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1. Super Mario World
2. The Adventures of Batman and Robin
3. Killer Instinct
4. Wild Guns
5. Street Fighter II Turbo
6. Sparkster
7. Demon's Crest
8. Battletoads in Battlemaniacs
9. Assault Suits Valken
10. Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
11. Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius
12. Animaniacs
13. Yu Yu Hakusho Final
14. Imperium
15. Star Fox
16. The Illusion of Gaia
17. Super Metroid
18. Megaman X
19. Super Ghouls N' Ghosts
20. Chrono Trigger
21. Final Fight 3
22. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
23. Actraiser
24. Ranma ½ Chougi Ranbu Hen
25. Final Fantasy VI
26. Axelay
27. Ninja Warriors Again
28. Super Mario RPG Legend of the Seven Stars
29. Firepower 2000
30. Donkey Kong Country 2 Diddy's Kong Quest
31. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV Turtles in Time
32. Undercover Cops
33. U.N. Squadron
34. Battle Clash
35. Zombies Ate My Neighbors
36. Ghost Chaser Densei
37. Harvest Moon
38. X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse
39. Joe & Mac Caveman Ninjas
40. Maximum Carnage (Spider-Man & Venom)
41. F-Zero
42. Terranigma
43. Donkey Kong Country
44. Hagane The Final Conflict
45. Super Castlevania IV
46. SunSet Riders
47. Kirby Super Star
48. Marvel Super-Heroes: War of the Gems
49. Contra III: The Alien Wars
50. Run Saber
51. Earthbound
52. Raiden
53. Soul Blazer
54. Metal Warriors
55. Secret of Mana
56. Death and Return of Superman
57. Plok
58. Legend of the Mystical Ninja
59. Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers

Gundam Wing: Endless Duel
It's a cool fighter with some killer artwork.

Super Mario Kart



Aside from Double Dash!!, this is my favorite in the series. It handles so well, even when compared to the more recent games.

Long live Koopa Troopa.

E.V.O.: Search for Eden -

Unfortunately it's an expensive and hard to find game but I have many memories of renting this game and playing it whenever I had a chance because it was that good. Being able to change into different forms was great and the game was just an interesting experience.

Lost Vikings

Still one of the best puzzle-platformers!

Gradius 3 deserves to be mentioned here. It is still my favorite of the series. Yeah, it has slowdown, but I say that makes it easier and more playable.

While we're on the shoot 'em up topic, it's about time this one cracked into the list:

R-Type III: The Third Lightning

Long live the SNES indeed!





Well, I had thought about putting the Mega Man X series as one slot on the list, but since someone already nominated the first game separately, I guess it's okay to mention the other ones individually. You can debate which is the best game in the original SNES trilogy, but they are all great games. This one stands out though for a few reasons.

It got a lot of hype in magazine ads for being (along with Final Fight 3) one of Capcom's last games for the system and both this game and Final Fight 3 really proved to be the most featured packed games in both series, living up to the hype. MM X 3 has more gameplay elements than either of the previous installments, maybe too many one could argue. This game also once again showed what the system was capable of by exploiting the C4 chip. Games like this, Donkey Kong Country, Starfox and Stunt Race FX were all pulling off all kinds of visual tricks to maintain interest in the SNES with the era of 32-bit, 3D gaming looming on the horizon

It also made Zero (my favorite character) playable for the first time, though in limited form as they didn't fully commit to the idea until MM X 4. Still, seeing Zero drop in to save X while one of his best theme songs ever played was a memorable moment for me. Check out this awesome video of it with a badass guitar remix (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKAGzeEjxu0). This was also the first and last MM X game to feature a playable Zero with his powerful buster cannon, which was nerfed significantly in subsequent games to focus gameplay more on melee combat with his Z saber. Still, this game proves that he's every bit as powerful in ranged combat as X when he chooses to go that route. This may also be the most powerful form of his Z saber we've seen in the series. It one hit kills most enemies and should X acquire it will destroy bosses with ease. Zero is truly badass in this game, though a bit clunky to use since they made him bigger and slower than X in this game

Lastly, this game is one of most sought after games for SNES collectors. Hard to find a copy of it that doesn't fetch a good price, especially CIB. Being one of Capcom's last games for the system meant a low print run, increasing its value along with the popularity of the series. Also, the 32-bit versions of the game also feature an inferior re-mixed soundtrack, butchering the SNES version's already excellent score. That makes the SNES version definitive. A complete copy of this has eluded me, yet continues to be one of my goals. I have two MM X 3 carts, but they each have label damage. I have the box in good condition, but no manual. I did manage to score a manual off ebay once, but it was in such awful condition I threw it out. The MM X series is one of my favorite series of all time, eclipsing the original, classic series by a wide margin

Not a nomination as I've never played it, but has anyone heard of this game?: http://hardcoregaming101.net/sos/sos.htm

I never even knew it existed! Haven't seen anyone talk about it...

Haven't played this also, but I should mention Marvelous (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvelous: ... _Takarajim); it's noteworthy for being the first game Eiji Aonuma worked on (influenced by A Link to the Past)... apparently Shigeru Miyamoto was so impressed by this game that he hired him to work on the Zelda series from then on! Too bad it never got translated.

Battletoads/Double Dragon

This game really sparked my interest in beat em up's during my childhood. I've seen it for other consoles but I doubt they're as good as this version.