God that was a great console. So many classics , so many technological breakthroughs (StarFox, Donkey Kong Country, 60-80 hour JRPGs , Street Fighter 2, Doom, Killer Instinct) ... The 90s were a terrific time to be a young gamer
Yeah and the classic list can go forever: Super Castlevania IV, MegaMan X and sequels, Zelda, Super Metroid, Contra, PilotWings, Super Mario Kart, Super R Type, Yoshi's Island, F-Zero, Secret of Mana, ActRaiser, Demon's Crest and Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts, Super Punch Out, the Super Game Boy, the Super Scope, Mario Paint,... and as I say the list just go over and over.
You said it all...the 90's were a wild ride for any gamer even more than today imho...so many changes so many breakthroughs so many ''like never seen before''! And the anticipation meter was always through the roof cause you knew that right around the corner was a change in video game quality so significant that it wouldn't be the same ever again...
I remember circling this in the SEARS Catalog and just fantasizing about having it, staring at the pictures and games, seeing the commercials, trying to win contests to get one. Then getting it with A Link to the Past for Christmas...what an amazing moment in a kids life. I was blessed to also get SEGA the next Christmas and we weren't rich. Thanks Mom and Dad, I was Switzerland during the Console Wars
I was trick or treating (a little too old, I was 14, but whatever lol) with a good friend and we came back to my place with pillow cases full of candy and saw my Dad's friend had brought over his just purchased and newly released Super Nintendo. There was my Dad...playing Super Mario World and getting drunk haha. We were so jealous, but went inside and played for hours. One of the best video game memories I have for sure.
I've owned a SNES since 1992 and can honestly say that it's still my favorite console of all-time, along with the PS2, NES, Genesis, Dreamcast, OG XBOX, PS1, PS3, etc. I still go back and play it from time-to-time. Games such as Super Mario World, Mortal Kombat II, Street Fighter II Turbo, NBA Lives 95-98, NBA Jam, NBA Jam Tournament Edition, Final Fight, Donkey Kong Country, NBA Give N Go, Contra III - The Alien Wars, TMNT IV - Turtles in Time, UN Squadron, F-Zero, NCAA Basketball, Tecmo Super Bowl, Super Mario Kart, Ken Griffey, Jr. Presents MLB, NHL 94, Wayne Gretzky and the NHLPA All-Stars and many more still feel just as fresh as they did when I first played them. I am fortunate to have grown up with the system and in the 90s. I also have a Modded SNES Mini, with many of the games mentioned.
Ah the memories I have of this wonderful console. The Legend of Zelda ALTTP, Super Castlevania 4, Super Metroid, Donkey Kong Country 1 &2, Super Mario World, Super Street Fighter 2 & many more games.
Absolutely 100% the SNES Mind you I was 15 years old coming from a Commodore 64 street fighter 2 turbo on the snes was and still is brilliant Mario kart, super Mario world the list is endless But the best thing about that era and the games of the time is they was harmless, innocent plus fun
I am 30 years old. Born in 1991 I remember being 5 years old playing Mario on my uncles Super Nintendo. I have been a gamer ever since. Much love to this video and Nintendo for giving us all gaming. Without Nintendo gaming would not be what it is today.
Ditto here. Super Mario World was my first ever experience with video games; in fact, I've still got the original SNS-001 model SNES that my uncle gave me when I was like oh, 5 or 6. Unfortunately, it's currently a 30 year old paperweight at this moment because I CANNOT find a decent replacement AC adapter for it. Honestly, how hard is it to make a fucking AC adapter that outputs 10V DC at 850 mA with negative centre polarity? None of the modern replacements I've seen are even remotely close to the original specs. It's ridiculous!
Great video for an amazing system. My favourite of the 20 or so I’ve owned. 12 year old me was absolutely blown away by the SNES and I’ve loved it ever since.
I love the SNES so damm much. FF3, Chrono trigger, Star Fox, Final Fight, secret of evermore, Mario Kart, super Metroid, street fighter 2, Mortal Kombat 2, Actraiser and so many many more.
