101 Underrated/Hidden Gem NES games ... in 10 Minutes!

[@TheSpinia]

As a kid our game library was limited to what our parents bought us, so seeing this video tells me I missed out on almost every great game, I also see where some of the more polished flash games I played as a teen draw their inspiration from. Those 4 years playing NES during summer break at my grandmas house feels like eternity ago. My first console was a famicom, after that broke I had 3 famiclone's because I'm guessing the circuits fried during the summer heat as I would play almost non-stop, coupled with the fact that it was copied hardware. All in all, pretty good childhood tbh.

[@13amproduction]

Props for mentioning Werewolf. One of my all time favorite games.

[@13amproduction]

Wizards & Warriors 3 maybe?

[@psychopathicmadmen9493]

8:01 thank you! I finally found this game

[@Draxlar]

I would like to add: Monsters in my pocket, Summer Carnival 92 Recca, Time Dive Avanger, Marcross, Zen - Intergalactic Ninja, Ike Ike Nekketsu and Nekketsu Soccer League. There are more, but that's all I can remember for now.

[@Fendy27x]

I guess ill never found the spaceship shooting games i used to play as a kid. The game are never talked about on the internet and im sad because i never beat the last level.

[@triplegreenteam]

Natsume was a awesome developer and publisher.

[@dachi7001]

dragon fighter

[@oldhoonta]

KickMaster and Iron Tank. Both in my top 10 nes games of all time.

[@Bman4hire]

A few unlicensed games I'd never heard of especially gaiapolis and street heroes 😍 Impressed with this list

[@Toinkity]

6:59 I was looking for a different game but then I found another game that was equally as good that was hidden on the back of my memory, thanks!

[@KausikKumaar]

Toxic crusaders?

[@j.e4735]

Migthy final fight rules! Like your videos mr Gary.

[@nexgen.graphics]

I always wished for co-op play mode in Mighty final fight. Damn, it would be so good. 😊

[@sammylane21]

Abigail and Sodom are OP as fuck in MIGHTY FINAL RIGHT AND that have Sodom a freaking teleportation move too.

[@Jarod_Schultz]

There are so many good games that I feel like I will never have time to play them all. Alot of good games for NES, SNES, Genesis, SMS, N64, Saturn, Dreamcast, and so many other systems.

[@LB030377]

I'm surprised you didn't put Rockin' Kats. Rockin' Kats has got to be one of the best hidden gem nes games of all time!

[@SauravKumarLovleen]

45. "Isolated Warrior", I was searching for that game for many years.

[@michaelsierra9]

Yes, looks awesome! Never got to play this though.

[@russodazonasul]

Mighty Final Fight is an excellent game.

[@sukmablack]

abadox, kick master, shaterhand, werewolf. some of my favorit

[@lelxrv]

Really great list. So many of these games are rarely mentioned in top lists.

[@nexgen.graphics]

04:28 I finally found this game 🥰 I was looking for. Thank you so much.

[@notfuat]

Contra 8!!!!

[@Dont_tell_sarah]

Here are my favorite 13 NES hidden gems 13. Dragon Spirit 12. Legacy of the Wizard 11. Faria 10. A Boy and His Blob 9. Casino Kid 8. Krazy Kreatures 7. Clash at Demonhead 6. Cowboy Kid 5. Gargoyle Quest 2 4. Fire n Ice 3. North vs South 2. Ghost Lion 1. Dusty Diamond All Star Softball !!

[@2kBofFun]

