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

Tokimeki Memorial
Tokimeki Memorial
The Last Story
The Last Story
Front Mission 3
Front Mission 3
Tetrisphere
Tetrisphere
Marvelous: Mouhitotsu no Takarajima
Marvelous: Mouhitotsu no Takarajima
Mizzurna Falls
Mizzurna Falls
Magi Nation
Magi Nation
Fishing Resort
Fishing Resort
Steambot Chronicles
Steambot Chronicles
Nanatsu Kaze no Shima Monogatari
Nanatsu Kaze no Shima Monogatari
Oregon Trail II
Oregon Trail II
The Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail
Elebits: The Adventures of Kai and Zero
Elebits: The Adventures of Kai and Zero
Iblard: Laputa no Kaeru Machi
Iblard: Laputa no Kaeru Machi
Tear Ring Saga: Berwick Saga
Tear Ring Saga: Berwick Saga
Radiata Stories
Radiata Stories
Valkyrie Profile
Valkyrie Profile
Phase Paradox
Phase Paradox
Trace Memory
Trace Memory
Crimson Shroud
Crimson Shroud
Viewtiful Joe
Viewtiful Joe
Forever Kingdom
Forever Kingdom
WTF: Work Time Fun
WTF: Work Time Fun
Evergrace
Evergrace
Golden Sun
Golden Sun
Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Boku no Natsuyasumi 3: Kitaguni-hen - Chiisana Boku no Dai Sougen
Boku no Natsuyasumi 3: Kitaguni-hen - Chiisana Boku no Dai Sougen
Driver: San Francisco
Driver: San Francisco
Perfect Dark
Perfect Dark
Mother 3
Mother 3
Gigantic
Gigantic
WildStar
WildStar
Illusion of Gaia
Illusion of Gaia
Evolve
Evolve
F-Zero GX
F-Zero GX
Shining Force III
Shining Force III
The Matrix Online
The Matrix Online
Pokémon Trading Card Game
Pokémon Trading Card Game
Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 2
Mario Tennis
Mario Tennis
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
Valkyria Chronicles 2
Valkyria Chronicles 2
P.T.
P.T.
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Dawngate
Dawngate
Bloodborne
Bloodborne
Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup
Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup
Lost Odyssey
Lost Odyssey
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly
Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon
Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon
Gravity Rush
Gravity Rush
Brave Fencer Musashi
Brave Fencer Musashi
Vagrant Story
Vagrant Story
Legend of Legaia
Legend of Legaia
Intelligent Qube
Intelligent Qube
The Mansion of Hidden Souls
The Mansion of Hidden Souls
Quest 64
Quest 64
The Sims Online
The Sims Online
Chocobo World
Chocobo World
The Bouncer
The Bouncer
Contact
Contact
Tail Concerto
Tail Concerto
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Black & White
Black & White
Oregon Trail II
Oregon Trail II
Off
Off
Rule of Rose
Rule of Rose
The Urbz: Sims in the City
The Urbz: Sims in the City
Robot Alchemic Drive
Robot Alchemic Drive
Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies
Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies
Disaster Report
Disaster Report
Hawken
Hawken
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Miitomo
Miitomo
Harvest Moon 64
Harvest Moon 64
Mega Man Legends
Mega Man Legends
Way of the Samurai
Way of the Samurai
Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale
Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale
Fantasy Life
Fantasy Life

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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