God I've been trying to remember Robotrek for over 20 years. Watched my brother play it, and I could distinctly remember the robot custom colouring screen in my head but nothing else. And you showed literally that exact screen in this video. Thank you.
When I was a kid I got all my snes games stolen from my house and I never remember the name of one of my favorites games but I remember the gameplay and some sprites but finally I can replace it thanks to you! It was BRAINSTORM.
@@luiswhisky Sorry about that, dude. My twin brother got his new Xbox and all his games stolen as well back when the Xbox first came out. He thinks it was his roommates friends that did it.
My Friends actually "borrow" me my cartridge, but i never see my cartridges again, when i asked them my cartridges they told me that was their super metroid (my super Metroid that i never saw again😩)
I honestly don't remember any of the prisoners turning on you. There were 2 separate factions. You could come across certain groups fighting each other. Didn't matter if you killed a bunch or left them alive.
@@TuckAndRun Prisoners don't turn on you. Only the seer followers in the forest do if you hit them. The other humans wearing purple are enemies that follow Sarlac.
I get why these kinds of videos might be annoying to an snes vet but for a newbie like me just trying to find good games while most people talk about the same game, I found this video really helpful.
Props to you for making a video about TRUE obscure SNES games. Everybody else just mentions Lufia, Terranigma and tons of other games which are not really that obscure, they're just not as famous as Zelda and Final Fantasy. You really did dig up some real underground stuff.
I had Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel. That game is pretty hard at times and I’ve only made it to the third level once mainly because I kept getting damaged during the cave level.
Yep pretty much. If you struggle at the stage that climbs get the plane that fires up as well, but only if absolutely necessary as you probably won’t afford the top plane if you do
All of The Games And there's a 32x version that even improves upon the awesomeness that is Blackthorne by upping the visual fidelity and color blending as well as having slightly improved sound effects, and even an exclusive level! If you like the game already, I totally suggest you check it out! Basically a 32 bit version of an already great game with all the enhancements one would expect from a jump in generation.
SNES is a gem all around! Best console EVER created. Had beautiful graphics for it's time, variety of games, lasted a nice cycle, still holds replay value and games still get released to play n look like these games today!!! Hands down best system ever!
Do you know any manga websites that has every chapter for Area 88? I'm asking, because every time I find a site that has the manga series it only has around 59 chapters (if you find any, I don't mind if it's in Japanese). By the way, the OVA wasn't bad, but I didn't like the way it ended.
Holy crap Robotrek!!! I played all night at my Uncles once when I was a kid and have been trying to figure out what it was called, for I don't know, 25 years or so!! Nobody I've asked had any idea, not even my Uncle. The very definition of Hidden Gem!!!
Thanks for all these videos! I really enjoy how you just talk about what you like and don't in a relaxed way. This, since the internet is now flooded with reviewers trying too hard to be impartial. Since such a thing is totally impossible, I really appreciate your honesty. Feels like a friend talking about videogames instead of an alienated gamer.
I'm not a big fan of RPGs, but love Robotrek. That says a lot. Great picks here. Phantom 2040 is an absolute steal at under $12 currently on PriceCharting. Beautiful graphics, great in-game mechanics, big world... just great.
I used to have Choplifter III and thought I was the only one appreciating it so much. Thanks for the acknowledgement, good games are good regardless if they're talked about on magazines or not
Totally agree with UN Squadron. My dad bought it at a Kmart on a whim in 1992 just because the cover art reminded him of top gun. Years later when I was stationed in England I stumbled upon Area 88, it looked so familiar. No idea it was a UN Squadron film.
Spanky’s Quest and Zero (and Plok) were my jam as a kid. Glad to see them get some recognition! And I never though I’d be intrigued by an Adventure Island game. Thanks!
I LOVED True Lies as a kid, super satisfying to shoot the baddies in that one. I remember it starts getting really hard near the end, would be cool to replay it now
I love the way you reviewed every games in details. Even though i'm not a SNES player myself. But for most of the reviewers, i enjoyed the way you present each of the SNES games. And most of all, i love your opening video sequences 😂. SNES Drunk!
I love Robotrek, it’s such a fun game. Sure it’s not perfect, particularly in regards to the translation and occasional cryptic-ness, but it has a lot of great ideas and charm. Definitely one of my top 5 SNES RPGs
THANK YOU for confirming to me that the Twisted Tales of Spike McFang was actually a real game, and not just a childhood hallucination from drinking too much Sunny D. I remember it was awesome, but could never remember what it was called! Def gonna look it up now.
