What's your "Hidden Gem"? Game discussion

madmodder123

I don't think these games are super popular, but they are some of my favorite PS1 games that no one talks about:
Shipwreckers (Good multiplayer too!)
The Legend of Dragoon
Vandal Hearts
Future Cop LAPD (Also has fun Co-op + VS)

jonnykesh

"Snatcher" on SEGA CD.

madmodder123

@jonnykesh YES Snatcher is also a great one, Hideo Kojima worked on it!

ClassicGMR

@madmodder123 Legend of Dragoon is a great game. :)

Not many people I know have seen the Gargoyles cartoon from the mid-90's and even less seemed to have played the Gargoyles game on the Sega Genesis. I loved playing as Goliath and it wasn't some easy kids game!

Clyde

@classicgmr said in What's your "Hidden Gem"? Game discussion:

Not many people I know have seen the Gargoyles cartoon from the mid-90's

I have and I love it. :D I like its dark and somewhat (for a children's series) mature atmosphere, and also the many real legends they slipped in, even if more or less distorted.

space cadet

Amazonia on ps1 is a great game that I just discovered recently.

madmodder123

@space-cadet Is that an auto-correct error? from what I can find on psxdatacenter.com Amazonia is not a game for ps1

space cadet

Yeah typo at work. Amerzone ps1 point n click game.

Stuart2773

Bruce Lee - Sega Master System - Homebrew

a remake of the old Commodore 64 & Spectrum game

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http://www.smspower.org/Homebrew/BruceLee-SMS

PittStone

Gameboy Advance: Alien Hominid

shadow

I don't know if I would count this as a "Hidden Gem" for say, but it is a game that is no realty known.

Knuckles Chaotix.

I love knuckles chaotix. For me it is a great game. I am a bit annoyed at the tethering mechanic, but I can live with it.

ClassicGMR

@pittstone said in What's your "Hidden Gem"? Game discussion:

Gameboy Advance: Alien Hominid

@shadow said in What's your "Hidden Gem"? Game discussion:

I don't know if I would count this as a "Hidden Gem" for say, but it is a game that is no realty known.

Knuckles Chaotix.

I love knuckles chaotix. For me it is a great game. I am a bit annoyed at the tethering mechanic, but I can live with it.

Haven't tried either game. Will have to check them out during my next gaming session. :)

Pressure Cooker for the Atari 2600 is one of my personal favorites from my youth. Played that game for HOURS.

mediamogul

@classicgmr said in What's your "Hidden Gem"? Game discussion:

Pressure Cooker for the Atari 2600 is one of my personal favorites from my youth. Played that game for HOURS.

2600 games are among my most favorite games in general and for whatever reason, this is an Activision title that has escaped me. The graphics look fantastic and the straightforward nature of the game play reminds me of a good Game & Watch game. I'll have to try this out later tonight.

ClassicGMR

@mediamogul said in What's your "Hidden Gem"? Game discussion:

2600 games are among my most favorite games in general and for whatever reason, this is an Activision title that has escaped me. The graphics look fantastic and the straightforward nature of the game play reminds me of a good Game & Watch game. I'll have to try this out later tonight.

Mine as well. I grew up on Atari 2600, Intellivision and TI99 4/a games! :)

I really do understand the hype behind Pitfall. It was a HUGE game that played well. But, for my money, I would choose Pressure Cooker every time. I've always just been weird that way. :)

BobHarris

If you like cinematic platformers (oddworld, another world, flashback) then Heart of darkness (ps1) is a great hidden gem.

KN4THX

So for DOS my little bro and I played Wacky Wheels shareware which I found on my local BBS because we couldnt afford a SNES when they first came out. Finally bought the full version as an adult.

Also for DOS I loved Death Gate. It's a magic user trying to click through puzzles kind of like Teen Agent(love it too!) and Journeyman Project (awesome!) but less cartoony and more in depth. I found it very challenging and fun with a simple but fun plot/story.

Not sure how popular it is or was, as I didn't own a PS1 but Tetris Plus is Soo much fun for two players and most people seem to not have heard of it. It's very casual and has Bob the Builder's brother in it as a treasure Hunter ( or that's what we call him ) who you have to help reach the bottom and not get trapped on your Tetris tiles.

ClassicGMR

@thedatacereal Oooooh Wacky Wheels!

I wonder if that'll run on the Pi with DOSBox. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

KN4THX

@classicgmr It's runs fine on mine. I bought the 3D Realms anthology a long time ago which runs through dosbox so just copied the files over. No controller support that I found in the Game Options which bummed me, but didn't dig around, I was just getting all of my .sh files created.

It also comes with all of these so I am tempted to add them all:

Arctic Adventure
Bio Menace
Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold
Commander Keen: Goodbye Galaxy
Commander Keen: Invasion of the Vorticons
Math Rescue
Monster Bash
Mystic Towers
Paganitzu
Monuments of Mars
Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure
Crystal Caves
Death Rally
Alien Carnage
Hocus Pocus
Major Stryker
Blake Stone: Planet Strike
Realms of Chaos
Pharaoh's Tomb
Word Rescue
Secret Agent
Raptor: Call of the Shadows
Terminal Velocity
Wacky Wheels
Stargunner
Shadow Warrior
Wolfenstein 3D
Rise of the Triad: Dark War
Duke Nukem
Duke Nukem 2
Duke Nukem 3D
Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project

ClassicGMR

So I played a LOT of games on my vacation that I hadn't tried before nor heard of thanks to you all throwing games out there! Elevator Action Returns has been one of my new favorites since I booted it up. :)

This morning I had an hour to kill so I jumped into the SNES library and remembered that Populous - while not technically a "hidden gem" since it's EVERYWHERE - had an excellent port to the SNES system. The hour flew by.

@mediamogul How'd you like Pressure Cooker?

@space-cadet said in What's your "Hidden Gem"? Game discussion:

Amazonia on ps1 is a great game that I just discovered recently.

Can you provide a link to a review or something? I cannot find mention of this game anywhere. MobyGames doesn't have it listed either. Google just gives me a ton of Twisted Metal links.

EDIT: Never mind. I see your post below it that corrected the name to Amerzone - didn't see it before for some reason. Now I can go look for the game.

mediamogul

@classicgmr said in What's your "Hidden Gem"? Game discussion:

How'd you like Pressure Cooker?

I can't believe the game has eluded me until now. It really is a 2600 game that has everything possible going for it. The graphics and music are among the best on the system and the game play, while extremely straightforward, has a level of complexity to it that you don't often find in 2600 games. I love 'Burgetime' and assumed going in that I would end up making a lot of comparisons between the two, but the similarities really begin and end with the underlying burger making theme. While 'Burgertime' is an excellent action platformer, 'Pressure Cooker' challenges your brain to problem solve and multitask in an extremely satisfying way. In that sense, you could say that it actually shares more in common with something like 'Tapper'. It's definitely a great game and one that I'll be going back to often from now on.