Retro Video Game One-Hit Wonders - Retro Bird 

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I grabbed this video and smashed the like button with my face. Ristar! Keep up the good work.

Im a 2000s kid and was gifted a used nes in the box. Everything was there the zapper the controllers the manuals. EVERYTHING! This was the early 2000s but even then the Zapper amd duck hunt fascinated me. Heck even now the technology and what we were able to achieve back then with so little fascinates me.

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The fun thing about TREASURE is that their sequels are usually improvements on older games with a new paint job & name - like how Dynamite Headdy expands on McD's Treasure Land Adventure's grappling and Guardian Heroes expanding on the multiplane fighting from their Yu Yu Hakusho 4 player Genesis game.

For me personally one game that definitely feels like a One Hit wonder is Billy Hatcher & The Giant Egg by Sonic Team on the Nintendo Gamecube. It's a very fun 3D platformer similar to other 3D platformers at the time. Unfortunately it was a commercial flop & Billy Hatcher just makes cameo appearances only in games like Sonic Racing.

Pretty funny that I found this video today of all days when Act Raiser got a remake announced. Great content!

I loved Zombies Revenge on the Dreamcast. It’s still one of my favorites. It’s just unique to me.

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ActRaiser 2 was fantastic, you just can’t compare both. But taken as the game it is, it had great atmosphere, graphics and sound. The controls where difficult and the level of difficulty can be seen as a 2D Dark Souls. I would love for a remake like ActRaiser 1 got.

I bought mole mania at target in 1997 it’s an awesome game, played it nonstop !!

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Enjoying the content, keep it up. Also Ristar is a banger, I remember playing that and ranger x on a genesis hand me down as a kid.

Another kind of obscure Sonic Team one-hit wonder was *Burning Rangers* on the Saturn. I still consider it quite underrated and would have loved to see a remake or sequel for it on modern hardware.

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Great video as usual! Congrats on 2,000 subs!

Hi Retro Bird. I really enjoy your channel.

I just scored Little Red Ridding Hood Zombie BBQ on the Nintendo DS at a moving sale! They were asking 10 bucks, but I gave them a twenty & they were happy. A win win for both of us. I didn't realize Mole Mania on the GB was a one hit wonder. Cool stuff. Also I'm one of the few who really did like Act Raiser 2 on the SNES! More so than the original, shhhh don't tell anyone. Ha-Ha!!

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This was a cool video idea! Loved it. Here are some of my favorite one hit wonders from various consoles I have. Nes: Bucky O Hare Snes: Sunset Riders N64: Conkers Bad Fur Day Gamecube: Skies of Arcadia Legends Wii: The Last Story PS1: Einhander PS2: Haunting Ground PS3: 3D Dot Game Heroes Xbox 360: Lost Odyssey Sega Cd: Freakin SNATCHER - Would love a sequel to this. Sega Saturn: Albert’s Odyssey & Magic Knight Rayearth Turbografix 16: Ninja Spirit Those are some of my favorite 1 Hit wonders I wish would get sequels that I own.

Sword of Vermilion for the Genesis...I loved that game growing up.

Ristar is easily a top 5 Genesis game for me. So good with the perfect difficulty curve. Great video man!

On the Nintendo DS, Elite Beat Agents. Criminally underrated. On the NES, there are so many but the two that stand out to me personally are Abadox and The Adventures of Bayou Billy.

Resogun. Sure the developers of that game have made other shooters, but Resogun was the game they were most known for.

LMAO at the zoom in at 5:00

Excellent video!

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Kid Chameleon . It feels like it's almost endless.

Hilarious video retro bird!

A modern one hit wonder? Mutant Mudds. Excellent platforming, great enemy design, absolutely stellar soundtrack. Where on earth is the sequel!? Ahhhgggg

Game Boy Advance got sequels to both Gunstar Heroes and Guardian Heroes. It also got Astro Boy: Omega Factor. Freaking awesome games!

Some of my favorite one-hit wonders include Axelay, Hagane: The Final Conflict, Mischief Makers and Jet Force Gemini. One game that had sequels but didn't feel the same was Ninja Gaiden Black on the Xbox; 2 and 3 had their fun moments, but the first one had a much more adventurous aspect that I greatly appreciated and wished could have been continued in the later games. Also the cinematic cutscenes were amazing, but that's more of a cosmetic thing.

I can't believe no one else has mentioned it, but The Legend Of Dragoon! Only one game with no sequels or anything that people still love so much. Lots of people really want a remake, or at least a remaster of it. So good!

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I think Zero the kamikaze squirrel on the Snes is one of greatest one-hit wonders ever. Love that game.

Ristar and X-Men 2. Legendary games. At least Ristar is available on Steam. Its such a simple game, but its so good. Wish that X-Men 2 game also got the same treatment. Was a good game. Vector Man, I see that game all the time. Its been forever since I've really played it though.

