What are some games you feel are Hidden Ge... err... I mean Criminally Overlooked?

@Johnnygrafx

4 жыл бұрын

B.O.B. on the genesis. Nobody ever talks about it but it's great.

@kakashi101able

4 жыл бұрын

Gamesack. What do you guys think of the Sims. I have never heard you guys mention this franchise?

@starlightwitch12

4 жыл бұрын

Talk about the Front Mission franchise, Joe. The franchise has seven games (6 strategy games and three action games), but only four got released in the west (3,4, the DS remake of 1 and Evolved)

@Bolchevsky1

4 жыл бұрын

Hidden Jems you say?

@imwatchingvideoz

4 жыл бұрын

The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy on the Gamecube and PS2 (I think) it is a very good and difficult Power stone clone, and a rare licensed game that is actually amazing. Lots of fan service too, not just a cash in.

Glad you enjoyed Genji: Dawn of the Samurai, Joe! 😀

@gunterke

4 жыл бұрын

Can we expect an in depth historical analysis of the Gamer Glove in the near future on your channel, Norm? :)

@thewiirocks

4 жыл бұрын

I was forced to upvote the video for the decade and a half old jokes he make while playing the game. He just needed to flip something upside down before performing... MASSIVE DAMAGE

@BlueflagAlpha

4 жыл бұрын

No one would know Genji if it wasn't for enemy crab

@AlucardsQuest

4 жыл бұрын

@@BlueflagAlpha It's historically accurate! Gaming Historian proved it!

@TheCoolDave

4 жыл бұрын

I never heard of this one, and it's one I WILL be playing....Thanks for the heads up..

The only channel I trust to bring me quality hidden gems on the systems. I can only stand so many "hidden Gems #265" videos showing me Zelda on the GBA and another port of Hydro Thunder ;) THIS is where you find the quality! Cheers mate

That tracking intro shot for Growl was pretty cool!

@meganking2949

2 жыл бұрын

better go buy up all the copies and get them graded then

"Manly milk buttons" is now my favorite phrase ever

@bigdumbjosh

4 жыл бұрын

Did you just say tits?

@BlueflagAlpha

4 жыл бұрын

@@bigdumbjosh breast

@garou1911

4 жыл бұрын

@Sandman Slim I challenge you to deny the power of my Mighty Manly Milk Buttons

Joe, you are an underlooked gem of a guy

@haaxxx9

4 жыл бұрын

Hell yea he is! He even won a Porsche too!

@Jesse__H

4 жыл бұрын

lol ... underlooked. Funny how that's totally wrong English but makes basically the same sense as the correct phrase, "overlooked." Language is weird.

@Jesse__H

4 жыл бұрын

@Michael O Callaghan I'd be interested to hear your corrections of those phrases! I have my MA in English lit and I teach English for a living. Of course, that doesn't mean I'm infallible, but I don't see anything particularly wrong with the grammar in that comment. Some diction changes, like "totally incorrect" instead of "totally wrong," but that's it, and that's more of a stylistic choice. Since we're now defensively picking apart each other's youtube comments I will mention that periods always go _inside_ quotation marks. 👉😉👉 Of course that's not a big deal, none of this is (which was the point of my first comment btw).

@Jesse__H

4 жыл бұрын

Some people just want to pick a fight I guess 🤷‍♂️ Pretty sure he didn't read a single thing I said ... guy just really doesn't like the idea of people talking about language choices. You could say he _overlooked_ the content of my comments. Boom. Dad humor. 😇

Did you know that if you say "Hidden Gem!" three times into a dark mirror at midnight, Metal Jesus will appear behind you?

@MrSerpico145

4 жыл бұрын

And beg for money and gifts.

@CiroGalli

4 жыл бұрын

and he'll beat you with his guitar.

@JMFSpike

4 жыл бұрын

Spooky!

@galvanizedcorpse

4 жыл бұрын

LOL

@techguyml

4 жыл бұрын

Wait who?

It's surprising that despite being so overdone, one can still find some hidden gems on the NES.

Gamesack: "Criminally Overlooked Games 2" Metaljesus: "HIDDEN GEMMZZ PART 634!!!!!" _foams mouth_

@xmaverickhunterkx

4 жыл бұрын

Hidden gems like Sonic 2 and Zelda A Link to the Past

@JS_2099

4 жыл бұрын

@@xmaverickhunterkx Super Mario Bros, 3 in particular, is a good one too that most people don't talk about.

@burntyper

4 жыл бұрын

Street fighter 2 is an obscure fighting game from Japan. Truly a hidden gem

@fatherfintanstack8810

4 жыл бұрын

Metal Jesus is an e-begging jackass doofus. Can't stand that guy. Gives me jibblies when I see him.

