Discover HIDDEN GEMS in Game Collections & Compilations

[@Drinkabeerandplayagameofficial]

The williams collection is soooooo good. I think my dad (who is in his 70's) has put in almost a full year of his life to that game over the years

[@MicahBuzanANIMATION]

Every time I read "hidden gems" I hear it in the voice of MetalJesusRocks.

[@BrianBorkowski]

I love your work.. found you through your Little Fishes music video.

[@adamball7414]

This video is Riggsed!!!! Talk about down and through the rabbit hole, awesome video guys!

[@MikeandKatieShow]

Very good video. Not what I was expecting with a hidden gem vid. Great job. John Riggs is the best :)

[@zombiecrusher1100]

More videos with John Riggs. Lol I know I suggest this a lot. I just enjoy when you two get together and talk games. Good stuff.

[@JohnRiggs]

We have more on the way!

[@davehouston6528]

Noooo riggs makes me cringe.

[@dshiznit12a]

No Riggs gives me a boner

[@BryantCJ74]

John's verbal capacity, pace, speed and method is so exhausting he must have to lay down and take a nap after every conversation he has

[@JohnRiggs]

I'm a radio DJ. I'm used to talking.

[@BryantCJ74]

I have a speech impediment so speech is more physically tiring for me. Listening to someone like you makes me wonder how you can endure that level of energy and output.

[@rtrgrl78]

Its really irritating.

[@Gdubb55]

Thank you John Riggs and MJR. This video is definitely the definition of a "Hidden gems" video. Especially finding gems within gems, lol!

[@WWEMMA32]

So cool just seeing 2 friends chill talking about video games.

[@JohnRiggs]

Young Bucks... Young Guns... Eh, you know what I mean. Just don't tell Matt and Nick. #FTR

[@EricHostile]

John Riggs: RIGG'd Games no harmful ribs.

[@dubindubout6747]

Sweet Jesus. your close to half a million subs. You guys deserve it!!

[@HeYKeiFeR]

SUPERKICK PARTY

[@pokey4200]

That Data East Compilation is awesome! Also the Taito Collections

[@Sour_Pixel]

#THWTWMNBN

[@BPhoenix37]

Midnight Wanderers... wow. I also had this on PSP. I couldn't believe when I played it that I had never heard of it before. It was one of those games that when it was finally over, I legitimately wished it would have been twice as long. Great video!

[@marshy9948]

Love Riggs' insight and excitement for games. You can tell he plays the hell out of these things!

[@adam8353]

Just getting started on collecting different video games from nes,gameboy,super nes, 64 Excited to start love your videos you are a huge help!

[@overlordalfredo]

This is an awesome idea! Those *gems* are really *hidden,* hidden under a pile of other more and less great games and they often go unnoticed! Very nice!

[@SlyBeast]

Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection is a must own compilation or PS3/360.

[@stashmerkin9576]

It's on the PSP as well, great collection!

[@SlyBeast]

Yes, you're right! I forgot.

[@g1nobleteam]

Stash Merkin Nah that's a earlier collection based of a PS2 collection from what I remember.

[@Mr_Don1]

SlyBeast yes! That is my favorite one to date.

[@R0XX0]

lol. it's alright. My main gripe with the collection is that you can't play Sonic 3 & Knuckles or Sonic 2 as Knuckles. I had to download the xbox live versions of the Sonic games just to combine them. Other than that the collection is pretty perfect.

[@corsegerspwnd]

Super nintendo sega genesis.When i was dead broke man i couldn't picture this.

[@SoleilPhoenix]

Juicy, Biggie Smalls

[@swoopnscoop]

John knows his compilations. I had no idea about most of these either!

[@Captain_Neckbeard]

I love these collections. Another great aspect is how many of the games are multi-player.

[@WindHashira]

Sweet! Great way to start my weekend morning lol went from watching cartoons to watching KZbin once I became an adult. Rock on!!!

[@yugimoto6479]

Same here

[@ThePorkchopExpress975]

Too bad it's Friday

[@RetroSmoo]

Danno1932 almost saturday Australia :p 10mins away, possible already in some states

[@PaulybiGGballZ0820]

King of Games it's Friday idiot

[@corymcknight6910]

Time zones, people.

[@mcgarnagle6102]

I used to play Wacko at the local Chuck E Cheese. It was by far the loudest game in the place. I love how the arcade is slanted. It always stood out from other cabinets. It used a marble madness type roller ball to control the alien quickly and a joystick to shoot in four directions. It was a casual easy game that I could play for ten minutes so I felt I got my quarters worth. The interesting thing was over the years arcades would come and go at the Chuck E Cheese but Wacko remained. For about 10 years it sat in it's spot. People rarely played it so the game was in great condition. When the cool game was Mortal Kombat I would still play Wacko.

