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ITT: Underrated gems on the NES/Famicom

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>> No.1327845

>>1327830
I wouldn't say it's underrated, more like unavailable. In order to be underrated people actually have to be able to buy the game without it costing them hundreds of dollars. Also, it's on the Nintendo E-Shop now, which can't be said for a lot more well known titles.

>> No.1327876
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Kabuki Quantum Fighter.

>> No.1327893

>>1327830
image sauce?

>> No.1327902

>>1327830
>>1327893
I was curious about the sauce as well

>> No.1327908
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>>1327893
>>1327902

Delivered!

http://www.redbubble.com/people/pktora/works/10939573-summer-carnival-92-recca-ship

>> No.1327929
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Gradius 2 on Famicom
Doesn't get discussed much, but it has some of its own levels and full size bosses. Also speech.

>> No.1327943

>>1327929
Slightly reminds me of the famicom macross game. Look cool though.

>> No.1327976

I'm not sure underrated NES games exist anymore. Pretty much everything worth playing has been found, and spread, and enjoys a decent amount of acclaim, both because of constant discussion like this very thread all across the web, and because of Let's Plays and internet personalities and shit which frequently deal with NES games.
Ufouria, Kick Master, Gimmick!, Adventure Island IV, Little Samson, Bucky O'Hare, Fire n' Ice, Crystalis, Kid Dracula, Wai Wai World, Shatterhand, Metal Storm, Clash at Demonhead, Vice: Project Doom, Jackie Chan’s Action Kung Fu, Cocoron, Moon Crystal, Magical Kids Doropie, Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom, Gremlins 2, Journey to Silius, The Guardian Legend, Kiwi Kraze, Crisis Force, Shadow of the Ninja, Power Blade, Sweet Home, etc. are all games I don't think I could really call obscure anymore.
Even unreleased, unfinished, unlicensed, and homebrew games are somewhat well known. Battle Kid, Bio Force Ape, Super Bat Puncher, D-Pad Hero, Aladdin, Bade Buster, Hero Quest, and so on.
I might be way off base, but I feel like most people who have any desire to know about the NES's more obscure games already know pretty much everything.

>> No.1328047

I got ya back OP
try to give ya some recs that havent been dropped in the thread yet -
crazy fun under rated or obscure gems -
Arkista's Ring
Athena
Legend of Kage
River City Ransom (why they never localized more of the Riki Kunio series on Nes other than Smash Dodge Ball is beyond me....)
Star Tropics
most people know about Shadowgate, Princess Tomato n Salad Kingdom, and Uninvited - but Deja Vu is IMO the best point and click style visual novel on the nes (ACE HARDING MOTHERFUCKERS)

i have a bunch of other suggestions but I wanna see how this thread plays out

>> No.1328087

>>1327876
Why am I looking at ASM being displayed ingame?

>> No.1328123
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>Underrated NES games
>No Mendel Palace (or Quinty in Japan)
You disappoint me /vr/.

Even thought many people know Mendel Palace as the first game that Satoshi Tajiri made few people actually played it in order to appreciate its awesomeness.

The american commercial is one of the weirdest ones I've ever seen for a japanese game.

>> No.1328125

>>1328123
>You disappoint me /vr/

The fucking thread's only like 12 posts long, dingus.

>> No.1328128
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Yume Penguin Monogatari from Konami (also fan-translated) is one the most original and enjoyable 8bit games I've ever played.

>> No.1328131

>>1328125
Implying that this game is often mentioned (and praised) at /vr/.

>> No.1328140

>>1328131
You can't set expectation for what people will mention in a thread 12 posts in. Now, if it had 200 posts and nobody mentioned it, he can say how disappointed he is.

>> No.1328181
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I might catch heat for this but I think Amagon is a terribly under rated run'n'gun platformer for nes.

>> No.1328247

>>1327845
Does the eshop one play well? I've been thinking about picking it up on the 3DS.

It's too bad it didn't get the 3D classics treatment. Super Mario Bros 3 isn't even on the 3DS eshop.

>> No.1328272

>>1328181
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0qCwvjv87s
Thanks for the recommendation. It's wacky enough to get my attention.

>> No.1328285

>>1328272
>look at the comments
>suddenly Teckworks

JESUS CHRIST THAT GUY IS FUCKING EVERYWHERE

LEAVE MY LIFE

>> No.1328472

>>1328131
Are you kidding? Every time this thread comes up, which is pretty regularly, I pop in and mention it if it hasn't already come up. Every single NES gems thread.

>> No.1328491

>>1328247
>SMB3 isn't on the eShop

Yet. It's listed in the "coming soon" section.

>> No.1328506

>>1328491
Really? Fucking SOLD.

>> No.1328509
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>>1327876
personally i hated this game. i bought it after hearing good things and then found the game play to be mind numbingly frustrating. the jumping, the obstacles, and things like like flowing water and conveyer belts that either blast you off a million miles away, or keep you running a centimeter an hour (seriously i sometimes felt like i was running in place) drove me absolutely fucking nuts

as for my contribution to the thread i gotta say kickmaster is a great underrated nes title

>> No.1329170

>>1328247
The red background flickering was removed. I heard say it was because of epilepticia. IDK.
Otherwise, it plays like in the emulator (with sprite limit).

TBQH, I like it being portable, but I have more confort playing on the emulator with a keyboard controls because you got left/right more easily.

>> No.1329224

>>1328123
This is one of the few NES games I have two copies of. When I bought the second copy, I wasn't sure if I already owned it, but I wasn't going to pass it up and find out I was wrong, so I bought it. Very nice game. I was going to upload gameplay footage of it, but YouTube hates video game videos now. Everything is instaflagged by SOUND EFFECT.

>> No.1331125

>>1328047

>obscure gems
>River City Ransom
>anything near obscure since 3, maybe 4 years ago.

>> No.1331128

>>1331125
It was never obscure. It's a pretty popular game.

>> No.1331129

>>1328491
Its been listed as Coming Soon for half a year.

It was released around christmas last year in Japan and got released in Europe this christmas.

Who the fuck knows when Soon™ is.

>> No.1331134

fire and ice

pretty fun puzzle game that starts off incredibly easy but gets really challenging, if that's your thing

>> No.1331328

zen the intergalactic ninja

>> No.1331330

also Moai Kun, Moon Crystal

>>1328509
I thought it was only alright, but the last 2 levels were terrible in level design

>> No.1331337

>>1331330
are you talking about kickmaster or kabuki?

>> No.1331342

>>1331337
Kabuki. Kickmaster kicks ass.

>> No.1331354

>>1331342
oh yeah, i just started kickmaster last weeks and its been a blast. love that rockin soundtrack too.

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Depending on who you ask, Werewolf: The Last Warrior is either an overlooked classic or one of the worst games on the console.