One hit wonders for me include weapon lord and soldiers of fortune. Nights into dreams falls into that category of being the only one worth owning even though there was a sequel on the Wii.

Alundra is what I would consider a one hit wonder. The sequel went 3D and we never got anymore. It's on park or better than Link to the Past

Rastan, The Legendary Axe, Comix Zone.

My one hit wonders Billy Hatcher , Nights, and Dynamite Heady those are my favorite one hit wonders

I think Shock Troopers is still the very best of its type...i do have a soft spot for the Michael Jackson arcade game though....thank you Michael !

I haven't heard anyone say that advance guardian heroes isnt a good game, first for everything! Really enjoy your videos.

Great video man

I guess I wouldn’t call it a one hit wonder, but I always loved Beetle Adventure Racing on the N64. Maybe I would call it a cult classic as I have heard other people really liking it. Hey, maybe you could do a video game cult classic video!

Sonic Team was a one hit wonder machine back in the day. On top of Ristar and Chu Chu Rocket, you had Samba de Amigo, Burning Rangers, and NiGHTS into Dreams (since Journey of Dreams didn't really hold up to the original).

Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge for original Xbox. It sold great and was praised then and now.

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I never heard of ristar before but I want to play it now. I hope it's on my modded wii that I bought. Didn't look yet

Some games that I would consider one hit wonders... Katamari Demacy Master Blaster (new sequels are from a different developer) Little Nemo Blast Corps Diddy Kong Racing Perfect Dark (if you don’t count Goldeneye) Eternal Darkness Parapa the Rappa Wii Fit Black and White Space Station Silicon Valley Track and Field II Darkwing Duck Secret of Mana (no US sequel until we got the collection recently) Conkers Bad Fur Day

While there were sequels to Altered Beast, it's surprising there wasn't one for the Genesis/Mega Drive.

Baten Kaitos Origins bummed me out witching it’s first hour. All I wanted was as more of that first game, and I got none.

Diddy Kong Racing, Ice Climber, and Forgotten World, Ristar, Mole Mania, and Knights of the Round are all one-hit wonders which are long overdue for sequels, as I see if! The Kid Icarus series could also potentially count, as Myths & Monsters for the Gameboy and Uprising for the 3DS both failed to attain the popularity of the original NES/FDS classic title or spawn much of a franchise out of it.

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i honestly love actraiser 2 it has great graphics and music and i got used to the flight after a while

When I hear about one hit wonders I always think about Sunset Riders,Gain Grounds and Ecco the dolphin. In arcade games the COW game from Konami, Spinmaster and Prehistoric Isle 2

Mole Mania Great game with A great Soundtrack. 👍

My personal take is a weird one, but for me it was an SNES game based on a license, The Mask. I really like the atmosphere and soundtracks in that game. I heard they were going to make one for the SEGA Genesis but it was delayed and never came out. What a shame😢

I know Gunstar Heroes got a remake/sequel on the Game Boy Advance called Gunstar Super Heroes

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@1:53 actually yes you did. Sega answered that question well before you answered it with the 2nd line of text on the back of the box. Ristar is a portmanteau...the Japanese LOVE doing this to English words.

Ranger X, King of Dragons, Dynamite Headdy, Spawn: In the Demon's Hand, Mischief Makers, Fatal Labyrinth, Knights of the Round, Batman Returns, Mace: The Dark Age, Alien Storm, Jedi Power Battles

I feel the need to defend Actraiser 2. It is a very good game and is well regarded amongst people who beat hard games. Diamond Longplays and Gameplay and Talk, I think, both do playthroughs on their channel. I beat it a few years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. Top 5 hardest game on the SNES. I think it is undeserving of it's bad reputation. Probably because it is much harder than the first Actraiser. In addition to Actraiser, Quintet also developed Soulblazer, Illusion of Gaia and Teranigma. All of these games have a very similar feel.

Snake rattle n roll... KILLER game on the NES, why its not more revered or why there weren't follow ups(other than the 2D Gameboy flop)i have no idea

Oh my gosh 😂 I cracked up at the reason why Nintendo will never make a Duck Hunt sequel. Hahaha!

Biker Mice From Mars (SNES) Street Racer (SNES and others) And some 3+ player Arcade beat´em ups.

Jet li rise to honor for the ps2 is an example I can think of

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For me, this series is more of a 2 hit wonder, and in my opinion, the History Channel: Civil War games 'A Nation Divided' and 'Secret Missions' come to mind, because these are among the few games that I think offer a great history lesson outside of the typical World War II first person shooters. I have 'A Nation Divided' on PS2 and 'Secret Missions' on PS3. I wish these History Channel video games would still be made today.

4:43 More entries in the Treasure Heroes series please, Treasure

Shatterhand Power Blade Vice Project Doom Yes, I'm a NES fan!

