Top 10 Most Underrated NES Games | Please Give These Classics a Chance
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I LOVE this list because it's so personal. I'm tired of the same lists over and over. This person included their personal memories and unique games I haven't seen on other lists.
Exactly. Almost ever other list is "1. Super mario bros. 2. Zelda 3.....)
Master blaster was innovative being one of the 1st if not the 1st game to let your character to exit and enter your vehicle whenever you pleased! Very underrated
Hell yea! The graphics were some of the best I've ever seen the NES produce.
Yeah dude. Blaster Master was one of the first games that went out of its way to be art.
Underrated? I have yet to review on it that calls it garbage, it pretty beloved. But it went under the radar, so I would call it a hidden gem.
Agree 👍
Everybody loves and praises that game. It's hardly underrated.
It was River City Ransom for me. The music, the game dynamics, the way you would power up (buying stuff at shopping malls scattered throughout the map) and being able to kick someone into a bottomless pit. My number one even today.
I wish people would talk more about Golgo 13
Hard ass game! Lol i had it
Loved that game!!!!!
I hated it
I loved that game. Never got the chance to beat it since I was never able to beat the game since I couldn’t find the NES cleaning kit. Still had fun with it.
Great fun until the maze, then you turn it off.
Legacy of the Wizard. I probably spent 100’s of hours playing it. Basically an open world game, very cryptic, with not many secrets revealed by the instructions. I loved that game, would love to see a remake.
Awesome game, and an incredible soundtrack by Yuzo Koshiro. One of my favorites as well! :)
I love me some Baseball Simulator 1000 but you're insane if you think it's better than Baseball Stars.
RIGHT ON, baseball stars had crazy depth.
even base loaded 1 and 2 was better than baseball simulator 1000
I couldn't disagree more. Baseball Simulator was amazing
Nah he is right. Baseball sim is a better game.
Little League Baseball
Does anybody remember Snake Rattle and Roll? I've always felt that was an overlooked gem for the NES.
I remember the game but dont think I ever played it. The box cover popped up in my head as soon as I read it.
I was just thinking the same thing. That and Balloon Pop.
Adrian21 yup, loved that game. Could never beat the final giant foot at the end though.
Snake rattle and roll and Marble Madness was my shit! I liked how in Snake Rattle and Roll if you were quick to get to the finish line on the first level you could catch the rocket ship and Warp!
It was my favorite game of all time
Faxanadu, Battle of Olympus, and The Guardian Legend.
Bingo.
Never played the first one u said but battle of Olympus and the guardian legend were my childhood.
Faxanadu was awesome
Yes Faxanadu and TGL we're the best games of my childhood . This game list video fucking sucks ass.
Faxanadu was a game that kept us playing forever. The damn password was so unforgiving. We would carefully write down the password and be absolutely sure we didn't mess up anything and still got it wrong. It became a group effort to make sure it written down correctly when it came time to let one of my brothers play.
The Guardian Legend was one of my favorite NES games, that I never anything about. It was challenging and fun. It had the top down labyrinth style game play like Star Tropics, as well as vertical scrolling flying levels.
Thank you. That was the first game I ever completed and at the age of 46 I still play that game
The adventures of bayou Billy; I feel like this game never got enough love
Man, I couldn’t agree more. I got to the very last boss and couldn’t beat it. I won’t spoil it for anyone but it was a surprise.
I also agree on this, but it was underrated because people didnt like its difficulty.... i loved it, it was, IS one the games i can brag about because not even the owner of this game was able to beat it when we were kids...
@@brianhatcher2799 if u dont bring a bulletproof vest, is x2 harder, and not compulsory, but whips make him also easier cuz of their range... also also make sure you do all the trainings, the y give added bonuses that make the last stage a breeze... ^u^
@@rhyhaggen336 Hey, thanks for the tip!!
Agree?! I remember going to the video store in the 80’s thinking “who would rent THAT game”? That was apparently you.
they suck you in with that cover art.
When the first game was the marble game (that I can't remember the exact title), I was done. I was thinking the same as you when I'd go to rent a game and saw the games he recommended. "Who the heck would want to rent THAT?"
Now, we know the answer to the question lol
I rented them too. Most were pretty good, you missed out.