I was a Sega kid first and Nintendo kid second. While I didn't have a Super NES growing up, that didn't stop me from playing the games. I would either play them when visiting my older cousins' house or by renting the system and some games. My first taste of the SNES library? Final Fantasy 4. Later on, I'd give StarFox a whirl. Then came Super Mario Kart, Mortal Kombat II, Lethal Enforcers, and Donkey Kong Country 2. After dithering among the Genesis, Nintendo 64, and PS1, I started playing SNES games on emulators. The first game I played this way? A Link to the Past. I've played LOTS of SNES games this way: Super Mario World, Final Fantasy 5-6 (which I now have along with 4 via the PS1 re-releases), Seiken Densetsu 3 (it wasn't available in the U.S. yet), Pilotwings, Tokimeki Memorial, Super Castlevania IV, Castlevania: Dracula X, Harvest Moon, Chrono Trigger, Bahamut Lagoon, and several others. Eventually, I scored a SNES from my stepsister's then-boyfriend. I now have four games for it: Super Mario World, Super Mario All-Stars, Secret of Mana, and Mega Man X. All four of these cartridges are loose. I'd like to buy more games at some point, but some of them are expensive regardless of whether they're loosies or CIB. And when possible, I prefer to play on original hardware. But I haven't played my SNES in a while because I still have yet to upgrade the A/V cable from the shitty yellow composite cable to something better such as HD Retrovision's component cable (neither of my TVs have SCART inputs, nor will take any connection via a SCART-to-HDMI converter for some reason). At the end of the day, I like both the Genesis and Super Nintendo. They're both two of my favorite consoles of all time, and they both had great games. Can't go wrong with either.
I feel privileged to be born in the 80s and as a young gamer be able to experience the NES and the SNES launch in the 90's at a time when gaming was evolving through innovation.
I got the snes for Christmas of 1992. I was 8 years old. It was my first console. Needless to say I still have it(among many other systems) and it’s still my favorite console as of today. It was otherworldly to me as an 8 year old. Especially compared to NES.
Some of the best game soundtracks ever came from that amazing wavetable soundchip! While a good sequencer could make a great sounding OST on the Genesis, nothing short of CD audio could beat what the best could do with the SNES.
Sound was awful on the Genesis. I remember when street fighter 2 finally game out on the Genesis it sounded like the fighters were speaking under water. It didn’t play as well as the SNES version either. I think we see this in the fact many of those songs are still being played and released today such as crono trigger.
@@dapperfan44 Yeah, initially Sony was like "I want in a little deeper" but after a deal was struck for a high-power addon (like the Sega CD) and eventually the prototype SNES Playstation, Nintendo bailed because they didn't like the profit sharing deal they themselves had cut with Sony. For some reason partnering with Philips seemed like a more profitable idea so Sony was like "fine we'll do it ourselves and take all your best publishers too"
My sister and I had a SNES when we were kids, I fuggin loved it. One day my mom came home and said “we can buy a computer with internet or keep your Nintendo”. Young me couldn’t resist this new technological revolution, so my Mom sold my SNES. At the time I didn’t regret it, but now I do!
I also got a Super Nintendo for Christmas and got just as excited as most kids did during that time. I am proud to live during this time and experience the SNES for what it was.
This was my first console as I was born in 1994. And ever since I’ve always bought nintendo’s consoles even I got introduced to the ps2. It was never a question that I own one over the other.
I have fond memories of playing Mario RPG and Donkey Kong Country. I also played way, WAY too much Killer Instinct. Good times :) Love the video, Dave. Great work!
I grew up in the 80s and can say with no doubt: Best console ever to this day. I have owned all systems from Sony, Microsoft and Sony. The SNES just is the greatest ever with some super classics that is just as good to play now.
I have had Nes, Sega Genesis, Snes and Playstation1 but best memories i have from SNES. Donkey Kong country was amazing with graphics and music for it's time.
I started gaming in the 80s with super mario bros and donkey kong classics. When I got the snes for Xmas and my own TV for my room with super mario world I was too happy.
