Nintendo NES Games - HIDDEN GEMS - 11 More Games! 

Thank you for including Battle of Olympus in your Nes hidden gems 3 video. That's an NES game I mentioned that deserves a place as an overlooked action rpg.

4:55 that Fire and Ice is such a cool game. It has 100 regular levels, but then also 50(!) hidden bonus levels as an easter egg. If the game was released today that would probably have been paid DLC.

I'm so nostalgic for that G.I. Joe NES game... used to go far but never finished when I was a child.

Pinball Quest was easily my favorite NES game next to the SMB series. I'd die 10x if they remade that gem.. There aren't many pinball games with that amount of depth in story.

The Guardian Legend is freakin' amazing! Such an unlikely pair of gameplay styles but both are done well.

Chrystalis is my favorite NES game. Mad props for recognizing it.

Also, I think a lot of people know this, but if you input 'TGL' as the password on Guardian Legend, it allows you to play through just the shooter sections.

Riggs!!!!!! We love you man!

Well done for putting Crystalis in this vidéo cause i was surprised to see he wasn't in the 2 first video

Shatterhand is the absolute badass game ever!!

Tough making a hidden gems video on Nintendo games these days, but there were a few titles in this list I hadn't heard of. I recently played Shatterhand. Great game, has a bit of a Vice Project Doom feel to it which you covered in an earlier video.

"Olive Grind" -- Sounds like the goal of a Popeye game.

Crystalis is the definition of a hidden gem. Played through a million times. Didn’t know until much later that it wasn’t well known.

John is probably the only one that doesn't stand on a platform in MJR's videos :D

I totally remember Bucky O Hare; I've never seen it reviewed before but I'm surprised it's a "hidden gem," I thought it was popular. But it may have came out at a time it went head to head with the Genesis and was over shadowed

Gi joe and shatter hand were awesome!

Love Kabuki Quantum fighter, my cousin rented this, and we played it at my grandparents. He is dead now, but this gives me happy memories of him.

I watch these NES hidden gems videos over and over. I got out of the NES collecting game, but I'm back in because of these videos.

I vividly remember playing Bucky and really getting into it. I was probably 6 years old, lol. Sometimes you were rolling the dice with game rentals, sometimes you won. This was a winner.

Kabuki Quantum Fighter looks so damn good. Thanks for this vid MJ

I still play through Crystalis every few years as well. The game lies somewhere between the original Zelda and A Link to the Past. Easily my favorite NES games, one of my favorites ever.

To remove those EB game labels (former employee here) You simply just use a blow dryer on the label, and after a minute or two of hear blasting you can peel it right off

Gi joe for sure is great. And kabuki getting some love.

The Guardian Legend is one of my favorite games. I played it a lot when I was kid. Great game.

I'm always down for more hidden gems -- especially Import (famicom, ect) hidden gems. What should I check out?

Cartoon workshop looks fun. I'm a big fan of the "non-game" genre.

MJR THANKS BROTHER !! You & RIGGS made my day with this video..

Rockin' Kats is an EXCELLENT game. I remember taking a photo after beating it and sending it to Nintendo Power!

I had Kabuki Quantum Fighter when I was about 7. I had no idea what the game was about but I know I really enjoyed it. I totally forgot it existed!

Thank you, MetalJesusRocks. I am starting my video game collection over again because I have always needed to sell my video game to provide for my family. I mean to support my mom and younger brother and sister and then my ex wife. Now, I don't have to support those people and these videos are making me so happy because now i can both buy and keep this stuff. Waiting on my copy of Rad Racer to come in the mail today. Next week I should get Captain Skyhawk for NES and sonic CD and 3 Dirty Dwarves for pc. Went cheap, but not going deeper in debt, climbing out of debt. Pretty happy today watching these videos.

As for the Guardian Legend's cover, I think it does have something to do with the game - you know how many giant, flying heads you fight in that game? The answer is "all of the giant, flying heads. All of them!"

Always love seeing you guys together. The music to Shatterhand is amazing!!

I'm glad Latiku is back, awesome guest.

I recently found little ninja brothers and played it with a friend and now it's one of my favorite ninja games. Really underrated game.

Yeah, I own Crystalis. I bought it around 2002-2003 at gamestop for about 12 bucks I think. So, glad I have that game it is great.

Gotta get Maniac Mansion involved somehow... by far my favorite for the system

its been awhile, Metal. Thanks for your vids!

Sorry if this was mentioned already but it should be noted that Crystalis is based on Hayao Miyazaki's Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind...which makes it all that much more awesome. Also one of my fav games on the NES.

