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Died By Bear
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 Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 5:59 pm Post subject: Super NES games recommend please - UPDATED LIST |
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EDIT: I am listening to you...I am listening to your advice!!
I know that there are a ton of games that were made for SNES, but because of my age and working in various overseas locations; I missed out on that whole era of gaming.
I have recently aquired a system and am looking for recommendations for great games. I have played Zelda 4Swords on the GBA and it took me forever  but I can also check out Ocarina or whatever the other one they made was.
I have a few games that I picked up with the system, including Yoshi's island, and three Mario games, one that has the original few and lost games etc.
I also have a wii and will never mod it just to have all those games free, I don't do that. I just am happy to have the old system in brand new condition in a brand new looking box with four Nintendo controllers still wrapped in plastic. It was an amazing find.
If you can throw a few game names that really stand out in your mind, please hit me.
Thanks
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Maserial
Joined: 31 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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Depends upon what you're into, of course, but off the top of my head:
Star Fox
F-Zero
Super Mario Kart
Final Fantasy II & III
Secret of Mana
Contra III
The Legend of the Mystical Ninja
Rock 'n' Roll Racing
(Super) Castlevania IV
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time
(Super) Double Dragon
(Super) Metroid
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Actraiser*
* Don't get me started! |
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Zyzyfer
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| Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Maserial wrote: |
Depends upon what you're into, of course, but off the top of my head:
Star Fox
F-Zero
Super Mario Kart
Final Fantasy II & III
Secret of Mana
Contra III
The Legend of the Mystical Ninja
Rock 'n' Roll Racing
(Super) Castlevania IV
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time
(Super) Double Dragon
(Super) Metroid
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Actraiser*
* Don't get me started! |
That's a solid list. I never did sit down and try Actraiser, heh.
I spent most of my time on Super Mario Kart, Final Fantasy II, and Romance of the Three Kingdoms III myself. Super Mario World was actually a pretty good game as well. Street Fighter II was a respectable port from the arcade, though single player would get old fast. The first Simcity for SNES was also alright if you're into building cities and whatnot.
Funny thing about Super Mario Kart, I practiced and practiced in high school, thought I was awesome, then broke out the SNES in university at my dorm and my roommate pulverized me with DK. I was like "wuuuuuuuuut."
edit: What were the shooters back in the SNES days? Had they even really come of age in that era? |
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Jimskins
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| Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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THe best shooter was Contra 3 (or Super Probotector, as it was known in the UK) that Maserial mentioned. Alien 3 is not bad either.
The list above is pretty solid, but two absolute gems I would add are:
Pilotwings
Super Punch Out
Also the Donkey Kong Country series is pretty much the best platform game I've ever played.
And finally if you're into football, forget all this Fifa 12, Pro- evolution etc bollox, the greatest ever footie game is International Superstar Soccer Deluxe , I wasted years of my life playing 2 or 4 player World cup tournaments on that one. |
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Maserial
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| Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Zyzyfer wrote: |
| What were the shooters back in the SNES days? Had they even really come of age in that era? |
What kind of shooter are talking about? If you mean first-person shooters, the Super Nintendo offers little, but if you're referring to a scrolling shooter, then you have games such as Axelay, Super R-Type, Gradius III, Darius Twin, etc. |
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The Sultan of Seoul
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| Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 9:25 pm Post subject: |
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Super Smash Bros.
Beware - it is as fun but also as addictive as heck. |
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Maserial
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| Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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| The Sultan of Seoul wrote: |
Super Smash Bros.
Beware - it is as fun but also as addictive as heck. |
Great game, though it was for the Nintendo 64. |
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The Sultan of Seoul
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| Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 12:09 am Post subject: |
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| Maserial wrote: |
| The Sultan of Seoul wrote: |
Super Smash Bros.
Beware - it is as fun but also as addictive as heck. |
Great game, though it was for the Nintendo 64. |
Played it myself on the snes emulator. |
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Squire
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| Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 1:47 am Post subject: |
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Some of my favourite games ever are Super Metroid, Mario Kart and the first two Donkey Kong Country games. They really bring me back to my childhood!
The Mario games are all pretty good too, but when I went back and tried Street Fighter 2 again it just wasn't much fun
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Funny thing about Super Mario Kart, I practiced and practiced in high school, thought I was awesome, then broke out the SNES in university at my dorm and my roommate pulverized me with DK. I was like "wuuuuuuuuut."
edit: What were the shooters back in the SNES days? Had they even really come of age in that era? |
I had that game for many years before I found out DK and Bowser are actually the fastest, but because of their bad handling and acceleration you have to be pretty good to hit decent speeds with them. God I love that game. |
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Died By Bear
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| Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 3:01 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the recommendations.
