Kevevs, I remember buying Wizball for my C64 back in the mid 80s. Me and a mate played it for a few hours then told my mum this was the game we'd been developing over the past few weeks (me on the graphics, him on the coding, and another mate on the sound/music). She was so impressed that she invited a whole bunch of neighbours in from our street! I remember loads of people being crammed into my bedroom while we 'showcased' our 'achievement'.
EDIT: I also remember Knightlore (got that on Xmas eve from a mate and we played it for days on end). Was a big fan of most Ultimate games; from the days of Jetpac and Lunar Jetman, through to Sabrewulf and Underwurlde. Much better on the Speccy than the C64.
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Valhalla...spot on! Awesome game! I havwe the game and the spectrum somewhere in the roof..........
Gribbly's Day Out
Always remember how hectic it got when that bastard crab thing suddenly got on your case.
I love a raceface games thread.
Some great overlooked titles mentioned already. TT on ps2, Beyond good and evil being great.
My addition would be Zero Tolerance on the Megadrive. Amazing for it's time, system link cable or online play (no one I knew quite understood what the Internet was back then let alone play a megadrive online, or watch Segas pirate TV) the tension was huge. I've got a sega meganet megadrive modem...
Also probotector on the Super Nintendo. Good times.
Fallout 1&2, so much more depth than the new ones.
This is an epic thread... 🙂
I'm getting misty reading this thread. Still got my BBC model A (upgraded to a B and with a graphics extension chip...woo!), and Amiga in the attic.
Elite is of course the best game ever, but how about Chuckie Egg? Or indeed Yie Ar Kung Fu?
oh god this 😀
Overboard was brilliant, does anyone remember vib ribbon?
I'm getting misty reading this thread. Still got my BBC model A (upgraded to a B and with a graphics extension chip...woo!), and Amiga in the attic.
Do you remember Castle Quest?
Can remember watching the video loop upstairs in Boots when it first came out (how sad!?). Then played it todeath on holiday.
One of the most addictive games ever:
No pun intended, but this used to rock big time:
Morrowind
Rescue on Fractalus - loved this game...
Rachel
I remember this game being so godamn cool when I was a boy.
does anyone remember vib ribbon?
YES!
me and my friend spent ages playing this though.
Cast your minds back to 1983 ... and laserdiscs ...
Was it not something like 50p a go back then? For 3 lives? Spent a fortune on that in Worthing Pier arcade!
This was mustard back in the day too:
so was this!
No screen shots, but I give you Repton, Total Annihilation and the Descent series. Brill.
Not sure some of the games above are underrated!
Boulderdash is a good call.
My current fav which is more down with the kids than the middle aged posse is Minecraft, no point to the game but utterly addictive.
Doh, beaten to it. Repton!! Also, Altered Beasts(?)
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Both classic games. Still play Settlers 2 to this day.
thanks catflees 😀 and to everyone who replied (some fantastic games mentioned/haven't played some of them yet) games are great 😀 another classic underrated game
Do you remember Castle Quest?
YES! Which reminds me of... Citadel. How epic?
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Unirally for the SNES
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Stunt Race FX for the SNES
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1080 snowboarding for the n64
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[b]Citadel[/b] is great, but I think it's widely known as a great BBC game. I've absolutely no idea whether it would be fun now after all the great puzzly adventure games that have come since. Games were just so unforgiving back then!
This for me was quite a chunk of childhood
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Big fan of
UFO-Enemy Unknown
found as a free download on
underdogs(?)website.
Good thread, but some people, come on! Under-rated != "games that everyone loved".
You know who you are. Doom was a bad start, unless you actually preferred the n64 version, in which case you're a deviant and we'll let it stand.
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I'm aware this is close to breaking my own rant/rules....
+1 for UFO, forgot that one!
I was going to post Unirally on the Snes AlexSimon - it's the precursor to all the Tony Hawk-style skateboarding/bmxing/snowboarding games.
I'll go for Monuments of Mars instead. Kommander Keen owes it a debt.
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****ing! Carrier Command!!!
Loved that game - played it to death. I remember trying to "uninstall" it from my Dad's 286 PC and deleting C:\command.com
That didn't go down well.
Wheelie gets my vote closely followed by Starquake
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I remember trying to "uninstall" it from my Dad's 286 PC and deleting C:\command.com
🙂 I bet it didn't
finbar - it was surprisingly satisfying wasn't it - loads of air time, lots of swoops, tricks to learn and then great sound effects to reward you. Do you know if it's on any of the wii/ds virtual consoles?
Not sure if they were under-rated or not, but great games from back in the day:
Rick Dangerous (1 and 2) - Atari ST
Turrican (C64 version)
Horace and the spiders - ZX Spectrum
Horace goes skiing - ZX Spectrum
Myth - I think that was on the C64
Prince of Persia, the first one possibly on the Atari ST
Mario Kart, Goldeneye etc... are all obviously classics, so not under-rated at all. Going to dig out the SNES and N64 this evening! May even see if my Gameboy original still works and have a blast on SupermarioBros.
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The tv series was one of my favourites when I was young and rememember the game being quite fun and addictive.
Most of my favourite underated games are Jap or US imports from the 90s
Good 3d adventure game
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Great platform game
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Another great platform game - Chan and Chan - PC Engine:
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Really good shoot em up based on an anime film - Steel Empire Megadrive:
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Starcraft on the PC will always hold a special place in my heart. Especially the cinematic ending.
I used to really like this:
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vigilante 8 was a great game - as was that run the gauntlet
what about ...
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both on the spectrum
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on the amiga 1200 for me though not the c64
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Blast Corps
Those early days of N64 ownership were lean, but the few that did appear were really good.
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Wheelie gets my vote
Written in BASIC, that. You could BREAK into it and read the code.