Underplayed Gems

Irritating Stick (1998)

Irritating Stick cover
Developer
Saurus
Publisher
Jaleco
Platforms
PlayStation
Genres
Puzzle

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The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

a tight, nerve-testing trial of steady hands where one careless touch zaps away your progress.

tenseprecisepunishingrepetitiveminimalistfrustratingfocusedsimple

About

Irritating Stick (originally Dengeki Iraira Bou), is a carnival game in which the player has to move a spinning stick through maze-like levels, without touching the borders. If the borders are touched, the player gets zapped and loses the game.

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.