The "Unknown" gems of Super Nintendo

[FrankLee]

Some of my favorite games were on the SNES but ill ask people if they'd played them but they havent even heard of them. So heres my two favorite SNES games that are either A. Underated B. Im just the only one that loved them

Illusion of Gaia- An RPG I think it actually came out around the same time as a Final Fantasy title so maybe thats why it didnt get the attention it deserved

Warlock- Just a little platformer that no one that i talk to seems to know about

[maxlords]

Illusion of Gaia is awesome, just like Secret of Evermore :)

[Arqueologia_Digital]

Warlock is bad...i prefer Nosferatu in this category...

[FrankLee]

Illusion of Gaia is awesome, just like Secret of Evermore

Yes i agree Secret of Evermore was good too

[Dahne]

IoG was one of my very first RPGs. (well, action-RPG.) Man I love that game.

[petewhitley]

No idea if it's unknown or underrtaed but I always thought Super Smash TV was a killer port on SNES.

[ArnoldRimmer83]

Super Turrican 1 & 2
Indiana Jone's Greatest Adventures
Run Saber

[sniperCCJVQ]

Ignition Factor

[hydr0x]

the firemen :)

[anagrama]

Super Pang

[IntvGene]

King Arthur's World is a lesser-known game that I really like.

[Gamereviewgod]

Cybernator never got the credit it deserved.....Great stuff from Konami.

[dreamcaster]

Stunt Race FX - my favourite video game of all time.

'Back in the day', I was the only person I knew who had it. No one I knew had it.

I introduced it to my friends, who also loved it. But damned if you could find it in the stores, which is weird for a first-party game.

other SNES obscures that deserve credit are Top Gear 3000 and Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. Two greats, the latter I'm yet to find.

[buttasuperb]

Rock n Roll Racing

WHOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

[Atari7800]

Rock and Roll Racing, for sure...

Biker Mice from Mars is very much like Rock and Roll Racing, just with rats on bikes. Awesome!

I thought DOOM was damn good for a SNES game... ugly as hell, but it played well. The ad for the game was great... one sigle black ant surrounded by HUNDREDS of red ants... classic!

[Ruudos]

Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose!
Unirally

[digitalpress]

I thought Mr. Do! and Q*Bert 3 were both great "classic" releases that didn't get much fanfare. Mr. Do! added a head-to-head mode and Q*Bert 3 is just plain trippy. Both are very solid, overlooked games.

[FrankLee]

I got another one it was for the Sega Genesis and the Super Nintendo
Boogerman- one of the most ridicioulous platformers ive ever played

[buttasuperb]

Another one,

Saturday Night Slam Masters

Fun Capcom wrestling game with HAGGAR!!!!

[Kid Fenris]

I'd also name Illusion of Gaia and Cybernator. Excellent games, both o' them.

And I must mention Metal Warriors. It's similar to Cybernator, but with a lot of different mecha to pilot, and an awesome two-player versus mode.

[Bratwurst]

I always considered Skyblazer a quick and dirty action romp but the enemies and levels were creative enough- certainly worth the rental back then.

Demon's Crest never seems to get enough mention for its merits.

[kainemaxwell]

I'll definitly 2nd alot of the above pics and add a few myself:

Soulblazer (first part of the trilogy of SoulBlazer, IoG, and terrangama)
Vegas Stakes
Zombies Ate My Neighbors

[Ed Oscuro]

Cybernator never got the credit it deserved.....Great stuff from Konami.

Actually, that's Assault Suits Valken from NCS. Yes, I know it says Konami, but NCS developed it. The Japanese version was from 1992; try hunting down the ROM some time and take a look at the start screen. Oh, and there's some different logo that appears with what appears to be Pegasus next to some strange thing that reminds me of the Raizing logo, with a pinkish-highlighted "S" shape in the middle.

Other games:

Demon's Crest...it surprises me that ALL the Gargoyle's Quest/Demon's Crest games were released in America, and it also surprises me that people don't talk about them more. What wonderful titles...as somebody I know said once, "It takes the GnG series and perfects it." You play as the Red Arremer "Firebrand," no less.

Batman Returns seems interesting, somewhat fun, and pretty well drawn.

Star Fox 2...should've been released.

[maxlords]

Other games:

Demon's Crest...it surprises me that ALL the Gargoyle's Quest/Demon's Crest games were released in America, and it also surprises me that people don't talk about them more. What wonderful titles...as somebody I know said once, "It takes the GnG series and perfects it." You play as the Red Arremer "Firebrand," no less.

One of my favorite series EVER! I have all three...would SLAY to get box and manual for the GB one, and a manual for the NES one! Can't believe this series never did better.

Other faves of mine:

Brainlord (no one liked it....I think cause the puzzles are so hard) :)
Equinox (so fun!)
Rock N Roll Racing (my favorite racing game EVER...I kick ass at it too!)
Mega Man Soccer (quite good....and I hate sports games)
Road Runner Death Valley Rally - Am I the ONLY one that loved this game???

