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WizardBU

02-21-2005, 04:46 PM

Zelda
Chrono Trigger
Secret of Mana
Uniracers (if you've never played this game, it's like mario kart, except on coked up unicycles. phenomenal game solely for the addiction factor)
NBA Jam/any of the NHL games (again, for the multiplayer replay value)

Sorry to go RPG nerd on this one, but the SNES had some great ones... almost killed me to leave FF3 out. Moogles!

Patrick del Poker Grande

02-21-2005, 04:55 PM

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Super Mario Kart.

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Super Mario Kart is the BEST! /images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Mario Kart in any incarnation is enough to buy the system it's on.

IsaacW

02-21-2005, 04:58 PM

Final Fantasy III

jasonHoldEm

02-21-2005, 05:02 PM

I'm a huge fan of the zelda series, but felt that Zelda for the SNES was really awful. My choice for best would be one of the final fantasy games, not sure which though.

Soul Daddy

02-21-2005, 05:04 PM

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I'm a huge fan of the zelda series, but felt that Zelda for the SNES was really awful.

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Wha? Besides Ocarina, I think it's by far the best of the series.

Redmen62

02-21-2005, 05:05 PM

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Final Fantasy III

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Freakin

02-21-2005, 05:09 PM

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I'm a huge fan of the zelda series, but felt that Zelda for the SNES was really awful.

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Wha? Besides Ocarina, I think it's by far the best of the series.

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I think it is THE best of the Zelda series. Whoever decided to start making them 3d on teh 64 can eat my ass. That was terrible.

Freakin

Soul Daddy

02-21-2005, 05:20 PM

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I think it is THE best of the Zelda series. Whoever decided to start making them 3d on teh 64 can eat my ass. That was terrible.

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Though I thoroughly enjoyed Ocarina (Majora's Mask? - Meh...) I thankfully had nothing to do with the decision.

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tbach24

02-21-2005, 05:22 PM

Super Mario 3

It's not even close

Reef

02-21-2005, 05:23 PM

ChronoTrigger
Mario Kart
Street Fighter 2
Super Mario world

beerbandit

02-21-2005, 05:24 PM

final fantasy 3

chrono trigger is also awesome
someone said bomberman mutliplayer -- good call
i heard zelda -- its ok but there are far better games

i looked for the supern in the basement the other day --- along with which i would find quite a few of the games on the list, but came back empty handed -- theres way to much [censored] in the basement

cheers

Soul Daddy

02-21-2005, 05:24 PM

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Super Mario 3

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That's an NES game, unless you're talking about the version on All Stars.

tbach24

02-21-2005, 05:27 PM

Oh, I get all the systems mixed up...then I'm going to have to go with NBA Jam (or am I mixing this up again? That might be a SEGA game)

beerbandit

02-21-2005, 05:27 PM

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Pick any Final Fantasy

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be careful with that - final fantasy mystic quest, where you were fixed on the board -- sucked ass

Mansavage

02-21-2005, 05:40 PM

I cannot believe that Super Metroid has gotten mentioned only once during this thread. This is the best game for the SNES.

After that, take you choice with:
FF 3
Secret of Mana
Super Mario World
Zelda

Lazymeatball

02-21-2005, 05:45 PM

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be careful with that - final fantasy mystic quest, where you were fixed on the board -- sucked ass

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Actually, Mystic Quest was included in my "pick any." I'm probably just sentimental as it was the first FF game I played and was what got me into the series. It's sort of like training wheels to the FF series. I could see how in hindsight, any RPG afficianado would be left unsatisfied by it.

billyjex

02-21-2005, 05:46 PM

Final Fantasy 3 is good.

SM Kart is good.

I like the nod to Uniracers, underrated game.

Brian

02-21-2005, 05:47 PM

I agreed with everyone's lists, but then I went into my room and opened up "the vault" of old SNES/NES games, and remembered some of these gems:

Earthbound: Still hoping for a non-Japanese sequel on a future system, this one really has a cult following.

Super Mario RPG: I had completely forgotten about this one, but I recall having a lot of fun playing it.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV, Turtles in Time: One of the first games I got for the NES. I spent countless hours playing it.

I had long forgotten about Secret of Mana as well, with Chronotrigger and the Final Fantasy series being the only RPG's I was able to recall off hand. Did anyone here get the sequel to it, Secret of Evermore? Talk about a letdown. Someone should start a Worst SuperNintendo game/Biggest Letdown thread. I tried to make myself like Secret of Evermore but just couldn't do it. Oh, and Lord of the Rings Volume 1 was quite awful too. Back then I didn't even know that there was a book that came before it, though. /images/graemlins/cool.gif

-Brian

ethan

02-21-2005, 05:52 PM

super metroid.

I liked street fighter 2 turbo, zelda, chronotrigger and a bunch of others, but if we're picking the "best" I don't see anything but metroid as an option.

