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All Super Famicom / SNES Games

94 games in the museum — and growing

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Miyamoto kept a Yoshi sketch taped to his desk for five years — the Famicom couldn't render him. Super Mario World (1990) lau ▶

Super Famicom / SNES

Super Mario World

スーパーマリオワールド

Platform · 1990

Super Mario World was the game that introduced the world to the Super Famicom. A launch title — bundled with the console…

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Development took 58,240 hours by Nintendo's own accounting. A Link to the Past (Super Famicom, 1991) — two worlds, the Master ▶

Super Famicom / SNES

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

ゼルダの伝説 神々のトライフォース

Action-adventure · 1991

A Link to the Past returned Zelda to the top-down perspective of the original NES game after Zelda II's controversial si…

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Japan received an easier version than the West — a rare reversal. Super Metroid (1994, Super Famicom) — the game that named a Uncommon ▶

Super Famicom / SNES

Super Metroid

スーパーメトロイド

Action-adventure · 1994

Super Metroid is the third entry in the Metroid series and the game that codified the Metroidvania genre. Directed by Yo…

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Kefka wins mid-game — destroys the world, story continues in the ruins. Final Fantasy VI (1994, Super Famicom). 14 characters Uncommon ▶

Super Famicom / SNES

Final Fantasy VI

ファイナルファンタジーVI

Role-playing · 1994

Final Fantasy VI reached Japanese stores on April 2, 1994, carrying fourteen playable characters. Nobuo Uematsu wrote a …

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Mitsuda composed until he developed a stomach ulcer. Chrono Trigger (1995, Super Famicom) — Sakaguchi, Horii, and Toriyama's Uncommon ▶

Super Famicom / SNES

Chrono Trigger

クロノトリガー

Role-playing · 1995

Chrono Trigger is the Super Famicom RPG most frequently named on "greatest games" lists. Created by a "Dream Team" of Hi…

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Super Famicom / SNES

Parodius Da!

パロディウスだ！ 〜神話からお笑いへ〜

Horizontal scrolling shooter · 1992

Parodius Da! (1992) is Konami parodying itself. The ship is a flying octopus, or a penguin, or Vic Viper from Gradius — …

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Sega executives saw the early demo and concluded they needed new hardware. Donkey Kong Country (Super Famicom, 1994) — pre-re ▶

Super Famicom / SNES

Donkey Kong Country

スーパードンキーコング

Platform / Action · 1994

Released in 1994 for the Super Famicom/SNES, Donkey Kong Country stunned the world with pre-rendered 3D graphics created…

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Satoru Iwata rewrote the entire engine in weeks and rescued it. MOTHER2 / EarthBound (Super Famicom, 1994) almost never shipp Uncommon

Super Famicom / SNES

EarthBound

MOTHER2 ギーグの逆襲

RPG · 1994

Released in Japan on August 27, 1994, MOTHER2 / EarthBound is an RPG unlike any other — set in a modern American-styled …

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Yoko Shimomura was 24 when she composed Ryu's theme. Street Fighter II (Super Famicom, 1992) — sold 6 million, revived Japane

Super Famicom / SNES

Street Fighter II: The World Warrior

ストリートファイターII ザ・ワールド ウォーリアー

Fighting · 1992

The man who produced this game had promised to make it years before there was anything to make. At the back of a Capcom …

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Western players waited 16 years for this one. Dragon Quest V (1992, Super Famicom) — Japan-only RPG whose monster system dire

Super Famicom / SNES

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride

ドラゴンクエストV 天空の花嫁

Role-playing game (RPG) · 1992

Released on September 27, 1992, Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride is widely regarded as one of the most emotion…

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Released October 30, 1992 for Super Famicom — the first Megami Tensei that Atlus published itself, after Namco had handled th Uncommon

Super Famicom / SNES

Shin Megami Tensei

真・女神転生

Role-playing game (RPG) · 1992

Released on October 30, 1992, Shin Megami Tensei for Super Famicom is the game that established Atlus as a developer of …

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Nintendo-Sony's CD deal collapsed. Square rebuilt Secret of Mana (1993, Super Famicom) for cartridge, cutting 40% — what surv

Super Famicom / SNES

Secret of Mana

聖剣伝説2

Action RPG · 1993

Released in 1993, Secret of Mana introduced seamless real-time combat with a 'Ring Menu' system, three-player co-op via …

