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

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
Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Splatoon
Splatoon
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
F-Zero GX
F-Zero GX
Valkyrie Profile
Valkyrie Profile
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
Perfect Dark
Perfect Dark
Mega Man Legends
Mega Man Legends
Lost Odyssey
Lost Odyssey
Flower, Sun, and Rain: Murder and Mystery in Paradise
Flower, Sun, and Rain: Murder and Mystery in Paradise
Trace Memory
Trace Memory
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Shadow Hearts
Shadow Hearts
Pokémon Trading Card Game
Pokémon Trading Card Game
The Last Story
The Last Story
The Legend of Dragoon
The Legend of Dragoon
Snatcher
Snatcher
Chulip
Chulip
Policenauts
Policenauts
Shadow Hearts: Covenant
Shadow Hearts: Covenant
Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale
Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale
Last Window: The Secret of Cape West
Last Window: The Secret of Cape West
Driver: San Francisco
Driver: San Francisco
Mario Tennis
Mario Tennis
Pandora's Tower
Pandora's Tower
The Bouncer
The Bouncer
Contact
Contact
Love & Destroy
Love & Destroy
Wonder Project J2: Corlo no Mori no Josette
Wonder Project J2: Corlo no Mori no Josette
Crash Tag Team Racing
Crash Tag Team Racing
Evergrace
Evergrace
Dissidia Final Fantasy
Dissidia Final Fantasy
Eternal Sonata
Eternal Sonata
Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
The 3rd Birthday
The 3rd Birthday
Radiata Stories
Radiata Stories
Illusion of Gaia
Illusion of Gaia
Ōkamiden
Ōkamiden
Trauma Center: Under the Knife
Trauma Center: Under the Knife
Summon Night: Swordcraft Story
Summon Night: Swordcraft Story
The Urbz: Sims in the City
The Urbz: Sims in the City
Guwange
Guwange
Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup
Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup
Evolve
Evolve
Stella Glow
Stella Glow
Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi
Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
Advance Wars: Dual Strike
Advance Wars: Dual Strike
Omega Boost
Omega Boost
Fantasy Life
Fantasy Life
Wipeout
Wipeout
Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies
Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies
Harvest Moon 64
Harvest Moon 64
Valkyria Chronicles 2
Valkyria Chronicles 2
Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon
Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon
Miitomo
Miitomo
Tear Ring Saga: Berwick Saga
Tear Ring Saga: Berwick Saga
LovePlus
LovePlus
Brave Fencer Musashi
Brave Fencer Musashi
Quest 64
Quest 64
Front Mission 3
Front Mission 3
Geist
Geist
The Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail
AirBlade
AirBlade
Steambot Chronicles
Steambot Chronicles
Asuka 120% Limited Burning Fest.
Asuka 120% Limited Burning Fest.
Black & White
Black & White
Lost in Blue
Lost in Blue
Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception
Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception
Tail Concerto
Tail Concerto
Way of the Samurai
Way of the Samurai
Boku no Natsuyasumi 3: Kitaguni-hen - Chiisana Boku no Dai Sougen
Boku no Natsuyasumi 3: Kitaguni-hen - Chiisana Boku no Dai Sougen
Beyond the Labyrinth
Beyond the Labyrinth
7th Dragon
7th Dragon
Germs: Nerawareta Machi
Germs: Nerawareta Machi
Pu Li Ru La
Pu Li Ru La
Crimson Shroud
Crimson Shroud
Twinkle Tale
Twinkle Tale
Hawken
Hawken
Community Pom
Community Pom
Intelligent Qube
Intelligent Qube
Tetrisphere
Tetrisphere
Abarenbou Princess
Abarenbou Princess
Legend of Legaia
Legend of Legaia

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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