No, clearly the best Treasure game is Toejam & Earl.
partial to Ballz myself, that one's underrated
No, clearly the best Treasure game is Toejam & Earl.
I feel like I need to mention Little Nemo: The Dream Master (NES) in every thread like this.
Wonderful Capcom platformer with one of the best 8-bit soundtracks.
partial to Ballz myself, that one's underrated
Man, these awesome 16 bit game threads always make me sad. The industry euthanized this style of games when it still had at least ten more good years in it. Somewhere there is an alternate universe where people saw the first generation of polygon systems, said "This needs more time in the oven", and we got another generation of 2D sprite games hitting their peak.
I know Thunder Force 4 (Lightening Force in NA) isn't some buried, forgotten game but I feel like it doesn't get the recognition it deserves. The soundtrack is unbelievable but the game itself is really good too. I played it for the first time in 2015 after getting it for 10 bucks at a yard sale and it still blew me away, couldn't put it down until I'd finished it legit.
I fire up my Genesis and other older systems fairly often but it's usually for a quick nostalgia trip or playthrough of contra hard corps/alien soldier. It's rare that I completely get into something like that. I also have Thunder Force 3, and I see that brought up much more often than 4 even though it didn't impress me as much.
Obligatory soundtrack links:
https://youtu.be/oTQIiIKummw
https://youtu.be/rYPcte3BlPw
https://youtu.be/ObJVuRTIIS4
^Loved that game
My Pick:
D&D Warriors of the Eternal Sun
EVO: The Search for Eden. I swear no one ever talks about this
At this point I wonder if there are any true hidden gems, but Illusion of Gaia has always meant a lot to me and I think it's only a game people are moderately aware of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMicjSsbtNI
There's a fair amount of sadness in it for a SNES game
Bloody Wolf for the TurboGrafx-16 doesn't get nearly enough love.
Before Onimusha, there was this...
Multiple pathes/Open World Map, a slew of sword techniques/moves to unlock. Stunning game at the time.
Hokuto No Ken for the Sega Master System.
Unfortunately here in the west it got called Black Belt and had the sprites changed so characters were not recognizable anymore, but it was still a solid game that, back in the days, really gave you those Kenshiro vibes.
Boss finishers were amazing!
The Firemen is the superior underrated SNES firefighter game. Also has a surprising good AI-controled sidekick.The Ignition Factory
You're a firefighter basically. But it has RPG elements and you must choose your loadout with care. Fun game filled with tension!
Never played it, but that description makes it sound incredible!
XEXYZ was an fantastic game. My mom bought it for my friend for his birthday and we played that game nonstop.XEXYZ on nes. Pretty much my favorite 8 but game to this day.
EVO: The Search for Eden. I swear no one ever talks about this game.
Alien Soldier
Might be worth checking out the Gargoyle's Quest trilogy.
fire n ice the best puzzle game on the nes imo holds up super well
kick master fuck swords im going to kick every mother fucker in this fantasy land
kicking this lady
kicking this fucking octopus
all this shits gonna get kicked
Hokuto No Ken for the Sega Master System.
Unfortunately here in the west it got called Black Belt and had the sprites changed so characters were not recognizable anymore, but it was still a solid game that, back in the days, really gave you those Kenshiro vibes.
Boss finishers were amazing!
FTFYNope, no chip.
The Genesis could do plenty of things the nintendon't, though, and vice-versa.
Man, that series is so good...but for me, the best one is Terranigma!
Terranigma is in no fashion underrated. It's known as one of the best.We are the only two votes for Terranigma in this thread. What a depressing world we live in.
Terranigma is in no fashion underrated. It's known as one of the best.
A game I don't see mentioned often is 8-bit Little Nemo: The Dreammaster. It was a side scrolling platformer of sorts for NES based on "Adventures in Slumberland," which I had never heard of as a kid, but for some reason we owned this game. It was a fairly challenging game despite the childlike art, and the levels were all pretty bizarre. The main boss was terrifying. Overall, very memorable with a good sound track if I remember correctly.
Edit, well, I guess not as terrifying as my memory serves...
At this point I wonder if there are any true hidden gems, but Illusion of Gaia has always meant a lot to me and I think it's only a game people are moderately aware of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMicjSsbtNI
There's a fair amount of sadness in it for a SNES game
How have I never heard of this?? That looks amazing!
Bucky O'Hare is one of my favorite games on NES, feels like a Treasure game before they became Treasure.
Gimmick! You won't find an NES game made with more love or care
Spent nearly $100 to secure a copy recently -- no regrets
I've always wanted to own a copy of Bucky O'Hare. I'm a proud owner of Mr Gimmick though.
First LP I ever did for my YouTube channel. That final boss was so infuriating. The game gave you NO indication of the order you needed to beat him.Wrath of Black Manta - NESOne of my favorites on NES. You are a ninja that must save the new apprentice of your former sensei from a gang of kidnappers... trough all the world... I think there were 5 countries. You can learn new powers when you finnish a stage. You can interrogate enemies and learn some secrets. The final boss must be defeated using your powers in the correct order... weird. I loved this game, and was one of the only few I could finnish on the NES era.
Biker Mice From Mars was a surprisingly fun SNES racing gameespecially with the split-screen multiplayer. I feel like it may have been a clone of Rock n Roll racing, but I never played that game enough to say for sure.
EVO: The Search for Eden. I swear no one ever talks about this game.
Sidescrolling platformer/RPG played across millions of years, jumping through different eras, and evolving into different creatures with different attributes as you go. It's got some properly weird alternate history stuff in there, lots of "bad endings" show you what would have happened to the world if you had failed, and it's really fun to evolve the different parts of your body to see all the different combinations.
It's on the SNES.