Video Gaming Hidden Gems

Pandara

United States31 Posts

November 11 2011 22:47 GMT

UPDATE: The list is considered "Based in America" a JP/EU only release will be considered hidden, a popular NA release not shipped to other countries however will not, for the sake of not adding every game not released in X country

TY for the topic move mods <3

For quite some time I have used the very similar "hidden gem movie" thread to find really interesting and unknown movies, as someone who has played a countless number of games I get excited at the idea of a video game that is fantastic but hard to find or unknown, and more than that, someone else getting the same feeling.

I'll be constantly adding to this post as well to help others find more unknown games quickly, I do not own every console on the face of the earth, so if I don't have your favorite game on the list...it just means I haven't had the chance yet to play it (but I will play it soon!)

RULES:

1. Please post the console/device along with an image/link to the game
2. Please state the genre of the game if possible
3. If you are commenting on a game please quote the person who posted it so it's easy to find.
4. Try to include at least one game in your posts
5. please use spoilers to talk about the game (to protect the experience for others)
6. DO NOT POST LINKS TO ILLEGAL DOWNLOADS/ROMS/EMULATORS
7. If the game is a flash game, please post a link to the game and image.
8. If the game image is not in English, please post the title.
9. Please talk about the game a tiny bit at least IE: "it's a good rpg with a interesting lvling system"

Please do not judge peoples picks as something common to you may not be as common to others semi-hidden gems are accepted

There will be picks on this list you don't agree are "hidden enough"
but, understand it's the only way possible to have a public open list.

Without more to say...here comes the (soon to be) massive list.

------------------------------->Currently Over 226 Games<------------------------------------------
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Sorted by console then genre:

Computer Gaming:
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Action:
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Gunman
Hellfire
Freedom Fighters

Action RPG:
+ Show Spoiler +

Bastion

Action Adventure:
+ Show Spoiler +

Aquaria
Little Big Adventure

Adventure:
+ Show Spoiler +

SpyFox: In dry Cereal
Spyfox 2:Some Assembly Required
Harvester
Grim Fandango
Unwritten Tales
Spyfox: Operation Ozone
Full Throttle
To The Moon

Strategy:
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Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
The Tone Rebellion
Sid Meiers's: Civilization: Create a New Nation
Lords of Magic
Thief 1
Thief 2
Thief 3
Hostile waters

RPG:
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Vampire the Masquerade
Dark Messiah
Dream Web
Gothic
Recettear
Stalker
Stalker: Call of Pripyat
Titan Quest: Gold
Drakensage
Overlord
Overlord 2
(Hentai Game) Sengoku Rance
Gothic 2

RTS:
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Blood and Magic
Dune 2
Myth the Fallen Lords
Syndicate
Populous: the Beginning
Contructionor

Sim:
+ Show Spoiler +

Caesar 3
Theme Hospital
Streets of Sim City
Sim Ant
Anno 2070
Princess Maker 2

Puzzle:
+ Show Spoiler +

Trine
Trine 2
World of Goo
Puzzle Quest 2
Nimbus
Lumines
Space Chem

Platformer:
+ Show Spoiler +

Splunky
Cave Story

Other:
+ Show Spoiler +

The Void
Carmageddon 2
Pathologic
Terraria

Multiplayer:
+ Show Spoiler +

Modem Wars
Altitude
Killing Floor

NES:
+ Show Spoiler +

Arcade:
+ Show Spoiler +

Action/Adventure:
+ Show Spoiler +

RPG:
+ Show Spoiler +

Destiny of an Empire 2
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Platformer:
+ Show Spoiler +

Racing:
+ Show Spoiler +

Sega Master System:
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Arcade/Action:
+ Show Spoiler +

Sega Genesis:

+ Show Spoiler +

Action:
+ Show Spoiler +

Action Adventure:
+ Show Spoiler +

Platformers:
+ Show Spoiler +

RPG:
+ Show Spoiler +

RTS:
+ Show Spoiler +

Strategy:
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Sega Saturn:
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Beat um up!:
+ Show Spoiler +

Action:
+ Show Spoiler +

RPG:
+ Show Spoiler +

Horror:
+ Show Spoiler +

Super Nintendo:
+ Show Spoiler +

Action Platformer:
+ Show Spoiler +

Action RPG:
+ Show Spoiler +

Arcade:
+ Show Spoiler +

Racing:
+ Show Spoiler +

Puzzle:
+ Show Spoiler +

RPG:
+ Show Spoiler +

PlayStation1:
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Action:
+ Show Spoiler +

Action/Adventure:
+ Show Spoiler +

Action/RPG:
+ Show Spoiler +

Racing/Sport:
+ Show Spoiler +

Strategy:
+ Show Spoiler +

Shoot um' up:
+ Show Spoiler +

RPG:
+ Show Spoiler +

Puzzle Platformer:
+ Show Spoiler +

Music:
+ Show Spoiler +

Horror:
+ Show Spoiler +

Sim:
+ Show Spoiler +

Other:
+ Show Spoiler +

Nintendo 64
+ Show Spoiler +

Action:
+ Show Spoiler +

Action Platformers:
+ Show Spoiler +

Sport/Racing:
+ Show Spoiler +

RPG:
+ Show Spoiler +

Puzzle/Platformer:
+ Show Spoiler +

Strategy:
+ Show Spoiler +

Playstation 2:
+ Show Spoiler +

Action/Adventure:
+ Show Spoiler +

Action/RPG:
+ Show Spoiler +

Fighting:
+ Show Spoiler +

Strategy:
+ Show Spoiler +

Horror:
+ Show Spoiler +

RPG:
+ Show Spoiler +

Other:
+ Show Spoiler +

Dreamcast:
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Action:
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Fighting:
+ Show Spoiler +

