1994 <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Arcade \/ Konami<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Roller skates. Fist fights. Vegas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why are we still talking? Make more of this immediately!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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