[Ed Oscuro]

Bah, the box art for Gargoyle's Quest shows Mr. Firebrand as GREEN. At least the US version, anyways. I'm not sure what the US Gargoyle's Quest 2 box looks like, but the Japanese version is nice. (Yeah, I have a picture somewhere, but I want to take another). Anyways:

http://home.attbi.com/~edoscuro/FC_gq2j_cart.jpg
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The cover art is an extended version. Nice printing, compare it with:

http://home.attbi.com/~edoscuro/GBA_sgng_cart.jpg
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Print quality was so much better on the cartridges back when.

[norkusa]

One of my favorite SNES gems that I never see mentioned anywhere is a game called "SOS". The storyline is allot like The Poseiden Adventure: you are a passenger on a swank cruise ship that capsizes after coming in contact with a nasty tidal wave. You have a time limit, 1 or 2 hours I think, to make it to a hole in the top of the ship (which used to be the bottom). Along the way, you meet a variety of characters which you can decide to either help or leave behind. The characters are really fleshed-out and have alot of personality. Guess this makes it easier for you to decide if you want to help them because a few are real nasty. The game has a real cinematic feel to it and to add to the tension, the ship will rock back and forth causing the games prespective to change along with it.

My only complaint is that the controlls can be a tad frustrating, but SOS is real interesting and a unique concept for a game that I haven't seen repeated anywhere else. (although I still have yet to play Disaster Report for PS2). People should give it a try.

[Rogmeister]

I've seen S.O.S. listed in one of my magazines. Doesn't that stand for Sink Or Swim? I'd love to have a copy of Mr. Do! but have never come across a copy. I also love Zombies Ate My Neighbors, mentioned by someone else, which has a nice co-op mode where two people can play at the same time.

[norkusa]

I've seen S.O.S. listed in one of my magazines. Doesn't that stand for Sink Or Swim?

Sink Or Swim is a totally different SNES game. Never played it, but I think it's some kind of action/puzzle game. Strange that there are two different SOS's for the Super Nintendo.

[Anonymous]

Brainlord (no one liked it....I think cause the puzzles are so hard) :)


This game was the bane of Nintendo's Game Play Counselors. "Ok which screen are you on?" "The one with the trees." "Excuse me while I get some punk with steel toed boots to kick me in the head."



One of my favorite SNES gems that I never see mentioned anywhere is a game called "SOS".
I've been looking for this game forever! I've wanted to play it ever since it got a little blurb in an old issue of Nintendo Power.

[Dobie]

I really used to dig Lester the Unlikely. Funny game about a nerd who gets the chicks. I rented it all of the time as a kid, now I can't seem to find a copy to save my life. I may end up ebaying for this one.

[Jorpho]

I recall that a major drawback to SOS was that the text scrolling speed was very slow (not a good thing when there's a time limit).

Didn't Zombies Ate My Neighbours have a sequel, Ghoul Patrol? I never hear much about it.
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[Rogmeister]

Ghoul Patrol was kind of an unofficial sequel. It wasn't made by the same company and it had a different look to it...I also don't think it was as much fun.

[tynstar]

I liked Uniracers. One or two players does not matter fun either way.

[Eternal Champion]

Someone mentioned Super Smash TV--YES!! Kick ass game, great arcade translation.

A friend of mine was a big SNES nut back in the day, more for strategy-type games. He raved about a strategy game where you are an airline...I can't for the life of me remember the name. So I'm giving props to him for mentioning it. Anyone recognize it?

As for me, Super Double Dragon seems to have been forgotten...I think it's one of the better home versions, and a great beat-em-up for SNES.

[zmeston]

Someone mentioned Super Smash TV--YES!! Kick ass game, great arcade translation.

A friend of mine was a big SNES nut back in the day, more for strategy-type games. He raved about a strategy game where you are an airline...I can't for the life of me remember the name. So I'm giving props to him for mentioning it. Anyone recognize it?

Sounds like Aerobiz, from KOEI. I think there was a sequel, as well, although I'm too lazy to refer to Joe's SNES rarity list and verify.

-- Z.

[Eternal Champion]

Sounds like Aerobiz, from KOEI. I think there was a sequel, as well, although I'm too lazy to refer to Joe's SNES rarity list and verify.

-- Z.

Yes! I'm sure that's it. Thanks, Z. According to the rarity list, there's a sequel, Aerobiz 2: Supersonic. My friend sold off his SNES and complete games years ago to Funco or whatever for a fraction of what he could now.

[FrankLee]

Zombies Ate My Neighbours is a realy good game for the sega havent played it for the SNES are they the same?

[girth305]

I would like to recommend

-Wild Guns - fun arcade port

-Pocky and Rocky 1&2- Bizarre shootem up, play as a shinto preistess killing spirits with your tanoke(can't spell)/raccoon buddy.

