Super Famicom
Here we have all the games in the Super Famicom Section.
Super Famicom
Sports
Players select various techniques to go had to head against lycra and leather clad ladies in this sanitised version of the PC Engine girl on girl wrestle sim. Plays like a turn based wrestling RPG with well drawn sprites in a strangely sparse genre. Reaches quite a premium on the PC Engine.
Super Famicom
Simulation
Table mahjong seems to sttract a lot of bunny girls and guys in shades and this anime based board game is no exception. Draws on the source material well to keep things lively with expressive avatars and even some quiz questions on the show.
Super Famicom
Action
The video game version of Blade Runner as players and their Matrix style assailants engage in inter governmental espionage to complete the missions by stealth and by force in a futuristic setting. Well ahead of its time and a very ambitious project that deserves a second look.
Super Famicom
Sports
Football simulator as coaches drill their players before unleashing them on the opposition to wreak havoc in the opponents box. Well thats the theory anyway. A window at the top of the screen shows the action unfurling in a similar style to Formation Soccer. The view below shows the player monitoring, just like the Opta index.
Super Famicom
RPG
Political uproar and war are the themes of this strategic RPG from ex-3DO developer Riverhill. Complemented by clever isometric view of the action.
Super Famicom
One on One Beat Em Up
Great take on the Korean martial art that faithfully recreates the speed of the sport at almost Olympic level velocity and as many axe kicks as the hamstrings would permit. The quick thinking makes for a real feel of getting a grip on the sport as does the ability to be able to manoeuvre round the ring.
Super Famicom
Side Scrolling Beat Em Up
Playable as either Gundam F-91 or Ultraman Great in super deformed, squashed down style this title also stars Kamen Rider Balck EX of the rich host of anime related characters on show. Side scrolling fighting action with added fireball move to lash out at the bizarre bunch of imaginative alien assailiants inspired by the Ultraman and Gundam series.
Super Famicom
Sports
Tackling the mammoth Paris to Moscow to Beijing Rally may not be everyone’s cup of tea and plenty of stamina is needed to get through the race. Yet due to the nature of the race, it is compelling to hang on in there like being just off the Play Offs in Football Manager. Good use of Mode 7 and various terrains even mean the screen bumps around on some levels. Just ensure to have a good navigator.
Super Famicom
RPG
The friendly village folk are well represented in the detailed houses of the town. Its a shame they don’t offer more weaponry for free seeing as it is your good self that has to enter the dark dungeon and plough through the creatures and critters that stand in your way. Still free enterprise does bring a good range of merchandise to squander your hard earned currency on.
Super Famicom
Action
A varied game based on the Touchstone Pictures film with very stunning graphics considering its early release. Plenty of fight and flight action with lavish presentation that stays true to the source material.
Super Famicom
Shoot Em Up
Actually a port of ThunderForce III the seminal Saturn and more Mega Drive title of this era. Richly detailed mode 7 backgrounds compete for your attention amongst the swarms of enemy vessels. Not quite up to the mighty source material of ThunderForce III, but not much is.
Super Famicom
Action
Inspired by the weighty puppet license comes a worthy video game translation with great use of the series many vehicles such as the giant air balloon used in great effect in a shoot em up scenario. Plenty of cut scenes to remind you who the heroes are.
Super Famicom
Action
Inspired by the weighty puppet license comes a worthy video game translation with great use of the series many vehicles such as the giant air balloon used in great effect in a shoot em up scenario. Plenty of cut scenes to remind you who the heroes are.
Super Famicom
Platform
Delightful, adorable platformer but don’t let the sweet Disney characters deceive the challenge at the heart of this example of how licensed games should be done. Konami delivers yet again.
Super Famicom
Action
Konami’s delightful Tiny Toons series gets a work out for sports day. Genki is a man’s man, but even our hearts are melted by the cutesie sprites that represent the baby versions of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck et al. The gameplay is given a fine work out as Konami was riding the cusp of its 16 Bit wave with some style at the time, complete with Hollywood smile.