Mechanized attack, power blade 1 or 2, freedom force, bayou billy, code name viper, rocketeer, amagon, monster in my pocket, werewolf, frankenstien the monster returns, rolling thunder, and punisher

Shatterhand is a very known NES game, a gem but not hidden at all

I'm new to NES collecting and i love this channel man

I've found that soaking a label in vegetable oil and then slowly rubbing it off works well, but then again I suppose that would also damage the label underneath, oil stains aren't nice. :P

Oh yeah! Guardian Legend and Battle of Olympus. I'v got fond memories of those games.

The guardian legend is one of my most favorite video games of all time. easily in my top 10. I just beat the game again. My icon for youtube, steam and most gaming profiles is the main character you play as. That is how much i loooooove the guardian legend!

Vice Project Doom is an excellent Ninja Gaiden style game that also has driving and first person shooting stages for variety, and it's all done very well. I guess more people are discovering it because the price is going up.

::Presses Play and holds hands in prayer hoping that I already own these games::

TIL John Rigg's favorite color is blue! Didn't realize that's why Blue is in the middle of your handle :P The only one of these that I have played before is Guardian Legend. Solid game!

Shatterhand is cool. It is actually a reskinned version of the japanese Famicom game "Super Rescue Solbrain". It is a licensed title based on a live-action show of the same name :)

dude amazing games for sure, and what i love about "Broderband games" ??? is "Time Lord" and i got the game well conditioned and still trying to find The Guardian Legend game to this day.

OMG!! Thank you so much for doing this! For the life of me, I could never remember the name of that pinball game!! Now I know how to track it down!

I played a lot of Battle of Olympus, this game reminds me of my daughter when she was a new born, every time her meal time came, I played B.O.O back in 1993

Nostalgia is probably effecting my choices, but Captain Skyhawk, Rad Gravity and MC Kids (yes, the McDonalds game) are solid hidden gems

Excellent video, +MetalJesusRocks. I can recommend you three hidden gems for the NES: 8 Eyes by Taxan, Conquest of the Crystal Palace by Asmik and Jackie Chan by Hudson Soft (also, three of my favorite games for the NES). Greetings from Mexico.

ShatterHand is the US version of Solbrain (Famicom), both are awesome, but I watched Solbrain when I was a kid here in Brazil, great Metal Hero series.

Use a air dryer and blow it onto the label. Once the label area is nice and hot start pulling on it SLOWLY. The adhesive liquifies and will adhere back onto the label itself. Use goo gone to wipe away any remaining residue or stickiness.

amazing job on the 300,000 subs you deserve more keep up the good work live your videos.. really good information

Thought i knew almost all the NES/Famicom games but 6:34 proved me other wise great video!!!

shatterhand was also a totally different game in japan, where as you play a power ranger sort of cop, the cutscenes were also cut out in the versions outside of japan so you'd get less story.

Excellent Video! Need a part 4 now!

Watched about 100 videos of nes top lists trying to find a game I loved when I was a kid my copy must not have had a label cuz I feel like I would have remembered that shatter hand cover

when i started collecting 10 years ago shatterhand was the first game i bought at a flea market for like 4 bucks. amazing game. i ended up selling my collection after hitting 500 nes games and they sat for 5 years...but shatterhand is for sure the most underrated title

I always loved Marble Madness. And of course I have to shout out, as I do on every NES video, A Boy and His Blob.

If famicom games were to be included or get their own videos, I'd say check out Getsu Fuma Den, King Kong 2, Konami Wai Wai World, and Holy Diver. Some NES hidden Gems are the Taito Flintstones games, Duck Tales 2, Goonies 2, and Frakenstein the Monster Returns.

Pinball Quest...I remember that game as a kid years ago.

Dude! G.I. Joe is by far my favorite NES game! Great pick!

Rocking Kats!!!! I am 32 years old, and I thought that I only dreamt that that game existed. Last time I saw it I was maybe 5 or 6 in a store... I wanted it, but I didnt got the money. Since then I have never seen the game, so I almost thought I had dreamt the hole thing. Gaah i got to have that game! :D

Guardian Legend and Crystalis are my two favorite games on the NES, great list.

Battle of Olympus is one of the greatest games ever made.

About those nasty stickers on the labels, according to 16 bit Gems if you blow hot air over the sticker with a hairdryer the glue will melt again and you can remove it with less risk.

Hey guys if you use a hair dryer on the sticker. It heats up and reactivates the glue and makes it easy to peel off. I’m a reseller on eBay and have been using this trick for 15 years.

a hair dryer sometimes helps with sticker removal.

Very great games mentioned I think Startropics is a very great hidden gem as well.

