been on an old NES kick lately
particularly games that present a challenge
i'm fairly well-versed in the mainstream NES library but don't know too much about its hidden gems
i want a challenge but not something stupidly hard like that Silver Surfer game (which i tried and is stupidly difficult)
Solstice is pretty good if you get used to the weird perspective. Good music too.
Snake Rattle and Roll?
Bayou Billy?
Fire and Ice is awesome. I like Kid Cubicle too. Battle Kid is amazing if you don't have it?
Seconded, brilliant game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darklighterx
this was pretty recent, will give you a good idea of what you're looking for:
http://www.neo-geo.com/forums/showth...ter&highlight=
Bayou Billy is such a shit game.
I actually owned the handheld Tiger Electronics version when I was in the 2nd grade.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sexual Instinct
EDIT - Holy shit, I found a picture of it
http://www.oocities.org/timessquare/...8/handheld.jpg
Great choices, I've been trying to legitimately beat both of them since I was a kid, to no avail.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darklighterx
Whomp Em is a great lesser known game. It plays kinda like Zelda II.
Toobin' is a lot of fun too, good tunes and challenging stages.
I think you'd like Wrath of the Black Manta, Joe. It's a real solid game.
On a recommendation I picked up Conquest of the Crystal Palace earlier in the year. I had never played it, so there is no nostalgia to bias me, but it was fun as hell and charming. I still haven't beaten it. I'd suggest googling it to see if it would interest you.
Battle of Olympus
8 Eyes
Metal Storm
Code Name: Viper
Shadow of the Ninja
Shatterhand
Vice Project Doom
Kabuki Quantum Fighter
Check out the thread stage linked there are some solid recommendations in there.
Adventures of Lolo series is a blast.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xff2DzPThj...head_title.PNG
Clash at Demonhead, pretty unique sidescroller.. one of my fav's right next to Baseball Stars
that was a great one.Quote:
Originally Posted by hyperneophyt3
also faxanadu and the magic of Scheherazade are a couple of my favorite action rpg games for the nes.
Journey to Silius - such an awesome intro music track.
Some others:
Tombs and Treasure
s.c.a.t.
kabuki quantum fighter
krion conquest
flying warriors! this game destroyed me as a kid, but I picked it up recently and it's really not that bad, a few anger inducing moments but otherwise smooth sailing to the end. Definitely one of the most unique games on the NES IMO, RPG, beat em up, fighter, platformer... it's got a bit of everything, but if you do play be sure to play on "expert mode" or all the boss fights will be far too easy.
Legacy of the Wizard (a side-scrolling RPG involving a whole family, including the family dog, to get the magical MacGuffin and defeat the dragon)
Pinball Quest (A pinball RPG. I'm not shitting you!)
Man, I hated Legacy of the Wizard!Quote:
Originally Posted by NeoTheranthrope
Could never figure it out, but I didn't dedicate the time to it.
Same here --but they advertised the heck out of it when I was a kid.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darklighterx
Pinball Quest is fun, though.
I had a drawer full of graph paper with detailed maps with all the family members' routes back during elementarily school, ah memories...Quote:
Originally Posted by Darklighterx
edit: nowadays...
I'm not sure if it's that obscure, but MC Kids is a really fun and challenging game if you haven't played it. Especially if you're trying to get all of the cards.
a personal favorite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiluQeNoBT4
This post fails. It's an awesome beat em up/driving/gun game in one. The beat em up part was pretty terrible, but the other parts were pretty cool.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sexual Instinct
I could never beat the last boss though - too hard.
Other balls hard NES games
Rockin' Kats by Atlus
http://sydlexia.com/blogstuff/rockin_kats.png
Ninja Gaiden 1-3
Wrath of the Black Manta was really hard too.
