GAMES SHOWN: Steel Harbinger NanoTek Warrior Felony 11-79 (Also called Runabout in other countries) Thrill Kill (CANCELED) Cyber Sled No One Can Stop Mr. Domino Motor Toon Grand Prix Philosoma SIlent Bomber
For me, it all started with snes. Then I got the first playstation. And after that, the first x box. And Iaways wanted a ps2. I got lucky though, I bought a conversion van, and it came with a ps2 lol the pretty much sealed the deal for me hahaha
PS1 and PS2 and the PS3, mostly cause it was these 3 that had the most original IP games and were the ones that had a sense of completion and no pay to win or online only mostly game mechanics, now things are always released buggy, incomplete, mostly sequel focused and tons and tons of dlc that it makes it a clusterfuck to keep up.
I remember playing Cyber Sled at the arcades in this massive booth. I must have been 8-10yo??? Tekken too; so imagine my smile seeing these *arcade quality* games hit a console.
If you've ever played Wu Tang: Shaolin Style, this game at 8:08 was used as a foundation to create it, since it was never released. it was a really fun fighter and way ahead of its time IMO. basically 4 player mortal kombat. great party game for wu tang fans
Wasn't as good as thrill kill turned out to be though. I still play thrill kill all the time on emulator. It's awesome and there's been no game that feels the same. Fuck ea so fucking much for cancelling it. My ten year old self would've loved it.
@Venkman as a wu-tang fan I disagree. Thrill Kill is too edgelord-ey for me and over the top but man when Shaolin Style dropped back in the day it was so freakin dope! Haha
A while ago i started playing a game called Power Shovel for the PS1. It was made by Taito and Acclaim (2 arcade companies), and they made this arcade construction game where you have to do some super japanese objectives in these japanese Komatsu construction vehicles. I think the game is a hidden gem when some guy is shouting at me in japanese and i have to serve 5 200kg plates of curry using a backhoe to scoop the curry onto a giant plate.
These ones are okay but nothing mind blowing, I have over 150 psx games in my collection and I have none of those because im not interested in them. Im pretty sure the prices of these will stay the same.
@@Anex952 Nah scalpers have already cleaned out eBay and tripled the price on a lot of them. Sucks because I've been watching a few of these games waiting to get a decent price and now they're going for way more than I'm willing to pay.
Ohhh your THAT guy that needs to continuously point that out when we are all well aware...🙄 and plus he played it safe...he picked Hidden Gems that were ALREADY $$$$ so troll elsewhere.
@@lunarvania8073 I think it's called commenting. That's what I did. Plus, an example of trolling would be if someone were to post an unwarranted statement that directly attacks the individual in the video or post and that wasn't the case.
@@williss1192 just buy a cheap emulator box. They are like under $100 and they work pretty darn good. I have the super console x pro and it works great.🤷♂️
I love these “hidden gem” videos. It’s alway awesome coming across titles that get overlooked or never mentioned. Especially titles that you’ve personally never played before. I’ve discovered great games from these videos.
@@JohnSmith-wr7lg Haha, the way human Miranda screams in Steel Harbinger's live-action opening FMV cutscene when she touches an alien pod reminds me how Adrienne screams that way when she either sliced by a swinging axe or torn apart by a demon in Phantasmagoria, my favorite PC game and the game this youtuber originally works at.
There are so many games I saw in featured in gamer magazines in the 90's but couldn't afford. It's amazing how these days they seems so simple and low budget. But back then they interviewed the developers and showed images that looked amazing. Imagine what it will be like in 20 years.
Oh yeah, Silent Bomber is one of my PSX favorites. I'm baffled it never got a sequel or even a homage clone because game's mechanics are unique and amazingly fun!
I am glad you mentioned silent bomber. I spent 2 years back in the day trying to find a copy. Was glad when i finally did as it is one of my favorite games from the ps1. I also feel it is a true hidden gem as not one many seem to talk about.
