When I was a youth I rented EVO Search For Eden so many times that when that rental store finally closed for good I went to rent it one last time and they just gave it to me for free to keep. I still have it on my shelf in it’s rental case.
I had a similar thing happen. I rented it so much they ended up just selling it to me. Which in hindsight it would have been a lot cheaper if I just "lost the game" right away and saved 50-100 dollars of rental fees before buying it lol.
I love the SNES. Thank you for the recommendations. Random question, will you ever do a video on how to make one of the Link to the Past hacks, like Goddess of Wisdom or Parallel Worlds?
I can tell that you got Dragon View footage from an emulator. Now, with that said.. i'm not complaining that you took the footage from an emulator.. what does irk me is that you forgot to turn on a specific feature that makes transparencies work properly. One piece of the footage there are green bars and you're fighting something. Those bars should not be bars, they should be a sold transparency. I can't remember the name of the feature, but it turns those bars into proper transparencies. They used the same features for kirby's dreamland 3 on the SNES and without the proper setting turned on, it looks like bars in that game as well.
thank you so much for showing Soul Blazer, when i bought my SNES back in the day, i saved all my money an bought it with Soul Blazer. Loved the game an no one ever heard of it lol
Lagoon was a joy to play. I feel like The Lion King is so underappreciated on the SNES when compared to other platformers. Smartball is fun, even if it is simple.
Illusion of Gaia is in my top five hands down. The growth of your characters throughout the game, and even the secret ending if you got all the special items. It's integration of using character abilities to traverse the map was so cool. Like a metroidvania but 2.5d.
Wow, it's so weird when something just barely tickles your memory. I played some of these a bit by renting, or just played for a bit at a friends house. Years and years later, seeing them again is wild. Cool list. I'll be retrying a few of these!
Saturday Night Slam Masters DoReMi Fantasy Clock Tower Lufia 2 Goof Troop The Legend of the Mystical Ninja Super Smash TV Harvest Moon Shadowrun Mega Man Soccer
For me Bubsy in claws encounters of the furred kind is the most underrated Super Nintendo game I ever played. The game get too much hate. I went into this game thinking it was going to be trash like the internet said. But I actually liked it a lot and found it to be really fun. If anyone is reading this and hasn’t played Bubsy in claws encounters of the furred kind. Please do it is not that bad of a game it can be at least decent.
When we couldn't figure out something in a game in the old days we would call Nintendo in Redmond Washington State on the land line dial phone hence no cell phones in those days Washington st
Dragon Quest VI! One of the best SFC classics. Also 7th Saga! If you can manage to get past the difficulty imbalance, it's a really fun enjoyable game. Music is great in both games too.
The absolute most under-rated and under-appreciated game on Super NES has to be Tetris Attack. To me it's the most under-rated of all time across all platforms. Even among fans, few have played it to a high enough level to know how deep it really goes. Absolute GOAT!
@@Krisipoke Easily, especially when matched with a player of similar skill. For me, that's my twin brother. You can see him play a bit of Time Trial in my 8BitDo video. :)
Wow never heard of brain lord but it looks super awesome. Thanks man. I can always count on good old riggs to show me some games I didn't know I needed in my life
Some of the titles on my list would include: - King of The Dragons - Riddick Bowe Boxing - Bubsy 1 & 2 - Super Adventure Island (although it's incredibly easy) There's more but those 5 for sure!
@Ben DC4L although 2 was fun I'm personally not a fan of RPG games so that element was a turn-off for me. The original NES Adventure Island Games were sidescrollers so I liked how Super Adventure Island 1 didn't stray from that. I'm not saying 2 is a bad game by any means but I personally have more fun playing part 1 even though I can beat it in less than 20 minutes
@Ben DC4L it just has elements of an RPG... you go around collecting items to get upgrades and have to interact with a bunch of characters that you have to find (like how most RPG's are). There's still a lot of side scrolling action but I wasn't a fan of the mechanics added to the game. To each their own though cuz I'm positive that more people enjoy part 2 compared to part 1
An obscure developer called Ukiyotei made Skyblazer - and yes, they had previously made Hook. They went on to make the execrated Spawn for the SNES. The company had disappeared as of 2002 or thereabout.