Good list, have to try some of those at some point. Hidden gem what i recommend is Mr.Nutz, it starts as a cute mascot-game, when you progress in the game, it is a little bit freaky, and really challenging in a good way.
I had forgotten about it till now! That was a fantastic game, and was one of the first games to have actual blood on a SNES game at the time! Remember that was the time where Nintendo was about censoring violence but having better sound and graphics and Sega was: "We're edgy and cool because we have violent games!!!"
True Lies was no hidden gem. Gem, yes. Hidden, no. It was always available at the local video stores when I was young and I knew lots of people who had played it. I rented it a few times myself. Loved it though I don't think I ever survived past the mall stage. Despite how awful the Terminator games were, I don't think anyone at that point was feeling jaded enough with licensed games to not give a game with Arnie on the cover a try.
man I almost had UN Squadron growing up, but my dad bought it specifically because he thought it would be a flight sim, not a shmup. he returned it or turned it in for cash to a game store or something, the point is I missed out on playing a classic lol.
My favourite thing about your channel is that you don't end your videos with the "don't forget to like, share, give me a hand job and subscribe for more content."
I played dragon view last night on retroarch. Really fun game, got quite far before saving and going to bed. Will probably pick it back up again tonight. Nice video btw :)
Discovering this channel couldn't of come at a better time for me. I recently got back into SNES and Genesis hardcore, I grew up on those systems. I'm definitely going to check out dragon view. Thanks for all you do, it's amazing!
not so hidden actually. But if you want more EVO its predecessor, 4.6 Billion Year Story - THE Shinkaron for PC-98, has been translated under the name EVO - Theory of Evolution it is an absolutely fantastic, if primitive, RPG and even the manual has been translated (and a good thing too, since 2.2 billion years of the story are contained within)
The fact that everyone's list will be subjective, but *extremely* thoughtful, is the point of asking everyone to make this list. virtually nobody's should be completely the same!
Dragon View foi merecidamente escolhido em ficar na primeira colocação. Ainda possuo o cartucho deste jogo maravilhoso que tive a oportunidade de finalizar. Parabéns pela postagem.
This made me think, since you have such a variety of knowledge on all things SNES you should do a list of what you consider the most genre defying or creating titles for the system and its successors. I'm always intrigued to see how developers on the system got creative whether it was successful or a failure. I'm thinking things like Dragon Viewer, SOS, Clocktower, Starfox, Sutte Hakkun, Pocky and Rocky, or even things like Kirby which made people rethink platformers (I realize it came out before the SNES but just an example).
Choplifter 3 is one of the most slept upon games ever! All my friends and I in the neighborhood had it in grade school and we spent many hours at all each other’s houses trying to beat it.... and I also still remember playing the original arcade game inside that “cockpit” style cabinet for hours upon hours as an even younger kid....
Spike McFang and Dragon View are 2 of thise obscure ganes I always intendes to check out but completely forgot over time. Thanks for the reminder. Didn2t expect to see Phantom 2040 on the list but for Metroidvania fans this is a goos recommendation.
Metal Marines is a SNES hidden gem for me. I played hours and hours of that game as a kid and I've never heard anyone ever talk about it and everytime I bring it up nobody knows what I'm talking about. I thought that game was really fun.
"The cart is a bit pricey at about $50" for Ardy Lightfoot. I wish the recent retro inflation didn't happen. Almost everything is 2-3 times as much nowadays compared to even 2-3 years ago.
Tell me about it, I remember getting Chrono Trigger for $100 Canadian (around $73 us) back in January of 2020, and thinking THAT was expensive. Now it goes for triple or even quadruple that price.
One hidden gem I've NEVER heard anyone talk about is a japanese game called ""Whirlo". It wasnt released in the US and that's why very few people played it, but the game is absolutely awesome. You play as a green dude armed with a pitchfork, and it starts pretty humble: you are in your village trying to save your son from a curse that turns people into stone. As you progress you meet tons of charming characters with very cute stories. The game ends when you travel to the stars to fight the witch who cursed everyone. Some levels are very difficult (but not impossible) and the game never becomes annoying, as each level is pretty unique and fun to play.
Total length of video: 459 secs. Total length of "SNES Drunk": 3 secs. .65% of the video was spent listening to "SNES Drunk." DISCLAIMER: I came back to this video for repeat viewings due to me buying Choplifter III dirt cheap.