Arsene Lupin III

02-21-2005, 06:47 PM

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Final Fantasy III/VI

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Vince Young

02-21-2005, 06:55 PM

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Donkey Kong Country

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The only correct answer.

willie

02-21-2005, 06:57 PM

donkey kong country
super mario world
mario kart
link to the past
unicycle game (how many super twisties are you rocking, 360 backflips all around)
secret of mana

zombies ate my neighbors.

AngryCola

02-21-2005, 07:35 PM

I see a lot of good choices, but few people have played one of the best RPGs of all time.

Earthbound

Reef

02-21-2005, 08:15 PM

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I see a lot of good choices, but few people have played one of the best RPGs of all time.

Earthbound

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without playing earthbound, I'd still bet $50 that Chrono Trigger pwns it.

Eurotrash

02-21-2005, 08:16 PM

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Earthbound

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I'm with you on this one - incredible game

jasonHoldEm

02-21-2005, 08:18 PM

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I think it is THE best of the Zelda series. Whoever decided to start making them 3d on teh 64 can eat my ass. That was terrible.

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I remember it being really cartoony and childish (like they were trying to turn zelda into mario)...perhaps my memory is fuzzy. I'm downloading the ROM right now so I'll give it another try to see if it's better than I remembered.

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Dr. Strangelove

02-21-2005, 08:19 PM

Not only is super metroid the best super nes game, it is probably the best game PERIOD, on any system.

ZeeJustin

02-21-2005, 08:24 PM

1. Final Fantasy VI (FF3 in original US release)
2. Final Fantasy IV (FF2 in original US release)
3. Chrono Trigger
4. Zelda: A link to the Past
5. Street Figher 2 Turbo

Honorable Mention (I'm only saying this because it hasn't been mentioned yet): Sim City

nolanfan34

02-21-2005, 08:34 PM

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1. Final Fantasy VI (FF3 in original US release)

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Yes! Loved that game. You have to wait until the last minute to board your ship in the middle of the game though, otherwise you lose the ninja guy and he kicks ass later on. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

Sponger15SB

02-21-2005, 08:37 PM

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Super Mario Kart.

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Good. Somebody got it right.

tj00

02-21-2005, 08:44 PM

For those who may not know you can play nes and snes games on your computer. Search google for nes and or snes emulators. Then search for nes/snes roms(the games). They are not too hard to find. Hook your computer up to your TV and get a cheap USB controller, and many hours can be wasted. It is just like playing on the orginal systems.

P.S. Ken Griffey Jr. Baseball needs to be mentioned.

bugstud

02-21-2005, 09:04 PM

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I see a lot of good choices, but few people have played one of the best RPGs of all time.

Earthbound

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without playing earthbound, I'd still bet $50 that Chrono Trigger pwns it.

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It's not better enough to be pwned

They're both great, earthbound's humor sets it up in a different manner.

Eurotrash

02-21-2005, 09:21 PM

I like this list a lot..

except I'd have to substitute Earthbound for the 5th slot

Jeff W

02-21-2005, 09:36 PM

My top 5(I know #5 will be contentious):

1. Street Fighter II Turbo
2. Final Fantasy IV
3. Final Fantasy VI
4. Super Mario Kart
5. Secret of Evermore

AncientPC

02-22-2005, 12:50 AM

Super Tecmo Bowl
Super Mario Kart

Phoenix1010

02-22-2005, 12:52 AM

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It had to be posted....

1. Zelda
2. ChronoTrigger
3. Secret of Mana
4. Tetris Attack
5. Street Fighter

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Good list, but anything without FFIII (VI) is simply wrong.

Phoenix1010

02-22-2005, 01:03 AM

Earthbound, Ken Griffey, Super Mario Kart, and others are worth mentioning because they're great, but they're certainly not the best games on the system. The answer is Super Metroid, and maybe FF III (VI) depending on taste. By the way, I think FF V (Japanese release only) is the best 16 bit Final Fantasy, but you can say that that's a Super Famicom game rather than Super Nintendo.

Reef

02-22-2005, 01:25 AM

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I see a lot of good choices, but few people have played one of the best RPGs of all time.

Earthbound

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without playing earthbound, I'd still bet $50 that Chrono Trigger pwns it.

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It's not better enough to be pwned

They're both great, earthbound's humor sets it up in a different manner.

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alright, maybe not pwnage.. but definetaly better

AEKDBet

02-22-2005, 01:55 AM

No one liked Goldeneye enough to put it in top 5? weird.

J_V

02-22-2005, 02:05 AM

1. Zelda
2. FFIII
3. Lufia I
4. Lufia II
5. Super Mario Bros
6. Kid Icarus

Don't forget about Lufia guys

AngryCola

02-22-2005, 03:14 AM

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I see a lot of good choices, but few people have played one of the best RPGs of all time.