What is with game abusing grandmas
Dude I was that person as well. I always went for the obscure titles as a kid
The first time I played Marble Madness I was home from school with the chicken pox. My awesome Dad rented a ransom game for me (I couldn't go with him obviously) and I remember my first reaction being "what the hell is this crap?" Turned out to be one of the most addicting and fun games to play without buying, in the rental world of NES games. Thanks for sharing your video, I've been enjoying your channel since I found it a few days ago!
I still play it on my Sega master-system. It's a fun but not always an easy game. I still love old school game consoles.
The plot of Nightshade sounds like the plot to the graphic novel “Watchmen”
I've been playing Nightshade for about 28 years now, and it is AMAZING. Finally, some recognition of the brilliant NES gem. Thank you for making a great call. Tragic that the game never got a sequel.
I would say Shatterhand is one of my all time favorite sidescrolling action platformers, and possibly my favorite NES hidden gem. It even had a weapon combination system before Gunstar Heroes utilized a similar mechanic!
It was one of the most memorable game rentals that I never owned. Now it's difficult to find a cart and it's expensive. Action games were in a good number for the NES and many of them were overlooked gems.
I played Goonies (II) as a 7-year-old and loved it. I played Goonies (II) as a 38-year-old and love it. The gameplay does take some getting used to, but no more than the adjustment you have to make when transitioning from Mega Man to SMB to Zelda. Very engaging game that did a great job carving out its own unique experience.
The Mega Man games are some of my favourites. I stil play them on my old NES. I never completely finished the first. Number two and three are easier i think.
I can never find all the goonies
Startropics was my all time fav game growing up as a kid. Ill be 32.
That was a great game
I love the game too. Plus the sequel, zoda's revenge, is pretty good too.
Wow, The Blue Marlin caught me WAY off guard! A gem of a fishing game, with a fantastic soundtrack.
I'm not a gamer by any means - I haven't regularly played video games since Medal of Honor on the PS1 - but I am really loving your channel! It's brought back so many memories of games I remember from childhood, and your secrets videos have given me lots of trivia and factoids to impress my gamer friends with. I'm glad I subscribed. Keep up the great work!
I remember Friday the 13th scared the crap out if me as an 8 year old
Yeah same here
Your comment is 8 months ago and you got scared at the age of 8 and your account is made 8 years ago. What does this mean?
@@user_1836 I'm not sure but I was also born 12-28-82, crazy 8s...
I actually think Super Mario Bros 2 is underrated. It seems that most people pass on it because it isn't a 100% Mario game.
Perl Pictures I agree. I love Mario 2. My favorite NES mario title by far. Love the ability to choose characters. Thanks so much for watching and commenting. Hope to see you around again here at the channel!
Probably so. It had the misfortune of being sandwiched between the most iconic Mario ever (SMB 1) and maybe the best Mario ever (SMB 3). It also kinda wasn't a real Mario...just a reskinned version of a game called Doki Doki Panic. Great game still, IMO.
Agree totally. Mario 2 is my fave also. I really love the remake of it on the SNES Super Mario All-Stars cart. So good.
@D core Yes, but for a while, it's been ignored by the fans.
What do you mean not 100% Mario game? The game it's based on, Doki Doki Panic, was made by the same designer/developers (Miyamoto and team), which is why the platforming elements and characters control just like the other Mario games. It even has the POW block from the original arcade Mario Bros. When they converted it to Super Mario Bros. 2 for the US market, they spruced it up a bit and changed the characters to the Mario characters, but the game always had a Mario influence.
Man, I love your presentation and your synthwave aesthetics. New sub here, keep up the great work!
Thanks so much James. Welcome to G3!!!
I'm really glad I found this channel It's taking me way back. And so many on those lists I played and really really enjoyed.
Glad to have you here Chad. Thanks man 🙏
Tyler- Awesome Review! Honestly great coverage highlighting reasons why each game was so great, with a little humor mixed in (tou have to fight the cop from Cookie Crisp)!!! I played and loved all the games you mentioned when I was a kid, and agree that they are awesome games that probably didn’t get proper recognition due to wonky controls or things you had to do to advance far enough in the game to appreciate it’s.
