SNES

Relive the 16-bit era with the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, a console that elevated storytelling, graphics, and sound to new heights. Home to legendary titles like Chrono Trigger, Super Metroid, and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, the SNES defined an entire generation of gaming. This category explores the masterpieces, innovations, and enduring charm of one of Nintendo’s finest achievements.

SNES
Peripheral Vision: Interact Superpad for the SNES

Peripheral Vision: Interact Superpad for the SNES It feels like I’ve made this Peripheral Vision article before, but I can’t find it on the site. I swear I did because for the longest time this controller was my go-to SNES controller. I have some weird idea in my brain that if I use cheap third-party controllers and put the wear and tear […]

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Super Mario World: Still Super After All These Years?

Super Mario World: Still Super After All These Years? The date is August 23, 1991 and North America is about to experience something completely new. Following the success of the Super Mario Bros. trilogy on the NES, Nintendo have created a new incarnation of the series for their brand new Super Nintendo console. Packed in with the console is a copy of Super Mario […]

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Peripheral Vision: Super Famicom vs North American Super Nintendo Controller

Peripheral Vision: Super Famicom vs North American Super Nintendo Controller After many years of wanting one, I recently purchased a Super Famicom controller. I always preferred the different colored buttons over the bland lavender and purple of the North American Super Nintendo controller. It’s sad that I feel the need to note that it’s the North American version as the European Super Nintendo has the […]

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Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball for the SNES

Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball for the SNES As a kid I loved baseball games on the NES, well some of them. My first experience was LJN’s Major League Baseball and I actually enjoyed it, which gave way to R.B.I. Baseball and the Bases Loaded series. After a certain point I became burnt out on baseball video games and started to pursue more […]

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Super Mario Kart for the Super Famicom

Super Mario Kart for the Super Famicom Super Mario Kart, the game that started the franchise, obviously. Although, as I’ve previously admitted, Super Mario Kart wasn’t where it all started for me. Super Mario Kart 64 was where I got my start and from there it was Double Dash and Mario Kart 7. All of which are really good games, but I […]

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Confession: I’ve Never Played Super Mario Kart

Confession: I’ve Never Played Super Mario Kart It’s true, until this year (2021) I had never really played Super Mario Kart. I can remember watching other kids playing it at the Super Nintendo kiosks in Sears or Walmart, but I never got a turn. I didn’t personally own an SNES until 2001, and to be honest playing Super Mario Kart wasn’t a […]

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