Discussion Little-Known Games That You Absolutely Love?

[Amida]

I really enjoyed Jetforce Gemini for the N64 (3rd person shooter/platformer). I have yet to beat it sadly due to the impossibility of saving all these furry tribal people (think Ewok's)...

I also really like Ikaruga.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGNSdcy-apU

If you take one hit you're dead (if you get hit with the opposite color you are. Red shield, you die with one blue hit, and vice versa). You can purchase it on the XBL market rather cheaply, and it's really worth it!

Those are the only 2 I can think of at the moment, though I see some pretty popular games in here. Especially the 'Tales of..." series.

 

[Weapon_X]

Little-Known Games that I absolutely love?

Pac-man and Classic Mario. Nuff' said.

 

[sindergi]

Transport Tycoon Deluxe - i just love this model railroad-optic
this game was released 1994 - and i still like to play it.

 

[thsv]

I really enjoyed Jetforce Gemini for the N64 (3rd person shooter/platformer). I have yet to beat it sadly due to the impossibility of saving all these furry tribal people (think Ewok's)...

I also really like Ikaruga.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGNSdcy-apU

If you take one hit you're dead (if you get hit with the opposite color you are. Red shield, you die with one blue hit, and vice versa). You can purchase it on the XBL market rather cheaply, and it's really worth it!

Those are the only 2 I can think of at the moment, though I see some pretty popular games in here. Especially the 'Tales of..." series.

Ah Jet Force Gemini epitomises why the N64 was such a great console.

Anyone old enough to have played Codename: Viper on the NES.
Then there was also Actraiser for the SNES. And anyone remember the original Ninja Gaiden games for the NES?

 

[Adorien]

Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee and Oddworld: Abe's Exodus. Really love to play.

 

[baboysai]

hey blai! chip's challenge! i loved that!

also, keen, and earthworm jim.

i dunno if worms is "little-known" but I like that one too.

 

[blai]

omg /faint.

Didn't know there actually exists other persons who played that game! Nostalgia

 

[Eshvoide]

- Guardian Heroes (Saturn)
- Guardian Recall (PSX)
- Twinkle Star Sprites (Dreamcast)
- Wii Cheer (Wii)

 

[Asusp3v4x]

Incubation... you probably never heard and never will see it... but it is one the best turn based games I have ever played and is a sure JOY

 

[Doragon]

Silent Bomber

 

[Belisar]

Shin Megami Tensei games. wonderful stories but not well known aside from japan.

 

[Shrimp]

Perhaps I'm jsut being a video games geek, but most of the games in this thread don't look to be "little known games" to me, some of them are pretty big classics even now. ^^;

It's already been said by some posters, but Guardian Heroes is one of the lesser-know jewels of the Sega Saturn. It's a somewhat classic side-scroller beat'em all, with some rpg elements and fighting games controls, and it's just GREAT ! ^^

Also, Spy vs Spy I played on the Sega Master System when I was a kid

 

[HegemonKhan]

not all of these are my favorite games, but they're still quite fun, though definately some of these are indeed my most favorite games, as well.

