First, let me give props to NeoZeed's original thread but due to his date restriction, I'm going to submit a new one.

(Let me also say I miss NeoZeed's line of similar posts. Always very enlightening).

So I finally found my copy of Switch! on the PS2 and picked up Pu Li Ru La on the Saturn. It got me to thinking about other "weird" titles on the various systems out there.

Folks that know me know I'm most interested in strange games that play with genre and presentation. I'm interested in finding out what other really strange games people out there know about. Obviously, most of the very weird stuff comes from the other side of the Pacific (Japan), but I'm sure there are some games I've missed along the way that were released over here.

Please post some suggestions for me to try out or for others to get interested in. Try to keep it console only since the PC has so many awesome strange games to try (but if you do have some recommendations on the PC, feel free to submit them in my other Indie game thread here.

To get everyone in the mood, I'll list some of my favorite games in said genre...

LSD: The Dream Emulator
Sony Playstation (Japan Only)
1998



This is my holy grail game right now. I've got a copy of it now and have been looking for it off and on for the last few years. You essentially navigate a dream environment and all sorts of bizarre things happen to you. There's virtually no real interaction.

Panic! (aka Switch!)
Sega CD/Mega CD (US/JPN), Playstation 2 (Japan Only)
1994



One of my most treasured games. You simply navigate through strange and stranger rooms by pressing random buttons located on each screen. Some will advance you through the stages, most will do very odd things. No real game here, but this is an experience not to be missed. If nothing else to just be shocked that is was ported over here in the first place.

The Rub Rabbits!/Where Do Babies Come From?
Nintendo DS (US/JPN)
2006



The game is pretty much just a collection of odd mini-games but its the whole package that really makes this game something special. The first game, Feel the Magic XX/XY delivered an excellent experience but the sequel brought everything over the top. There's a great deconstruction on love and life to be found in the little flash cart.

Katamari Damacy
Sony Playstation 2 (US/JPN)
2004



What more can be said? It's cliche but man is it still great.

Killer 7
Nintendo GameCube/Sony Playstation 2 (US/JPN)
2005



Suda 51's master work. Undeniably odd and undeniably awesome even if the actual gameplay is suspect.

Doshin the Giant 2
Nintendo 64DD (Japan Only)
2000

I can't embed the video, but just check this thing out on YouTube. I can't make heads or tails of it except to say it's absolutely fantastic. I'm trying to justify me buying this game straight up (it’s a pretty expensive title); I probably will soon.

Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland
Nintendo DS (JPN/EUR)
2006/2007



I’ve never played this game either but just looking at some of the screenshots has to throw it up on any self-respecting weird game list due to just the protagonist. Arguably the weirdest character Nintendo has ever cranked out.

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Atari 2600 (US)
1982



Though the game itself doesn’t really measure up on the “weird” front, playing it as a 5 year old kid, you sure are left dumbfounded by what the hell is going on. Even playing it now, it’s impossible not to notice how strange a VCS take on the definitive adventure movie is. Dots and lines flying around, black squigglies running after you, and strange blobs of land litter the landscape. While other VCS games are just as headscratchingly strange (Riddle of the Sphinx, Swordquest) without any context, I feel that Indy did it first, and best

Electroplankton
Nintendo DS (US/JPN)
2006



I was so sure this wasn’t going to see a release over here, I went ahead and imported it. I was wrong. Not really a game so much as an experiment in sound and visuals. It found an extremely small audience on this side of the Atlantic and commands respectable prices on eBay as a result. Totally unique on the DS and well worth experiencing.

flOw
Playstation 3 (US) (Download Only)
2007



Its been called an interactive screensaver. Its been called genius. Its been called boring as hell. To me, flOw sums up what can be exciting about games these days. Beautiful, unorthodox, and haunting experiences that can transcend genre and classification. They don't have to be complex or deep to be compelling. Breaking games down to their essentials and opening doors to new types of "play" are going to help evolve the next lines of exciting games that will directly correlate to the next swash of mega titles. That Game Company is on the front lines (along with Grasshopper Manufacture and Q? and many individuals like Keita Takahashi, Fumito Ueda, and Tatsuya Kando) of pushing game design forward. And this is very, very exciting.