Since when did the term "hidden gem" mean a mediocre game that's technically playable? I think the Nintendo seal of approval has more merit.

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Anonymous Thu Aug 23 23:45:05 2018 No.4999450 [Reply] [Original]

Since when did the term "hidden gem" mean a mediocre game that's technically playable? I think the Nintendo seal of approval has more merit.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 00:29:09 2018 No.4999517 "Hidden gem" is a fancy way of saying, "this game didn't get a lot of sales, but I think it's good." There's better "hidden gems" in the PC freeware section than what console plebs dig up.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 00:31:50 2018 No.4999524 Sierra

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 00:34:01 2018 No.4999525 Since meme e-celebs ran out of real hidden gems that they played for a whole 20 minutes (MJR bragged about how he spent a whole 20 minutes on one game a while back).

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 00:35:48 2018 No.4999530 What is the consensus of MJR on this board?

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 00:39:22 2018 No.4999539 >>4999530 He worked in Sierra

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 00:46:03 2018 No.4999550 File: 319 KB, 500x495, nah.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4999450 >Cold Fear on XBOX

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 00:48:07 2018 No.4999552 >>4999530 never really watched his videos because of his dorky appearance.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 00:52:38 2018 No.4999559 >>4999552 This combined with his need to have guests come on to talk about things because he can't be arsed to figure shit out himself really turns me away from him.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 00:54:57 2018 No.4999560 >>4999559 >not watching mjr for the fap material Doing it wrong

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 01:05:23 2018 No.4999569 >>4999552 it's funny what time does to people his double chin is really fucked up lol but there's a video of him in highschool and he did look quite good at the time

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 01:09:28 2018 No.4999574 Can you literal homosexuals please go hang from a rope, nobody wants your opinion or cares about you.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 01:10:20 2018 No.4999579 >>4999574 You first, buckaroo.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 01:13:20 2018 No.4999584 >>4999450 That guy looks like a faggot. Metal Slug if fucking great though

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 01:30:35 2018 No.4999610 >>4999450 Hidden gem is a common term used to refer to something that's good but that not many people know of or talk about.

Anonymous Fri Aug 24 01:45:55 2018 No.4999629

>>4999517
>this game didn't get a lot of sales, but I think it's good
I doesn't even mean that anymore. I frequently see retards on /v/ claiming pretty well known games from fifteen years ago are hidden gems because they were like six when they came out and weren't aware of what the video game climate was like at the time.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 01:58:28 2018 No.4999647 >>4999530 His videos are good for a laugh.

Anonymous Fri Aug 24 02:35:20 2018 No.4999686 [DELETED]

Since he found out he can make shitty videos and get shekels so he can buy more hidden gems.

Seriously, im not even subscribed to his channel andi remember seeing at least 2 hidden gems videos for PS2, 2 for GBA... hes just fluffing his channel with whatever giveshim more views.

Im sure hell do 2 hiddem gemsvideos for the Virtual Boy soon.

Anonymous Fri Aug 24 05:11:57 2018 No.4999848

>>4999450
Around the time that emulation made the entire libraries of mainstream consoles available to everyone and every actual good game was discovered and spread all over the internet thus revealing every actual "hidden gem" for consoles that anybody actually cares about.

Anonymous Fri Aug 24 05:17:06 2018 No.4999850

>Since when did the term "hidden gem" mean a mediocre game that's technically playable?
Probably since the actual hidden gems became so overexposed that to call them "hidden" would be a silly misnomer.

Nowadays, the only games left to even include in such lists are indeed mediocre or even downright terrible with some minor redeeming features.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 05:22:33 2018 No.4999857 >>4999450 Hidden gem means it's a good game, but not many people actually played it.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 05:25:00 2018 No.4999859 File: 90 KB, 1920x1080, rs.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] the virgin hidden gem vs. the chad game dungeon

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 05:49:49 2018 No.4999893 >>4999450 when retro market got big and profitable both for views and sales.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 05:57:57 2018 No.4999902 >>4999569 no excercise+drop in test from old age = JUST FUCK MY SHIT UP

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 05:59:28 2018 No.4999904 racketboys hidden gems are actually hidden gems, if you come with metaljesus...

