10 Unintentionally Hilarious 90s Horror Video Games

7. Blue Stinger (1999)

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Blue Stinger plays and feels very much like an early demo of Sega's 2014 horror titan Alien: Isolation. Released during a time in which Sega seemed like it may be able to recover from the tragedy that was the Saturn, Blue Stinger sought to reel in a more mature crowd without totally compromising the DreamCast's child-friendly aesthetic.

The result was a hilarious and totally bizarre combination of otherworldly horror and abhorrent gameplay decisions. In some ways, this Resident Evil wannabe almost feels like it sought introduce the gameplay of Shenmue to Raccoon City, though it really only manages to come off as a poor mans' version of both of these titles.

Despite being visually competent for the console generation in which it was released, it falls laughably flat in terms of mechanics. Resident Evil's tank controls may have been clunky, but this escalates those issues to the nth degree.

Blue Stinger has becomes something of a cult hit in recent years. Much like a bad B horror flick, it is perhaps admired more for its cheesy elements than for any genuinely well-developed ideas it may put forth.

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