Nintendo NES Games - Hidden Gems Part 2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- Metal Jesus and John Riggs are back with more Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) games that are HIDDEN GEMS! These are games most people don’t know about but are fun to play and should be in every game collection.
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GAMES SHOWN:
Tiny Toon Adventures
Faxanadu
Felix The Cat
Space Shuttle Project
Destiny of an Emperor
Flying Warriors
Metal Storm
Xexyz
Spot the Video Game
Vice: Project Doom
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We like to deliberately put mistakes into these videos like "astrology/ASTRONOMY"... which compels people to comment on the video, which TH-cam then sees as ENGAGEMENT with the audience which then helps drive up views! ....or....it was just an honest mistake ;)
+MetalJesusRocks Haha good save!
ayy lmao
+Luke Marazzi (marmaluke) I know right? I'm a GENIUS! :)
+MetalJesusRocks I like both Astrology and astronomy, but not as much as Astro Pops.
+MetalJesusRocks I was gonna say... My immediate reaction was something like, "Ehh, those things don't go together..."
Gives me an idea for a story about astronauts in an astrologically operative universe, though.
5:18 "I was such an astronaut nerd. I love astrology."
I think you meant ASTRONOMY.
Ya that made me do a double take
+Neil Purcell no he wanted to me an astronaut because he likes reading horoscopes duhhhhhhhh
Yeah, it was quite jarring to hear. I haven't heard anyone make that mistake since elementary school. Undoubtedly, no true lover of scientific thinking would conflate pseudoscience with an actual branch of science. I love what these guys do, but that's so embarrassing and cringe worthy I'd have to edit it out if it were me. 🙈
Mercury is in retrograde or some shit lol
As a fellow Astro-nerd, I was momentarily triggered.
I've been looking for the name of that game I played about 25 years ago and this video finally helped me find it - Flying Warriors. Praise the sun.
Faxanadu AND Destiny of an Emperor? Fantastic video!
filgaia1 agreed
Great vid! Faxanadu needs more love, that game is fantastic.
In 2016 it's a stretch to call anything on the NES a "hidden gem" anymore, but if I had to pick out a few gems that haven't been put on blast on TH-cam yet (I could be wrong), I'd probably go with: Air Fortress, Heavy Barrel, Dragon Spirit, Fist of the North Star, Image Fight, Low G Man, P.O.W., and Magic of Scheherazade.
I had Xexyz back in the day. It's a lot of fun. I had completely forgotten about it until maybe a couple years ago I was browing my NES ROM collection and was firing up random games to try. Stumbled on Xexyz and was like, "hey I remember this! It's awesome."
I remember getting a game magazine that had a Flying Warriors comic in it and reading it in the car on the way home from town with my grandma when I was young. So even though I never actually played it, Flying Warriors brings back good memories for me.
I'm so surprised no mention of Galaxy 5000! Hands down one of the best racing games for the Nes. Cool graphics, great sound and very playable. It was the influence for Rock and Roll Racing on the Snes. BTW Great show!
You guys did it again, fantastic list, though I question how hidden Metal Storm is at this point. Very much so back in the day, sure, but on pretty much every collector's radar today (and for good reason, game is awesome, one of my favorites on the console). Super glad to see Faxandu, Flying Warriors, Xexyz and Vice Project Doom get some love. All super fun titles that I personally enjoy immensely.
And of course you should do a part 3! There's plenty more great games that don't get that much press out there, and with how the first two have gone I'm sure you will pick wisely. I'll throw a few out here:
Kick Master
Arkista's Ring
Image Fight
Solstice
Kabuki Quantum Fighter
So happy this video started off with Tiny Toons Adventures. My favourite NES game hands down.
I've just watched last Metal Jesus video, and this one aftereards(7yrs prior) and this guy has not changed at all!!!
Hidden gems:
- Adventures of Rad Gravity
- Th Battle of Olympus
- The Incredible Crash Dummies
- Low G Man
- Tiny Toon Adventures 2
- Willow
played battle of olympus a lot, probably could pick it back up and find my way through it again..loved it
Metal Storm has been around 100 for awhile. Glad to see it here! Vice Project Doom is one of my favorites, too.
Exodus Journey to the Promised Land is one of my favorites. Definitely hidden. I've never seen anybody talk about it, but I think it's a great time. I played it on Game Boy growing up, but the NES version is basically the same if not better.
