What Games Pushed The Limits of the SNES?

[Pullmyfinger]

Ok who edited my post above and inserted:

"That huge megaman X2 was awesome the first time I saw it, lots more than sigma"


???


Because I didn't say that, and it doesn't even make sense. I assume it's referring to the polygonal sigma head in the game...

It was me, I didn't notice I hit edit instead of quote until now.

I did mean that wireframe head, it was kinda lame.

I read this a while ago about a rare Japanese-only game that was supposedly very good and handled lots of stuff on the screen, it also has a brief interview with the game's creator (who also did turrican)

[marurun]

Yes, Rendering Ranger R2 is indeed impressive. That definitely pushes the system.

[marurun]

Aha! I thought of one. Actraiser. It didn't push the system graphically, but it pushed it musically. The composer, Yuzo Koshiro, knew just how to use the system's reverb and capabilities without letting it overrun the tunes. Good shit and my favorite music on the platform.

[GSZX1337]

Megaman X2 and X3, the C4 chip took years to emulate properly

I'd like to second that. I remember when I first played Mega Man X2, I was thinking: "Woah! I had no idea that the SNES could do this!"