For those in Europe, the list can be reduced to 49 hidden gems: 003 - Air Fortress - HAL Laboratory - 1987 005 - Asterix - Bit Managers - 1993 006 - Attack of the Killer Tomatoes - Imagineering - 1991 007 - Banana Prince - KID - 1991 008 - Battle of Olympus, The - Infinity - 1989 009 - Beauty and the Beast - Hudson Soft - 1994 013 - Burai Fighter - KID - 1990 015 - Castelian - Bits Studios - 1991 023 - Deja Vu - ICOM Simulations - 1990 026 - Drop Zone - Eurocom - 1992 027 - Elite - Imagineer - 1991 029 - Felix the Cat - Shimada Kikaku - 1992 030 - Fire'n'Ice - Tecmo - 1992 032 - Flintstones 2 - The Surprise at Dinosaur Peak!, The - Taito - 1994 036 - Galaxy 5000 - Activision - 1991 037 - Gargoyle's Quest iII- The Demon Darkness - Capcom - 1992 039 - Gremlins 2 - The New Batch - Sunsoft - 1990 040 - Guardian Legend, The - Compile - 1989 042 - Hammerin' Harry - Irem - 1992 044 - Iron Tank - The Invasion of Normandy - SNK - 1988 045 - Isolated Warrior - KID - 1991 046 - Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu - Now Production - 1990 047 - Journey To Silius - Sunsoft - 1990 048 - Kabuki - Quantum Fighter - Human Entertainment - 1990 055 - Little Ninja Brothers - Culture Brain - 1990 056 - Little Samson - Takeru - 1992 058 - Low G-Man - The Low Graviy Man - KID - 1991 064 - Mighty Final Fight - Capcom - 1993 065 - Mission Impossible - Konami - 1990 067 - Mr. Gimmick - Sunsoft - 1993 068 - New Ghostbusters 2 - HAL Laboratory - 1991 071 - Noah's Ark - Source R & D - 1992 072 - Over Horizon - Hot B & Pixel - 1991 074 - Panic Restaurant - EIM - 1992 075 - Parasol Stars - The Story of Bubble Bobble 3 - Ocean - 1991 076 - Pinball Quest - TOSE - 1990 077 - Power Blade - Natsume - 1991 078 - SCAT - Special Cybernetic Attack Team - Natsume - 1991 079 - Shadow of the Ninja - Natsume - 1990 080 - Shatterhand - Natsume - 1991 084 - Super Spy Hunter - Sunsoft - 1992 085 - Super Turrican - Rainbow Arts - 1993 086 - Sword Master - Athena - 1992 087 - Swords & Serpents - Interplay -1990 089 - Tom & Jerry (and Tuffy) - Software Creations - 1991 090 - Trojan - Capcom - 1987 091 - Ufouria - The Saga - Sunsoft - 1992 093 - Ultimate Air Combat - Activision - 1992 097 - Werewolf The Last Warrior - SAS Sakata - 1990

[@gallowaygaming75]

Great video Gary got some great looking gems on this list

[@luigimiticocchio7239]

that Gargoyle game, looked good!

[@Nathan-rb3qp]

It's from Capcom. What do you expect?

[@stinkypinkeee5085]

It's slow to start...REALLY slow...

[@HE360]

Jackel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Godzilla, and Maniac Mansion were some hidden gems too.

[@DjAether8]

All the ones mentioned except for Maniac Mansion. That game was well known and talked about enough back then.

[@sammylane21]

I got JACKYL in my Rasspberry ok and it is such fun NES and Arcadegame

[@steve5123456789]

No one shuts up about maniac mansion.

[@KaleidoSTAR_PH]

6:19 I used to play this with my brother and have this cartridge, AND I FINALLY FOUND IT after 28 years!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@LORDxSHIVAM]

This is one of my fav. Game ever and my brothers also❤❤

[@AiAaraf]

S.C.A.T is my favorite game on NES. i finally found after a couple of hours finding.. thanks for the help.. 🥰

[@deaansugee]

I was looking for that game for an entire decade, after my parents threw away all of my NES games. I was quite surprised when I found out it was called SCAT...

[@Just_a_Lad]

Kick Master, Shadow of the Ninja, Gremlins 2. These three are purely awesome, I play them even now in my 30s.

[@jefferycarnes649]

8 bit nostalgic awesomeness. 😌 Make miss the days of the bit wars and arcades.

[@BetoDrummaster]

Wow! if Ninja Crusaders is in the list! is it SUPERB, thank you Gary, smooth as always!

[@CAZDJ10]

Yes! Finally after so many years of not remembering the name of the game a loved as a kid, finally found it on your video thank you so much! CONQUEST OF THE CRYSTA PALACE!!!!

[@LittleDogHD]

3:13 finnaly, i had it on japanese when i was little, understood nothing still managed to beat some levels,can't wait to play it now

[@ralphramsey82]

This is a good list, well done.

[@RishiKumar47]

I have played 17/101 of these games

[@ronch550]

I've been looking for a game for a while now. Thanks to this video I found it (S.C.A.T) as well as rediscovered games I've forgotten already but enjoyed in my youth. 🙏

[@christiananggoro]

Dammit, it's Shatter Hand! I been looking for that game. Thank you thank you thank you.

[@TheLamealot]

Felix the Cat was one of my favourite games when I was a kid. Probably played it hundreds of times.

[@shankarganeshiyer]

Felix the cat was one of the best games I ever played !

[@paleocat6354]

Loved that game. Could never find it for purchase as a kid so I rented it non-stop

[@play4fun198]

4:06 finally i found it

[@RamnaViaz]

Thank you for uploading this video, I was no joke looking for 20+ years for a game I remembered playing as a kid but I just couldn't remember the name of it, I just remembered it was pretty difficult and you controlled a ninja/samurai type character and there was a shopkeeper girl that would gent angry at you If you didn't have enough money to buy a product; I resorted to looking for NES top games lists but none of them gave me the one it was, I tried searching on Google using Key words I remembered from the game but to no avail, today I decided to try again on KZbin and I saw this video had a 100+ games on display and I decided to give it a shot and sure enough there it was "conquest of the crystal Palace" I immediately recognized it, thank you for including it.