I think that even though there were two Star Tropics, I think they could've done with at least one more game, either in 2D or 3D. I'd like to see how they would handle the game in 3D.

I'm thinking about Vagrant Story on ps1. Amazing atmosphere but never a sequel...

NiGHTS is also a one hit wonder idk how well journey of dreams sold but it’s pushed so far aside

Hopefully Sakurai doesn't have any glass flavored Hot Pockets while he's stuck in the attic slaving away on the next Smash Bros. 1:22 I see what you did there. Perfect timing. LOL Do you consider consoles to be one hit wonders? I'm still waiting for the Nintendo 2 and Gameboy 2.

original bubsy game was not only a one hit wonder for accolade but also for the franchise bc it was the only game in the series that has sold well and was well received

Part of me really wants to say Toejam and Earl. I know it got a sequel, but it honestly isn't that good. Kid Dracula also comes to mind, and I could probably make some arguments for games from obscure systems like the Vectrex or Neo Geo Pocket Color.

alex kidd in miracle world is a one hit wonder like yes there are 5 sequels but only one of them plays like miracle world and none of them are nearly as popular, even if shinobi world is a well liked game it’s not one many people have played

I COMPLETELY agree with you about Acraiser. I have played the first one over and over, but the second one absolutely sucks!!!

A lot of great shmups are one hit wonders, Sega Saturn and the Sega Dreamcast has boatloads of them.

North and South. Mediocre game but grows on you. Watching it play both sides by itself is just as much fun as playing it. I love it!

I think Ristar is pronounced Rye-Star, because it's a contraction of Rising Star. Anyway, some other one hit wonders are Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (PSX), Mischief Makers (N64), Diddy Kong Racing (N64), Spec Ops: The Line (Xbox 360), and Binary Domain (Xbox 360).

How about rocket robot on wheels on the N64 which is sucker punch's first game it's an excellent platformer with a crazy good physics engine for the time a sequel would've been awsome and it still would be

my topic... is games i wanted sequils for that never happend... super metroid.. and castlevania symphony of the night.. with the same graphic style.. i know about the gba ones.. but its just not the same

Playstation 1 - METAL ARMS! If any game needs a reboot it's this one. Total one hit wonder and could be amazing with a remaster.

I've never heard of X-Men 2. 🧐 The only X-Men game I've ever played is the arcade beat-em-up.

Rastan is a 1 Hit Wonder.

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Guardian Heroes and Gunstar Heroes being considered the same franchise is like saying Super Smash Bros is a sequel to Super Mario Bros lol!

One-off game that TECHNICALLY had a sequel (tho I never played it) that I absolutely love is StarTropics. Come on, Nintendo! Please bring StarTropics back, or at the VERY least bring Zoda's Revenge to Switch Online!

So many great games mentioned between this video and the comments section! It almost hurts a little to think that these were never followed up on... or never got worthy follow-ups, anyway. (Especially when there are so many sequels out there that the world doesn't need.) The N64 was packed with one-hit wonders, now that I think of it. Or maybe it wasn't. Half of Rare's output- and all of Rockstar/DMA's- was made up of cool one-off titles... but not all of them were even necessarily a hit. (Guess it depends... for "hits", are we talking about good games, critically-acclaimed games, or popular games?) Also, obligatory mention of Vexx, an underrated Mario 64 clone with a somewhat darker fantasy vibe. (Also arguably a no-hit wonder.) A sequel was pitched (which would have delivered on the embarrassingly edgy attitude that the first game pretended to have), but got cancelled early on, because of poor sales and/or Acclaim's financial woes.

The Getaway on the Playstation 2 with it's impressively detailed map of Central London, possibly the greatest city map on PS2 even if the game itself was only an alright GTA clone. It did, of course, get a sequel, the Getaway: Black Monday, but it used essentially the same map with only one new small pocket of London that wasn't on the map for the first game, a few interiors, and some minor facelifts (including removing all Starbucks, probably for licensing reasons). If the Getaway had been a Playstation 3 game, Black Monday would almost certainly have been DLC rather than a full retail game. But the Getaway didn't get a next gen follow-up, or a next next gen follow-up, and I don't think it will be getting a next next next gen followup on PS5 even though I'd love to return to an open world London with real-world storefronts. At least there's Watchdogs: Legion for slightly futuristic open world London, though I don't think it has any real-world stores.

Perfect Dark... Perfect Dark zero was so disappointing!

Wait. My whole diet consists of hot pockets amd bottled water tho. And powdered protein shake from sams club cuz aint nobody got time for that.

Was "Glover" for the N64 considered a good game? Also, "Conker's Bad Fur Day" didn't get a sequel as much as it got a remake, right? And "Space Station Silicon Valley" is another one, to my knowledge.

Glover, Conker, Kameo.

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