I will never forget walking into software Etc back on prelaunch day and playing demo of SuperMario world and just being blown away in graphics and sound. The cave level with echoes was ground breaking sound at the time!
Loved my SNES! Amazing console with amazing games. Incredible sound chip. Mode 7 graphics. Hated the look of the American console but luckily us Brits got the much nicer-looking version of the console. Super Mario Kart. Super Mario World. Castlevania. F-Zero. ActRaiser. Pilotwings. Remember when Zelda: A Link to the Past came out. Bloody hell, that game consumed me! Sega Genesis (Mega Drive, here in Britain) fans thought they were much cooler, but ultimately the SNES had a bigger collection of AAA games.
This man speaks the truth, " Super Mario is the greatest platformer of all time" I still haven't found a platformer that keeps my attention for longer than said game.
Super Nintendo is still my favorite console of all time after 29 years (we got ours for Christmas in 1992) & I'll take it over the newer stuff we have in the 21st Century. As a kid, we mostly only had some Super Mario games, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, 2 of the Super Star Wars games, Killer Instinct 1 & Mortal Kombats 1 & II. But as of 2007, I started building up my Super Nintendo collection when my Grandpa gave me the model 2 he & my Grandma got for us for Christmas in 1998 to use at their house that had been sitting in his basement unused for some time (since 2002) & I've been nabbing games here & there ever since. I didn't play the Donkey Kong Country trilogy, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Super Metroid, F-Zero or either Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game on the console as a kid, but played them later on in life via emulators. When given the opportunity (a decent price & if I had the cash to spare), I got physical copies of them & still have them now. I am proud of my video gaming collection as w whole (Super Nintendo & everything else I have like NES, Sega Genesis, PlayStation & more).
Speaking of chips in the cartridges, I have a game for SNES that was a half-cartridge. It required any other game to sit on top and then be inserted to the console. What was that about? I always assumed it needed more memory and borrowed it from the other cartridge. Was it something like that or was that a cost savings technique for producing the game?
Half-cartridge, you say? Are you referring to Super Noah's Ark 3D by any chance? It needed another game to sit on top because it was the only unlicensed Super NES game ever made. It was the only way to defeat the system's anti-piracy lockout.
@@DarDarBinks1986 I am referring to the G-rated Doom knock off, Super Noah's Ark 3D! How interesting that they could pirate their way around that. Well, mystery solved. And now I feel like I've got a special cart if it's a rare unlicensed game with distribution.
@@DarDarBinks1986 naw, it's loose..I used to play it all the time as a kid and have pulled it out and played with my daughter in the last year. I'm just enjoying my jewel I guess. :)
I think the SNES still holds up. As much as I love the N64 a lot of those protype 3d games have to be played with rose coloured glasses on (I'm looking at you Goldeneye)
I have so many memories of this when it came out in 1991 and I played the NES in 1989 feeling bored cause I really wanted a new nintendo console but it didn't exist yet
I own 4 SNES games. Super Mario World, World Heroes 2, Wheel of Fortune Deluxe (Majesco re-release), and Super Star Wars (1998 re-release - Rated 'E'). And I don't have accessories yet like the Super Advantage and the Super Game Boy, and I also don't have enough games for that console yet like Final Fight, Final Fight 2, and Final Fight 3, Paperboy 2, Super E.D.F.: Earth Defense Force, Rival Turf!, TMNT 4: Turtles in Time, Yoshi's Cookie, The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle & Friends, The Ren & Stimpy Show: Veediots!, The Ren & Stimpy Show: Fire Dogs, The Ren & Stimpy Show: Time Warp, The Ren & Stimpy Show: Buckeroo$!, the Donkey Kong Country series, Kirby's Dream Land 3, Space Invaders: The Original Game, and Frogger, and more.
