Criminally Overlooked Games 2 - Game Sack

[@GameSack]

What are some games you feel are Hidden Ge... err... I mean Criminally Overlooked?

[@Johnnygrafx]

B.O.B. on the genesis. Nobody ever talks about it but it's great.

[@kakashi101able]

Gamesack. What do you guys think of the Sims. I have never heard you guys mention this franchise?

[@starlightwitch12]

Talk about the Front Mission franchise, Joe. The franchise has seven games (6 strategy games and three action games), but only four got released in the west (3,4, the DS remake of 1 and Evolved)

[@Bolchevsky1]

Hidden Jems you say?

[@imwatchingvideoz]

The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy on the Gamecube and PS2 (I think) it is a very good and difficult Power stone clone, and a rare licensed game that is actually amazing. Lots of fan service too, not just a cash in.

[@GamingHistorian]

Glad you enjoyed Genji: Dawn of the Samurai, Joe! 😀

[@gunterke]

Can we expect an in depth historical analysis of the Gamer Glove in the near future on your channel, Norm? :)

[@thewiirocks]

I was forced to upvote the video for the decade and a half old jokes he make while playing the game. He just needed to flip something upside down before performing... MASSIVE DAMAGE

[@Blueflag04]

No one would know Genji if it wasn't for enemy crab

[@AlucardsQuest]

@@Blueflag04 It's historically accurate! Gaming Historian proved it!

[@TheCoolDave]

I never heard of this one, and it's one I WILL be playing....Thanks for the heads up..

[@ninjapirate47]

All these wasted years playing streets of rage 2 when i could have been playing GROWL... with it's pissing lions flooding the title screen.

[@SimplyAustins]

The only channel I trust to bring me quality hidden gems on the systems. I can only stand so many "hidden Gems #265" videos showing me Zelda on the GBA and another port of Hydro Thunder ;) THIS is where you find the quality! Cheers mate

[@iami3rian394]

True to this day....

[@MetalJesusRocks]

That tracking intro shot for Growl was pretty cool!

[@meganking2949]

better go buy up all the copies and get them graded then

[@SegaGenesisEvangelion]

jesus, joe. i knew you were good at games but i didn't know you were 100 points on nintendo good...

[@GameSack]

I own several gaming awards.

[@Spellfork]

100 points on nintendo is a myth, it's impossible. I'm pretty sure the Gaming Historian has a video debunking this age old hoax

[@ZeusTheIrritable]

Did you know that if you say "Hidden Gem!" three times into a dark mirror at midnight, Metal Jesus will appear behind you?

[@MrSerpico145]

And beg for money and gifts.

[@CiroGalli]

and he'll beat you with his guitar.

[@JMFSpike]

Spooky!

[@galvanizedcorpse]

LOL

[@techguyml]

Wait who?

[@budleyharrison5543]

That skit reminded me of when I was 12 playing Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2 on PS1. I was playing for hours on end and rolling my thumbs around the buttons on a digital controller. I developed giant blisters on both thumbs, but that didn't stop me, I drained the blisters, peeled of the dead skin, slapped on some band-aids and played throught the pain...Good Times!!!

[@garou119]

Joe, you are an underlooked gem of a guy

[@haaxxx9]

Hell yea he is! He even won a Porsche too!

[@Jesse__H]

lol ... underlooked. Funny how that's totally wrong English but makes basically the same sense as the correct phrase, "overlooked." Language is weird.

[@Jesse__H]

@Michael O Callaghan I'd be interested to hear your corrections of those phrases! I have my MA in English lit and I teach English for a living. Of course, that doesn't mean I'm infallible, but I don't see anything particularly wrong with the grammar in that comment. Some diction changes, like "totally incorrect" instead of "totally wrong," but that's it, and that's more of a stylistic choice. Since we're now defensively picking apart each other's youtube comments I will mention that periods always go _inside_ quotation marks. 👉😉👉 Of course that's not a big deal, none of this is (which was the point of my first comment btw).

[@Jesse__H]

Some people just want to pick a fight I guess 🤷‍♂️ Pretty sure he didn't read a single thing I said ... guy just really doesn't like the idea of people talking about language choices. You could say he _overlooked_ the content of my comments. Boom. Dad humor. 😇

[@KageMaxwell]

I played the arcade version of Two Crude Dudes on this Data East collection game on the Wii with my niece. We played through through the whole game since we had infinite continues and such. Anyway, when we made it to the spider boss and it grabbed me and took me up off screen. When the attack was done, my poor character fell to the ground as a pile of bones. When we saw that, we both screamed 'HOLY SHIT!!!' at the same time. Ugh, what a day!