Flying Warriors!!!! God I loved this series. It is still rather fun once you get the attack system. Defending can be counter heavy. it's grand.
I'm surprised you guys didn't mention Crystalis. Or have you not ever played it? It is a fantastic game. It's in my top 5 NES games ever, easily.
Perhaps John would like Kerbal Space Program if he likes space and spaceships
I loved spot as a kid =D fun co-op puzzle game to own my older sisters in.
"I'm such an astronaut nerd, I love astrology!" SMFH. You mean astronomy.
The label for Metal Storm reminds me of the starkiller base in Star Wars The Force Awakens!!
I loved Tiny Toon Adventures as a kid!
Felix was a fun game. Never owned it but, remember renting it from Blockbusters..
Just a couple 7 foot dudes talkin about retro video games. I love it! 😆
Isolated warrior. isometric shoothemup with nice graphics.
Ninja Crusaders is all I can think of
Great review guys!.. One mistake.. In Faxanadu you don't use gold, you use "Golds".. Lol jk it is just a funny mis-translation in the game..."that will be 5 golds please..."
You should cover Tiny Toon Adventures ;)
I am one of ten people that actually played Spot. It was very tough.
Props for Destiny of an Emperor
Ok! Space Shuttle Brandon AMA Request!
Alright, you mentioned bugs bunny *YEAH!!* 1:20
Almost 3 years later and no part 3?
No one really talks about Alpha Mission for the NES
I have a love hate relationship with the hidden gems videos..I usally have alot of these games in my watch list..but after your videos the price skyrockets
NES Hidden Gems volume 3? Anyone? Anyone? What did we leave out?
+John Riggs: RIGG'd Games Palamedes
+John Riggs: RIGG'd Games Here's a few ideas: Fantasy Zone, Gargoyle's Quest 2, Air Fortress, Legacy of the Wizard, Kabuki Quantum Fighter, Journey to Silius, Base Wars, Alpha Mission, and Willow.
Totally Rad, Captain America and the Avengers, and Whomp'em me thinks. But... premium pics nonetheless. I'm too old for this $h!t Riggs, keep up the awesome vids NES 4 life!
Little nemo: dream master, conquest of the crystal palace, bayou billy!
The Guardian Legend. Amazing game, yet it is so overlooked all the time. Mix Zelda 1 with Gun Nac = The Guardian Legend.
Great video. I played Faxanadu ALOT. Beat it back in the day. Great game. Worth saving up at the start of the game to get the death magic.
+John Hancock I'd money-grind near the beginning of the game to grab that shield and magic near the beginning.
+John Riggs: RIGG'd Games exactly what I do
The password system on Faxanadu was a nightmare, though. Instead of common alphabetic letters and numbers, it opted for weird, and easily mistaken, runes. I can't remember how many times I wanted to throw the controller after I'd written it down wrong.
+John Hancock The Immortal John Hancock everybody! A thumbs up from John, is like a KISS on the cheek from Kate Upton... wait. ... that just got weird.
+John Gower that is why smart phones rock now :). Take a picture. Or play on Retron 5 and use save state
By the way: The SONG at the end of this video will be available this fall from K-Tel Records for only 6 payments of $9.99!!!
+MetalJesusRocks All that music goodness for only 6 easy payments of $9.99!!! Thats 50% off the retail price I'm sold.
Now MJR I know what you're thinking!... How can we give away this song at such a great deal!!
if you throw in a ronco pocket fisherman I'm sold
If this song would have been bundled with the game, it wouldn't be hidden.
+David Wainwright the first 1000 SOLD come with a riggs poster
new drinking game: every time metal jesus goes "huh?!" take a shot.
or says "interesting"
Lmao
I tried that just now. Now I'm drunk.
I have a hangover
Destiny of an Emperor is my favorite game ever! It has quite a cult following, with many rom hacks from dedicated fans. There's even a program someone made to edit a ton of stuff in the game called Destiny of an Editor.
Seriously loving these videos. I picked up Vice: Project Doom on clearance when I was a kid knowing nothing about it, and was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked it. Really cool seeing it show up on a list like this!
It's astronomy, not astrology.
Sorry, but one of my science teachers always got on my case when anyone made that mistake.
