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Did you know SNES had good games?

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:23 am
by WiizerFanboy
So i've been playing a lot of SNES lately through completely legal means. Man, has anyone ever realized how many great hidden gems were on the damn thing? Yeah, we've all played the major ones, the marios, the zeldas, the metroids, and the final fantasies, among others. But there are so many other great games that flew under my radar until now. Aside from playing chrono trigger, I've been playing some other great games like Dragon Quest 6, Live-A-Live ( undiscovered square rpg ), Bahamut Lagoon, Rudra no hihou ( 'Treasure of the Rudra' in english ) illusion of Gaia, and sky blazer. It just blew my mind how much great stuff there is. I also gave Seiken Densetsu 3 another chance, I'm actually enjoying it this time around.

Re: Did you know SNES had good games?

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:36 am
by Typheus
Play Earthbound before I kick your ass...now..

Re: Did you know SNES had good games?

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:15 pm
by Mericks
Typheus wrote:Play Earthbound before I kick your ass...now..
...I never played Earthbound...

<.<...

Ah ha! I'm safe from Typheus' ass-kicking in here!
:violent2:

Re: Did you know SNES had good games?

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:43 pm
by WiizerFanboy
I actually have earthbound too. but my main RPG right now is chrono trigger, as I've put off beating the damn game for a while now. I'm about halfway into it, where I have to go to magus's lair with the masamune. but anyway, after Chrono trigger, I might continue Dragon Quest 6. There's just something about Akira Toriyama ...

Re: Did you know SNES had good games?

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:03 pm
by Vamp [Bot]
There are some real gems on the SNES, but really a lot of SNES games that I used to think were really good are... not. DQ6 for instance starts out seeming pretty cool, but is a painfully boring game once you get into it, and this is coming from someone who's played all the DW/Q games many times over. This is my experience with a lot of "classic" SNES RPGs. Currently in my gaming queue SNES games occupy only 5 positions (CT, FF4&5, Secret of Mana, and Seiken Densetsu 3), compared to 24 PS2 games among a total of ~100.

Maybe I've just moved on. Also, next-gen has spoiled me.

Re: Did you know SNES had good games?

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:24 pm
by Muteki
Vamp, I really hope you never play Kid Icarus. xD

There are many good games on the SNES. I played Bahamut Lagoon for a bit and it was awesome (was playing it before my comp died), Illusion of Gaia I had and played, play Zombies Ate My Neighbors if you haven't, Actraiser is pretty cool, as well as many others I can't think of right now.

I was trying to play many of these "hidden jems" before my computer died, but I lost all those "legal copies" when it did. The SNES is definitly my personal console ever. It was just at the point where graphics alone couldn't sell a game, but not bad enough so that you couldn't make things look beautiful.

Re: Did you know SNES had good games?

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:35 pm
by WiizerFanboy
damn, sucks to hear that... so I guess I shouldn't waste my time with DQ6 ? I got about half an hour into it. I gotta say the game is just beautiful, I love akira toriyama's style. It's why I want to play blue dragon.

Re: Did you know SNES had good games?

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:09 pm
by Verence
Chrono Trigger, Illusion of Gaia, Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinistrals, Secret of Mana, Super Mario RPG, Final Fantasy VI, Final Fantasy IV...

Plus the Super Star Wars Trilogy. I loved those games. :D

Re: Did you know SNES had good games?

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:34 pm
by Mericks
Muteki wrote:Vamp, I really hope you never play Kid Icarus. xD
I <3 Kid Icarus

Re: Did you know SNES had good games?

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:16 pm
by BreakmanX
There's a lot of great hidden games on the SNES. I really should make a list sometime. Weezerjedi got some great fairly unknown SNES games recently.

Re: Did you know SNES had good games?

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:32 pm
by RurouniQ
*sputters in astonishment* This is somehow news??
The following is a list of really good games on the SNES. (!) denotes something you need to fucking play yesterday.

Actraiser (!)
Addams Family
Aladdin
Arkanoid II
Battle Clash
Battletoads & Double Dragon
Battletoads in Battlemaniacs
Blackthorne
Breath of Fire
Breath of Fire II
Bugs Bunny - Rabbit Rampage
Bust-A-Move
Captain America and the Avengers
Chrono Trigger (!)
Clay Fighter
Contra III (!)
Cool Spot
Cosmo Gang
Darius Twin
Demon's Crest
Desert Strike
Donkey Kong Country (!)
Donkey Kong Country 2
Donkey Kong Country 3
Dragon Quest 6
E.V.O.
Earthbound
F-Zero
Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy V
Final Fantasy VI (!)
Flashback
Gradius III
Gundam Wing
Illusion of Gaia
Joe & Mac
Jurassic Park
Killer Instinct
King of the Monsters
Kirby Super Star (!)
Kirby's Dream Course
Kirby's Dream Land 3
Knights of the Round
Legend of the Mystical Ninja
Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past (!)
Lemmings
Lemmings 2
Lethal Enforcers
Lost Vikings
Magic Sword
Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse
Mario Paint
Mario's Super Picross (!)
Mega Man VII
Mega Man X (!)
Mega Man X2
Mega Man X3
Metal Warriors
Mortal Kombat II
Mortal Kombat 3
NBA Jam
Ninja Gaiden Trilogy
Ogre Battle
Out of This World
Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
Parodius 2
Parodius 3
Picross Vol 1-8
Pilotwings
Pocky & Rocky
Pop'n Twinbee Rainbow Bell
Primal Rage
Q-bert 3
R-Type III
Raiden Trad
Revolution X
Robotrek (!)
Rockman & Forte
Rudra no Hihou
Secret of Evermore
Secret of Mana (!)
Seiken Densetsu III
Shadowrun
Simpsons - Bart's Nightmare
Soul Blazer
Spanky's Quest
Sparkster
Spiderman & Venom - Maximum Carnage
Starfox (!)
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Future's Past
Street Fighter II Turbo
Stunt Race FX
Sunset Riders
Super Adventure Island
Super Adventure Island II
Super Baseball Simulator 1000 (!)
Super Bomberman 4
Super Buster Bros.
Super Castlevania IV (!)
Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts
Super Mario All-Stars
Super Mario Kart (!)
Super Mario RPG (!)
Super Mario World (!)
Super Mario World 2 - Yoshi's Island (!)
Super Metroid (!)
Super Off Road
Super Punch-Out (!)
Super R-Type
Super Smash TV
Super Star Wars
Super Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back
Super Star Wars - Return of the Jedi
Super Street Fighter II
Super Strike Eagle
T2 - The Arcade Game
Tales of Phantasia
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV (!)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tournament Fighters
Terranigma (!)
Tetris Attack
Twisted Tales of Spike McFang
UN Squadron
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego
Zombies Ate My Neighbors

These are just the ones I like. Seriously, the ones with the (!) marks, play them.

Re: Did you know SNES had good games?

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:08 pm
by WiizerFanboy
well I was talking more about games that were great and fun to play, but were highly underrated/undiscovered.

But yeah I pretty much agree with Q's list.

Re: Did you know SNES had good games?

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:11 pm
by Verence
OMG! How did I forget Kirby Super Star?!!

Co-op on that game was fun as HELL. :lol:

Re: Did you know SNES had good games?

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:19 pm
by Typheus
The fuck does the little (!) mean?

Re: Did you know SNES had good games?

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:33 pm
by Verence
Especially good games, unless I miss my guess.