Genichiro Tenryu being mentioned blew my mind...wasn't expecting that. I'm a pro wrestling mark myself. Was a big fan of Tenryu back when he was working in All Japan Pro Wrestling with two of the all time greats....Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba. In my opinion, AJPW from the mid 1970's until Misawa's excursion to form NOAH in 2000 or 2001 was one of the top 2 or 3 best promotions in pro wrestling hands down.
Tin Star, to me, is the most underrated game on the SNES. Plays similar to Star Fox but it's a lot less bold, very straight forward, even to a fault, despite it having a very unique boss fight mechanic. Great music and funny story. It's short and to the point but to get the highest score demands perfection, which is possible but you'll spend countless enjoyable hours getting there.
Spanky's Quest is an absolute gem of a game. SO MUCH fun, SO much playability. Platform puzzle game that really should have continued as a series on later systems. Sadly though, it was just a one and done one hit wonder. The game is awesome, it's so much fun to play and the boss battles are just awesome. This game was way ahead of its time. This game holds up even today. Easy pick up and play puzzle platform that does not disappoint. As a kid I absolutely loved this game and to this day I still do and wonder why it never got any love. It is deserving of love and could EASILY been built upon to have A Spanky's Quest 2 or even 3. A huge, missed opportunity here Ladys and gentlemen.
I remember that show. It was on fox. Wasn't there a big guy that was the bully named Kowalski or something like that. He played in a bunch of tv shows/movies back then in the bully/big guy role.
I’ve watched 4 (well this is the fourth) of these underrated SNES Game videos here on RUclips & just like on the previous three ‘Goof Troop’ has been brought up! ‘SkyBlazer’ looks great.
I remember playing Brain Lord for hours at a friend's house, but I never could remember what the heck the name was afterward, as I didn't have an SNES until I was working a job and could buy one myself. Definitely need to track that one down now.
True Lies is a good game. Suprisingly violent for a Nintendo console and hard as a Japanese bullet hell game, but quite fun to play. Had it as a kid and replayed it recently. Still holds up. The LJN label doesn't mean anything. They were a publisher, not a video game developer. The game was developed by Beam Software that had quite a few good titles under their belt.
Love that game. Great music and has a story told without dialogue. Bit short unfortunately. It was just recently released on the Nintendo Switch online SNES game thing.
I agree the SNES controller is probably the best retro controller of all time. I use it on the Retron 5 for all Nintendo and Sega games because of the comfort and functionality. With the SNES pad and a Playstation 2 controller, I can play anything while having the most fun.
Yeah, Soul Blazer is really good.. Spanky's Quest I remember it being really good. Illusion ofGaia I feel, is also underated. The combat mechanics are unique. You get to play as other forms to help you in puzzles. It also featured a terrific OST. The ending. You're going to love or hate. Kinda of a shame that Enix of America closed its doors in 1995 after the release of Ogre Battle (Another hiddem gem,). We never got Terranigma. I Square was the the new guy in town and financially, it definitely hurt Enix in the long run. I never acquired games such as Robotrek and EVO until last year)
Alien 3 is another good one from LJN. I still place it in the top 10 Alien games ever made, and the SNES version is easily the best version with bo time limit and multiple mission objectives.
The SNES controller layout is still utilized today, with slight alterations. Playstation and XBox all use it. I find it amazing how good the design was that it could stand for decades.
Goof Troop is also another absolute gem that is deserving of more love and a sequel. I mean WOW for all the crap that they made on the SNES how did they not build upon Spanky's Quest and Goof Troop!??? Amazing. Goof Troop is such a fun action puzzle game that is so much fun to play. It's even more fun if you have a friend and can play co-op. The levels are great, and the bosses are tricky and tuff but beatable and bring so much satisfaction when you beat them and complete the level. This game is in my top 10. A hidden Gem for sure.
