The Best Video Games That Get Ignored - Retro Bird 

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You know what I can’t ignore? How satisfying your shirt colors in the thumbnails alternate perfectly & evenly when viewing your channel videos on my iPad: blue and yellow on the left and green and red on the right 😊

For me I think the game that definitely gets ignored a lot is Eternal Darkness on the GameCube

Shadow Dancer is a pretty great game that often gets ignored in favor of Shinobi 3 and Revenge of Shinobi. If you want a great arcade style Shinobi game with a more reasonable difficulty, it's a great choice!

Shining Force II is the perfect RPG and strategy combination. It's simply amazing

I haven't played biker mice from Mars in years! I loved how you got to upgrade your bike after each race. Sadly it's not worth the price tag nowadays.

Shining force 2.... what a bloody great game. Truly an under appreciated series. RPG's are kind a like that though, especially on the genesis. The phantasy star series and brave battle saga games are also great sega role play games.

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Shining Force 2 definitely needs more attention. top notch game!

Dirty dog trick: buy Japanese shining force 1 & 2 complete in box. Sf2 came in cardboard box in US and Japanese versions have cooler box art can be found for around $20

Purchased & loved golden eye when it came out! It was top shelf. Dual sticks weren't standard yet. Honestly, it was new & fresh with "awesome" graphics (bk then.. seriously). Shoot an arm, he holds that individual arm. And your right bird, we didn't stop and aim, just slid in rambo style on sum auto aim. I hate to sound old, but actually being a kid switching from 2d into 3d creates a different kind of appreciation for games like this.

Shinning Force is incredible.

Biker Mice from Mars is a great racing game. It's up there with Mario Kart IMO. Playing a FPS game with two analog sticks? Haha. Who would do that? That's never going to take off and become the standard in the future.

Shining Force 2 is one of my all time favorites. My oldest brother used to read the dialogue to me when I was just a little kid, and he would voice act too. I was so mesmerized by how colorful and fun of a game it is. Sword of Hajya on the Game Gear is also an absolute gem. SF 3 improved several things but it does have some weird flaws. You kinda need a strategy guide to get through the more cryptic parts.

Fossil Fighters is one on the DS that definitely is underrated if it weren't for Jaiden and RPGMonger people wouldn't even know about it but I've played through Fossil Fighters and Fossil Fighters Champions still have the cartridges. Reccomend giving it a shot!

"Biker Mice" is a reminder of just how good SNES graphics can be. 👍

For me it has to be Super Mario 3D Land on the 3DS. Feel like tons of people state it's too easy & don't play it much. Too easy is what made Hand Helds a success as it was easier to beat as they couldn't store as much on a smaller cartridge. I feel since it had Super Mario on it they expected more from it, but I really do enjoy it & I hide it in my house because I love it so much. However, I no longer know where that top secret spot is. No X-Mas Miracles this year, going to have to face up to it & buy it again. Merry Christmas to all & to all a Very Merry Retro Game Play!

I'll give my nomination for Star Fox Assault. People know it exists but it always gets ignored, while Star Fox 64 gives all the love and praise.

Id have to go with 007 nightfire being forgotten but great. Merry christmas birdman!

Shining Force and Christmas NiGHTS in the same video? Awesome.

Two low-key games that need more love: Jurassic Park (SNES) I'll admit, I was initially just attracted to this game because of all the buzz about it being in Dolby Surround. That was incredibly cool, and still is -- particularly considering that, at the time, most people were still playing their SNES in mono, over RF. But it turns out, the game is a unique and interesting mix of overhead puzzle/combat, and a rudimentary first-person shooter. Worth checking out just to see Ocean's ambitious trail-blazing. Gremlins II (GameBoy) Yet another side-scrolling platformer, but it's a lot of fun -- and I wish you luck getting those super catchy tunes out of your head, even 30 years later. Play it in stereo.

I'm at that age where sometimes I'd rather just stare at the wall than do anything else. Old age...

I immediately recognized Shining Force in the thumbnail. Final Fantasy has some phenomenal games, but Shining Force 1-3 is legendary.

