Tell GR: Great SNES Era Games, Go!

Super Mario World. To this day ill load up a emulator and 100% it. Even the special world levels.

The special levels drove me to alcoholism.

Just use blue yoshi and his extended flying ability.

I think that's what I ended up having to do for most of them.

Super Mario RPG... which got me into Final Fantasy VI and Chrono Trigger. There's Super Bomberman 2, it was fun trying to throw bombs at your friends. Also, there's Yoshi Island with the crayon and felt pen art which supposedly Miyamoto done to spite the committee that wanted the game to look more like DKC.

Games like Secret of Mana or Gemfire. They were oh-so hard to find back in the day (eBay, Amazon, etc. didn't exist yet). It always felt like a really huge score whenever you or one of your friends were able to get a hold on a copy.

Zombies Ate My Neighbors

That was an awesome game that my aunt gave me for Christmas and that I would have never played otherwise.

Can't have this topic without mentioning Chrono Trigger, Mario Kart, Turtles in Time and Metroid.

There's too many to mention in a single post and since I'm sure the most popular will be mentioned by others (the Megamans, the Castlevanias, the Final Fights, etc) I'll mention some others:
Actraiser, Axelay, Demon's Crest, Hook, King of Dragons, Knights of the Round, the Lufias, Marvel Super Heroes - War of the Gems, Ninja Gaiden Trilogy, Saturday Night Slam Masters, Sparkster, Super Adventure Island 2, Super Ghouls n Ghosts, Super Punchout, X-Men Mutant Apocalypse and two of the greatest games of all time: UN Squadron and Super Mario World.
Plus a ton of great RPGs. Amazing console indeed!.

I am about to give out a million thumbs up.

I feel like this thread is going to be dominated by SNES games (which, I'll admit, were definitely more important in the long run), so I'll throw out Shining Force. Awesome tactical RPG where you star as the main character and hang out with a werewolf named Zylo, a magic flying jellyfish named Domingo, and a dragon named Bleu. And a bunch of other guys. Some ******* is being evil, and it's your job to kill him, his friend, his boss, her boss, and her boss's boss.

And you do. Bolt 3, Mother****ers.

In speaking of games that are fun to play but boring to watch--Might and Magic series for the PC (the original, not Heroes). Nearer to the end of the SNES era, but whatever.

I would go over to my friend's house, and he would be moving around and loading into this zone and that and fighting orcs and whatnot and it was just the most boring thing ever onscreen. I fell asleep in my chair pretty much guaranteed. Then at one point he wakes me up and he's like "how can you think this is boring? You try."

I start playing, and it's ****ing awesome! I'm casting spells and managing my party and exploring and looting and I turn to him and say, "Holy cow, you're right! This game is WAY more fun to play!"

Only he didn't hear me because he had fallen asleep in his chair.

Jeeze where to start....Mario RPG, Lufia Series, Breath of Fire series, Super Mario World, Yoshis Island, Mario Kart, Secret of Mana, Secret of Evermore, Illusion of Gaia, Metroid, Earthbound (gonna play it tonight now that I think of it), Contra 3, FF3, Donkey Kong Series, Mega Man X, Legend of Zelda, NBA jam....

Ahh the golden era of RPG's. I owned several of them, most of them were roms.

Genesis: Golden Axe series, Streets of Rage, Sonic series, almost anything on Sonics Ultimate Genesis collection (like phantasy star series, shining force, beyond oasis etc). Double dragon, battle toads, alladin, lion king, street fighter

I suppose I should just stop there but you get the idea lol

Battletoads
Killer Instinct
Kirby everything
F-Zero

I never had a Sega as a kid. Everyone else has mentioned the obvious (awesome) SNES games. I'm going to throw out Batman Returns, Raiden Trad, Earthworm Jim, X-Men Mutant Apocalypse, Clay Fighters, & Killer Instinct

This is the only system I never put any hours into. I had gotten a Sega and kind skipped the SNES. I do remember playing TMNT In Time and Donkey Kong at a buddy's house but that's about it. Weren't all SNES games ridiculously hard? I do also remember some racing game where I hover cars crashed super easy.

