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SNES

16 bits and Mode 7: the golden age

Chrono Trigger, Super Metroid, Yoshi's Island, Donkey Kong Country. If you ever have to explain why the '90s were the '90s, you explain it with this console.

Years: 1990–98
Catalog: 3.400 games
Format: cartucho

SNES

The full SNES catalog (2.198)

2.198 games found

Chrono Trigger

Time travel and Square's dream team: the perfect JRPG.

1995 · JRPG

Super Metroid

Zebes is the best-designed map of the 16-bit era.

1994 · Action-adventure

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Two mirror worlds and the Zelda formula in its purest form.

1991 · Action-adventure

Super Mario World

The platformer that launched the console and was never topped on it.

1990 · Platformer

Final Fantasy VI

Fourteen protagonists, a villain who wins, and the opera of steam.

1994 · JRPG

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

Rare pushing the hardware to its limit, with the best soundtrack of the generation.

1995 · Platformer

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

Crayon-drawn aesthetics and auteur-level level design.

1995 · Platformer

EarthBound

The suburban, ironic, tender JRPG that inspired Undertale.

1994 · JRPG

Mega Man X

The perfect leap from the classic formula to 16 bits, with a dash and a wall to boot.

1993 · Action

Street Fighter II Turbo

The definitive home version of the arcade phenomenon.

1993 · Fighting

Super Mario Kart

The cartridge that invented a genre: shells, bananas, and broken friendships since 1992.

Racing · USA

'96 Zenkoku Koukou Soccer Senshuken

The high school football tournament that stops Japan every year, turned into a cartridge.

Sports · Japan

2020 Super Baseball

Baseball of the future according to SNK: cyborgs at bat, traps on the field, and cash for every play.

Sports · USA

3 Ninjas Kick Back

The three ninja brothers from the nineties movie dish out kicks in a family-friendly platformer.

Platformer · USA

3-jigen Kakutou Ballz

Fighters made of pure spheres: the strangest 3D experiment of the 16-bit era, Japanese version.

Fighting · Japan

3x3 Eyes - Juuma Houkan

Pai, the last three-eyed immortal, leaps from Yuzo Takada's manga onto the Super Famicom.

Adventure · Japan

3x3 Eyes - Seima Kourinden

The pact between Yakumo and Pai continues: a Japanese RPG for fans of the three-eyed manga.

JRPG · Japan

4-nin Shougi

Japanese chess for four players at once: the strangest board variant on 16 bits.

Puzzle · Japan

46 Okunen Monogatari - Harukanaru Eden e

Evolve across 4.6 billion years: from fish to legendary creature in Enix's cult classic.

JRPG · Japan

90 Minutes - European Prime Goal

Japanese arcade soccer with a European passport: speed, goals, and zero solemnity.

Sports · Europe

A.S.P. - Air Strike Patrol

Bomb your targets using your own plane's shadow: Japanese ingenuity in the middle of a digital Gulf War.

Shooter · USA

Aaahh!!! Real Monsters

Ickis, Oblina, and Krumm scare humans door to door in this Nickelodeon platformer.

Platformer · USA

ABC Monday Night Football

American Monday Night in your living room: football with the flavor of a TV broadcast.

Sports · USA

Accele Brid

Robots racing full speed into the screen: a Japanese rarity hunted by collectors.

Shooter · Japan

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Super Nintendo: el catálogo que ganó la guerra de los 16 bits

Llegó dos años tarde a Estados Unidos y sin la velocidad que prometía Sega, pero la Super Nintendo respondió con Modo 7, un chip de sonido nacido en Sony y un catálogo que todavía se usa como manual de estilo.

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