Ive been gifted with an emulator that has 5038 games...lol! All those you mentioned...are here. Most! Ive never heard of or played...and im 44 years old! Lol... Now that youve mentioned some games ive never played? Time to delve in!! Thank you!!! Skyblazer is on the menu tonite!!!
Axelay: totally not underrated. I'm still waiting for the follow-up. Talking about finishing the game, I don't know why it leaves me with a nostalgia feeling...
When I was a youth I rented EVO Search For Eden so many times that when that rental store finally closed for good I went to rent it one last time and they just gave it to me for free to keep. I still have it on my shelf in it’s rental case.
That is so rad!!!! Dude. Especially considering what its worth these days 😍 congrats
I had a similar thing happen. I rented it so much they ended up just selling it to me. Which in hindsight it would have been a lot cheaper if I just "lost the game" right away and saved 50-100 dollars of rental fees before buying it lol.
Dude that is freaking amazing. What a righteous thing to do!
so, the shelf is a rental case? i don't understand the end of your comment.
Thats really rad
I just recently bought Brain Lord not knowing what is was. I ended up beating it bc it was absolutely a great time.. Awesome list spanky.
is this a re-upload, i could swear i seen this video before unless I am going crazy. good stuff
same
I think its an obligatory video if you cover old games
@@KidNato no i seen this exact video for sure now, once i watched it again
This is a re-upload. I have seen this video before.
Mandela effect
Just got Blackthorne. Outstanding game!
Great game but it is a censored on SNES if I remember correctly. PC version is the original bloody one.
Soul Blazer Protip: Name your character "Anus", your game experience will improve exponentially.
One of my fav snes games which nobody ever mentions is Mickeys Magical Quest. There are like 3 parts of that game. Did you ever play any of those?
I loved Mickeys Magical Quest. Fireman suit is the best
Never played soulblazer, but i want to now!
My favorite Super Nintendo game was easily SimCity. I was already an adult before I got it and enjoyed it immensely.
The SNES is one console for which I do not have a favorite game; this is for the reason that the system library was simply too impressive overall!
I love the SNES. Thank you for the recommendations. Random question, will you ever do a video on how to make one of the Link to the Past hacks, like Goddess of Wisdom or Parallel Worlds?
A re-upload right? Not a bad thing.
True Lies is really good.
It unfortunately gets too difficult and pretty much feels broken in the later levels.
I can tell that you got Dragon View footage from an emulator.
Now, with that said.. i'm not complaining that you took the footage from an emulator.. what does irk me is that you forgot to turn on a specific feature that makes transparencies work properly.
One piece of the footage there are green bars and you're fighting something.
Those bars should not be bars, they should be a sold transparency.
I can't remember the name of the feature, but it turns those bars into proper transparencies.
They used the same features for kirby's dreamland 3 on the SNES and without the proper setting turned on, it looks like bars in that game as well.
Discovered Soul Blazer a couple months ago. Very nice find and glad to see it on this list.
thank you so much for showing Soul Blazer, when i bought my SNES back in the day, i saved all my money an bought it with Soul Blazer. Loved the game an no one ever heard of it lol
I have the cartridge
Aero Fighters, E.V.O.: Search for Eden, Illusion of Gaia, Knights of the Round, The Legend of the Mystical Ninja, and Ranma ½: Hard Battle.
👍👍
Lagoon was a joy to play. I feel like The Lion King is so underappreciated on the SNES when compared to other platformers. Smartball is fun, even if it is simple.
Brain Lord might have been my favorite game I owned back as a kid.
If you like Soul Blazer, try the spiritual sequels, Illusion of Gaia and Terranigma
Illusion of Gaia is in my top five hands down. The growth of your characters throughout the game, and even the secret ending if you got all the special items. It's integration of using character abilities to traverse the map was so cool. Like a metroidvania but 2.5d.
Terranigma never gets enough love. It's my favorite underrated SNES games hands down.
Illusion of Gaia is super underrated imo. What a game
Love that one
Biker Mice from Mars, if you haven’t given it a go, one of my favs! Great game and very competitive on multiplayer!
