most underrated video games of all time

[Slush Puppy 0]

I am gonna hafta go with TOEJAM AND EARL in my number one spot. The original is just a a fine piece of work and is still entertaining to this very day.

 

In my second spot i WIll select the little known TWO CRUDE DUDES. Just an unbelievable game all around. Scary thing is in the opening they have the WTC falling down and the game game out in 1993.

 

any other games?

[DVD 0]

Shenmue for DC was pretty cool.

[Guest tiki_gods]

Friday the 13th on the NES.

[kraziness 0]

Kung Fu- NES

 

NHL Series- Genesis

 

Bond Nightfire- Gamecube

[surferskin 30]

shaq-fu

[Electric Mayhem 35]

Medevil - PlayStation

 

That game was freaking great

[bigmarc27 24]

Red Faction on PS2

Jurassic Park on Sega CD

Coach K's college basketball on Sega

Shining Force on Sega

 

 

Also, they're not really underrated, but the Splinter Cell games are the bestest ever and should be recognized as such.

[Chronic Husker 85]

I thought Ten Yard Fight on NES was pretty sweet. Sure, you only had the option of running one play every single down, but it was a hell of a lot better than Atari football.

 

Hot Shots Golf on Playstation was very addictive for some peeps I know.

 

River Raid is probably the best little known Atari game. My dad and I played the ###### out of that game.

 

Haven't played enough XBox games to say.......

[Electric Mayhem 35]

Yar's Revenge!!!

[bigmarc27 24]

Hot Shots Golf on Playstation was very addictive for some peeps I know.

 

 

[dcOne 2]

Ikari Warriors

[dcOne 2]

I just found a site where you can play just about any old school game, just the way it was. Console Classix.

 

I had the software downloaded and was playing Ikari Warriors within about 3 minutes. Gonna go check out Tecmo....

[Cdub100 3,891]

Ikari Warriors

 

Loved this game. Great if you had friend over because you could play 2 players at the same time.

[Jeremy 0]

Agreed that Toe Jam and Earl was great. Loved that game.

 

Arkanoid on the NES was one of my favorites, until the controller than came with it broke. Doesn't work well without that controller.

[TD Ryan2 316]

off the top of my head:

 

Rygar

- Zelda and Catlevania were all the rage. Rygar was right there but never got the press.

 

 

SNK Baseball Stars

- fockin' invented the whole concept of building up a player/team's attributes. The game play was fantastic too... slides, climbing the wall to rob HRs.

 

 

R-Type

- a side scrolling shooter for the obscure TurboGraphics console. IMO, R-Type was the pinnacle of side scrolling shooters.

 

 

Ridge Racer

- the game that came with the original Playstation. This racing game kicked ass. The control was topps... powersliding through tight corners and using the brakes/accelerator for control has never been more spot on than it was with Ridge Racer.

 

 

 

 

there are more....

[FunkyMcCool 0]

Road Rash & Shadowrun were two of my personal faves. I also played Iron Storm on Sega Saturn until my fingers were numb, but I love the old turn-based war genre.

[KSB2424 3,148]

Fast Eddie ~ Atari

[dcOne 2]

http://www.consoleclassix.com/

 

So far, I've played Ikari Warriors, Punch Out, Tecmo Super Bowl, and now I'm going to give "Bases Loaded" a whirl. I remember a guy named "Paste" could whack almost every ball out of the park.

[brinett9 0]

Blades Of Steel - NES

[Mungwater 596]

I loved Double Dribble on the NES (double dwibble as the computer would say) complete with the dancing pickle mascots as halftime. I remember there being a spot on the right side of the three point line where you just couldn't miss, how to steal the jump ball everytime, what an awesome game.

 

Blades Of Steel - NES

 

 

Forgot that one, good call, that was the first one where you can actually fight each other if a fight broke out, right?

[brinett9 0]

John Elway's Quarterback (NES).