Christmas Nights is a gem. It also makes use of Saturn hardware, like the real-time clock, in ways other games never did. I haven’t tried it in years, but you could set your Saturn clock to different holidays, and the game had special modes. I remember Christmas Day specifically, but I’m pretty sure at least new year’s was another, and maybe there were more (just looked it up, and yes there are multiple special dates). That wasn’t a feature I saw in games on any console for at least another 10 years, and also this game was originally free..

How about Croc for the PS1? I never played it as a kid but I remember seeing magazine ads and thinking it looked cool. I finally picked it up a few years ago and really enjoyed it. Ya, it has tank controls but the levels are designed around it and the game has a lot of charm. I haven't played the sequel yet but definitely will at some point.

One of the things Goldeneye does that makes it so fun and better than many more contemporary 1st person shooters is how enemies react to being shot. If you shoot an enemy once in the body, he reacts by stumbling and taking a couple moments before regrouping and returning fire. Many more recent games have bullet sponge enemies that just take bullets without reacting until they are suddenly killed.

I don't know if people give Retro Bird enough credit. He kind of started a genre, here, that I haven't really seen utilized. I might be wrong.

Christmas Contra would be a cool game. I wonder how many Christmas themed games have been made.

This guy is so underrated.

Sonic in Christmas Knights is pretty cool. He runs around like in Sonic 3D Jam and he can jump really high, and you have to collect all of the blue orbs in the 3D mode, which was really neat. As a kid I would have lost my mind and probably put a hundred hours into it.

Glad to see some love for GoldenEye - I say this as someone who played the game in later years around 2013 or so and had fun with it. My personal favorite that gets ignored a lot is Jet Force Gemini for the N64 - there's a lot about it I imagine people find rough to return to, but for me it was a pretty big game when it came out in terms of scale and exploration. I wasn't as into the Zelda games of that time (though they are great in their own right) but I resonated with Jet Force as sort of a sci-fi equivalent to an open-world action-adventure game, with more reliance on guns and straight action. It also has the same problem people might have with GoldenEye trying to aim awkwardly when the game has its own sort of auto-aim you can lean into, with few parts that require aiming like the bosses. Still a fantastic game in my eyes and I feel it deserves a good remake that could smooth out the rough edges for new players (though it's nice to even have it available via Rare Replay and NSO).

I'm with you, Retro Bird! Goldeneye 007 is a gem and always will be. People that say it's aged bad didn't play it enough, or they would be able to pick it back up like riding a bike. One of the best campaigns ever! Another game that gets ignored is Amped 2 Snowboarding on original XBOX. Still the best snowboarding game I've ever played!

Shining Force II is one of the best games ever made. Single-handedly got me into RPG style games. I still replay it to completion every few years.

I had no idea Shining Force II or Golden Eye were ignored by anyone! Both are amazing games! For Golden Eye the best control option is the one that lets you move with the C buttons and aim with the stick (in my opinion). Easily one of the best multiplayer games of all time, perhaps the best.

You made a great point about goldeneye vs. modern shooters. The whole game is designed around the control scheme, so there's really no reason to feel like it doesn't play well. It actually plays just fine for what it is, and what it is is FUN! I absolutely adore this game. I play through it on 00 agent difficulty every couple of years. I'm really glad you made it a point to call out how amazing the music is because it can't be overstated.

I nominate Bucky O’Hare for NES

Pro tip: Play Goldeneye like Turok. Change the controls to where the up and down c buttons make you move forward and back. It leaves the analog free to look up and down and it isn't so awkward.

7:35 ah the good old days when playing an FPS you just ran around for power ups/objectives and got into a circle-strafing battles... fun times

Playing shining force right now on my Panasonic Tau! Beautiful game.

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So here's the thing about dual analog mode with golden eye. If you're playing on an emulator, you can set up a modern controller to have inputs from port 1 and 2 for a much more modern feeling control scheme. Dual remote might have been an odd curiosity back in the day, but if you reuse the function with a little remapping, then the game will play a lot better with modern controls.