Motor Toon Grand Prix. Finally featured in one of your videos. Me and my brothers spent long hours playing this game over and over. We still till this day say references about iconic things in this game in our family chats. It is one of my all time favorites. Great Review of it 👍
It feels very acadey, controls are tight and music fitting upbeat, its very satisfying to set the bombs and detonate them while you're dashing between tons of enemies. Is definitely an awesome game
I remember that as well. Ah thrill kill. what a wild game to play though, remember my friend getting that burned on a CD-R from the local game store and playing it for hours. Super frustrating but it was just so damn fun because of how stupidly violent it was
I actually had Motor Toon Grand Prix growing up and it was always one of my favorites. I loved going through all the levels to see the details. Amazing to learn who made it! No wonder it was fun. Thanks MJR
Ah! Cyber Sled! I remember back in the day that the arcade cabinet was never left alone by the big boys. At that time, I thought it was good competition for T-MEK arcade, which was also one of the popular arcade cabinets. If I remember correctly, Namco ported Cyber Sled to the PS1 as a showcase of what it could be done with the then new CD-based hardware and what it couldn't with cartridge-based one (yeah, looking at you, N64).
In my youth, I once found what I initially thought was an old stick of dynamite. It turned out to be a fossilized hotdog, but that was still a pretty fun day.
MetalJesus: “Hey Reggie, can you check this list out, give me some feedback on it?” Reggie: *Looks at list* “Yeah man, I mean you know, I looked at the list and I checked it out, you know, yeah, so I mean, yeah, you know? So I say go with it.” Haha, I love both of you dudes tho.
I'm happy you brought attention to all these games! Especially Cybersled and Motor Toon Gran Prix and Felony 11-17. I really haven't seen anyone mention these gems for the past 2 decades, not even during the actual 32-bit era. Felony 11-17 actually had a sequel, too. And I've actually never heard of Philosoma or Nanotek Warrior. I can recall ads for all these games except those two!
Oh my god I've been looking for Nanotek Warrior for almost 20 years now, and this is how I found it! I remember watching it on TV in a competition in the late 90s, but couldn't find it since. Every couple of years I would try and google a brief description of what I remember, but would always end up with Tempest or its clones. Thank you so much for covering this and including it in the thumbnail!
Also @MetalJesusRocks I just wanna say thank you brother! Your channel and the channels of your friends in the community you have shared, I can’t thank you enough for man. I love it, takes me back to the good old G4/Tech TV days!
Oh man! Seen silent bomber on this list just made my day! I was addicted to this game back on my ps1 days... told all my friends about it, nobody gave it shot... Lots of fun! Thanks Metal Jesus!!
Yeah, I'm with Shane on this one. If you're into camp, maybe Steel Harbinger would be a fun time, but this game is so camp it makes even The Horde and Street Fighter: The Movie look sophisticated by comparison.
What Felony 11-79 lacked in tracks, it made up for in it's completion goals. There were a ton of different cars you could collect by completing the stages with certain damage totals, ($2,500,000 or $0 for example), time goals, speed goals (over X km/h on the highway), etc. You could unlock things like F1 Race cars, Dodge Viper, even an RC car and a Street Sweeper! Had an absolute blast playing this game as a kid! Great video as always!
So glad you mentioned Steel Harbinger. My dad and I found it at a flea market in the late 90s when I was a young teen. We got Rage Racer from the same guy. The FMVs were amazing and the gameplay wasn't bad at all. It deserves a remake.
It's been years and still no mention of Vandal Hearts 1 my favourite game of all time :( it's super under rated and i think one of the easiest tactical rpg games to get into even in today since sprite graphics hold up well, fantastic characters, story, music and effects. please include it in another hidden gems MJR it deserves more recognition! :)
I've been a fan of Motor toon grand prix since I got a demo of it on the ps1 as a kid. I was excited to see it mentioned here. I'm glad it's a game you liked as well. Thanks for this video! The ps1 is still awesome in my book!
It was fated, you and I... to meet on this holy PlayStation ground, and partake in the goodness that is Hidden Gems. Go forth and be excellent, my friend! 🤘
I remember reading about Thrill Kill, something about congress or the senate looking for a soapbox. Despite like you said, Mortal Combat being common, and games like Blood Omen being around. It was mentioned by name or something, and got targeted as an especially violent game, and got remade into the Wu Tang fighting game. But my question is are there any hard copies, or are they all just ISOs? Since you showed a pile of jewel cases at the beginning of the video, I gotta ask.