-I will also give a shout out for Demon's Crest(great game!!!) and Cybernator!


Take care

[shai hulud]

mystical ninja - not huge, but everyone here has probably played it

super buster bros. - i dont know why i like this game so much

sunset riders - possibly my GF`s favorite game, so i had to say it (Gen. version is better i think)

[rarecube]

International Super Star Soccer Deluxe
Sunset Riders
Super Pang

[MegaDrive20XX]

Demon's Crest aka "Demon's Blazon" aka "Gargoyle's Quest 3"
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v129/Akumajo22/DemonsCrest.bmp

It's so nice, it must be mentioned twice..

[SegaAges]

hmm...
i got a few for this:

uniracers
clayfighter (with street fighter and mortal kombat being out, this poor gem didn't stand a chance)
metal warriors (why does this game have to be rare now? it is my fav snes game of all time)

[jaybird]

All the KOEI SNES titles were great games - and still hold up well today.

[sniperCCJVQ]

WWF Royal Rumble and RAW was two solid and probably the best wrestling games back in the SNES days.

[o2william]

I must once again mention Space Megaforce, which seems to be fairly well known among hardcore shoot'em-up players but less so among casual shmup fans. It's a wonderful game... plays a lot like Blazing Lasers (both were developed by Compile -- and Space Megaforce is actually Super Aleste in Japan).

[Habeeb Hamusta]

Illusion of Gaia is one of my all time favorites. I played Warlock and that game is horrible. Almost as bad as Blackthorne. :)

[stuffedmonkey]

Uniracers was great - my dad thought i was insane - was always bitching "why would anyone want to play with riderless unicycles...?"

Actraiser 1 - I really liked that game. 2 sucked.

Rock and Roll Racing was really fun too. we played that forever.

[Jasoco]

Uniracers had some really cool music. And the ability to do really cool flips and tricks was great.

[Iron Draggon]

Super Conflict!

I never hear anybody talk about this game, but if you're into any hex-based wargames at all, you have to have this game! Basically it's Master of Monsters with a WWII theme. 55 scenarios in the campaign mode makes for plenty of solo playtime, and then there's the head-to-head mode for 2 player warfare!

And, it seems to be SUPER RARE too. I lucked out and found two sealed copies for only $20 apiece at a swap meet about 5 years ago, so I picked them both up, and I'm oh-so-glad I did! I haven't seen any other copies of it since then, except on ebay, and they're always cart only, no box or manual.

[racecar]

i like most if the ENIX titles( IoG, brainlord, soalblazer, robotron etc....) also the koei series for the snes like( romance of the 3 kingdoms, nobunaga, rise of the pheonix, lord of drkness etc...)

[Daria]

One of my favorite RPGs for the SNES is a game I never hear anyone talk about. Dragon View, it's the not-so-sucky sequal to Drakhen and is just a really nice side scrolling, action RPG.

And after reading the description for SOS I'll have to check it out. Sounds pretty cool.

[suppafly]

Actraiser!!!! My favorite SNES game!

[sirgeoph]

Rock n Roll Racing

WHOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

I was gonna vote for this one...best soundtrack ever

[FlufflePuff]

I loved Gemfire for the SNES. Also Metal Warriors. Check em out. Good stuff.

[lendelin]

I have to second Demon's Crest. It is my favorite sleeper hit on the SNES.

The game has awesome varied gameplay, strtegic elements in particular for the boss battles, superb first-rate Capcom graphics, atmosphere a plenty, and hidden items which are an invitation to explore; and the last boss battle is so great I still remember it.

It is truly a hidden gem.

[DigitalSpace]

Here's some good stuff that hasn't been mentioned:

On The Ball
Spanky's Quest
Dino City
Claymates

[vintagegamecrazy]

Spindizzy Worlds

Great music and gameplay, and for those of you that don't know, this plays like marble madness

X Kaliber 2097

[Djfinny]

Not sure if it's a rarity but it's by far my favorite game made for the SNES. Absolutely a must have.

Metal Marines by Namco

DJ

[fishsandwich]

I don't think anyone has mentioned DIRT TRAX FX yet... pardon me if it has.

This was a late-release dirtbike racer that came out when Nintendo was trying to convince everyone to stay 16-bit and was releasing games with FX chips that displayed simple polygonal graphics.

It's a great racing game bogged down by terrible music, a horrid interface, and the worst character design EVER. The racing is top-notch, though, and while the graphics are VERY simple (flat-shaded polygons that make the original Virtual Racer look like Outrun 2) the control is great and the racing is intense. Think of it as Excitebike 3-D (the game is truly 3-D.) This one does NOT play well on emulators AT ALL. Buggy as can be!

http://usuarios.lycos.es/genetik/dirttrax.jpg

http://www.megalong.com/games/ig/2508.jpg

Cheers