When I was a youth I rented EVO Search For Eden so many times that when that rental store finally closed for good I went to rent it one last time and they just gave it to me for free to keep. I still have it on my shelf in it’s rental case.

I just recently bought Brain Lord not knowing what is was. I ended up beating it bc it was absolutely a great time.. Awesome list spanky.

Wow, it's so weird when something just barely tickles your memory. I played some of these a bit by renting, or just played for a bit at a friends house. Years and years later, seeing them again is wild. Cool list. I'll be retrying a few of these!

thank you so much for showing Soul Blazer, when i bought my SNES back in the day, i saved all my money an bought it with Soul Blazer. Loved the game an no one ever heard of it lol

Just got Blackthorne. Outstanding game!

Discovered Soul Blazer a couple months ago. Very nice find and glad to see it on this list.

Lagoon was a joy to play. I feel like The Lion King is so underappreciated on the SNES when compared to other platformers. Smartball is fun, even if it is simple.

Never played soulblazer, but i want to now!

is this a re-upload, i could swear i seen this video before unless I am going crazy. good stuff

My favorite Super Nintendo game was easily SimCity. I was already an adult before I got it and enjoyed it immensely.

True Lies is really good. It unfortunately gets too difficult and pretty much feels broken in the later levels.

An obscure developer called Ukiyotei made Skyblazer - and yes, they had previously made Hook. They went on to make the execrated Spawn for the SNES. The company had disappeared as of 2002 or thereabout.

Brain Lord might have been my favorite game I owned back as a kid. If you like Soul Blazer, try the spiritual sequels, Illusion of Gaia and Terranigma

Wow never heard of brain lord but it looks super awesome. Thanks man. I can always count on good old riggs to show me some games I didn't know I needed in my life

Dragon Quest VI! One of the best SFC classics. Also 7th Saga! If you can manage to get past the difficulty imbalance, it's a really fun enjoyable game. Music is great in both games too.

Biker Mice from Mars, if you haven’t given it a go, one of my favs! Great game and very competitive on multiplayer!

Dude! I’ve totally been playing X-Kaliber 2097 non stop today. Thanks for that one! I need this on Switch.

Soul Blazer is one of my all time favourites!

True lies was my ish. I used to rent that game from a store called "pharm more" for less then a $1 all the time.

I loved Skuljager. It’s nice to see it get some love. I also rented it a few times back in the 90s. Kickass game

Arcana for the SNES was an awesome game.

Aero Fighters, E.V.O.: Search for Eden, Illusion of Gaia, Knights of the Round, The Legend of the Mystical Ninja, and Ranma ½: Hard Battle.

Illusion of Gaia is super underrated imo. What a game

Good looking out. Now I know what games I need to play.

Genichiro Tenryu being mentioned blew my mind...wasn't expecting that. I'm a pro wrestling mark myself. Was a big fan of Tenryu back when he was working in All Japan Pro Wrestling with two of the all time greats....Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba. In my opinion, AJPW from the mid 1970's until Misawa's excursion to form NOAH in 2000 or 2001 was one of the top 2 or 3 best promotions in pro wrestling hands down.

The absolute most under-rated and under-appreciated game on Super NES has to be Tetris Attack. To me it's the most under-rated of all time across all platforms. Even among fans, few have played it to a high enough level to know how deep it really goes. Absolute GOAT!

Soul Blazer Protip: Name your character "Anus", your game experience will improve exponentially.

I stand utterly behind Soul Blazer & Lagoon And i know they are too dated for many today, but this makes them more special to me

Man, this took me back. I still remember the Voloh theme from Lagoon- the more you listen to it, the more it seems like is going on in the music.

Rock n roll racing should be on the list for part 2

Some of the titles on my list would include: - King of The Dragons - Riddick Bowe Boxing - Bubsy 1 & 2 - Super Adventure Island (although it's incredibly easy) There's more but those 5 for sure!

Brain Lord is one of my favorite games! Such a good soundtrack.

Feeling some Deja Vu here

Spanky's Quest is an absolute gem of a game. SO MUCH fun, SO much playability. Platform puzzle game that really should have continued as a series on later systems. Sadly though, it was just a one and done one hit wonder. The game is awesome, it's so much fun to play and the boss battles are just awesome. This game was way ahead of its time. This game holds up even today. Easy pick up and play puzzle platform that does not disappoint. As a kid I absolutely loved this game and to this day I still do and wonder why it never got any love. It is deserving of love and could EASILY been built upon to have A Spanky's Quest 2 or even 3. A huge, missed opportunity here Ladys and gentlemen.