At 8:25 in the video, the cyber sled game has a similar vibe to the vehicular missions in SW:TCW by Lucasarts and Pandemic. That red sled is basically the same model as the droid cruiser, which has me thinking that the team who worked on this game also worked on The Clone Wars. Neat!
I remember playing Cyber sled at my local arcade when I was a kid and it was awesome because of its unique controls. The input controls were basically two flight stick joysticks that you’d work together to move your vehicle. Great fun!
Silent Bomber was the second game by CyberConnect2, the .Hack series creators. Hiroshi Matsuyama cut his teeth on Silent Bomber and Tail Concerto, changing careers from an illustrator to a game designer at that time. I got to meet Matsuyama at E3 2003 and he signed a copy of Silent Bomber for me in the interview. Great guy, very passionate about what he does. Cool you mentioned that game as it's really an interestingly designed game.
First game i played when i got my ps1 was Ridge racer. Upgrading from an Amiga1200 (in terms of power) i thought it was amazing. My fave racing game at the time was Lotus3. Great times indeed. I still have my Playstation and about 50 games,could never part with it. great Vid Jason.
I remember Cyber Sled! Back in the 90's arcades set up big booths with doors and flight sim controls and you'd battle somebody else while they were in their booth!
One of the few I have seen mention Mr. Domino. Love this game, and consider myself lucky to actually own a copy. Along those lines if you haven't tried Devil Dice ( almost sure you have ) but if not, you should. great overlooked game as well. Thanks for the vids, keep it up.
Silent Bomber was amazing, and was a game I would never have thought about buying had it not been for a solid demo. Never got many ranks above B or C when I played it but enjoyed all of it especially the "chess match"
we'll never have the feeling or the games we had at the turning point of the ps1,ps2,xbox,gamecube,N64 era..Too much focus on resolution,frame rates,etc..
I picked up Mr. Domino and Steel Harbinger based on this video. Always nice to come across PS1 gems. I like to play these on a small Vita screen via the PS3 linkup or directly downloaded (the handful that are available). MetalJesus (and friends) always dig up some gems that I would otherwise have missed. Thank-you sir, you are doing God's work. I also picked up Tenchu and Hard Edge (TRAG in US) recently just because I enjoy Resi 1 style bad voice acting. Don't know if I'd class them as hidden gems or not though.
One of the most charming things about PS1 games are those 90s metal and techno soundtracks, especially the techno lol I hear those and immediately get a smile on my face.
Mr Domino was absolutely genius, absolutely, I owned it and traded it but I wish I had not as its incredibly rare to find now as no one was familiar with it. Very addictive, very fun and a true game of imagination. Love unique gameplay and design like that.
This is one of the reasons why the first PlayStation is my favorite console ever. Lots of hidden gems. I need another PS1 Imports PAL & Japanese Hidden Gems video.
I remember buying Steel Harbinger back at Blockbuster as a kid for the same price as a rental at the time. My initial thoughts were, "Man, if they're selling it this cheap, this game must suck! But it's only $4 so I've gotta get it!" All in all, I can't say I didn't have a little buyer's remorse, even at that price lol.
I agree. Motor Toon Grand Prix gives me the same vibes as Micro Machines which also reminds me of another REALLY hidden gem on the PS1 that I do not hear anybody talking about. It's called Micro Maniacs. It plays the same as Micro Machines, but instead of cars, you play as weird, quirky characters that have been shrunken into the size of a mouse. You find yourself running around race tracks based on areas of a common house, such as the bathroom, garden, playroom, etc. It's really great and I highly recommend you check it out.
i realized i didnt really comment on any of your videos, but i really appreciate these hidden gems videos so much. youre such a nice dude and this channel is seriously underrated
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"Sometimes you just want something quick and dirty."
Metal Jesus
Lmao
😏
...ladies 😉
Reminds me of high school
@@MetalJesusRocks Last time I said that, my GF heard me. She didn't speak to me for a week :(.
Reviewers: these games are awful don't play them ever
MJR: look at these hidden gems
Let's all be honest reviewers were very harsh towards the games back in the day.
