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What are some underrated games on the NES?

>> No.7980902

Felix the Cat. nice breezy platformer

>> No.7980940

>>7980862
Soccer

>> No.7981058

>>7980862
Track & Field 2

>> No.7981109

>>7980862
GI Joe is the GOAT. Vehicles, weapon leveling mechanics, melee attacks, kino OST. It shits on contra. The only thing that can compete is Batman
https://youtu.be/Ve_8FZ_jC8E

>> No.7981146

Dragon Fighter
Nekketsu Kakutou Densetsu
Mistume Ga Tooru

>> No.7981159

>>7980862
Raf World

>> No.7981180

Defender of the Crown

>> No.7981320
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>>7980862
Nakayoshi to Issho. Don't be deterred by the cute artwork. It's a super comfy rpg and features ladies from many different anime's. There is an english translation available as well.

>> No.7982441

>>7980862
Kabuki Quantum Fighter. Might be fun if you like Ninja Gaiden and other punishfuckingly hard acplats.

>> No.7982664
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7982664

Ninja cats.
It's fun and tight.

>> No.7982674

>>7980902
My nigga.

>> No.7982675

Adventure Island II
Air Fortress
Battle of Olympus
Battletoads
Bionic Commando
Bomberman II
Boulder Dash
Bucky O'Hare
Burai Fighter
Crystalis
Doki! Doki! Yuuenchi
dr chaos
Ducktales
Faxanadu
Felix the Cat
Gargoyle's Quest 2
Godzilla: Monster of Monsters
Goemon Gaiden
Guerilla War
Gun Nac
Gun.Smoke
Gyruss
Hydlide
Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu
Kick Master
Kickle Cubicle
Kirby's Adventure
Legacy of the Wizard
Life Force
Little Nemo: Dream Master
Little Ninja Bros.
Mario Adventure
Metal Storm
Milon's Secret Castle
Pinbot
Rad Racer
Return to Silius
River City Ransom
Rollergames
Samurai pizza cats
Snake Rattle & Roll
Solar Jetman
Solstice
sqoon
stinger
The Magic of Scheherazade
Tiger-Heli
Valkyrie no Bouken
Wacky Races
Wizards & Warriors 3
World Cup
WURM: Journey to the Center of the Earth
Xexyz
ZANAC

>> No.7982678

>>7980862
Little Samson was the tits and barely anyone talks about it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLTGrwAz6Gg

>> No.7982685
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7982685

Just beat this shit. It was brutal.

>> No.7982692
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>> No.7982701

>>7980862
Deja Vu

>> No.7982821
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>>7980862
super spyhunter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5OMA21uyXE

>> No.7982830

>>7982678
Probably because it was Mega Man clone.
A great one, though.

>> No.7982831

>>7982830
Also game is rare as fuck.

>> No.7982837

>>7982664
This game is actually a cult classic here where I live lol. A must play for every NES owner.

I'd put Crazy Castle on the list. It has shit reputation because of AVGN but it's a nice little puzzle game.

Also Crisis Force. Back when Konami was legendary.

>> No.7982842

>>7980862
Monster in my Pocket
Shatterhand
Shadow of the Ninja

>> No.7983052
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>>7982675
>Legacy of the Wizard
This gets my vote. I've been trying to find games like it, but none seem to scratch that itch.

>> No.7983065

>>7980862
There aren't many because the dust has long since settled and most games are just about as exactly rated as they deserve.

>> No.7983080

>>7980862
Shatterhand
Rambo
Crystalis

>> No.7983140

>>7981320
Looks gay as fuck. I'll give it a try.

>> No.7983141

>>7982678
Everyone talks about it. Mainly about the price, though.

I'll have to try it out when I get a famicom everdrive.

>> No.7983467

Ufouria

>> No.7983474

>>7983141
it is a really good game you should try out. I actually remember playing it on emulator in like 2000 because it was being talked about a lot amongst my friend group at the time. Not because of price or anything, we just thought it was a cool game.

>> No.7983507
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>>7980862
Chronicles of Radia War is pretty dope. Early open area action combat for an RPG. It's nothing groundbreaking but fun. Also that Cosmo Police Galivan is really fun. There's English patches for both.

>> No.7983562

>>7980862
Try The Lone Ranger
It's a western action RPG, somewhat similar to Zelda 2

>> No.7983660

>>7982685
I got filtered by the last level, it's borderline impossible if you use continues.

>> No.7983664
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>>7980862
Clash at Demonhead
StarTropics
Smash TV
Golgo 13
Rescue: The Embassy Mission
Mission Impossible
Toki

>> No.7983683

>>7982701
Played it recently and it doesn't hold up as well as I remember. The story is still interesting and the setting is cool but the puzzle solutions are kind of inconsistent. For example there's one puzzle where you need to shoot a lock to open a door but if you try that anywhere else you just waste a bullet. Still worth checking out though for the atmosphere.

>> No.7983724
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>>7980862
aha I just played through wurm. I'm not gonna lie its kind of bad. but don't get filtered by the driller you gotta lift off immediately. the story is hilarious though. underground earth people are trying to start a war and earth sends scientists underground to fight them or some shit?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAWgctMUB30

>> No.7983730

>>7983664
I seriously don't get why people like clash at demon head....I admittedly didn't get far but it's gotta be one of the worst metroidvanias ever.

>> No.7983747
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>>7980862
S.C.A.T
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi47Gu_J3w8

>>7983562
Lone Ranger was great. I never finished it, but maybe I should give it another go some day.

>> No.7983964

>>7983660
>if you use continues
You mean because your upgrades don't stack? Assuming you mean 6-2, that level is hard as shit, yeah, but after playing it hundreds of times I think I could do it again easily. It's just a matter of memorizing the ideal path.