You're correct in that I have been ignoring Shining Force II. I haven't played much of the Shining games, save Shining In The Darkness. They just seem like more of a time sink than I want to give them. On the Genesis, I think Ranger X is ignored more than it should be. I could say the same for the good Sega CD games too: Silpheed, Robo Aseste, etc.

i was surprised to see goldeneye on this list but i get the point. i find it quite interesting, too, because i *much* prefer the way the n64 first person shooters played ; i never could get the hang of the dual analog model, i feel much more confortable with all directions on one stick and strafing with the c-buttons. i remember a few "modern" fps allowed for a similar setting by swaping turning and strafing on the sticks, but i haven't played a fps on console since 2008...

I was in high school when the N64 was released and man, I STILL love those games. They have barely aged at all for me!! And everything you said about 007 resonated with me, the mission briefings, the objectives, the satisfaction, the level design, etc. And it seems like there’s always more to challenge you. I’ve beat the game on Agent, but stuck on Secret Agent in that level where you have to protect Natalya while she’s hacking the computer. I’ve come soooo close to beating it, but it keeps me coming back for more. For me personally, that game is highly addicting.😮

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I agree on all of them... plus any reason to get someone playing NiGHTS is a good thing. Seeing Biker Mice from Mars gave me an idea.. that isometric 3/4 view was used a lot back then, but seems less common these days. Sonic 3D Blast, RC Pro AM, Mario RPG, Light Crusader...it stretches across a lot of genres. It would be cool to list the best 3/4 view games 👍

For the longest time for me it was the Xenoblade series. But then I finally decided to play through the games this past summer and it was one of the greatest gaming experiences I’ve ever had.

Tenchu Stealth Assassins: It's a bit of a janky game especially by todays standards, but there still hasn't really been a game that has surpassed the feeling of being a Ninja. Games like Ghost of Tsushima and Sekiro are great, but they aren't Tenchu. Maybe this is a strange take, but I actually enjoyed it more than Metal Gear Solid in terms of as a stealth experience. Breath of Fire Dragon Quarter: The problem is that they named this game Breath Of Fire, when it doesn't really resemble the other games on the SNES/PS1 at all. This game would have done much better if they named it something else. I do think there's a good game beneath it all though. Yoshi's Story: Many people don't like this game or it seemed to gets a very bad reception, but I don't really think its as bad as people say. The music is good and the game is very colorful. I think there's way more good than bad.

Definitely going to check out shining force but just want to say Nightfire in my option was an excellent fps bond game.

Shatterhand is a forgotten NES action platform game. One of my favourite game ever.

From the moment I learned that 007 could be played with two controllers, it became the way that game was always played in single player. Being able to run and gun in it was a great change of pace and it seemed really likely that the times to beat a level for the harder to unlock content was probably set based on some one playing that way. When I was a kid I couldn't remember what Shining game was what so I just bought everything with Shining in the name, problem solved. Had a similar aspect that I liked from Sword of Vermilion where there were multiple perspectives to the game play. Biker Mice from Mars was fun but Galaxy 5000 on the NES made it hard for me to play other games like it. I got Nights into Dreams on Steam but I never feel like playing it since I probably spent over 50 hours watching a friend playing it growing up. After watching some one that had put hundreds of hours into the game play through it nearly flawlessly over and over again my brain pretty much tells me, "We did it!" then I move on to something else.

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My Picks for ignored games would be - Donkey Kong 1994 for the (Super) Gameboy - Mole Mania for the (Super) Gameboy -Tombi (PS1) (really great game) - Little Nemo - The Dream Master (NES) - Zoda's Revenge - Star Tropics II (NES) - Shadow Dancer (Sega Mega Drive / Genesis)

Who in their right mind ignores Shining Force 2?

I love your videos, but I politely disagree about Goldeneye. A lotta peepul still love it and you might trigger WWIII by even saying anything good or bad about it, it's not ignored IMHO. On the other hand, PERFECT DARK and the original MEDAL OF HONOR (which are like the successors of Godeneye) are completely forgotten. I even wonder if I fever dreamed both of these games. And Perfect Dark pushed the n64 to it's absolute limit.