Both systems are great and are my favorite. Sega has Sonic, Splatter house 2 and 3, Shining Force, Contra hardcorps, Castlevania Bloodlines, Crusader of centi etc. Super Nintendo had Super Mario World, Donkey Kong country, MegaMan X, Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy VI, Chrono Trigger, Earthbound, Legend of Zelda Link to the Past etc
Unfortunately I super smashed my SNES into itty bitty pieces back when I was an angry teen. Fortunately I was able to find a SNES at my local game store and have been playing it with my 5 year old son ever since!! There's an unboxing video of it up on my channel if you wanna see! I love SNES! Great memories and many more memories to create 💜
Master system sold a lot in Brazil. Actually, it still does (!) Somehow. Tec Toy always releases new versions of genesis (we call it mega drive) and mastersystem.
The single biggest regret of my gaming life was getting rid of my original SNES and the games... My single biggest joy has been buying the SNES Classic mini and hacking it to have all those games back again in an officially licensed 'continuation' of the SNES. Between NES and SNES you'll find the vast majority of my childhood gaming experience and I'm just glad there was a way to get that small piece of it back.
I was gifted a Triniton TV, taught myself Japanese, and picked up a スーパーファミコン in Japan, and was shocked to discover an entire galaxy of games that never made it to the United States. Now I think I need hardly buy another game system, ever again. My only request, to those who get a Super Nintendo, is to do yourself a huge favor, and get yourself an old school TV. The graphics will totally pop, and it’s a radically different experience in a way that’s not captured by photograph of a TV. I have taken pictures of the screen with my cell phone camera, and looked side by side- they look nothing like each other. I have seen software emulators that look like the photograph, but not at all like the real thing. It’s NOT about scan lines!
I use a flat-panel instead. I got rid of my old CRT when I moved to a new house two years ago because space was at a premium. The only reason I'd ever buy a CRT now is if I ever score any light gun games such as Lethal Enforcers.
No love for Civilization? I still don't understand how they could fit a 4X game (and a good one at that) in a SNES cartridge. My most favorite strategy game of all time.
Kind of sad you guys couldn't put a pro-controller in the shot with the dualshock and xbone controllers , arguably one of the best controller out there right now and its the one made by, you know, Nintendo.
It had a slow start but by the mid 90s it wasn’t even funny how much the SNEs was kicking the Genesis. I remember the Genesis started out as the cool kids choice in school but the hits kept coming on the SNES and pretty soon, Genesis was no longer cool any more, and those kids went really bitter toward the end. I had both, and everyone wanted to play the SNES at house parties. I do remember that when street fighter was finally brought over the Genesis is was awful and showed how much more powerful the SNES was. SNES just had so many quality games I remember even the journalists on a popular Sega magazine got caught playing the SNES and had to write an editorial defending themselves. It’s really sad how quickly Sega sank after that - Console wars were a lot of fun and they brought the best out of each other as the video suggested.
Yeah, N64 was a unique experience, but it has NOT aged well. Revolutionary, and great games at the time. I've recently tried to go back and play it...was met with a lot of disappointment. Maybe Zelda OoT. would still be worth playing, if not for anything else, the soundtrack.
@@boodro2122 I agree most of N64 didn't age well due to the washed out looking textures. At the time though it was better than Playstation. I felt Playstation 2 beat GameCube. Ahh, Nintendo is a fun company to follow.
So much of my childhood when u actully had to go to your mates house to play games. You would be there from school till your mum called their house phone lol 😆
God that was a great console. So many classics , so many technological breakthroughs (StarFox, Donkey Kong Country, 60-80 hour JRPGs , Street Fighter 2, Doom, Killer Instinct) ... The 90s were a terrific time to be a young gamer
Yeah and the classic list can go forever: Super Castlevania IV, MegaMan X and sequels, Zelda, Super Metroid, Contra, PilotWings, Super Mario Kart, Super R Type, Yoshi's Island, F-Zero, Secret of Mana, ActRaiser, Demon's Crest and Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts, Super Punch Out, the Super Game Boy, the Super Scope, Mario Paint,... and as I say the list just go over and over.
You could say the same about the N64 and the Switch. ....ooohh! O_O
What do you mean was? Buy a super nt and a fx pak pro
You said it all...the 90's were a wild ride for any gamer even more than today imho...so many changes so many breakthroughs so many ''like never seen before''! And the anticipation meter was always through the roof cause you knew that right around the corner was a change in video game quality so significant that it wouldn't be the same ever again...