I never knew about SoulBlazer... Now I gotta go buy it. Looks awesome! Thanks John!

Nice to see Skyblazer get some love!

I love the SNES. Thank you for the recommendations. Random question, will you ever do a video on how to make one of the Link to the Past hacks, like Goddess of Wisdom or Parallel Worlds?

Once again, we've got someone who assumes Axelay is a vertical shooter only. He's in for a surprise once he makes it past stage 1.

Legend of the Mystical Ninja. Not an extremely unknown game, but it's easily one of the SNES's best, and it's far less well known than it should be.

I love these videos, especially games on the SNES. DUDE! I'm a huge fan of Lagoon!

The SNES is one console for which I do not have a favorite game; this is for the reason that the system library was simply too impressive overall!

Spanky's Quest... Wow. Talk about nostalgia.

The SNES controller layout is still utilized today, with slight alterations. Playstation and XBox all use it. I find it amazing how good the design was that it could stand for decades.

I played Brainlord! I don’t remember if I beat it. But I def got Lagoon vibes from it, which is a good thing!

Great to see Lagoon getting some love. I put some serious hours into that game.

Hyperzone, Magic Sword, Top Gear, TMNT Tournament Fighter, and Clayfighter.

Soul Blazer as well as the rest of the Quintet SNES 'trilogy' (Illusion of Gaia, Soul Blazer, and Terranigma) are all great SNES RPGs.

Tin Star, to me, is the most underrated game on the SNES. Plays similar to Star Fox but it's a lot less bold, very straight forward, even to a fault, despite it having a very unique boss fight mechanic. Great music and funny story. It's short and to the point but to get the highest score demands perfection, which is possible but you'll spend countless enjoyable hours getting there.

Goof Troop is also another absolute gem that is deserving of more love and a sequel. I mean WOW for all the crap that they made on the SNES how did they not build upon Spanky's Quest and Goof Troop!??? Amazing. Goof Troop is such a fun action puzzle game that is so much fun to play. It's even more fun if you have a friend and can play co-op. The levels are great, and the bosses are tricky and tuff but beatable and bring so much satisfaction when you beat them and complete the level. This game is in my top 10. A hidden Gem for sure.

For me Bubsy in claws encounters of the furred kind is the most underrated Super Nintendo game I ever played. The game get too much hate. I went into this game thinking it was going to be trash like the internet said. But I actually liked it a lot and found it to be really fun. If anyone is reading this and hasn’t played Bubsy in claws encounters of the furred kind. Please do it is not that bad of a game it can be at least decent.

I have one: Ardy Lightfoot. One of the best platformers of the SNES. The graphics, music, level design, character sprites, everything moves very fluid and also the level design is great and the challenge is hard, but not impossible.

I remember playing Brain Lord for hours at a friend's house, but I never could remember what the heck the name was afterward, as I didn't have an SNES until I was working a job and could buy one myself. Definitely need to track that one down now.

Brain Lord is just the most badass SNES RPG ever

You are posting like crazy right now.

I love that these are games I have never heard before. Well most I haven’t. Always like finding new great old games.

One of my fav snes games which nobody ever mentions is Mickeys Magical Quest. There are like 3 parts of that game. Did you ever play any of those?

Dragon View is a woefully underrated game that doesn't get near enough love. Truly, a hidden gem of the snes era.

I play Soulblazer once a year. Love it to death.

I love Spank's Monkey!!! We rented from a local video store long ago in 1995! I always loved the music!!!

Yeah, that Plok game that was in the preview, should've made the list, absolute top nodge gameplay and fun as well as entertaining to watch someone play it!

Biometal is a really great shmup with less lag than a lot of them on SNES. The shield mechanic makes it very manageable if you use it wisely. And the soundtrack is hilarious

Finally a video about underrated snes games that includes SoulBlazer. My roommate and I rented this in college and thought it was great. I looked at game stores around town, but could never find it to purchase. When I decided to start collecting old nes/snes games a few years ago I found it and it now resides with my meager collection. Sky Blazer looks good too, I'm gonna keep my eye open for it.

True Lies was developed by the Australian company Beam Software, who also developed Shadowrun for SNES.

I really enjoyed Soul Blazer, the only downside to it is it’s a bit on the easy side.

Metal Marines was an awesome strategy game. It deserves some love.

A re-upload right? Not a bad thing.

Axelay might be the greatest game that never had a sequel!

