Hidden Gems!

[Bakuma1997]

A movie game yep, but one that actually follows up the movie as a pesudosequel instead of crudely recreating it

 

[TinRattler]

Found a copy of beat down fist of vengeance yesterday at a garage sale
It's pretty good and it's by Capcom

 

[Ikagura]

This is still the best home port of SEGA Rally:
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Which is better since the Saturn was hard to emulate and the PC port was apparently shoddy.

 

[eyixon]

• Samurai Jack: Shadow of Aku
• Shinobi
• Ape Escape 2-3
• Monster Hunter Dos

I'll leave these few to marinate and hopefully get people to try them. I'm currently playing Ape Escape 3.

 

[KenShjIN]

Downhill Domination
Mark of Cre
Shadow of Rome
Hulk
Zone of the Enders
Vietiful Joe
Psi Ops
Okami !

 

[DjQuick2008]

pal version the handling is way better

 

[arkasth]

Dead Head Fred.

 

[Maximecool]

hidden gem

 

[Deleted member 560402]

Rayman 2 is getting a remake

 

[VidiyaGaemer]

State of Emergency comes to mind, it's an obscure Rockstar Games game that.....feels pretty arcade-ey. It's fun to play in bursts and is a good game to emulate on handheld emulation devices like Retroids

 

[Deleted member 868270]

https://retrogametalk.com/repo/psp/ys-seven-usa-undub/

 

[Deleted member 868270]

https://retrogametalk.com/repo/psx-iso/ultima-underworld-the-stygian-abyss-japan/

 

[Maximecool]

Rayman 2 is getting a remake

Wow this fan-made demo is truly beautiful and very well done!

I also want to point out that there was actually an official remake by Ubisoft, exclusive to the PS2, called Rayman Revolution.

It definitely deserves the status of a hidden gem since it’s not the most well-known version.

The game benefited from many changes and improvements, such as a fully interconnected world instead of separate levels, redone graphics and textures, new areas and side quests, extra mini-games, and even additional bosses.

It was released well after the Dreamcast, PS1, N64, and PC versions of Rayman 2, making it the ultimate edition of the game up to this day.

 

[FedexHollow98]

D.I.C.E is a good Racing/Beat em up mash up, IDk if it's based on an anime series but it reminded me of Zoids while i played it, i also loved its unique transparent casing, tried to look for it, but no luck, i fear it was sold or went missing, wich is a shame because bein a original disc i could still play it on PCSX2

I remember have a toy from that anime for Xmas and the toy includes a DVD with certain chapters of the series but in Japanese without subtitles (even though the toy's packaging was in English)

 

[Deleted member 868270]

https://retrogametalk.com/repo/ps2-iso/dirge-of-cerberus-final-fantasy-vii-usa-2/

 

[Ryderdog1332]

I’m able to emulate the original Xbox on my Steam Deck, which I’m pretty excited about since I’ve never owned a Xbox, but I can’t seem to find a ton of games for it. Does anyone have any recommendations for exclusives or even games whose best versions are on the Xbox? For context, here are the games I have so far:

• Burnout 3 - Takedown
• Fable
• Halo
• Halo 2
• Indigo Prophecy
• Jet Set Radio Future
• Ninja Gaiden Black
• Panzer Dragoon Orta
• Psychonauts

 

[Clippy]

 

[Jayonnaise6105 Jayonnaise6105]

I don't know too many other than what you mentioned. Most of my OG Xbox collection do have versions available on other platforms too.

Maybe Blinx the Timesweeper? It's probably not that obscure, but was a game I missed out on back when it came out.

I played Max Payne 1 on OG Xbox recently, but that's available elsewhere.

I love the admittedly shitty WWE Xbox games: WWE Raw, Raw 2 & Wrestlemania 21. Don't know if you'd care for those though

 

[Ryderdog1332]

I don't know too many other than what you mentioned. Most of my OG Xbox collection do have versions available on other platforms too.

Maybe Blinx the Timesweeper? It's probably not that obscure, but was a game I missed out on back when it came out.

I played Max Payne 1 on OG Xbox recently, but that's available elsewhere.

I love the admittedly shitty WWE Xbox games: WWE Raw, Raw 2 & Wrestlemania 21. Don't know if you'd care for those though

Forgot about Blinx lol. I'll definitely be getting that one. Also I heard Max Payne on the PS2 isn't the greatest version so I might just get the Xbox one instead.

 

[bjork]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer is really solid, even if you never watched the show.
Either version of Outrun, both are great.
Link 2004 is pretty good if you like golf at all
You can never go wrong with Phantasy Star Online (no idea if it's playable w/o XBL???)

 

[AlmaElma123]

Breakdown and Metal Dungeon come to mind. Breakdown being a fantastic FPS with a great combat system, characters and story while Metal Dungeon is an RPG dungeon crawler that has a pretty solid RPG system, a good handful of classes with secret classes and a lot of fun extras too.

 

[Deleted member 881671]

Jade Empire
Beyond Good & Evil
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Ninja Gaiden
Darkwatch

 

[DAME NINGEN]

Phantom Crash
Murakumo: Renegade Mech Pursuit

 

[Clippy]

OK, the volleyball game was a bit of a joke on my part but DOA2 Ultimate and DOA3 are solid fighters that are exclusive to the OG Xbox. Other games that come to mind would be Project Gotham Racing and early Forza.

 

[bjork]

Breakdown and Metal Dungeon come to mind. Breakdown being a fantastic FPS with a great combat system, characters and story while Metal Dungeon is an RPG dungeon crawler that has a pretty solid RPG system, a good handful of classes with secret classes and a lot of fun extras too.

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Metal Dungeon shoutout, wow! I had this and thought it was pretty decent but had forgotten about it until I saw this post. Xicat had another title called Blackstone that I remember having too, but I remember zero about the game itself.