You might not have played Treasure of the Rudras (SNES)

Treasure of the Rudras (Rudra no Hihou) is a JRPG by Squaresoft from 1996 that was never ported to english, but received a fan translation.

Gameplay: JRPG, Single Player
Treasure of the Rudras is one of the older Squaresoft JRPGs. It has a rather simple save the world storyline but also a lot of unique features.
First off TotR has 3 storylines you can/have to play through. Each story follows a different group of heroes on their personal quest during the "last days" of the world. Sometimes these groups meet, but usualy you will only see the results of actions the other groups did at a certain time in the story. Spells have to be learned from people/books in the world or 'guessed' and then written down inside a spellbook to be used. This feature is particularly interesting because you can use the player knowledge you gained from one storyline while playing the other story lines.
The 3 storyline structure also helped in making the game have a lot more content than would normaly be possible on a SNES cartridge. The different groups go to the same locations at different times during the game. That allowed the developers to reuse the same art assets, but change up the map for different gameplay. In one instance a cave that has been visited by 1 party is later explored by another; the second party finds the cave flooded with water though, which changes the caves layout significantly.
All in all a very interesting game I would recommend to everyone who likes JRPGs.

Get the Fan-Translation here or test in an online emulator.

You might not have played Snatcher (Mega-CD)

Snatchers is a text-adventure with voice over, some graphics and a little whack a mole minigame. It was released 1988 by Konami and was one of Hideo Kojima's earlier works.

Gameplay: Singleplayer, Narrative Exploration, Whack a mole
The year is 2047. The world is a cyberpunk distopian future. You are Gillian Seed; you and your wife lost your memories and split up. Still struggling you took on a job as a 'Junker' in Neo Kobe. Junkers are supposed to track down and eliminate Snatchers, robots disguising themselves as humans.
The main gameplay of Snatcher consists of talking to people and investigating crime scenes. A few times in the game there are little shooter elements that can be described as a glorified whack a mole game.

You can try it out using an online emulator.

You might not have played Metal Warriors (SNES)

Metal Warriors is a game developed by LucasArts and was released in 1995.

Gameplay: Shooter, 2D, Singleplayer, Multiplayer
In Metal Warriors you are the pilot of a huge mech. The goal of each mission is usually reaching a specific spot on a planet or spaceship, but there is different reasons to do so. One time you have to rescue someone one time you have to take over a space station. Even though that is nearly the same from a gameplay point of view, these differences prevent the game from getting dull.
In order to fight your way towards your target you can use the weaponry of your mech and other mechs you find along the way. In total there are six Mech-Types that are all able to perform the basic actions to attack with a melee attack and a ranged attack, defend from projectiles with a shield, Fly or hover for mobility and use special weapons you find on your way. These mechs are quite different in their attributes and weaponry though. Grab a new mech when you see one but beware when hijacking them from your enemies because you are very vulnerable while outside of your mech.


Play the game in an online emulator.