The true hidden gem? SNESdrunk.

God I've been trying to remember Robotrek for over 20 years. Watched my brother play it, and I could distinctly remember the robot custom colouring screen in my head but nothing else. And you showed literally that exact screen in this video. Thank you.

When I was a kid I got all my snes games stolen from my house and I never remember the name of one of my favorites games but I remember the gameplay and some sprites but finally I can replace it thanks to you! It was BRAINSTORM.

Blackthorne is one of my all-time favorites. I love how the prisoners turn on you when kill too many of them.

Props to you for making a video about TRUE obscure SNES games. Everybody else just mentions Lufia, Terranigma and tons of other games which are not really that obscure, they're just not as famous as Zelda and Final Fantasy. You really did dig up some real underground stuff.

I get why these kinds of videos might be annoying to an snes vet but for a newbie like me just trying to find good games while most people talk about the same game, I found this video really helpful.

U.N squadron has 1 of the best soundtracks ever!

I had Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel. That game is pretty hard at times and I’ve only made it to the third level once mainly because I kept getting damaged during the cave level.

Boy, I love Blackthorne. I was so impressed with how much I liked it. Thanks for mentioning it!

Thanks for all these videos! I really enjoy how you just talk about what you like and don't in a relaxed way. This, since the internet is now flooded with reviewers trying too hard to be impartial. Since such a thing is totally impossible, I really appreciate your honesty. Feels like a friend talking about videogames instead of an alienated gamer.

I think Robotrek was one of the only games I ever played where you, the player, created the special moves. It really stood out to me for that.

UN Squadron is one of my favorites. Pro tip: upgrade to the second jet then upgrade to the last jet. Skip the rest of the jets.

SNES is a gem all around! Best console EVER created. Had beautiful graphics for it's time, variety of games, lasted a nice cycle, still holds replay value and games still get released to play n look like these games today!!! Hands down best system ever!

HOLY SHIT! CHOPLIFTER 3 IS THE VERY FIRST GAME THAT I REMEMBER PLAYING!!! THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME KNOW THE TITLE AGAIN AND FOR THE NOSTALGIA!

I'll never get tired of discovering great games on retro consoles. Keep em coming!

True lies was one of my favorite games growing up. Glad you mentioned it

Great list! Especially love the mention of Dragon View. Absolutely one of the best action-RPGs on the system.

The name "Choplifter" made me imagine a game called "Shoplifter" where you'd steal various things from increasingly-difficult stores

I love the way you reviewed every games in details. Even though i'm not a SNES player myself. But for most of the reviewers, i enjoyed the way you present each of the SNES games. And most of all, i love your opening video sequences 😂. SNES Drunk!

The moment I saw the first person perspective of Dragon View, I immediately paused the video and now must play this game. It looks incredible.

Fucking LOVE Blackthorne. Easily one of the best games on the SNES.

I used to have Choplifter III and thought I was the only one appreciating it so much. Thanks for the acknowledgement, good games are good regardless if they're talked about on magazines or not

You should mention that UN Squadron was based on the incredible Area 88 anime/manga series. Fantastic series. The OVA is amazing especially.

i had zero the kamikaze squirrel back in the day and loved that game so much. really wish I knew what happened to my cartridge for it

Discovering this channel couldn't of come at a better time for me. I recently got back into SNES and Genesis hardcore, I grew up on those systems. I'm definitely going to check out dragon view. Thanks for all you do, it's amazing!

I'm not a big fan of RPGs, but love Robotrek. That says a lot. Great picks here. Phantom 2040 is an absolute steal at under $12 currently on PriceCharting. Beautiful graphics, great in-game mechanics, big world... just great.

I LOVED True Lies as a kid, super satisfying to shoot the baddies in that one. I remember it starts getting really hard near the end, would be cool to replay it now

Spanky’s Quest and Zero (and Plok) were my jam as a kid. Glad to see them get some recognition! And I never though I’d be intrigued by an Adventure Island game. Thanks!

My favourite thing about your channel is that you don't end your videos with the "don't forget to like, share, give me a hand job and subscribe for more content."

Today I checked out and saw I had Spanky's Quest in my Super Nintendo collection on my Switch; Tried it out! Super fun! Thanks for the recommendation!

Zero Kamikaze Squirrel resumes my childhood

Thank you so much for recommending Dragon View. Been having a blast with this game!

Thank you and YOU have a great rest of your day too.

Watched every snes drunk video thiiiiiiirten times! Need more content to consume. All drunk and no snes makes Matt a dull boy

The Robotrek cover is a play on Robotech, a popular anime with GenX during the 80s. Same font and all. So its not as blah as you may think.

Metal Marines is a SNES hidden gem for me. I played hours and hours of that game as a kid and I've never heard anyone ever talk about it and everytime I bring it up nobody knows what I'm talking about. I thought that game was really fun.