GAMES SHOWN:
Steel Harbinger
NanoTek Warrior
Felony 11-79 (Also called Runabout in other countries)
Thrill Kill (CANCELED)
Cyber Sled
No One Can Stop Mr. Domino
Motor Toon Grand Prix
Philosoma
SIlent Bomber
Silent Bomber! Loved that game!
Check out Rerez review of Steel Harbinger.. You liked it more than they did 😜
Silent Bomber is awesome but good God that final boss is hard.
I have Steel Harbinger in my collection. It's pretty wierd and to be honest I didn't like it much.
Silent Bomber is my shit!
PS1 & PS2 was really the golden age of gaming, so many treasures to find for both consoles, loads of hidden gems.
For me, it all started with snes. Then I got the first playstation. And after that, the first x box. And Iaways wanted a ps2. I got lucky though, I bought a conversion van, and it came with a ps2 lol the pretty much sealed the deal for me hahaha
As a Nintendo fan, I must agree(even if it hurts).
@@Error-User_Not_Found yeah but snes!
@@Error-User_Not_Found well then you'll be delighted in hearing me say that Switch is the only console this gen worth getting. XD
PS1 and PS2 and the PS3, mostly cause it was these 3 that had the most original IP games and were the ones that had a sense of completion and no pay to win or online only mostly game mechanics, now things are always released buggy, incomplete, mostly sequel focused and tons and tons of dlc that it makes it a clusterfuck to keep up.
YEEEES! Worked at an arcade in the early 90s, we had tournaments with Cyber Sled.
Man I remember that one and the virtual boxing game that had those plastic boxing glove like dual joystick thingies lol
I used to play this all the time in the arcade! I loved it! I had no idea it came to PlayStation
Great game, reminded me of virtual on when I was a kid, I really liked both of those games.
I remember playing Cyber Sled at the arcades in this massive booth. I must have been 8-10yo??? Tekken too; so imagine my smile seeing these *arcade quality* games hit a console.
I still have Cyber Sled for PS1. Fun game with a fairly awesome soundtrack
If you've ever played Wu Tang: Shaolin Style, this game at 8:08 was used as a foundation to create it, since it was never released. it was a really fun fighter and way ahead of its time IMO. basically 4 player mortal kombat. great party game for wu tang fans
Wasn't as good as thrill kill turned out to be though. I still play thrill kill all the time on emulator. It's awesome and there's been no game that feels the same.
Fuck ea so fucking much for cancelling it. My ten year old self would've loved it.
@Venkman as a wu-tang fan I disagree. Thrill Kill is too edgelord-ey for me and over the top but man when Shaolin Style dropped back in the day it was so freakin dope! Haha
A wise man once said, The Wu-tang Clan ain't nothin to f*ck with...
@@petervenkman9838 Your ten year old self shouldn't have been playing it! Those content labels are there for a reason!
@@krisfrederick5001 that sir was THE RZA 🙌
A while ago i started playing a game called Power Shovel for the PS1. It was made by Taito and Acclaim (2 arcade companies), and they made this arcade construction game where you have to do some super japanese objectives in these japanese Komatsu construction vehicles. I think the game is a hidden gem when some guy is shouting at me in japanese and i have to serve 5 200kg plates of curry using a backhoe to scoop the curry onto a giant plate.
Now prepare to see a drastic increase in price for most of these! Lol
These ones are okay but nothing mind blowing, I have over 150 psx games in my collection and I have none of those because im not interested in them. Im pretty sure the prices of these will stay the same.
@@Anex952 Nah scalpers have already cleaned out eBay and tripled the price on a lot of them. Sucks because I've been watching a few of these games waiting to get a decent price and now they're going for way more than I'm willing to pay.
Ohhh your THAT guy that needs to continuously point that out when we are all well aware...🙄 and plus he played it safe...he picked Hidden Gems that were ALREADY $$$$ so troll elsewhere.
@@lunarvania8073 I think it's called commenting. That's what I did. Plus, an example of trolling would be if someone were to post an unwarranted statement that directly attacks the individual in the video or post and that wasn't the case.
@@Anex952 nobody cares how many games you have
The PS1 is the gift that keeps on giving. So many hidden gems in this library. Thanks for the video MJR :)
The PS1 had such a huge library of games that you can find hidden gems all the time.
So many games….
