Quarter of a century and still one of the best damn systems ever to be released Praise be to the classic that is Shaq-Fu that made that system to killer it turned out to be
For me back then it was the sound that blew me away more than anything else. I will never forget when I played Actraiser for the first time. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. The first of many epic soundtracks to come. I still listen to so many soundtracks from the SNES. I just love that era for its RPG music.
Actraiser still has one of the best soundtracks after all these years, it sounds like John Williams and his orchestra did the music lol, and many of the songs are so catchy too. I would beat the game over and over again just to hear the end credits theme, it's unbelievably good. Of course since then there's been mp3's on the internet and youtube lol
SNES is my favorite system of all time. I was only 3 years old when it came out so I didn't participate in the launch, but I grew up playing it at my neighbor's house in the early to mid 90s. There is something so timeless about the SNES that no other system has been able to match. Mine is proudly hooked up to my 60 inch TV, and I play it every week.
Are you me? I was also 3 years old when it came out and it's also my favorite system, half an hour ago I was just playing Illusion of Gaia on my 32 inch TV and then I come here and find this video :'), it's just a timeless perfect console.
Wonderful memory there Johnny - cherish it. Cute detail: my parents bought me the exact same box (SNES + Super Mario World) in Belgium, and they totally caught me off guard with it. I remember coming home one evening after finishing home work at my grandparent's place, with this box standing on the coffee table. I could not believe my eyes. I vividly remember watching my dad play A Link to the Past a few months later. That's why this is my favourite console, my favourite Zelda, etc... So many great memories.
My friend that I've known since I was 6 ( we're 32 now) Still jokes about how when he called me Christmas day around 1 00pm he was surprised to learn I had already made it to Chocolate world in Super Mario World. Great game. Great memories.
The SNES is easily my favorite console ever, to this day. Sure, the NES, PS1 and PS2 are all equally worthy of that title imo, but the SNES just goes above and beyond for me personally. Part of it's nostalgia, sure, considering I got this thing when I was like 6 or so and it was THE cornerstone of video gaming in my life until my teens (and still at least somewhat even out of that as I tried to play most of its catalogue even into the 2000s and eventually emulated various awesome Japanese-only translated games for it), but.... man, it's just so seeping with quality. The controllers were the best and most comfortable at the time and are STILL great (the wii classic controllers reflect that), the graphics and sound capabilities were more than awesome for the early 90s and still hit a special chord to this day as the pinnacle of 2d gaming before things started the big shift to ugly early-days polygons... soooooo many memorable experiences, colorful worlds and characters, unforgettable soundtracks, and SO many of the BEST GAMES OF ALL TIME specifically, like Mario World, Yoshi's Island, Super Metroid, Link to the Past, FF4-6, Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, Earthbound, Mega Man X, etc etc..... Just... *damn*, what a system. It's hard to imagine anything will ever measure up unless Nintendo got as much copious 3rd party support again and made a simple, straightforward gaming machine without so many crazy gimmicks, or if some other company came about that was able to have the charm and understanding of what made video games as a medium as awesome as nintendo did in that era and had such support.
Jesus Christ I feel old Johnny...Why can't games now give me that magic feeling from this time? I think we've got spoiled with the internet and we gamers aren't socially connected in person to be passionate about them as we were. Me and my brother would play for days on new games we would rent and it was amazing to take home a new game every weekend.
I feel the same, I think we're spoiled for choice nowadays. Back in the day games would hold my attention for hundreds of hours. Now it seems harder to find a game I'm truly satisfied with.
+IronRooRoo The right game can still hold me for hours on end. I still prefer to play the age I grew up with like NES and Snes over modern games. Few modern games are worth my time.
I really liked this video. The first game I remember playing was Mortal Kombat 2 on the SNES, first strategy guide was for the same game. I turned 25 a couple months ago haha.
Best console I ever owned. Me and my friends used to have "gaming sleepovers" when a cool new game was released...so awsome! Thanks for this nostalgic video Johnny! (thumbs up)
I still play my Super Nintendo a few times a month. So many games for that system and during that era in general have aged so well. Super Castlevania IV still has some of the best music on the Super. Turtles in Time was a superb Arcade port and so many great platformers and RPG's. Johnny, how many SNES games would you say you have?
I still remember my first day with the SNES: me and family travel to Puerto Rico like aveey months for Dad business and Super Market Grocerys and monthly I bough Nes games but when I went inside Toys R' Us I die when I saw Super Mario World. dad bought it for me and I still remember that at that price was $259.99 Dollars! and F-Zero for $50 Dollaras. We use to travel for only one day and I didnt go out of the Hotel even to Dinner! ...that was so amazing memory from September 1991! I was one of the first in my country (Dominican Republic) to got the system.
amazing video Johnny! Thank you! The 1st time I played was at my Birthday and my Uncle rented a Snes with Mario world, Contra 3 and F-Zero. I was blown away!! :D
Awesome tribute Johnny! Fantastic system! So many great memories with this system and my friends! I got one for my 8th birthday in 1997. Since it was used, my mom boxed it in an old shower tap box and for a moment, I thought she was giving me some plumbing for my birthday, which would have sucked lol! Then my uncle gave me Star Fox and Super Mario World that same day! That was great! Happy 25th Super Nintendo, thanks for the magic!
When the SNES first came out my uncle would rent one from the video store and bring it over along with U.N. Squadron, Captain America and Street Fighter II. Later he got his own and eventually passed it on to me as a Christmas gift. So many great games, so many great memories.