RPG:
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Horror:
+ Show Spoiler +

Other:
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Xbox:
+ Show Spoiler +

Action:
+ Show Spoiler +

Action Adventure:
+ Show Spoiler +

RPG:
+ Show Spoiler +

Horror:
+ Show Spoiler +

Party:
+ Show Spoiler +

GameCube:
+ Show Spoiler +

Action Adventure:
+ Show Spoiler +

Fighting:
+ Show Spoiler +

Platformer:
+ Show Spoiler +

FPS:
+ Show Spoiler +

RPG:
+ Show Spoiler +

Strategy:
+ Show Spoiler +

Racing:
+ Show Spoiler +

Gameboy/Gameboy Color:
+ Show Spoiler +

RPG:
+ Show Spoiler +

Gameboy Advance:
+ Show Spoiler +

Action/Adventure:
+ Show Spoiler +

RPG:
+ Show Spoiler +

Strategy:
+ Show Spoiler +

Nintendo DS:
+ Show Spoiler +

Action/Shoot um' up
+ Show Spoiler +

Adventure:
+ Show Spoiler +

RPG:
+ Show Spoiler +

Puzzle:
+ Show Spoiler +

Horror:
+ Show Spoiler +

Other:
+ Show Spoiler +

Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan

Wii:
+ Show Spoiler +

Action RPG:
+ Show Spoiler +

RPG:
+ Show Spoiler +

Other:
+ Show Spoiler +

Xbox 360:
+ Show Spoiler +

RPG:
+ Show Spoiler +

Horror:
+ Show Spoiler +

Shoot um' up:
+ Show Spoiler +

Mushihimesama Futari
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Playstation 3:
+ Show Spoiler +

FAQ:
Q. The section "____" doesn't have many games I think are hidden enough!
A. The section "___" is actually just missing your important expert additions to it to fill it with your standard of hidden gems!

Q. Having just a picture is hard to decide what game is right for me.
A. I totally agree! I will be adding trailers/descriptions when the list settles down (right now it's seeing an average of over 40-60 entries a day!)

Q. I can't read X game it's in moon speak/hard to read!
A. Don't worry when the list becomes more stable I'll add a list of titles below the pictures

halcyon9

5 Posts

November 11 2011 23:01 GMT

Mischief Makers for N64.
side-scrolling 2D platform/puzzle

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ZiegFeld

351 Posts

November 11 2011 23:03 GMT

/wins thread

Kamelixs

Sweden88 Posts

November 11 2011 23:04 GMT

Sled storm for the PS1
Snow mobile racing
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Elegy

United States1629 Posts

November 11 2011 23:06 GMT

...how is Morrowind a hidden gem?

Pandara

United States31 Posts

November 11 2011 23:06 GMT

On November 12 2011 08:06 Elegy wrote:
...how is Morrowind a hidden gem?

maybe it's just me =P

OMG legend of dragoon was SO GOOD, I played it and totally forgot about it
Sled storm was on a demo disk and I remember loving it as a kid

Adding them all to the list <3

green.at

Austria1459 Posts

November 11 2011 23:06 GMT

i wonder how morrowind is a hidden gem, its like full out in your face known to be one of the best rpg's ^^

Tomcattomato

Netherlands95 Posts

November 11 2011 23:08 GMT

'95 for PC, most awesome RTS ever.

VATO_Gandair

United States232 Posts

November 11 2011 23:09 GMT

Valkyrie Profile for Playstation, so underrated. The story is awesome, the characters are awesome, the controls are wonderful, I can't rate it highly enough.

jinorazi

Korea (South)4948 Posts

November 11 2011 23:10 GMT

#10

Romance of The Three Kingdoms 11
for PC and PS2

i've lost many sleeps over this game and it still haunts me once in awhile

http://www.koei.com/rtkxi/

AllSalesFinal

United States211 Posts

November 11 2011 23:15 GMT

#11

So much win as a kid.

DuckS

United States845 Posts

November 11 2011 23:18 GMT

#12

RPG for the Gamecube. Hidden gem for me, at least. No one I know has played this/know what it is. RPG with a lot of depth that challenged not just mechanical skill in fights, but had various puzzles/mazes that required some thinking (to the mind of my 11 year old self, yes.) Very good story line too, with personality depth of characters that could have come out of a novel. Maybe i'm romanticizing the game because it was a big part of my childhood, but I feel it was damn good at least.

gaymon

Germany1023 Posts

November 11 2011 23:22 GMT

#13

Question; i once played a game on the PS1 were the game was saved on the internal chip and after that you had to remove the game disc and enter a music cd.
The game would then be a jump-n-run and the world would be generated based on the entered music cd.
How is that game called ?

Pandara

United States31 Posts

November 11 2011 23:24 GMT

#14

On November 12 2011 08:22 gaymon wrote:
Question; i once played a game on the PS1 were the game was saved on the internal chip and after that you had to remove the game disc and enter a music cd.
The game would then be a jump-n-run and the world would be generated based on the entered music cd.
How is that game called ?

If you mean genre it'd be: Other
I have no clue what game you are talking about but sounds REALLY interesting much like
the gimmick to Monster Rancher.