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--- sb:recommended:snes [2015/06/05 06:38]
the_blueberry_hill Note ablout Metal Marines also having a Windows port!
+++ sb:recommended:snes [2015/08/20 04:04]
the_blueberry_hill Links to theme:licensed_games and some quotes
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 {{:fig:recommended:snes_papercraft.jpg }}[[company:Nintendo]]'s entry in the 16-bit console wars. Probably the most popular "retro" system due to its huge library of [[genre:jrpg|JRPG]]s, polished graphics, prevalence of [[hardware:gba|GBA]]/[[hardware:ds|DS]] ports and ease of [[hardware:snes#emulation|emulation]]. The [[hardware:snes|Super Famicom]] had a little-known second life in Japan well into the 32-bit era, due to [[hardware:snes#nintendo_power|re-writable cartridges]] that you loaded stuff onto at the store. The controller would be copied by [[company:sony|Sony]] and become the iconic standard of button layout. There was a planned CD add-on that never materialized, though it turned into what we would know as the [[hardware:playstation|PlayStation]].
-Aside from the stellar //[[game:sdf_macross_scrambled_valkyrie|Scrambled Valkyrie]]//, and //[[game:UN Squadron]]// (and maybe //[[game:Axelay]]//), the system's lacking a good selection of shooters—head to the [[genesis|Mega Drive]] and [[pce|PC Engine]] for those—but has a strong catalogue in most other console-fitting genres.
+Aside from the stellar //[[game:sdf_macross_scrambled_valkyrie|Scrambled Valkyrie]]//, and //[[game:UN Squadron]]// (and maybe //[[game:Axelay]]//), the system's lacking a good selection of [[genre:shooters|shooters]]---head to the [[genesis|Mega Drive]] and [[pce|PC Engine]] for those---but has a strong catalogue in most other console-fitting genres.
 ===== Recommended =====
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     *aderack: Like the meeting point of //[[game:Rastan]]// and //[[game:SimCity]]//. It's actually got power!
     *spinach: [...]a deplorable story of the virtues of colonization[...]
+  ***//Aim for the ace!//**
+    * Glam Grimfire: a very interesting [[hardware:snes#mode 7]] based [[genre:tennis|tennis game]] for the [[hardware:snes|SNES]].
   ***//Alcahest//**
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   ***//Axelay//**
-    *Sniper Honeyviper: Spectacular shmuppy effort from [[company:Konami]] that samples a little from every popular STG at the time (mainly //[[game:r-type_series|R-Type]]// and //[[game:thunder_force_series|Thunder Force]]//) while remaining truly unique. Stages alternate between vertical and horizontal scrolling, and the vert sections take place on an interesting sort of Mode 7 conveyor belt. Every inspired, meticulously detailed setpiece feels different, with highlights including a Gundam space colony and a Sonic-esque casino city on Mars. There's close to nothing wrong with this game aside from some bouts of slowdown, and I can't recommend enough that you try it at least once.
+    *Sniper Honeyviper: Spectacular [[genre:shooters|shmuppy]] effort from [[company:Konami]] that samples a little from every popular STG at the time (mainly //[[game:r-type_series|R-Type]]// and //[[game:thunder_force_series|Thunder Force]]//) while remaining truly unique. Stages alternate between vertical and horizontal scrolling, and the vert sections take place on an interesting sort of Mode 7 conveyor belt. Every inspired, meticulously detailed setpiece feels different, with highlights including a Gundam space colony and a Sonic-esque casino city on Mars. There's close to nothing wrong with this game aside from some bouts of slowdown, and I can't recommend enough that you try it at least once.
   ***//Batman Returns//**
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   ***//Biometal//**
     *swimmy: There's so much going on in the background of the first level that I can't see anything,
+  ***//Brandish//**
+    * Glam Grimfire: also since you can find it in english, the SNES version of //Brandish// is a great game with a nice soundtrack (and a weird control scheme)
   ***//Cacoma Knight in Bizyland / Cacoma Knight (JP)//**
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   ***//Cho Jiku Yosai Macross: Scrambled Valkyrie//** (AKA: //SDF Macross: Scrambled Valkyrie//)
-    * The Blueberry Hill: This, right here, is my favourite shooter on the system.
+    * The Blueberry Hill: This, right here, is my favourite [[genre:shooters|shooter]] on the system.
   ***//Chrono Trigger//** (also on: DS, iOS, PS1, PSN, Wii VC)
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   ***//Darius Twin//**
     *aderack: Though not as interesting as //[[game:Sagaia]]//, still a pretty neat //[[game:Darius series|Darius]]//. You don't lose your power-ups!
-    *Sniper Honeyviper: A strictly average shmup, though it's got enough curiosities to be worth checking out. The music, while pretty bad, at least has a strange, buzzing presence to it; and the boss fights are just spectacular enough to be mostly on par with the rest of the series.
+    *Sniper Honeyviper: A strictly average [[genre:shooters|shmup]], though it's got enough curiosities to be worth checking out. The music, while pretty bad, at least has a strange, buzzing presence to it; and the boss fights are just spectacular enough to be mostly on par with the rest of the series.