The SNES has the greatest 12-month launch game lineup in video game history and I don't see it ever being topped ever again, not even close. F-Zero, Super Mario World, Super Ghouls n Ghosts, Pilotwings, U.N. Squadron, A Link to the Past, Actraiser, Street Fighter II, Super Castlevania IV, Mystical Ninja, Final Fantasy II (IV), Contra III, Super R-Type, the list goes on and on, i mean HOLY FUCK! 1991/1992 were truly magical years, and that's not including all of the awesome games that were coming out for the Genesis those same years also.
arioca Yeah, Mode 7 really seemed to be used less and less with each year that passed in the SNES's life. Seemed like in the first year of the SNES that every single game had at least one Mode 7 graphical effect lol.
RetroGamerAaron Final Fight was okay but hugely disappointing at the same time since it didn't have 2-player support, didn't have Guy (my favorite character), limited the number of enemies on-screen to 3 and was also missing Rolento's factory stage. I actually found Rival Turf to be a way more fun game since it had 2-player support despite being a total rip-off lol. Streets of Rage 2 was everything I wanted a console version of Final Fight to be, and in fact I loved (and still love) SoR2 more than any other console beat'em up, it's the best ever of it's genre still to this day imo. Any time I play the game I can't stop until i either get a game over or beat it lol.
I remember reading the article that you posted pics from. Also remember being 'super' excited about Final Fight coming out and seeing those pictures in nintendo power. I used to play it all the time at a nearby arcade, and couldn't believe I'd finally be able to play it at home. Saved my money and bought it at Sears and love it to this day, with a Super Mario World still being my favorite Mario game.
Good thing you´re keeping the memories alive, first console I´ve ever own and I got it in a similar way you did and that is why it is so special to me. Living in Europe I think we got the best design also :p. Keep up the great videos
Got my snes on that years Christmas, still have the audio that my dad saved on cassette tape of that experience. Recently listenting to the tapes was an enjoyable one.
Amazing video...I enjoy the nostalgia and memories... I loved this system and everything it represented.. I wish I was more into RPGs back in the days since I missed them all... living in South America it was impossible to play these games in Spanish...however I'm catching up now lol... keep it up Johnny
i have a similar memory...i was 12 at the time and my mom actually bought the snes for me back around June or July of 92....my parents were hard working with just enough income to put food on the table...we were very poor by todays standards....we never got anything unless it was christmas or a birthday...i could not believe we got that machine on a random summer afternoon..i will always cherish that day and i so much appreciate what my parents did for me
I was 1 year old when this game out. But it was still my first console when I got it in 1997. Before that I was playing all my games on PC. So this holds a special place in my heart.
I know how you felt about the surprise with your parents saying yes to buying your something unexpected. My parents were the exact same they never really liked me playing video games when I was younger especially violent games but when I was 12 the day call of duty black ops came out (6years ago and I know it's not exactly a Super Nintendo but it was huge for me) I came home from school and had the exact same chat with my Mam and I have honesty never been happier to buy a game in my life and it was on the release day aswell!!! The icing on the cake was when I went into the store and saw all my friends from school getting the game and they had all teased me about not getting the game and I was close to tears and I literally thought I was the shit...parents they can be great when they want to Ps thanks very much for all your great content on a website filled with people with such pessimistic views I was thrilled to find somebody with happy in their name!!!Thank you very much
during Xmas of 1991(at 13yrs old) i actually got a Sega Genesis from my parents despite wanting a SNES. I actually fell in love with my Genesis but still saved up $ that year and eventually bought a SNES in Spring of 1992. I HAD to have both of them.
A lot of great snes memories. Remember launch snes units were notorious for having controllers where L or R shoulder buttons broke or cable would disconnect inside controller if pulled. Still so many great games. Who can forget when Street Fighter 2 or Chrono Trigger came out?
Lol, near the end of the video he summarizes his feeling quite well "I'm so happy I can come" Nice video and a nostalgia trip for those of us alive during launch. I'm 42 and still gamin.
So glad I was around for this launch! I was 5 years old at that point. Had the the NES, Genesis when Sonic came out, then a few months later got the SNES :D
I always imagine hearing the sound when you jump on a koopa troopa in the caves. It would kind of echo. Sooo good. I guess when I think about it I always think about the soundtracks and just how absurdly good so many of them are for this system.
We went to K-Mart after my Dad came home from work. We bought a tv and the console. Me and my brother played all night, enjoying the SNES. My favorite console.
Great story John. I remember my dad coming to pick me up in the city when I was a kid. I lived with my grandmother and he asked me where he could get a Super Nintendo. I was so excited, so I told him that Canadian Tire was selling them and we went there... as I was heading out towards the checkout with him, I realized that he was buying only one and it was for my little brother. It broke my heart and he must have realized that I was upset, so asked me to go and pick up one for myself from the aisle. I was very happy at that point. He dropped me off at my grandmothers and then had to do some grocery shopping before heading back to the country that evening. That afternoon I was playing Super Mario World. My little brother called from out in the country and asked if dad had bought the Super Nintendo, I told him yes he did and that I was playing it. He started crying on the other end, confused I explained to him that he had bought two, one for him and another for me. That didn't help... he wanted to be the first or only one to have played it... Anyway, that's my memory of getting the Super Nintendo from my dad.