[@Phataku]

When I first saw the footage for "Super Spyhunter" I thought, "these are pretty crappy graphics for a Super Nintendo." When I realized it was NES, my jaw hit the floor. That scrolling speed and smooth sprite movement with no slow-down, along with sprite warping effects. I didn't know the NES could pull all that off.

[@philipvalenzuela4969]

There are slowdowns but.. still it's very impressive that they pulled it off on NES... Great game. But also great difficulty.. especially the bosses.. you might bite your controller in frustration.

[@Dagasm]

It's funny you said that because I had Super Spy Hunter back in the day and clearly remember commenting that the graphics looked as good as some SNES games of that time.

[@jm8080ful]

Gamesack: "Criminally Overlooked Games 2" Metaljesus: "HIDDEN GEMMZZ PART 634!!!!!" _foams mouth_

[@xmaverickhunterkx]

Hidden gems like Sonic 2 and Zelda A Link to the Past

[@RandomHajile-j7z]

@@xmaverickhunterkx Super Mario Bros, 3 in particular, is a good one too that most people don't talk about.

[@burntyper]

Street fighter 2 is an obscure fighting game from Japan. Truly a hidden gem

[@fatherfintanstack8810]

Metal Jesus is an e-begging jackass doofus. Can't stand that guy. Gives me jibblies when I see him.

[@Eigengrau608]

Metal Jesus sucks

[@oscarzxn4067]

It's surprising that despite being so overdone, one can still find some hidden gems on the NES.

[@GamayObera]

The problem for most ports of Taito arcade games is because most of them was done by companies subcontracted by Taito. In the case of MD/GEN port of Growl, it was developed by I.T.L., who also did the MD port of Bonanza Bros.

[@willmistretta]

Natsume's NES action games in general need more love. Dragon Fighter is still more obscure than Shatterhand or Shadow of the Ninja for some reason, though.

[@lucadematte1157]

You're right, Natsume had a lot of great action games, such as Power Blade, Abadox, Ninja Warriors for SNES, Ninja Gaiden for Gameboy (that I think started as a Shadow of the Ninja port), even the Power Rangers game were nice.

[@ararattempest-lingua]

don't forget that S.C.A.T. xDDD

[@thegreathadoken6808]

Natsume are probably my favourite type of orange.

[@khalewagner7726]

I'm pretty sure he said dragon fighter was a SNES title. It definitely looked like a nes game though.

[@noside.foxhound]

@@ararattempest-lingua I actually liked this one. lol

[@duPreeah]

‘As Always’ @GameSack; Pleeease! More content. Top notch mate!

[@garou1911]

"Manly milk buttons" is now my favorite phrase ever

[@bigdumbjosh]

Did you just say tits?

[@Blueflag04]

@@bigdumbjosh breast

[@garou1911]

@Sandman Slim I challenge you to deny the power of my Mighty Manly Milk Buttons

[@drauknir777]

Two Crude Dudes is one of my go to games on the Mega Drive. Pestered my parents about it since reading about it in an American gaming magazine (I'm swedish)....took about I think 8 months before it landed in my MD and Lord it's a miracle the cartridge lived through all the hours....I still have it on my shelf 😍

[@bengmo64]

Your jokes are hidden gems Joe, that airplane joke got a genuine chuckle from me.

[@toyvania]

Dragon Fighter looks like a mix of Castlevania and Astyanax. And that's awesome.

[@guysafari]

Ok seeing the dragon fighter segment. You can switch back. Down+A

[@2livesup402]

Thank you so much, I get especially on Sunday mornings for your pearls of wisdom.

[@koli5586]

"hes wearing the skull of an evil creature he defeated"... Thats a dragons head, hes wearing a dragons head helmet, probably because he turns into a dragon.

[@Jesse__H]

🙄

[@cthulhupthagn5771]

which....would be an evil creature he defeated.

[@0Fyrebrand0]

It's a helmet stylized to look like a dragon's head. If you look up the Japanese box art, you can see it.

[@burntvirtue]

@@cthulhupthagn5771 Wrong. It's more like a power rangers thing. Their helmets are designed to look like the animal they control/morph into.

[@MyRetroLife]

Two Crude Dudes and Growl are two of favorite Sega Genesis beat 'em ups and you talked about them back 2 back! Thanks! Great video as always

[@nobel11]

I never hear anyone talk about Operation Logic Bomb on the SNES, and that game is awesome!

