Video Gaming Hidden Gems - Page 7

The game is rather short and easy (even on the hardest setting), and it also happened to be pretty buggy. I had to reset more than a few times from being stuck/bugged. Besides that, It's really fun and looks beautiful. As far as action puzzlers go, this is a bit more action than puzzle. I haven't tried to go back and collect eveyrthing I'm sure there are better endings or something because the ending was really shitty, then again the story was kind of meh also.

This game may or may not be a hidden gem, but it always seems like the people I talk to have never heard of anything besides SF4 and SF2. In fact when SF4 came out people were like wtf? where is 3? So I think this qualifies. This is in my opinion the most fun best SF/Fighting game in the genre. It has a parry system, so even though some characters are blatantly imbalanced the skilled player always has a chance with any character.

This may not be so hidden gem on these forums since the creator's daughter (the girl who sings the zombie song and helped a lot in the production of the game) said she based a lot of the stuff on starcraft and it caught a lot of hype on this site in a few threads. The most challenging mode is the endless and the reverse mode where you are the zombies. Really grate game.

I actually learned of this game through totalbisquit and it was really fun and challenging. There are tons of secrets and achievements to collect on each level. Making every level more and more challenging. I actually never beat the last boss for this game because It takes so long to get to his hard part and you have to start all over if you die (on hardest mode). Lot of customization and cool level designs. I actually heard there is DLC and level editor and stuff which is really cool. Since this game is a racing puzzle game, there is always the extra challenge to get the fastest speed run for each level challenge. Definitely has a lot of replayability.

Has about the best, most responsive controls on the NES that I can think of. Great variety of levels and bosses. When you complete an area, you unlock a weapon/tool which allows you to proceed to the next area. Once you reach Area 3, you actually have to backtrack through all the levels to get to Area 4. Then, once you finish Area 4-6, you need to go back to Area 2 to proceed to Area 7. Then, once you finish Area 7, you have to go back to Area 3, which leads to Area 8.

Absolutely great game which flawlessly combines a few different game genres into one. Will probably take you well over 3 hours to finish, and it's a lot of fun. Has some of the most stunning graphics (well, for it's time) as well as the most iconic soundtrack (Area 3 and 6 were my favourite songs as a kid) the NES has to offer. Even today, I still play this game on emulators and such. It's just such an amazing game as well as being unique for the NES.

This game wasn't easy back in the days. The game was insanely long with no save feature, not even a password. A person had to complete this entire game in one sitting. And that's near impossible to do on the first couple of tries since near every stage was hidden throughout the game. It was trial and error. Combine that with only limited amounts of continues and you had one of the most challenging games that was ever released on the NES.

Story:
You play as a kid named Jason who has a pet frog named Fred. One day, Fred leaps out of his container and leaps out into backyard. Fred somehow finds a radioactive container, grows HUGE, then proceeds to jump down a giant hole. Jason follows him, jumps down into the hole after him, somehow survives the fall of the hole. After that, he finds a truck/tank like thing called SOPHIA the 3rd. I assume inside the tank, there was a battle suit which Jason puts on, jumps into the battle tank, and thus starts the game.

Area 4 (8 Areas total in the game)
This area made me shit bricks out of frustration as a kid when I first played the game in 1992 or something. Hell, I don't even remember what year it was. I always got stuck on the level 5 boss as well. Way back when walkthroughs ever came out for this game
http://www.vgmaps.com/Atlas/NES/BlasterMaster-Area4.png

Starflight, a space RPG for the SEGA Genesis. It consists of exploring the universe, mining minerals and communicating with and fighting aliens

Ecco the Dophin for the SEGA Genesis. One of the most misleading games ever made: dispite a game being about dolphins, it is NOT for children. This game is extremely hard and has a very dark storyline with one of the creepiest looking final bosses from any game.

GEX: Enter the Gecko

Conker: Live and Reloaded: a revamp of Bad Fur Day with amazing graphics (one of the best on the system imo). That's not why it's on my list though, the online for this game is so freaking good. Squirrels vs Tediz in a class-based, gore filled, third-person shooter. Being a Scout and blowing a fourth of a squirrels head off is just so satisfying.