[@rrezardt8910]

zen intergalactic ninja is missing :p

[@stacheung]

Operation Wolf was all rented out at my local 90's video store, so my dad got me Whomp'em instead........my spoiled self was initially sad but then Whomp'em became one of my faves!

[@michealjones3777]

Ahhh, Shadowgate. The music, the complexity. So magnificent. You are lacking in despair.

[@donkeykongisytpooping3002]

Micheal Jones Don’t forget its siblings Deja Vu, Uninvited and Deja Vu 2.

[@donkeykongisytpooping3002]

@@MesakLalrindika Any other details? How does the game play?

[@TaffieTheCapy]

4:52 KICKMASTER FUCK YEAH

[@realgouken]

Excelente video, me encanta tu canal, ojala subas videos mas seguido. 👍

[@shiruotakuno28]

Fire N Ice, Crystalis, AND Ultima Quest of the Avatar?! Awesome!!

[@chiissu]

Good vid. I knew of 48 and have an additional 16 of em on various ports. I like watching these and listening to tv shows in the background. Nice work.

[@chiissu]

@@MesakLalrindika Not sure I'm familiar with it. Any more info on it? Like is it puzzle or platform or rpg?

[@davidbaigorria5847]

Bee. Yep. That's a game about a bee

[@MooseMeus]

bravo putting together a list so large of NES games I've never heard of. i had hundred games.

[@SantiagoLopez-uu6uk]

min 8:00 finally found it man, years searching for this game. Thanks

[@themashugana9440]

most I've never even heard of, let alone played, but I def remember that world runner, the casino kid and trojan were greta games. my favorite underrated new game of all time is Nintendo GOLF. very addicting.

[@kartistindia2683]

7:44 been looking for this game for ages! Thank you so much!!!! TwT

[@seasonsalt3228]

Thank you for providing a great list! I have some shopping to do.

[@DBassLiner]

this is one of the best hidden gem lists. but one game is missing: Rollergames from Konami?? this pearl is one of my favorite games ever!

[@DBassLiner]

@@MesakLalrindika sukeban deka?

[@sainttan]

I really can't find those NES games that one that looks like Castlevania, but it isn't cause he has a weapon that isn't a whip. And that one fantasy adventure, that I can't remember, but was amazed by the exploration.

[@jimmypage9283]

Fantastic vid, well done.

[@PralaynathGendaswami]

For me. 1) Datsugoku 2) monster in my pocket 3) Captain America and the avengers 4) The Batman 5) Captain Planet 6) Jungle Book 7) Star tropics

[@brentwalker173]

Felix the cat, man! The memories!

[@jimmypage9283]

Great video, thanks😀

[@retrogameroom9019]

Kick ass list my man..... however we have to re-evaluate your Wall Street kid selection

[@nicknaycuaquy9672]

There was a game i used to play, it's about a bald guy who is a servant of god. He shoots ball rapidly to destroy monster, u can press select button to create a long ladder to climb up

[@nicolasmoreno9143]

KAGE Shadow of the Ninja is awesome dude, I'm glad it's getting a remake.

[@michaelsierra9]

Another obscure gem would be the nes/famicom chibi style splatterhouse game.

[@NILBOG13]

Great list, but don't forget Shadowgate and Code name Viper.

[@bastian_anibal]

No Burai Fighter, that game was such a dope 👊🏽👌🏽👌🏽

[@Altri82]

I have the chance to play all those games with my Super Console X I bought last week so adding this list to favorites. Thnx

[@dantesaints4339]

I remember a NES game where u use a bald kid that is similar to Krilin from db, it was an action adventure game, maybe someone remembers it's name

[@a.t.2112]

Dante Saints Bonks Adventure?

[@dantesaints4339]

@@a.t.2112 Found it, it was 3 eyes boy, thanks anyway!

[@Raju-rl1bc]

Helo

[@irfanafendi4837]

@@Raju-rl1bc Hey, I found it. It's Mitsume ga Tooru.

[@Raju-rl1bc]

@@irfanafendi4837 tnks man but I found it earlier

[@waffy_kun]

Do you know a certain japanese game where you play as a father who wants to rescue his daughter kidnapped by a demon? The father use guns in this game and whenever he defeats a demon, he can either get their powers or avoid them. It has two endings where he either killed her daughter after finding out she became a demon or accept her.

[@ionadrian3880]

Super, it reminds me of my childhood !

[@Jarod_Schultz]

Over Horizon is an awesome shooter that is very overlooked. Maybe because it's a pal exclusive. I like the fact that you can shoot forwards and backwards. You press A for shooting forward, and B for backwards. You can't do that in most space shooters.