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Konami banned real names in credits — the director used a pseudonym. Super Castlevania IV (Super Famicom, 1991) launched on H

Super Famicom / SNES

Super Castlevania IV

悪魔城ドラキュラ

Action Platformer · 1991

Released on Halloween 1991, Super Castlevania IV was a stunning showcase of what the Super Famicom could do. Eight-direc…

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Yuzo Koshiro composed the score on hardware he calls one of his personal favorites. ActRaiser (Super Famicom, 1990) blends go

Super Famicom / SNES

ActRaiser

アクトレイザー

Action / City Building · 1990

Released in 1990, ActRaiser blended two genres no one had dared combine: brutal side-scrolling action and city-building …

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Matsuno wrote the entire scenario alone. Tactics Ogre (1995, Super Famicom) — Japan-only tactical RPG where every faction bel Uncommon

Super Famicom / SNES

Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together

タクティクスオウガ

Tactical RPG · 1995

Released in 1995, Tactics Ogre is the pinnacle of tactical RPG storytelling. Created by Yasumi Matsuno — the mind behind…

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Japan's best-selling game of 1995, released on the old hardware as PlayStation launched. Dragon Quest VI (Super Famicom) — Ja

Super Famicom / SNES

Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation

ドラゴンクエストVI 幻の大地

Role-Playing Game · 1995

Released in December 1995, Dragon Quest VI was the series' swan song on the Super Famicom and its most ambitious chapter…

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Yoko Shimomura scored this while finishing Street Fighter II at Capcom. Super Mario RPG (SFC, 1996) — Nintendo and Square's l Uncommon

Super Famicom / SNES

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

スーパーマリオRPG

RPG · 1996

Released in 1996, Super Mario RPG was the unexpected result of a collaboration between Nintendo and Square — the studio …

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Fully upgrade X and a hidden Hadouken one-shots everything. Mega Man X for Super Famicom (1993) — wall-climb, dash, armor cap

Super Famicom / SNES

Mega Man X

ロックマンX

Action Platformer · 1993

Released in 1993, Mega Man X reinvented the Mega Man formula for the 16-bit era. While keeping the core loop of defeatin…

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Active Time Battle began when a developer fell asleep mid-fight. Final Fantasy IV (1991, Super Famicom) — Cecil's dark knight

Super Famicom / SNES

Final Fantasy IV

ファイナルファンタジーIV

RPG · 1991

Released in 1991 as the first Final Fantasy on Super Famicom hardware, Final Fantasy IV introduced the Active Time Battl…

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Square's 1994 Super Famicom RPG across seven eras — the prehistoric chapter has zero dialogue. Japan-only for 28 years. Live Rare

Super Famicom / SNES

Live A Live

ライブ・ア・ライブ

RPG · 1994

Released in 1994, Live A Live is one of Square's most experimental RPGs — seven self-contained scenarios set across radi…

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Nintendo's marketing rejected the art — too soft, copy Donkey Kong Country. The artists refused. Yoshi's Island (1995, SFC) — Uncommon

Super Famicom / SNES

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

スーパーマリオ ヨッシーアイランド

Action / Platform · 1995

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island is the 1995 Super Famicom platform game that serves as a prequel to Super Mario Worl…

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Kart racing was not a genre before 1992. Super Mario Kart (SFC) faked 3D via Mode 7 flat-bitmap rotation — then launched a 20

Super Famicom / SNES

Super Mario Kart

スーパーマリオカート

Racing · 1992

Super Mario Kart is the 1992 Super Famicom game that founded the Mario Kart franchise and invented the kart racing genre…

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Publishers held it from the West for 7 years — too complex. Final Fantasy V (1992, Super Famicom) — Japan-only; 22 jobs that Uncommon

Super Famicom / SNES

Final Fantasy V

ファイナルファンタジーV

Role-playing · 1992

Final Fantasy V is the 1992 Super Famicom RPG that never reached Western players in its era — Japan-exclusive until the …

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Argonaut built a 3D chip and hid it in the cartridge. Star Fox (Super Famicom, 1993) — first polygon rail shooter on a home c Uncommon ▶

Super Famicom / SNES

Star Fox

スターフォックス

Rail shooter / 3D shooter · 1993

Star Fox is the 1993 Super Famicom game that demonstrated 3D polygon graphics were possible on a home console — not thro…

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The boss-rush mode here directly inspired All-Star in Super Smash Bros. Seven games in one cartridge — Kirby Super Star (1996 Uncommon