Definitely was! Loved it back then. So many great memories!
Such a fantastic video! It’d be great to see more of these.
The greatest console ever. You had peak Nintendo plus peak Japanese third parties in one box.
If the early '80s were the Golden Age of gaming, then the '90s were the Platinum Age.
Not really!
The DS is the greatest console
@@zxbryc nope
Nintendo consoles had the best 3rd party support during 8 and 16-bit eras and thus the best quality and quantity of games.
I remember circling this in the SEARS Catalog and just fantasizing about having it, staring at the pictures and games, seeing the commercials, trying to win contests to get one. Then getting it with A Link to the Past for Christmas...what an amazing moment in a kids life. I was blessed to also get SEGA the next Christmas and we weren't rich. Thanks Mom and Dad, I was Switzerland during the Console Wars
I was trick or treating (a little too old, I was 14, but whatever lol) with a good friend and we came back to my place with pillow cases full of candy and saw my Dad's friend had brought over his just purchased and newly released Super Nintendo. There was my Dad...playing Super Mario World and getting drunk haha. We were so jealous, but went inside and played for hours. One of the best video game memories I have for sure.
I stopped trick or treating at 17 lol
I've owned a SNES since 1992 and can honestly say that it's still my favorite console of all-time, along with the PS2, NES, Genesis, Dreamcast, OG XBOX, PS1, PS3, etc. I still go back and play it from time-to-time. Games such as Super Mario World, Mortal Kombat II, Street Fighter II Turbo, NBA Lives 95-98, NBA Jam, NBA Jam Tournament Edition, Final Fight, Donkey Kong Country, NBA Give N Go, Contra III - The Alien Wars, TMNT IV - Turtles in Time, UN Squadron, F-Zero, NCAA Basketball, Tecmo Super Bowl, Super Mario Kart, Ken Griffey, Jr. Presents MLB, NHL 94, Wayne Gretzky and the NHLPA All-Stars and many more still feel just as fresh as they did when I first played them. I am fortunate to have grown up with the system and in the 90s. I also have a Modded SNES Mini, with many of the games mentioned.
Ah the memories I have of this wonderful console. The Legend of Zelda ALTTP, Super Castlevania 4, Super Metroid, Donkey Kong Country 1 &2, Super Mario World, Super Street Fighter 2 & many more games.
This is the best console of all times followed by the PS2 IMO. These games are timeless and heavy influential.
The PS3/Wii/Xbox 360 was the last timeless and good generation
W OPINION
@@alchemistofsteel8099 the last great**. New ones are “good”
I'd personally say the SNES and PS1 for me :)
Absolutely 100% the SNES
Mind you I was 15 years old coming from a Commodore 64
street fighter 2 turbo on the snes was and still is brilliant
Mario kart, super Mario world
the list is endless
But the best thing about that era and the games of the time is they was harmless, innocent plus fun
The SNES is the best console of all time
Without a doubt
That Secret of Mana music at the end card caught me off guard, and almost made me tear-up!
It's so good! Great memories!
Ahhhh...Memories! Thank you so much for this video. It was extremely well made! I am now a Gamespot subscriber! :)
People who meme “When the Doom music kicks in” don’t know about Star Fox.
OR SNES DOOM....
They don't know about Pilotwing's hype music!
They also don't know about classic Doom.
I am 30 years old. Born in 1991 I remember being 5 years old playing Mario on my uncles Super Nintendo. I have been a gamer ever since. Much love to this video and Nintendo for giving us all gaming. Without Nintendo gaming would not be what it is today.
Wow, exactly the same for me...Age, Mario, uncle, etc.
Doppleganger!
Same age here as well. I grew up on the SNES and remember more of the N64. Both amazing consoles.
Ditto here. Super Mario World was my first ever experience with video games; in fact, I've still got the original SNS-001 model SNES that my uncle gave me when I was like oh, 5 or 6. Unfortunately, it's currently a 30 year old paperweight at this moment because I CANNOT find a decent replacement AC adapter for it. Honestly, how hard is it to make a fucking AC adapter that outputs 10V DC at 850 mA with negative centre polarity? None of the modern replacements I've seen are even remotely close to the original specs. It's ridiculous!