[@Jarod_Schultz]

@@MesakLalrindika I don't know

[@Miler97487]

I had Bonk's Adventure for the Turbo GrafX-16 and I never realized it was also ported on the NES (I had an NES, too). Bonk's was an incredible game and it could have easily been the Turbo GrafX-16 mascot like Sonic for Sega Genesis, Mario for Nintendo and Crash Bandicoot for Playstation 1. I won it plenty of times so it wasn't overly difficult but then I had a TG-16 controller with switches which will constantly repeat the button you're pushing down as long as you're holding it down.

[@chicodalianis8004]

Turbo bonk was infinitely better

[@zerocool1ist]

Man i totally forgot about that werewolf game have not seen that game in forever.

[@ReydelSans]

Codemasters made some really good games on nes

[@tysonasaurus6392]

A personal favorite hidden gem of mine besides Gun Nac is Little Nemo Dream Master

[@SuperbLobster]

Awesome list, this is really good stuff. I didn't know most of these.

[@mrmephisto1888]

Finally! ❤

[@nikd2154]

Contra Force, Mighty Final Fight, Shatterhand, Tom&Jerry and many other hidden gem games )

[@steviegrafx1616]

Little Samson needs a sequel.

[@jdfernandez3765]

contra force was my fav here

[@matthewjohnson1891]

This list would make a great multi cart

[@marcelotorricomendez7723]

So many great games here!! Thanks man.

[@xhader]

Crystalis is one of the best black gems!

[@aamirbatatawala3041]

You are amazing

[@Olafleflibustier]

Nice selection ! Have you a 100 underrated/hidden gems on SNES video ? great work !

[@GaryRetroGamer]

Yes! This channel has not one, but two such SNES videos! kzbin.info/www/bejne/emScnJaXa62Kqpo and kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHOsomudrampp6M

[@Olafleflibustier]

@@GaryRetroGamer Yep ! thank you much ! :)

[@Olafleflibustier]

@@MesakLalrindika Sorry, for now, it doesn't mean anything to me, but if I find I will try to give you the info :s

[@paleocat6354]

Clash at demonhead was one of my favorites as a kid. took me a year to beat

[@paleocat6354]

@@MesakLalrindika the one with the ninja kids or something

[@surfonBaLi]

I found it! Conquest of the Crystal Palace! THX!

[@chrisgarcia8097]

Number 23 Deja Vu is a really cool game. Detective video games 💥🔫🚬🍸

[@donkeykongisytpooping3002]

Chris Garcia It actually has a sequel that didn’t come out on nes.

[@dorondavid4698]

Now I know what to play this weekend 😁

[@Unkown7able]

Thank you for this is so amazing ✨’

[@AngryCalvin]

Quite a few of these were great titles I rented but never owned. To think this was 30+ years ago. These are some really good games. Piko has released a few NES games on Steam but not the really good ones like on this video. I would love it if we could see games like Shatterhand, GI Joe, Shadow of the Ninja, Power Blade, Kick Master, etc available for purchase. Unfortunately it may never happen.

[@AngryCalvin]

I have Crash N The Boys, Crystals, Hammerin' Harry, Iron Tank, Mendel Palace, Mighty Final Fight, Street Fighter 2010, Bonk's Adventure, Parasol Stars, and Kid Niki on this video list. Not near as great as many others you put here. Mighty Final Fight being the best out of all of them.

[@alaric87357]

Xexyz was/is my favorite!

[@squamiferum]

Radical Ninja that really radical imo

[@onuryildiz86]

I like your channel.

[@staceyh8390]

Nice list!

[@ijansk]

Some of these games have really good graphics.

[@psychopathicmadmen9493]

Moon crystal

[@johnvincentjimar8257]

I played banana prince and yes it's not very common game but very nice game indeed!

[@steve5123456789]

North and south worth being on the list.

[@steve5123456789]

@@MesakLalrindika NES game?

[@ZBR_ProXP]

Great picks!

[@danielleonardosantos7089]

4:31 - THE GOAT

[@Glaugan]

Wait, the Flintstones are in there, but not Grand dad? Based

[@d.howlett395]

Man... in my childhood I playied a game called Xender, Xendexter, something like... It's a game where you control somekind of a robot or an alien, and you can turn his body into a space ship. I wasn't capable of explore much because I lacked skills in that time, but it's seems a Metroidlike, but I never see it again and no one knows either. I think that this game is an unofficial game or the name was changed.

[@GaryRetroGamer]

Thexder. Also sometimes known as Eggy. Was ported to the PC and had an awesome sequel in the early 90s. Was made into a PS3 mini in 2009

[@d.howlett395]

@@GaryRetroGamer thaks man, I was losing hope, looking for this game for literally years!!

[@mlc4050]

Yo Noid!