Recommend the next poster a game (every system)

[Damon Plus]

Recommend the next poster a game (well-known or underrated) on the system you choose and give a reason to play it:

Nes-River City Ransom- Great multiplayer and unique gameplay

[tholly]

Gamecube -- Cubivore -- innovative gameplay, nice graphics, and an interesting plot

[Shady Smurf]

Zombies Ate my Neighbors-Snes-Greatest Multiplayer game of all time, great gameplay, long game, sweet weapons

[le geek]

Seaquest - Atari 2600 - Great twitch shooter that gets amazingly fast but not impossible!

[Ze_ro]

Pepper II for the ColecoVision. Quite possibly the best and most underrated Pac-Man clone out there... plus, the music (what little there is) will get stuck in your head. Great game.

--Zero

[gamergary]

Go Go Ackman Super Famicom- Side Scroller which has a storyline that stays true its one shot manga roots.

[jonjandran]

Prince of Persia : Sands of Time -- PS2 -- Best Update to an old Franchise EVER !!!!

[DigitalSpace]

Claymates - SNES

Underrated platformer on platformer-heavy SNES. The ability to play different animals such as a mouse, duck, fish, etc brings a lot of variety to the game.

[TNTPLUST]

Rampage - Atari Lynx - Best version of this game for single player.

[Professor Hector]

Zanac - NES - Fun, frantic vertical shooter with an extremely impressive A.I. system (the more you fire weapon, the more intense the enemies become).

[AB Positive]

Chrono Trigger -- SNES -- One of two examples of what every RPG should be.



-AG

[djbeatmongrel]

Cosmic Ark (2600) - some of the best graphics on the 2600 and it is just purely awesome

[omnedon]

Metal Slug 3 (NEO GEO- coming soon to Xbox) the FINEST 2D animation I have ever seen in a game, and hella fun for one or two players to boot!

[Queen Of The Felines]

Suikoden II (PlayStation) - Possibly the most underrated RPG ever. Great music, great storyline, great characters, great dialogue, one of the few games to get me emotionally involved. It's worth the over-inflated ebay prices.

Kristine

[Dangerboy]

ICO - PlayStation 2

The only time you will ever see the PS2 pull of a real graphics engine, great storyline, and jaw dropping gorgeous gameplay flawlessly.

Too bad the cover artwork sucks ass :P

[Mythik]

E.V.O. - Search for Eden (SNES)

One of my all time favorite SNES games.


Although not an avid SNES collector, if anyone has one they'll let go for a decent price, give me a shout :D

[dreamcaster]

Neo Turf Masters (Neo Geo Pocket Color) - The greatest handheld golf game on the greatest handheld system. :D

Immeasurably addictive. @_@

[DigitalSpace]

Since we've got the 1983 theme going today...

Grand Prix - 2600 - Okay, it was actually released in 1982, but whatever. If I made a list of the best racing games I've ever played, this would be somewhere in that list.

[Damon Plus]

Wonder Boy 3: Dragon´s Trap (Sega Master System)

You can play as 5 different animals each with their own abilities, and it´s just fun

[Querjek]

Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes-GREAT stealth gameplay that I suck at. But still an excellent game, courtesy of Hideo Kojima.

[Fairlight]

Sega Rally-Sega Saturn. One of the finest home conversions ever.

[Dire 51]

Yume Penguin Monogatari (http://www.geocities.com/opcfg2/ypmreview.html) (Famicom) - An obscure Konami platformer that has one of the most bizarre stories ever, as well as a penguin pimp. How can you go wrong with that?!

[dbiersdorf]

Bubsy for SNES or Genesis, forget his sequals which all sucked, the first, and original Bubsy was classic. Faster and more fun then Sonic was.

[WiseSalesman]

Dance Dance Revolution and its expansions (Arcade, PS, PS2, XBox) - It's unlike any game you've ever played before. The original, and still best, dancing pad game. The music's good, the gameply rocks, and you lose weight while you play. Could you really ask for more?