Nah, it was really easy. Any time you were low on power you could just keep entering the same door with three static ninjas and refilling your bar by three energy blocks. The only challenging parts were flying on the kit and knocking down everyone with charged up blasts and figuring out the pattern on the last boss. I loved this game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beefy Hits
Metal Storm was an actual challenge after Level 3. Can't believe how much it has shot up in price.
Bad Dudes :cool:
Gotta go with Strider...
...and Chip n' Dale Rescue Rangers
Kabuki Quantum Fighter is quite badass
We've gone from "obscure" passed "well-known" and are into "shit even non-gamers know"-territory.
Blaster Master
I don't know if it meets the "obscure" criteria, but it's definitely a fun and challenging game. It's like Moon Patrol meets Megaman. I could never beat it as a teenager, and I went back in my 30's and took that bitch down.
~Anselm~
Now, somebody needs to recommend Super Mario Bros 3 and this thread will be complete.
*sigh*
Still can't believe I'm the only one who suggested Cobra Triangle. I still need to get a replacement copy of it. My brother and I would curse that game day and night trying to save all of the swimmers. Controls took some getting used too. But I think if I played it again, I could finish it.
2 of my favorites you don't see every day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rNcEMKBm7c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSL2Mt1x72Q
I recommend Super Mario Bros./Duck HuntQuote:
Originally Posted by NeoTheranthrope
I second this, it's an excellent and challenging platformer. It has really cool style and strider meets Mega Man gameplay. Also has excellent music. Too bad there wasn't a sequel to it like the end credits promised.Quote:
Originally Posted by Average Joe
Destiny of an Emperor - It's easily my fav RPG on NES but not too many people know about it.
I just recently picked up Power Blade and I haven't played it much, but it seems promising. Imagine Mega Man gameplay with a boomerang throwing commando.
Used to 1CC this one as a kid. One of my faves, right up there with the Guardian Legend.Quote:
Originally Posted by Anselm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmh6056U0Nw
SECTION Z
As long as you power up correctly and learn the right path to take, this game isn't quite as impossible as some people claim it is.
Which reminds me of another shooter that I never knew was developed by the same company:Quote:
Originally Posted by Darklighterx
currently playing the first Ninja Gaiden a lot
funny how rusty my old school gaming skills are because this game is kicking my ass
This one is a hidden gem and a challenge. Euro only game, late in the system's life. by SunSoft
Ufouria
http://www.emuparadise.me/fup/up/573...29-2-thumb.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAoDvMg1CTY
(cant get bloody vids to imbed)
Holy Diver
Formula One: Built to Win, from Seta... not widely known, but... one of the very best among the best!
http://nesbox.com/images/boxes/dfe00...bc979dfd8c.jpg
http://nesbox.com/images/thumbs/60bd...1324e9f981.jpg
Dick Tracy was hard as fuck, but you literally can't beat playing Dick Tracy. It was like a sandbox game of the 8bit generation with missions, fetch quests, car chases and I think there may have been an escort mission in there somewhere.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9nxIUhZCCw
I'm glad Guardian Legend and Kiwi Kraze got mentioned, those are both great games to go back to. It might not qualify as obscure, but StarTropics was always one of my favorite adventure games on the NES.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b7x30_E0Ko
it's on the wii virtual console. absolutely worth a download.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeoSneth
Startropics. I still can't beat that game. I remember thinking, years after first playing it, that "I should totally be able to beat this now, it's not like I'm a kid anymore." but I didn't take into account that I seemed to have infinite patience when I was a kid when it came to games.
I'll beat you one of these days Startropics...one of these days...
When were you a kid? When this game was released I didn't know anyone else who owned it, and there was no such thing as a strategy guide or internet for it. The magazines covered it eventually, but I remember quite a few of the areas being downright insane.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darklighterx
~Anselm~
Goddamn I still can't beat that wonderful game. I've playing it off and since I was like 7 years old. Much like you, I too thought with age came wisdom. Still not enough to defeat Star Tropics for Nintendo...Quote:
Originally Posted by Renmauzo