SNES what games to buy?

DARK-KNIGHT

hi im gonna buy a snes after all these years lol just finding it hard to think of the games i loved so well! so all the marios of course, looney toons, addams family, buster busts loose, alladin, cool spot etc any advice? also any idea where is best valu for games? and console? or anyone out there have an unwanted one with games for sale?

thanks for any help you can give!:)

Overheal

you cant get MArio RPG for PAL so whats the point. Throw it out the window; buy a wii; get mario rpg in the wiiware shop.

But you could also get zelda and starfox for a start

Kiith

And you didnt even mention Mario World...SHAME!!

Overheal

Kiith wrote: »

And you didnt even mention Mario World...SHAME!!

Mario World is a given staple of any SNES. But Mario RPG is often overlooked and it is also clearly the stuff of legend. I was never sure why they didnt make more copies (SA-1 Chips and North American demand for the game probably), but its an expensive item on the resale market: you can still expect to pay $50 for it.

DARK-KNIGHT

Overheal wrote: »

Mario World is a given staple of any SNES. But Mario RPG is often overlooked and it is also clearly the stuff of legend. I was never sure why they didnt make more copies (SA-1 Chips and North American demand for the game probably), but its an expensive item on the resale market: you can still expect to pay $50 for it.

mario rpg???? never heard about that game and 50 euros?? woah! will the games emulate to wii same quality as the snes?

Retr0gamer

Mario RPG didn't have many copies produced because it was made well into the PS1/Saturn era and there weren't many people with a SNES.

CCCP^

I don't know if they didn't make that many copies due to not enough people having a SNES, probably felt that if they at that stage, with the Saturn and Playstation out, they wouldn't sell a huge amount, so they did a limited run. I'd say alot of people still had a SNES but it's like nowadays: alot of us still have a PS2 but we're more likely to get a game for the 360 or PS3 now.

You should think about getting Super Mario Bros All-Star's, Donkey Kong Country, Super Aleste, Zombies Ate My Neighbours, Batman Returns and Tiny Toon's: Buster Bust's Loose.

Retr0gamer

I kind of have to recommend against the donkey kong country games. They have aged pretty badly.

Jazzy

retr0, dude... 2 posts and you havent said Super Metroid? the king of games.

secret of mana
aladdin
megaman x
cybernator
super r-type
crono trigger
zombies ate my neighbours

Darksaga87

Castlevania 4.

tman

Even the godlike Retr0 has his off days:(

I personally really enjoyed DKC when it first came out on the VC... Worth picking up if you can get it cheap imo.

A SNES collection is naked without Super Metroid.

Den_M

Killer Instinct, International Superstar Soccer Deluxe and NBA Hangtime! Quality!

Retr0gamer

To add to the games already mentioned:

Terranigma
Illusion of Gaia
Actraiser
Soulblazer
Final Fantasy VI
Contra 3/ super probotector
Pop n' twinbee: Rainbow Bell Adventures
Sparkster
Starwing
R-Type 3 (super R-type is ****, they ruined it by taking out the mid level checkpoints and making it the most frustrating game ever)
Yoshi's Island
Pilotwings
F-zero
Super Punchout
Demons Crest (****ing brilliant game!)
Mickey's magical quest
Super Ghouls n' Ghosts
Super Star Wars games
The Firemen
EVO
Equinox
Solstice
Super Aleste
Axelay
UN Squadron
Castlevania Dracula X
Lufia 1 and 2 (especially lufia2)
Shadowrun
Ogre Battle
Tetris Attack

Thats not including any japanese games. Of them I'd recommend Majyuuou for some excellent castlevania style gameplay and Shin Megami Tensei 1 and 2 (there's english patches) for RPGs.

DARK-KNIGHT

am i better off getting a wii and emulating the games or picking up a snes?

i remember an addams family game that was pure quality too!:)

anyone have a snes for sale?

Grimebox

there is a third option that i would recommend..

Overheal

raycaulwell wrote: »

mario rpg???? never heard about that game and 50 euros?? woah! will the games emulate to wii same quality as the snes?

It runs great on Wii. Im just nostalgic for the cartridge. But that would be $50 plus the converter cartridge to get it running on a PAL box and I dont know how much those run - why bother? Like I said, get the Wiiware version, its 800 points (8 euro?).

Nintendo has of course been very careful about perfectly emulating its own games on wiiware you dont have to worry about that. Cartridge collections though, cant be beat

Retr0gamer

Because of the extra chip and the fact it's a late snes game with better copy protection the game more than likely won't run with a converter. I've heard that like Earthbound the game increases the difficulty to unplayable levels if there's an copy protection problems.

DARK-KNIGHT

Grimebox wrote: »

there is a third option that i would recommend..

3rd option?

tman

raycaulwell wrote: »

3rd option?