My favourite gaming memory! we were living in the middle east at the time, and some family friends were going to Canada for the summer holidays, my parents gave them some money to bring a Snes back and extra money for a game, so when it came, with the already awesome Mario World, and then Actraiser.. those memories will never be forgotten! amazing times!
Man I'll never forget.... I remember seeing the commercials for the SNES (I must have been 5 years old) and I wanted it so so bad. I loved my NES but I desperately wanted to play Super Mario World. So my Grandmother, bless her soul, told me if I did chores around the house she would give me $1 a day. After about 6 months, I didn't quite have enough but she went ahead and got it for me anyway - she's just always been a sweetheart like that. It was amazing - especially when I finally got Super Mario World for Christmas soon after. Probably my favorite system of all time!
I remember getting my SNES. I didn't get mine until October after launch. I got mine with Final Fight, UN Squadron, and Super R-Type. Great times. I really miss my SNES. I'm glad I can still play a lot of the games on Virtual Console.
Love your passion for gaming in general but not just that but also the art of storytelling you have is amazing! I still remember the epic story of you First playing games down your friends basement I felt like I was there. Top it off you're still a SEGA boy deep down! That makes everything better I'm sorry I'm here in Boston MA and had the Master System which was rare back then. Super Nintendo was a super hyped up machine but it Never struck a cord with me like it did with my brother's and friends. Thanks for your uplifting spirit it makes my day
To be honest the memories you I have of the experience of the launch in any experience you had during and after the consoles up to this point is what makes video games worthwhile and forever cherished
OMG I had so many memories with this console too... SMW being my first game I ever played, then I played some others like Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts, Super Mario Kart. Then when I got a bit older I expanded my collection, MMX, Contra III, Gradius III, Castlevania IV, Fire Power 2000, DKC, etc. Like I could go on, and I love these games so much that I will play them for hours, and NEVER get tired of them. Like I always have a hard time picking out which SNES game I wanna play. And this system has most of my all-time favorite games on it. I'll be playing some of them, and like that music will take me back. And that's why it'll forever be my favorite system.
Another great video Johnny! I'm sure you're aware, but you can buy repair kits for SNES controllers. You replace all the internal rubber buttons. It will make that old pad feel like new again.
I remember getting the SNES at launch. At the time i didn't know what it was. Once my dad and I hooked the system up to our Sony Trinitron i was amazed while playing Super Mario World. Playing F-Zero,Zelda: A Link to the past, Super Metroid, Spider man, Clay Fighters, Jungle Strike and Desert Strike was nothing short of amazing. The graphics and game play for most SNES titles still hold up well today.
this takes me back SNES was a great system. I got it later on that year as a xmas gift with final fight it was so awesome! I'm getting back into collecting retro games I miss those days so much!
My Mother did the same for me with NES Zelda. I only got games on my b-day or Christmas - but I randomly saw Zelda sitting in a display case at Zellers one day and asked her if I could have it (fulling expecting a "no, we can't afford it"), and she surprised me by buying it on the spot. That memory sticks with me the same way the SNES does for John. It made my summer that year.
This was the first game system i ever played 25 years ago. It's amazing to even think it's been that long. It was almost Christmas and i just looked in the wishbook and showed my mom it and to my surprise i got it that Christmas morning and played my first game mario world.
Happy Birthday to my favourite console ever! Yeah, I know I talk about the Turbografx all the time, it is my close second after all, but still, what can be said about the SNES that was never said before? Oh here's one: I actually prefer the American Super Nintendo design over the Super Famicom one! Why? Well, nostalgia is a big reason, but the purple buttons are another... Gotta love dem purple buttons!
I don't know i all ways thought the snes look like a launch box lol !! When i wanted one again i opted instead to import a sfc and bought a everdrive for it.Given how it's second hand market is out of control now.Still,snes was when nintendo had the most for it's library of games.
I always liked the design as well. One gaming mag from back then praised it for being ahead of its time. I wish I still had it. There was a feature looking at all of the consoles that had launched up to some point in the mid ninties. I remember it had a cool little drawing of helmet-less Samus representing the section on the SNES. If only I hadn't thrown away virtually all of my gaming mags.
Awesome system! Thanks for sharing your memories, Johnny! Here in Portugal, Sega was king! All my friends had Master Systems and, later, Mega Drives (Genesis)! Me included! ;) Cheers!
I was lucky to have both the genesis and snes back in 92, my all time fav era of gaming..streets of rage! link to the past! sonic! f-zero! shinobi! super metroid! ect..love both of those systems
I didn't get a SNES at launch but when I did finally get one my brothers and I had so many great sessions of playing Mario Cart, Super Metroid and Mega Man X.
I was too young at the time and my parents didnt bought one for me but, every summer a cousin of mine hould spend the hollidays in my house, like one entire month, and he had the super nintendo. We played super metroid, super mario kart, super mario world, contra alien wars, and some others. Amazing times..
Not many people can say their parents took them to another country to get a console! 😀 Great video as always Johnny! Nobody makes these types of retrospective/memory videos quite as good as you! 👍🏻
Mystic Quest was an amazing game to play when I was 18. I'd never played anything like it before, it was so immersive. I'd only played 8bit computers before so the transformation was amazing.
yup, till this very day I still love my SNES! I'm 36 years old and man oh man I played the heck out of killer instinct, super Mario world, Mario RPG, Street fighter II & the list goes on! it was definitely happier days when you didn't have any worries like bills, rent/mortgage, utilities & such!