The 2 last ones were the best, definitely worth emulating?? Well if I knew how in the first place
@@williss1192 just buy a cheap emulator box. They are like under $100 and they work pretty darn good. I have the super console x pro and it works great.🤷♂️
"I want to repeat these sightings are unconfirmed" :-) No one Can Stop Mr. Domino looks addictive!
Mr. Domino was one I didn't discover until later on, too. Love stuff like that.
I love these “hidden gem” videos. It’s alway awesome coming across titles that get overlooked or never mentioned. Especially titles that you’ve personally never played before. I’ve discovered great games from these videos.
Anybody ever played Toy Story 2? One of my favs!
@@JohnSmith-wr7lg Haha, the way human Miranda screams in Steel Harbinger's live-action opening FMV cutscene when she touches an alien pod reminds me how Adrienne screams that way when she either sliced by a swinging axe or torn apart by a demon in Phantasmagoria, my favorite PC game and the game this youtuber originally works at.
There are so many games I saw in featured in gamer magazines in the 90's but couldn't afford. It's amazing how these days they seems so simple and low budget. But back then they interviewed the developers and showed images that looked amazing. Imagine what it will be like in 20 years.
Seeing Thrill Kill on here was such a treat.
Virgin was actually the publisher, not EA
Remember wanting it so bad when reading about it as a 10 year old back in the day. 😂
Oh yeah, Silent Bomber is one of my PSX favorites.
I'm baffled it never got a sequel or even a homage clone because game's mechanics are unique and amazingly fun!
“Sometimes you just want something quick and dirty”-MJR that is the truth good sir. Awesome video!!
God Lawrence you are so horny
youre a clown
5:39
"It isn'tly over complex"
I love this dude and I love this channel.
Your recent vid about losing weight was inspiring.
I am glad you mentioned silent bomber. I spent 2 years back in the day trying to find a copy. Was glad when i finally did as it is one of my favorite games from the ps1. I also feel it is a true hidden gem as not one many seem to talk about.
01:00 I've watched enough anime to know what happens when a hot girl gets anywhere near a tentacled monster...
All copies of it sell out everywhere in less than a day
Motor Toon Grand Prix. Finally featured in one of your videos. Me and my brothers spent long hours playing this game over and over. We still till this day say references about iconic things in this game in our family chats. It is one of my all time favorites. Great Review of it 👍
Really fun to see Thrill Kill on the list. I had this back in the day and felt like such a badass playing a "banned" game.
I regret skipping out on Silent Bomber a few years ago as now it goes for $$$...it seems super fun, hope to snag a copy someday!
It feels very acadey, controls are tight and music fitting upbeat, its very satisfying to set the bombs and detonate them while you're dashing between tons of enemies. Is definitely an awesome game
Emulation??
NTSC-J and PAL versions aren't expensive
@@KubasKlimkar now you are making me want it even more lol!!
@@sirspegy1390 haha yeah I don't talk about it much but I really enjoy retro games and collecting them 😄
Thank you Metal Jesus.
Well wishes to everyone out there reading this during these interesting times.
I forgot about felony 11-79. I loved that game so much! Thank you for making me remember that game.
If I remember correctly Thrill Kill eventually turned into Wu Tang: Shoalin Style and was released as such.
Geile Info Digga
Was just about to say it looked similar.
I remember reading something about this back then as well
That is correct.
I remember that as well. Ah thrill kill. what a wild game to play though, remember my friend getting that burned on a CD-R from the local game store and playing it for hours. Super frustrating but it was just so damn fun because of how stupidly violent it was
My brother and I rented Felony 11-79 back in the day, buncha times. Loved it.
NanoTek Warrior looks awesome and fun. So many great games on the PS1.
I actually recently found this in my attic and turns out my dad had this game
I actually had Motor Toon Grand Prix growing up and it was always one of my favorites. I loved going through all the levels to see the details. Amazing to learn who made it! No wonder it was fun. Thanks MJR
Ah! Cyber Sled! I remember back in the day that the arcade cabinet was never left alone by the big boys. At that time, I thought it was good competition for T-MEK arcade, which was also one of the popular arcade cabinets. If I remember correctly, Namco ported Cyber Sled to the PS1 as a showcase of what it could be done with the then new CD-based hardware and what it couldn't with cartridge-based one (yeah, looking at you, N64).
