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| Posted on 2010-08-29 07:28:20 AM |
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Lemmings is far from underrated.
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| Posted on 2010-08-29 10:22:20 AM |
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Yeah, lemmings is not underrated, it's pretty much as well known as a game like that can get. I've got lemmings revolution for the pc, it's fiendishly difficult. Also, there's a great free clone of lemmings called pingus that you should try out, not sure if there's a windows version though (it's a linux game).
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| Posted on 2010-08-29 10:49:48 AM |
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Originally posted by ergazoobiYeah, lemmings is not underrated, it's pretty much as well known as a game like that can get.
...oh...really? I can't remember the last person that I've talked to that's even heard of the game, much less would ever think about playing it, so maybe it's just me who thinks it's not known well enough. Oh well.
(And just for the record, you actually have a surprisingly large 23 pixels between those two flamethrower traps.)
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| Posted on 2010-08-29 12:51:48 PM |
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It may be just because I grew up with this game (along with Mario & DKC, respectively) but I strongly feel that Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure is incredibly underated and more or less forgotten, especially for being the PC Game of the Year for the PC version (plus it was on SNES, Sega CD, Genesis, & Atari Jaguar). It had loads of secrets and unique features, yet it still feels like a Pitfall game. Even so, most people have no idea that this game even exsists and assume that Pitfall stopped being fun after the 1st game (forgetting another lost gem, Pitfall 2). Then when it came to VC the people at Nintendo Power wrote some BS about the platforms blending in with the backround too much and put it on the sub-par list.
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| Posted on 2010-08-29 12:57:23 PM |
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Originally posted by Kipernal...oh...really? I can't remember the last person that I've talked to that's even heard of the game, much less would ever think about playing it, so maybe it's just me who thinks it's not known well enough.
No-one I know has ever played a Kirby game and many haven't heard of him but I still wouldn't go as far as calling him obscure.
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| Posted on 2010-08-29 02:36:59 PM |
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Well, in a certain way, Riven.
Riven is the sequel to Myst, Myst being one of the games that stood as the most sold out computer game for many years. My brother himself believes Riven is one of the best games of all time... but it has some evilly complicated puzzles indeed.
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| Posted on 2010-08-29 03:12:38 PM |
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I guess it really depended on where you lived. In North America, we only got the original Lemmings game and maybe a couple others, I can't remember if any others got released here. I know the original Lemmings was all I ever found at the PC games sections back then. People liked it, but obviously not enough that we'd get some of the other games in the series.
In Europe, which is where the series was born, many more, if not all of the games were released there. I can only assume the series was a lot more well-reknowned in Europe as opposed to the rest of the world.
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| Posted on 2010-08-29 09:45:18 PM |
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Yoshi's Story is one of the most underrated games, as people tried to compare it to Yoshi's Island rather than judging it as its own game. While it had a very childlike feel, some levels (Jungle Puddle, Ghost Castle, and Magma Castle in particular) were insanely challenging, especially when going for every melon. The game also featured a 'Clear every level' challenge, a challenge to find every melon in each level, and hidden Yoshies that made gameplay very enjoyable. Yoshi's Story also has a relaxing soundtrack that has inspired some of my ports.
Phantasy Star Online, both for the DC and GC, is a game I feel deserves more attention. With limitless customization and (for its time) advanced online play, as well as real-time attacking and a formidable rare item system, I am sad to see the game not receiving enough attention. Frankly, I'll play PSO over Final Fantasy any day.
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| Posted on 2010-08-30 10:05:37 AM |
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Exit (PSP/Xbox 360):
One of my favourite games (hence my avatar), but I don't think many people seem to have heard of this game. It's a platform/puzzle game where you have to rescue people in each level by figuring out an escape route, and getting the people you are rescuing to help make a way out. This video pretty much shows what I mean.
Click here
There are about 200 levels in the game, and they did make a couple of sequels, yet the game never seemed to be very popular. It probably was in Japan though.
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| Posted on 2010-08-30 11:51:59 AM |
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The only two games that come to mind are:
#1: Tiny Tank
#2: Gotcha Force.
ON the first page, Gotcha Force is already explained, so I'll explain Tiny Tank.
Explanation
This is most possibly my most favorite game in the world! It takes place after a nuclear war, post machine-warfare. Humans are hiding underground, and the war machines have taken over the world! Bit by bit, with thier leader, MuTank, they evaporate Earth's atmosphere.
You play as Tiny Tank, a little yellow tank.
Tiny Tank Cover ^
Tiny Fighting "Stealth Tank" ^
He has a big mouth, and he will talk throughout the entire game. During gameplay, and cutscenes. What he says is hilarious! The graphics on the game are supperb, that is if you are taking into account that this game was made 10-15 years prior to this post. (It's a Playstation 1 game)
The story of game goes like this: Tiny Tank is a mascot, created so that he could help influence major military officials, to stop training soldiers, and us War-Machines to fight our wars for us. This is all explained throughout the cutscenes of the game. However, something happens. The machines' positronic brains become "self-aware" and Mutank (The biggest, baddest machine out there in this game) takes control of the machine army. It is up to Tiny Tank to destroy this army, save the atmosphere, and destroy Mutank's base.