Pretty much all the above and E.V.O. Search for Eden Earthbound so many great games.

Another World, worst SNES game I ever played, watch penguinz0 play it on youtube if you like.

Donkey Kong Country 1-3
Super Mario World (my GRANDMA loves this game)
Yoshi's Island
Super Mario All-Stars
Kirby Super Star (this one was re-released as Kirby Super Star Ultra on the DS in '08)
Killer Instinct
Primal Rage

I was/still am a huge fan of 2D platformers. I remember the graphics in the Donkey Kong Country games were mindblowing when they were released.

DKC was the first video game I ever played. Still remember...ran straight into that first god damned beaver.

At the very beginning of the very first level, you can max out your lives. It was some sort of glitch or "cheat" or whatever you want to call it. Good times.

Super Mario World and the Donkey Kong Country trilogy were staple games of my childhood, and games that I always played two-player with my Dad. We also rented the Joe and Mac games a lot (especially Joe and Mac 2: Lost in the Tropics). I used to watch Dad play the SNES version of Doom, not because i was too scared to play (quite the contrary, I always loved watching him use the chainsaw on big groups of demons), but because when I was a little kid I hadn't yet grasped the concept of controlling a character from a first-person perspective.

Two words... "TINY TOONS" lol

Toy story, donkey kong country

My younger brother had the Toy Story video game when we were younger (for the Sega Genesis). He was maybe six or seven at the time. He loved that movie and the game so much that he actually wrote Pixar a letter telling them how great of a movie and game he thought they were. Someone with the company (I couldn't tell ya who, it's been a long time) actually sent him back a package containing a handwritten response thanking him for the letter, and enclosed a really cool framed and signed picture of Woody and Buzz. It was super super classy.

True story, yo.

Everything above this comment. Yes even Drathbone's genesis list and even another world (which is way better on Dos port then on the console port, less censorship).

I could cheat and actually put some PC games here but no, I'm gonna keep this Snes titles only. I'll try to promote games that usually went under the radar in the U.S: Soul Blazer, Terranigma, Jaki crush, Seiken Densetsu 3 (or secret of mana 2, only available through roms emulation for U.S players), Dolucky no A.League Soccer and Dolucky no Kusayakiu (The best baseball game ever!), Shin Nekketsu Kouha (or the official sequel to river cuty ransom), Crash 'n the Boys, Downtown Nekketsu Baseball... actually any games by technos japan.

No mention yet of Tetris Attack? After several straight hours of that, I always felt a relentless compulsion to flip people and objects around to have them match up.

Super Castlevania IV, Super Punch-Out, Desert Strike

I kind of skipped that generation but I remember playing a lot of StarFox and Street Fighter at my friends house.

Kirby Super Star
Aladdin
Super Star Wars
Revenge of the Jedi
Top Gear
Chessmaster
Super Mario RPG
Tiny Toons
Animaniacs
Lion King

Yoshi's. Fucking. Cookie.

I was really into Suikoden II back then!

Did anyone mention Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past? Love that game.

That game ruined my life. In a good way.

KONAMI and CAPCOM made the SNES the winner. Contra 3, Mega Max X, Super Ghouls & Ghosts...just about everything the SNES did was such a leap over the NES that I'll never forget those games.

Activision was also awesome. Judge Dredd, Mortal Kombat, etc.

Nintendo also had a strong in-house development: Star Fox, Mario World, Super Game Boy, Yoshi's Island.

SNES blew Genesis away.

Final Fantasy III (or VI when not on the SNES) one of the best games ever.

And here's one that I bet few if any ever heard of: Ultma VI: The False Prophet.

Did you killed Lord British in that game?

To my embarrassment I didn't even try.

uhhh not SNES but my favorite beat em up will always be Streets of Rage 2, best 16 bit music as well imo (and it had blast processing!!!)

honorable mention: Turtles in Time, Battletoads, Final Fight...