Spoiler

7th Saga (SNES)
Air Fortress (NES)
Anticipation (NES)
Battle Cars (SNES)
Bionic Commando (NES)
Blaster Master (NES)
Breath of Fire 1 (SNES)
Breath of Fire 2 (SNES)
Breath of Fire 3 (PS1)
Bubble Bobble 1-2 (NES)
Bust A Move (SNES)
Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers (SNES)
Chrono Trigger (SNES)
Dragon Warrior 1-4 (NES and SNES)
Final Fantasy 1-8 (NES, SNES, and PS1)
Dynowarz (NES)
EVO: Search for Eden (SNES)
Earthbound (SNES)
Fester's Quest (NES)
Final Fight (SNES)
Double Dragon (NES)
F-Zero (SNES)
Hal's Hole in One Golf (SNES)
Hudson's Adventure Island (NES)
Soul Blazer (SNES)
Illusion of Gaia (SNES)
Terranigma (SNES)
Wizards and Warriors 1-3 (NES)
Jaws (NES)
Jurassic Park (SNES)
Joe and Mac 1-2 (SNES)
Killer Instinct 1 (SNES)
King of Dragons (SNES and Arcade)
Knights of the Round (SNES)
Legend of Queen Opala (******, but great RPG regardless. fan-made PC game)
Lemmings 1-2 (SNES)
Lester the Unlikely (SNES)
Little Nemo the Dream Master (NES)
Lufia 1-2 (SNES)
Maniac Mansion (NES)
Mega Man 1-6 (NES)
Mega Man X 1-3 (SNES)
Mega Man Soccer (SNES)
Metroid (NES)
Metroid 2 (GB)
Super Metroid (SNES)
Mike Tyson's Punchout (NES)
Super Punchout (SNES)
Might and Magic 1-3 (NES and SNES)
Mortal Kombat 1-3-3 Ultimate (SNES)
NBA Jam (SNES)
Ogrebattle: March of the Black Queen (SNES)
Tactics Ogre (PS1)
Paladin's Quest (SNES)
Paperboy (NES)
Primal Rage (SNES)
Rampage (NES)
Rampart (SNES)
Road Runner's Death Valley Rally (SNES)
Robotrek (SNES)
Rock N Roll Racing (SNES)
Samurai Shodown (SNES and Arcade)
Tekken 3 (PS1)
VS (PS1)
Metal Gear Solid (PS1)
Secret of Evermore (SNES)
Secret of Mana (SNES)
Seiken Densetsu 3 (SNES)
Shadowgate (NES)
Sim City (SNES)
Sim City 2000 (SNES)
Star Fox (SNES)
Super Bomberman (SNES)
Super Adventure Island (SNES)
Super Buster Bros (SNES)
Super Dodgeball (NES)
Super Double Dragon (SNES)
Super Ghouls N Ghosts (SNES)
Super Mario Bros 1-3 (NES)
Super Mario World (SNES)
Super Mario Kart (SNES)
Super Smash TV (SNES)
Tales of Phantasia (SNES)
Tecmo Bowl (NES)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES)
Tetris (NES and GB)
Dr. Mario (GB)
The Legend of Zelda (NES)
The Legend of Zelda: Adventures of Link (NES)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link of the Past (SNES)
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (GB)
The Legend of Zelda: Outlands (fan-made, PC)
The Lost Vikings 1-2 (SNES)
Ultima 1-7 (NES and SNES)
Wizardry 1-7 (NES and SNES)
Wizards and Warriors 1-3 (NES)
Willow (NES)
Uniracers (SNES)
Parasite Eve (PS1)
Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike (Arcade)
Clay Fighter (SNES)
Dark Stalkers 1-2 (SNES and Arcade)
Splatterhouse (Arcade, like the very first, uber uber old school)
Altered Beast (Sega Genesis and Arcade, also uber uber old school)

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[Roflkopt3r]

It's not that unknown, but: Disciples 2
Amazingly great game with super cool optical design. Disciples 3 sucks btw.

It's medieval fantasy scenario round based strategy, really great on spending many hours on. Very motivating with leveling units and especially heros, which can be saved and leveled/equipped further.

 

[HegemonKhan]

I'd like to plug/emphasize one really really great (OLD) game:

Bubble Bobble (1) for the NES

it's really awesome, there's 99 lvls, and you shoot out bubbles which encase the monsters and than you have to pop the bubbles to "kill" the monsters.

it's really a lot of fun, as it can be played 2 player, and there's quite a few bonus items, and the lvls become very difficult as well.

it's really an amazing game even now.

its an awesome game for guys and girls.

but, Girls might find that they especially enjoy it a lot

but this is not to say that it's a "girl" game, as it is incredible fun for guys too, me and my male friends loved it, and I still do!

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I don't know if this game sounds fun to you, but it really is, words maybe can't describe how fun this game really truly is!

it's really fun AND challenging (but not annoyingly hard/impossible)!

 

[Hummingbird]

I agree with Shrimp most of these games are old/classics rather than "little-known" my favourite game that's probably little known but it's considered a cult classic now is Tombi! (or Tomba! in the US) fantastic PSOne game. I still play it, but gosh darn it there's a bug that stops you from completing it 100% ha..ha... *sigh*

Bellsar SMT needs more love, they are fantastic games. At least Catherine is getting a lot of recognition and I've forced about 10 friends to check out the Persona series <3

I'ma create an "old games" thread

 

[g0dzax]

Cave Story (Doukutsu Monogatari),a small game that really impressed me,maybe at first it seems a bit weird but the more you play it the more you like it.(on PC)

 

[riki]

Will you buy the 3DS version of the game, g0dzax?

I enjoy playing the Atelier series and the Shin Megami Tensei series (especially the Persona ones) though the latter is getting more popular nowadays.

 

[g0dzax]

Nah,I don't like the 3DS (my friend bought one and I've played on it a few times and it's still a bit expensive here,it's roughly around 400 dollars)but still I would buy that game for PC if it weren't freeware lol.If anything I would have bought the PSP version it would have been awesome to play it on PSP.


Dunno if this was mentioned before,but Supaplex never got the attention it deserved,but it's an old,catchy game though.

 

[Whiskey]

I’ve recently played through a little known indie-treasure called Amnesia. It is, without a doubt, the scariest game I have ever played (sorry Silent Hill 1 & 2). The atmosphere is bone chilling - dark, but adventurous and story driven - it’s incredibly well done. Plus the monsters scare the ever-living wit out of me (arg, the "water part" had me on pins and needles!). If you enjoy horror games in which you don’t shoot away your problems, I’d suggest this little gem.

Beyond Good & Evil is another unknown game that was very enjoyable. Though it’s a good eight years old, it still looks nice for a PS2 release and its price tag is under twenty American dollars. Also, it's actually humorous despite the serious plot.​