I loved Skuljager. It’s nice to see it get some love. I also rented it a few times back in the 90s. Kickass game
Once again, we've got someone who assumes Axelay is a vertical shooter only. He's in for a surprise once he makes it past stage 1.
Legend of the Mystical Ninja. Not an extremely unknown game, but it's easily one of the SNES's best, and it's far less well known than it should be.
It was really fun, and getting further and further felt like old school Nintendo.
Wow, it's so weird when something just barely tickles your memory. I played some of these a bit by renting, or just played for a bit at a friends house. Years and years later, seeing them again is wild. Cool list. I'll be retrying a few of these!
Feeling some Deja Vu here
Rock n roll racing should be on the list for part 2
Yeah, I played that a fair Mount as a kid.
The trick to driving well is turning using the L & R buttons not the D-Pad. That's how I play.
I loved how the vehicles changed as you progressed through the game. it was truly awesome!
Best racing game ever.
Arcana for the SNES was an awesome game.
You are posting like crazy right now.
Maybe reclassify Brain Lord, Lagoon, and perhaps SoulBlazer as Action RPGs rather than Zelda clones.
Saturday Night Slam Masters
DoReMi Fantasy
Clock Tower
Lufia 2
Goof Troop
The Legend of the Mystical Ninja
Super Smash TV
Harvest Moon
Shadowrun
Mega Man Soccer
Legend of the Mystical Ninja.
Shadowrun.
I played Brainlord! I don’t remember if I beat it. But I def got Lagoon vibes from it, which is a good thing!
For me Bubsy in claws encounters of the furred kind is the most underrated Super Nintendo game I ever played. The game get too much hate. I went into this game thinking it was going to be trash like the internet said. But I actually liked it a lot and found it to be really fun. If anyone is reading this and hasn’t played Bubsy in claws encounters of the furred kind. Please do it is not that bad of a game it can be at least decent.
Soul Blazer as well as the rest of the Quintet SNES 'trilogy' (Illusion of Gaia, Soul Blazer, and Terranigma) are all great SNES RPGs.
I find it funny those games are referred to as the 'Quintet Trilogy.'
serene.velocity - lol yeah, the studio that developed them was called quintet though that’s where the name comes from.
Hate to be that guy, but you didn't collect stars in Super Mario World. You were thinking of Mario 64.
When we couldn't figure out something in a game in the old days we would call Nintendo in Redmond Washington State on the land line dial phone hence no cell phones in those days
Washington st
Dragon Quest VI! One of the best SFC classics. Also 7th Saga! If you can manage to get past the difficulty imbalance, it's a really fun enjoyable game. Music is great in both games too.
Damn. You know it’s bad when even the Ljn game is expensive!
Axelay is so underrated! It's amazing...But holy crap is it brutal!! I played bullet-hell shooters easier than this!
The absolute most under-rated and under-appreciated game on Super NES has to be Tetris Attack. To me it's the most under-rated of all time across all platforms. Even among fans, few have played it to a high enough level to know how deep it really goes. Absolute GOAT!
Best puzzle game ever, seriously.
@@Krisipoke Easily, especially when matched with a player of similar skill. For me, that's my twin brother. You can see him play a bit of Time Trial in my 8BitDo video. :)
Wow never heard of brain lord but it looks super awesome. Thanks man. I can always count on good old riggs to show me some games I didn't know I needed in my life
True lies was my ish. I used to rent that game from a store called "pharm more" for less then a $1 all the time.
A re-run... I think you may have loaded the wrong video, Mr. Riggs...
I play Soulblazer once a year. Love it to death.
Sounds like me, but with Castlevania Symphony of the Night :p PS: Yea, i know its no SNES title....
I really enjoyed Soul Blazer, the only downside to it is it’s a bit on the easy side.
Some of the titles on my list would include:
- King of The Dragons
- Riddick Bowe Boxing
- Bubsy 1 & 2
- Super Adventure Island (although it's incredibly easy)
There's more but those 5 for sure!
