Share your hidden gems and insider tips

mediamogul

@thelostsoul said in Share your hidden gems and insider tips:

From the video and the explanation, I am not sure if I got it. Definitely need to try it out.

After reading a few reviews from the Switch release, I didn't get it immediately either. Basically, using dozens of coins, you combine all the smaller denominations to make bigger ones until they're all combined. Doing that as efficiently as possible while your screen is periodically filling up with more coins is the real challenge.

Brigane

I recently stumbled across Gunbarich. This is a Arkanoid similar game. I dont know if I would call it a hidden gem but it seems like an interesting game.
I use advancemame with this since it's not a part of the mame2003 set.

thelostsoul

@brigane I also discovered this game, but unfortunately, it gets reported to have issues with mame and fbalpha. Another reason to install advancemame. The game is nothing ground breaking, but I like the modern style and presentation and combination of two different genres into one. It got a Nintendo Switch port. The original game is made by Psikyo, who also made the shmup Gunbird.

Brigane

@thelostsoul

It seems to run okay on advancemame and it's very entertaining . The only trouble I'm having is the highscore won't save :(

space cadet

Adventure! What a great exploration game on the Atari!

VictimRLSH

@space-cadet Yes, can also be very difficult to win.

space cadet

Amerzone ps1

mediamogul

@space-cadet said in Share your hidden gems and insider tips:

Adventure! What a great exploration game on the Atari!

Definitely a great game. A few days ago I was listening to a podcast with a group who claimed that 'Adventure' was really just a maze game, no different than 'Pac-Man'. The guys had previously proven to be extremely knowledgeable about the third console generation and beyond, but they were speaking about the 2600 like a group of kids wildly theorizing about where babies come from.

space cadet

They just don't know!

mediamogul

I mean we all know they come from sharing a toilet seat right?

VictimRLSH

@mediamogul I thought that is how we get Limp Biskit fans?!?

mediamogul

@victimrlsh

Ah, that's right. I always get those two confused. Babies are the ones with better taste.

VictimRLSH

It appears there is a native port to Rasbian of Ancient Domains of Mystery. A rougealike RPG of intense difficulty that is well worth the tortured screams you will be uttering as your 54th character dies horribly...

https://www.adom.de/home/downloads.html

meleu

@thelostsoul said in Share your hidden gems and insider tips:

POLYBIUS

Probably the most hidden gem ever, if it is true. Unfortunately, there is no rom dump.

check this out: www.sinnesloschen.com/1.php

@mediamogul said in Share your hidden gems and insider tips:

NES: 'Summer Carnival '92: Recca' (Hands down, the best schmup on the NES. A programming miracle)

Hey, this game deserves a set of achievements!!

By the way, "Cocoron" has achievements: https://retroachievements.org/Game/5300

Nice suggestions on this thread, I hope to find sometime to dig some gems here. ;)

mediamogul

@meleu said in Share your hidden gems and insider tips:

Hey, this game deserves a set of achievements!!

It does indeed. I've had a couple of good runs on that game and then several where I barely make it out of space dock. Good to see you back btw and always nice to hear about your work on cheevos. A friend of mine has a kid who's obsessed with them and he always like hearing me talk about about the advancements that you've posted here in the past. Keep up the great work.

VictimRLSH

@mediamogul That kid obsessed with achievements might want to check out Star Ocean 3: 'till the End of Time. It was originally a PS2 game, and runs perfectly on PCSX2, and there is also a PS4 remake with the cheevos in there as well. There are hundreds of achievements, some extremely difficult.

mediamogul

@victimrlsh

He's mostly into the NES at the moment, but I'll be sure to pass it along all the same. Thanks.

Clyde

@meleu said in Share your hidden gems and insider tips:

check this out: www.sinneslochen.com/1.php

There's an "s" missing from the address: www.sinnesloschen.com/1.php

Clyde

@clyde said in Share your hidden gems and insider tips:

There's an "s" missing from the address: www.sinnesloschen.com/1.php

Fun fact: "löschen" means "to delete" in German, whereas "lochen" means "to perforate". :)

mediamogul

For a little while now, I've become moderately obsessed with the obscure puzzle game 'Square Deal', released in North America for the GameBoy. A Vegas-themed falling block puzzle game where 52 cards fall and are eliminated in poker hands is such a unique idea and makes for a real mind-bending challenge. I've been trying to find the definitive version of the game to play on RetroPie, but it's been tough, as the arcade original, 'Gun Dealer' and the Famicom port, 'Cadillac' both lack the ability to cycle through the available preview cards. This one feature removes much of the luck factor, making it almost entirely a game of skill.

It turns out that the North American 'Square Deal' was originally released as 'Cadillac II' on the GameBoy in Japan. In all of my research, it's never mentioned that the sequel ever got a Famicom port. However, I kept reading confused accounts that the original 'Cadillac' was re-released under the name 'Great Deal'. Today I gave 'Great Deal' a try and it is actually not a re-release of the first game, but rather a full color port of 'Cadillac II/Square Deal', entirely in English no less. With card cycling, a much improved soundtrack and better graphics, I'm very pleased to say that I found what's arguably the definitive version of this hidden gem.

As an addendum, I'll also make mention of a later arcade variant in the series that I discovered along the way, named 'Gun Dealer '94'. Here, the card suits are removed, in favor of a multi-colored system that can also be matched and chained in combos. While this is a lot of fun and adds yet another level to the game, removing the association to suited playing cards loses a bit of the charm for me personally. Still, it's a great game in its own right.