The blurry / smoothing effect on some of the games comes from a filter on the Retron 5. We'll turn that off on future videos since not everybody likes it.
+Bradley Sutton I'm sorry, Metal Jesus aint answering your question. So here is my favourite GBA game: Mother 3 fan translation. My best original GBA game: Medabots rpg (Metabee version)
+Jonhyfun Sorry I don't like to emulate games I already own. Also I pointed out that Drill Dozer, Klonoa Empire Of Dreams, & Dream Champ Tournament are on the Wii U Virtual Console.
Oh my goodness gracious, Newgrounds. Thats what we were all doing in High School. Talk about old memories. Theres some shows I remember watching that I can not remember the names of, two small little creatures that were pretty comedic.
when i have a shit day and my aniexity is terrible and I see a notification that MJR has a new video it makes my day. Thanks for what you and other folks do. Huge respect
Summon Night! No one seems to know about this game. Really fun RPG where you make your own weapons and can choose from a ton of them. Sword, axe, spear, drill, etc and it's got a lot of charm to it.
My favorite forgotten GBA Gem: Sigma Star Saga. It mashes up Zelda with Metroidvania-style level design and throws in side-scrolling shmup sections too, along with a very well-done story. Plus, it's from WayForward, who I think are some of the most underrated devs in the industry.
Oh my gosh, such an amazing selection of games, most of which I didn't even know existed!! You see? THAT's why the GBA is my favourite game system ever! No matter how many great games you get for it, there's always more amazing games you didn't know about! Try Iridion 2 next, it's a very solid shoot'em up by Shin'en with an eargasmatic soundtrack and eye-melting gorgeous graphics!
Anybody else getting some serious DKC vibes from Blender Bros? The ways the enemies move, the visual design of the levels, and the way you jump and climb and all that... it all looks VERY much like a Donkey Kong Country game. Even the fact that you're apparently controlling 2 characters is pretty reminiscent of DKC. Definitely need to check that one out...
Man this is why I subbed to your channel in the 1st place about a year ago! I was looking for games that I have never heard about and found your Hidden Gems series! So fun to discover new games for systems that I used to own and had to buy again to play them! And it's even better when you have Reggie over!!! Can't wait for the next one! Great video and keep up the good work!
Absolutely wonderful video, Reggie is superb and an amazing host, always love seeing him on the channel, looking forward to more Reggie and Metal J team ups soon!
you and Reggie should do a part 2 & 3 of the Gameboy Advance games I enjoyed this one I believe it needs to be covered more of the Hidden gems out there for the Gameboy Advance metaljesusrocks
thanks for the upload, wasnt feeling too good today and seeing a nice hidden jems video with reggie for one of my favorite systems made it much better :D
I watch your videos all the time! I love everyone you bring on. I don't always agree with you guys on your game choices, but it doesn't matter. We are all here for our love for gaming. I've seen some games on your channel that i had no idea about and ended up loving them. Keep making more videos! You guys are amazing.
Here's a hidden gem almost no one knows or ever talks about: Iridion 2. Amazing visuals, awesome soundtrack, and lots of fun. I don't know why it's so forgotten.
Summon Night: Swordcraft Story is one of the best single player/single character action RPGs I've ever played on any system. So glad to see shouts outs to Klonoa (one of my favorite obscure franchises of all time) and Astro Boy!
hey man i really like your content. its really awesome that you find these hidden gems and let us know about them. keep up the good work. i bought my son (4 year old a gba sp) and he loves it. Now i know what games to get him!
smacked that like button, love it when you cover handheld systems and games Jesus, i've got alot less free time lately which means i can't play too many pc games and triple A titles, handheld gaming can be played anywhere and is just so fun and easy, no open world massive games so i don't get bored and bogged down with the same game for too long... i've been playing my psp and just blasting through tonnes of great titles on it like ps1,psp and gameboy advance games, now i've just picked up a ds for the first time ever, there's alot of titles i've missed out on here holy shit. :)
Some hidden gems (as far as I'm aware) I know are Riviera: The Promised Land, Yggdra Union, Tactics Ogre, and Boktai: The Sun Is In Your Hand (about as gimmicky as they come).
+Grinder And of course Boktai had an excellent spiritual successor on the DS called Lunar Knights! Less gimmicky, but a lot of fun. Can't say I've heard a lot of people mention that one.
2 from me. Both can be found for like 10$ CIB. -The Scorpion King - Sword of Osiris Yes it's a licensed game, but it's an action platformer by Way Forward. Nice SNES/NES old school feel to it. Definitely worth what it goes for. - Rayman 3 Fixed most of the flaws with Rayman Advance and is a more balanced game. Also it's not a port and the sprite work is absolutely top notch. Looking forward to part 2! /Viewer from Sweden
I feel bad for any of the younger gamers out there who may want to get into game collecting now that they're old enough to have their own income and come across this video and see that all the titles mentioned in these videos have gone from 15 bucks to 100-200+ dollars. I'm all for physical but I can see why some people prefer emulation, the market basically has a glass ceiling. Either pay a stupid amount of money or you're shit out of luck and if you're not a hardcore collector you can't justify spending that much money on ONE game. Sucks what happened to the retro market, honestly.
physical retro games are becoming more and more for rich people only ... thankfully emulation is only getting better and better, and honestly speaking, I prefer playing GBA games through emulation on something with a larger screen like a steam deck OLED, the games look absolutely amazing and it's still played as a handheld game. Honestly it feels more like what I remember playing when I was a child lol
I expected Reggie to talk about the Summon Night games on the GBA, considering his love for (J)RPGs! Oh well, that's probably a series for the next part :P. I was pleasantly surprised to see Lady Sia on here. It's a game I haven't touched in a while, but I remember having fun with it. Got stuck somewhere and never continued, so I should really get down to beating it already.