Super Famicom / SNES

Kirby Super Star

星のカービィ スーパーデラックス

Action / Platform · 1996

Kirby Super Star — known in Japan as Hoshi no Kirby Super Deluxe — is the 1996 Super Famicom game directed by Kirby crea…

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F-Zero (Super Famicom, 1990) has no multiplayer — two Mode 7 tracks would have halved the frame rate. The launch title that s

Super Famicom / SNES

F-Zero

F-ZERO

Racing · 1990

F-Zero (1990) was one of Nintendo's showcase launch titles for the Super Famicom, designed to demonstrate Mode 7 — the h…

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Seiken Densetsu 3 (1995) for Super Famicom — Square's Japan-only Mana sequel with 6 heroes, branching story paths, and Hiroki Uncommon

Super Famicom / SNES

Seiken Densetsu 3

聖剣伝説3

Action RPG · 1995

Seiken Densetsu 3 (1995) is one of the finest action RPGs on the Super Famicom and among the most accomplished Japan-onl…

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Vocal singing on a 16-bit cartridge — no Super Famicom game had done it before. Tales of Phantasia (1995) launched the Tales Uncommon

Super Famicom / SNES

Tales of Phantasia

テイルズ オブ ファンタジア

Action RPG · 1995

Tales of Phantasia (1995) is the origin of one of JRPG's most enduring franchises — the Tales series — and arrived as th…

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Square's Kazushige Nojima directed this before Final Fantasy VII. Bahamut Lagoon (1996, Super Famicom) stayed Japan-only for Uncommon

Super Famicom / SNES

Bahamut Lagoon

バハムートラグーン

Tactical RPG · 1996

Bahamut Lagoon (1996) is one of Square's most overlooked gems — a tactical RPG set in a world of floating islands where …

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Yuzo Koshiro scored a lab section uncredited. Terranigma (Super Famicom, 1995) — Quintet built a world from scratch. Never re Uncommon

Super Famicom / SNES

Terranigma

天地創造

Action RPG · 1995

The final entry in Quintet's informal World Trilogy — following Soul Blazer and Illusion of Gaia — Terranigma is an acti…

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Kill an enemy, free a soul, watch a villager reappear. Soul Blazer (1992, Super Famicom) — a king sold his subjects to a demo Uncommon

Super Famicom / SNES

Soul Blazer

ソウルブレイダー

Action RPG · 1992

The first entry in Quintet's World Trilogy — the series that would conclude with Illusion of Gaia and Terranigma — Soul …

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Subtitle named after a Queen song, score by a pre-famous Sakimoto. Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen (Super Famicom, 1993 Uncommon

Super Famicom / SNES

Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen

伝説のオウガバトル

Real-Time Tactical RPG · 1993

Directed by Yasumi Matsuno — who would go on to create Final Fantasy Tactics and Vagrant Story — Ogre Battle: The March …

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Square's director was told not to make a mech game. He built a prototype in secret. Front Mission (1995, SFC) — tactics RPG s Uncommon

Super Famicom / SNES

Front Mission

フロントミッション

Tactical RPG · 1995

The first entry in Square's long-running tactical mecha franchise, Front Mission is set in 2090 on the contested island …

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Play as Zero in Mega Man X3 (1995, Super Famicom) — but if he's defeated, he's gone for the rest of your run. The last X game Rare

Super Famicom / SNES

Mega Man X3

ロックマンX3

Action platform · 1995

Mega Man X3 (1995) is the third entry in the Mega Man X series and the last to appear on the Super Famicom / SNES. For t…

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Literary manga artist Moto Hagio designed the characters. Illusion of Gaia (Super Famicom, Quintet/Enix, 1993) — action RPG v Uncommon

Super Famicom / SNES

Illusion of Gaia

ガイア幻想紀

Action RPG · 1993

Illusion of Gaia — Gaia Gensōki in Japan — is the second entry in Quintet's informal trilogy alongside Soul Blazer (1992…

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Super Famicom / SNES

Romancing SaGa 2

ロマンシング サ・ガ2

Role-Playing Game · 1993

Romancing SaGa 2, released in December 1993, is defined by its generational succession system: the player does not contr…

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Parent company went bankrupt mid-development. Three people finished it. Harvest Moon (Super Famicom, 1996) invented the cozy