But thanks again for the reminder of these great games, I will be hitting them all up this weekend on my retro arcade machine!
This was a great video! I must mention my own underrated NES. Metal Storm. It was a late release around 1991, but it is one of the most amazing games in terms of graphics, and it's a very good platformer
For unique baseball games I’d have picked Base Wars first, then Dusty Diamond All-Star Softball.
I’d put T&C Surf Design on my list, along with JACKAL and Legacy of the Wizard.
ooooooo yeah legacy of the wizard
Yes! T & C is an amazing game!!
Awesome list, these personal ones are so much better to watch. Marble madness is still awesome! And I only played Goonies II this year, thought out was pretty great, especially the music! ❤️
Great list! Batman, Goonies, Marble Madness, Jaws, Star Tropics, loved them all!
Star tropics is my favorite game. I still love it.
Some Underrated NES games: Karnov, Yo! Noid, Ski or Die, TMNT III Manhattan Project, Jordan Vs Bird, Town and Country Surf Design, Kung Fu, Narc, Little Nemo the Dream Master, and Golf.
You read my mind completely; excellent choices. Guess I'll add lode runner and track and field 2.
Golf lmao
I don't know how Karnov played on NES but it was great on the computer. I used to love that game.
I ❤golf & tmnt 3
I DONT THINK TMNT 3 IS UNDERRATED...I THINK IT GETS THE RESPECT IT DESERVES
Love your channel, and that list has some solid picks. I would definitely add Galaxy 5000 as an honorable mention, if not top 5.
Just stumbled upon your channel. Great stuff! Subscribed
Not sure if underrated, but I’m thinking River City Ransom, and Super Dodgeball. I still play those today.
Crash N the boys Street Challenge as well. Made by the same developers.
I think Astyanax is pretty underrated. I've never really heard anyone talk about it and it's such a fun, satisfying game
It's better than the arcade version for sure.
It is because everybody just labeled it a rip off flight shooter game right of the bat.
Astyanax is a side scrolling action/adventure game. Also doesn't have any clones as far as I know@@rastiga9196
This is one of your best videos. I like your schtick. Baseball simulator is where you got me in the feels. ;)
TC skate and surf is my fave of all time. Once you figure out the trick to surfing or start doing boardslides on the skate levels, it changes the whole dynamic of the game. And that soothing sound of 8 bit waves crashing in the beginning 👌🏻
I mastered the skateboarding, and that was fun. I never did get good at surfing, though.
Awesome list. I love me some marble madness, jaws, Friday thnight 13th. Wow this is awesome. Adventures of Lolo and XeXyz are games I would put in there as well.
TBelly thanks man! Means a lot coming from you buddy. I've heard Adventurea of Lolo is great. I need to try it!
@@GenerationGapGaming Adventures of Lolo is my fav NES series hands down, all 3 games are brilliant, well 5 games if you count the two Famicom ones which are the same but have different levels, then there's the Eggerland Famicom Disk System games.... there's hundreds of hours to be lost in these games
Crystalis needs an honorable mention. That's one game I would like to see a remake of, like they did for Rygar for the PS2.
Ya crystalis > zelda for me.
Crystalis is great! I accidentally discovered it in maybe 1991? Have played it many times!
Crystalis was the first legit game that madr me man cry.
🤘🤘Glad it isn't just me who knows about this game
I wasn't a fan of Crystalis to be honest. For an RPG it was average
Great video. I enjoy how you defend some if these games. And thanx for the memories. I to had The Karate Kid, and luved being able to play as Daniel. Still hate yhe typhoon lvl. Keep uo the good content.
Thank you very much for this fine list! It was really interesting to watch. Two very underrated NES games in my opinion are Rygar and of course Faxanadu which was and still is one of my favorite NES games. I also agree with you when it comes to Goonies 2 which is a great NES game and just like you said, also has got some of the best NES music ever. What state are you from? I am subscribing right now!
Greetings from Washington State
Jaws with the NES Advantage Turbo controller was so much fun!
"Jaws"
About to leave.
"Last LGN game! Dont leave just yet!"
Stays.