Super Famicom
Platform
Sound representation of the cat and mouse game to the point you’ll hear the immortal scream of Thomas. Players can cooperate as fish and footballs are bagged, the latter used as projectiles. The parallax scrolling is very impressive and the bright colours have that friendly, all American feel. The Japanese release is on the medium rare list, that’s for sure.
Super Famicom
Sports
Kashiwagi san is a suitable candidate to introduce this game and star as the prime strike fisherman. A real oyaji in terms of his appearance and actions, his presence adds much to this well made fishing title complete with plenty of lures to choose from.
Super Famicom
Action
Luckyman is the combination of one of the unluckiest boys in the world (being crushed by a UFO landing) and Luckyman. This dream combo are charged with keeping alien invaders away. It makes more sense in the manga anyway. Well not much! This action based game is subtitled Lucky Cookie Roulette.
Super Famicom
Action
Luckyman is the combination of one of the unluckiest boys in the world (being crushed by a UFO landing) and Luckyman. This dream combo are charged with keeping alien invaders away. It makes more sense in the manga anyway. Well not much! This action based game is subtitled Lucky Cookie Roulette.
Super Famicom
Sports
Try and become the hang-on hero in this Japanese based motorbike racing game with two player mode, time attack along with the season’s challenge over a variety of terrains with eleven players to choose from.
Super Famicom
RPG
The golden era of Square SFC RPG’s came to an end with this masterpiece signing off in true style. Graphically astounding proving the time it takes for developers to truly grasp the ins and outs of a system’s architecture with this surpassing many 32bit efforts. Nice to see a bit of monkey still in Square with the ability to smash barrels and rip up hedges in peoples gardens to gain extra items. And its such attention to detail that bring the Treasure Hunter world to life.
Super Famicom
Sports
A fine tribute to the sport taking a cutsey approach to representing the wrestlers and with plenty of fun that the sumo powers would be unlikely to approve of as bouts take place on beaches with rabbit umpires or on the Statue of Liberty, or as the sumos modesty gets revealed.
Super Famicom
Sports
Thoroughbred racing sim that has very well drawn horses as breeders put the foals through their paces to see if they make the trophy races or get put out to pasture.
Super Famicom
Sports
Sammy uses its arcade know-how to produce a fine version of all-American football. Players can feel a bit floaty, but the tackles are crunching bringing them back to earth. The gameplay is fast with some impressive speech. Known as Football Fury in the West.
Super Famicom
Shoot Em Up
Play as an octopus, bunny girl or tropical fish amongst the bizarre characters in Konami’s charming Parodius series. Areas include on a Japanese motorway, inside a cake and a UFO catcher game. Very refreshing in an era of too many games that take themselves far too seriously. Hats off to Konami for its self depreciating humour. Known in Japan as Gokujou Parodius.
Super Famicom
One on One Beat Em Up
A fine tribute to the silver faced superhero – fitting better than his red lycra suit. Battle various rejects from a Toho movie using Ultramans array of super slick techniques before being required to pull off the finishing move. Japan can sleep well safe in the knowledge no – one gets past this bad boy from Nebula M78, well no-one in a rubber suit that is…
Super Famicom
One on One Beat Em Up
Unbelievable to see a Super Famicom release in 2017. And some real coding might behind it too with a crack unit of ex-SNK veterans making up the A-Team.
Super Famicom
Action
Genki loves the 16 Bit Simpson titles and they are quite cult collectables in Japan with a possible lower print run due to the series being not as well known there. Yet Acclaim has really let their imagination run riot as Bart heads off on his virtual reality missions. Examples include whizzing down a water slide and cycling off into the mode 7 distance avoiding Homer on his chariot. Bart is also converted into a pig to avoid the chop from Krusty and free fellow swine. Crackling stuff.
Super Famicom
Shooter
Making great use of the FX chip to power plenty of polygons around in this tidy mech shooter where the robot can also morph into other vehicles as gameplay dictates. The graphics work well but its the gameplay ingenuity shown that makes this star shine brightly away from the black hole of gaming oblivion.
Super Famicom
Sports
FX chip utilised to full potential to generate a cutesy feel to the 3D race action. But as with every Nintendo title its the play mechanics that make this a real pleasure to play. That and the characterisation of the four different vehicles. Oh and the hidden secrets.