While I knew of the vast majority of these gems, I only played Blackthorne, Brainlord, and Dragonview to completion, and I played True Lies and UN Squadron during rentals from Blockbuster. Clearly my love of RPGs, puzzle elements, and games like Out of This World and Flashback were a huge factor in my choices. :) I'll have to try all the platformers someday though. I'm not as fond of that genre as I was in my youth, but these particular games look pretty fun for a playthrough.
I remember playing a strategy game called Utopia on SNES that could have made this list. The memory of that game haunts me to this day. Probably just a case of nostalgia painting something with rose tinted glasses but one of my first tastes of the strategy genre aside from SimCity and C&C.
I totally agree with this list man! I grew up with half of these games, but you introduced me to some great looking ones also, my aim is to play everything on this list.
This is a great video, several of these games I've had sitting in a roms folder for 10 years because they sounded stupid (True Lies, Super Adventure Island 2, Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel most notably) . I might have to try them out now! UN Squadron rules though.
Like the lists and I'm glad Brain Lord is getting some love here. Zero: The Kamikaze Squirrel looks sweet...damn my luck for missing that one. My two cents: W.I.L.D.C.A.T.S. (beat 'em up), Firepower 2000 and HyperZone and Total Carnage (vertical shooters), Nosferatu (a little like Prince of Persia), Firestriker (forgot the actual genre except that it was fun as hell), and Earth Defense Force (horizontal shooter).
Great to see Choplifter III and especially Phantom 2014 on the list. Those two were among some of my favourite games growing up. Phantom is criminally underrated which is a terrible shame considering how good it is.
Huh, a few of my childhood favorites were on here: Robotrek was always a fun ride, though the latter part of the game it starts getting tedious when you keep running into nearly invincible enemies that do not reward enough XP when killed, and thus makes you tempted to just start avoiding/running away from all the battles. Brain Lord does not have "impossible" puzzles. There's one annoying RNG one in the Dragon Mountain with RNG moving rocks, but enough times and entering/exiting you will eventually get a pattern that lets you through. The other puzzles, you just gotta use your head. The game is called BRAIN LORD for a reason. The game can either be mildly easy or ridiculously hard combat-wise depending on whether or not you used the exploit where a certain enemy on the way to the next town will always drop XP for your fairies, and you can level said fairies up by going off screen then back on screen to respawn the enemy that always drops the XP orb. Leveling your fairies up to max at that point in the game makes combat easy as pie. Going through the game with underpowered fairies, however, does the opposite, it makes the game ridiculously hard. UN Squadron.... while I got this game when I was a kid, I always thought it was ridiculously over-tuned, especially the last level. The gameplay is fun, but they seriously needed to tone the challenge down some. There's an "easy" mode, but yet it still takes forever to get anywhere, and the bosses are damage sponges that spew crap all over the screen and you can still only take 3-4 hits max. True Lies... fun game, though it's an endurance run... unless you cheat with infinite lives that is, lol. I always ran out of lives on the next to the last level because there's just too much crap and they seemingly expect perfect or near perfect levels where you lose absolutely no lives in the first half of the game, otherwise there's just no chance of surviving till the end. Another one of those games where infinite continues would have been great. To be honest, True Lies I would have to consider to be a predecessor to Hotline Miami. Similar gameplay, though you can take far more hits and enemies don't die in one hit and there's no annoying pink glow and nauseating bouncing text.
I played Spanky's Quest... on the Gameboy. And because of system limitations, the balls that Spanky bounced off his head didn't transform into sporting equipment when you popped them, just featureless black spots which I assumed were nuts or something. I don't recall having to collect keys, because I remember it being more like Bubble Bobble, with you clearing each stage when you kill all the enemies. It was pretty good actually, all things considered, but I didn't even know another version of it existed.
Hidden Gems? Choplifter III, Twisted Tales of Spike McFang, Blackthorne, UN Squadron, (dis)honorable mention of Soul Blazer. That's a good portion of my childhood days right there. BTW, all games I would gladly pick up and play again.
UN Squadron was actually based off a manga, Area 88. There was a stream of sequels and some even on the GBA. Nice list. Super Adventure Island 2 gave me many hours of enjoyment while I was younger.
Great vid will try all of these! Not obscure but Buster Busts Loose is one of my fave SNES games that I never hear anyone mention, Wild and Wacky Sports too.
For awhile, I considered Enix the best RPG developer. Dragon View was really amazing too. I bought it on a whim used from my local grocery store back in the late 90's and I was pretty impressed with what I got. I loaned it to all of my friends and they all loved it too. The thing is, Dragon View can be really hard sometimes.