My problem with "Jaws" is that is is entirely based upon Jaws 4: The Revenge. If they would have titled it that way I think it would be respected for what it is. If you have only seen Jaws and play this game you are left like me with a this is bloody awful, did they not even watch the movie?
UA-cam keeps suggesting these vids and even though I've already watched them, I'm cool giving them a second watch 😃👍
Man! You have Friday the 13 CIB 😮 Nice! My cousin's had this and i remember sleep overs playing this, eating pizza and drinking pop late in the night, getting freaked out when Jason popped up 😌 Good times.
Will you consider showing some of your collection? Id love to see that Jason game!
Great top ten agree all the way thanks bud keep the videos coming
Guardian Legend will always be my favorite underrated NES ...play it once and you're hooked for life guarantee it...yeeeeeahya
Here are several more:
Adventure Island
Crystalis
Adventure of Lolo series
The Battle of Olympus
Shadowgate
Duffy Johnson Shadowgate is now an app game.
Battle of olympus. The better zelda 2
Lolo was amazing!
Adventure Island! We thought it was so hilarious when you touched fire and the character would jump in the air. Shadowgate is absolutely amazing as well as the detective game made by the same company. The name of the game escapes me at the moment. I also have the modern Shadowgate for PC I got off gog.com and it is great. And freaking hard. I keep dying.
Damn, good list!
You unlocked a memory!!! I LOVED Startropics but never could remember the name of the game, but once I saw the island, the yo-yo and the character it all came rushing back! I need to find this rom stat! THANK YOU
Great video and awesome narration!
Little Samson and Mighty Final Fight are two of my most underrated video games. Great list though, I had never heard of Nightshade either!
I definitely agree with NightShade, Goonies, and Friday the 13th WAS a scary game. It was hard for me to come up with just 10 underrated games. So, mine include 20 more underrated games:
1.Maniac Mansion
2. Dja Vu
3. Street Fighter 2010
4. Jackel
5. Flying Dragon: The Secret Scroll
6. 1942
7. Athena
8. Guardian Legend
9. Rambo
10. Battle of Olympis
11. Solar Jetman
12. Trojan
13. Slalom
14. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
15. Low G Man
16. The Rocketeer
17. Renegade
18. Ice Hockey
19. Super Pitfall
20. TaleSpin
thanks for sharing man. Great list there. I love Maniac Mansion too!!!
Maniac Mansion for sure AND: ZOMBIE .... ZOMBIE NATION? ZOMBIE SOMETHING? HELP!
Absolutely rock solid list, there! I have fond memories of nearly every game you listed, and I know that a big part of why I'm having so much fun playing AC: Odyssey is that I've already seen so many of those locations in Battle of Olympus! Good stuff. :)
Battle of Olympus is fire!
So, I found your channel and have been binge-watching. I can’t help it!! Good work.
I happened to watch your Karate Kid History & Tips video, before this one. It so great to see you day uou couldn’t figure out the pendulum swing, at all, here. (Don’t worry. I could NEVER figure if out, EITHER. Lol!)
Then, later....you DO find it and execute it
Thanks man. Glad you are enjoying the videos. Yes, I learn a lot when researching the secrets and history videos. I've pretty much mastered Karate Kid at this point lol
@@GenerationGapGaming Haha! That’s awesome!!! I had a love-hat relationship, with that game, when I was a kid. I absolutely LOVED playing it. But, many many parts just frustrated and pissed me off to no end. Haha!!
Curious...what part of West Virginia? I am from NE Kentucky. A small town called Ashland. It’s in the Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia tri-state. Huntington, WV was just 15 minutes away, and Charleston was about 45 minutes.
I graduated from Marshall Univeristy, in Huntington, actually. Don’t have to answer. I was just curious. Lol’
And you’re very very welcome, good sir! I really wish I could do this stuff myself (UA-cam & Game like this). Well done, good sir! You’ve done a great job.
@@BrottenGuy I grew up in Logan, WV. My wife and I both graduated from Marshall too. Currently we live about 20 minutes from Ashland. We go to Ashland probably once or twice a week. Small world man lol
@@GenerationGapGaming Ah that’s awesome, man!!! Wow! It is a small world!! I now live in Fort Myers, FL. If I was still up there, I’d try to meet up with ya or soemthing. Lol!