Super Famicom / SNES

Harvest Moon

牧場物語

Farm Life Simulation · 1996

Harvest Moon — Bokujō Monogatari in Japan — was conceived by director Yasuhiro Wada as a deliberate counterpoint to the …

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No combat — only hiding and running. Clock Tower (1995, Super Famicom) predated Resident Evil and invented pursue-and-hide ho Uncommon

Super Famicom / SNES

Clock Tower

クロックタワー

Point-and-Click Survival Horror Adventure · 1995

Clock Tower, released in September 1995, is a point-and-click survival horror adventure designed by Hifumi Kono as a dir…

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David Wise calls this his most proud album. Donkey Kong Country 2 (Super Famicom, 1995) — Rare's pirate-themed sequel, darker

Super Famicom / SNES

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

スーパードンキーコング2 ディクシー&ディディー

Action Platformer · 1995

Released in November 1995, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest is Rare's masterwork on the Super Famicom — widely …

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Released November 1996 — two months after Nintendo 64 launched. Rare handed it to a younger team, and they finished. Donkey K ▶

Super Famicom / SNES

Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!

スーパードンキーコング3 謎のクレミス島

Action Platformer · 1996

Released in November 1996, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! is the final chapter of Rare's Super Fami…

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Mode 7 rotates the battlefield around you mid-fight. Contra Spirits (1992, Super Famicom) — Konami's most spectacular and dem

Super Famicom / SNES

Contra III: The Alien Wars

魂斗羅スピリッツ

Run-and-Gun · 1992

Released in Japan in February 1992, Contra III: The Alien Wars — known as Contra Spirits in Japan — is Konami's definiti…

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Shoryuken — Street Fighter homage — one-shots most bosses if you find the hidden room. Mega Man X2 (1994, Super Famicom) has

Super Famicom / SNES

Mega Man X2

ロックマンX2

Action Platformer · 1994

Released in December 1994, Mega Man X2 is the immediate sequel to Capcom's acclaimed Mega Man X and is built on the same…

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Japan waited nearly four years — then got it only via kiosk download. Super Punch-Out!! (1994, Super Famicom) — no music duri Uncommon

Super Famicom / SNES

Super Punch-Out!!

スーパーパンチアウト!!

Boxing · 1998

Released in North America in October 1994, Super Punch-Out!! is the Super Famicom successor to the beloved NES Punch-Out…

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Blood turned gray on Super Famicom — still over a million sold in Japan. Samurai Shodown (1994, SFC) brought weapon fighting

Super Famicom / SNES

Samurai Shodown

サムライスピリッツ

Fighting · 1994

Released in September 1994, Samurai Shodown for Super Famicom is the home port of SNK's seminal 1993 arcade weapon-based…

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Chapter five wipes out most of your first-generation cast — permanently. Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War (1996, Super

Super Famicom / SNES

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

ファイアーエムブレム 聖戦の系譜

Strategy RPG · 1996

Released in May 1996, Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War is the most ambitious entry in the series that Intelligent …

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Super Famicom / SNES

Panel de Pon

パネルでポン

Puzzle · 1995

Released in October 1995, Panel de Pon is a puzzle game from Intelligent Systems that tasks players with swapping adjace…

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Super Famicom / SNES

Romancing SaGa

ロマンシング サ・ガ

RPG · 1992

Released in January 1992, Romancing SaGa was Square's declaration that RPGs did not have to follow a single story in ord…

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Yoko Shimomura composed this before leaving Capcom for Square. Breath of Fire (Super Famicom, 1993) — Capcom's first RPG, Nor

Super Famicom / SNES

Breath of Fire

ブレス オブ ファイアー 竜の戦士

RPG · 1993

Released in April 1993, Breath of Fire was Capcom's first original RPG — a genre the arcade giant had never attempted be…

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Special Tee Shot — a finished golf game with no Kirby — was repurposed when Kirby proved popular. Kirby's Dream Course (1994,

Super Famicom / SNES

Kirby's Dream Course

カービィボウル

Sports / Puzzle · 1994

Released in September 1994, Kirby's Dream Course is a miniature golf game where Kirby is the ball — launched from a tee,…

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Super Famicom / SNES

Pilotwings

パイロットウイングス

Flight Simulation · 1990

Released on December 21, 1990 alongside the Super Famicom's Japanese launch, Pilotwings was Nintendo's showcase for what…

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Neverland's debut RPG showed its ending in the prologue. Lufia & the Fortress of Doom (1993, Super Famicom) — puzzle dungeons