I have a soft spot for the SFC Sufami Turbo mini cart system, and more specifically "Gekisou Sentai Carranger: Racer Zenshi!" because it's a cute little platformer

Brainlord is fantastic! Some of the puzzles are NOT easy

Legend of the Mystical Ninja. Shadowrun.

I remember true lies!!!! I played the hell out of it as a kid I recently found my psp I lost for 6yrs never got a chance to use it use it there's like every child hood game/system on it 😁 thousands I'm bout to play this now thanks!!!!!

Honestly, Soul Blazer is in my top 10 games of all time, and I’ve replayed it at least every couple of years since it came out. 👍

Glad to see Goof Troop on this list. That game had no business being as fun as it was.

act raiser and soul blazer loved these games

Loving this Cheers John 👍

Sparkster, Super Turrican, Secret of Mana (my favorite game of all time), Lion King, Yoshi's Island, Mega Max X, Super Metroid

SKULJAGGER!! awesome oddball game. great tunes

I can tell that you got Dragon View footage from an emulator. Now, with that said.. i'm not complaining that you took the footage from an emulator.. what does irk me is that you forgot to turn on a specific feature that makes transparencies work properly. One piece of the footage there are green bars and you're fighting something. Those bars should not be bars, they should be a sold transparency. I can't remember the name of the feature, but it turns those bars into proper transparencies. They used the same features for kirby's dreamland 3 on the SNES and without the proper setting turned on, it looks like bars in that game as well.

Just got this awesome 70 in 1 cart of the net and some of the games mentioned are on the cart I got

Kirby Superstar is my absolute favorite game. It's a co-op action platformer with such a great variety of moves and modes. A precursor ro the way characters would play in Smash Brothers too. It's deserves a mention to folks.

Ive been gifted with an emulator that has 5038 games...lol! All those you mentioned...are here. Most! Ive never heard of or played...and im 44 years old! Lol... Now that youve mentioned some games ive never played? Time to delve in!! Thank you!!! Skyblazer is on the menu tonite!!!

I for one dig this style of video and want morrrrr please. Knowing games worth repeat playing is a good thing.

When we couldn't figure out something in a game in the old days we would call Nintendo in Redmond Washington State on the land line dial phone hence no cell phones in those days Washington st

I was hoping E.V.O. would make this list. I actually found this game years ago before I even had a clue what it was and was able to enjoy it without knowing the hype behind it. Definitely a classic game

Good call on Sky blazer. For me, Illusion of Gaia is incredible. I'm not sure why it always ranks low in that trilogy. It's underrated to me.

Parker Lewis reference has me sold

I don't know if anyone said this yet, and maybe you already know. But Soul Blazer is actually part of a trilogy. And I think the two games that came after Soul Blazer are actually even better: Illusion of Gaia (Illusion of Time in Europe) and Terranigma, which was never released in the US. They all have different protagonists and can be played independently, but each is awesome in its own way.

Spanky's Quest is one of my favorite games I still play often !!!

Lagoon apart from being a hidden gem, also has one of the best soundtracks of any game ever made. Absolutely incredible. Mixed with my nostalgia, it's almost too much to handle...

Maybe reclassify Brain Lord, Lagoon, and perhaps SoulBlazer as Action RPGs rather than Zelda clones.

OMG Axelay may be the most underrated game of any 16-bit title.

Lagoon is a favorite of mine too. When I played Lagoon back in the day, it was a rental game. I didn't actually own it during the SNES era. I do have a used Lagoon cartridge now though. I might actually spent the extra money to get a CIB Lagoon. I haven't yet wrapped the game, but I have gotten close to the final game stage though. That short sword can be frustrating for taking on damage while playing it. I am not sure if there is a Game Genie code to give the character a longer sword....ha ha. Incredibly fun game. I like your game list. I'll have to buy some of these games you recommend that I don't yet have.

I know this is an old video but watching your videos is making me want to get a computer or laptop and get an NES and SNES emulator!

I saw 'Spanky's Quest' in an adult video store once. Didn't know there was a game.

So glad you included EVO... Almost thought you were gonna leave it out!

Showed PLOK, didn't put it on the list. My heart is broken!

Skyblazer is amazing. Graphics gameplay music.... Awesome.

A re-run... I think you may have loaded the wrong video, Mr. Riggs...

Lovely video here mate. I managed to get Brain Lord cheap (ish) a few years back 😃

Props for mentioning Lagoon and Soul Blazer, I loved those games and played the shit out of them back in the day!