But, yeah. It’s definitely a small world. That’s so neat, to me. I’m really glad I came across your channel.
@@GenerationGapGaming I realized we are the exact same age, as well. I didn’t graduate till 2007, though. Took me 7 years. Partly due to two transfers & others for medical reasons.
I first started at Ashland Commujity College, for two years. The next three years (years 3-5) I attended Eastern Kentucky Univeristy (EKU). I got tired of messing around, at that point. So, I went back home, to finish up. I twamfetred to Marshall in ‘05. Went there the 05-06 & 06-07 years. So, if you graduated within 5 years, we weren’t there at the same time. That’s a bummer. I was there when they filmed We Are Marshall. It was so cool, to see all of that. All the old mint condition cars. Seeing some of the famous scenes being filmed. Letting Matthew McConaughey & Matthew Fox. It made people late to class, & professors dodnt care why you were late. So, I had to leave home a half-hour early (to drive along Rt 52, in Ohio. Cross back into West Virginia at the end of 52, and take that two streets to 5th Ave. Take that all the way to 20th St, by the football stadium. Then, left into 3rd Ave, and Parker in the new Parking Garage across from the Cam Henderson Center (the old basketball arena). I’m sure you know of all the places I speak of. Lol! Even though it was a different experience for me there than ACC & EKU (ACC was like 13th & 14th Grades, with half my graduating class there. Lol! Then, EKU was more of your classic dorm life college stories. Marshall was completely different. All three schools had their own unique feel, for me)....
Anyway...sorry, I’ve rambled here. I do just find that very cool & exciting.
100% on board with NIGHTSHADE. I got that game for my 12th bday and I was obsessed. Loved the humor (somewhat Maniac Mansion-ish) and loved the Bond-ian death traps you had to figure out. Just a great game with so much creativity and innovation. Talk about a hidden gem.
Love the fact that you don't mind having an opinion that isn't very accepted by the mainstream. You seem like a cool guy and I'm glad I stumbled onto this channel
Thanks so much for you saying that Asher! I am glad you have the right attitude about having your own opinions on UA-cam. We shouldn't have to be scared to say what games we enjoy. Hope you enjoyed the video man and I hope to see you around again here at the channel!
Ya man for real. Anyone who thinks for themselves, has a passion for the games I grew up with and can put together cool vids like this is gold.
Thanks for the kind words and support Phil!!
Damn straight, too hell with mainstream.
Yo Noid was a great title most people haven't played
I enjoyed Yo Noid as a kid... tried it recently though, it didn’t age well
I had pretty many games, hard to think of them all, but a few off the top of my head that are good / under rated would be guardian legend, bubble bobble, battle toads, monster party, the simpsons, lots of other really good games too. They were a lot of fun to play, plenty of great memories playing with family and friends. When SEGA and Super Nintendo came out we had to move on but not 100%. We still played a lot of the games we had on the NES when we had time, always fun to go back to. Really like your page!
That sound when you chose the wrong letter in Anticipation was crushing, it definitely saw tons of action at my family’s parties. Good memories.
You have my attention with Friday the 13th, im a big fan poof it as well. What are your thoughts on A Nightmare on Elm Street
Wow! First off let me say it's an honor that you commented on our channel. Absolutely love your channel Michael. My son Blake and I were watching a few of your videos the other night before going to bed. I know you love A Nightmare on Elm Street. I remember your game genie review. How sweet, nerd meat! 🤣
I never owned it growing up but I did rent it for a weekend once growing up. I remember liking it and it was just one of those games I never got a chance to buy but I'm on the lookout for it now. I actually saw a complete in box copy at a retro convention last weekend for 200 bucks. I probably should have bought it but I was second guessing myself lol. I'm fine with finding a loose copy of it too.
Seriously man, thanks so much for commenting!
Omg the game genie on my friends channel. Its freaking insane! Your channel is amazing man and an inspiration to both of us!
I actually own that game, possibly in box. Did you know that there was a different nightmare on elm Street where you were Freddy hunting the kids? I remeber seeing the ads for it and recently found those online. That game could be made now, but back then was a no no.