I found a used store. Also, another friend gave me his system and four games so now I have two systems in excellent condition, w/box. I'm a happy kid.
Here is a list of games I got yesterday, I want to fill in the blanks so I'll go back and compare and then start searching. I'm headed to Japan for a couple of years, so I want to get a Japanese system as well - just for fun IF they're even available there. Japanese games would be fun to play, so I'm having one of the systems fixed so their cartridges will fit. I might have to buy an adapter for that...but another thing I realized is that I will have to get myself a game genie so I can have the cheat codes and lots of power and lives. hehe.
Love this 16 bit stuff...
The games I currently own
Streetfighter II (Guess I need to find Streetfighter III for SNES?)
Sim City
Contra III (Awesome)
Yoshi's World
Super Mario World
Super Mario Kart
Super Mario All Stars
NBA live 95
Madden 96
Riddeck Boxing
Prince of Persia (My favorite game on this list besides Yoshi's world and Contra III)
Keep in mind that I haven't even begun to master the buttons for kicks, punches, leaps etc. Just getting started. I think someone mentioned that there is a streetfighter 3, so I will go back and compare lists.
Edit; I've never been into those types of games - Final Fantasy swords, kingdoms, horses, no. can't do it. I do love prince of persia though, love it. Never liked the looks of games like Castlevania or Metroid though.
Looking for:
In order of priority
International Superstar Soccer Deluxe -------->> (But am I going to be able to find this in usa?)
Desert Strike
Star Wars Trilogy
Pro- evolution
DK Country
Axelay,
Super R-Type,
Gradius III,
Darius Twin
Pilotwings
Super Punch Out
F-Zero (Like very much, played on emulator)
Bomberman
Final Fantasy II & III
Secret of Mana
The Legend of the Mystical Ninja
Rock 'n' Roll Racing
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time
(Super) Double Dragon
Actraiser
Bart's Nightmare
Super Buster Bros
I have to admit, this is a lot of fun. I wish I'd had this stuff when I was a kid! But the great thing is that I have lots of time on my hands at the moment, and I'm filling in the fun blanks, hehehe
Thanks again
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Maserial
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| Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 4:54 am Post subject: |
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| The Sultan of Seoul wrote: |
| Maserial wrote: |
| The Sultan of Seoul wrote: |
Super Smash Bros.
Beware - it is as fun but also as addictive as heck. |
Great game, though it was for the Nintendo 64. |
Played it myself on the snes emulator. |
I couldn't say whether you played it on an emulator as I'm not up to speed on the topic and some of them may play games from several Nintendo consoles, but Super Smash Bros. was first released on the Nintendo 64. From the information provided by Died By Bear's original post, he's using an actual Super Nintendo console and thus couldn't play the game anyway. |
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jammo
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| Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 4:59 am Post subject: |
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all the best games have been mentioned imo
just an FYI - smash brothers and SF3 didn't come out on the SNES.
If you are looking for shooters - check out the PC Engine. Real talk |
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Maserial
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| Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 5:07 am Post subject: |
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| jammo wrote: |
| If you are looking for shooters - check out the PC Engine. |
Seconded! If shooters are your thing, the PC Engine Duo has plenty.
Also, as an addendum to my earlier list, I submit Chrono Trigger. |
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jammo
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| Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 5:31 am Post subject: |
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As we are doing tangents, I want to give props to the sega saturn.
Panzer, VF2 and Nights |
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Jimskins
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| Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 6:26 am Post subject: |
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Read my original post more carefully die by bear,it's International Superstar Soccer Deluxe you want. Dont touch fifa with a barge pole, its so slow you can make a cup of tea inbetween passes.
F zero is awesome. My greatest achievement to this day is finishing it on the unlocked super hard difficulty level. The pink fat car is where its at.
Desert Strike is good. The 4 player on Super Bomberman (2?) was also legendary.
Ah, the star wars trilogy was also difficult but excellent.
For something a bit alternative but entertaining and challenging, try Bart's Nightmare.
I have always maintained that the Snes was the greatest console ever. It was the last hurrah of gameplay over graphics (which were still good enough) before all the wanky 3d stuff came in. |
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