The best of SNES

[Imfamous]

I've been playing lots of old SNES lately. What an awesome system... What's your favorite SNES game?

My top 3 goes...

3. Super Mario World- all around great fun. Everything good from the NES versions, only better.

2. Donkey Kong Country- Mario only better. A classic, with excellent graphics, good sound, and very often funny.

1. Megaman X- what else? Everything about this game seems to be perfect. The story, the music is awesome, and the gameplay is just perfect for gamers who like a challenge.

[Mongorian]

Chrono Trigger

Bust a move

Final Fantasy 6

[Imfamous]

Does anybody remember Bubble Bobble? Or was that on the original NES...?

[Lengis]

SNES had some great games. The Donkey Kong country series, the Mario Worlds, Super Metroid, R-type 3, and a plethora of Japanese RPG's.

Looking back, I wish I had a SNES instead of a Genesis when I was a kid.

[8IronBob]

Oh yeah, SNES was the good ol' days revisited. I remember playing all sorts of sports games, sidescrollers, and arcade games on there. Believe it or not, I was even playing Wolf 3D and Doom on SNES. Although Doom and Wolf 3D didn't look or play as well on SNES as it does on the PC, tho, I'm quite sure a bunch of you could attest to that finding.

However, SNES did have some awesome games, I'm surprised to see how much better that system was than any of the others. One of my old friends had a Sega Genesis, and the quality most certainly did have its strong points. However, SNES' games had more character and personality to them, although most of the games made back then were usually made for both SNES and Sega, I'm not sure which system was better now.

[Destroyer]

SNES was great, but I thought genesis was better, because I loved playing Sonic & knuckles, Streets of rage 2, X-men, those were the good old days. On SNES I really liked Super mario world, Killer instincts, Aladin, DK1.

[Paroxysm]

Best Snes?

Chrono Trigger
Zombies ate my Neighbours
Secret of Mana
Kirby's Dream Course

But Snes being the greatest system ever has too many great games to count.

[On/Off]

Earthbound, my personal favorite.

Also add Secret of Evermore, an american gem. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Gryph]

I think there are too many great games to count for SNES. And I'm a PC gamer!! But here is a list of the super awesome games:

Chrono Trigger
Megaman X series
Super Mario World
Yoshi's Island
Donkey Kong Series
Mario Kart
Super Metroid
NBA Jam TE
Zombies Ate My Neighborhood

[PlayfulPuppy]

I am shocked.

Absolutely shocked.

No mention of Zelda 3! Heathens. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tinyted.gif

But other than that, my list would be the same as Infamous', except swapping SMW for Zelda.

[IwantMORE]

Star fox, Marrio cart, Marrio world, Super starwars - Empire strikes back

[Imfamous]

On/Off said:
Earthbound, my personal favorite.




I heard a long time ago that they were making a new Earthbound for either N64 of Gamecube. Any recent news on that?

[Farlander]

1. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
2. Super Mario World
3. Super Empire Strikes Back

[On/Off]

Imfamous said:

On/Off said:
Earthbound, my personal favorite.




I heard a long time ago that they were making a new Earthbound for either N64 of Gamecube. Any recent news on that?



You are correct sir, Mother 3 (the japanese version of the game is called Mother) is due next year in Japan, and hopefully here in the US, for the Game Boy hand held system, old school.

P.S. They were making Earthbound 64, but that got cancelled a long time ago.

[John]

1. Chrono Trigger ***The 2nd Best SNES RPG***
2. Final Fantasy 3
3. Super Mario World
4. Mario All Stars (Anything with Mario 3 is great.)
5. Legends of Zelda III: A Link to Past
6. Lufia
7. Breath of Fire 2
8. Terranigma (Or Terrigama) ***The Best SNES RPG***
9. Soul Blazer
11. Harvest Moon
12. Robotrek


Basically, all of my favorite SNES games were infact, RPGs. Why? Because the SNES was the greatest RPG console ever created, and the developers made them very well.

[Remy]

1. Zombies Ate My Neighbors
2. Aladdin
3. TMNT - Turtles In Time

[AlienAssKicker]

Nasicallyy any Squaresoft RPG there is. In particular:
- Final Fantasy VI (III in U.S) ... best game ever.
- Chrono Trigger.

[Daveman]

So many choices.

If you have an emulator, I recommend these (I have most of the ROMs):

NinjaWarriors
Yoshi's Island
Mario Kart
Star Fox
Super Double Dragon <----- In the running for best game ever!
Any and every Zelda
Power Rangers: The Movie <----- Superb game despite the lisence
Final Fight 3
Street Fighter II Turbo
Virtual Bart
Donkey Kong Country (Don't bother with the sequels)
Super Mario World

EDIT: OMG I forgot Super High Impact

If you're a fan of games like NFL Blitz, find a way to play SHI. It's sort of like the original NFL Blitz, but even cooler (fistfights!).