Super Famicom / SNES

Lufia & the Fortress of Doom

エストポリス伝記

RPG · 1993

Released in June 1993, Estpolis Denki — known in the West as Lufia & the Fortress of Doom — was the debut RPG from devel…

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Hudson designed the Super Multitap alongside this game. Super Bomberman (Super Famicom, 1993) — five-player chaos that define

Super Famicom / SNES

Super Bomberman

スーパーボンバーマン

Action · 1993

Released in April 1993, Super Bomberman brought the series to the Super Famicom and, more crucially, delivered a five-pl…

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Two full playthroughs required — the first ending reveals Arthur's rescued princess was a fake. Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts (1991,

Super Famicom / SNES

Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts

超魔界村

Action Platformer · 1991

On October 4, 1991, Capcom released Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts (Chōmakaimura) in Japan, the third game in Tokuro Fujiwara's …

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Released in America before Japan — rare for Nintendo. Kirby's Dream Land 3 (1997, Super Famicom) was the SNES swan song, buil Uncommon

Super Famicom / SNES

Kirby's Dream Land 3

星のカービィ3

Action Platformer · 1998

Kirby's Dream Land 3 (1997) is HAL Laboratory's final chapter in the hand-drawn Kirby aesthetic — a Super Famicom platfo…

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The North American translation was so bad fans retranslated it in 1999. Breath of Fire II (SFC, 1994) — Capcom RPG with a hid

Super Famicom / SNES

Breath of Fire II

ブレス オブ ファイア II 使命の子

RPG · 1994

Breath of Fire II (1994) is Capcom's deepening of their Super Famicom RPG series — a story of Ryu, a young dragon-bloode…

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Opens with its own ending — hero dies in the prologue, then asks you to spend 40 hours learning why. Lufia II (1995, Super Fa Uncommon

Super Famicom / SNES

Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals

エストポリス伝記II

RPG · 1995

Estpolis Denki II (1995), known in the West as Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals, opens by showing you its own ending, th…

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Three staff at Natsume built Wild Guns (Super Famicom, 1994) while waiting for their next project. Steampunk gallery shooter Uncommon

Super Famicom / SNES

Wild Guns

ワイルドガンズ

Shooting / Action · 1994

Wild Guns (1994) is Natsume's sharp-shooting action game set in a steam-powered Wild West — a gallery-shooter where cowb…

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No end credits — the composer went unacknowledged for years. Demon's Crest (Super Famicom, 1994): Capcom's cult dark platform Rare

Super Famicom / SNES

Demon's Crest

魔界塔士 デモンズ・クレスト

Action Platformer · 1994

Demon's Crest (1994) is Capcom's darkest Super Famicom game — an action platformer set in the demon world where players …

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Super Famicom / SNES

Star Ocean

スターオーシャン

Action RPG · 1996

Star Ocean is an action role-playing game released for the Super Famicom in 1996. It was the debut title of tri-Ace, a s…

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Square and Enix made exactly one game together before merging. Itadaki Street 2 (1994, Super Famicom) — Monopoly-style board

Super Famicom / SNES

Itadaki Street 2: Neon Sign wa Bara Iro ni

いただきストリート2 〜ネオンサインはバラ色に〜

Board Game · 1994

Itadaki Street 2: Neon Sign wa Bara Iro ni is a board game released for the Super Famicom in 1994 and published by Enix.…

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Super Famicom / SNES

Shin Momotaro Densetsu

新桃太郎伝説

RPG · 1993

Shin Momotaro Densetsu is a role-playing game released for the Super Famicom by Hudson Soft in 1993. Drawing on Japanese…

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Unlike every earlier R-Type, R-Type III (1993, Super Famicom) was built for home consoles only — three Force types, Mode 7 bo

Super Famicom / SNES

R-Type III: The Third Lightning

R-TYPE III

Side-scrolling Shooter · 1993

R-Type III: The Third Lightning is a side-scrolling shooter released for the Super Famicom by Irem in 1993. Part of the …

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Super Famicom / SNES

Super Tetris 3

スーパーテトリス3

Puzzle · 1994

Super Tetris 3 is a Super Famicom puzzle game published by Bullet-Proof Software and developed by TOSE, released in Japa…

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Casting spells costs HP, not MP — every spell brings you closer to death. Lennus (1992, Super Famicom) — Paladin's Quest in t