I have the box for star tropics too and the paper that you had to get wet for the code.
I wonder if there was ever supposed to be a Halloween game for the NES or Texas Chainsaw
I liked Friday the 13th as well, even though I had no idea what I was supposed to do. Jaws was decent, though too easy to win. I always get a wave of Nostalgia when I hear the Goonies 2 music.
Use your fast counselor to get a machete and light all of the big cabins to get the torch. Make sure your kids all stay alive through the first two quests. Jason is too hard to dodge in the 3rd quest, so you want to fight him in the street with the torch
Nice list, will definitely try some of your recomendations. I personally like this games, that I think are truly under rated: Clash at demon head, monster party and A nightmare on elm street (yeah, another LJN great game). If you like baseball games, give bad news baseball a try.
Wow, I just found this channel and I'm all about it. Subscribed. Where is Silver Surfer on the list?
Batman is amazing, and I think the game just doesn't get enough love, but I guess it's somewhat well known and the people who do know about it think it's great, so I can see how you'd cut it just short of the list.
Ryden Hope the soundtrack is amazing too
Watching this on silent, and I still remember that Karate Kid music! Need to replay that.
I'm totally with you on Blue Marlin. Surprisingly very fun for an 8-bit fishing game.
Great video. Nightshade was the only one not in my collection and I just got it on eBay, thanks to this video. Keep making great content. New subscriber.
Thanks Nicholas! Welcome to G3. Glad to have you here.
Best Baseball on the NES: Baseball Stars
No question
Little league
@@shawnroberts9272 RBI Baseball
Best NES baseball game = Baseball Simulator 1.000. All the others were trash.
Bases Loaded 2
@@fillmorehillmore8239 By far. I'm not sure what is wrong with these people.
I could never figure out that one level that was just a platform floating without any paths on marble madness
I vaguely remember that level. It's been a long time since I really got far on marble madness. I do eventually want to do a secrets and history vid about it so I'm sure we will answer that question then lol.
This game was super challenging to the point of being infuriating. My one friend was crazy good at it though. I don’t think I ever got to the floating platform level because I SUCKED at the controls on this one. Lol.
@@GenerationGapGaming marble madness was amazing! Two games that could make this list I remember was Solar Jetman and WURM Journey to the Center of the Earth. Both very interesting games!
just takes time. i remember sucking when i first played it as a kid but eventually i was zipping through the entire game without falling/dying once. if it were easy it would get old really fast.
@@GenerationGapGaming you miss Bionic Commando
Thanks for sharing about Nightshade. I'd never heard of that one either, but interested in it now. Totally agree about Jaws, Friday the 13th, Karate Kid, and Marble Madness. Some of my favorite completely underrated games are Gilligan's Island (seriously!), Target Renegade, NES Play Action Football, Who Framed Roger Rabbit (not sure what's with all the hate for LJN), Wall Street Kid, Tecmo NBA Basketball, Paperboy, Strider, and P.O.W.
Thanks for sharing some of your favorites too Alfonso!
This is a great top ten, I loved Nightshade! I'd say very close to my list but Princess Tomato and salad kingdom and Flying Dragon would be in mine for sure.
Yo, listen up: Shatterhand. Just give it whirl, trust me, it's so good.
This.
Shatter hand is awesome!
Legend of Kage is another really good one. There were a few really good NES/Famicom action games that get overlooked. My friends and I rented a few of them and really enjoyed them but I could not find them in the stores. Most of them were more popular in Japan.
Cant believe he put a bunch of LJN games over Journey to Silius, Kings of the Beach, Legend of Black Manta, WCW Wrestling, Spy vs Spy to name a few. I highly disagree with this list, but I respect the video. Just found this channel and its good to reminisce about the NES days. Subbed.
Thanks man! Welcome to G3. I appreciate you being cool about it even though we don't agree on everything
Journey to Silius was more mainstream, I thought (with my personal favorite 8-bit song of all time in the stage 1&5 music), but you may have a case with Spy vs Spy, which was only slightly mainstream, as I remember. As for Wrath of the Black Manta (I assume that's what you meant), I completely agree with you...one of my most cherished NES games. Nothing like a ninja saving a kid and telling them random "after school" thoughts like, "Don't do drugs". Good call on that one!