UN Squadron is pretty well known, but the rest of this list is really good, a lot of games I didn't even know existed (I would have been all over Super Adventure Island 2 & Dragon View). And I thought I knew the SNES library back to front.
Totally not kidding about UN Squadron. We had it when I was a kid but I never touched it because it looked like a flight sim and watching my dad play those I thought it would be crazy boring. Really missed out on that, cause I love shmups!
I need to give Dragon View another go. Wasn’t a fan when it first came out; I was expecting a sequel to Drakkhen which, while not the best game, really hooked me for some reason. Also didn’t enjoy Blackthorne but I’d try it again too hearing your praise for it.
Loading up my NES and SNES mini I got a good lock at the cover art of the past and noticed a consistent theme. If it the original art was anime or cute in any way, the US Version was completely changed or made edgier. A dude with sunglasses was a major go to for NES game cover art as well.
I suspect how "hidden" these games are today is different from when I was a kid. Back then how main stream any content was dependent on how many copies were available at our video rental store. Which is why I was surprised to see Choplifter on this list. They even made a 3D PC version in 2012, no longer available on Steam.
The true hidden gem? SNESdrunk.
I was going to buy that game but my when I went back to get it the store wasn't there.
Wait. It was called 'Drinking Games' or something like that.
You sir, are a poet. Very smooth
It’s called “Super Drink” in Japan 🇯🇵
Somebody meeting AVGN video game. Somebody should make a SNESdrunk snes game
God I've been trying to remember Robotrek for over 20 years. Watched my brother play it, and I could distinctly remember the robot custom colouring screen in my head but nothing else. And you showed literally that exact screen in this video. Thank you.
Hope you've played through it by now and shared some memories with your brother. :)
When I was a kid I got all my snes games stolen from my house and I never remember the name of one of my favorites games but I remember the gameplay and some sprites but finally I can replace it thanks to you! It was BRAINSTORM.
Shit man, sorry to hear that.
Who tf breaks into a house to steal games
Bertrand D they stole almost everything, even things of little value, and I guess they think the video games would sell or something.
@@luiswhisky Sorry about that, dude. My twin brother got his new Xbox and all his games stolen as well back when the Xbox first came out. He thinks it was his roommates friends that did it.
My Friends actually "borrow" me my cartridge, but i never see my cartridges again, when i asked them my cartridges they told me that was their super metroid (my super Metroid that i never saw again😩)
It's usually someone you know. Or at least someone you know KNOWS who did it. Ah well
Time wounds all heals!
Blackthorne is one of my all-time favorites. I love how the prisoners turn on you when kill too many of them.
Blizzard's mastercrafting is easily spotted on this game. Original 90s Blizzard title :)
Did the makers of Abe’s Odyssey play this game ( saving people, ducking backwards into cover)?
I honestly don't remember any of the prisoners turning on you. There were 2 separate factions. You could come across certain groups fighting each other. Didn't matter if you killed a bunch or left them alive.
@@TuckAndRun Prisoners don't turn on you. Only the seer followers in the forest do if you hit them. The other humans wearing purple are enemies that follow Sarlac.
Blackthorne 32x is awesome
U.N squadron has 1 of the best soundtracks ever!
No it doesn't
Stephen Brook yes, yes it does.
FACTS
@@afistfulofpimples1745 you must be trying to stir the shit pal
I get why these kinds of videos might be annoying to an snes vet but for a newbie like me just trying to find good games while most people talk about the same game, I found this video really helpful.
Props to you for making a video about TRUE obscure SNES games. Everybody else just mentions Lufia, Terranigma and tons of other games which are not really that obscure, they're just not as famous as Zelda and Final Fantasy. You really did dig up some real underground stuff.
Fever Pitch Soccer was always a favorite of mine.
Also Jurassic Park and Mr. Nutz.
Super Adventure Island 2 is super based. Top 20 SNES game easy.
I had Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel. That game is pretty hard at times and I’ve only made it to the third level once mainly because I kept getting damaged during the cave level.
I think Robotrek was one of the only games I ever played where you, the player, created the special moves. It really stood out to me for that.
UN Squadron is one of my favorites. Pro tip: upgrade to the second jet then upgrade to the last jet. Skip the rest of the jets.
Good tip. Helped me. I’m no good at shmups
Yep pretty much. If you struggle at the stage that climbs get the plane that fires up as well, but only if absolutely necessary as you probably won’t afford the top plane if you do
Boy, I love Blackthorne. I was so impressed with how much I liked it. Thanks for mentioning it!