@10:53 thats quite the pause after you say "come" Johnny "Im so happy I could come.......... and just talk about the launch of the super nintendo and my experiences" Rusty sees what you did there. Rusty sees
You mention your parents would normally wait till christmas, for the Dreamcast was a shared christmas present between me and my brother collectively (ie. from our parents, grandparents etc). I remember the following year when I got Shenmue, just for me.
Hi Johnny, i had the same broken shoulder buttons on my snes controllers. I took them appart and applied some ABS cement (it's used for irrigation pipe) between the button and the hinge in attaches to. Try it out, works like a charm
when the snes came out I wasn't even born yet, but it was my first console (got it when I was 4). My country used to be a little late, so while the rest of the world had the n64, I had the snes and I'm actually glad for it. Best console ever.
wow, 25 years already. i saved money from my paper route to buy one. i recorded the music from super rtype and actraiser to tape and listened to it when i did delivery. so, good.
I begged my parents to buy me a Super Nintendo for an early Christmas present and somehow talked my mom into getting me Final Fantasy II along with it. What an amazing day!
I swear I remember buying the Super Nintendo. I have to day though the 16 bit era was one of the best points in video game history to me. Such great RPGs, great games, great graphics and music. Loved all 3 systems, Turbo, Genesis, and Snes. I still have my original turbo, but i would need to find everything for it to get it to work.
I remember when I got my SNES! I had been reading the ads in the magazines for Final Fight, which was my current favorite arcade game. I was BLOWN AWAY by how close to the arcade version it looked. I started selling off my old NES games and hardware (regret that now) to be able to save enough to buy a Super Nintendo. I was at about halfway there, then one Sunday when my Dad brought me back home from our weekend visitation, my Mom and Step-Dad had went out and payed for what I lacked! They already had it hooked up to the little 13 inch tv in my room. When I walked in my room I about flipped out with excitement! lol
I remember the SNES launch fondly ahhhh Super Mario World, F-Zero, Pilot Wings good times I also remember buddy Chris selling his Genesis and buying a SNES after he saw a commercial for Super Mario World.
SNES was such a fantastic system with some of the most interesting games that I have ever played, even to this day. Illusion of Gaia, EVO: Search for Eden, Soul Blazer, Chrono Trigger, Secret of Evermore, and so on.
I was around for the Super Nintendo. In fact I remember when my parents got one for my family. It was a little bit later for us, because we didn't get one until 1993 or 1994 after we'd moved out of the city to the countryside. In fact I remember watching my mom play Super Mario World and Super Mario Bros. 3 in Super Mario All-Stars in the living room of our small two story, three bedroom/one bathroom log cabin. And then subsequently we got a lot of games second hand as we'd buy them from Rogers Video when they were finished with them (as in they weren't renting out Super Nintendo games anymore because the N64 was released and they were now renting N64 games).
Man the excitement when I got my SNES for Christmas!!! Was amazing times the best times! Now.....I feel so old and nothing is exciting anymore.....Chrono Trigger, Ogre Battle, Link to the Past, and Final Fantasy 3 (still got the box somewhere) The list could go on and on. Best days of gaming IMO.
Quarter of a century and still one of the best damn systems ever to be released
Praise be to the classic that is Shaq-Fu that made that system to killer it turned out to be
For me back then it was the sound that blew me away more than anything else. I will never forget when I played Actraiser for the first time. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. The first of many epic soundtracks to come. I still listen to so many soundtracks from the SNES. I just love that era for its RPG music.
Actraiser still has one of the best soundtracks after all these years, it sounds like John Williams and his orchestra did the music lol, and many of the songs are so catchy too. I would beat the game over and over again just to hear the end credits theme, it's unbelievably good. Of course since then there's been mp3's on the internet and youtube lol
SNES is my favorite system of all time. I was only 3 years old when it came out so I didn't participate in the launch, but I grew up playing it at my neighbor's house in the early to mid 90s. There is something so timeless about the SNES that no other system has been able to match. Mine is proudly hooked up to my 60 inch TV, and I play it every week.
I feel the same. Mine is hooked to my 36 inch Sony Trinitron kv36fv310, play it every week also.
SNES and PS1 are my top two
Are you me? I was also 3 years old when it came out and it's also my favorite system, half an hour ago I was just playing Illusion of Gaia on my 32 inch TV and then I come here and find this video :'), it's just a timeless perfect console.
Wonderful memory there Johnny - cherish it. Cute detail: my parents bought me the exact same box (SNES + Super Mario World) in Belgium, and they totally caught me off guard with it. I remember coming home one evening after finishing home work at my grandparent's place, with this box standing on the coffee table. I could not believe my eyes. I vividly remember watching my dad play A Link to the Past a few months later. That's why this is my favourite console, my favourite Zelda, etc... So many great memories.
Christmas 91, best Xmas ever. Got the system with Final Fight. Super Ghouls N Ghosts and F-Zero.
Ditto, except I got Final Fantasy II, my all time favorite game. Loved that Christmas.
Those are great games dude
My brother got it for Christmas that year with Mario World and Ultraman. I’ll admit that Ultraman is a guilty pleasure of mine 😀
My friend that I've known since I was 6 ( we're 32 now) Still jokes about how when he called me Christmas day around 1 00pm he was surprised to learn I had already made it to Chocolate world in Super Mario World. Great game. Great memories.