Faxanadu is great! I just bought Destiny of an Emperor! Greetings from Finland. Btw, your videos are great!
So I've been trying to remember the title to Flying Warriors for years now. Years! I played it once over a long holiday weekend when I was laid out due to torn tendons in my ankle, it was one that we rented, and I couldn't remember the title, and have been trying to remember it for damned near 30 years. So thank you Metal Jesus and John Riggs. Now I can track it down.
How does Riggs only have 10kish subs so far? The dude is entertaining
thanks!
"I loved astrology" lmao... think you got the wrong word there, bruh
I think he meant to say astronomy
😂 big facts, mans lookin like a human size hotdog
You sound like a blast to hang out with. * cue the grammar police siren *
Bucky O'Hare is a good game
John Riggs the Astronaut: Exploring the vast spaces of the Zodiac signs.
4th Comment! Get Rigg'd!!!! John your my new favorite guest!
+Radical Reggie I'm just trying to match up to your level of radicalness.
+John Riggs: RIGG'd Games Guys, guys! You're BOTH super radical to the maxx!
+John Riggs: RIGG'd Games You are both very Xexy.
What video had Metal Jesus going full speed on an elliptical machine? It always makes me chuckle when I see it in the intros.
Here some games that are underrated ...........Isolated Warrior ,Clash At Demonhead, S.C.A.T. , Tecmo World Wrestling, Code Name Viper.
No one else does ( hidden Gems ) i love these… you rock!
Love these hidden gems videos! Some good ones here. I have Vice Project Doom and agree it's a decent game!
My recommendations for hidden gems would be Shadowgate, Dejavu, Uninvited, Shatterhand, Heavy Barrel & Burai Fighter.
I love metal storm! I have seen it go for as high as $280 by the way. I got mine for 5 bucks! Lol
i remember playing a game called "rockin' kats". awesome platformer. another game i played a bunch with my brother was "anticipation". cool board game.
Riggs! Metal!
I got a whole wall of NES carts to pull from and a few "hidden gem" suggestions for part III!
Good stuff guys!
How am I just now noticing you have 233K subs? Congrats dude. Spare 10K for me? :P Felix has been on my list for quite a while, never can find one for a super decent price though. Might just have to bite the bullet. Good work as always Riggs n Jesus.
+RetroGamingTube 85 Thanks! I'm pretty happy with how my channel has been growing. :)
+MetalJesusRocks Well honestly you deserve it man. Very entertaining, and because of you I've become friends with Riggs and Reggie which is great.
Love this series! Great way to kick off my weekend.
Faxanadu is my favorite game, here is my list of hidden gems:
Quantum fighter
Whomp em
Crash and the boys
Nuts and milk
Oh man, I totally dodged Felix when I was a kid. My sister got it when she "inherited" my NES and I played it so much!!!
I dig that SRG cap John. Tiny Toons and Felix the Cat are awesome games.
I'm a BIG fan of Faxanadu. Great gameplay and soundtrack. Also, I'd add Maniac Mansion to the list, maybe for part 3.
riggs is the beeeeest
+dieser bombi How can I be the best when YOU'RE the best!
nooooooo
all I have to say is you make the best hidden gems videos in my opinion. thanks for all the great content.
The Culture Brain game John was trying to think of is Flying Dragon: The Secret Scroll. Dragon Power is Bandai and based on Dragon Ball(with a bastardized localization that changed characters, etc)
Vice Project Doom is great, picked it up a few months ago.
More hidden gems huh, here are some I can think of:
Startropics/Zoda's Revenge (weird to think of 1st party Nintendo games as hidden gems but I almost never hear talk of them)
Shadow of the Ninja
Formula One: Built to Win
The Magic of Schehezerade (another from Culture Brain)
Ninja Kid
Conquest of the Crystal Palace
Clash at Demonhead
Monster in my Pocket
The Lone Ranger
Abadox: The Deadly Inner War
Kabuki Quantum Fighter
Batman Returns
Freedom Force
Guerilla War
Ninja Crusaders
+Pimpalicious1987 That's right!! I should've remembered FLYING Warrior / FLYING dragon. The name escaped me. Obviously, we're teleprompterless.