[@RetroHiDef]

Metal J and John R. When I see these two guys in a video I watch it immediately and automatically give it a thumbs up.

[@CAMZAB]

Very unhelpful feedback. I automatically gave every MJR feat Riggs video a thumbs down to balance you out.

[@etthelost]

Great video! Glad to say i have a few of these collections. Love that pop'n twinbee shirt John has... very cool!

[@LovelyAlanna]

john, it's good to see you here

[@bradcorbet798]

Always great seein some Mr Riggs w/ MJR

[@argylega]

Very cool vid! When I was growing up in the 80's, we didn't have an arcade in the small town I lived in but we did have a roller skating rink that had several games. One of them was Roc'n Rope, so I am very familiar with that one - great game!

[@bobbysteurer]

I wholeheartedly agree with Mr. Riggs here: I am one of the few people who actually likes ET on the 2600. So cool that it’s part of an NES homebrew comp.

[@MidnightBanshi]

These are such cool games! I remember playing Roc N' Rope, S.T.U.N. Runner, and Wacko in the arcades back in the day. I also stand by John when I also say I don't think E.T. was a bad game. I loved playing the heck out of that game!

[@FilmographyM]

4:20 wow metaljesus, it's like, there are people who actually PLAY the games that they have rather than just buy for the sake of collecting. crazy concept, i know

[@maxpower10k]

Ok smart guy. I bought Sonics Ultimate Genesis Collection mostly for Sonic. I bought it when it was new. Ive only recently started to play some of the other games. I don't have a huge collection either. Obviously MJ is just joking around here but damn not everyone who buys a compilation game is going to play every game. Id bet most people are in a similar boat as me and mainly buy them for a couple of games that they remember playing as a kid. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@MikeandKatieShow]

You said Khan games correctly. Kevin will love you for that lol.

[@chakglanz4656]

You should make one of this hidden gems for Commodore 64, PC 386, 486..and so on! Just for the Nostalgia... Awesome partnership as always!

[@lilyandfishertoysreview1131]

Great video, we really liked it a lot!!! What up Riggs!

[@JohnRiggs]

chilllin', playboy.

[@truenorth365]

These compilation things reminds me alot of the C64 era. Borrow cassett-tapes from friends (on the label - GAMES or whatever). LOAD:ed each and everyone of the games on the cassette-tape to find some hidden gem! Good memories, thanks for sharing!

[@maxpower10k]

John Riggs is so damn optimistic. Him defending Atari ET is peak John Rigg-ness 😂

[@lady1kaka]

Always glad to see John here.

[@caffeineadvocate]

Rare Replay is incredible! Aaaaand now I have the Grabbed By The Ghoulies song stuck in my head...

[@RaphaelCarvalhoDiniz]

When your native language is not english seeing JohnBlueRiggs on your videos is ALWAYS a GREAT oppotunity to practice your listening skills. The man speaks INCREDIBLY fast, holy cr@p! hahaha Always nice to dig into your channel, dude! Cheers from Brazil!

[@CerealBox64]

It's cool to see so many approaches to 3D on the system, though I wasn't expecting so many to run as fluid as they do. Quite impressive!

[@jeromealan4818]

My kinda guys. And yes, you are right. Video Game compilations are where the gold is. Exactly.

[@Andresc1975]

Though the MSX had tons of Konami titles and various legends like Metal Gear were originated on the system, the MSX also had an imense library of games from other publishers. Plus, it was never funded by Konami and it's not a specific computer. In fact, it's a standard architecture that was largely adopted in Japan, Northern Europe and Latin America.

[@DarkHalmut]

This was such a great idea for an episode!

[@shahid1296ify]

Make more like this. one of my favourite MJR videos so far!

[@michaelallard5324]

There is one compilation I would add to this. The Sega Dreamcast had an official magazine that came with a disc full of game demos. I believe it was the Christmas disc that had a full game called Sega Swirl. While it was a pain to start the game because you had to start the web browser to gain access to the game the effort was worth it. Sega Swirl was a fun game for me. It is what I would consider a party game because it supported four players and had tons of game modes. My favorite mode was where each player had their own section of the screen and battled to a preset score. Lots of fun memories with that one. BONUS: put that disc in your PC to install Sega Swirl on your Windows system. Although it won't have some of the features found in the Dreamcast version.

[@prophismusic]

Great topic, awesome video! You guys gave me a lot to check out here. I highly recommend the compilation 'Best of PSN Volume 1' which has "Tokyo Jungle" on it. Ultra PS3 hidden gem on disc!

[@LuisAndion]

Midnight Wonderers is one of my favorite games ever. So good to see it getting some respect. :^)

[@ErinPlays]

I am SO into this topic! And I need Comic Bakery in my life. Welp, looks like it's time for some early morning ebayin'!

[@RetroWK]

There is a version for the c64 that is a classic too!