The moment I saw the first person perspective of Dragon View, I immediately paused the video and now must play this game. It looks incredible.
Fucking LOVE Blackthorne. Easily one of the best games on the SNES.
It is!
All of The Games And there's a 32x version that even improves upon the awesomeness that is Blackthorne by upping the visual fidelity and color blending as well as having slightly improved sound effects, and even an exclusive level! If you like the game already, I totally suggest you check it out! Basically a 32 bit version of an already great game with all the enhancements one would expect from a jump in generation.
SNES is a gem all around! Best console EVER created. Had beautiful graphics for it's time, variety of games, lasted a nice cycle, still holds replay value and games still get released to play n look like these games today!!! Hands down best system ever!
HOLY SHIT! CHOPLIFTER 3 IS THE VERY FIRST GAME THAT I REMEMBER PLAYING!!! THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME KNOW THE TITLE AGAIN AND FOR THE NOSTALGIA!
You should mention that UN Squadron was based on the incredible Area 88 anime/manga series. Fantastic series. The OVA is amazing especially.
Do you know any manga websites that has every chapter for Area 88? I'm asking, because every time I find a site that has the manga series it only has around 59 chapters (if you find any, I don't mind if it's in Japanese). By the way, the OVA wasn't bad, but I didn't like the way it ended.
Holy crap Robotrek!!! I played all night at my Uncles once when I was a kid and have been trying to figure out what it was called, for I don't know, 25 years or so!! Nobody I've asked had any idea, not even my Uncle. The very definition of Hidden Gem!!!
Thanks for all these videos! I really enjoy how you just talk about what you like and don't in a relaxed way. This, since the internet is now flooded with reviewers trying too hard to be impartial.
Since such a thing is totally impossible, I really appreciate your honesty. Feels like a friend talking about videogames instead of an alienated gamer.
Thank you
i had zero the kamikaze squirrel back in the day and loved that game so much. really wish I knew what happened to my cartridge for it
True lies was one of my favorite games growing up. Glad you mentioned it
I'm not a big fan of RPGs, but love Robotrek. That says a lot. Great picks here. Phantom 2040 is an absolute steal at under $12 currently on PriceCharting. Beautiful graphics, great in-game mechanics, big world... just great.
I used to have Choplifter III and thought I was the only one appreciating it so much. Thanks for the acknowledgement, good games are good regardless if they're talked about on magazines or not
Great list! Especially love the mention of Dragon View. Absolutely one of the best action-RPGs on the system.
Totally agree with UN Squadron. My dad bought it at a Kmart on a whim in 1992 just because the cover art reminded him of top gun. Years later when I was stationed in England I stumbled upon Area 88, it looked so familiar. No idea it was a UN Squadron film.
Spanky’s Quest and Zero (and Plok) were my jam as a kid. Glad to see them get some recognition! And I never though I’d be intrigued by an Adventure Island game. Thanks!
I'll never get tired of discovering great games on retro consoles. Keep em coming!
I LOVED True Lies as a kid, super satisfying to shoot the baddies in that one. I remember it starts getting really hard near the end, would be cool to replay it now
I love the way you reviewed every games in details. Even though i'm not a SNES player myself. But for most of the reviewers, i enjoyed the way you present each of the SNES games. And most of all, i love your opening video sequences 😂. SNES Drunk!
Thanks for taking the time to watch
Don't mention it. Keep up the good work! 😀
The Robotrek cover is a play on Robotech, a popular anime with GenX during the 80s. Same font and all. So its not as blah as you may think.
I love Robotrek, it’s such a fun game. Sure it’s not perfect, particularly in regards to the translation and occasional cryptic-ness, but it has a lot of great ideas and charm. Definitely one of my top 5 SNES RPGs
The name "Choplifter" made me imagine a game called "Shoplifter" where you'd steal various things from increasingly-difficult stores
Pretty sure there was a game like this in the Simpsons (season 1 or 2).
That's an awesome premise for a game tho
I played Super Adventure Island 2 because of this video. Its AWESOME.
Today I checked out and saw I had Spanky's Quest in my Super Nintendo collection on my Switch; Tried it out! Super fun! Thanks for the recommendation!
I agree, Blackthorne was terrific.
Choplifter was so mainstream on my street that I would never guess it could be considered a hidden gem haha. Awesome list
THANK YOU for confirming to me that the Twisted Tales of Spike McFang was actually a real game, and not just a childhood hallucination from drinking too much Sunny D. I remember it was awesome, but could never remember what it was called! Def gonna look it up now.