Honestly, all the games on the 3DS as one giant conglomerate, specifically Mario Kart 7. People always say "it has no personality" or that it just isn't interesting to return to, and so most people completely overlook MK7 because of this idea that it isn't as good as the other entries when in reality, it was probably the most impactful Mario Kart in the entire series. It not only introduced kart customization, but single lap races with checkpoints, a submarine mode for when your car goes underwater instead of just being reset, an air mode so you can use a glider to gain farther distance through the sky, and it's track selection is among one of the best in the series. All the previous things I mentioned went on to appear in all the subsequent Mario Kart games, even if that only refers to MK8 + MK8 Deluxe, and Tour. Music Park, neo Bowser City, DK Jungle, are all awesome tracks I can always replay, and MK7 Rainbow Road is undoubtedly the BEST Rainbow Road track in any Mario Kart, no questions asked it is out of question. It has probably the oddest roster of any mainline Mario Kart, which is part of the reason it's usually ignored but I think it makes for a more charming game, and Mario Kart physics have never felt as good as they felt there. It literally changed how we viewed Mario Kart, so the fact so many people sleep on it is ridiculous to me. I would take Mario Kart 7 in a heartbeat against Super Mario Kart, MK64, Super Circuit, and even MK Wii and DS. Still, MK8 is basically all the best parts of MK7, refined with even more features, DLC and new additions too like a third drift boost tier and the anti-gravity shmuck which is more a novelty than anything since it doesn't really change how the game feels, but whatever. I just think too many people sleep on MK7, it does not get the love it deserves for all it did for the Mario Kart franchise.

About playing Night into Dreams Christmas edition in the month of July is OK... Camper's christmas! Le noel des Campeurs ! July 24th to 25th. At the record store I worked for we always sold christmas music in July as well! (Once a year minimum)

The best fruit that gets ignored bananas 🍌

For Golden Eye... Can't imagine I haev to defend it in the modern age, cuz I always put up a defense of Star Fox 64 against it... Star Fox 64 #1 on N64, but I can say Golden i top 5 whoever you are. Not perfect, But it is still amazing as ever for what it is . For aiming with the controls of the N64 : Think to Spread across their chest as you constantly move... you'll hit a lung or the heart, might end up in the throat, the rtachea, the ehad... so yah : large upper torso region is a win ! If you play mutiplayer, use oddjob, and KNEEL !

So, I had never heard of Rocket Knight Adventures until a few years ago. My son was playing in the woods and he brought me this Sega Genesis game that he found buried in the leaves and dirt (aparently for many years it was buried) called Rocket Knight Adventures. It was filthy and rusted up a bit, but I was able to take it apart and really clean it. Lucky, that is all it needed and it works great now. What a great game! That is the best game that someone has ever given me where they found it buried in the woods! I 100% agree, everyone should play Rocket Knight Adventures.

Absolutely Ranger X....loved the game in my childhood and today it's way to expensive for me to obtain. But why were flashcarts invented anyway? :D

I really like Nights and Shining Force. Never played Biker Mice sadly. Golden Eye is a hard pass for me. My suggestion would be Culdcept.

Stunt Race Fx for SNES does it for me. Automobiles with eyes and personality, it's just oozing with charm and more than makes up for the horrible frame rate.

Metal Arms Glitch in the System is one of my favorite 6th generation games. You play as a Robot in a war among robots. No nasty humans to be found. Most of the weapons are to be expected like laser riffles, machine guns and rocket launchers but you also get some creative stuff like a sawblade gun to cut down wires. My favorite part is later in the game when you have to stay unnoticed so instead of using regular weapons you use a hacking gun that tranfers your mind into another robot body. This opens up the gameplay to a godlike funlevel I didn't know possible at the time. You can take over a Titan and gun down everything in your way with 2 miniguns or my personal favorite. Take over a bladebot. These robots don't have a strong long distance attack but they have a jetpack that allows them to fly very quickly. This way you can be in melee range in no time and slice open everything in fron of you. I played it on PS2 but there are also GC and Xbox versions.

Biker Mice was such a sick game! You’re right, no one talks about it either. I remember playing it in the 90s. Such a gem.

If you like golden eye, you should give Black a look. It plays like a modern fps, similar mision structure and quality soundtrack.