Black manta!
Great list I agree with alot of these, and by the way I loved LJN games
Wow. You just numbered 6 of my best games ever favorites list!
Oh man. The Karate Kid was a TERRIBLE game. It was brutally hard for 5 year old me and the ending was such a let down. I spent an entire summer trying to beat the game, and when I finally did I was so disappointed I never picked it up again. No cut-scene, no sense of resolution, just a floating Miyagi head telling you you're a karate master now! The monsoon stage and the hammer swing bonus stage still haunt my dreams. Getting bounced in a corner until I died was infuriating. I'm glad someone got some enjoyment out of it though. Definitely an unorthodox pick for underrated game list.
GETTING BOUNCED IN A CORNER TILL U DIE?!!!....WHAT THE FF--!!.......OH HELL NO DADDY-O.....THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOME LJN SHIT.....I'LL PASS
Calls Dr. Mario garbage but says The Karate Kid is great.
What the hell kind of tastes in gaming does this guy have?
I beat that game as a tiny kid. Even Mike Tyson had a short ending. Now that game took all summer for me.
I had friends who got it and played it one time and never played it again. They came over my house and played my NES games.
Maniac mansion is my favorite nes game and very underrated
I remember reading about that game in a magazine back when I was a little kid. As soon as I read the "move the mat to reveal a key, take the key, use it on the front door" part, I was immediately sold. And when I finally played it and heard the soundtrack, OH, BOY! I was so blown away that I couldn't even enjoy the DOS version years later because of its lack of music. Steven, did you get to play Day Of The Tentacle, by the way? It's a damn masterpiece.
It was one of my favorites, too! I rented it so many times! Very deep game with many differnt ways to win. Me and my sister played the hell out of it!
great list!
ive always been a bit interested in blue marlin
Solid choices!! I do t know much about NES rankings but as a child of the 80s I spent countless hrs behind the console and some of these bring back great memories!!
I'm from Dublin Ireland and I just got an NES mini wit 620 game's on it and sum are bad but sum bring me back to my childhood
Nice to meet you Johnny! Thanks for commenting. Happy new year!
Startropics should be the #2 underrated game. It was an awesome game. Crystalis should've been #1. It was completely underrated! Awesome game if you've never played it.
Startropics and Crystalis both are way better than the original Zelda imo.
J-Mantix they were also developed many years later and wouldn’t exist without the first Zelda
“Hey, Mikey!”, Lol. My aunt who recently passed away after a long battle with cancer use to say that to my oldest son Mikey all the time, probably one of my favorite movies of all time, absolute classic.
Wow. Just subscribed. I have faced constant embarrassment for defending Friday the 13th and Goonies 2. This list is GREAT! I have all of the nes roms and I am now anxious to give Jaws and Night shade a fair shot. I dismissed both of those games when I was a kid, but no more. My wife will laugh when she sees me playing Jaws, but she knows this 40 year old retro lover very well! Thanks for the video! I will be looking for more.
I remember playing the Karate kid when I was really young and thought it was shit then
That's cool dude. we dont have to agree on everything.
It kicked your ass, that's why you hated it.
CB Games no, it was pretty bad. Many times people like games due to nostalgia rather than them being good. Friday the 13th was another game that brings back memories of NES but was actually pretty bad.
yeah the controls were unresponsive and badly laid out. it looked good tho
The hammer bonus stage is easy... its speeds up every time you avoid it (press B not jump), if we go pixel by pixel, first swing 10, 2nd swing 15, 20 25 30 etc
Or time it, 0.5 secs, 0.4, 0.3, 0.2 etc
The faster it gets the father away you need to hit B to ensure daniel san sprite slaps the hammer away
"you feel a bite on your rod"
OW!
yikes!
i had the experience of having one be all teeth but damn that's a whole nother level
Very well said buddy, I couldn't agree more, I have the Nintendo classic and I love re living the greatest times of my childhood
I actually just yelled "F*** YEAH!!!" When I saw Baseball Simulator 1000 :D Probably my favorite baseball series of all time on console. I currently own both the NES and SNES editions of the game :D Great video dude.