I love Robotrek, it’s such a fun game. Sure it’s not perfect, particularly in regards to the translation and occasional cryptic-ness, but it has a lot of great ideas and charm. Definitely one of my top 5 SNES RPGs

Totally agree with UN Squadron. My dad bought it at a Kmart on a whim in 1992 just because the cover art reminded him of top gun. Years later when I was stationed in England I stumbled upon Area 88, it looked so familiar. No idea it was a UN Squadron film.

Holy crap Robotrek!!! I played all night at my Uncles once when I was a kid and have been trying to figure out what it was called, for I don't know, 25 years or so!! Nobody I've asked had any idea, not even my Uncle. The very definition of Hidden Gem!!!

I agree, Blackthorne was terrific.

Choplifter was so mainstream on my street that I would never guess it could be considered a hidden gem haha. Awesome list

Another excellent video It's always an absolute joy to see your uploads, you're one of my favorite content creators on youtube

A true hidden gem imo was E.V.O. I have always wanted another one or something similar.

man I almost had UN Squadron growing up, but my dad bought it specifically because he thought it would be a flight sim, not a shmup. he returned it or turned it in for cash to a game store or something, the point is I missed out on playing a classic lol.

I always enjoyed True Lies.

I actually didnt know at least 4 of these. I need to play Dragon View and True Lies now

One hidden gem I've NEVER heard anyone talk about is a japanese game called ""Whirlo". It wasnt released in the US and that's why very few people played it, but the game is absolutely awesome. You play as a green dude armed with a pitchfork, and it starts pretty humble: you are in your village trying to save your son from a curse that turns people into stone. As you progress you meet tons of charming characters with very cute stories. The game ends when you travel to the stars to fight the witch who cursed everyone. Some levels are very difficult (but not impossible) and the game never becomes annoying, as each level is pretty unique and fun to play.

I played dragon view last night on retroarch. Really fun game, got quite far before saving and going to bed. Will probably pick it back up again tonight. Nice video btw :)

Un Squadron!!!!! Love it. Easily in my top 5 favorite video games ever.

This is a nice list of games i didnt even realise i already have them all in a file. Thanks for narrowing it down.

I'm an Aero the Acro-Bat fan! Thanks for mentioning Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel!

I played Zero the Squirrel and True Lies a lot when I was a kid. It's funny to see them here being so familiar to me. Nice video though!

Dragon view is a true love game. Lotta good memories with that one.

Just found your channel and it's now one of my favorites. Keep it up, man ^_^

True lies is one of my favorite movies might have to check that out! Awesome video bro!

THANK YOU for confirming to me that the Twisted Tales of Spike McFang was actually a real game, and not just a childhood hallucination from drinking too much Sunny D. I remember it was awesome, but could never remember what it was called! Def gonna look it up now.

UN Squadron is amazing. And love the music.

The fact that everyone's list will be subjective, but *extremely* thoughtful, is the point of asking everyone to make this list. virtually nobody's should be completely the same!

Good list, have to try some of those at some point. Hidden gem what i recommend is Mr.Nutz, it starts as a cute mascot-game, when you progress in the game, it is a little bit freaky, and really challenging in a good way.

Brain Lord and Twisted Tales of Spike McFang were my childhood along with Sparkster!

Dragon View foi merecidamente escolhido em ficar na primeira colocação. Ainda possuo o cartucho deste jogo maravilhoso que tive a oportunidade de finalizar. Parabéns pela postagem.

Zero has to be one of the best hidden gems I've ever played.

I had totally forgotten about True Lies, but it was mind blowing at the time. Gotta say, it aged extremely well and I want it.

I suspect how "hidden" these games are today is different from when I was a kid. Back then how main stream any content was dependent on how many copies were available at our video rental store. Which is why I was surprised to see Choplifter on this list. They even made a 3D PC version in 2012, no longer available on Steam.

Choplifter 3 is one of the most slept upon games ever! All my friends and I in the neighborhood had it in grade school and we spent many hours at all each other’s houses trying to beat it.... and I also still remember playing the original arcade game inside that “cockpit” style cabinet for hours upon hours as an even younger kid....

One of the cool things about Dragon View is that the rights are owned by Piko Interactive meaning the game can recieve official lega reproductions and it's also on steam if you wanna be cheap.

I played Spanky's Quest... on the Gameboy. And because of system limitations, the balls that Spanky bounced off his head didn't transform into sporting equipment when you popped them, just featureless black spots which I assumed were nuts or something. I don't recall having to collect keys, because I remember it being more like Bubble Bobble, with you clearing each stage when you kill all the enemies. It was pretty good actually, all things considered, but I didn't even know another version of it existed.

Dragon View deservedly remembered and in the first place. Very good your post.