Super Famicom / SNES

Lennus: Kodai Kikai no Kioku (Paladin's Quest)

レナス 古代機械の記憶

Role-playing · 1992

Lennus: Kodai Kikai no Kioku is a Super Famicom role-playing game developed by Copya System and published by Asmik in 19…

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Not a fighting game — you charge a gauge, pick moves, and watch anime sequences play out. Yu Yu Hakusho (Super Famicom, 1993)

Super Famicom / SNES

Yu Yu Hakusho

幽☆遊☆白書

Battle · 1993

Yu Yu Hakusho is a battle game released by Namco for the Super Famicom in 1993, based on Yoshihiro Togashi's manga and a…

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No continues. Death sends you back to a mid-stage checkpoint. Irem's Super R-Type (1991, Super Famicom) — considered brutal e

Super Famicom / SNES

Super R-Type

スーパーR-TYPE

Horizontal-scrolling shoot 'em up · 1991

Super R-Type was Irem's contribution to the early Super Famicom shoot 'em up library, arriving in Japan in July 1991. Dr…

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YHVH — God of the Abrahamic traditions — sits in the final boss slot. Shin Megami Tensei II (Super Famicom, 1994) asks if you Uncommon

Super Famicom / SNES

Shin Megami Tensei II

真・女神転生II

RPG · 1994

You begin as a gladiator named Hawk. A domed city called TOKYO Millennium, raised over the ruins of Tokyo, watches you f…

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Umihara Kawase (Super Famicom, 1994) invented a movement vocabulary no other platformer had: an elastic fishing line with rea

Super Famicom / SNES

Umihara Kawase

海腹川背

platform game · 1994

Released on December 23, 1994 for the Super Famicom, Umihara Kawase is a physics-based platformer built around a single …

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Super Famicom / SNES

Hagane: The Final Conflict

ハガネ

Action Platformer · 1994

Steelix is a 1994 software for the super famicom.…

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Super Famicom / SNES

Pop'n TwinBee

ポップンツインビー

shoot 'em up · 1993

Pop'n TwinBee is a 1993 shoot 'em up for the super famicom, developed by Konami, with music by Michiru Yamane.…

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Only 10,000 copies made. Manfred Trenz spent three years building this. One of the rarest Super Famicom titles in existence.

Super Famicom / SNES

Rendering Ranger: R2

レンダリング・レンジャー R2

action game · 1995

Rendering Ranger: R2 is a 1995 action game for the super famicom, developed by Rainbow Arts.…

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Sid Meier's Civilization — the Super Famicom release of 1994 by MicroProse for Asmik. Its history, the people behind it, and

Super Famicom / SNES

Sid Meier's Civilization

シヴィライゼーション 世界七大文明

turn-based strategy video game · 1994

In May 1990, Sid Meier handed Bruce Shelley the first playable version of Civilization on a 5¼-inch floppy disk. At Micr…

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Wolfenstein 3D on Super Famicom (Feb 10, 1994, Imagineer). id Software finished the port in three weeks after a contractor we

Super Famicom / SNES

Wolfenstein 3D

ウルフェンシュタイン3D（Wolfenstein 3D: The Claw of Eisenfaust）

first-person shooter · 1994

On February 10, 1994, Imagineer released Wolfenstein 3D in Japan for the Super Famicom under the subtitle The Claw of Ei…

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SimCity 2000 (Super Famicom, 1995) — Will Wright's 'software toy' where there's no score, no ending, just the question: what

Super Famicom / SNES

SimCity 2000

シムシティ2000

city-building game · 1993

SimCity 2000 is a 1993 city-building game for the super famicom, developed by Maxis. It belongs to the SimCity series.…

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Arkanoid: Doh It Again for Super Famicom (1997) — the third installment with 99 levels, edit mode, and Mouse support. Collect

Super Famicom / SNES

Arkanoid: Doh It Again

アルカノイド Doh It Again

Breakout clone · 1997

Arkanoid: Doh It Again is a 1997 breakout game for the Super Famicom, the third installment in the Arkanoid series. Deve…

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Éric Chahi built Another World (1991) almost alone over two years — engine, polygons, rotoscoped animation. No dialogue, no t

Super Famicom / SNES

Another World

アウターワールド

action-adventure game · 1991

Another World is a 1991 action-adventure game for the super famicom, developed by Delphine Software International.…

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Super Mario All-Stars (1993) brought four NES Mario games to SNES with updated graphics and saves — but kept the original fee

Super Famicom / SNES

Super Mario All-Stars

スーパーマリオコレクション

platform game · 1993

Super Mario All-Stars is a 1993 platform game for the super famicom, developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Deve…

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Super Famicom / SNES

Mega Man 7

ロックマン7 宿命の対決!