[@larsenjokinen1877]

One of the best games on the system, would be one of the very best if it had 2-player. It's a little bit expensive, that's why I got SFC version.

[@Not-Great-at-Gaming]

One game I almost never hear about is EVO for the SNES. Back when I used to work at EB Games (pre-GameStop), we had all of the consoles set up in the back and could play any used game we wanted at lunch time. I played hundreds of games, but most only for a few minutes. One of the few games that kept my attention was EVO. I looked it up on eBay recently though, and because it's fairly rare, it's very expensive now.

[@MachonyLeeoun]

eh... I played it, awesome music but the gameplay gets old really quick

[@oogrooq]

Polybius (1983) was overlooked. I've been awake thinking about it continually for decades. That could also be the cocaine though. Then meth when I ran out of money. Then math when I reformed and became a teacher. Also the first Witcher game.

[@Ralph_Sandwich]

Edgy

[@Sauntallday]

Greatest gaming channel on youtube.

[@SuperKillekille]

Hell yeah. Finally some love for one of my favorite Mega Drive games, Two Crude Dudes.👍

[@BawhawhawYT]

Two crude dudes was my childhood. Recently picked it up again and still love it.

[@Nico-rr5co]

In the Hunt always reminded me of Metal Slug and was pretty fun. Sub Rebellion looks awesome kinda like a full-blown game of the Star Fox 64's sub level so I'll have to find a copy for sure.

[@SuperKokuJin916]

In The Hunt was actually done by the exact same team. Nazca (the makers of the first few Metal Slug games) were all ex-Irem employees. You should check out their other games they made while still at lrem like Gunforce, Gunforce II, and Ninja Baseball Bat Man!

[@thegamingchef3304]

I hope one of your lists has Project Winback on Nintendo64. I remember having some spare change and buying that game for cheap. Figured it would suck...That game til this day is one of my most favorite games. It was actually really innovative with laser sight on the gun and the taking cover and shooting. Much like you see in the Gears of war games. That game was criminally under rated and under appreciated.

[@koolaidman531]

💯 I really liked it as well. It had a PlayStation 2 release at some point too. Haven't played that version though.

[@suprastevio2264]

The clever quips you've written for this episode really stand out Joe, I was chuckling throughout :)

[@tuffasgong]

There are more airplanes in the ocean than submarines in the air lol

[@asturides]

@@tuffasgong hehe yeah, I loved that one

[@noside.foxhound]

Sub Rebellion looks pretty cool and fun! gonna check it out, thanks Joe!

[@TouhouGaijin]

I remember Genji. Rented it at blockbuster back in the day. Really fun game.

[@AnthonyRiddle]

Growl made really good use of the Genesis color pallet. I love when developers take advantage of the light and shadow feature to expand the colors on screen

[@Leandro_F]

Dammit. I knew the "Taaaaito!" was coming from a mile away, and I still couldn't help but laugh my a** off.

[@josepharnett7256]

I swear Joe, you really crack me up! I'm in the room opposite my wife cackling like a high pitched little girl.

[@woodenpints]

Numb-thumb was branded as Nintendonitis by the media back in the day. I suffered from this condition while working on beating Mega Man 2 in 1990 hahaha.

[@Chesterfried]

It was Mega Man X for me with the constant dash jumps, only game i have ever gotten a blister from. However, these days I'm smart enough to map the dash to a shoulder button.

[@billcook4768]

Not only a great episode, but you managed to work in the greatest speech in the history of Star Wars. Well done sir!

[@willh7352]

Genji Dawn of the Samurai was amazing my sister, brother and me all beat the game in our own way, it was so epic using that slow down stuff i was good at it

[@LaatiMafia]

Did you beat it on the Hard difficulty?

[@WalrusFPGA]

took note of a lot of games this episode. spy hunter 2 looks especially rad, as does that Genji PS2 game! Thanks for the criminal gems!

[@timthompson8235]

Baby wakes me, grab a cold beer and get surprised with fresh Game Sack.

[@CristianGeelen]

Haha at eight in the morning?

[@dachers1238]

I'll drink to that brother.

[@yotaiji012]

This lockdown has got me itching for more game sack! Please make more!!!

[@Mythos_Musik]

I would have loved Dragon Fighter. I definitely have to play it.

[@sandyamaulana2317]

I love Growl (or Runark, as most of Asia knew it back then). It was not the prettiest but the hectic action more than makes up for it.

