# Video Game Gems... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 31, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-gems/178700 "2003-05-31T03:10:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![StupidSmartAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@StupidSmartAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StupidSmartAgain)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-gems/178700/1 "2003-05-31T03:10:01Z")
List any games you feel didn’t get enough attention, despite being great games… Captain America and the Avengers. An all around great comic game, with a story true to the comics. Swept up with the sea of crap comic games I suppose. While not exactly not getting attention, I feel that all of genesis sonic games belong in the top 50 best games. ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-gems/178700/2 "2003-05-31T03:18:27Z")
**Clive Barker’s Undying** - Got mostly great reviews but didn’t sell for beans. Wound up in the bargain bin of most game shops in short order. And yeah, most of the original Sonic games were great. I played them far too much. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-gems/178700/3 "2003-05-31T04:51:19Z")
I liked **Undying** a lot. One of my favorite games is **The Longest Journey** , which won some awards and stuff, but no one I know besides me has played it. Which is a shame, because it’s an amazing game (and I’m not a huge adventure game fan). In the “You liked WHAT?” category, I’d put **Master of Orion 3** , which nobody but me seemed to like. **StarLancer** was loads of fun for a Wing Commander fan like me. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-gems/178700/4 "2003-05-31T04:52:44Z")
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island. ---
**Author:** ![skaterboarder87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@skaterboarder87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skaterboarder87)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-gems/178700/5 "2003-05-31T05:27:42Z")
Body Harvest Jumping Flash Harvest Moon (SNES) GameBoy Camera and GameBoy Printer Mario Paint Beetle Adventure Racing ---
**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-gems/178700/6 "2003-05-31T05:28:43Z")
**Earthbound** for SNES. ---
**Author:** ![StupidSmartAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@StupidSmartAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StupidSmartAgain)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-gems/178700/7 "2003-05-31T05:30:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Yumblie \* > \*\ ***Earthbound** for SNES. \*\* Seconded. ---
**Author:** ![skaterboarder87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@skaterboarder87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skaterboarder87)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-gems/178700/8 "2003-05-31T05:39:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by StupidSmartAgain \* > \*\*Seconded. \*\* I anti-second it. ---
**Author:** ![skaterboarder87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@skaterboarder87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skaterboarder87)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-gems/178700/9 "2003-05-31T05:43:33Z")
Oh, and you’re wrong about all the Sonic games. Sonic 3D Blast was atrocious. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-gems/178700/10 "2003-05-31T06:01:53Z")
Does \*\* The last Express \*\* count, or is it too well known? It didn’t sell well at all, even though all the reviewers loved it, and I liked the atmosphere. Sure, it had a few plot holes, but it was still very well done. I just wish it had been profitable enough to warrent a sequel. \*\* Final Fantasy Tactics\*\* had the best story of any of the series, though apparently it also did poorly in sales. Can I use that one as well? **GMRyujin** : The Longest Journey was a great game. I know people who complained about burns flipper and his dirty mouth, or the shear amounts of reading you had to do, but frankly, I loved it. I liked all the extra information about arcadia to help make it seem more like a living, breathing place. Only 3 things bugged me about it: 1. Some of the unresolved plot points I don’t think Cortez is dead just because the watch stopped . Also, April’s facing some criminal charges, isn’t she? 2. That incredibly long walk on the waterfront to burns flipper’s little hidey hole. AND NO WAY TO SKIP IT! 3. Getting the option to go north in chapter 4 is sometimes really hard. ---
**Author:** ![StupidSmartAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@StupidSmartAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StupidSmartAgain)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-gems/178700/11 "2003-05-31T06:03:31Z")
How can you hate earthbound? And I’ve never played Sonic 3d. But I don’t doubt it being horrible. based on the low quality of the “3d” bonus level in Sonic and Knuckles. ---
**Author:** ![Chief\_Crunch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@Chief\_Crunch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Crunch)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-gems/178700/12 "2003-05-31T06:18:30Z")
Earthbound was the last console RPG I ever played completely through. Wonderful game. I also agree with Yoshi’s Island. Good to see it coming out on the GBA. ---
**Author:** ![klockwerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/klockwerk/32/6475_2.png) [@klockwerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/klockwerk)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-gems/178700/13 "2003-05-31T06:18:56Z")
Blood for the PC made my Monolith (using the Build Engine). The level design in that game kicked ass along with many other things. It didn’t get much recognition because Duke3D decided to come out just about the same time. We still have a community going at the Monolith forums, it’s quite amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-gems/178700/14 "2003-05-31T06:21:58Z")
Freespace and Freespace 2 were pretty much the pinnacle of arcade space-sim shootemups–but especially by the time the sequel came out, the whole genre was pretty much dead. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-gems/178700/15 "2003-05-31T06:33:34Z")
**Earthbound** , again. And the game before it, **Mother 1**. And I hear **Mother 3 (Earthbound 2)** may show up as a GBA game! Finally! [http://virtualeclipse.ca/earthboundhaven/ebgba.php](http://virtualeclipse.ca/earthboundhaven/ebgba.php) ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-gems/178700/16 "2003-05-31T06:35:07Z")
I’ve heard nothing but good about Earthbound. Unfortunately I don’t own it and even if I did my SNES stopped working awhile ago. Any news of it coming out on GBA? ---
**Author:** ![skaterboarder87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@skaterboarder87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skaterboarder87)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-gems/178700/17 "2003-05-31T06:41:16Z")
Yes, it’s been confirmed. Both Mother 1 and 2 are being released as one game for GBA. Mother 3 has also been confirmed for GBA. ---
**Author:** ![Blibbleblabble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@Blibbleblabble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blibbleblabble)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-gems/178700/18 "2003-05-31T06:42:46Z")
I never thought about this until recently when I was looking up old games on Ebay and saw games like Final Fantasy for NES selling really high. So I looked up my other favorite games and I was surpised to see one of my all time favorites selling for only a few dollars, so I guess it would qualify for this thread. That game is **Crystalis**. Anyone else play this game? The thing I remember the most was the music, but I think it was also the first game I played that really combined games like Zelda and Final Fantasy. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-gems/178700/19 "2003-05-31T06:49:34Z")
**Persona 2: Eternal Punishment** for the PlayStation. A breath of fresh air in the RPG world with its setting in a modern Japanese metropolish, malls and convenience stores instead of weaponsmiths, occult/new age themes, and a party composed of adults with adult problems and failings. ---
**Author:** ![skaterboarder87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@skaterboarder87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skaterboarder87)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-gems/178700/20 "2003-05-31T07:00:00Z")
Crystalis!!! AMAZING GAME! I own both the NES version and the GBC rendition. Unfortunately, the GBC version replaced ALL of the music (which sucks hardcore). Anyways, Crystalis actually made Nintendo Power’s top 100 games of all time list years back. What a great, great game. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-gems/178700.md?page=2)