My little bros favorite game was Shing Force 2. So much that he insisted on being called Chester. My friends insisted on calling him Chester Cheeto after that. Ahh good times

😢 How do you only have 46k subs? I've been coming here more often than any other retro gaming channel. I hope this holiday packs you a new year worth new subscribers 🎉 cheers, to your road to the top sir ❤

A buddy of mine let me borrow his Silver Surfer for NES. It's really not a hard game when it comes to the shooting, but barely touching a wall and dying is annoying. I don't want to ignore it, but I can see why people do.

NBA Hangtime Not NBA Jam not NBA Jam TE BEST SPORTS GAME OF THE ALL TIME = NBA HANGTIME FOR THE SNES

I have to check out Nights. Good point about holiday themes in games. Hoping to play Medevil one day. Has those eerie Halloween vibes

We knew a kid that was kinda annoying but we still like associated with him. We were talking about rpgs and he was like u guys played shining force? He let me and a couple of friends that could actually stand him. The pc disc he had had kid chameleon sonic 1 and shining force 1...were the he'll did he get that disc

Sadly my real Sega Genesis because i have no god @#$$ time! Atleast my switch gives me my Sega goodness. Yum

Blast Corps on N64 by Rare is my pick! Well reviewed game but everyone looks past it at the other Rare titles that were significantly more popular at the time

are you familiar with the NES cartridge "quattro arcade"? it has 4 genuenly great games that hadn't age a day, i believe it's by the developer codemasters

I feel like this is real problem for my collection. I've got games across a lot of generations (GeniSNES to current) & I wish I had more time to play them than I have. My poor Dreamcast collected dust most of 2023 & same with most of my retro consoles despite wanting to & planning to not have that happen... There's always 2024, right? Can't possibly be as insane for new releases I'm interested in... Looks at January through February & notices 5 titles I want to play day one.... I need help.

Perfect Dark over Golden Eye any day of the week. Plus the port on Rare Replay has improved frame rate and dual analog controls. Goldeneye can suck a big one hahaha

I feel like Project X Zone and it’s sequel aren’t ever talked about enough. Very fun games.

The very best thing about Goldeneye was the awesome 4 player mode. Just brilliant!

Love everything you said about GoldenEye! It's so true that folks don't know how to play it because it plays so differently than other FPS. Practice strafing and don't look up/down - then you're golden!

Ill say Vexx. The 6th generation of gaming had so many good action platformers (Ratchet and Clank, Prince of Persia, Jak and Daxter etc etc). That a few of them are bound to fall through the cracks.

Gi Joe- NES Pirates of Dark water - SNES Gauntlet legends - N64

In feel like Sparkster and Rocket Knight on the 360 are those Games for you? :) And I want to mention Perfect Dark in this List more than Goldeneye because Golden Eye knows everyone..

I played through Goldeneye on Nintendo Switch Online earlier this year and had a great time - definitely holds up today for me :)

Biker Mice has been one of my favorites ever since I got to try it on an emulator in the early 2000s. Amazing stuff

I'm a simple creature. I see Shining Force 2, I watch Shining Force 2.

Shining Force is a Hidden Gem. This game needs more love from everyone.

Bushido Blade is another game that doesn't get enough love. It's a great fighting game for getting some friends together and just going at it over and over, with how quick the fights finish. And aside from most of the Saturn library being unfairly ignored, I feel like Langrisser, ChoroQ, and Shadow Hearts are three series that definitely don't get as much love as they should

The Unholy War on PS1 is a very fun game that gets ignored.

That Landstalker could certainly use some more love from the youth.

I officially need labour day weekend variants of games. Pronto please

The Firemen for SNES. Not released in the US, both a great Christmas game and often ignored game.

Shining force 2 is one of my all time favorites. I always seem to come back to it every couple of years.

So...does the video have Rat Attack? Haven't watched 30 seconds into it yet

I feel like DinoCity for the SNES isn't mentioned as often as it deserves.

Forreal i have bought many ps3 games i havent even played yet! 😅😂

Rare Replay compilation on the X-Box One is pretty awesome!

Shining the holy ark (saturn) and super smash tv (snes) !