Here's some info on Martian Gothic, the writer/designer Stephen Marley wasn't happy at all with the final product, admitting there were too many gameplay problems, it was rushed, there are numerous game breaking bugs in the PC version, etc...

He conceived the game years earlier as a sci-fi horror novel about a haunted house on Mars, but eventually abandoned it. However, his idea was reignited when he played the original Resident Evil, and thought the game's explanation as to why Chris and co. couldn't just go outside the mansion was pretty contrived and then he remembered his haunted house on Mars idea and tried to turn it into a game. Problem was Creative Reality had no experience at all in this kind of game, being veterans of the Amiga and Commodore, the crew was very small and unexperienced with 3D, which led to a lot of creative problems in development, like the zombies weren't supposed to come in until towards the end, and ghosts were supposed to be the main enemy but because the animation for the ghosts looked quite poor and they had trouble implementing them, the zombies became the main enemy and this is also a reason why the zombies don't stay dead in the game. He also said that the Mars base was originally supposed to look more like a Gothic mansion or normal building in space to break away from the industrial aesthetic that the Alien movies had made so popular in Sci-Fi horror, but admits that a lot of the game just looks like an Alien set anyway.

He also said in an interview that he believes that the Dead Space franchise took some inspiration from Martian Gothic, but he personally felt that DS was too depressing and bleak for his taste, which was something he was worried about with Martian Gothic, so he had a campy spoof radio play as a bonus in the game.

"yeah beep beep to you too"
amazing dialogue right there folks

Overblood has the loudest, most startling death screams of all time - even Pipo the Robot screeches horrifically if it falls into a pit.

I remember when Overblood came out. That was a year or so after Resident Evil, and my neighbor, a very nice and sweet (but not exactly bright) kid came to my house thrilled as fuck, telling me that he had just seen Resident Evil 2 at the store. That surprised me, because back then I used to keep myself very updated about video game news. I bought every single magazine, every single month, and I hadn’t read anything about RE2.

So off we went to the store, after lunch, and what did we see? Overblood. I told my neighbor that wasn’t Resident Evil 2, it was a whole different game; the hell was he on about it being RE2?

My neighbor’s answer? “Well, the guy in the cover looks like Barry Burton, so I figure this was Resident Evil 2”

I still love how the director for Martian Gothic claimed that the Japanese guy was canonically "Zen" to explain away how he sounds like they just grabbed the guy who delivered their sandwiches and forced him to read lines. The director maintains this was deliberate, even though the character's dull, flat, monotonous delivery adds absolutely nothing to the plot and just comes off as an excuse to save face for an actor's terrible performance.

There's something so beautiful about PS1 horror that so many horror games now lack

The scariest PS1 game for me was intelligent qube, the demo version. The release version has music and more stuff to do, but the demo version is so unbelievably unnerving. No music, the sounds are loud and echo around you and the sound of the cubes slowly going towards you without anything else but your audiable steps is horrifying. It just proves that if you remove the music in a game that is already quite unsetteling it amplifies the games creepiness.

It may sound like a joke, but look up videos on the demo version. It gave my childhood self ptsd from playing that said version again.

PS1 Loading Screen is much more scarier than the games. Best memory

Ahh the ps1 start up sound. So much nostalgia!

Martian Gothic was awesome and underated. It had a creepy atmosphere. I would love to see a remastered or even remake of that game but I know it's never going to happen.

Using the word "forgotten" and using the RE2 cover in the thumbnail was VERY strategic. slow clap

Ps1 opening theme and play horror games at night with lights off so nostalgic😢 i missed my childhood days

Was expecting Hell Night to be included as soon as I read the video's title. That game made me sleepless and can't get past half of the game but my dad cheesed it in one sitting lol

Overblood! One of those games I couldn't remember the title and tried searching for it to no avail. Thanks for posting this.

It surprises me that people think Fear Effect is forgotten. I remember it being very heavily covered and marketed.

I remember almost getting something in the supermarket budget discount bin. There was a lot of trash looking games, and Martian Gothic looked to be the only one vaguely worth getting based on the rear case. My parents didn't allow me pick it up though.

that robot got a little too romantic there 0:53

Chaos Break looks awesome and fun,i love how Mitsuki design is inspired by Jill Valentine.

I still have my copy of Overblood. Jumping the broken bridge was the biggest nightmare in that game for me.

9:22 R2-D2 at home