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.

180 Games

Bloodborne
Bloodborne
Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 2
Mother 3
Mother 3
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Vagrant Story
Vagrant Story
Golden Sun
Golden Sun
Splatoon
Splatoon
Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Off
Off
Rule of Rose
Rule of Rose
P.T.
P.T.
Fatal Frame
Fatal Frame
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Gravity Rush
Gravity Rush
Terranigma
Terranigma
Serial Experiments Lain
Serial Experiments Lain
Viewtiful Joe
Viewtiful Joe
Valkyrie Profile
Valkyrie Profile
F-Zero GX
F-Zero GX
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly
Perfect Dark
Perfect Dark
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
Lost Odyssey
Lost Odyssey
Mega Man Legends
Mega Man Legends
Flower, Sun, and Rain: Murder and Mystery in Paradise
Flower, Sun, and Rain: Murder and Mystery in Paradise
Shadow Hearts
Shadow Hearts
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Trace Memory
Trace Memory
The Last Story
The Last Story
Pokémon Trading Card Game
Pokémon Trading Card Game
Snatcher
Snatcher
The Legend of Dragoon
The Legend of Dragoon
Chulip
Chulip
Shadow Hearts: Covenant
Shadow Hearts: Covenant
Last Window: The Secret of Cape West
Last Window: The Secret of Cape West
Policenauts
Policenauts
Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale
Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale
Driver: San Francisco
Driver: San Francisco
Mario Tennis
Mario Tennis
Pandora's Tower
Pandora's Tower
The Bouncer
The Bouncer
Contact
Contact
Crash Tag Team Racing
Crash Tag Team Racing
Evergrace
Evergrace
Wonder Project J2: Corlo no Mori no Josette
Wonder Project J2: Corlo no Mori no Josette
The 3rd Birthday
The 3rd Birthday
Love & Destroy
Love & Destroy
Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies
Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies
Tear Ring Saga: Berwick Saga
Tear Ring Saga: Berwick Saga
Dissidia Final Fantasy
Dissidia Final Fantasy
Eternal Sonata
Eternal Sonata
Fantasy Life
Fantasy Life
Ōkamiden
Ōkamiden
Evolve
Evolve
Illusion of Gaia
Illusion of Gaia
The Urbz: Sims in the City
The Urbz: Sims in the City
Trauma Center: Under the Knife
Trauma Center: Under the Knife
Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup
Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup
Advance Wars: Dual Strike
Advance Wars: Dual Strike
Brave Fencer Musashi
Brave Fencer Musashi
Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
Black & White
Black & White
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
Way of the Samurai
Way of the Samurai
Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi
Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi
Virtua Fighter
Virtua Fighter
Valkyria Chronicles 2
Valkyria Chronicles 2
Radiata Stories
Radiata Stories
Guwange
Guwange
Harvest Moon 64
Harvest Moon 64
Jeanne d'Arc
Jeanne d'Arc
The Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail
Legend of Legaia
Legend of Legaia
Intelligent Qube
Intelligent Qube
Quest 64
Quest 64
7th Dragon 2020
7th Dragon 2020
Summon Night: Swordcraft Story
Summon Night: Swordcraft Story
Stella Glow
Stella Glow
Apocalypse
Apocalypse
Miitomo
Miitomo
Power Instinct Matrimelee
Power Instinct Matrimelee
Brigandine: The Legend of Forsena
Brigandine: The Legend of Forsena
Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber
Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber
Magical Starsign
Magical Starsign
Top Shop
Top Shop
Oregon Trail II
Oregon Trail II
Oregon Trail II
Oregon Trail II
M.C Kids
M.C Kids
Steambot Chronicles
Steambot Chronicles
Disaster Report
Disaster Report
Front Mission 3
Front Mission 3
Magic Knight Rayearth
Magic Knight Rayearth
Gunple: Gunman's Proof
Gunple: Gunman's Proof
The Dog Island
The Dog Island
Pu Li Ru La
Pu Li Ru La
Sayonara o Oshiete: Comment te Dire Adieu
Sayonara o Oshiete: Comment te Dire Adieu
Mizzurna Falls
Mizzurna Falls
MediEvil: Resurrection
MediEvil: Resurrection
Battle Fantasia
Battle Fantasia

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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