[seregrail7]

I can't believe noone mentioned Killer Instinct. Best 2d beat em up ever!

[NetNessie]

You wont believe how happy I was to see this threat appear on the list. SNES was always the ultimate console. Old-School all the way.

My favourites
Super Mario Brothers 3
Donkey Kong Country 1,,2 & 3
Chrono-Trigger (still one of the best RPGs Ive ever played)
Yoshi Island (so underrated, definatly my favourite of all time)

[zilppuri]

Daveman said:
If you have an emulator, I recommend these (I have most of the ROMs):




Ofcourse to legally play these games from ROM files you must own the game too.

I'd say my best experiences are from Mario Kart, Killer Instinct and Super Mario 3 (from the All Star cartridge).
For some reason Super Mario World seemed too "far fetched" for my taste. All the new improvements just didn't seem like good 'ol Mario.

[Kev_Hectic]

Contra III (What!? No love for Contra III? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/love.gif )
Smash TV (But I'm sure there are better ports of this now)
Super Metroid
Yoshi's Island
Rock'n Roll Racing
Donkey Kong Country 2
Zelda: LTTP
Mario World/ Mario All stars
Star Fox
Mario Kart (battle mode was great for its time)

Also some of the Square RPG's, like Final Fantasy 3 (AKA: 6) and Chrono Trigger. Earthbound was cool too (although not a Square game).

And was Secret of Evermore the RPG with the kid and the dog? If so, I remember playing that. I liked how you could set the dog's AI to different levels of 'search' or 'defend/ attack'.

[Gryph]

seregrail7 said:
I can't believe noone mentioned Killer Instinct. Best 2d beat em up ever!


Meh, the arcade version was so much better.

[Doppelgofer]

i never owned a snes so the only stuff i played were mortal kombat 2, killer instinct and donkey kong

[Imfamous]

Remy said:
1. Zombies Ate My Neighbors
2. Aladdin
3. TMNT - Turtles In Time



Turtles in Time! That game pwned! My friend and I beat it in 40 minutes. "Shell shock!" http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Aladdin was really good too. Just goes to show how back then, devs knew how to make a good movie to game conversion.

Who remembers the Lion King game? I remember the 3d stampede and thinking it was so high tech.

[ADM]

Super Mario All Stars
Terranigma
Donkey Kong Country
Yoshi's Island
Super Mario World
Mario Kart

That's about it.. I had great fun with the above ones.

There are a couple I am missing though.. can't really remember. The SNES has to be the greatest console ever imo.


3. TMNT - Turtles In Time



ooh can't believe I forgot that! I loved the old school turtle games http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Logic Bomb]

seregrail7 said:
I can't believe noone mentioned Killer Instinct. Best 2d beat em up ever!



I hated this game with a passion.

- LB

[Van Hamies]

A link to the past (Zelda 3)
Flashback
Another World
Bubsy http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Those are just the ones I can remember at the moment

[KaiserSoze]

actraiser

super metroid

contra 3

chrono trigger

axelay http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/love.gif

[Neptune]

EarthWorm Jim
EarthWorm Jim 2
Contra 3
King of the monsters
Spiderman

[Beelze]

Chrono Trigger hasn't been mentioned enough times yet! http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Hudson]

Zombies Ate My Neighbors, FF III and Chrono Trigger

[Lengis]

seregrail7 said:
I can't believe noone mentioned Killer Instinct. Best 2d beat em up ever!



Absolutely, but sadly the SNES version kinda sucked. We need the arcade perfect ports on the Xbox! Microsoft owns Rare now so anything's possible. I'm still hoping for KI 3 on Xbox 2.

[DI-MeisterM]

1. Super Metroid
2. Super Metroid ( http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif )
3. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

[Lengis]

>>>>3. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

^ I need to finish playing that game. I got quite far recently

[Nacho]

Harvest moon

Loved it on that system it got me started on the series.

[NetNessie]

Harvest Moon was fun, I will admit I spent a while playing it.
Although, the micromanagement becomes too much after 3 times... http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Orochi Avlis]

Chrono Trigger
Mario Kart
Super Mario World
Donkey Kong 1,2 and 3
Super Mario World 2
Mortal Kombat 1, 2 and 3
Earthworm Jim 1 and 2

[widowmaker]

Lengis said:
We need the arcade perfect ports on the Xbox! Microsoft owns Rare now so anything's possible. I'm still hoping for KI 3 on Xbox 2.