[@reagandow850]

Gimme some of that sweet, sweet Game Sack!! Edit: I need to order a pair of gamer gloves NOW!! I need to up my game baby.

[@robertlatham4541]

As usual a quality vid from a likable dude. Thank-you.

[@gryphonofmight]

I love Dragon Fighter. I still have my copy

[@vchill79]

Its super expensive now

[@lasersauceretroarchives6544]

We need to protect Gamesack at all cost! Thank you for another great show Joe!

[@lloydtshare]

That bloody screeming

[@csukosd]

Watching GameSack is always relaxing for me.

[@affansonicfan]

I'll give you a few criminally overlooked Dreamcast games right off the bat: -Taxi 2 (not Crazy Taxi) -Stunt GP -MDK 2 -Fur Fighters Criminally overlooked Genesis games: -Adventures of Batman & Robin -Blaster Master 2 -Gaiares (Best schmup ever. EVER!)

[@andregon4366]

@Letters to Fuckface I don't know many people who played it besides me.

[@trelard]

I like videos like this that isn't just the same "rare" gems over and over again.

[@CamelliaSinensis]

Did some one say hidden gems? wonder when Bob cornhole is making a visit

[@Harperlarp]

That 'Did you just say tits' clip always get a laugh out of me!

[@lucadematte1157]

Nice! Genji was one of my favourite games for PS2! Other overlooked games? If you haven't already covered them: Legend (SNES): beatemup very slow paced but nice Asterix (Master System): platformer with a nice graphic for the time Cold Fear (PS2/Xbox), Fear Effect(PS1), Gungage(PS1), Vortex (SNES) but maybe you already covered them

[@LeviathanRX]

Holy shit somebody else remembers Vortex! Overshadowed by Star Fox but damn did it's music slap

[@milczyciel]

Ooooh, so it was SUPER Spy Hunter!? I was looking at screens and gameplays of Spy Hunter knowing, that "this is not exactly what I remembered" for almost 2 decades! Thanks Joe!

[@Followthelemming]

Love the content! Have you considered a best musical scores of the era series? I think the music is underrated on a lot of games more often than not. Maybe a top(#) 8 bit through 32 bit games.

[@ZakkHung]

I absolutely love Two Crude Dudes. Awesome music and mayhem.

[@AlexToasterOven]

Who needs sleep when there's GAMESACK to watch

[@indiaalphanovember8217]

God we need this right now.

[@bmx7596]

In Dragon Fighter, the human main character sprite is literally wearing a dragon head. Surprised you didn't see that.

[@AnthonyRiddle]

I absolutely love animals. They're really delicious

[@marakarthegreat]

I feel like people don't give kings field (ps1) the praise it deserves

[@niXity9000]

I am the author of (still) the only review for Dragon Fighter on GameFAQs, which I wrote when I was 13 years old - 20 years ago.

[@TheGameChasers]

Ellen

[@raymoorhouse9139]

Thank you for that star wars joke. I felt like it was just for me. Love your stuff. Thanks for sackin.

[@MrWolfTickets]

"No views" That sure won't last!

[@craigjuan5744]

12K in a matter of 3 hours?! Dang!

[@StormsparkPegasus]

Another fun fact about Growl. The giant centipede from the ending is from the Darius games, of all things. And the name of the poacher's organization is the same as the name of the evil aliens in Darius. Belser Animal Protection Organization vs Belser Army. Why Taito decided to tie a beat-em-up about saving animals from poachers, to their shoot-em-up series about blowing up evil aliens in space, the world may never know.

[@JohnRiggs]

where's my gamer glove?

[@derekdash2179]

Taaaaiiiiittttooooo! Star Wars: Attack of the Clones reference. This episode has everything! Except Iron Soldier 2 on Jaguar CD. Which you should cover...

[@JomasterTheSecond]

What, no Road Trip Adventure for the PS2?! SHAME, Game Sack! SHAME SACK >:0

[@Cyclobomber]

The Choro Q games were all excellent if you ask me, including the GBA games (Gadget Racers and Road Trip Adventure). I finally got to play the tank and plane PS1 games too and they're quite cool. The weirdest one is the turn-based racing RPg on the GBC, and it's only in Japanese (figures), but it's quite fun, you race by setting your angle and friction and trying to ricochet ahead of your opponent.

[@8thLife]

Yess Genji always looked like a great game but I haven't seen anything about it since it's initial appearance in some video game magazines.

[@trippydrew8492]

"Giant sentient snowflakes" there is a few of those on twitter

[@troyspartan992]

Dragon fighter is definitely a game I over looked for my NES mini. It seems it came out two years earlier in Japan, as they usually did back then, and that boxart..

