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gummo · Joined: 29 Jul 2005 Posts: 11 Location: norman, ok

Wario Land on the virtual boy. The foreground/background aspect was intertwined into the gameplay really well, and added a cool new dimension (no pun intended) to a fairly traditional mario game.

i don't care what anyone says, virtual boy kicked ass. red alarm is a cool game too.

-gummo

Fabrizo · Joined: 01 Aug 2005 Posts: 11

Sanrio Cup - So simple, and yet so entertaining. It had quite a few neat little secrets for those that played long enough to discover them to.

Gremlins 2 - Most people know about the movies, but no one seemably played the game. Its certanly long and difficult, but it had good music, the levels were varried, there were rpg'ish shops to buy items, it had the ever rare on nes 'cinematics', and most of all was fun from the beggining to end.

Extra Zesty · Joined: 28 Sep 2005 Posts: 7

I definitely think Friday the 13th was underrated, and probably LJN's best NES game. My friend and I have been trying to solve it recently, and it's amazing how atmospheric it still is after all these years. Way back when I first played it Jason terrified me so much that I refused to play the game by myself. The graphics are good in a colorful sort of way, and I always thought the way the game started during the day and progressed to night as you played it was a nice, spooky touch.

Everyone I know who's played it seems to hate it though, mostly because Jason is so monstrously difficult to beat. The game's glitchy nature doesn't help either, since it's infuriating to light all of the fireplaces and fail to have the torch appear. However, touches like dead counselors staying dead for good and the fact that you really felt like you were up against an enemy many times stronger than you really drew me into the game. When Jason pops out unexpectedly I still jump out of my seat and freak out a little, even though the game's over fifteen years old now.

If you hated the game back in the day, read a FAQ, figure out what's going on, and give the game another try. You might be pleasantly surprised!

Edit: Oooh, also, The Guardian Legend! I know a lot of people haven't tried this game, but it's a great blend of a shooter and overhead action-RPG. The gameplay, graphics and music are all well above average and it's made by Compile, the same people who made Zanac. Hurrah!

merp · Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 8:13 am Post subject:

lugnut · Staff Joined: 09 Sep 2003 Posts: 147

Smeg · Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 12:22 am Post subject:

Guardian Fucking Legend!

Extra Zesty · Joined: 28 Sep 2005 Posts: 7

Merp: That'd be neat if it were true, and maybe explain why some of LJN's games were at least somewhat playably decent (Jaws, The Karate Kid) while others were complete abominations (X-Men, Spiderman). Looking at the Spiderman intro, it says that the code was licensed from B.I.T.S. . I checked the Friday the 13th manual and it doesn't give credit to anyone but LJN though. Hmm. I wonder if there's a way you could dig through the ROM and see if there are any copyright strings hidden away.

Lugnut: What are your feelings on the game? I want to know Cool

Smeg · Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 1:02 am Post subject:

Blues · Joined: 09 Aug 2004 Posts: 37

spoondiddly · Joined: 09 Oct 2005 Posts: 10

Since I will die a heretic for saying "Dance Aerobics", how about "Fire and Ice"? I have yet to hear of anyone that has actually played the game.
An easy second would be "Tricky Kick", a rather difficult puzzler on TG16. Heck, virtually ever game on TG16 went unnoticed or were simply forgotten.

(oh, and Dance Aerobics has a version of twister that will kick you in the pants)

Yashiro · Joined: 03 Nov 2005 Posts: 10 Location: Rockford, IL

Catrap for Game Boy. Good room-by-room puzzle game.
Victorious Boxers/Hajime no Ippo series on PS2. Best boxing ever that isn't Punch-Out.
Spot: The Video Game
Mario's Super Picross (maybe not underrated so much as it is unknown)
Championship Bowling for Genesis.

PopaSmear · Staff Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 178

Yashiro, if you don't actually have the game that your avatar is from, and a NGPC to play it on, you have to get a new avatar. It's a rule.

Yashiro · Joined: 03 Nov 2005 Posts: 10 Location: Rockford, IL

PopaSmear · Staff Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 178

Totally. And Gabare. I guess that's more unknown than underrated.

SlyphGlitch · Joined: 01 Apr 2004 Posts: 144

I always thought that Baiten Katos was a lot better then many reviewers made it out to be.

If you like Lost Kingdoms 1, 2, PSO 3 or any card based battler, go get BK, it is a good game.

Baiten Katos has very production values, unlike the games I listed above.

Ichiban Crush · Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 10:09 pm Post subject:

A few that popped into my head today. And strangely enough, most of 'em are Hudson-connected.

Bonks Adventure. Yes, I'm calling Bonk's Adventure and it's sequels underrated. True that it was NEC's mascot, but think about it... do you really see anyone mention Bonk nowadays in these nostalgia threads? When you read about the early 16-bit/late 8-bit eras, do you see this game mentioned? And have many people even played the sequels? While most people scoff mascot games, I had a blast playing all the Bonk games. That includes the non-TG16 ports. It had some really interesting gameplay elements to it, very amusing graphics, and just the kind of game that fell into the same catagory as a ton of action/mascot games at the time, but STILL managed to stand out as something unique... it just didn't seem to stand out enough to be talked about for the years to come.

what I wouldn't give for that GameCube remake to see a domestic release. Hell, I'd BUY a GameCube just for that.

The MonsterLand (WonderBoy) games: These games just absorb your soul. Something about open-world SD-Anime Swords N' Sorcery action adventure just glues me. I hear a few people give it props, but it still falls under "underrated". Too bad you don't really hear anything from Westone nowadays; they could really fill the void I've seen in gaming.

Super Adventure Island 2: I'm really surprised I don't see many people talk about this, what with all the SotN/Metroid-style fans out there. It's pretty much WonderBoy meets oldschool Adventure Island (which is ironic because the original WonderBoy ended up being cloned as the first Adventure Island game). And yet, much like Demonhead, I haven't seen anyone at ALL really discuss it in very much detail. It's a very interesting title that really got passed up.

Low G Man: Right now you're looking at me and thinking "Nigga IZ YOU CRAZY!?" Nope, it had some flaws, but the combination of being able to jump for like six screens, being able to highjack different vehicles, and the really bizzare attack system... that won me over. BUT, I understand why this game is not considered underrated by some. Now if only this game could have gotten some better graphical treatment...

PopaSmear · Staff Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 178

Carnivol · Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 11:03 pm Post subject:

There is this one PS2 title I think never got the attention it deserved, and that was

"Spy Fiction"

Seriously, not only does the game look really good, but it has lots of cool gameplay stuff.

(It's kinda like Mission Impossible 64 + Metal Gear Solid + Tomb Raider)

I love this game, funny though, when they released it in English, they retouched the light system in the game and made several changes, one of them was for some reason re-recording all dialogue (it was in English in the Japanese version too)

BMF54123 · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 8:32 am Post subject:

Ichiban Crush · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 8:44 am Post subject:

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