Bubsy👍👌
@Ben DC4L although 2 was fun I'm personally not a fan of RPG games so that element was a turn-off for me. The original NES Adventure Island Games were sidescrollers so I liked how Super Adventure Island 1 didn't stray from that. I'm not saying 2 is a bad game by any means but I personally have more fun playing part 1 even though I can beat it in less than 20 minutes
@Ben DC4L it just has elements of an RPG... you go around collecting items to get upgrades and have to interact with a bunch of characters that you have to find (like how most RPG's are). There's still a lot of side scrolling action but I wasn't a fan of the mechanics added to the game. To each their own though cuz I'm positive that more people enjoy part 2 compared to part 1
Brainlord is fantastic!
Some of the puzzles are NOT easy
Just got this awesome 70 in 1 cart of the net and some of the games mentioned are on the cart I got
An obscure developer called Ukiyotei made Skyblazer - and yes, they had previously made Hook. They went on to make the execrated Spawn for the SNES. The company had disappeared as of 2002 or thereabout.
Soul Blazer is one of my all time favourites!
Good looking out. Now I know what games I need to play.
Axelay underrated? It's one of the best SNES shooters
Also where is out of this world and flashback those are classic titles
Genichiro Tenryu being mentioned blew my mind...wasn't expecting that. I'm a pro wrestling mark myself. Was a big fan of Tenryu back when he was working in All Japan Pro Wrestling with two of the all time greats....Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba. In my opinion, AJPW from the mid 1970's until Misawa's excursion to form NOAH in 2000 or 2001 was one of the top 2 or 3 best promotions in pro wrestling hands down.
I love these videos, especially games on the SNES. DUDE! I'm a huge fan of Lagoon!
Would it be a good idea for me if I'm not interested in getting involved with something as extensive as A Link to the Past?
I stand utterly behind Soul Blazer & Lagoon
And i know they are too dated for many today, but this makes them more special to me
Axelay might be the greatest game that never had a sequel!
i do love me some some true lies! oh yeah!..... i member EVO!
Tin Star, to me, is the most underrated game on the SNES. Plays similar to Star Fox but it's a lot less bold, very straight forward, even to a fault, despite it having a very unique boss fight mechanic. Great music and funny story. It's short and to the point but to get the highest score demands perfection, which is possible but you'll spend countless enjoyable hours getting there.
Finally someone giving Lagoon some love... so underrated and better than any loz game imo
Brain Lord is just the most badass SNES RPG ever
Spanky's Quest is an absolute gem of a game. SO MUCH fun, SO much playability. Platform puzzle game that really should have continued as a series on later systems. Sadly though, it was just a one and done one hit wonder. The game is awesome, it's so much fun to play and the boss battles are just awesome. This game was way ahead of its time. This game holds up even today. Easy pick up and play puzzle platform that does not disappoint. As a kid I absolutely loved this game and to this day I still do and wonder why it never got any love. It is deserving of love and could EASILY been built upon to have A Spanky's Quest 2 or even 3. A huge, missed opportunity here Ladys and gentlemen.
omg I love the music on that game!!! we rented it back in the day from a local video store
Only like 2 people I know remember Parker Lewis can’t lose. That’s why we cool lol.
I remember that show. It was on fox. Wasn't there a big guy that was the bully named Kowalski or something like that. He played in a bunch of tv shows/movies back then in the bully/big guy role.
Did this get pulled? I swear you’ve uploaded it before...
Lagoon is awsome got the box manual and game ofc
Axelay is awesome. Hard as hell though
Gonna give soul blazer a go . Love actraiser
I never knew about SoulBlazer... Now I gotta go buy it. Looks awesome! Thanks John!
Spanky's Quest... Wow. Talk about nostalgia.
Why do I feel like this video is reposted? Feel like I saw this a couple weeks ago. lol
I was wondering why this was super familiar.. reupload...
Lovely video here mate. I managed to get Brain Lord cheap (ish) a few years back 😃
Pretty sure I saw this already.
Nice to see Skyblazer get some love!
act raiser and soul blazer loved these games
Dude! I’ve totally been playing X-Kaliber 2097 non stop today. Thanks for that one! I need this on Switch.
I’ve watched 4 (well this is the fourth) of these underrated SNES Game videos here on RUclips & just like on the previous three ‘Goof Troop’ has been brought up!