   ***//Demon's Crest / Demon's Blazon Makaimura Monshou hen (JP)//**
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   ***//Firestriker / Holy Striker (JP)//**
-    * MrSkeleton: //[[game:final_fantasy_series|Final Fantasy]]// + //[[game:Breakout]]//. Aim for the ace! a very interesting [[hardware:snes#mode 7]] based tennis game for the [[hardware:snes|SNES]].
+    * MrSkeleton: //[[game:final_fantasy_series|Final Fantasy]]// + //[[game:Breakout]]//.
   ***//The Firemen//**
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   ***//Gradius 3//** (also on: arcade, Wii VC)
-    *wourme: I much prefer this to the arcade version. Though it's not my very favorite shooter, I've probably played it through more times than any other.
+    *wourme: I much prefer this to the arcade version. Though it's not my very favorite [[genre:shooters|shooter]], I've probably played it through more times than any other.
   ***//Hagane//**
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     * MrSkeleton: An interesting little 90's anime based game for the [[hardware:snes|SNES]] that's actually a loving homage (and actually better than every game in) the //[[game:valis_series|Valis]]// series.
     * The Blueberry Hill: I have a soft spot for this pretty average game (and the rest of [[game:makerun_makendo_series|the series]]) because of its [[company:Datam Polystar]] connection, and [[people:Ano Shimizu]] illustrations, but that's about all I like about it.
+    * Glam Grimfire: Is an interestin little 90's anime based game for the SNES that's actually a loving homage (and actually better than every game in) the //[[game:valis_series|Valis]]// series,
   ***//Kirby's Dream Course / Kirby Bowl (JP)//** (also on: Wii VC, Wii U VC)
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   ***//Phantom 2040//** (also on: Game Gear, MD)
-    *MrSkeleton: Based on a terrible cartoon, //Phantom 2040// is a metrovania/platformer for the SNES based on the phantom license. Really good.
+    *MrSkeleton: Based on a terrible cartoon, //Phantom 2040// is a [[genre:metroidvania|metrovania]]/platformer for the SNES based on the Phantom [[theme:licensed_games|license]]. Really good.
   ***//[[game:Picross NP]]// (vols. 1-8)**
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   ***//Star Fox / Star Wing (PAL)//** (also on: Wii VC)
-  ***//Star Fox 2//**
+  ***//Star Fox 2//** - [[http://forums.selectbutton.net/viewtopic.php?t=25665|forum thread]]
     * The Blueberry Hill: This unreleased game is one of the highlights of the 16bit era. The map screen in now //alive//, and events will take place here, even as you play missions.
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   ***//Super Aleste (JP/PAL) / Space Megaforce (NA)//**
-    *NeoZeedeater: The best shooter on the system.
+    *NeoZeedeater: The best [[genre:shooters|shooter]] on the system.
     *wourme: A lot of fun, with some pretty interesting graphical effects in places.
     *Rud13: These two forget the mention that the levels are way too long.
-    *Sniper Honeyviper: We're talking TEN-MINUTE LONG levels with the same backdrop and tilesets repeated in an endless cycle. It's a mechanically sound shooter, but kind of painful to put up with. You'd be better off with any of Hudson's Star Soldiers.
+    *Sniper Honeyviper: We're talking TEN-MINUTE LONG levels with the same backdrop and tilesets repeated in an endless cycle. It's a mechanically sound [[genre:shooters|shooter]], but kind of painful to put up with. You'd be better off with any of [[company:Hudson]]'s //[[game:star_soldier_series|Star Soldier]]//s.
   ***//Super Bomberman 3//**
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   ***//Super Mario RPG//** (also on: Wii VC)
     * gatotsu2501: A charming little game with several impressive-for-its-time innovations that periodically poked their heads up again in both its more polished Nintendo-developed spiritual successors and a handful of subsequent Squaresoft games. May not quite live up to its reputation if you're over the age of 10 the first time you play it.
+    * CubaLibre: I actually think //SMRPG// is probably a contender for best [[genre:JRPG]]. People remember it fondly as charming and cute and so forth but I think it's also eminently playable and briskly, minorly challenging the way a good JRPG should be. It and //[[game:Chrono Trigger]]// are probably the only JRPGs I'd pick up and replay for fun (not counting //[[game:Earthbound]]// and //[[game:Mother 3]]//, which are sort of different beasts).
+    * Broco: I think //Mario RPG// is a bad game primarily because it's ugly-looking. Much of the reason to like the [[company:squaresoft|Square]] games of the same era is their fantastic pixel art; //SMRPG// has this really disjointed pseudo-3d look.
+    * schroeder: My favorite part of //SMRPG// is that it harnessed the impatient tapping everyone does in JRPG battles and made it a mechanic.
   ***//[[game:super_mario_world]]//** (also on: GBA, Wii VC, Wii U VC)
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   ***//UN Squadron / Area 88//** (also on: arcade)
-    * The Blueberry Hill: This is my second favourite SNES shooter. Its structure feels unconventional, and its difficulty is just the right amount of //hard//.
+    * The Blueberry Hill: This is my second favourite SNES [[genre:shooters|shooter]]. Its structure feels unconventional, and its difficulty is just the right amount of //hard//.
   ***//Umihara Kawase//** (also on: DS, PlayStation)