Thank you so much for recommending Dragon View. Been having a blast with this game!
Good list, have to try some of those at some point. Hidden gem what i recommend is Mr.Nutz, it starts as a cute mascot-game, when you progress in the game, it is a little bit freaky, and really challenging in a good way.
UN Squadron is amazing. And love the music.
I always enjoyed True Lies.
Awesome movie too!
First time I have heard anyone else mention it. SNES version was fantastic.
I had forgotten about it till now! That was a fantastic game, and was one of the first games to have actual blood on a SNES game at the time! Remember that was the time where Nintendo was about censoring violence but having better sound and graphics and Sega was: "We're edgy and cool because we have violent games!!!"
True Lies was no hidden gem. Gem, yes. Hidden, no. It was always available at the local video stores when I was young and I knew lots of people who had played it. I rented it a few times myself. Loved it though I don't think I ever survived past the mall stage. Despite how awful the Terminator games were, I don't think anyone at that point was feeling jaded enough with licensed games to not give a game with Arnie on the cover a try.
man I almost had UN Squadron growing up, but my dad bought it specifically because he thought it would be a flight sim, not a shmup. he returned it or turned it in for cash to a game store or something, the point is I missed out on playing a classic lol.
This video is older, but it helped out reminding me of the days of Choplifter III. Wow. I can't believe I forgot about that one. Grew up on it!
My favourite thing about your channel is that you don't end your videos with the "don't forget to like, share, give me a hand job and subscribe for more content."
and donate me
I played dragon view last night on retroarch. Really fun game, got quite far before saving and going to bed. Will probably pick it back up again tonight. Nice video btw :)
Discovering this channel couldn't of come at a better time for me. I recently got back into SNES and Genesis hardcore, I grew up on those systems. I'm definitely going to check out dragon view. Thanks for all you do, it's amazing!
A true hidden gem imo was E.V.O. I have always wanted another one or something similar.
not so hidden actually. But if you want more EVO its predecessor, 4.6 Billion Year Story - THE Shinkaron for PC-98, has been translated under the name EVO - Theory of Evolution
it is an absolutely fantastic, if primitive, RPG and even the manual has been translated (and a good thing too, since 2.2 billion years of the story are contained within)
This is a nice list of games i didnt even realise i already have them all in a file. Thanks for narrowing it down.
Un Squadron!!!!! Love it. Easily in my top 5 favorite video games ever.
Thank you and YOU have a great rest of your day too.
Another excellent video
It's always an absolute joy to see your uploads, you're one of my favorite content creators on youtube
Thank you for watching
The fact that everyone's list will be subjective, but *extremely* thoughtful, is the point of asking everyone to make this list. virtually nobody's should be completely the same!
Zero Kamikaze Squirrel resumes my childhood
Dragon View foi merecidamente escolhido em ficar na primeira colocação. Ainda possuo o cartucho deste jogo maravilhoso que tive a oportunidade de finalizar. Parabéns pela postagem.
Welp if this is clickbait, it's the good kind of clickbait.
This made me think, since you have such a variety of knowledge on all things SNES you should do a list of what you consider the most genre defying or creating titles for the system and its successors. I'm always intrigued to see how developers on the system got creative whether it was successful or a failure. I'm thinking things like Dragon Viewer, SOS, Clocktower, Starfox, Sutte Hakkun, Pocky and Rocky, or even things like Kirby which made people rethink platformers (I realize it came out before the SNES but just an example).
Cool idea, one title that comes to mind is Dezaemon, it's a vertical shmup combined with a Mario Paint type application
I have Dezamon off the PSN store I actually made an atari-styled game on my PS3 with it :)
***** Exactly, stuff like that would be very cool to see since developers did try pushing some boundaries with game design.
Choplifter 3 is one of the most slept upon games ever! All my friends and I in the neighborhood had it in grade school and we spent many hours at all each other’s houses trying to beat it.... and I also still remember playing the original arcade game inside that “cockpit” style cabinet for hours upon hours as an even younger kid....
And any of us of a certain age named Kyle definitely remember Blackthorne....
Spike McFang and Dragon View are 2 of thise obscure ganes I always intendes to check out but completely forgot over time. Thanks for the reminder. Didn2t expect to see Phantom 2040 on the list but for Metroidvania fans this is a goos recommendation.
Watched every snes drunk video thiiiiiiirten times! Need more content to consume. All drunk and no snes makes Matt a dull boy
SPANKY'S QUEST SPANKY'S QUEST SPANKY'S QUEST!
