Great games that were never popular? (but should)

[RCmodeler]

Examples: Eternal Darkness. Or Wings on the Amiga. Below is a list produced by gamespy.com... can you think of anything else worth adding?

 

25. The City Building Series

24. Wizardry 8

23. Blood

22. Um Jammer Lammy

21. Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis

20. Codename: Eagle Multiplayer

19. No One Lives Forever

18. Jumping Flash! I & II

17. Suikoden II

16. Klonoa: Door to Phantomile

15. Persona Series

14. Rez

13. Zork Zero

12. Valkyrie Profile

11. Clive Barker's Undying

10. Wheel of Time

9. Planescape: Torment

8. Herzog Zwei

7. Grim Fandango

6. Rocket: Robot on Wheels

5. Sly Cooper and the Thievious Raccoonus

4. Alone in the Dark

3. System Shock

2. Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution

1. Ico

[PuddWakkr]

Why does every list have Ico on it at the top. The game got great reviews, which means it's not underrated. It also was quite popular getting lots of press for its outstanding quality. If I remember correctly it also sold quite well due to the two factors listed above. The game is good and sold quite well. Why do lists keep proclaiming it as some darkhorse that no one has heard of?

[Foxy Cleopatra]

Don't we already have this thread?

[Christophero Sly]

I wouldn't put Zork Zero on that list.

[Ze_ro]

http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=35091

 

--Zero

[MegaManFan]

I dispute UmLammer Jammy being on ANY list. That game was horrid and turned everything I liked about PaRappa into a stinky festering pile of doggy doo-doo.

[Miqorz]

Star Tropics 1 and 2 for NES bar-none 2 of the best NES games of all time..

 

Yet next to no one knows of their greatness.

[MegaManFan]

StarTropics and Zoda's Revenge are classics, at least to me. I think most NES gamers know about them, but maybe the rest of the public at large doesn't.

[Kyo]

Examples: Eternal Darkness.  Or Wings on the Amiga.  Below is a list produced by gamespy.com... can you think of anything else worth adding?

 

25. The City Building Series

24. Wizardry 8

23. Blood

22. Um Jammer Lammy

21. Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis

20. Codename: Eagle Multiplayer

19. No One Lives Forever

18. Jumping Flash! I & II

17. Suikoden II

16. Klonoa: Door to Phantomile

15. Persona Series

14. Rez

13. Zork Zero

12. Valkyrie Profile

11. Clive Barker's Undying

10. Wheel of Time

9. Planescape: Torment

8. Herzog Zwei

7. Grim Fandango

6. Rocket: Robot on Wheels

5. Sly Cooper and the Thievious Raccoonus

4. Alone in the Dark

3. System Shock

2. Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution

1. Ico

 

VF 4:evolution, unpopular?

 

VF 4:e is still pretty much number #1 in japan, and VF 4 here for ps2 selling enough to become a part of the "Greatest Hits" label, and which VF 4:e selling as a greatest hits title.

 

i think the sales speaks for itself.

[cryptik76]

Divine Divinity for PC. Stupid name, great game!

 

Also the Thief series, Blade of Darkness, and Anachronox (all for PC).

[AtariDude]

Wizardy 8 deserved a better fate. It was a nice wrap up to one of the original RPGs of the IBM PC era but Sir Tech Canada had limited financial resources and could not get the advertising nor the distribution necessary to gain a following. A sad end to a once beloved RPG series.

[Nintendo Penguin]

Clu Clu Land for the NES....

 

Great Game, but most gamers today have not even heard of it.

[holy_fluck]

there are many games that I could put in a list like this but i will only include a few: Super Turrican 2 (one of my faves), Target Earth, Mark of Kri, Klonoa 2, actually i missed a bunch but i will post more when i can think of them

[liveinabin]

Jumping Flash 2, Treasures of the Deep and Liberogrande for Playstation

I was going to name some Saturn games but, well, nobody bought any of them, or the system, so I couldn't single any out:)

[joeybastard]

I dispute UmLammer Jammy being on ANY list.  That game was horrid and turned everything I liked about PaRappa into a stinky festering pile of doggy doo-doo.

 

That's funny I feel exactly the opposite. I think PaRappa was kind of dumb and unfun whereas I enjoyed Umlammer.

 

Diff'rent Strokes for diff'rent folks

[ROBOTRON]

Expendable and Incoming for DC.

[Jasoco]

I can't believe I passed up Herzog when I was at the GS one day. I picked it up and showed it to my brother and we laughed at the name. The cart was not perfect, but in nice condition, but not knowing what it was, I put it back...

 

Then I come here and find out what it was! D'OH!!!

 

I had/have StarTropics back in the day. I got it when my cousin had it. I didn't know what it was about. Then I played it. I loved it. THey let me borrow it and I got hooked.

 

A while later I got my own copy and still have it to this day. Too bad I lost the paper and booklet and box and stuff. I'd like to find a complete one one day. I still haven't gotten 2 yet. I've played it on an emulator. It's okay. And I'd like to have it to have. But I never see it in the wild. Guess I'll get it off eBay some day.

[ZylonBane]

Freespace 2.

[Foxy Cleopatra]

Expendable and Incoming for DC.

 

Oooo yeah Expendebles was great! How about Slave Zero and Dynamite Cop? Those were pretty decent.

[Godzilla]

Just from my conciousness stream:

 

pc - System Shock 1 & 2, The Reap

 

2600 - Space Master X-7 & Fathom

 

intellivision - ad&d volume 2: treasure of tarmin, pick an Imagic game.

 

nes - Gun*Nac & Freedom Force

 

sms - Rescue Mission

 

amiga - Sentinel, Robocop 3D, Carrier Command (SO many.)

 

vectrex - every single gce game.

 

saturn - Shining the Holy Ark

 

psx - Roll Away

 

dreamcast - Red Dog