The SNES is easily my favorite console ever, to this day. Sure, the NES, PS1 and PS2 are all equally worthy of that title imo, but the SNES just goes above and beyond for me personally. Part of it's nostalgia, sure, considering I got this thing when I was like 6 or so and it was THE cornerstone of video gaming in my life until my teens (and still at least somewhat even out of that as I tried to play most of its catalogue even into the 2000s and eventually emulated various awesome Japanese-only translated games for it), but.... man, it's just so seeping with quality. The controllers were the best and most comfortable at the time and are STILL great (the wii classic controllers reflect that), the graphics and sound capabilities were more than awesome for the early 90s and still hit a special chord to this day as the pinnacle of 2d gaming before things started the big shift to ugly early-days polygons... soooooo many memorable experiences, colorful worlds and characters, unforgettable soundtracks, and SO many of the BEST GAMES OF ALL TIME specifically, like Mario World, Yoshi's Island, Super Metroid, Link to the Past, FF4-6, Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, Earthbound, Mega Man X, etc etc.....
Just... *damn*, what a system. It's hard to imagine anything will ever measure up unless Nintendo got as much copious 3rd party support again and made a simple, straightforward gaming machine without so many crazy gimmicks, or if some other company came about that was able to have the charm and understanding of what made video games as a medium as awesome as nintendo did in that era and had such support.
10:54 I'm so happy I could come...
Funny you mentioned that cause I just creampied my girlfriend. pattied up deep. Random afternoon creampies are epic.
That had me in tears.
You are a fun storyteller! It's exciting to watch you go down memory lane...keep up the good work!
Jesus Christ I feel old Johnny...Why can't games now give me that magic feeling from this time? I think we've got spoiled with the internet and we gamers aren't socially connected in person to be passionate about them as we were. Me and my brother would play for days on new games we would rent and it was amazing to take home a new game every weekend.
Crazy isn't it!
1/4 of a century fucking crazy how time flies.
+HappyConsoleGamer
Hey John where's Robman been ??
I feel the same, I think we're spoiled for choice nowadays. Back in the day games would hold my attention for hundreds of hours. Now it seems harder to find a game I'm truly satisfied with.
+IronRooRoo
The right game can still hold me for hours on end. I still prefer to play the age I grew up with like NES and Snes over modern games. Few modern games are worth my time.
"I'm so happy, I could come... and talk about the Super Nintendo."
Almost spat my drink out after that pause!
HOLY SHIT the SNES came out on my birthday!!! WTF how did i not know this until now? i turn 31 today and the SNES is my fav console of all time!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!🎂
Happy birthday to ya! :)
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday Syko!
+Lifespiller79 thanks man
Wow! I was 12 years old at the time. Didn't get mines till '92. Easily my favorite console of all time.
I really liked this video. The first game I remember playing was Mortal Kombat 2 on the SNES, first strategy guide was for the same game. I turned 25 a couple months ago haha.
Thanks for putting out new videos at a greater rate Johnny. I love coming home to see a new vid, the more the better. Great episode as always🙂
Best console I ever owned. Me and my friends used to have "gaming sleepovers" when a cool new game was released...so awsome! Thanks for this nostalgic video Johnny! (thumbs up)
I still play my Super Nintendo a few times a month. So many games for that system and during that era in general have aged so well. Super Castlevania IV still has some of the best music on the Super. Turtles in Time was a superb Arcade port and so many great platformers and RPG's. Johnny, how many SNES games would you say you have?
I still remember my first day with the SNES: me and family travel to Puerto Rico like aveey months for Dad business and Super Market Grocerys and monthly I bough Nes games but when I went inside Toys R' Us I die when I saw Super Mario World. dad bought it for me and I still remember that at that price was $259.99 Dollars! and F-Zero for $50 Dollaras. We use to travel for only one day and I didnt go out of the Hotel even to Dinner! ...that was so amazing memory from September 1991! I was one of the first in my country (Dominican Republic) to got the system.
Man, 25 years. Unbelievable. Good video. Love you lots. Can wait to move in with ya!
Been following your channel since the beginning. This is one of your best!
amazing video Johnny! Thank you! The 1st time I played was at my Birthday and my Uncle rented a Snes with Mario world, Contra 3 and F-Zero. I was blown away!! :D
Awesome tribute Johnny! Fantastic system! So many great memories with this system and my friends! I got one for my 8th birthday in 1997. Since it was used, my mom boxed it in an old shower tap box and for a moment, I thought she was giving me some plumbing for my birthday, which would have sucked lol! Then my uncle gave me Star Fox and Super Mario World that same day! That was great! Happy 25th Super Nintendo, thanks for the magic!
When the SNES first came out my uncle would rent one from the video store and bring it over along with U.N. Squadron, Captain America and Street Fighter II. Later he got his own and eventually passed it on to me as a Christmas gift. So many great games, so many great memories.
The SNES has the greatest 12-month launch game lineup in video game history and I don't see it ever being topped ever again, not even close. F-Zero, Super Mario World, Super Ghouls n Ghosts, Pilotwings, U.N. Squadron, A Link to the Past, Actraiser, Street Fighter II, Super Castlevania IV, Mystical Ninja, Final Fantasy II (IV), Contra III, Super R-Type, the list goes on and on, i mean HOLY FUCK! 1991/1992 were truly magical years, and that's not including all of the awesome games that were coming out for the Genesis those same years also.
arioca
Yeah, Mode 7 really seemed to be used less and less with each year that passed in the SNES's life. Seemed like in the first year of the SNES that every single game had at least one Mode 7 graphical effect lol.