Action Platformer · 1995

Released in 1995 for the Super Famicom, Mega Man 7 brought the classic series to 16-bit hardware for the first time. Bui…

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Super Famicom / SNES

Super Bomberman 2

スーパーボンバーマン2

Action Maze · 1994

Released in 1994, Super Bomberman 2 marked a turning point in the series: it was the only mainline entry to offer single…

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Super Famicom / SNES

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time

ティーンエイジ・ミュータント・ニンジャ・タートルズ タートルズ イン タイム

Beat 'em up · 1992

In the arcade, throwing a Foot Soldier at the screen was not something you did. It happened on its own, at random, while…

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Super Famicom / SNES

Return of Double Dragon

超截拳道 (スーパー・ダブルドラゴン)

Beat 'em up · 1992

Return of Double Dragon (1992) is the Japanese release of the fourth console Double Dragon game, developed by Technōs Ja…

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Super Famicom / SNES

Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 2

ドラゴンボールZ 超武闘伝2

Fighting · 1993

Released on December 17, 1993, Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 2 was a fighting game for the Super Famicom developed by TOS…

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Super Famicom / SNES

Street Fighter II Turbo

ストリートファイターII ターボ

Fighting · 1993

Released in 1993 for the Super Famicom, Street Fighter II Turbo brought the arcade phenomenon home with adjustable speed…

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Super Famicom / SNES

Super Castlevania IV (Akumajou Dracula)

悪魔城ドラキュラ（Super Castlevania IV）

Action Platformer · 1991

Released in Japan in October 1991 as Akumajou Dracula and in North America in December as Super Castlevania IV, this was…

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Super Famicom / SNES

Gradius III

グラディウスIII

Shoot 'em up · 1990

On December 21, 1990, Konami brought Gradius III home to the Super Famicom. The arcade version had come out a year earli…

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Super Famicom / SNES

Mega Man & Bass

ロックマン&フォルテ

Software · 1998

Released in Japan in April 1998, Mega Man & Bass (Rockman & Forte) was Capcom's final original Mega Man title for the Su…

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Super Famicom / SNES

Kirby Super Star (Hoshi no Kirby Super Deluxe)

星のカービィ スーパーデラックス

Action Platformer · 1996

In the music room at HAL Laboratory, Masahiro Sakurai had one word to record for Kirby Super Star, the 1996 Super Famico…

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Super Famicom / SNES

Darius Twin

ダライアスツイン

Shoot 'em Up · 1991

Released in 1991, Darius Twin was the first Darius game built exclusively for a home console. Developed by Taito for the…

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Super Famicom / SNES

Super Bomberman 3

スーパーボンバーマン3

Action · 1995

Released in 1995 for the Super Famicom, Super Bomberman 3 was the first game in the series to support five-player simult…

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Super Famicom / SNES

MOTHER 2: Gīgu no Gyakushū (EarthBound)

MOTHER 2 ギーグの逆襲

RPG · 1994

MOTHER 2 (released in North America as EarthBound) is a 1994 role-playing game for the Super Famicom, created by writer …

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Super Famicom / SNES

Gokujō Parodius! Kako no Eikō o Motomete

極上パロディウス ～過去の栄光を求めて～

Shoot 'em up · 1994

Released for Super Famicom in November 1994, Gokujō Parodius is Konami's deluxe entry in the Parodius series — a parody …

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Super Famicom / SNES

Mario & Wario

マリオとワリオ

Puzzle · 1993

Released in 1993, Mario & Wario is a puzzle game designed by Satoshi Tajiri and developed by Game Freak for the Super Fa…

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Super Famicom / SNES

Super Famicom — Donkey Kong Country & Donkey Kong Country 2 2-Game Set

スーパーファミコン — スーパードンキーコング1・2 2本セット

Action Platformer Set · 1994

This set brings together two landmark Super Famicom platformers from Rare: Donkey Kong Country (1994) and Donkey Kong Co…

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Super Famicom / SNES

Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World

スーパーマリオコレクション + スーパーマリオワールド

Compilation ·

Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World (1994) is a compilation cartridge bundled with certain Super Nintendo consoles…

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