+John Riggs: RIGG'd Games I didn't know Flying Dragon was part of a series for the longest time(played the N64 game Flying Dragon but thought it was a same name coincidence) and fairly recently found there are like 10 games in it.
Watching the first 5 mins before I have to wake up my kids. So far so good bros!
Joe!!!!!
+Radical Reggie REGGIE!!
Dudes!
Meee!
Us!
I really like the dialogue in Vice: Project Doom. It's like they pulled it off from an action movie script.
i used the vice project doom artwork as my windows desktop background image at my old job. i got some great reactions from people.
yaaay! love this guy!! I need to watch his channel more. I really enjoyed his feature on gamester81's channel a bit ago as well
Destiny of an Emperor is easily one of my all time favorite games. The music, combat system and story are all top notch. I especially love how you can recruit a huge variety of Generals throughout the game, all with their own unique sprites. - SK
5:16 "I was such a astronaut nerd, I loved astrology" lol. I'm sure he meant astronomy.
+DreamsOfMorpheus Ikr
+DreamsOfMorpheus We like to deliberately put mistakes into these videos like "astrology/ASTRONOMY"... which compels people to comment on the video, which TH-cam then sees as ENGAGEMENT with the audience which then helps drive up views! ....or....it was just an honest mistake ;)
Jetsons, Ducktales2,Flintstones : rescue of dino andhoppy,Chip n' Dale rescue rangers,talespin,beetlejuice.
Lol! The epic dad bod's built by beer! Too Funny! Great work fellas!
Im surprised that Monster in My Pocket hasnt come up on any hidden gems yet. Super fun platformer that is challenging but not overly long.
Andrew Belet wow yes, that game was awesome!
Exceptional game dude.i had like romhack version called batman and robin.
Excellent video as always, I have some of these games, some I used to have as a kid and now are too expensive to obtain.
I must admit I'm very very close to giving up on NES collecting completely.
Sure I got Little Samson, Rodland, I have Mighty Final Fight and a bunch of other rares but at the way current NES prices are it's simply not feasable to even restore my childhood collection let alone add some new games to it.
I have over 60 games but am missing stuff I HAD...like Surprise at Dinosaur peak which now I have as a bootleg because my original was stolen essentially :(
I dunno, great video but every time I watch one of these I can't help but feel so damn sad
Flea markets are out of the question too, thanks to hoarders they became impossible to find anything at here.
Oh well, settling for bootlegs and repros will have to do.
LOVE these videos! Always helps raise the value of my collection.
DUDE TINY TOONS. big points in my books for this shout out
My hidden gem is: Jackal.
MetallicBlade yeah but it's pretty popular though
I feel like you read my mind with two of those games ... Destiny of an Emperor and Spot are highly under appreciated by many collectors. When I got back into collecting, those were two of my must haves. I thought I had might have commented that on the other video (part 1) but I did not see it there. I recall Faxanadu as well. Played it a ton as a kid surprisingly though I do not remember much about it. I should go back and play it as I have it in my collection.
The SNES game you were thinking about at 10:30 is Metal Marines.
+Mega RetroMan nah dawg Metal Warriors.......
+Mega RetroMan Ya considering this is a mech game and the sprite looks like an 8bit version of the first mech you use in Metal Warriors, and the fact that that is a fairly rare SNES game and one of the most expensive on the system, I'd have to agree with Jack that MJR is thinking of Metal Warriors.
+Jack Cayman You're right, it is Metal WARRIORS. I tend to get the 2 mixed up. Thanks bro.
+Harold Cox-Zucker True. That was my mix up.
It happens. To be fair to you, Metal Marines is probably a bit rarer than Metal Warriors, just not as valuable.
Astrology or Astronomy? I hope it's the later. lol
Latter
I would like to share an interesting fact about NES games in Poland from early 90s. Back then nobody heard about consoles in the post-communist country, games were played on Atari, Commodore or Amiga. When Poland finally got it’s console it was a Taiwanese fake of the NES called Pegasus. The console could be officially advertised on the television as there was no copyrights laws established, it sold very well and many kids had one. Nintendo didn’t care as there was no official distribution anyway. Soon after it’s debut Polish market started to be flooded with even cheaper and more obscure fakes from Asian countries. As the consoles were breaking easily I remember buying a new one every few months for equivalent of $15 on a street market from some dodgy Russian traders. However the biggest excitement was when it came to buying games (btw the cartridges had different shape and size from official ones) as you never knew what game you buying! The labels were random with Asian description and most of the time had nothing to do with game on the cartridge. As a result buying a game was a lottery - will I get some super awesome platformer (I had the Duck Tales once!) or another 1000 in 1 containing 5000 variations of Tanks and Arkanoid. I know it was piracy but you couldn't buy official games or consoles anyway.
cool to hear about that
Speaking of Tengen games...Super Sprint !!! Its about 1,000x more fun than R.C. Pro Am
I'm a new fan. Just discovered you. Metal Jesus rules!