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 06:34:43 2018 No.4999927 >>4999530 I only watch the ones with Kelsey.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 07:02:08 2018 No.4999951 >>4999525 I spent 20 minutes on this game, and it's actually, pretty good. I can hear his voice in my head.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 07:03:39 2018 No.4999953 >>4999450 /vr/ is not the place for e-begging, attention whoring youtubers. your question: ignored. try /v/. they love these parasites. kek. >>4999552 metal jesus is an insufferable asshole.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 08:47:43 2018 No.5000056 I like Kelsey and Reggie but overall these types of channels are contributing to the inflation of physicals which really isn't a problem since backups, flash carts, and ODEs exist.

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>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 08:53:32 2018 No.5000067 File: 84 KB, 558x448, muh hidden gems.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4999450 muh fav hidden gem is hot wheels racing for wii

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 08:54:23 2018 No.5000070 >>5000056 Also as rare games become more well known the fakes from China come out at a faster rate.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 08:54:51 2018 No.5000072 File: 257 KB, 624x522, 1513196995770.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4999450 >>4999530

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 08:55:38 2018 No.5000075 >>4999629 Shit I've actually seen people call FFVI a hidden gem. People have destroyed that term.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 09:17:06 2018 No.5000106 >>5000075 The saddest thing is to some 15 year old idiot it probably is.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 09:50:32 2018 No.5000141 >>5000072 Last GameSack (Capcom vs Konami) was fucking sweet.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 10:03:41 2018 No.5000156 >>5000075 Please direct me to them so I may smack them upside the head.

Anonymous Fri Aug 24 10:05:03 2018 No.5000159
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I think in the 00's (and way before) it meant slightly unknown game that went for a very cheap price.

Sadly, with retro collecting this went out the window when everyone has the internet on a cell phone. It's basically impossible to get anything for cheap, when people think the buy it now option on ebay is the gold standard.

On the flip side, at least now you can really check out a game and see if it's worth the price, price charting is wonderful and many truly unknown games are now know. What I am saying is, it's basically a mixed bag.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 10:49:37 2018 No.5000221 >>4999450 Everyone knows about all the really good games. They were finite so by deffinition something obsucre is also going to be far less than perfect. Hidden gems don't actually exist, at least as old video games go.

Anonymous Fri Aug 24 11:17:46 2018 No.5000265

>>5000156

They usually hang out on gamefaqs. It's not as bad as it used to be (it was during the time when they couldn't handle ffvii being so popular in the late 00s), but I do see some people say its underrated from time to time and they usually get laughed out of the topic.

Anonymous Fri Aug 24 11:24:23 2018 No.5000274 [DELETED]

>>4999530
total fucking shit tier. Reggie is so much more based even though he's such a fat nigger he can barely fucking speak. But MJR has no excuse and just puts bitches in his thumbnails for the easy clicks. Not to mention he's a massively cringe beta male who never shuts the fuck up about the time he worked at Sierra.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RII_vqZh_0 < A great example of classic MJR cringe

Anonymous Fri Aug 24 11:38:32 2018 No.5000285 [DELETED]

For someone whose entire identity revolves around games, game collection and retro gaming, he sure says "Wow, I've never heard of that game before!" a lot.

He even said this in his last NES hidden gems video. The fucking NES. How are there still NES games *he*, the super collector, hasn't heard of before?

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 11:52:05 2018 No.5000303 >>5000072 >Talks shit about other youtubers >But thought FF7 disk one ending was at Rufus and Hundred Gunner fights

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 12:26:17 2018 No.5000347 What happened to e-celeb containment threads? They just disappeared one day.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 12:31:03 2018 No.5000353 File: 1.50 MB, 1156x1628, 1487092686335.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4999450

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 12:44:22 2018 No.5000369 >>4999530 shelf hoarder

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 12:54:18 2018 No.5000394 >>4999530 piece of shit clickbait attention whore who whores his wife and speculator scalper baiter>>5000072

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 13:00:21 2018 No.5000406 >>5000274 Damn. MJR is so alpha he turns women into babbling buttsex-addicted whores.

