/vr/ - Retro Games

>>2349497
is time stalkers really under rated? because I've only heard that it's downright bad.

restarting from level 1 in every dungeon sounds like a major pain.

>>2349497
>Goemon's Great Adventure
>underrated

c'mon now!
I have some, but they are all not /vr/.

Ninja warriors is rare-ish but its not that great.
Id say its over rated.
But goemon deffintly didnt get its due in the day

>>2349497
Whats the sfc game in the middle?

>>2349937
One of the Hammerin Harry games

>>2349684
Goemon sadly never saw the success over here as it did in Japan, they had SO many games for it and we got maybe 1/4 of that.

>>2349497
I love the shit out of Ninja Warriors. I felt like only my friends and I ever played that game and nobody else ever talked about it.

I own a CIB PC-98 copy of Tokio, Artdink's O'Neill cylinder city-sim.

Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dEVar8E3Ro

>>2351254
Wasnt it only released for rental at block buster or some shit? Probably why its never talked about , one source and only when they sold off their snes cart did it hit the resale market???

Not sure if they're really considered underrated but I really like these and I never see anyone mention them here.

>>2349509
shit != underrated

>>2352353
Astyanax was a tough game but the music was pretty good. Also those cutscenes.

>>2352353
Good call on Omega Boost anon!

Underrated, or never mentioned?

>>2353741
THANK YOU!
I was trying to remember the name of Conquest of the Crystal Palace. I played the game as a kid, and had been trying toremember the game to find it and play it again!
Thanks!

>>2351268

man, all the shit you post just looks so fucking good, but I can't read runes and it would literally take me years to learn...

>>2353747
You are very welcome. Thats the worst feeling, huh?

Tons of underrated potential within the Game Boy library

>>2349497
What's the ganbare game in the bottom-middle?

>>2354516
disregard that I suck cocks

>>2349497
Kabuki Quantum Fighter really doesn't get enough love.

I feel Gen Sparkster is the best of the three rocket night games, but most people are familiar with either the first game on Gen or the SNES version. Now the game is going for $40+, but I rarely see people talking about it.

Operation C is in my option was the best portable Contra game until Contra 4 came around.

Ranger X can still be picked up easily for under $20. I feel once people realize how great of a shooter it is, its price can shoot up.

And Super baseball 2020 is just plain old fun. If you liked any of the mutant league games, you'll like this.

>>2354484
Yeah, tons of good GB games get overlooked.

Incidentally, is Kwirk any good? What kind of game is it? I ask because I saw a copy at a game store the other day for 3-4 bucks.

>>2354560
And if you're a money-to-burn type and have a Neo Geo, you should naturally go for Super Baseball 2020 on there, being the original platform and all.

>>2354568
Puzzle Boy's main mode involves getting to a level's end goal by moving around blocks (rotation and pushing) + filling holes with 'em. You're scored based on time and number of steps taken, assuming you reach a level's end. Really cool puzzler for an early GB title, more worthwhile and meaty (I haven't mentioned the other two modes) than Boxxle.

>>2354568
At it's core, it's a puzzle/maze game. You must push blocks and turnstyles to make paths for yourself to the exit. I'd definitely pick it up next time you're at that store.

>>2354569
True. But the genesis port is a relatively solid one

>>2352353

I really like Astyanax and it's common as dirt so I dunno why more people don't talk about it.

>>2349497
What's the top right one?

>kabuki quantum fighter
>underrated

Um, that's a pretty well known game. Just not a mainstream game.

>>2355547

wonderboy in monster world

>>2354587
No doubt about that. SNK put out some pretty good Genesis ports for those of us who didn't have thousands to spend on arcade hardware back in the day.

>>2355658
Good series, Wonder Boy. Definitely look into Monster World IV as well, which has a modern professional English translation in the PS3 and Wii Virtual Console download version of the game.

One that I've never seen mentioned on here but is pretty cool is the NES game WURM. It's like a fusion of shoot'em up, platformer, RPG, and something else (been a while since I played it tbh). It wasn't the longest or hardest of games, but it was pretty neato.

Also, For the Frog the Bell Tolls is pretty good, if only for its immense amounts of charm. Link's Awakening fans should play it to see what that team did before making LA, and to understand the whole 'frog prince' cameo.

>>2356226
>Monster World IV
Also available on the 360.

>>2356226
>For the Frog the Bell Tolls
I did not know about this game, thanks anon.

>>2353741
I played Paperboy quite a bit on the C64.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTf4q-ihMak

It may have been popular back in the day.

>>2355550
OP said underrated, not obscure.

>>2349497
who also goemon here?

>>2349497
>Kabuki Quantum Fighter

Still waiting on that "see you next game" you digitized bowing fucker.