Being a dirty warez monkey and not paying for the games at all

Overheal

tman wrote: »

Being a dirty warez monkey and not paying for the games at all

Some games just do not emulate well, especially cartridge games, largely in part to the often unique and assorted chipsets embedded in the cartridges themselves. That, and its hard to play as bowser on a keyboard when you need to rotate the keypad so bloody much. Biggest problems with emulation are usually sound related but often you get problems where textures and sprites dont show up properly either. And again, Nostalgia. I like having the cartridges around. they remind me of simpler times.

pablomakaveli

Overheal wrote: »

Some games just do not emulate well, especially cartridge games, largely in part to the often unique and assorted chipsets embedded in the cartridges themselves. That, and its hard to play as bowser on a keyboard when you need to rotate the keypad so bloody much. Biggest problems with emulation are usually sound related but often you get problems where textures and sprites dont show up properly either. And again, Nostalgia. I like having the cartridges around. they remind me of simpler times.

If you have a PS3 or Xbox controller you can download drivers that allow them to be used on the PC. You can then configure the emulator to use the controller.

You're right about playing those games on a keyboard though it is fairly awkward.

Lands Leaving

Nintendo/Sega etc. should release the games for pc as a pack you pay for, charge maybe €100 for a SNES and as many games as they can licence still, I know some things are gone forever like anything acclaim published.

Great way to make money from the older consoles, they could do it with loads of the consoles, and I'm sure people would be happy to buy it if they came with an easy setup and a pair (or 4) usb versions of the controller.

I'd definitely pay for that.

Or they could even do it with a version of the console you could hook up to the tv.

I miss my snes

And my psone... just started trying to get back all the games I had robbed from me about 4/5 years ago. Double

CiDeRmAn

If I just got a Snes and had no games and wanted something to occupy the next couple of weeks, I'd look for Super Mario Allstars, the version that includes Super Mario World as well, that was one of the greatest cartridges ever made, pure gaming goodness, the gaming equivalent of a fine island malt scotch, hmmm, lovely...

DARK-KNIGHT

cant wait to get one now i used to love my snes its a shame i got rid of it all those years ago!

wheres the best place to find one in decent nick?

Retr0gamer

How could I forget to say that Earthbound is one of the best and original RPGs ever made!

o1s1n

Super R Type is a great game. High difficulty does not make a game ****e.

You just need to practice more

savemejebus

I seem to recall fond memories of Another world and Flashback on the snes, if you're into adventure games

pablomakaveli

I don't think Battletoads has been mentioned. The combat in that game never gets boring.

Retr0gamer

o1s1n wrote: »

Super R Type is a great game. High difficulty does not make a game ****e.

You just need to practice more

I'm sorry but Super R-type can go **** itself. I'm pretty damn good at R-type games and have beaten them all except the first two but Super R-type turns R-type 2, one of the toughest games ever, and turns it into an awful experience since the mid level checkpoints are gone if you die on the boss it's 15 minutes of stupidly hard gameplay just to get back to that position.

o1s1n

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I'm sorry but Super R-type can go **** itself. I'm pretty damn good at R-type games and have beaten them all except the first two but Super R-type turns R-type 2, one of the toughest games ever, and turns it into an awful experience since the mid level checkpoints are gone if you die on the boss it's 15 minutes of stupidly hard gameplay just to get back to that position.

Just makes it all that more rewarding when you finish it though, doesn't it? :P

Nah, I know what you mean. It makes the game an absolute bitch to get anywhere. Still, doesn't make it a bad game. Just a game with a broken mid level checkpoint system.

To the OP - Just remember that if you are buying Snes carts, all the ones with save features will need a new battery put in. Even if there's still some power left in the one in it, I'd still replace it to be safe. It's easy enough to do.

I recently lost a 4 hour Super Metroid save to this. Pain in the hole.

Would still never trade it for the Virtual console/emulation though. Give me original carts any day.

Jazzy

o1s1n, retr0 is a n00b. this has been accepted and established. also, 4 hours? sure you aren't coming down with a case of n00bitis yourself? (56 minutes is my best time fyi, 2 hours 58 mins with 100%... if you're asking :cool: )

NeoKubrick

Jazzy wrote: »

o1s1n, retr0 is a n00b. this has been accepted and established. also, 4 hours? sure you aren't coming down with a case of n00bitis yourself? (56 minutes is my best time fyi, 2 hours 58 mins with 100%... if you're asking :cool: )

Poor, Jazzy, poor as a North Dub. I rocked that game's world in 31:59.

o1s1n

Jazzy wrote: »

also, 4 hours? sure you aren't coming down with a case of n00bitis yourself? (56 minutes is my best time fyi, 2 hours 58 mins with 100%... if you're asking :cool: )

It's Super Metroid, an exploration game. I don't see the need to get goofed up on amphetamines and treat it like Sonic the Hedgehog. Whatever you're into though!

Retr0gamer

Come back to me Jazzy when you've beaten Ghouls n'Ghosts with one credit :P

Darksaga87

Is ebay the only place to pick up games these days?