 

Once you got the timing down, you could throw a long bomb for a TD every play.

 

Forgot that one, good call, that was the first one where you can actually fight each other if a fight broke out, right?

Yeah, and whoever won the fight got the puck.

 

Even aside from the fighting it was a great hockey game.

[GettnHuge 2]

pro wrestling

excitebike

tank wars -computer

mighty bomb jack

super breakout

star raiders

starflight 2 -computer

battlezone

castlevania

mega man

robotron 2084

metal gear

[brinett9 0]

Space Taxi - Commode 64.

[Electric Mayhem 35]

I remember when my roomate spent the big bucks and got one of the forst PS2s off E-bay. The ATV game that came with it was freaking awesome and a lot of fun to play. Just driving around in the desert was fun.

[bigmarc27 24]

Road Rash & Shadowrun were two of my personal faves.

[Chronic Husker 85]

Road Rash for PS and Pro Wrestling for NES were awesome.

 

 

Sorry brinett, but John Elway football suxored. Tecmo was far superior.

[ilovemustachios 0]

Hot Shots Golf- Playstation

RC Pro Am- NES

Food Fight - Atari

Mariocart/Diddy Kong- N64

Super Puzzle Fighter - Playstation

NHL 94 - Sega = Greatest Game Ever

[Jeff Garcia 8]

Road Rash for PS2 and Pro Wrestling for NES were awesome.

 

 

Sorry brinett, but John Elway football suxored. Tecmo was far superior.

 

It is an underrated VG thread, Tecmo was NEVER underrated.

[Electric Mayhem 35]

Mariocart - N64

 

I cannot even fathom how many hours me and my friends spent playing this game. Easily in the hundreds. Once we found the options to give you multiple baseballs, cars and goo it was all over. We would turn off all the other prizes and turn the track into a minefield. Man that was fun.

[Chronic Husker 85]

It is an underrated VG thread, Tecmo was NEVER underrated.

 

I understand that. My point is that Elway is not underrated. It just plain sucked.

[dcOne 2]

pro wrestling

excitebike

tank wars -computer

mighty bomb jack

super breakout

star raiders

starflight 2 -computer

battlezone

castlevania

mega man

robotron 2084

metal gear

 

I just tried Pro Wrestling--that was a great game, as was Metal Gear.

[Jeremy 0]

I cannot even fathom how many hours me and my friends spent playing this game. Easily in the hundreds. Once we found the options to give you multiple baseballs, cars and goo it was all over. We would turn off all the other prizes and turn the track into a minefield. Man that was fun.

 

Baseballs? Goo?

 

That is/was a great game. I'm probably in the hundreds of hours, too.

[GettnHuge 2]

I just tried Pro Wrestling--that was a great game, as was Metal Gear.

 

fav move was the back brain kick.

[bammbamm 0]

Excitebike cost me more of my allowance that I care to remember. I was also addicted to Tempest.

[TD Ryan2 316]

fav move was the back brain kick.

 

fighter Hyabusa... and probably the most difficult (i.e. worst) of all the special moves.

 

King Slender's special move was the easiest and most effective. As a "one button" move, it was faster than all but a jab.

[Electric Mayhem 35]

Baseballs? Goo?

 

That is/was a great game. I'm probably in the hundreds of hours, too.

 

yeah... baseballs and goo

 

what game are you talking about?

[zen 0]

Space Taxi - Commode 64.

 

Loderunner - Amiga.

[Jeremy 0]

yeah... baseballs and goo

 

what game are you talking about?

 

It's been a while since I played it. I don't remember any baseballs. Hmm. I'll have to fire it up tonight to refresh my memory.

[Guest tiki_gods]

Mike Tyson's Punchout was the best game of all time. I was the first kid in my town to beat him!

 

[Chronic Husker 85]

Loderunner - Amiga.

 

Loderunner is one of the best games ever made, IMO. As far as the earliest Apple home computers went, show me a better game.