RetroGamerAaron
Final Fight was okay but hugely disappointing at the same time since it didn't have 2-player support, didn't have Guy (my favorite character), limited the number of enemies on-screen to 3 and was also missing Rolento's factory stage. I actually found Rival Turf to be a way more fun game since it had 2-player support despite being a total rip-off lol.
Streets of Rage 2 was everything I wanted a console version of Final Fight to be, and in fact I loved (and still love) SoR2 more than any other console beat'em up, it's the best ever of it's genre still to this day imo. Any time I play the game I can't stop until i either get a game over or beat it lol.
I remember reading the article that you posted pics from. Also remember being 'super' excited about Final Fight coming out and seeing those pictures in nintendo power. I used to play it all the time at a nearby arcade, and couldn't believe I'd finally be able to play it at home. Saved my money and bought it at Sears and love it to this day, with a Super Mario World still being my favorite Mario game.
Great video!! Johnny your making me feel old!! So many awesome memories!! Snes is my favorite system of all time!!!
Good thing you´re keeping the memories alive, first console I´ve ever own and I got it in a similar way you did and that is why it is so special to me. Living in Europe I think we got the best design also :p. Keep up the great videos
Got my snes on that years Christmas, still have the audio that my dad saved on cassette tape of that experience. Recently listenting to the tapes was an enjoyable one.
Amazing video...I enjoy the nostalgia and memories... I loved this system and everything it represented.. I wish I was more into RPGs back in the days since I missed them all... living in South America it was impossible to play these games in Spanish...however I'm catching up now lol... keep it up Johnny
i have a similar memory...i was 12 at the time and my mom actually bought the snes for me back around June or July of 92....my parents were hard working with just enough income to put food on the table...we were very poor by todays standards....we never got anything unless it was christmas or a birthday...i could not believe we got that machine on a random summer afternoon..i will always cherish that day and i so much appreciate what my parents did for me
I subscribed love your videos and I'm a 90's guy myself growing up with Nintendo was the nostalgia I had :)
I was 1 year old when this game out. But it was still my first console when I got it in 1997. Before that I was playing all my games on PC. So this holds a special place in my heart.
I know how you felt about the surprise with your parents saying yes to buying your something unexpected.
My parents were the exact same they never really liked me playing video games when I was younger especially violent games but when I was 12 the day call of duty black ops came out (6years ago and I know it's not exactly a Super Nintendo but it was huge for me) I came home from school and had the exact same chat with my Mam and I have honesty never been happier to buy a game in my life and it was on the release day aswell!!!
The icing on the cake was when I went into the store and saw all my friends from school getting the game and they had all teased me about not getting the game and I was close to tears and I literally thought I was the shit...parents they can be great when they want to
Ps thanks very much for all your great content on a website filled with people with such pessimistic views I was thrilled to find somebody with happy in their name!!!Thank you very much
You pretty much described my childhood too,
I love the SNES!!
My favorite system, hence the moniker......
Clever kat
...and an equally great moniker. I like it
Nice. 👮🏼
during Xmas of 1991(at 13yrs old) i actually got a Sega Genesis from my parents despite wanting a SNES. I actually fell in love with my Genesis but still saved up $ that year and eventually bought a SNES in Spring of 1992. I HAD to have both of them.
A lot of great snes memories. Remember launch snes units were notorious for having controllers where L or R shoulder buttons broke or cable would disconnect inside controller if pulled. Still so many great games. Who can forget when Street Fighter 2 or Chrono Trigger came out?
Great memories. Really loved this console and it helped define my childhood.
Lol, near the end of the video he summarizes his feeling quite well "I'm so happy I can come"
Nice video and a nostalgia trip for those of us alive during launch. I'm 42 and still gamin.
Great story. Definitely my favorite system. My 10th birthday was the day after launch day and I cried when I got it that day.
Good stuff my dude! I remember I got the SNES for Christmas (a couple years after launch) with Mario Paint!
So glad I was around for this launch! I was 5 years old at that point. Had the the NES, Genesis when Sonic came out, then a few months later got the SNES :D
I always imagine hearing the sound when you jump on a koopa troopa in the caves. It would kind of echo. Sooo good. I guess when I think about it I always think about the soundtracks and just how absurdly good so many of them are for this system.
5:29 That mechanical cartridge insertion sound the SNES makes is THE FUCKING BEST.
I'm a sucker for retro consoles I love hearing people's past story's their old consoles
NES
SNES
SEGA MD
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King of Wakanda same
F. The nazis
We went to K-Mart after my Dad came home from work. We bought a tv and the console. Me and my brother played all night, enjoying the SNES. My favorite console.
I purchased my first SNES 2 day ago and have been playing it non stop. it holds up amazingly well after 25 years
The Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis were my favorite systems in that Era.
Great story John.
I remember my dad coming to pick me up in the city when I was a kid. I lived with my grandmother and he asked me where he could get a Super Nintendo. I was so excited, so I told him that Canadian Tire was selling them and we went there... as I was heading out towards the checkout with him, I realized that he was buying only one and it was for my little brother. It broke my heart and he must have realized that I was upset, so asked me to go and pick up one for myself from the aisle. I was very happy at that point.
He dropped me off at my grandmothers and then had to do some grocery shopping before heading back to the country that evening. That afternoon I was playing Super Mario World. My little brother called from out in the country and asked if dad had bought the Super Nintendo, I told him yes he did and that I was playing it. He started crying on the other end, confused I explained to him that he had bought two, one for him and another for me. That didn't help... he wanted to be the first or only one to have played it...