>> No.7983993
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>> No.7984006

>>7983730
Based.

>>7983664
Clash at Demonhead is awful.

>> No.7984052

>>7980862
I'm growing fond of Bram Stoker's Dracula on the NES lately.

>> No.7984128

>>7982701
Also you probably already know about them but you should try Uninvited and Shadowgate if you liked Deja Vu. There's also a sequel but it didn't get a NES release. These other games also have issues with obtuse puzzles though, and to a greater degree than Deja Vu.

>> No.7984129

thanks anons I'm gonna go through all these games to waste another glorious day.

>> No.7984209

The Guardian Legend
Shatterhand
Base Wars

>> No.7984302

>>7983140
It's a lot of fun :)

>> No.7984434

Solar Jetman
The Magic of Scheherazade
Dream Master

>>7982692
I don't think it's a particularly good game, but I did actually enjoy Deadly Towers. I didn't realize that the dungeons wrapped around at certain points, and I ended up with some huge, convoluted maps of them when I played it as a kid.

>>7983052
I've always loved it as well. I've been toying with the idea of making something similar to it, but I'm not sure I would be able to pull it off very well.

Astalon: Tears of the Earth is somewhat similar, though as with many modern games it's perhaps a bit too focused on ensuring the player is making constant progression.

>>7983562
I actually hadn't heard of it before, I'll give it a shot later.

>>7983993
Phantom Fighter was a whole lot more fun than I expected.

>> No.7984539

Baseball Simulator 1000
Super Dodge Ball

>> No.7984560

>>7984434
>dungeons wrap around in DT
I don't think they do, aside from the area where you select your stage. There are teleportation carpets though. I'm not saying it's a great game but it gets a bit of an unfair reputation.

>> No.7985126

>>7982685
I'm already filtered at level 2, it's one of those games where you 100% suck when you lose power upa

>> No.7985139

For me SPLATTERHOUSE although it's pretty well known now it did not make it west back in the day

>> No.7985142

>>7985126
I think 2-2 was actually the hardest part of the game for me. Keep at it, though. There's a lot of needle-threading and wall-hugging involved. For that level in particular it might actually help you to stay near the very bottom and spam-blast some of the more annoying enemies like the turrets (both the wall ones and the green circle ones), rather than hanging back and trying to dodge.

>> No.7985217

>>7984539
>Super Dodge Ball
This was my favorite as a kid, the faces they make when you hit them hard are funny af.

>> No.7985378

>>7985139
First Splatterhouse has a really underrated OST

>> No.7985389

>>7985378
He means that weird spinoff thing on the NES, which isn't the first one. Still has cool music though.

>> No.7985545

>>7983562
I love The Lone Ranger

it's very reminiscent of Getsu Fuma Den and TMNT, but with some Castlevania-like sections

>> No.7985547

>>7982701
>>7983683
>>7984128
If you liked Deja Vu, you should really play one of the computer versions instead. The NES ports of Shadowgate and Uninvited were relatively cloe to the original, but Deja Vu was HEAVILY censored and rewritten, which really hurts the atmosphere. The original script is far far superior.

>> No.7986397

>>7985378
It does

>>7985389
This is also true

>> No.7986416 [DELETED] 
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>>7980862

HIDDEN GEMS?

>> No.7986479

>>7982701
>>7983683
Second. I liked the attention to detail in this game. For example, even after you've "solved" the case, in order to get the good ending you have to hunt down all the false evidence planted against you all around town and destroy it.

>> No.7986532 [DELETED] 

>>7986416
>please fund my holidays

>> No.7986601 [DELETED] 

>>7986416
kys

>> No.7986679

>>7986479
And the NES version actively fucks over the player and makes this difficult to do
>one of the items you need to discard is the gun
>as a safety measure againt softlocking yourself, the NES version doesn't let you discard items you haven't used for what they're supposed to be used for yet
>the gun is used to shoot up the filing cabinet to read info on the various drugs you find in the small bottles, which is info you can easily just trial-and-error your way through
>as a result a lot of players fail to realize you CAN shoot up that cabinet, and in the NES version, the gun you need to discard to beat the game can't be discarded until you do
>even if you do realize, it's something you can easily ignore doing on a replay since you'd already know which bottle does what, meaning you find yourself unable to discard the gun on your second playthrough with no idea why
Great going, porters.

>> No.7986936

>>7983052
You are probably already aware but this game is called Dragon Slayer 4 in Japan. We didn't get the previous 3 but Faxanadu is a spinoff game. I actually recently finished LoW by using a Youtube walkthrough but it was still pretty challenging.

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>>7982675
also, Gauntlet

>> No.7987003

>>7984434
>Astalon: Tears of the Earth is somewhat similar, though as with many modern games it's perhaps a bit too focused on ensuring the player is making constant progression.
I immediately thought of Legacy of the Wizard when playing through it. I really enjoyed it, but you're right, the game does have a bit more guided approach, which isn't necessarily a bad thing.
>>7986936
Yea, but I didn't learn that until long after I first played it. Faxanadu is great as well.

>> No.7987017 [DELETED] 

>>7986416

Nobody watches that guy, so nobody cares about him. Please stop promoting him by posting distasteful images of his ruin of a head.

>> No.7987148

>>7982675
>Battle of Olympus
>Crystalis
>Faxanadu
>The Magic of Scheherazade
fucking based

>> No.7987451
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7987451

kickmaster is actually really cool. I know its a meme and like a million dollars physical copy but try it on emu or everdrive. its good shit

>> No.7988289

>>7986936
Faxanadu is a spinoff of Xanadu: Dragon Slayer 2.
"Faxanadu" = FAmicom XANADU

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>> No.7989413

>>7985142
Yeah I tried again today and did a bit better, good to hear it doesn't get much worse than this