@Eigengrau608

4 жыл бұрын

Metal Jesus sucks

All these wasted years playing streets of rage 2 when i could have been playing GROWL... with it's pissing lions flooding the title screen.

I played the arcade version of Two Crude Dudes on this Data East collection game on the Wii with my niece. We played through through the whole game since we had infinite continues and such. Anyway, when we made it to the spider boss and it grabbed me and took me up off screen. When the attack was done, my poor character fell to the ground as a pile of bones. When we saw that, we both screamed 'HOLY SHIT!!!' at the same time. Ugh, what a day!

Your jokes are hidden gems Joe, that airplane joke got a genuine chuckle from me.

When I first saw the footage for "Super Spyhunter" I thought, "these are pretty crappy graphics for a Super Nintendo." When I realized it was NES, my jaw hit the floor. That scrolling speed and smooth sprite movement with no slow-down, along with sprite warping effects. I didn't know the NES could pull all that off.

@philipvalenzuela4969

2 жыл бұрын

There are slowdowns but.. still it's very impressive that they pulled it off on NES... Great game. But also great difficulty.. especially the bosses.. you might bite your controller in frustration.

@Dagasm

Жыл бұрын

It's funny you said that because I had Super Spy Hunter back in the day and clearly remember commenting that the graphics looked as good as some SNES games of that time.

jesus, joe. i knew you were good at games but i didn't know you were 100 points on nintendo good...

@GameSack

4 жыл бұрын

I own several gaming awards.

@Spellfork

4 жыл бұрын

100 points on nintendo is a myth, it's impossible. I'm pretty sure the Gaming Historian has a video debunking this age old hoax

Baby wakes me, grab a cold beer and get surprised with fresh Game Sack.

@CristianGeelen

4 жыл бұрын

Haha at eight in the morning?

@dachers1238

4 жыл бұрын

I'll drink to that brother.

That skit reminded me of when I was 12 playing Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2 on PS1. I was playing for hours on end and rolling my thumbs around the buttons on a digital controller. I developed giant blisters on both thumbs, but that didn't stop me, I drained the blisters, peeled of the dead skin, slapped on some band-aids and played throught the pain...Good Times!!!

Hell yeah. Finally some love for one of my favorite Mega Drive games, Two Crude Dudes.👍

The clever quips you've written for this episode really stand out Joe, I was chuckling throughout :)

@tuffasgong

4 жыл бұрын

There are more airplanes in the ocean than submarines in the air lol

@asturides

4 жыл бұрын

@@tuffasgong hehe yeah, I loved that one

Two Crude Dudes and Growl are two of favorite Sega Genesis beat 'em ups and you talked about them back 2 back! Thanks! Great video as always

Dammit. I knew the "Taaaaito!" was coming from a mile away, and I still couldn't help but laugh my a** off.

Natsume's NES action games in general need more love. Dragon Fighter is still more obscure than Shatterhand or Shadow of the Ninja for some reason, though.

@lucadematte1157

4 жыл бұрын

You're right, Natsume had a lot of great action games, such as Power Blade, Abadox, Ninja Warriors for SNES, Ninja Gaiden for Gameboy (that I think started as a Shadow of the Ninja port), even the Power Rangers game were nice.

@tempestararat1792

4 жыл бұрын

don't forget that S.C.A.T. xDDD

@thegreathadoken6808

4 жыл бұрын

Natsume are probably my favourite type of orange.

@khalewagner7726

4 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure he said dragon fighter was a SNES title. It definitely looked like a nes game though.

@noside.foxhound

4 жыл бұрын

@@tempestararat1792 I actually liked this one. lol

Ok seeing the dragon fighter segment. You can switch back. Down+A

Two Crude Dudes is one of my go to games on the Mega Drive. Pestered my parents about it since reading about it in an American gaming magazine (I'm swedish)....took about I think 8 months before it landed in my MD and Lord it's a miracle the cartridge lived through all the hours....I still have it on my shelf 😍

"hes wearing the skull of an evil creature he defeated"... Thats a dragons head, hes wearing a dragons head helmet, probably because he turns into a dragon.

@Jesse__H

4 жыл бұрын

🙄

@cthulhupthagn5771

4 жыл бұрын

which....would be an evil creature he defeated.

@0Fyrebrand0

4 жыл бұрын

It's a helmet stylized to look like a dragon's head. If you look up the Japanese box art, you can see it.

@burntvirtue

4 жыл бұрын

@@cthulhupthagn5771 Wrong. It's more like a power rangers thing. Their helmets are designed to look like the animal they control/morph into.