Fun fact: Dragon View is a pseudo-sequel to Drakkhen (it shares a lot of the world, and it's Super Drakkhen overseas), which is widely considered one of the... less stellar RPGs on SNES, mostly remembered for its downright strange enemy selection and hilariously broken mechanics.

I played Super Adventure Island 2 because of this video. Its AWESOME.

Oh dang! Brainlord! I COMPLETELY forgot that game existed, but I definitely loved it when I was kid.

Like the lists and I'm glad Brain Lord is getting some love here. Zero: The Kamikaze Squirrel looks sweet...damn my luck for missing that one. My two cents: W.I.L.D.C.A.T.S. (beat 'em up), Firepower 2000 and HyperZone and Total Carnage (vertical shooters), Nosferatu (a little like Prince of Persia), Firestriker (forgot the actual genre except that it was fun as hell), and Earth Defense Force (horizontal shooter).

Id love to see best CO-OP / Multiplayer games 2 or 4 player like Bomberman series, Joe and Mac, Pocky and Rocky.

I remember playing a strategy game called Utopia on SNES that could have made this list. The memory of that game haunts me to this day. Probably just a case of nostalgia painting something with rose tinted glasses but one of my first tastes of the strategy genre aside from SimCity and C&C.

Great vid will try all of these! Not obscure but Buster Busts Loose is one of my fave SNES games that I never hear anyone mention, Wild and Wacky Sports too.

Very good list. Thanks for sharing. You have introduced me to so many games I wouldn't have ever played otherwise. This content is great!!

It's not clickbait when you do it. Just keep being awesome.

I found UN Squadron at a Goodwill for 3 dollars. The amount of gameplay you get out of it is worth well over 3 million dollars!

Soldiers of Fortune, Super Ninja Boy, X-Kaliber 2097 are a few I thought were good but dont get much recognition. Good video btw

I totally agree with this list man! I grew up with half of these games, but you introduced me to some great looking ones also, my aim is to play everything on this list.

Can definitely agree w/Dragon View! Played through it start to finish, and it's a game worth putting the time in.

SPANKY'S QUEST SPANKY'S QUEST SPANKY'S QUEST! Thank you for giving this great game a mention. I spent a ton of time on this game as a kid.

Dragon View looks absolutely amazing for a SNES title, can't believe i never heard of it before. Looks like something i would really enjoy.👍

Brain Lord: winner of both best SNES game name for a metal band and best SNES cover art for a metal album.

UN Squadron is one of my favorite SNES titles of all time. I still play it to this day.

I completely agree about Dragon View. One of the best games on the SNES, but yet it went completely ignored.

I loved Congos Capers. Not sure if it was obscure or not, but it was so great when I was a kid.

Santa Claus Jr for the Gameboy Color and Gba is a truly truly outrageous Jem!

Spike McFang and Dragon View are 2 of thise obscure ganes I always intendes to check out but completely forgot over time. Thanks for the reminder. Didn2t expect to see Phantom 2040 on the list but for Metroidvania fans this is a goos recommendation.

This made me think, since you have such a variety of knowledge on all things SNES you should do a list of what you consider the most genre defying or creating titles for the system and its successors. I'm always intrigued to see how developers on the system got creative whether it was successful or a failure. I'm thinking things like Dragon Viewer, SOS, Clocktower, Starfox, Sutte Hakkun, Pocky and Rocky, or even things like Kirby which made people rethink platformers (I realize it came out before the SNES but just an example).

Totally not kidding about UN Squadron. We had it when I was a kid but I never touched it because it looked like a flight sim and watching my dad play those I thought it would be crazy boring. Really missed out on that, cause I love shmups!

This is a great video, several of these games I've had sitting in a roms folder for 10 years because they sounded stupid (True Lies, Super Adventure Island 2, Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel most notably) . I might have to try them out now! UN Squadron rules though.

Snes is the greatest console of all time. Even the terrible games make for a charming novelty. It’s my largest collection by far. Anytime there’s a snowy day I pop on a snes game and it really brings me back.

OMG, I played Choplifter III when I was a kid, and I didn't remember the name of the game until now, thank you!!

Never knew the phantom (a character born in a newspaper comic strip) had a game, neat.

Welp if this is clickbait, it's the good kind of clickbait.

Hidden Gems? Choplifter III, Twisted Tales of Spike McFang, Blackthorne, UN Squadron, (dis)honorable mention of Soul Blazer. That's a good portion of my childhood days right there. BTW, all games I would gladly pick up and play again.

--->>> I am glad to know that I Have played the majority of the games in this list! Great video as always!!

Nice picks. I haven't heard of several of these. That Robotrek looks real interesting.

Loading up my NES and SNES mini I got a good lock at the cover art of the past and noticed a consistent theme. If it the original art was anime or cute in any way, the US Version was completely changed or made edgier. A dude with sunglasses was a major go to for NES game cover art as well.