Battlezone on ps4 remind me of Cybersled.
In my youth, I once found what I initially thought was an old stick of dynamite. It turned out to be a fossilized hotdog, but that was still a pretty fun day.
I hadn't heard of any of these games MJ, thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it
@@MetalJesusRocks what you think of disc rot ? Should i stop collecting? Or will it probally rot after im dead?
@@vuurvent nuh keep collecting! Rot wont happen for a looooong time. Enjoy them
@@questionblock8949 thanks i will do :) i am collecting for the original Xbox. Got about 500 titles pal
@@vuurvent just play the games and enjoy them while you can nothing lasts forever
I’m so ready for a new round of MJR hidden gems videos. Keep em coming!
MetalJesus: “Hey Reggie, can you check this list out, give me some feedback on it?”
Reggie: *Looks at list* “Yeah man, I mean you know, I looked at the list and I checked it out, you know, yeah, so I mean, yeah, you know? So I say go with it.”
Haha, I love both of you dudes tho.
I'm happy you brought attention to all these games! Especially Cybersled and Motor Toon Gran Prix and Felony 11-17. I really haven't seen anyone mention these gems for the past 2 decades, not even during the actual 32-bit era.
Felony 11-17 actually had a sequel, too. And I've actually never heard of Philosoma or Nanotek Warrior. I can recall ads for all these games except those two!
Philosoma's approach reminds me of Axelay, which also rules
Ps1 hidden gem: Threads of Fate by Squaresoft. One of my favorite games growing up definitely in my top 10 games of all time.
Woah nice to see another Hidden Gems video!
PS1 got a huge library so most of these games are new to me. Awesome!
Oh my god I've been looking for Nanotek Warrior for almost 20 years now, and this is how I found it! I remember watching it on TV in a competition in the late 90s, but couldn't find it since. Every couple of years I would try and google a brief description of what I remember, but would always end up with Tempest or its clones. Thank you so much for covering this and including it in the thumbnail!
Also @MetalJesusRocks I just wanna say thank you brother! Your channel and the channels of your friends in the community you have shared, I can’t thank you enough for man. I love it, takes me back to the good old G4/Tech TV days!
I always loved Courier Crisis on the PS1. I don't know how well it's aged but I rented that constantly as a kid!
Motor Toon Gran Prix and Felony 11-79 are my favorite racing games for PS1.
How does metal jesus not have a million subs already?
"Mr. Domino is a great kids game!"
•Maddening Difficulty
•Kid gets angry
•Still wants to beat it
"…Never mind."
Oh man! Seen silent bomber on this list just made my day! I was addicted to this game back on my ps1 days... told all my friends about it, nobody gave it shot... Lots of fun! Thanks Metal Jesus!!
5:38 "Isn'tly over complex." I had to rewind and listen to that again because I thought my brain glitched.
Metal Jesus + "Hidden Gems" = quality content.
Steel Harbinger
MetalJesus : Hidden Gem
Rerez : IT'S JUST BAD
Reminds me of old Classic Games Room videos honestly... some folks just like all video games lol
Yeah, I'm with Shane on this one. If you're into camp, maybe Steel Harbinger would be a fun time, but this game is so camp it makes even The Horde and Street Fighter: The Movie look sophisticated by comparison.
No one gives a fuck what Rerez says!
@@jessragan6714 , play Drake of the 99 Dragons and You Are Empty and THEN come back to me with your comment!
Your channel has been a continual joy and favorite escape for me during these crazy times. Thanks for all that you do.
Well said! My sentiments exactly!
MJR, love your attitude and vids. Keep up the great work.
Thanks so much!
Awesome video as always! Love your channel MJ! Greetings from Bolivia!
I love the content metal jesus! Thank you!
What Felony 11-79 lacked in tracks, it made up for in it's completion goals. There were a ton of different cars you could collect by completing the stages with certain damage totals, ($2,500,000 or $0 for example), time goals, speed goals (over X km/h on the highway), etc. You could unlock things like F1 Race cars, Dodge Viper, even an RC car and a Street Sweeper! Had an absolute blast playing this game as a kid!
Great video as always!