[@ErinPlays]

Wolfgang Kierdorf 😱 okay, I definitely need that!

[@dshiznit12a]

Hey baby

[@kyle-9203]

koosa583622 its in our nature. And white knights always get friend zoned

[@cjg725]

I love my compilation discs, always on the lookout for some I don't have. Another great video by MJR!!!!

[@dracovoid5302]

Love a compilation! Might have to go back through some of mine and see what i missed. Great vid guys.

[@ganiman]

Awesome. I had the Three Wonders game sitting on my shelf in a PSP Capcom Collection. I didn't even know it was on there. I'm playing it right now :)

[@EricHostile]

I remember the environmental cabinet of stun runner, I loved that game. That one and the Cab for Roadblasters.

[@videogameobsession]

One of my favorite hidden games within a game is with Tekken 5 on the PS2. Right away you get Tekken 1 - 3 arcade versions as a bonus. In addition to this you can also play the full game of the awesome shooter StarBlade. Tekken 5 also features nice looking 16:9 progressive scan video.

[@rellik187redrum]

Another feel good episode for my night time bike ride, thanks

[@MVLGAMING]

Sweet! I just found a SNK Arcade Classics collection for the Wii whilst shopping. I got it because it had Shock Troopers and Metal Slug in it, but it also has some cool games like Sengoku and Magician Lord.

[@PadreAbraham28]

Coming Backery is indeed a very nice MSX game, i own the cartridge but there are a ton of great Konami MSX games on that cd that are even better. The MSX was very populair in Japan, Korea, Europe (besides the UK and Germany) and South America and for sure more countries. The Konami games made it a real C64 killer.

[@jeremylovesretro]

Riggs with the deep digs! Love the choices here, minus ET obviously. Friends don't let friends play ET. 4:15 I thought the characters at the counter were KISS for a second.

[@rbatesmotel]

Spot on with Major Havoc. As a teen, it was my favorite game to play at our local Bowling Alley along with Gauntlet. I bought Atari Anthology just for Major Havoc. Main difference is that the Arcade version used a paddle to move.

[@thatwasprettyneat]

john riggs + metal jesus ROCKS

[@diningdojo8030]

If you play imports on your PS2, I recommend the Taito Legends compilations. In the West, there were only 1 & 2. However in Japan, there are four discs in the compilation.

[@mikeearwicker5660]

Riggs and MJR...awesome content...thanks guys!

[@vkhelldog]

John Riggs, mad little Pixel, metal Jesus, rgt85, drew talks, gametatoe , all these great Tesoro game channels to follow!

[@aaldrich1982]

The Namco Museum is a great compilation that I had on the PSP. I can't speak for its Switch counterpart but the visual rehashes of Pac Man, Dig Dug etc are great.

[@deco983]

Great games and great video!

[@user-ob1ch6vs5q]

Glad to see a new video from metal Jesus

[@jasonmyers8278]

These game collections really help save money. You can weed out the crap games instead of spending money on games that are not fun.

[@cruachankeith]

You're wearing my shirt!!!!

[@GOJOWrestling]

The Wacko Concept is awesome

[@FrappMocha]

Thanks for the awesome vid guys!!

[@RanyBx]

John Riggs keeps on surprising me with amazing hidden gems, what a great guy and true gamer!

[@DanHalenSheetRockIndustries]

I knew you had it in you, MJR! HIDDEN GEMS! Metal Jesus delivers XD

[@coreysmith4111]

Iam a big fan of compilations. I have a lot and love having a bunch of old classics games on one disk for modern consoles.

[@vintagecomputermuseum8815]

Thanks for the tips. Some of the titles covered seem like very cool games. I'll keep an eye out for those if I ever run into them in the wild. ;)

[@kortal673]

Name a more iconic duo.... I'll wait.

[@DenverGamer]

Dude, there is another major collection, which is Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection. Sonic 1,2,3...Streets of Rage 1,2,3...Golden Axe 1,2,3...Phantasy Star 2,3,4...Vectorman 1,2...Shining Force 1,2,3...And as for hidden gems, it's packed with them and also has unlockable arcade games and a few unlockable mastersystem games too (like phantasy star 1) One of my favs

[@PicoFromTX]

John looks like a fun dad

[@the_body_explosion7456]

Always like seeing Riggs. Good stuff!!

[@willmistretta]

As soon as I saw the Konami compilation for DS, I knew it would be Roc 'n' Rope. Did you know they put out a spiritual successor to it for the Famicom in 1987 called Arumana no Kiseki? Now that's a hidden gem!

[@JohnRiggs]

Arumana no Kiseki rules! I have it on my FDS.

[@willmistretta]

Oh, and Taito Legends 2 also has Sylvalion (by the designer of Bubble Bobble), which is one of the weirdest arcade games ever made. Not only does it use an early form of adaptive procedural generation to determine the enemy placement in stages, it also has a randomized storyline that's different each time you play. It's kind of like a Choose Your Own Adventure book except it flips to random pages on its own and they're all totally bonkers and oddly translated.