[Rogmeister]

SNES: Super Punch-Out--I've played the arcade game some but never really played the NES game much...but I love the SNES one. It's one of those games that's great for short gaming sessions...you can go through all 16 fighters in little over a half-hour. I never lose matches anymore (it's rare I even get knocked down) so it becomes a challenge to just better your times. Great cartoony graphics and (especially at first) a pretty good challenge. One of these days I'll manage my ultimate goal...to go through all 16 opponents without one of them laying a glove on me. Hasn't happened yet...

[classicb]

Golf- Virtual Boy

One of the few Virtual Boy games I continue to go back to and play time after time. Amusing music and it's in 3D :)

[Rogmeister]

Atari Lynx: Klax Klax is available on a number of systems, but I first encountered it on the Lynx and it's one of my favorite games on that systems and I even like the woman's voice on it..."Klax....Wave..." It's one of those games where you match tiles or bricks...in this one you get more points for diagonal matches or getting 5 in a row correct. It's a fun and challenging puzzle game and a bit different from most of the Tetris-style games...

[§ Gideon §]

Pong (or variant thereof): As the popular t-shirt says nowadays, "Know your roots."

[Crush Crawfish]

Monster Party for the NES- A mind Numbingly weird platformer, where you play as a kid named mark, who meets a gargoyle named Bert. And then you go through insane levels, with lots of blood that nintendo's censors missed (It's not graphic though). You fight weird bosses, such as a fried shimp that turns into a onion ring that turns into 3 onion rings tied to a stick!! Also, mark transforms into bert by eating a pill he finds laying on the ground during a level. I love weird games, and this has to be one of the weirdest!

[briskbc]

Midway Arcade Treasures (all current systems)

24 classic arcade games in one package. Bliss. The money you save on playing Smash TV at home would pay for this game in no time. :D

[downfall]

Mario's Picross - Gameboy / Mario's Super Picross - Super Famicom

Probably my favorite puzzle games on any system. A whole lot of fun, and can be very challenging/rewarding, but the slow pace turns many people off from these games.

[Rogmeister]

Alien Vs. Predator on the Atari Jaguar. Everyone (pretty much everyone) agrees that Tempest 2000 is the best game on the Jag but I don't think this one is very far behind. The game is a first person game where you play either as a marine, an alien or a predator. It's very rich in atmosphere and gave me more than a few starts. I never even saw a Predatoro movie and I still enjoy it. If you own a Jaguar, it's one of only a few games that absolutely must be in your game library for that system.

[Damon Plus]

This topic is interesting (I think) so I resurrect it. WAIS FROM YOUR WAVE!

Dr Mario (Nes) A great and addictive puzzle game if you are bored with Tetris

[rbudrick]

Princess TOmato in the Sald Kingdom (NES, and possibly some computers)

If anyone out there is a Shadowgate/Deja Vu/Uninvited fan, you should check this game out. It uses a different engine, of course, and you don't have a hand cursor, but the commands are all very similar and it's a cute, fun, challenging game. It holds a record for me for longest game I beat in one sitting. The first time I played it I played it for 15 hours straight until I beat it.

-Rob

[kai123]

Red Dead Revolver for the Xbox or PS2. It has nice graphics and is a great addition to the lacking cowboy genre.

[jdc]

World Driver Championship for the N64. A real sim racer for the system. The N64's Gran Turismo game. You have to pay attention in order to be competitive or the CPU will eat you alive. One of those racers where you hold your breath for the final lap.....and second place comes in on your bumper. Too bad that Boss Studios folded. I'd have loved to see a 128-bit version.

Better than Gran Turismo.

[soniko_karuto]

nes- conquest of the cristal palace.

[Richter Belmount]

shaq fu

[optic_85]

GAIN GROUND for Sega Genesis! This is probably my 3rd favorite gen game next to streets of rage 2, and sonic 2. Lots's of charicters, lots of weapons, lots of levels, and LOTS of fun!!!

[Rogmeister]

shaq fu

Why? Why? Why would you recommend a game no one ever has had a good word to say? So you can say you have the worst game in the history of the Super Nintendo?