The problem for most ports of Taito arcade games is because most of them was done by companies subcontracted by Taito. In the case of MD/GEN port of Growl, it was developed by I.T.L., who also did the MD port of Bonanza Bros.

I never hear anyone talk about Operation Logic Bomb on the SNES, and that game is awesome!

@larsenjokinen1877

2 жыл бұрын

One of the best games on the system, would be one of the very best if it had 2-player. It's a little bit expensive, that's why I got SFC version.

I swear Joe, you really crack me up! I'm in the room opposite my wife cackling like a high pitched little girl.

Thank you so much, I get especially on Sunday mornings for your pearls of wisdom.

I remember Genji. Rented it at blockbuster back in the day. Really fun game.

In the Hunt always reminded me of Metal Slug and was pretty fun. Sub Rebellion looks awesome kinda like a full-blown game of the Star Fox 64's sub level so I'll have to find a copy for sure.

@SuperKokuJin916

4 жыл бұрын

In The Hunt was actually done by the exact same team. Nazca (the makers of the first few Metal Slug games) were all ex-Irem employees. You should check out their other games they made while still at lrem like Gunforce, Gunforce II, and Ninja Baseball Bat Man!

Not only a great episode, but you managed to work in the greatest speech in the history of Star Wars. Well done sir!

Two crude dudes was my childhood. Recently picked it up again and still love it.

That bloody screeming

Numb-thumb was branded as Nintendonitis by the media back in the day. I suffered from this condition while working on beating Mega Man 2 in 1990 hahaha.

@Chesterfried

4 жыл бұрын

It was Mega Man X for me with the constant dash jumps, only game i have ever gotten a blister from. However, these days I'm smart enough to map the dash to a shoulder button.

We need to protect Gamesack at all cost! Thank you for another great show Joe!

I love Growl. The voice acting in the arcade is hilarious.

Genji Dawn of the Samurai was amazing my sister, brother and me all beat the game in our own way, it was so epic using that slow down stuff i was good at it

@LaatiMafia

4 жыл бұрын

Did you beat it on the Hard difficulty?

Gimme some of that sweet, sweet Game Sack!! Edit: I need to order a pair of gamer gloves NOW!! I need to up my game baby.

This lockdown has got me itching for more game sack! Please make more!!!

Thank you for that star wars joke. I felt like it was just for me. Love your stuff. Thanks for sackin.

Who needs sleep when there's GAMESACK to watch

Polybius (1983) was overlooked. I've been awake thinking about it continually for decades. That could also be the cocaine though. Then meth when I ran out of money. Then math when I reformed and became a teacher. Also the first Witcher game.

@Ralph_Sandwich

4 жыл бұрын

Edgy

God we need this right now.

Winking Norm is the most adorable thing ever.

I would have loved Dragon Fighter. I definitely have to play it.

Did some one say hidden gems? wonder when Bob cornhole is making a visit

Growl made really good use of the Genesis color pallet. I love when developers take advantage of the light and shadow feature to expand the colors on screen

Ooooh, so it was SUPER Spy Hunter!? I was looking at screens and gameplays of Spy Hunter knowing, that "this is not exactly what I remembered" for almost 2 decades! Thanks Joe!

I love Dragon Fighter. I still have my copy

@vchill79

4 жыл бұрын

Its super expensive now

I'll give you a few criminally overlooked Dreamcast games right off the bat: -Taxi 2 (not Crazy Taxi) -Stunt GP -MDK 2 -Fur Fighters Criminally overlooked Genesis games: -Adventures of Batman & Robin -Blaster Master 2 -Gaiares (Best schmup ever. EVER!)

@andregon4366

4 жыл бұрын

@Letters to Fuckface I don't know many people who played it besides me.

I like videos like this that isn't just the same "rare" gems over and over again.

Watching GameSack is always relaxing for me.

Love the content! Have you considered a best musical scores of the era series? I think the music is underrated on a lot of games more often than not. Maybe a top(#) 8 bit through 32 bit games.

Nice! Genji was one of my favourite games for PS2! Other overlooked games? If you haven't already covered them: Legend (SNES): beatemup very slow paced but nice Asterix (Master System): platformer with a nice graphic for the time Cold Fear (PS2/Xbox), Fear Effect(PS1), Gungage(PS1), Vortex (SNES) but maybe you already covered them

@LeviathanRX

4 жыл бұрын

Holy shit somebody else remembers Vortex! Overshadowed by Star Fox but damn did it's music slap

I don't know what's more funny about the Gamer Glove at the end of the episode. The over the top commercial presentation, or the fact that it could actually exist and people would buy it.