Thank you for giving this great game a mention. I spent a ton of time on this game as a kid.
Metal Marines is a SNES hidden gem for me. I played hours and hours of that game as a kid and I've never heard anyone ever talk about it and everytime I bring it up nobody knows what I'm talking about. I thought that game was really fun.
Dragon View looks absolutely amazing for a SNES title, can't believe i never heard of it before. Looks like something i would really enjoy.👍
Oh dang! Brainlord! I COMPLETELY forgot that game existed, but I definitely loved it when I was kid.
"The cart is a bit pricey at about $50" for Ardy Lightfoot. I wish the recent retro inflation didn't happen. Almost everything is 2-3 times as much nowadays compared to even 2-3 years ago.
Tell me about it, I remember getting Chrono Trigger for $100 Canadian (around $73 us) back in January of 2020, and thinking THAT was expensive. Now it goes for triple or even quadruple that price.
One hidden gem I've NEVER heard anyone talk about is a japanese game called ""Whirlo". It wasnt released in the US and that's why very few people played it, but the game is absolutely awesome. You play as a green dude armed with a pitchfork, and it starts pretty humble: you are in your village trying to save your son from a curse that turns people into stone. As you progress you meet tons of charming characters with very cute stories. The game ends when you travel to the stars to fight the witch who cursed everyone. Some levels are very difficult (but not impossible) and the game never becomes annoying, as each level is pretty unique and fun to play.
Total length of video: 459 secs.
Total length of "SNES Drunk": 3 secs.
.65% of the video was spent listening to "SNES Drunk."
DISCLAIMER: I came back to this video for repeat viewings due to me buying Choplifter III dirt cheap.
While I knew of the vast majority of these gems, I only played Blackthorne, Brainlord, and Dragonview to completion, and I played True Lies and UN Squadron during rentals from Blockbuster. Clearly my love of RPGs, puzzle elements, and games like Out of This World and Flashback were a huge factor in my choices. :) I'll have to try all the platformers someday though. I'm not as fond of that genre as I was in my youth, but these particular games look pretty fun for a playthrough.
I had totally forgotten about True Lies, but it was mind blowing at the time.
Gotta say, it aged extremely well and I want it.
I remember playing a strategy game called Utopia on SNES that could have made this list. The memory of that game haunts me to this day. Probably just a case of nostalgia painting something with rose tinted glasses but one of my first tastes of the strategy genre aside from SimCity and C&C.
I totally agree with this list man! I grew up with half of these games, but you introduced me to some great looking ones also, my aim is to play everything on this list.
I played Zero the Squirrel and True Lies a lot when I was a kid. It's funny to see them here being so familiar to me. Nice video though!
Just found your channel and it's now one of my favorites. Keep it up, man ^_^
Dragon View deservedly remembered and in the first place. Very good your post.
This is a great video, several of these games I've had sitting in a roms folder for 10 years because they sounded stupid (True Lies, Super Adventure Island 2, Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel most notably) . I might have to try them out now!
UN Squadron rules though.
Like the lists and I'm glad Brain Lord is getting some love here. Zero: The Kamikaze Squirrel looks sweet...damn my luck for missing that one. My two cents: W.I.L.D.C.A.T.S. (beat 'em up), Firepower 2000 and HyperZone and Total Carnage (vertical shooters), Nosferatu (a little like Prince of Persia), Firestriker (forgot the actual genre except that it was fun as hell), and Earth Defense Force (horizontal shooter).
Great to see Choplifter III and especially Phantom 2014 on the list. Those two were among some of my favourite games growing up. Phantom is criminally underrated which is a terrible shame considering how good it is.
choplifter III. Easily one of the most memorable games I ever played
Huh, a few of my childhood favorites were on here: Robotrek was always a fun ride, though the latter part of the game it starts getting tedious when you keep running into nearly invincible enemies that do not reward enough XP when killed, and thus makes you tempted to just start avoiding/running away from all the battles.
Brain Lord does not have "impossible" puzzles. There's one annoying RNG one in the Dragon Mountain with RNG moving rocks, but enough times and entering/exiting you will eventually get a pattern that lets you through. The other puzzles, you just gotta use your head. The game is called BRAIN LORD for a reason. The game can either be mildly easy or ridiculously hard combat-wise depending on whether or not you used the exploit where a certain enemy on the way to the next town will always drop XP for your fairies, and you can level said fairies up by going off screen then back on screen to respawn the enemy that always drops the XP orb. Leveling your fairies up to max at that point in the game makes combat easy as pie. Going through the game with underpowered fairies, however, does the opposite, it makes the game ridiculously hard.