What a great video! Well done on the oral history, brought back a lot of good memories.
Awesome video
I'd love to see more of that kind of videos, good work !
Great video for an amazing system. My favourite of the 20 or so I’ve owned. 12 year old me was absolutely blown away by the SNES and I’ve loved it ever since.
Great video. Great job. Keep more like this coming.
I love the SNES so damm much. FF3, Chrono trigger, Star Fox, Final Fight, secret of evermore, Mario Kart, super Metroid, street fighter 2, Mortal Kombat 2, Actraiser and so many many more.
I was a Sega kid first and Nintendo kid second. While I didn't have a Super NES growing up, that didn't stop me from playing the games. I would either play them when visiting my older cousins' house or by renting the system and some games. My first taste of the SNES library? Final Fantasy 4. Later on, I'd give StarFox a whirl. Then came Super Mario Kart, Mortal Kombat II, Lethal Enforcers, and Donkey Kong Country 2. After dithering among the Genesis, Nintendo 64, and PS1, I started playing SNES games on emulators. The first game I played this way? A Link to the Past. I've played LOTS of SNES games this way: Super Mario World, Final Fantasy 5-6 (which I now have along with 4 via the PS1 re-releases), Seiken Densetsu 3 (it wasn't available in the U.S. yet), Pilotwings, Tokimeki Memorial, Super Castlevania IV, Castlevania: Dracula X, Harvest Moon, Chrono Trigger, Bahamut Lagoon, and several others. Eventually, I scored a SNES from my stepsister's then-boyfriend. I now have four games for it: Super Mario World, Super Mario All-Stars, Secret of Mana, and Mega Man X. All four of these cartridges are loose. I'd like to buy more games at some point, but some of them are expensive regardless of whether they're loosies or CIB. And when possible, I prefer to play on original hardware. But I haven't played my SNES in a while because I still have yet to upgrade the A/V cable from the shitty yellow composite cable to something better such as HD Retrovision's component cable (neither of my TVs have SCART inputs, nor will take any connection via a SCART-to-HDMI converter for some reason).
At the end of the day, I like both the Genesis and Super Nintendo. They're both two of my favorite consoles of all time, and they both had great games. Can't go wrong with either.
I feel privileged to be born in the 80s and as a young gamer be able to experience the NES and the SNES launch in the 90's at a time when gaming was evolving through innovation.
Finally a console retrospective that talks about the game library as well. Seriously, is it just me or are those pretty hard to find?
“Donkey Kong Country looked amazing for its time.” - Still looks amazing IMO.
Im about to be 30 and Super Nintendo was my first console. Can’t really remember how old I was but DKC is the best game ;)
Super Mario World was my childhood and extremely close to my heart. 1992 was one of the greatest years of my life.
the SNES was awesome, still is...so many great and timeless Games that I still enjoy playing today
I got the snes for Christmas of 1992. I was 8 years old. It was my first console. Needless to say I still have it(among many other systems) and it’s still my favorite console as of today. It was otherworldly to me as an 8 year old. Especially compared to NES.
Really good video. Thank you.
Still have my original SNES that I got from Toys R Us when I was 12 years old.
Some of the best game soundtracks ever came from that amazing wavetable soundchip! While a good sequencer could make a great sounding OST on the Genesis, nothing short of CD audio could beat what the best could do with the SNES.
Sound was awful on the Genesis. I remember when street fighter 2 finally game out on the Genesis it sounded like the fighters were speaking under water. It didn’t play as well as the SNES version either. I think we see this in the fact many of those songs are still being played and released today such as crono trigger.
Yup, a Sony sound chip from before Nintendo pissed them off and changed gaming forever...
@@dapperfan44 Yeah, initially Sony was like "I want in a little deeper" but after a deal was struck for a high-power addon (like the Sega CD) and eventually the prototype SNES Playstation, Nintendo bailed because they didn't like the profit sharing deal they themselves had cut with Sony. For some reason partnering with Philips seemed like a more profitable idea so Sony was like "fine we'll do it ourselves and take all your best publishers too"
@@jojojoma3026 It's strange at times to think what could've been, if the Nintendo PlayStation ever came to be.