Felony 11-79 has a good sequel called Runabout 2 also for PS1.
So glad you mentioned Steel Harbinger. My dad and I found it at a flea market in the late 90s when I was a young teen. We got Rage Racer from the same guy. The FMVs were amazing and the gameplay wasn't bad at all. It deserves a remake.
We had it too when we got our ps1 from toys r us. I remember halfway falling asleep with it in my lap
It's been years and still no mention of Vandal Hearts 1 my favourite game of all time :( it's super under rated and i think one of the easiest tactical rpg games to get into even in today since sprite graphics hold up well, fantastic characters, story, music and effects. please include it in another hidden gems MJR it deserves more recognition! :)
2is also great and hard to find i still have my vandal hearts 1
Vandal Hearts is not a hidden gem. I mean, it's not the most popular, but still a lot of people know about that game.
My too....For me best Game ever on ps
"This game has a great soundtrack, check it out"
*Tyre screeching noises*
5:54
Great editting!
Wooh! Happy Friday y'all! Thanks for the upload Metal Jesus and keep up the good work!
I've been a fan of Motor toon grand prix since I got a demo of it on the ps1 as a kid. I was excited to see it mentioned here. I'm glad it's a game you liked as well. Thanks for this video! The ps1 is still awesome in my book!
I just finished watching your other ps1 vids and this come up today! Good timing Mr Jesus ✌️
It's "Mr. Rocks"
Joe Hosier I prefer Mr Jesus myself
@@josh.h. or even "Mr Jesus Rocks".
As long as we agree his first name is metal 😈
It was fated, you and I... to meet on this holy PlayStation ground, and partake in the goodness that is Hidden Gems. Go forth and be excellent, my friend! 🤘
MetalJesusRocks absolute legend, look forward to more 👍
Steel Harbinger and Felony 11-79 brought back so many memories. Thanks for the nostalgia!
10:10 Just imagine visitng Uncle Jesus as a kid and going into his game room : D
Lol! "Uncle Jesus".. i love it!
Love these hidden gem videos! Thrill-Kill's engine was used for Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style.
I remember reading about Thrill Kill, something about congress or the senate looking for a soapbox. Despite like you said, Mortal Combat being common, and games like Blood Omen being around. It was mentioned by name or something, and got targeted as an especially violent game, and got remade into the Wu Tang fighting game.
But my question is are there any hard copies, or are they all just ISOs? Since you showed a pile of jewel cases at the beginning of the video, I gotta ask.
At 8:25 in the video, the cyber sled game has a similar vibe to the vehicular missions in SW:TCW by Lucasarts and Pandemic. That red sled is basically the same model as the droid cruiser, which has me thinking that the team who worked on this game also worked on The Clone Wars. Neat!
Always love these hidden gems videos. I’ve been collecting for a few years now and I usually find something I’ve never heard of 🙏🏽
Mjr, sitting in lockdown in Melbourne Aus and your videos give us a whole lot of happiness down here!! Keep up your great work!
Great list! I was hoping Monkey Magic would've been included in this review. Hopefully we see it in the next one.
Thanks for the suggestion!
MONKAY! [/TMR]
Thanks for the awesome vid MJR! Been playing my ps2 and 2 nonstop during this whole covid thing and happy to have more suggestions haha
Have you ever covered Brace Fencer Musashi? Definitely a fantastic hidden gem of a game!
Brave Fencer Musashi really was a fantastic game, i owned during my PS1 days.
I remember playing Cyber sled at my local arcade when I was a kid and it was awesome because of its unique controls. The input controls were basically two flight stick joysticks that you’d work together to move your vehicle. Great fun!
I used to play cyber sled on ps1 and my local arcade had it.
The only PS one game I still play is Hogs of War, I just love that game.
Silent Bomber was the second game by CyberConnect2, the .Hack series creators. Hiroshi Matsuyama cut his teeth on Silent Bomber and Tail Concerto, changing careers from an illustrator to a game designer at that time. I got to meet Matsuyama at E3 2003 and he signed a copy of Silent Bomber for me in the interview. Great guy, very passionate about what he does. Cool you mentioned that game as it's really an interestingly designed game.