Anonymous Fri Aug 24 13:05:29 2018 No.5000414

PS1, N64, GB(A), NES, etc. all have "hidden gems", aka games that either didn't sell well, didn't get good marketing/publicity, or just didn't get the praise they should've at the time.

For example, i played Dual Hearts on PS2 when i was younger. NOBODY, heard of that game but it was cool Zelda like game with an interesting story.Real fun. Thats a hidden gem. It was ACTUALLY a good game.

Some people pass off hidden gems as games that simply nobody played...not true. Not every game that didn't sell well, market well, etc. is a hidden gem.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 13:21:22 2018 No.5000439 >>4999450 >I think the Nintendo seal of approval has more merit you'd think that in a board where you'd expect older people to post, the trolling would be of better quality. kill yourself you mediocre incompetent mother fucker.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 13:33:17 2018 No.5000463 File: 8 KB, 225x224, images.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4999450 I watch it from time to time... liked the gameboy videos as I collect gameboy. Reggie and John Hancock are pretty decent. The double chin scares me off though.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 13:47:20 2018 No.5000502 >>5000274 Is she on a box? Cos MJR is like 6'4"... Tranny detected? >>4999539 As an accountant... not a developer, not an artist, not a designer... a fucking accountant because he's an accountant... the most boring career choice.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 14:01:01 2018 No.5000536 >>5000502 MJR is questionable but tell me what you know about accounting beyond first year principles classes that the generic, low skill business majors must take. Information systems and coding are involved.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 14:04:02 2018 No.5000539 >>5000536 Basedboy accountant detected.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 14:10:33 2018 No.5000552 >>4999530 I don't like the vibe of him or any of his guests, although I've only watched 5-6 episodes. >>4999517 This is how I see it.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 14:11:49 2018 No.5000556 >>5000347 there was an effort to remove all traces of e-celebs as well, rather than contain, but i think that has passed too.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 24 16:59:31 2018 No.5000945 Why the fuck did the mods delete my 100% innocent post which happened to have kelsey lewin in a picture? Do you want a fucking war you kikeS?

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 25 04:20:35 2018 No.5001954 >>4999450 Why did a picture of metaljesusrocks get removed, lmao

Anonymous Sat Aug 25 04:25:16 2018 No.5001960 [DELETED]

>>5001954
This board is anti-eceleb. While I enjoy watching various youtubers (wouldn't really say I enjoy mjr much tho) when they end up getting discussed it's usually more about the people themselves than anything that actually relates to retro games. This pisses people off, as it should.

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 25 04:30:43 2018 No.5001963 It's cool how the useless janitor leaves posts like >>5000348 to fester and derail entire threads but innocuous ones like >>5001960 get purged. You fucking suck at your job dude.

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 25 04:37:21 2018 No.5001970 >>5001963 mods = gods

Anonymous Sat Aug 25 08:04:20 2018 No.5002130

I think a great example of a game that was a hidden gem in the early to mid 2000s was Comix Zone on the Sega Genesis. But then it was on every compilation plus almost everyone called it a hidden gem and everyone usually featured it as such, so it really hasn't been a hidden gem in a while.

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 25 13:19:30 2018 No.5002560 hidden gems don't really exist. when a game turns out to be good, it gains attention.

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 25 13:36:26 2018 No.5002576 >>5002560 Nah, thats not true at all. I play alot of games you never heard of and they are really good.

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 25 13:38:45 2018 No.5002580 >>5002130 No way, magazines were hyping it up to death on release.

>>	Anonymous Sat Aug 25 20:13:07 2018 No.5003346 >>4999450 >Since when did the term "hidden gem" mean a mediocre game that's technically playable? It doesn't and it never did. >>5002130 >Comix Zone That game was in every magazine ever, also it's mediocre af. >>5002560 Not true at all.

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