I will cheat Lien, oh yes I will. Here we go PC games.

Civilization 2, Warcaft 2: Tides of Darkness, Wing Commander, Descent, Hexen

And then on Turbo Grafx - Ys III, and Bonk

Add Master of orion and command and conquer on that list and you got yourself a new drinking buddy.

Pretty much everything people mentioned here, I'll add in another that I'm surprised is getting no love: Metal Warriors (not Metal marines, also fun though). Remember that gem? You could get in and out of your mecha, hijack another one, and the diversity of mecha/attacks was crazy.

I would say EVERYTHING!!!. But if I had to pick a few...
STREET FIGHTER II
SREETS OF RAGE I, II, AND III
FINAL FIGHT
MORTAL KOMBAT II
TURTLES IN TIME
STARFOX
KILLER INSTINCT (even had the official soundtrack that came with the game. Loved it!)
DONKEY KONG COUNTRY
F-ZERO
SUPER MARIO WORLD

and the list can go on and on and on and on and on.......

I'm actually playing Phantasy Star IV atm and I think it's fantastic

Don't forget the 2 greatest games to make you want to hit your friend that you were playing against. General Chaos and Mutant League Football.

Chrono Trigger
Final Fantasy 6 (3 on the SNES in America)
The Megaman X Series
Mortal Kombat 2
Super Mario RPG

Don't forget the 2 greatest games to make you want to hit your friend that you were playing against. General Chaos and Mutant League Football.

uhhhhh out of all the lurking i've done and double posts i've seen. It happens to me on like the 1 out of 3 things i've ever commented on.... =(

Vectorman
Shining Force
Caste of Illusion
Sonic 2
and most importantly...
Ristar

Fuck SNES! I was a Sega fanboy at the ripe age of three, when my parents got me and my brother a Genesis. I never really recovered from being a non-Nintendo kid (I've owned an N64, an NES, and a Wii, but I always preferred Dreamcast and PS). But the wonders of Sonic 2, Vectorman, Comix Zone, Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist, Toe Jam & Earl, and The Ooze were awesome, and made sure I'd love video games for a long time.

Oh, and the Genesis version of Beavis and Butthead pretty much stole 3 months of my life.

SEGA 4 LIFE! Forgot about Comix Zone! Awesome game

Rock N Roll Racing and NBA Jam baby! I played countless hours of those two with my dad... good times.

The fourth generation (and the fifth, too, come to think of it) was a great time for video games. There was a combinatorial strength of aesthetics, mechanical design and technical competence not seen since. Just to take one example; Super Contra 3 The combinations of music, visuals, speed and design (the game was so hard it makes most 'hard' games today seem silly, but callign it unfair would be libelous) were all right for each other.

You my friend, have an excellent vocabulary!

Guys......Front mission. So good. Even the non turn based Front Mission-Gun Hazard was awesome. Honestly, if you haven't tried these you should.

SEGA GENESIS:
SONIC 2, MORTAL KOMBAT 2, BATTLETOADS, BEAVIS & BUTTHEAD, NBA JAM:TE, SPLATTERHOUSE 3, GOLDEN AXE 1 & 2, TOEJAM & EARL, ROAD RASH 2, STREETS OF RAGE 2, ECCO THE DOLPHIN, X-MEN, MUTANT LEAGUE FOOTBALL

SUPER NINTENDO:
SUPER MARIO WORLD, SUPER MARIO KART, F-ZERO, STREET FIGHTER 2: TURBO, TMNT: TURTLES IN TIME, KILLER INSTINCT, SIM CITY, STAR FOX, CIVILIZATION, PRINCE OF PERSIA

(above are some of my favorite games of the era... and... SEGA GENESIS is the better system IMO, i enjoyed it alot more than SNES... with that said... i did have fun on both systems)

Genesis to the end...... mortal kombat 2 and street fighter 2 with all three streets of rage games..... man they just dont make em like that anymore....