I'd recommend Super Metroid...but I imagine everyone out there already has this one...

[calthaer]

Thief Gold for the PC, along with Thief 2 and Thief 3: Deadly Shadows.

[DaBargainHunta]

This is mostly something I said in another thread, but it works here too:

My recommendation is one of the most criminally underrated and overlooked games of any generation - Assault Rigs for PSX.

This mixture of shooter and puzzler from the now-defunct Psygnosis still holds up magnificently well, even in the graphics department. The game takes place in a "virtual world," and you control a futuristic tank. I haven't played it in a while, so my memory is a bit hazy, but I believe each level presents a series of goals, with the major one being to find the exit. Getting from A to B isn't always simple, which is where the puzzle elements come in. You may know where the exit is, but figuring out how to get there takes some work. Of course, there are enemies along the way to further complicate matters. It all makes for a damn fun and addictive gameplay experience.

Assault Rigs was a near-launch title that was overshadowed by just about every other high-profile release at the time, and thus it never got the attention or acclaim it deserved. It's a shame that more people didn't discover it at the time and even fewer people will discover it now because it's become a forgotten part of the PSX's early history.

[FlufflePuff]

Equinox - SNES

Sequel to Solstice on the NES. Slightly less impossible. Better graphics. Much better than Solstice (which I did like).

[Rogmeister]

Assault Rigs was listed as a "Buried Treasure" on the G4 show Judgment Day and I picked it up for that reason...

[DaBargainHunta]

Assault Rigs was listed as a "Buried Treasure" on the G4 show Judgment Day and I picked it up for that reason...
Nice. What did you think of it?

And to stay on topic, I'll throw in another recommendation (also from another thread of mine):

Am I the only one who considers Rambo III for Genesis an underrated classic? It NEVER gets mentioned in any "Best of Genesis" topics. To me, it's an almost perfect action game - great graphics that have stood the test of time, AWESOME sound effects, fast action, cool weapons, and just plain fun gameplay. Even after all these years, I'm still not tired of it.

Plus, it's Rambo - what more can you ask for? :D

[Rogmeister]

I like the game. Graphically, it's kind of "Tron Tanks"...I also got it in the popular long box container... :D

[Cryomancer]

Yuke Yuke Troublemakers / Mischoef Makers for N64. In a world of the internet where treasure is worshipped, some of their most fun games are vastly unheard of still. Crazy. Your only weapon is your ability to shake things. There is a boss that shoots "bad" words at you, like hate, blood, etc, and you have to grab them, shake them therefore turning them into good words like love or peace, then throw them back at him. The final boss is also a battle that is pretty much completely pointless to have storywise, but damn fun regardless. Extra challenges to get all the gold gems and view the entire ending, this is one of those games that we are VERY lucky to have in the US.

[DaBargainHunta]

I gotta add one more to this list. :) Road Trip for PS2. I even reviewed it right here on DP. Check out my sig for the link.

[Neonsolid]

Gone.

[Mr.FoodMonster]

Pilot Wings - SNES. Its such a great game, I wish they would do a GOOD remake of it (coughN64versionSUCKEDcough)

[Famidrive-16]

Pilot Wings - SNES. Its such a great game, I wish they would do a GOOD remake of it (coughN64versionSUCKEDcough)

I thought the 64 one was okay, but yeah it's nothing to the original

i'm gonna recomend Startropics for the NES

[qbertandernie]

id second E.V.O. for SNES...

i was going to list that, but Mythik beat me to it...

and rock and roll racing SNES...classic rock soundtrack, horrible announcer, great game!

[Lemmy Kilmister]

i'm gonna recomend Startropics for the NES

Funny you should say that. It just so happiens that I got a complete version in the mail today. Anywho, how about legend of the mystical ninja.

[shai hulud]

Tetris Attack / Pokeom Puzzle League - awesome multiplayer games that almost anyone can pick up and play

[imanerd0011]

NES - Crystalis

It plays alot like Zelda , but has much better graphics and gameplay. The music is also very addictive in some areas, and the boss battles are pretty intense.