Hell Yeah!!!
Man I spent a lot on KI in the arcade. The N64 conversion was a travesty. But like so many of the greats it no doubt will never been seen on the consoles in a worthy form. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Kev_Hectic]

Orochi Avlis said:
Earthworm Jim 2



That's another one I forgot to mention. I thought the first Earthworm Jim game was better on the Genesis (and more so on the Sega CD), however.

[avatar_58]

Kev_Hectic said:

Orochi Avlis said:
Earthworm Jim 2



That's another one I forgot to mention. I thought the first Earthworm Jim game was better on the Genesis (and more so on the Sega CD), however.



Or the PC CDrom port. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Kev_Hectic]

^ I never played the PC version. Did it have any of the stuff from the Sega CD game?

[avatar_58]

Esentially it *was* the sega cd version. It had cd music and even an exclusive level only in the pc version. I still have the cd around somewhere.

Anyway....the single best snes game IMO is Chrono Trigger. It's my fav.

[Shams]

Mine are

# CastleVania IV <<< BEST CV game evaR!
# Wolf Child
# Doom Troopers
# and lots of other game that I can't spell http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif

[jimbob]

i really enjoyed playing indiana jones` greatest adventures on the snes http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[On/Off]

Shams said:
# CastleVania IV <<< BEST CV game evaR!




Nave you played symphony of the night???

[Orochi Avlis]

avatar_58 said:
Esentially it *was* the sega cd version. It had cd music and even an exclusive level only in the pc version. I still have the cd around somewhere.



What was the PC only level?

I remember that it had one of the funnist endings and addlibs ever (when you beat it on easy).

[Shams]

On/Off said:

Shams said:
# CastleVania IV <<< BEST CV game evaR!




Nave you played symphony of the night???



Well to start with it was on psx...and then it was not a game about the belmonts directly....even though the saturn version was a little....but overall it has to be the best one..

But when it comes to the belmonts the CV-IV is the best followed by CV- Rondo Of Blood...IMHO http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Mr.Blud]

Super Punchout is my favorite.

I practiced so much I could beat the game in one go.

[Kevin Wolff]

Super Mario All-Stars: World never did it for me. Charming music though http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dopefish.gif
Final Fantasy II: Love the ends of battles. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

...

I never owned my own SNES, so I didn't get to play much on them. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Burfid]

Legend of Zeld: A link to the past, loved it so much i just re-bought it for my gameboy advanced.

Also for some reason i was able to play Mario Paint for hours when i was younger. The fly swating game was fun. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I also Loved Soul Blazer but i only rented it and then could never find it again so i've never beaten it http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Roger]

The only thing that comes to mind right now are the R-Type games. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/love.gif

[Claws]

Hmmmm, probably Chrono Trigger for me.

[Simon Charles]

Two games for me : Super Mario World and Zelda; A link to the Past. These two are games as perfect as can be on that platform. They embody the absolute perfection of their own genre. No other game comes close. None.

[Dogy]

My personal favorite: TMNT 4: Turtles in Time.

[Phayzon]

Super Metroid http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/love.gif http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/love.gif
Donkey Kong County http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/love.gif
Yoshi's Island

[Zero]

7th Saga
7th Saga 2 (Mystic Ark)
Breath of Fire
Breath of Fire II
Bubsy
B.O.B
Chrono Trigger
Cybernator
Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy V
Final Fantasy VI
Killer Instinct
MarioKart
MegaMan X
MegaMan X2
MegaMan X3
Mortal Kombat II
Rock and Roll Racing
Rockman & Forte
Radical Rex
Sekien Densetsu 2 (SoM)
Sekien Densetsu 3 (SoM 2)
Super Metroid
Super Punchout
Super Street Fighter 2
Star Fox
Star Ocean
Terranigma
Tales of Phanstsia
Tresure Hunter G
Zelda 3

That's all i can think of for now....

(notice only like 1 mario game? and its not even a mario game, thats cause I hate mario and I think nintendo should retire him and all his friends.)

[Dr. Kill]

Destroyer said:
SNES was great, but I thought genesis was better



same here. SNES has some great games, though.

MK2
Super Mario World
Donkey Kong Country series
Megaman X series (before it turned to crap on 64 bit consoles)
Top Gear series
Super Double Dragon
Final Fight (although a bit edited)
Street Fighter 2 (used to play that all the time)
Weapon Lord (hardest fighter ever)

[Simon Charles]

I wonder why the SNES held the market for so long if the Genesis was superior. Hell, the SNES held its ground even when the war shifted into the 32 bit arena. That says something about the console, considering Nintendo skipped a generation.