Anyway, that's my memory of getting the Super Nintendo from my dad.
My favourite gaming memory! we were living in the middle east at the time, and some family friends were going to Canada for the summer holidays, my parents gave them some money to bring a Snes back and extra money for a game, so when it came, with the already awesome Mario World, and then Actraiser.. those memories will never be forgotten! amazing times!
I remember it coming out, my Brother and I went with our mom to get it. Great times! Now I feel old.
Man I'll never forget.... I remember seeing the commercials for the SNES (I must have been 5 years old) and I wanted it so so bad. I loved my NES but I desperately wanted to play Super Mario World. So my Grandmother, bless her soul, told me if I did chores around the house she would give me $1 a day. After about 6 months, I didn't quite have enough but she went ahead and got it for me anyway - she's just always been a sweetheart like that. It was amazing - especially when I finally got Super Mario World for Christmas soon after. Probably my favorite system of all time!
I remember getting my SNES. I didn't get mine until October after launch. I got mine with Final Fight, UN Squadron, and Super R-Type. Great times. I really miss my SNES. I'm glad I can still play a lot of the games on Virtual Console.
Still my favorite Nintendo console and probably favorite overall. Damn I'm getting old.
Love your passion for gaming in general but not just that but also the art of storytelling you have is amazing! I still remember the epic story of you First playing games down your friends basement I felt like I was there. Top it off you're still a SEGA boy deep down! That makes everything better I'm sorry I'm here in Boston MA and had the Master System which was rare back then. Super Nintendo was a super hyped up machine but it Never struck a cord with me like it did with my brother's and friends. Thanks for your uplifting spirit it makes my day
Love how he's always so positive. It helps me on my bad days too.
To be honest the memories you I have of the experience of the launch in any experience you had during and after the consoles up to this point is what makes video games worthwhile and forever cherished
OMG I had so many memories with this console too... SMW being my first game I ever played, then I played some others like Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts, Super Mario Kart. Then when I got a bit older I expanded my collection, MMX, Contra III, Gradius III, Castlevania IV, Fire Power 2000, DKC, etc. Like I could go on, and I love these games so much that I will play them for hours, and NEVER get tired of them. Like I always have a hard time picking out which SNES game I wanna play. And this system has most of my all-time favorite games on it. I'll be playing some of them, and like that music will take me back. And that's why it'll forever be my favorite system.
Another great video Johnny! I'm sure you're aware, but you can buy repair kits for SNES controllers. You replace all the internal rubber buttons. It will make that old pad feel like new again.
I see what you did at the ending there. Very sneaky xD
"SOOO WELCOME BACK TO ANOTHER EPISOOOODE!"....gee thanks :P
I remember getting the SNES at launch. At the time i didn't know what it was. Once my dad and I hooked the system up to our Sony Trinitron i was amazed while playing Super Mario World. Playing F-Zero,Zelda: A Link to the past, Super Metroid, Spider man, Clay Fighters, Jungle Strike and Desert Strike was nothing short of amazing. The graphics and game play for most SNES titles still hold up well today.
this takes me back SNES was a great system. I got it later on that year as a xmas gift with final fight it was so awesome! I'm getting back into collecting retro games I miss those days so much!
Amazing story about the parents. its so funny when something like that happens
Any Super Baseball Simulator 1.000 fans?
Yessir!!! Definitely one of my favorite Baseball games for the system (probaby next to Griffey MLB and Super Batter Up!) - Great music and gameplay.
My Mother did the same for me with NES Zelda. I only got games on my b-day or Christmas - but I randomly saw Zelda sitting in a display case at Zellers one day and asked her if I could have it (fulling expecting a "no, we can't afford it"), and she surprised me by buying it on the spot. That memory sticks with me the same way the SNES does for John. It made my summer that year.
This was the first game system i ever played 25 years ago. It's amazing to even think it's been that long.
It was almost Christmas and i just looked in the wishbook and showed my mom it and to my surprise i got it that Christmas morning and played my first game mario world.
I was too young born in 85 I was happy to get nes. I was maybe 6 or 7, Megaman 2 was my first and still my favorite game ever 🤘🏻
Ugh. I can listen to hours and hours of stories on the snes from Johnny. Nothing short of epic.
I was too young when SNES was released but I remembered a friend had it and I remembered playing a lot of Super Mario World and All-stars.
My SNES is sitting comfortable next to my Genesis to this day. They're lovers. I never cared about the console wars growing up. I love them both.
Happy Birthday to my favourite console ever!
Yeah, I know I talk about the Turbografx all the time, it is my close second after all, but still, what can be said about the SNES that was never said before?
Oh here's one: I actually prefer the American Super Nintendo design over the Super Famicom one! Why? Well, nostalgia is a big reason, but the purple buttons are another... Gotta love dem purple buttons!
Agreed!!
I don't know i all ways thought the snes look like a launch box lol !! When i wanted one again i opted instead to import a sfc and bought a everdrive for it.Given how it's second hand market is out of control now.Still,snes was when nintendo had the most for it's library of games.
I always liked the design as well. One gaming mag from back then praised it for being ahead of its time. I wish I still had it. There was a feature looking at all of the consoles that had launched up to some point in the mid ninties. I remember it had a cool little drawing of helmet-less Samus representing the section on the SNES. If only I hadn't thrown away virtually all of my gaming mags.