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If you have a working Playstation Emulator, you can download and play this magnificant game.
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| Posted on 2010-08-30 03:11:39 PM |
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Originally posted by Mr ESC450Exit (PSP/Xbox 360):
One of my favourite games (hence my avatar), but I don't think many people seem to have heard of this game. It's a platform/puzzle game where you have to rescue people in each level by figuring out an escape route, and getting the people you are rescuing to help make a way out. This video pretty much shows what I mean.
Click here
There are about 200 levels in the game, and they did make a couple of sequels, yet the game never seemed to be very popular. It probably was in Japan though.
Yeah, Exit's quite underated as well. I think that it's not very popular because the puzzles get challenging quickly (at least in my opinion, though they're still plenty fun). Plus the controls and AI on the 360 Arcade version are a bit finicky, though Idk about the PSP version.
You say there's sequel(s)? I've seen a free Flash version online that's in Japanese, but other than that I've never found anything else for it.
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| Posted on 2010-08-30 03:33:41 PM |
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Magical Drop 3 is one of my alltime favorite games.
Yet it seems almost no one knows it even exists(specially the playstation version which in my oppinion is the best)
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| Posted on 2010-08-30 05:41:01 PM |
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Originally posted by KipernalLemmings,
This game is pretty unique in that the only enemies in the entire game are the level designs, and some of them are really brutal. It also has some of the most unfairly catchy music in any game I've ever played. If you want to play the game, the only way you can get it 100% legally is to either buy an old DOS copy of it off of Ebay, or get a re-released version for the PSP (which sadly, removed nearly every one of those catchy tunes, but included a surprisingly advanced level editor). If you don't care about legality too much, you can download the SNES (or any other console) version (which is a pretty good choice since you'll have save states and such), you can download a free remade version that is 100% accurate to the original with a few added features and level editor support, you can play an online version that's buggy, slow, and only includes about a quarter of the levels (I'm not even sure if it still exists...), or you can download the old DOS version along with said level editor at a website that I can't give away for obvious reasons.
Hey, Lemmings is awesome, but the best soundtracks of that game was on the SNES with Beast Of A Level and This awesome track. 
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| Posted on 2010-08-30 06:38:27 PM |
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Wario Land 4. It's popular, but it's still sadly a bit of a cult classic compared to say, Mario, or Donkey Kong Country, or Yoshi's Island 1, or Kirby. But it's one of the best platformers around, nigh on the best one on the GBA, and has some of the best, most innovative level and character design you can imagine.
Really, I can remember all the bosses, attack patterns and other stuff to this day, with Cuckoo Condor being one of my favourite bosses for the sheer imaginativeness of it. And it had some great levels, I loved the feel, graphics and music of Crescent Moon Village, which has elevated it to having my favourite ever video game music.
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But really, it's got some of my favourite level design, and is probably the one game I've played most over the years. No really, I have all the gold crowns even on Super Hard difficulty mode, have seen the best possible ending with the bonus pictures and arguably would come on the Twin Galaxies leaderboard for 'coins/treasure collected in Crescent Moon Village'.
Other than that game? Well Wario Blast holds a soft spot in my heart, I remember loving that game as a kid, despite it being more a Bomberman game than a Wario one.
As for games people like but I think get a bit too much unfair criticism, I'd say Luigi's Mansion and Super Mario Bros 2 (Doki Doki Panic). Yes, I know the latter is apparently the 'black sheep' of the Mario series, but I didn't even care it wasn't originally a Mario game when I played it, and loved it as much as the other Super Mario Bros games all the while. I would honestly love to rip the hosts of Screw Attack apart for calling it bad enough to be on a list of 'worst Mario games'.
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| Posted on 2010-08-31 06:09:28 AM |
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Originally posted by I8StrudelYeah, Exit's quite underated as well. I think that it's not very popular because the puzzles get challenging quickly (at least in my opinion, though they're still plenty fun). Plus the controls and AI on the 360 Arcade version are a bit finicky, though Idk about the PSP version.
You say there's sequel(s)? I've seen a free Flash version online that's in Japanese, but other than that I've never found anything else for it.
I agree that the challenge could put some people off, the later levels really turn difficult.
Exit had 2 sequels. Exit 2 which was released on the 360 in 2009, it was also released on PSP. There also is an Exit DS, released in 2008.
All 3 games have unique levels too. If only they released a level editor for it.
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| Posted on 2010-09-01 05:38:56 AM |
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Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario Bros. 2 and LoZ The Wind Waker. Nobody ever plays these but I do. 
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| Posted on 2010-09-01 10:55:08 AM |
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@above: except anyone on this site... >_> They're just "generally hated". With a reason... Sunshine ruined the game with the damn impossible-to-find and adventure-consuming blue coins. Wind Waker could have been more epic/hard. Super Mario bros 2... is just different.
I was thinking Chrono trigger. I mean it. People who play it are all "OMG BEST GAME EVUR", but still, not THAT many people have played it. Basically no casual gamers at all, for example. And I doubt the Xbox and PS fanboys aren't so excited about a 15 year old game that's on a 16-bit nintendo console <_<
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