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Damon Plus
10-05-2004, 04:03 PM
... but now have become cult classics?

-Gunstar Heroes
-River City Ransom
-Panzer Dragoon Saga
-Clash at Demonhead
-Demonīs Crest
Ed Oscuro
10-05-2004, 04:10 PM
Panzer Dragoon Saga never really got a chance. Maybe you could list Burning Rangers.

Perhaps Clash at Demonhead goes here, too.
Crush Crawfish
10-05-2004, 04:43 PM
Demon's crest is an excellent game that's become something of a cult classic. It sold incredibly poorly though. One week it acutally managed to generate negative sales figures!!! That means more were returned than bought!!! @_@
suppafly
10-05-2004, 04:51 PM
I second River City Ransom...as the most overlooked game ever

BTW I dont think that Gunstar Heroes didnt sell well. It received a LOT of hype from magazines like Die Hard.....and im sure it sold quite some copies!
Ed Oscuro
10-05-2004, 05:16 PM
Demon's crest is an excellent game that's become something of a cult classic. It sold incredibly poorly though. One week it acutally managed to generate negative sales figures!!! That means more were returned than bought!!! @_@
Ugh, really? Wow.

No wonder that game's still like $30 new!
Cauterize
10-05-2004, 05:18 PM
Klonoa 2!!!!!!!
FlufflePuff
10-05-2004, 05:20 PM
Did Dragon Warrior sell well at first in the US? I mean gamers had no experience with RPGs up to that point. It was a pretty big leap from games like Adventure. And, NP gave away a ton of the carts to help drive intrest in the game. I don't have any sales figures to back this up, but I would say all those things point to poor initial sales figures.
tritium
10-05-2004, 05:20 PM
I don't understand the whole Gunstar Heroes thing, its a candy colored version of contra.

-Tritium
suppafly
10-05-2004, 05:23 PM
I don't understand the whole Gunstar Heroes thing, its a candy colored version of contra.

-Tritium

With kickass graphics full of scaling and rotation, and HUGE bosses that couldnt have been done with the SNesīs slow processor!
Ed Oscuro
10-05-2004, 05:29 PM
Gunstar Heroes doesn't have the Neo Kobe Steel Factory music. OMG!!11

... LOL
Gapporin
10-05-2004, 05:59 PM
The Last Express. Great game, horrible sales.
NintendoMan
10-05-2004, 07:06 PM
Panzer Dragoon Saga never really got a chance. here,

VERY VERY TRUE!

I am really wanting to see some excellent NES games that didn't sell well.
suppafly
10-05-2004, 07:09 PM
Clash at demonhead
river city ransom
kabuki quantum fighter
kjmontana
10-05-2004, 09:32 PM
With kickass graphics full of scaling and rotation, and HUGE bosses that couldnt have been done with the SNesīs slow processor!

Ever played Yoshi's Island? HUGE @_@ BOSSES!
Push Upstairs
10-06-2004, 12:37 AM
But did Yoshi's Island have a boss that attacked you with sonic flatulence?

How about a "roll the dice and decide if you fight a boss or not" level?

I enjoyed "Gunstar Heroes" more than Contra because i dont care much for "1-hit death" games.....that and i can throw people around and blow loads of shit up :D
Dahne
10-06-2004, 01:29 AM
I may be mistaken, but I've gotten the impression that Castlevania: SOTN had lackluster sales figures.
Ed Oscuro
10-06-2004, 10:32 AM
Especially since it got a Greatest Hits rerelease, you know.
Cauterize
10-06-2004, 11:13 AM
With kickass graphics full of scaling and rotation, and HUGE bosses that couldnt have been done with the SNesīs slow processor!

Ever played Yoshi's Island? HUGE @_@ BOSSES!

I love both these games so no fan boy loving! or ill get you!
Ed Oscuro
10-06-2004, 11:23 AM
Yoshi's Island = Super FX Chip.

Besides, the main processor on the SNES didn't do the real work; the special graphics chip did. The Genesis really could've used a custom graphics chip and then a slower 68000 would've been fine.

Keeping things in perspective!
MegaDrive20XX
10-06-2004, 11:25 AM
Demon's crest is an excellent game that's become something of a cult classic. It sold incredibly poorly though. One week it acutally managed to generate negative sales figures!!! That means more were returned than bought!!! @_@

Don't forget about the original Gargoyle's Quest 1 and 2, I never heard much about the two, but I played them to death, but we all know how wonderful they are.

I still wonder why Capcom's "Firebrand" aka "The Red Blaze" never got much attention

Of course CastleVania Bloodlines (Genesis, yet got a re-release thanks to Majesco), CastleVania Dracula X (SNES), CastleVania 2: Belmont's Revenge (GBY), CastleVania (N64) and CastleVania: Legacy of Darkness (N64) , and CastleVania Legends (GBC) did not sell well back in the day....but each holds a special place in many fans...especially the value of Dracula X on SNES
kjmontana
10-06-2004, 11:32 AM
Yoshi's Island = Super FX Chip.

Besides, the main processor on the SNES didn't do the real work; the special graphics chip did. The Genesis really could've used a custom graphics chip and then a slower 68000 would've been fine.

Keeping things in perspective!

But the Genesis had "blast processing"! x_x
Ed Oscuro
10-06-2004, 01:54 PM
Of course CastleVania Bloodlines (Genesis, yet got a re-release thanks to Majesco), CastleVania Dracula X (SNES), CastleVania 2: Belmont's Revenge (GBY), CastleVania (N64) and CastleVania: Legacy of Darkness (N64) , and CastleVania Legends (GBC) did not sell well back in the day....but each holds a special place in many fans...especially the value of Dracula X on SNES
Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge and The Castlevania Adventure got "special" color re-releases in special anthology carts or something...I've never seen one myself. CastleVania Legends isn't a Game Boy Color game, despite having been produced in 1998.