[@damienlejeune97]

I still think that the chara-design in Two Crude Dudes is awful...

[@aguswiratama976]

I love Dragon Fighter. This game is not just about side scrolling action. It's about patience, strategy, and management of your hit points.

[@starlightwitch12]

I remember Super Spy Hunter! That was one of the games in a 4-in-1 multicart that a friend of mine owned and played it in a famiclone bootleg back in the day. Also Genji was Game Republic's first game (I think) and it only supports original 8MB PS2 memory cards for saving (not third party).

[@anasbakhit4303]

I played all of those except the submarine game on the ps2 and that spyhunter sequel on the NES. though thank you Joe and the Game Sack for mentioned that first game, I played that when I was at the elementary school, nowadays I kept reminding my friends and even my brother about it but they do not recall it at all thinking i was miking it up and i completely forgot it's name.

[@stevehartje6455]

Thanks for keeping this show going Joe. It makes me not sad.

[@Undeadspelldragon]

Lost Kingdoms for Gamecube. Action rpg where your weapons and abilities come from a customizable deck of 30 cards. Cards can also be upgraded and duplicated as they gain exp

[@marcraygun6290]

Remember loving two crude dudes the one time I played it in arcade here in Wales, didn't play it again until 2 years back when I got a Pandora, didn't know it had different name so was pleasantly surprised to realise that crude busters was same game

[@UltimateMovieMaster]

One overloked game/series I can think of is the Dead Heat Fghters series from Takara. It's a series composed mostly of gameboy ports of snk fighting games, with exceptions being ports of Battle Arena Toshinden and World Heores 2 Jet, released from 1994-1998 with 8 entries, 4 of which received NA releases. These games are pretty good for handheld fighters.

[@sgtpepper91]

Super spy hunter looks pretty awesome. For a console with a relatively small library, I discover quite the few new gems every now and then. A lot of the later 1990+ games seem forgotten

[@SalaDeVideoGame]

Genji is a great game, very fun and easy to play. I've discovered it recently and really felt like MJR talking about hidden gems, but your version of him. 🤣🤣🤣

[@vicchopin]

Kessen 1 on the ps2. Amazing launch title

[@Vriess123]

Dragib Fighter is a great overlooked game, and the music is top notch!

[@Retro_Royal]

Star Control II - Best Starflight / Mass Effect like game ever!

[@tuffasgong]

I had that for the 3do. Great game.

[@theinfinity7s]

I love Growl. The voice acting in the arcade is hilarious.

[@pmeloun]

Great job as always Joe. I was informed and entertained. I will now find Growl...

[@Not-Great-at-Gaming]

Yes, I did play Two Crude Dudes before, thanks for asking.

[@PlasticCogLiquid]

Super Spy Hunter was awesome! I used to drool over the advertisement for the game in EGM before I had an NES. The music was good too

[@TG-ge1oh]

Please let this be a long series!!! Please please please! So much nostalgia here! I still remember Dragon Warrior. Loved that game back in the day when I used to visit this friend to play this, Final Mission and the Japanese original of Shatter-Hand or whatever that ones called.

[@Spartan77]

Great episode Joe, I used to find these titles for $5 or $10 at thrift stores and flea markets; I would perpetually ignore them. It's amazing how expensive they are now.

[@BladeBlur]

Winking Norm is the most adorable thing ever.

[@dannzalbjorklund]

Thank YOU for making Game Sack!

[@Jesse__H]

I have a minor suggestion for the layout/narration of Game Sack ... Near the end of every game's showcase, what I wish is that you'd mention the name of the game one more time, or maybe throw the title graphic up again. I'm watching Game Sack, and an interesting game comes on, but I've always gotta rewind to see what it was called cus I miss it the first (and often only) time you say it. Just a tiny thing that I've been meaning to mention. Love the show Joe, you're the man.

[@burntvirtue]

Heartily seconded

[@lowtechredneck6704]

Has this channel ever covered Nanotek Warrior for the Playstation? That was a very fun shooter (at least for me) with stages consisting of tubes that you 'fly' (more like race) either inside or outside of, shooting enemies and avoiding obstacles. My favorite aspect was probably the jump mechanic, which you could control mid-air to better dodge obstacles.

[@HE360]

Another overlooked game is "E-Swat" on the Sega Genesis. And "Rise of the Dragon" on the Sega CD. Both were GREAT games. But, hardly anybody heard of them.