Wow Nightshade is actually pretty awesome. Ultra really did great work! Thank you so much for introducing this game to me!
Many people really don't handle disagreement well, lol. We look for different things in games, and more importantly, we have different histories WITH them, how we came to play them, and our life circumstances at the time also affecting whether we associated the game with something positive, negative or neutral. More than anything, other people's opinions weigh heavily as well. If one grows up hearing everyone say a certain game/movie is crap and known to be crap, they're more likely to just go along with that and feel the same way, unless it REALLY hits home with them to an extent they can't brush off.
A good example for me would be the N64 Zelda games. My father praised Ocarina of Time to the skies as by far being the best, and Majora's Mask being inferior to it. So has almost everyone else both then and since. However, I always did like Majora's Mask significantly better than Ocarina of Time. It was most likely affected by the fact, that I played Majora's Mask FIRST, and it was the first game I ever got that was 100% mine, and NOT shared with my brother. If one was waiting for a sequel to Ocarina of Time, of course I can understand people's disappointment, but as a stand-alone game like Wind Waker, I think it's amazing.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts Alex! Really appreciate it man. I just try to give my honest opinions about games and give my reasons for thinking the way that I do. We are all entitled to our opinions. Hope you enjoyed the video man and I hope to see you around again here at the channel!
Somebody finally gave some love to The Blue Marlin and Jaws!! Two of my favorites. I spent many hours playing them both, imagining I was out on a boat in the ocean. What memories man.
Name of the background track? I will also say that I like you show your own personal favorits. Many other list like this i fell they just take the populare games that everybody likes. keep up the good work :)
Friday the 13th? When the first thing you mention as a positive is the cover art & the title screen, you know the game isn't too good....
Personally I think the original Baseball Stars is the best NES baseball game
I swear I think this video is sponsored by LJN. I respect the opinions are just that, but personally I would rank LJN as just about the worst for NES games. I don't think one would make my top 25 list
I think Cobra Triangle was a very underrated NES game
Ljn doesn’t exist anymore so they can’t sponsor it lol
"..cop from the cookie crisp commericals.." - LMAO!
Breakfast is ruined!
Goonies 2 is one of the weirdest and also one of the funnest NES games. The fact that there is no clear distinction of your progress as in level completes is pretty different and it’s very challenging!
Best underrated list ever! Right on! These are all games I owned or rented and loved, but seem to get crapped on by reviewers and gaming UA-camrs. Especially the LJN games. I loved Karate Kid and never thought it was a bad game! Same with Jaws, Friday the 13th and Goonies 2. I didn’t know they were “bad games” until the internet.
Rescue: the Embassy Mission
Great game, Being a sniper, sneaking around those spot lights and smashing through a window to get the bad guy. Love this game.
It was Rainbow Six before Rainbow Six.
Played the shit out of this game
Great April Fools video!
Wait... You are not joking.
*Pukes
ok buddy
The first nes game I played was Journey to Silius. I'm going to look into nes Jaws. It looks like a great underwater shooter.The first game I bought for nes was the guardian legend. The nes was such a great system, it was the golden age of gaming. Thanks for the information, I'll look into the games featured here.
Hell yeah totally agree on star tropics, I just found out there was a piece of paper on the game box that was supposedly his uncle's letter which you can put on water and reveal a secret code, its very cool
LJN contracted to other Studios like Atlus.
If it's a good LJN game, you can bet it's a contracted one.
I love Marble Madness! No, I mean, I LOVE it!!
Omg American gladiators on nes Is a game me and my friends spent hours on. It was awesome! Thanks for the reminder
Thank you for mentioning Baseball Simulator 1.000! Easily one of my favorite games back in the day! Used to have a huge grudge match with my friend after school. I loved how you could create a team, and then assign the speed and power to each player, but you only had so much to work with. So you would put all the speed in a player that couldn't hit because he would be so fast that he could always make it to first on any contact at all, and then you put all the home run power in the next three guys and they would make home runs half the time that they made contact. It seems primitive now, but it was extremely fun then, that along with Tecmo Bowl and Double Dribble and you had a great sports line-up thats a lot more fun to play for casual gamers than NBA 2k or Madden.