[@willmistretta]

So cool. I'd love to have a real FDS (and a real Famicom) someday.

[@padula3]

I like when Riggs says "stickin with the Wii we"

[@MotherKojiro]

Roc 'N Rope has a similar mechanic to a great platformer on the Famicom Disk System called Arumana no Kiseki, which was also made by Konami. On the Data East collection, Express Raider is another hidden gem; I'm not usually a big fan of the old Arcade Action games, but my lady and I played until 2am on New Year's Eve one time; it's THAT good. I'll also confirm the physical release of the PSP version of the Capcom compilation; it's called Capcom Classics Collection Remixed, and is one of the first PSP games I got.

[@AdventureGameGeek]

E.T. could be called a hidden gem especially if dug up in the desert of New Mexico!

[@vafangheul]

I have the Atari and Activision anthology, Taito legends (1), Capcom volume2 and the Midway arcade origins. Some of those games still are great to play at. Plus it's an easy way to play arcades (even if some had special controls you cannot repeat on console) . I love fighting collections like Fatal fury battle archives on PS2!

[@garbhanmyles]

Never seen this dude on here before. Like his buzz a lot. Seems like a cool geezer.

[@Super_Mecha]

Midway Arcade Treasures is my jam! I played Smash TV and Rampage relentlessly on that disc as a kid.

[@SkyScourgeGod]

That's awesome! I actually already have Midway Arcade Treasures 3 for my PS2. I bought it specifically to play Hydro Thunder, a game I loved playing at places like Boomers and such. The game plays so well on PS2 and the whole thing only cost me $5 at my local used game store! **Mind Blown**

[@frankmartinelli3122]

Haha, "If you wanna see ET for the NES, there's a way to see it"

[@clayman24]

Man, that shirt is amazing. Where did you get it?

[@argeniscanez9503]

Love the Cruachan shirt, amazing band

[@michaelwolfe9496]

Also check out Sinistar on the Midway Arcade Greatest Hits collection on Sega Saturn (might be on other systems. I'm not sure)

[@JohnRiggs]

I used to play that in the arcade, too. Used to scare me.

[@DamTheLad]

Sega Genesis collection ? Where is it ? Probably the best compilation out there. Every sega genesis hit are on there !

[@JohnRiggs]

John Hancock already covered hidden Genesis gems, but I would've picked Congo Bongo that you can unlock.

[@zanychelly]

Thanks for all the intel guys

[@GamedayJ]

Omg, Heavy Barrel ! My childhood at the arcades ~

[@SAM-ru4vx]

Im surprised that John Riggs did not mention the Namco Collection that features the Arrangement games for Pacman, Dig Dug, Rally X, Galaga.

[@JohnRiggs]

Namco has it made! They keep releasing classic collections for every system

[@Aberukun]

Rare Replay is great! Bought it myself just to play Perfect Dark and the sequel.

[@CAMZAB]

Zero is awful compared to PD n64. At least you can complete that 3 times and then spend thousands of hours on multiplayer.

[@sir_mattimus7069]

I always liked those compilations on the GBA. Like the namco museum

[@sonicsju]

Great Video guys! PS2 was my king of the compilation games and I've rocked almost all of them. One that does come to mind is the Japanese version of Sonic Gems Collection. Not only because of the unique sonic games included, but because you can unlock other Sega games like Bonanza Bros and the Bare Knuckle series. Yep, you can play an emulation of BKIII on your PS2! Check it out!!

[@emviews411]

Yes!! I have been waiting on this one still looking for the capcom collection vol.2 i have the first one! Thank god love playing ghost and goblins!🔥🔥

[@fathersongaming9765]

Riggs out hidden gemming the Metal Jesus

[@JohnRiggs]

that's what I strive for.

[@Saiki_Thorn]

Ah the Young Guns, the newest New Japan free bird tag team featuring Chris Sabin, Alex Shelly, and the "two sweet" brothers, Matt and Nick Jackson!!! They are latest off shoot group connecting to the Bullet Club.

[@ColpoRosso]

That Major Havoc game looks sick! Have to get it

[@ErinfromDenver]

Capcom Classics Mini Mix on GBA has Mighty Final Fight, one of the best NES games ever made that most people never got to play. It's hella expensive on NES, but totally affordable in Capcom Classics Mini Mix.

[@ilj1259]

Didn't know about the Data East Collection very cool will have to look for that one.

[@shaolingamer7316]

+MetalJesusRocks the The PC Engine Collection Star Soldier for Japan PSP is amazing and Tecmo Classics for the original Xbox is great too!

[@58jharris]

Toy Pop on Namco Museum Vol. 1 for PS1 was a great hidden gem.