Earthbound

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without playing earthbound, I'd still bet $50 that Chrono Trigger pwns it.

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I won't dispute the fact that CT is probably a slightly better game, but Earthbound doesn't get "pwned" by it.

wonderwes

02-22-2005, 04:51 AM

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I cannot believe that Super Metroid has gotten mentioned only once during this thread. This is the best game for the SNES.

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Right on. Super Metroid is still one of the best games I have played on all systems.

#1 Super Metroid
(slightly different list)
#2 F-Zero: by far a stand out racing game
#3 Mortal Kombat II
#4 Legend of Zelda
#5 Super Rtype
#6 NCAA basketball

Honorable mentions: Prince of Persia, of course Mario Kart, the Super Mario AllStars, Earthworm Jim

Am I the only one that owned a <font color="red">Super Scope </font> ?

Phoenix1010

02-22-2005, 05:00 AM

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Don't forget about Lufia guys

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That extra dungeon in Lufia II pissed me off so much. Always derailed me from the actual game and was damn near impossible to beat without using an emulator's save-anywhere feature. Nothing like spending 6 hours getting down to the last couple levels just to lose and get nothing. Still a good game though.

J_V

02-22-2005, 11:51 AM

That dungeon - The Ancient Cave - is one of the coolest features in any game. But you have to be a little crazy to beat it. I spent many an 8 hour plus day to lose it on the 90th floor to some "death spell" that insta-dropped my whole party. I hear the end guy is crazy too.

The Dude

02-22-2005, 12:03 PM

1. Donkey Kong Country

And for those of you who said Mario Kart - that wasn't really good until 64, where it absalutely kicked ass.

beerbandit

02-22-2005, 12:06 PM

super nintentdo

goldeneye is on n64, that game is sweet though

cheers

Chris Daddy Cool

02-22-2005, 12:09 PM

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And for those of you who said Mario Kart - that wasn't really good until 64, where it absalutely kicked ass.

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i'm sorry dude, but mario kart on snes is better. but maybe i was expecting to much out of MK64, though it was still one of my favorite N64 games.

Chris Daddy Cool

02-22-2005, 12:11 PM

1. super markio kart
2. final fantasy III
3. super mario world
4. street fighter II: turbo
5. donkey kong country

The Dude

02-22-2005, 12:13 PM

CDC,

I learned it first on N64, which I'm sure makes a difference. But I found the controls MUCH easier in N64. I never got nearly as much entertainment out of the SNES game than the N64.

Chris Daddy Cool

02-22-2005, 12:18 PM

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CDC,

I learned it first on N64, which I'm sure makes a difference. But I found the controls MUCH easier in N64. I never got nearly as much entertainment out of the SNES game than the N64.

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that probably is the big difference. but things would be a lot different IMO if you were some 8 year old kid playing super mario kart when it first came out. then you would never think MK64 was better. sentimental reasons i suppose.

The Dude

02-22-2005, 12:21 PM

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Yeah, the original NES was my first love, and I'm still more attached to those games than any of the newer systems'. In fact, I just got on eBay and made a total impulse buy of 3 NES games.

thatpfunk

02-22-2005, 12:23 PM

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Yeah, the original NES was my first love, and I'm still more attached to those games than any of the newer systems'. In fact, I just got on eBay and made a total impulse buy of 3 NES games.

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my friends just recently found a guy in san diego who fixes/cleans all NES stuff. He guarantees once hes done all games will start up on first try.

we had a nintendo party on saturday and it was terrific. best $25 cleaning ever.

Soul Daddy

02-22-2005, 12:26 PM

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He guarantees once hes done all games will start up on first try.

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You mean you don't even have to blow on the cartridge?

The Dude

02-22-2005, 12:27 PM

Really? That's awesome! I need that contact info, my Baseball Stars game (among others) is at the end of its life.

BottlesOf

02-22-2005, 12:29 PM

Super Punch Out was AWESOME. So was Contra III. FF2 and 3 rooled too.

thatpfunk

02-22-2005, 12:29 PM

i'm sure theres someone in LA that does something similar. if not, i can let you know.

morgan180

02-22-2005, 01:23 PM

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Super Mario Kart.

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agreed - battle mode is the best, still a great game to play.

ucfryan

02-22-2005, 01:26 PM

Earthbound, Secret of Mana, Zelda: LTP, CT.

WC64

02-22-2005, 02:41 PM

Super Mario Kart

chunk

02-22-2005, 07:15 PM

MarioKart

hands down.

alekhine8

02-25-2005, 02:42 AM

Super Bomberman using the 4-player adapter. I 'wasted' hundreds of hours playing this in college. We started keeping score of our games against each other and both teams were in the several hundreds of wins each.

Mario Kart, F-Zero, FF3 honorable mention.