Balloon Fight
Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Release: 06/86 Genre: Action I am not usually one to chase high scores. Even in the heyday of the arcade it was rarely my thing. It takes a truly exceptional game for me...
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Killer Instinct
Developer: Rare Publisher: Nintendo Release: 08/01/95 Genre: Fighting By 1994 the fighting game market was saturated with competition. Capcom had taken Street Fighter to the next level with Super Street Fighter II Turbo, Midway was on a roll...
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
Developer: Factor 5 Publisher: Nintendo Release: 12/07/98 Genre: Action Nintendo enjoyed a long, fruitful partnership with Lucas Arts when it came to Star Wars. Going back as far as the NES the games were best sellers and...
Kirby Super Star
Developer: HAL Laboratory Publisher: Nintendo Release: 09/96 Genre: Platformer Kirby had a strange start to his SNES adventures. His first outings on the Nintendo’s 16-bit wonder were a puzzle game and strange version of miniature golf. While...
1080° Snowboarding
Developer: Nintendo EAD Publisher: Nintendo Release: 04/01/98 Genre: Sports The extreme sports explosion of the fifth generation was something to behold. Whereas this genre was practically non-existent before it became a huge draw in short or...
Tetris
Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Release: 11/89 Genre: Puzzle Tetris is in the pantheon alongside titles like Super Mario Brothers and the Legend of Zelda as perfect. Everyone has played Tetris in one form or another. While newer versio...
Yoshi’s Safari
Developer: Nintendo EAD Publisher: Nintendo Release: 09/17/93 Genre: Rail Shooter The Super Scope 6 like almost all console light guns was a good idea in concept but in terms of support did not live up to its potential....
Pilotwings 64
Developer: Paradigm/EAD Publisher: Nintendo Release: 09/29/96 Genre: Simulation Pilotwings alongside F-Zero was the perfect showcase of what Mode 7 could do for the SNES. With its pseudo 3d terrain it allowed for an experience not seen before on....
Stunt Race FX
Developer: Nintendo EAD Publisher: Nintendo Release: 10/10/94 Genre: Racing When Star Fox released it made a big splash. 3d was still relatively new on consoles and it was a good shooter in spite of its technical faults. Stunt Race FX...
Zoda’s Revenge – Star Tropics II
Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Release: 03/15/94 Genre: Action-Adventure Star Tropics is an odd game among Nintendo’s lineup. As a very clear Zelda inspired adventure it was targeted toward the Western audience who might have found ...