Game Sack is like having someone read you a bunch of games manuals. It's good for when you can't get to sleep

I feel like people don't give kings field (ps1) the praise it deserves

‘As Always’ @GameSack; Pleeease! More content. Top notch mate!

I now know about the existence of every single overlooked game.

@jbfarley

4 жыл бұрын

Good for you, sport

In Dragon Fighter, the human main character sprite is literally wearing a dragon head. Surprised you didn't see that.

Ellen

Greatest gaming channel on youtube.

That 'Did you just say tits' clip always get a laugh out of me!

What, no Road Trip Adventure for the PS2?! SHAME, Game Sack! SHAME SACK >:0

@Cyclobomber

4 жыл бұрын

The Choro Q games were all excellent if you ask me, including the GBA games (Gadget Racers and Road Trip Adventure). I finally got to play the tank and plane PS1 games too and they're quite cool. The weirdest one is the turn-based racing RPg on the GBC, and it's only in Japanese (figures), but it's quite fun, you race by setting your angle and friction and trying to ricochet ahead of your opponent.

where's my gamer glove?

Thank YOU for making Game Sack!

I love Dragon Fighter. This game is not just about side scrolling action. It's about patience, strategy, and management of your hit points.

"Giant sentient snowflakes" there is a few of those on twitter

I still think that the chara-design in Two Crude Dudes is awful...

YES! DRAGON FIGHTER! Love that game, no one ever talks about it, awesome Joe!

Taaaaiiiiittttooooo! Star Wars: Attack of the Clones reference. This episode has everything! Except Iron Soldier 2 on Jaguar CD. Which you should cover...

Your humor in this episode was very entertaining. =D Keep up the great work.

I love Growl (or Runark, as most of Asia knew it back then). It was not the prettiest but the hectic action more than makes up for it.

Genji is a great game, very fun and easy to play. I've discovered it recently and really felt like MJR talking about hidden gems, but your version of him. 🤣🤣🤣

Dragib Fighter is a great overlooked game, and the music is top notch!

Wow, that scream woke me up at 3am.

Dragon Fighter looks like a mix of Castlevania and Astyanax. And that's awesome.

Cool, nice to see you again, Game Sack friends.

thank god you guys are still uploading videos

Another fun fact about Growl. The giant centipede from the ending is from the Darius games, of all things. And the name of the poacher's organization is the same as the name of the evil aliens in Darius. Belser Animal Protection Organization vs Belser Army. Why Taito decided to tie a beat-em-up about saving animals from poachers, to their shoot-em-up series about blowing up evil aliens in space, the world may never know.

I absolutely love Two Crude Dudes. Awesome music and mayhem.

As usual a quality vid from a likable dude. Thank-you.

I love how Joe says Taito

One game I almost never hear about is EVO for the SNES. Back when I used to work at EB Games (pre-GameStop), we had all of the consoles set up in the back and could play any used game we wanted at lunch time. I played hundreds of games, but most only for a few minutes. One of the few games that kept my attention was EVO. I looked it up on eBay recently though, and because it's fairly rare, it's very expensive now.

@MachonyLeeoun

4 жыл бұрын

eh... I played it, awesome music but the gameplay gets old really quick

Great job as always Joe. I was informed and entertained. I will now find Growl...

Waiting for criminally *underlooked* games next! 😁

Great suggestions Joe! I already bought 1 and added 2 to my list!

I love when the Growl guy threw a bomb and put his head directly on top of it to avoid the blast. Great strategy.

I played all of those except the submarine game on the ps2 and that spyhunter sequel on the NES. though thank you Joe and the Game Sack for mentioned that first game, I played that when I was at the elementary school, nowadays I kept reminding my friends and even my brother about it but they do not recall it at all thinking i was miking it up and i completely forgot it's name.

That ending was probably the funniest yet

took note of a lot of games this episode. spy hunter 2 looks especially rad, as does that Genji PS2 game! Thanks for the criminal gems!

Seeing him put a taito game in the genesis just got me desperately waiting for him to say it in his funny way

Sub Rebellion looks pretty cool and fun! gonna check it out, thanks Joe!

I miss the days where developers had to get really creative to showcase features beyond the consoles limitations.

Awesome! Glad I was not far behind on a new vid!

would love to see a "criminally overlooked co-op games".

I need Dragon Fighter in my life now. Shame on me for passing up on it in the times I’ve seen it around. Great video, Joe! And extra awesome that you talked about Two Crude Dudes and Growl. I’ve gushed about how fun those games are before. Great minds think alike.

Liked for the sand reference ... it never gets old.

Lol that Genesis controller looks like one of the many I've pulled out of basements and attics after 20+ years.

Super Spy Hunter was awesome! I used to drool over the advertisement for the game in EGM before I had an NES. The music was good too