>>2358804
Once again, why are you posting that? There's a reason you're hard-pressed to find the N64 goemon's for less than 30 bucks. It's VERY appreciated.

>>2358832
>Once again, why are you posting that?
OP likes Goemon. OP has goemon. I wanted to post my PAL version , where is the problem at?

This game is soooooo fun.

>>2358848
2 is better

>>2358875
This, the first is still good though.

>>2356235
Didn't know, sorry.


Another one I thought of that I never see anyone talk up is the RC Pro-Am series. Both the NES and GB games support 4-player, though I suggest not playing the latter on a DMG, the picture is too blurry to really know what's going on.

>>2349497
fuck off metal jesus

>>2353748
he's trolling, he has probably never played any of these games himself, he's one of the fags that go around posting shitpost threads about why x popular games are bad and appends things like "king of /vr/" and "official /vr/ anti-N64 fag" to his name.

>>2349497
Loved these games.

>>2354484
Ohhh pirates of dark water. One of my favorites as a kid. What do you think about the Genesis version? I personally love both and cant decide between the two.

I'm honestly surprised this game never gets mentioned, it's pretty legit.

>>2358908
I fucking loved Blast Corps.
Rented it numerous times but never beat it.
The premise for that game is some crazy shit that I feel wouldn't fly today in anything but a "lol so indie" type game.

>>2358937
I've been after that one for a while, seems pretty sweet.

>>2358929
The genesis version is the inferior game IMO. The gameplay only occasionally gets better than acceptable, but worst of all the music just puts me to sleep. It's just so... dreary and slow. The soundtrack of the SNES version is truly rockin' and keeps me pumped as I'm playing it the entire time.

>>2358978
Good points. I guess a big part of it for me is the nostalgia. I haven't actually played the genesis one in years. I have played the snes version recently and it still holds up as an awesome beat em up / adventure game.

>>2358889
I'll admit, I laughed. HIDDEN GEMS

Cool games tho OP.

>>2354484
Good call on Sub-Terrania...I borrowed that from a friend all the time when I was younger and loved it. I recently bought it at a local shop for $5 and was a bit worried that it might not live up to the memories...but it definitely did. Still a great game!

Another game I loved as a kid that I never heard talked much about on the Genesis is Red Zone. Not the best game ever, but I like it

>>2358908

I remember when I bought both Blast Corps and Mischief Makers the same day as a kid, not knowing what I was getting into since they weren't big names.
Boy was I surprised, two of my favorite games on the system for sure. Blast Corps is one of the best Rare games, Goldeneye and Banjo, you are small time.

>>2353741
Spider-fighter is one of my all time favorites

>>2359142
This, Blast Corps is amazing.

>>2358937
RI-SING ZAAAAAAAAAAAN
SAMURAI GUNMAAAN
RI-SING ZAAAAAAAAAAAN
JOHNNY NO MORE!

Bionic Commando for NES off the top of my head.

>>2362143
I kinda want to protest because that was a popular game back in the day, but come to think of it not many people here talk about it these days.

>>2358908
>Skullmonkeys
My nigga. That is literally one of my favorite games of all time.

>>2358908
Aaaaaaaaaah Willow, beaten this game twice (and the 1st time around it took me a few years because i didnt pick it up to play for some reason) but after i beat the game a second time with the password that start's you off with the LEVEL 16 status, god i love this one.

Fuck anyone play bubble bobble? Or trog i think it was called this game where you and a buddy are dinos and cqn fight each other while cavemen run around and try to eat hou, the ooint was to get all eggs on map and avoid being eaten by the cave men a d getting knocked out about by bro

>>2349497
old picture

probably one of the ultimate examples of underrated as people commonly parrot it being the worst game ever made.

in reality the game is just too hard and the objectives not clear enough, considering it had 5 weeks of development it's a fucking marvel of atari programming as it has minimal flicker or bugs.

the problem was it was an over ambitious project when it had the tightest deadline of any game made for the system. (average was 6 months per game i think)

ruined the guys career too, which is a shame since he also made the fantastic yar's revenge and also made the indiana jones' raider's of the lost ark game.

>>2363137
The REAL problem was it seemed to be the straw that broke Atari's back and it all came tumbling down soon after, only to be buried in a New Mexico landfill. It got the wrap as worst game ever because its perceived to be the one that killed the whole video game industry. Which, let'/s be honest, it partly is.

>>2363142
truth be told even good atari games ended up in that landfill, atari was just plain incompetent all around.

>>2352353
Fuckin love beetle adventure racing

>>2363105
Yeah. It's Trog. Damn good Pac man clone

>>2358840
i like the PAL art.
US cover kinda sucked and I swear to god I thought OPs GGA was fucking Star Craft 64.

i hate that game so much, its such a horrible port and someone I know wants to buy my copy because he is a completionist