[gungriffon geona]

Everyone here always forgets that Assault Suits Valken (known as Cybernator in the US.) exists whenever the SNES is mentioned. I mean come on, surely I'm not the only person here who's played and loved it, right?

anyway:
1. Assault Suits Valken *all-time favorite*
2. Front Mission Gun Hazard *second favorite. by the people who made Valken*
3. Chrono Trigger *2nd favorite RPG*
4. Secret of Evermore
5. Super Mario World

[Piranros]

Cool Spot http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Imfamous]

Simon Charles said:
I wonder why the SNES held the market for so long if the Genesis was superior. Hell, the SNES held its ground even when the war shifted into the 32 bit arena. That says something about the console, considering Nintendo skipped a generation.



In what way was the Genesis superior? Certainly not in the games department.

[oak man]

my all time favorite snes games!:

->DooM
->mega man x 1,3,
->mega man 7
->super mario world,super mario all stars
->jurrasic park
->the super game boy!
->gradius twin!
->yoshi's island
->donkie kong country
->escape from castle wolfenstien
->kirby super star!!!!
->super mario RPG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this thread brings back lots of memories http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[The Dukenator]

I still have my SNES console. I still got games for it.

They are:
Power Rangers - similar to Mortal Kombat?
Super Mario All Stars
Zelda 3 - beat it 6 times already

Power Rangers was shit, but I got it used. Same thing with Super Mario All Stars. Both came from Blockbuster as they were selling them. Zelda came with the SNES.

I've played:

Aladdin - beat it numerous times
Home Improvement
Kirby's Super Star
Inspector Gadget
Donkey Kong
and a bunch others that I don't remember playing...

[Dr. Kill]

Piranros said:
Cool Spot http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif



My mom loves that game. It was pretty good for being a cash in. I sort of miss the 7-up spot. Along with the Orlando Jones commercials.

[JackpotDen]

Bubsy
Super mario World
Super Mario All stars
Super Mario Kart
Donkey Kong 2 (I like this better than one and couldnt understand how to play 3)
Killer Instinct
Clay Fighter
Rock&Roll Racers (or something like that)
Kirby games
Contra 3
EVO search for eden

[Beelze]

I've seen Terranigma mentioned a couple of times. I wonder, is it recommended to play Soulblazer and Illusion of Gaia before playing Terranigma? How good are its two predecessors?

[Anomalous Entity]

1) Super Metroid - Easily the best and largest of the games available to the system, with perfect music and atmosphere to boot.

2) Super Mario All-Stars - Four Mario games in one. Can't resist. That theme is unforgettable....

3) Donkey Kong Country - Innovative platform for its time and brimming with character and comedy. Had some great graphics for its time too.

4) Zelda: A Link to the Past - Great storyline, great challenge, yet another Link masterpiece.

5) Killer Instinct - Probably occupied more of my time than most of the above, and was incredibly enjoyable for its time. Perfect 2D fragfest and another great game by Rare Studios.

Still got two SNES consoles with 4 controllers. Still got 60 or so games locked up in my cupboard. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Phayzon]

Imfamous said:

Simon Charles said:
I wonder why the SNES held the market for so long if the Genesis was superior. Hell, the SNES held its ground even when the war shifted into the 32 bit arena. That says something about the console, considering Nintendo skipped a generation.



In what way was the Genesis superior? Certainly not in the games department.



Agreed. I never actually liked genesis. SNES was my faverite console EVER.

[Delicieuxz]

This is fun...

Chrono Trigger
Radical Dreamers (text based Chrono Trigger sequal)
Bubsy
Micky's World of Illusion
U.N. Squadron
Yoshi's Island
Mortal Kombat 2
Donkey Kong Country


I have Illusion of Gaia but I haven't played it yet coz when I sampled it the music didn't grab me. I wish someone else would play it and I could just watch it.

[Jeff]

Ones I could remember were Super Mario World, Yoshi's Island, and I think there was a golf game called Pebble Beach or something like that.

[Zero]

Anomalous Entity said:
1) Super Metroid - Easily the best and largest of the games available to the system, with perfect music and atmosphere to boot.



Incorrect ToP and StarOcean are the biggest ROMS for the SNES.
Metroid doesn't come even close to ToP and StarOcean in size.

Mind you these title where only avilible in japan, but they have sold more then enough copys to prove that there good games, in fact StarOcean and the Tales series where contenued to PSX and PS2 (no remakes with the acception of ToP it was remade for the PSX) or same charactors)).

[IwantMORE]

Super Mario World
Mario Cart
StarFox