Your list definitely has some of my favorite hidden Gems awesome video 👌🏻🕹👌🏻

Guardian Legend yessss!!! This game has some unique history. Collectors should check out and get a hold of "Goardic Gaiden" (guardic) the Japanese version. It comes with a nifty fabric poster for the wall and the label art is really cool. Try as you might to find the Phone Card featuring TGL as well as the illusive guide book (a thick book filled with illustrations and guides). System D.P. (the character) is my favorite VG Character of all time. Also try to find Guardic for the MSX which is a prequel-type game and was featured in a few arcades. It would have been fun to play it back in the day.

You two sound alike. I always play your videos in the background while at work. And I had some moments where I couldn't tell you apart.

Great vid guys. And great suggestions. I still need shatterhand and kabuki

Games I've played in my childhood from the list: -Guardian Legend (only one day) -Kabuki Quantum Fighter (finished) -Battle of Olympus (finished) -Shatterhand (couldn't finish) Other games not on list: -Uforia (EU only, GREAT game!!!) -Little Samson -Power Blade I guess I played the obscure games back then.

Kabuki Quantum Fighter was one of the games they occasionally had on Nick Arcade

gotta love the newer intro! You should also check the cover art for the european "The Guardian Legend" it's waaay different

Pacman is a pure gem and my favorite game of all time.

Wow, someone finally appreciated Buck o'Hare, which was damn hard for like 10 y.o. (what's funny, after like 15 years i still remember MRX6W password to reach "Escape" level ;O). ZEN Intergalactic Ninja, Kickmaster, Fantastic Adventure of Dizzy, Mickey Mouse: Dream Balloon, Kaiketsu Yanchamaru 3 (in Europe popularized as Super Mario 14 - some homebrew hack) and of course Chip and Dale games.

OMG Rockin' Kats! Finally I remember this long lost game! I used to rent it constantly, but completely forgot what it was called.

I see 3 I mentiond last time =] Kabuki Gi Joe Shatterhand

I had Shatterhand as a kid i had tons of fun with it :)

The Guardian Legend my fav NES game. I even run a fan site with lots of fan art, community and more. This list is really good! All those games are worthy. But I would especially point at Bucky O Hare. It's so highly creative and has just amazing soundtrack. I even made cool music cover of Red Planet. You can find on my channel.

Loved Fire 'N Ice!

I think it would be really cool if you guys made a point to mention whether each game has a save feature or not

I got my Bucky O'Hare for $5 at Game Force in Englewood. I wish I had bought more games back then.

Its great when you bought a game back then just for fun... only to have it become a collectors item and be worth some serious coin.

have them all except I don't think I have Kabuki but Shatterhand is such an awesome game I loved it. I got very far in it but then I couldn't get passed the second to last level or the last level I forget but such a great game.

Always loved the Guardian Legend

M. C. Kids. Hands down the best hidden gem for the NES.

Many people forget this amazing game: Astyanax. Fantastic title of Jaleco.

Nice Captain N the Game Master shirt, that's epic!

1) I have that game! It's rare? I thought it was just obscure. Decent game. 2) This game is great. 3) I've never heard of this game. 4) I've never heard of this. 5) I haven't heard of this one, but it sounds really cool. 6) This was a decent game. Calling it a gem is a bit of a stretch for me, but it's in my collection and gets played every so often. 7) I know the title, but I've never played it. 8) That's a sweet game. I really enjoy this one for its age. 9) This game is one of my top NES games. It's so fun, but a bit easy. I didn't care for the sequel nearly as much. 10) Great RPG, hugely underrated. It was released on Game Boy Color, too. 11) I've seen it in stores, but I never did play it. I should pick it up and give it a try.

I'm curious if the old Jazz the Jackrabbit games for PC in the 90s were based off of Buckey O'Hare? The chatacter and gameplay resemblance is very close.

The Very definition of hidden gem: Mitsume ga Tooru.

*Whomp 'Em* was never mentioned yet? 😧 That one has the best platforming control of any game!

yeeah, "Shatter hand" is an awesome game with incredible gameplay and music. I've played it in 90-s when I was a child. Since we had only pirate cloned-consoles in my country(Ukraine) that were compatible with japanese cartridges, I played japanese version of the game, where robot but not human was the main character in this game. But levels and everything was the same. The funny thing is that cartridges with this game were labeled "Robocop-4":)

I am so excited about getting my NES Classic Mini :) My big sisters had a FamiCom but I was too young to play video games....when I was old enough though, it was already broken :( My parents got me a Sega Genesis which I loved (too much that it blew up ahaha). Now I can play classic NES games xD on my HD tv!!! yuussss!!! I am also getting the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis Classic Console so I can play old school Genesis games!!!