Rare Games that Are Difficult to Play

Games that are either out of production, have limited numbers of re-releases or ports, or are otherwise difficult to find and difficult to play. You'll probably have to emulate these if you really want to play them, or really scrounge for the original copy on the original platform. Lots of gems.

177 Games

The 3rd Birthday
The 3rd Birthday
7th Dragon
7th Dragon
Abarenbou Princess
Abarenbou Princess
Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies
Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies
Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception
Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception
Addie no Okurimono: To Moze from Addie
Addie no Okurimono: To Moze from Addie
Advance Wars: Dual Strike
Advance Wars: Dual Strike
AirBlade
AirBlade
Apocalypse
Apocalypse
Asuka 120% Limited Burning Fest.
Asuka 120% Limited Burning Fest.
Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale
Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale
Azumanga Daioh Puzzle Bobble
Azumanga Daioh Puzzle Bobble
Bakemonogatari Portable
Bakemonogatari Portable
Battle Fantasia
Battle Fantasia
Battle Golfer Yui
Battle Golfer Yui
Beyond the Labyrinth
Beyond the Labyrinth
Black & White
Black & White
Bloodborne
Bloodborne
Boku no Natsuyasumi 3: Kitaguni-hen - Chiisana Boku no Dai Sougen
Boku no Natsuyasumi 3: Kitaguni-hen - Chiisana Boku no Dai Sougen
The Bouncer
The Bouncer
Brave Fencer Musashi
Brave Fencer Musashi
Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
Brigandine: The Legend of Forsena
Brigandine: The Legend of Forsena
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Chocobo World
Chocobo World
Chulip
Chulip
Cleopatra's Fortune
Cleopatra's Fortune
Clockwork Knight
Clockwork Knight
Community Pom
Community Pom
Contact
Contact
Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams
Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams
Crash Tag Team Racing
Crash Tag Team Racing
Crimson Shroud
Crimson Shroud
CRW : Metal Jacket
CRW : Metal Jacket
Dawngate
Dawngate
Disaster Report
Disaster Report
Discworld
Discworld
Dissidia Final Fantasy
Dissidia Final Fantasy
The Dog Island
The Dog Island
Driver: San Francisco
Driver: San Francisco
eCrew Development Program
eCrew Development Program
Elebits: The Adventures of Kai and Zero
Elebits: The Adventures of Kai and Zero
Eternal Sonata
Eternal Sonata
Evergrace
Evergrace
Evolve
Evolve
Fantastic Dizzy
Fantastic Dizzy
Fantasy Life
Fantasy Life
Fatal Frame
Fatal Frame
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
Fishing Resort
Fishing Resort
Flower, Sun, and Rain: Murder and Mystery in Paradise
Flower, Sun, and Rain: Murder and Mystery in Paradise
Forever Kingdom
Forever Kingdom
Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon
Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon
Front Mission 3
Front Mission 3
Fuuraiki
Fuuraiki
F-Zero GX
F-Zero GX
Geist
Geist
Germs: Nerawareta Machi
Germs: Nerawareta Machi
Gigantic
Gigantic
Goblin's Shop
Goblin's Shop
Golden Sun
Golden Sun
Gravity Rush
Gravity Rush
Gunple: Gunman's Proof
Gunple: Gunman's Proof
Guwange
Guwange
Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup
Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup
Harvest Moon 64
Harvest Moon 64
Hawken
Hawken
Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Iblard: Laputa no Kaeru Machi
Iblard: Laputa no Kaeru Machi
Illusion of Gaia
Illusion of Gaia
Intelligent Qube
Intelligent Qube
Jeanne d'Arc
Jeanne d'Arc
Kaze no Notam
Kaze no Notam
Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi
Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi
KiKi KaiKai: Dotou-hen
KiKi KaiKai: Dotou-hen
Kingdom's Item Shop
Kingdom's Item Shop
The Last Story
The Last Story
Last Window: The Secret of Cape West
Last Window: The Secret of Cape West
The Legend of Dragoon
The Legend of Dragoon
Legend of Legaia
Legend of Legaia
Little Red Hood
Little Red Hood
Lord of Arcana
Lord of Arcana
Lost in Blue
Lost in Blue
Lost Odyssey
Lost Odyssey
Love & Destroy
Love & Destroy
LovePlus
LovePlus
Magical Starsign
Magical Starsign
Magical Vacation
Magical Vacation
Magic Knight Rayearth
Magic Knight Rayearth
Magi Nation
Magi Nation
The Mansion of Hidden Souls
The Mansion of Hidden Souls
Mario Tennis
Mario Tennis
Marvelous: Mouhitotsu no Takarajima
Marvelous: Mouhitotsu no Takarajima
The Matrix Online
The Matrix Online
M.C Kids
M.C Kids
MediEvil: Resurrection
MediEvil: Resurrection
Mega Man Legends
Mega Man Legends
Miitomo
Miitomo
Mizzurna Falls
Mizzurna Falls

4 Comments

Funbil

1 year ago

My mind goes to a ton of Playstation and Sega Saturn games right at the turn of the century, especially because that original hardware is getting difficult to maintain - Tail Concerto and Panzer Dragoon Saga are some of the more prohibitively expensive examples of games that are still relevant and worth playing.

heychrisfox

1 year ago

Yeah, there must be so many others that I just have no knowledge of. So all suggestions welcome!

Seth

1 year ago

siren is on ps4 so i don't know if it counts for this list

efrencito

4 months ago

Great list!

Is something wrong with the Switch version of KOTOR or perhaps did you mean to add The Old Republic MMO instead?

Golden Sun is now on the Nintendo Switch Online service by the way.
heychrisfox

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