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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]]. | {{: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. |
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*aderack: Like the meeting point of //[[game:Rastan]]// and //[[game:SimCity]]//. It's actually got power! | *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[...] | *spinach: [...]a deplorable story of the virtues of colonization[...] | ||
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+ | ***//Aim for the ace!//** | ||
+ | * Glam Grimfire: a very interesting [[hardware:snes#mode 7]] based [[genre:tennis|tennis game]] for the [[hardware:snes|SNES]]. | ||
***//Alcahest//** | ***//Alcahest//** | ||
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***//Axelay//** | ***//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//** | ***//Batman Returns//** | ||
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***//Biometal//** | ***//Biometal//** | ||
*swimmy: There's so much going on in the background of the first level that I can't see anything, | *swimmy: There's so much going on in the background of the first level that I can't see anything, | ||
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+ | ***//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)//** | ***//Cacoma Knight in Bizyland / Cacoma Knight (JP)//** | ||
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***//Cho Jiku Yosai Macross: Scrambled Valkyrie//** (AKA: //SDF Macross: Scrambled Valkyrie//) | ***//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) | ***//Chrono Trigger//** (also on: DS, iOS, PS1, PSN, Wii VC) | ||
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***//Darius Twin//** | ***//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! | *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)//** | ***//Demon's Crest / Demon's Blazon Makaimura Monshou hen (JP)//** | ||
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***//Firestriker / Holy Striker (JP)//** | ***//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//** | ***//The Firemen//** | ||
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***//Gradius 3//** (also on: arcade, Wii VC) | ***//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//** | ***//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. | * 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. | * 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) | ***//Kirby's Dream Course / Kirby Bowl (JP)//** (also on: Wii VC, Wii U VC) | ||
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***//Legend of the Mystical Ninja//** | ***//Legend of the Mystical Ninja//** | ||
- | ***//The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past//** (also on: GBA, Wii VC) | + | ***//[[game:the_legend_of_zelda_a_link_to_the_past|The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past]]//** (also on: GBA, Wii VC) |
*Sniper Honeyviper: Your enjoyment of this game will hinge entirely on your nostalgic attachment to the series. | *Sniper Honeyviper: Your enjoyment of this game will hinge entirely on your nostalgic attachment to the series. | ||
*gatotsu2501: Even when I was young and obsessed with all things Zelda, I always found ALttP kinda... boring. Next to Ocarina of Time (which is practically a remake) it feels like it lacks personality, even if it's technically held up better. | *gatotsu2501: Even when I was young and obsessed with all things Zelda, I always found ALttP kinda... boring. Next to Ocarina of Time (which is practically a remake) it feels like it lacks personality, even if it's technically held up better. | ||
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***//Phantom 2040//** (also on: Game Gear, MD) | ***//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)** | ***//[[game:Picross NP]]// (vols. 1-8)** | ||
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***//Star Fox / Star Wing (PAL)//** (also on: Wii VC) | ***//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. | * 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)//** | ***//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. | *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. | *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//** | ***//Super Bomberman 3//** | ||
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***//Super Mario RPG//** (also on: Wii VC) | ***//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. | * 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) | ***//[[game:super_mario_world]]//** (also on: GBA, Wii VC, Wii U VC) | ||
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***//UN Squadron / Area 88//** (also on: arcade) | ***//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) | ***//Umihara Kawase//** (also on: DS, PlayStation) |