I think Bucky O'Hare is a Hidden Gem on NES. No one talks about it, everybody forgets, but it's one of THE BEST NES titles ever.
This was amazing. Thanks guys. I really have to pay more attention to the NES. These were all super impressive games.
Really cool games here. Thanks dudes!
+EposVox Our pleasure! And I love your channel, too.
John Riggs: RIGG'd Games Thanks man :)
If there is one thing I do admit to hating, it is that now with this video out, I'm sure the scalpers on ebay and amazon are going to triple the price of Tiny Toon Adventures. (was going around $10-15 bucks on average, probably will be $30+ inside of a week, and I'm about 2-3 weeks away from buying it, lol...I'm so screwed).
John is the most American looking person on the planet.
+SirRunk I'll live up to that by wearing stars and stripes zubaz, have an eagle on my shoulder and eating a corn dog next time.
John Riggs: RIGG'd Games Okay.
+SirRunk 'Merica fuck yeah!
XD
+SirRunk After Guile, lol
try M.C Kids for new its like mario in a way but mcdonald's style
Tomasz Morawski M.C. Kids is a solid 9/10 imo.
Oh ma, Tiny Toon Adventures was such a greaaaat game.
Another NES hidden gem (again, not sure of the games popularity), "Power Blade"!
Ummm..Astrology is not ANYTHING to do with space - that's ASTRONOMY dude.
+Harrison Foley "the study of the movements and relative positions of celestial bodies interpreted as having an influence on human affairs and the natural world." I don't know of too many celestial bodies in the grand canyon but, you're right, I meant to say Astronomy. I didn't bother correcting myself. Alas, I'm just some dude.
+Harrison Foley Ikr. They aren't the smartest people.
+Rob Allen It's all good. I'm not the smartest person :)
Solstice! & Shadowgate could be considered a hidden gem
but Solstice is great
Jacob Shaffer dude Solstice! the opening music on the title screen is bad ass!! good game too.
Most people dont know all NES Color Dream games, are very rare.Some of my favorite Hidden gem NES games RPGs are Battle of Olympus, Crystalis and Willow.
I just picked up tiny toons last Sunday for my birthday I remember renting it as a kid it's still kinda tough lol but its great and for 5 bucks I think it was a good pick up! I also found turtles 3 the Manhattan project which I forgot was out there I remember turtles 2 the arcade game but then I jumped to turtles in time turtles 3 is really good though! great video guys A+work
Power Blade, Solar Jetman, Kickle Cubicle, Little Nemo, Scat, and Shadow of the Ninja are just a few of my hidden gem picks.
"i was such an astronaut nerd. i loved astrology" heheheh....
Tiny toon adventures! I rented the shit out of that game. I might add GI Joe a real american hero. One of the best game on the NES, I don't know if it is a hidden gem, but I don't see people talking about it.
Ultimate Stuntman is a little rough around the edges, but a lot of fun. Similar to Vice, but much more gameplay variety (though sadly, the side scrolling stages are total horse manure).
AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME Shirt! Splatter house for Famicon, right? And I actually owned the first game, tiny town adventures game. Haha I loved it growin up
Definitely do a 3rd! Great Work guys!
And hey 15:00 THE NOID, Check that one out. It's great!
And check out: 4 QUATTRO Adventures, Legacey of the Wizards, Tom N' Jerry, MECHANIZED ATTACK, and maybe Kung fu hero 3. Those are a few gems from my Original collection as a kid. Hope ya guys enjoy em! Keep up the Great Work 💯👍👍👍👏
Super Dodge Ball is a fantastic game. It's silly, hectic, very deep, and tons of fun in either campaign or versus.