To each it's own BUT what about the Exclusives? do you prefer the North American only games or the Japanese only games?
Awesome system! Thanks for sharing your memories, Johnny!
Here in Portugal, Sega was king! All my friends had Master Systems and, later, Mega Drives (Genesis)! Me included! ;)
Cheers!
I was lucky to have both the genesis and snes back in 92, my all time fav era of gaming..streets of rage! link to the past! sonic! f-zero! shinobi! super metroid! ect..love both of those systems
I remember the console felt so fresh, it was really quite the jump both graphically and musically! Truely impressive for its time.
I saw this on display at Lowe's as a kid. Imagine seeing a PS4 or something in Lowe's today, lol.
I didn't get a SNES at launch but when I did finally get one my brothers and I had so many great sessions of playing Mario Cart, Super Metroid and Mega Man X.
Feels like it was just a couple of years ago that I bought an EGM magazine that was celebrating the SNES' 10th anniversary...now it's been 25 years.
I was too young at the time and my parents didnt bought one for me but, every summer a cousin of mine hould spend the hollidays in my house, like one entire month, and he had the super nintendo. We played super metroid, super mario kart, super mario world, contra alien wars, and some others. Amazing times..
I was born in '96 but I grew up with SNES, Genesis, and PS1. And the SNES still holds some of my fondest childhood memories.
Not many people can say their parents took them to another country to get a console! 😀 Great video as always Johnny! Nobody makes these types of retrospective/memory videos quite as good as you! 👍🏻
Mystic Quest was an amazing game to play when I was 18. I'd never played anything like it before, it was so immersive. I'd only played 8bit computers before so the transformation was amazing.
Hell yeah! First console I ever played, family got it at launch, I was 3. Been a love affair ever since.
yup, till this very day I still love my SNES! I'm 36 years old and man oh man I played the heck out of killer instinct, super Mario world, Mario RPG, Street fighter II & the list goes on! it was definitely happier days when you didn't have any worries like bills, rent/mortgage, utilities & such!
@10:53 thats quite the pause after you say "come" Johnny
"Im so happy I could come.......... and just talk about the launch of the super nintendo and my experiences"
Rusty sees what you did there. Rusty sees
You mention your parents would normally wait till christmas, for the Dreamcast was a shared christmas present between me and my brother collectively (ie. from our parents, grandparents etc).
I remember the following year when I got Shenmue, just for me.
Hi Johnny, i had the same broken shoulder buttons on my snes controllers. I took them appart and applied some ABS cement (it's used for irrigation pipe) between the button and the hinge in attaches to. Try it out, works like a charm
My snes controller pad has the same SF2 problem, it must have been endemic. Great memories for a truly great console.
when the snes came out I wasn't even born yet, but it was my first console (got it when I was 4). My country used to be a little late, so while the rest of the world had the n64, I had the snes and I'm actually glad for it. Best console ever.
wow, 25 years already. i saved money from my paper route to buy one. i recorded the music from super rtype and actraiser to tape and listened to it when i did delivery. so, good.
I begged my parents to buy me a Super Nintendo for an early Christmas present and somehow talked my mom into getting me Final Fantasy II along with it. What an amazing day!
I swear I remember buying the Super Nintendo. I have to day though the 16 bit era was one of the best points in video game history to me. Such great RPGs, great games, great graphics and music. Loved all 3 systems, Turbo, Genesis, and Snes. I still have my original turbo, but i would need to find everything for it to get it to work.
I remember when I got my SNES! I had been reading the ads in the magazines for Final Fight, which was my current favorite arcade game. I was BLOWN AWAY by how close to the arcade version it looked. I started selling off my old NES games and hardware (regret that now) to be able to save enough to buy a Super Nintendo. I was at about halfway there, then one Sunday when my Dad brought me back home from our weekend visitation, my Mom and Step-Dad had went out and payed for what I lacked! They already had it hooked up to the little 13 inch tv in my room. When I walked in my room I about flipped out with excitement! lol
I was 9 yrs old when the SNES came out, it was a wonderous time.
I remember the SNES launch fondly ahhhh Super Mario World, F-Zero, Pilot Wings good times I also remember buddy Chris selling his Genesis and buying a SNES after he saw a commercial for Super Mario World.
I remember just how cool F-Zero was in the early 90s.
the super nintendo will always be my favorite games console, the amount of amazing titles on it beats any other games system
These personal stories are awesome!
SNES was such a fantastic system with some of the most interesting games that I have ever played, even to this day. Illusion of Gaia, EVO: Search for Eden, Soul Blazer, Chrono Trigger, Secret of Evermore, and so on.
I was around for the Super Nintendo. In fact I remember when my parents got one for my family. It was a little bit later for us, because we didn't get one until 1993 or 1994 after we'd moved out of the city to the countryside. In fact I remember watching my mom play Super Mario World and Super Mario Bros. 3 in Super Mario All-Stars in the living room of our small two story, three bedroom/one bathroom log cabin. And then subsequently we got a lot of games second hand as we'd buy them from Rogers Video when they were finished with them (as in they weren't renting out Super Nintendo games anymore because the N64 was released and they were now renting N64 games).
Man the excitement when I got my SNES for Christmas!!! Was amazing times the best times! Now.....I feel so old and nothing is exciting anymore.....Chrono Trigger, Ogre Battle, Link to the Past, and Final Fantasy 3 (still got the box somewhere) The list could go on and on. Best days of gaming IMO.