Thank you guys so much for putting blender bros on there I have been looking for that game for years now I remember playing as a kid and had completely forgot the name but after seeing the video all the memories came back . I'm picking my copy up today ! Thanks again 👍😁
Nice vid guys - Loved Astro Boy and Drill Dozer, but maybe some import exclusives in part 2? Guru Logi Champ (Puzzler), Koro Koro Happy Panechu (Gyroscopic Puzzler), Rhythm Tengoku (Japanese exclusive prequel to Rhythm Heaven on the DS) and Hachiemon (crazy/funny platformer from Namco) come to mind. Also Rebel Star: Tactical Command (sequel to an old ZX Spectrum strategy game) never gets enough love. All of the above are awesome games ;)
I really like these hidden gem videos especially the ones for the mighty GBA, they have great advice for collectors. I watched this video yesterday then went retro game shopping later that day to a game store an hour away from me targeting mainly GBA titles, and I came across the Motocross Mania Advance for only 5 bucks so I decided to pick it up along with some other games. If it wasn't for this video, I would have overlooked the game and not even given it a chance. Thanks for making these videos, they are awesome.
I looove Drill Dozer! Almost completed it but arthritis got the best of me. I very seldom see it in videos and I'm thrilled you have it here! It's great fun, a platformer with extras... Just got the GBA Starfy 1 and 2 only released in Japan. Complete in cute little boxes and not expensive. GBA is great!
MetalJesus, done be a moron by going to ebay of all places on the world wide web. Ebay is the worst place to try to buy old videogames. Amazon is way cheaper
Glad to see Rock N Roll racing on here. I had it for Sega and back when the GBA was still in stores I purchased it for the GBA just because I wanted to see how it crossed over. Nobody ever talks about it
+MetalJesusRocks yeah a master system episode would be great, it was very popular here in Australia, I got teased mercilessly when I swapped my master system for an Nes
+MetalJesusRocks +MetalJesusRocks I don't know if you've played it recently but the first sonic on the master system is imo one of the most beautiful 8bit games
People like Reggie, Metal Jesus got thousands of games, and by the looks of it, they played most of it. How do they have so much time to play those? I got like 500+ games and barely played 300
+bonggzilla Ninja Five-O (Cop) is a great game. I discovered that one some years back while looking up roms online. Too bad I'll probably never get the actual cart, it's pretty expensive these days. :(
i love that guy!!! he knows a lot of hidden games. This series of videos are my favorites. a personal hidden game for me is curious george for gba, sounds silly, but the game is a very good platformer
Agreed. But these type of videos hurt collectors out there doing it on the cheap. For example: TMNT (GBA Ubisoft) is a perfect hidden gem, use to be able to find it for $2 - $4 shipped. Then it started popping up on gem videos, next thing you know, its in the $15- $25 for a loose cart. Sucks for us out here doing it on a low budget.
+Thumbstick Gamer : That is just called life. Yes these videos do bring more attention to these cheap games, but it's not like these videos will make these any more expensive or suddenly run out of copies to buy. I can still buy a cheap copy of Lady Sia for £10 right now if I wanted. Plus demand also has something to do with it. Super Smash Bros. on the N64 is expensive on ebayer, not because it's rare, but because people like the series and will pay a lot of money to own the original copy. Yes it does suck, but there are alternatives to playing them. :)
It sucks. Yes, I know there are alternatives, but honestly, I want to experience on original hardware. Same reason I do not have a retron 5. Im still rocking a CRT with my Gamecube GBA player. Im not so sure about videos like this not hurting prices, look at games like Earthbound and Chrono Trigger, neither one really rare, but because there are so many youtubers praising both the prices are ridiculous. Prices are killing retro game collecting, and its the sole reason youll see the markets flooded with $10-$30 reproduction carts in the future.
+Thumbstick Gamer Sounds kind of selfish; not wanting other people to enjoy these games just so you don't have to fork over a few more bucks... I'm a collector too, but I'd so much rather share and give the games recognition that they deserve than just hoard them all for myself.
The first thing I thought of when y'all said Treasure was Gunstar Heroes and then on that building in the background at 1:30 yup. I actually have both of those Klonoa games and they are pretty fun, and the rest of these all look pretty interesting, thanks for sharing. In response to what you said at the end there, I always say if its only a dollar then pick it up, you might end up liking it and if you end up not liking it, you can always try to resale it, or give it away, or just keep it as a collectable.
This is a solid list of recommendations. Drill Dozer is a pretty unique game from the creators of Pokemon, and the Klonoa games (I love Klonoa) on GBA are full-on puzzle-platformers, as opposed to the more traditional platforming action of the three US-released console games.
Wade Hixton's Counter Punch reminds me a lot of the art style of Clerks The Animated Series. The coolest thing about Drilldozer is that if you play it on the Gameboy Player, the rumble feature will work with the Gamecube controller.
Awesome hidden gems! +MetalJesusRocks I'm definitely gonna check some of these out. I want to recommend Mr Driller 2 because I feel he doesn't get the love that he deserves. It's one of my all time favorite puzzle games, and I have both the US and JP version. I'd prefer the JP version because the voice acting is more nostalgic to me. I love this on the arcade as well, but the controls are possibly even better on the GBA! Very precise!
Seeing Klonoa on here is very bitter sweet because I love Klonoa on the ps1, and that game was 3D in certain aspects like the enviroments and you could tell a good amount of time was put into making that game. Klonoa 2 was all 3D on the ps2. Then the rest of them became exclusively 2D. Not that it's a huge problem it just i'm guessing the game didn't gain as much popularity over time and the companies making Klonoa wanted to bring the game back any way it could. It's still very nice that the games still play fantastic.