[Algol]

Star Sweep-PS1

Unbelievably addictive puzzle game with hints of Tetris and Dr. Mario. Plus, the music gets stuck in your head for months, literally.

[8-Bit Master]

Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse - One of my all time favorite NES games, and my favorite game in the CV series. Basically one of my favorite games of all time. :D

[Damon Plus]

Road Rash 2 (Genesis)- I don´t like racing games that much, but this got me hooked like no other. You can purchase a lot of motorbikes, the music rocks, the stages are good looking, and there´s nothing better than hitting a cop on your left and then a biker on your right until they both fall to the ground. LOL

[Chainsaw_Charlie]

Silent hill 2
________
Suzuki GSX-R750 history (http://www.suzuki-tech.com/wiki/Suzuki_GSX-R750)

[morphx]

Panzer Dragoon II: Zwei

[Rogmeister]

Intelligent Qube for PS1. A great puzzle game where you're on a group of cubes with more gigantic cubes coming at you. You have to activate certain cubes to absorb the others and you're limited in time...you have to eliminate them before they squash you and before you run out of room on the platform. Great gameplay, fantastic music...the game isn't real cheap but if you can find it, scarf that sucker up...

[GarrettCRW]

Jumping Flash! and Jumping Flash! 2 for the PS1.

An early-life series that Sony has *totally* forgotten about, and so has the online community. (Knowing what all of the end of stage rewards one can get in the second game would certainly help seeing as how there's an unlockable secret tied into getting all of them....) Anyways, this game has quite the unique approach-a first-person platformer (albeit an extremely cute one, though the voice acting in the sequel successfully manages to play up the absurdity built into the game). Granted, the final bosses of both games are almost exactly alike, but the two games provide an alternate form of platform games in 3D to the now-standard Super Mario 64 model.

[Rogmeister]

I agree about Jumping Flash...both games are great and it's too bad we never got any others.

[8-Bit Master]

Tenchu: Stealth Assassins

An excellent ninja game for the PSX. Great level design and story fitted together with some incredibly enjoyable stealth gameplay. It's sequel is also very good, but I don't really care for the more recent games in the series on the PS2 and Xbox.

[GarrettCRW]

I agree about Jumping Flash...both games are great and it's too bad we never got any others.

Actually, there was a third, done by a different development studio. However, the game, Robbit Mon Dieu, is supposed to have been quite awful.

[optic_85]

Spawn-In the demon's hand For DC

-Am i the only person who likes this game? I dont hear it mentioned much, but i think it's a fun game with lots of replay value, and fun multiplayer.

[Damon Plus]

Tales of Phantasia- I can´t believe that game wasn´t released outside Japan

[slip81]

Damn I wanted to reccomend Startropics, but Famidrive beat me to it.

NES - Adventures of Lolo, fun, simple puzzle solving game. Nuff' said.

[ghostangelofcky]

Mega Man - NES
Bonk - TG16
Splatterhouse - Famicom
Galaga
Any of the Atari 2600 Mystique titles! LOL

[Lone_Monster]

Azure Dreams - PSX

Awesome RPG. One of my favorites.

[Grim_Reaper_Bostock]

NES Destiny of an Emperor. Since I started playing I've had trouble putting it down!

[Dahne]

Heh, I'm such a geek I can tell you exactly where Grim_Reaper_Bostock's name came from.

Since I was just playing it, I'll recommend Star Fox 64. Hectic and fun.

[Damon Plus]

Adventures of Lolo series- I´m becoming seriously addicted to them!

[DigitalSpace]

R-Type Final (PS2) - Irem gave the R-Type series one hell of a swan song. Lots of ships and great powerups. A must-own for SHMUP fans.

[videogameking26]

Burnout 3: Takedown- Best Arcade racer ever...great game :D

Blazing Lakers (TG16)

Blast Chamber (Saturn)

Sabre Wulf (GBA)

Bubble Bobble 2 (NES)

Ape Escape (PSX)

Kya: Dark Lineage (PS2)