Metal gear solid
Aliens trilogy
Twisted metal
I remember those good old days
Also Vigilante 8 ;)
TM 2 is way better one of my fave
Just started collecting for the PS1 so I am SO stoked for this video.
Best youtuber out there by a mile, kilometre and whatever else applies to you
Definitely best gaming TH-camr. I love His reviews.
First game i played when i got my ps1 was Ridge racer. Upgrading from an Amiga1200 (in terms of power) i thought it was amazing. My fave racing game at the time was Lotus3. Great times indeed. I still have my Playstation and about 50 games,could never part with it. great Vid Jason.
"Sometimes you just want something quick and dirty."
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Nanotek Warrior and Silent Bomber look really fun. Will def be on the lookout for those.
Wait, no intro? What? I'm confused...
U get contused very easy.. dont die out there
I remember Cyber Sled! Back in the 90's arcades set up big booths with doors and flight sim controls and you'd battle somebody else while they were in their booth!
See's the video was uploaded 3 seconds ago: "Oh boy, I can be first!"
See's 4 comments already: D:
Probably early access for patreon subscribers.
Mofos didn't even see the video, just went straight into the comments.
One of the few I have seen mention Mr. Domino. Love this game, and consider myself lucky to actually own a copy. Along those lines if you haven't tried Devil Dice ( almost sure you have ) but if not, you should. great overlooked game as well. Thanks for the vids, keep it up.
I Clicked the Notification The millisecond I seen it.
Silent Bomber was amazing, and was a game I would never have thought about buying had it not been for a solid demo.
Never got many ranks above B or C when I played it but enjoyed all of it especially the "chess match"
we'll never have the feeling or the games we had at the turning point of the ps1,ps2,xbox,gamecube,N64 era..Too much focus on resolution,frame rates,etc..
I picked up Mr. Domino and Steel Harbinger based on this video. Always nice to come across PS1 gems. I like to play these on a small Vita screen via the PS3 linkup or directly downloaded (the handful that are available). MetalJesus (and friends) always dig up some gems that I would otherwise have missed. Thank-you sir, you are doing God's work.
I also picked up Tenchu and Hard Edge (TRAG in US) recently just because I enjoy Resi 1 style bad voice acting. Don't know if I'd class them as hidden gems or not though.
Did you just make up a new word, "isn'tly" at 5:38?
Sure. Why not 😂
10/10 for creativity.
I've been waiting years for you to mention silent bomber. Absolute classic. And the name is hilarious
I'm view # 944 ! What do I win Metal Jesus?
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Nice list, Motor Toon still looks good in 2020. Some hidden gems to look out for: C12, Courier Crisis, Blasto and Gungage
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One of the most charming things about PS1 games are those 90s metal and techno soundtracks, especially the techno lol I hear those and immediately get a smile on my face.
The detail in the shop of Mr. Domino was a treat, it's crazy how much potential PS1 had that most games never made use of.
I am spending these months playing exclusively with PS1 games, so this video is perfect!
Mr Domino was absolutely genius, absolutely, I owned it and traded it but I wish I had not as its incredibly rare to find now as no one was familiar with it. Very addictive, very fun and a true game of imagination. Love unique gameplay and design like that.
Love ur professional explanation for each game, thank u i love this content
This is one of the reasons why the first PlayStation is my favorite console ever. Lots of hidden gems. I need another PS1 Imports PAL & Japanese Hidden Gems video.
I remember buying Steel Harbinger back at Blockbuster as a kid for the same price as a rental at the time. My initial thoughts were, "Man, if they're selling it this cheap, this game must suck! But it's only $4 so I've gotta get it!" All in all, I can't say I didn't have a little buyer's remorse, even at that price lol.
I agree. Motor Toon Grand Prix gives me the same vibes as Micro Machines which also reminds me of another REALLY hidden gem on the PS1 that I do not hear anybody talking about. It's called Micro Maniacs. It plays the same as Micro Machines, but instead of cars, you play as weird, quirky characters that have been shrunken into the size of a mouse. You find yourself running around race tracks based on areas of a common house, such as the bathroom, garden, playroom, etc. It's really great and I highly recommend you check it out.
i realized i didnt really comment on any of your videos, but i really appreciate these hidden gems videos so much. youre such a nice dude and this channel is seriously underrated