UN Squadron.... while I got this game when I was a kid, I always thought it was ridiculously over-tuned, especially the last level. The gameplay is fun, but they seriously needed to tone the challenge down some. There's an "easy" mode, but yet it still takes forever to get anywhere, and the bosses are damage sponges that spew crap all over the screen and you can still only take 3-4 hits max.
True Lies... fun game, though it's an endurance run... unless you cheat with infinite lives that is, lol. I always ran out of lives on the next to the last level because there's just too much crap and they seemingly expect perfect or near perfect levels where you lose absolutely no lives in the first half of the game, otherwise there's just no chance of surviving till the end. Another one of those games where infinite continues would have been great. To be honest, True Lies I would have to consider to be a predecessor to Hotline Miami. Similar gameplay, though you can take far more hits and enemies don't die in one hit and there's no annoying pink glow and nauseating bouncing text.
I played Spanky's Quest... on the Gameboy. And because of system limitations, the balls that Spanky bounced off his head didn't transform into sporting equipment when you popped them, just featureless black spots which I assumed were nuts or something. I don't recall having to collect keys, because I remember it being more like Bubble Bobble, with you clearing each stage when you kill all the enemies. It was pretty good actually, all things considered, but I didn't even know another version of it existed.
Hidden Gems? Choplifter III, Twisted Tales of Spike McFang, Blackthorne, UN Squadron, (dis)honorable mention of Soul Blazer. That's a good portion of my childhood days right there. BTW, all games I would gladly pick up and play again.
UN Squadron was actually based off a manga, Area 88. There was a stream of sequels and some even on the GBA.
Nice list. Super Adventure Island 2 gave me many hours of enjoyment while I was younger.
True lies is one of my favorite movies might have to check that out! Awesome video bro!
Great vid will try all of these! Not obscure but Buster Busts Loose is one of my fave SNES games that I never hear anyone mention, Wild and Wacky Sports too.
For awhile, I considered Enix the best RPG developer.
Dragon View was really amazing too. I bought it on a whim used from my local grocery store back in the late 90's and I was pretty impressed with what I got. I loaned it to all of my friends and they all loved it too. The thing is, Dragon View can be really hard sometimes.
Brain Lord and Twisted Tales of Spike McFang were my childhood along with Sparkster!
UN Squadron is pretty well known, but the rest of this list is really good, a lot of games I didn't even know existed (I would have been all over Super Adventure Island 2 & Dragon View). And I thought I knew the SNES library back to front.
I like the diversity in this list. Well done sir.
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Zero has to be one of the best hidden gems I've ever played.
All of The Games I hope I get the Super NES version for Christmas so I can complete the Aero trilogy.
I need it!!!
Totally not kidding about UN Squadron. We had it when I was a kid but I never touched it because it looked like a flight sim and watching my dad play those I thought it would be crazy boring. Really missed out on that, cause I love shmups!
Soldiers of Fortune, Super Ninja Boy, X-Kaliber 2097 are a few I thought were good but dont get much recognition. Good video btw
Super adventure island was amazing.!!
Very good list. Thanks for sharing. You have introduced me to so many games I wouldn't have ever played otherwise. This content is great!!
Here's another hidden gem: Musya: The Classical Japanese Tale of Horror (this is the actual full name on the label). very rare and very fun
I need to give Dragon View another go. Wasn’t a fan when it first came out; I was expecting a sequel to Drakkhen which, while not the best game, really hooked me for some reason. Also didn’t enjoy Blackthorne but I’d try it again too hearing your praise for it.
I love Ardy Lightfoot, it feels like a great "Disney" game.
UN Squadron is one of my favorite SNES titles of all time. I still play it to this day.
Nice picks. I haven't heard of several of these. That Robotrek looks real interesting.
Loading up my NES and SNES mini I got a good lock at the cover art of the past and noticed a consistent theme. If it the original art was anime or cute in any way, the US Version was completely changed or made edgier. A dude with sunglasses was a major go to for NES game cover art as well.
Id love to see best CO-OP / Multiplayer games 2 or 4 player like Bomberman series, Joe and Mac, Pocky and Rocky.
I suspect how "hidden" these games are today is different from when I was a kid. Back then how main stream any content was dependent on how many copies were available at our video rental store. Which is why I was surprised to see Choplifter on this list. They even made a 3D PC version in 2012, no longer available on Steam.
The adventure island turbo grafix game was great
Dragon view is a true love game. Lotta good memories with that one.