CHO ANIKI- Kyuukyoku Muteki Ginga Saikyou Otoko

The Japanese call such games "idiot games" and "s++t games", and this series is so utterly nonsensical and original  in its content and visual identity  that you quickly realize there is no other game (series) like it.It is the bizarre combination of many elements that make this classic horizontal scrolling shooter a unique gaming experience. There's  homoeroticism everywhere, the media-perfect oiled male physique that  you were bombarded with as a kid during the 80s and that confused you greatly during the 90s ("wait , I loved He-Man, does that make me gay?", that type of stuff ).There's the surrealism that transcends kitsch to become so ugly that kitsch becomes its own antithesis. Fetishism is here as well -male feet and male noses,  Barbarian-style clothes to cover the scantily-clad lads pirouetting around, phallic secret weapons coming out of crotches or nipple areas etc.The bizarreness of imagery between levels leave you even more confused, even more so when you don't happen to know any Japanese,and can't explain the presence of a male-female pair, two kid angels, and two ripped bodybuilders simultaneously appearing on the screen. The downright-ugly 16-bit music abounds in different genres and styles and is aided by voice samples from many sources, making bizarre audio collages make the visual aspect even more bizarre.
I guess your background, upbringing and cultural values, taboos and tastes play a role in appreciating or hating the game, but at least it challenges the notion of what a computer games is and what it should address.