‘SkyBlazer’ looks great.
I remember playing Brain Lord for hours at a friend's house, but I never could remember what the heck the name was afterward, as I didn't have an SNES until I was working a job and could buy one myself. Definitely need to track that one down now.
SKULJAGGER!! awesome oddball game. great tunes
True Lies is a good game. Suprisingly violent for a Nintendo console and hard as a Japanese bullet hell game, but quite fun to play. Had it as a kid and replayed it recently. Still holds up. The LJN label doesn't mean anything. They were a publisher, not a video game developer. The game was developed by Beam Software that had quite a few good titles under their belt.
Mr. Riggs, I have one for you. One of THE dumbest named games ever-Operation Logic Bomb i never hear anyone talk about it, its a great game
Love that game. Great music and has a story told without dialogue. Bit short unfortunately. It was just recently released on the Nintendo Switch online SNES game thing.
excellent game. i'm proud to have it in my collection and i was just looking at it a few minutes ago. might play it later.
Brain Lord is one of my favorite games! Such a good soundtrack.
NOOO Don't make Lagoon go up in price I still need to grab it!~
Lagoon was sooooooo under-rated
I agree the SNES controller is probably the best retro controller of all time. I use it on the Retron 5 for all Nintendo and Sega games because of the comfort and functionality. With the SNES pad and a Playstation 2 controller, I can play anything while having the most fun.
Showed PLOK, didn't put it on the list. My heart is broken!
Nice list! You should add run saber to your part 2 :)
Here is a "hidden gems" video that contains actual hidden gems. I discovered a few new titles to check out, so I'm very thankful.
Hey Jon :)
Did you ever play B.O.B? My mom and I loved it growing up. She was better than I!
Don't look like your momma taught you how to spell son.
@@DerekLed what did i say?
True Lies was developed by the Australian company Beam Software, who also developed Shadowrun for SNES.
I believe they also made Lost Vikings 2.
Yeah, Soul Blazer is really good..
Spanky's Quest I remember it being really good.
Illusion ofGaia I feel, is also underated. The combat mechanics are unique. You get to play as other forms to help you in puzzles. It also featured a terrific OST. The ending. You're going to love or hate.
Kinda of a shame that Enix of America closed its doors in 1995 after the release of Ogre Battle (Another hiddem gem,). We never got Terranigma. I
Square was the the new guy in town and financially, it definitely hurt Enix in the long run. I never acquired games such as Robotrek and EVO until last year)
Loving this Cheers John 👍
I like your videos but I have to totally disagree on spankys quest. Man I hated that game everytime I tried to play it.
Alien 3 is another good one from LJN. I still place it in the top 10 Alien games ever made, and the SNES version is easily the best version with bo time limit and multiple mission objectives.
The SNES controller layout is still utilized today, with slight alterations.
Playstation and XBox all use it. I find it amazing how good the design was that it could stand for decades.
Good call on Sky blazer. For me, Illusion of Gaia is incredible. I'm not sure why it always ranks low in that trilogy. It's underrated to me.
Those were 2 separate thoughts lol
Goof Troop is also another absolute gem that is deserving of more love and a sequel. I mean WOW for all the crap that they made on the SNES how did they not build upon Spanky's Quest and Goof Troop!??? Amazing. Goof Troop is such a fun action puzzle game that is so much fun to play. It's even more fun if you have a friend and can play co-op. The levels are great, and the bosses are tricky and tuff but beatable and bring so much satisfaction when you beat them and complete the level. This game is in my top 10. A hidden Gem for sure.
Surprised that Metal Warriors isn't on the list.
Me too!
Ive been gifted with an emulator that has 5038 games...lol!
All those you mentioned...are here.
Most! Ive never heard of or played...and im 44 years old! Lol...
Now that youve mentioned some games ive never played?
Time to delve in!!
Thank you!!!
Skyblazer is on the menu tonite!!!
Axelay: totally not underrated. I'm still waiting for the follow-up. Talking about finishing the game, I don't know why it leaves me with a nostalgia feeling...