Best Nintendo console for me and maybe the best console of all time.
5:14 Aaaaaah chrono trigger music right in the feels! what a game what a console....!!!
My sister and I had a SNES when we were kids, I fuggin loved it. One day my mom came home and said “we can buy a computer with internet or keep your Nintendo”. Young me couldn’t resist this new technological revolution, so my Mom sold my SNES. At the time I didn’t regret it, but now I do!
Nostalgia. Not enough to get me teary eyed, but damn it I had a good childhood.
I also got a Super Nintendo for Christmas and got just as excited as most kids did during that time. I am proud to live during this time and experience the SNES for what it was.
Today Playstation might be the king of consoles but back than Nintendo used to be the GOD! Greate video. Greetings from Albania 🇦🇱
My childhood friends and I all had both Sega Genesis & Super Nintendo in our houses and we all played both systems.
That was Paul Rudd in that SNES commercial, right?
What do you mean 30 years later? Nintendo are still releasing these games at almost double the price
Awesome video! Funny and informative. Great japanese game collection, that mario world and sonic 1 box art are great
This was my first console as I was born in 1994. And ever since I’ve always bought nintendo’s consoles even I got introduced to the ps2. It was never a question that I own one over the other.
I have fond memories of playing Mario RPG and Donkey Kong Country. I also played way, WAY too much Killer Instinct. Good times :)
Love the video, Dave. Great work!
Thank you! I had way too much fun gushing about all of this.
And - I want to replay Mario RPG so bad!
Cinder or Glacious?
@@boodro2122 Jago, actually. Followed by Glacius and then Orchid
@@grayfox00700 I never have used Orchid. But yeah,Jago is like the Liu Kang. KI is so good. I watched a documentary on it.
I grew up in the 80s and can say with no doubt: Best console ever to this day. I have owned all systems from Sony, Microsoft and Sony. The SNES just is the greatest ever with some super classics that is just as good to play now.
0:13 song?? I recognize it but can’t think of the name of this banger
Star Fox - Corneria. (I used the Smash Bros. Remix version)
Super nintendo my first dream for buying something
I have had Nes, Sega Genesis, Snes and Playstation1 but best memories i have from SNES. Donkey Kong country was amazing with graphics and music for it's time.
Mine is by far the best gaming machine I've ever owned. Still play it all the time.
I haven't play Super Nintendo in years.
I miss that awesome video game console.
It's been 30 years.
Thank you for mentioning Act Raiser it really is an amazing game with a big heart!
What about Actraiser 2? lolol
Yeah, ActRaiser 2, not so much
I started gaming in the 80s with super mario bros and donkey kong classics. When I got the snes for Xmas and my own TV for my room with super mario world I was too happy.
Super Mario World is easily my favorite video game of all time and 30 years later this game still ages like a modern game.
I will never forget walking into software Etc back on prelaunch day and playing demo of SuperMario world and just being blown away in graphics and sound. The cave level with echoes was ground breaking sound at the time!
From my childhood I didn’t have an NES growing up. My first console was the SNES. Got it for Christmas 1991.
Loved my SNES! Amazing console with amazing games. Incredible sound chip. Mode 7 graphics. Hated the look of the American console but luckily us Brits got the much nicer-looking version of the console. Super Mario Kart. Super Mario World. Castlevania. F-Zero. ActRaiser. Pilotwings. Remember when Zelda: A Link to the Past came out. Bloody hell, that game consumed me! Sega Genesis (Mega Drive, here in Britain) fans thought they were much cooler, but ultimately the SNES had a bigger collection of AAA games.
This man speaks the truth, " Super Mario is the greatest platformer of all time" I still haven't found a platformer that keeps my attention for longer than said game.
Super Nintendo is still my favorite console of all time after 29 years (we got ours for Christmas in 1992) & I'll take it over the newer stuff we have in the 21st Century.
As a kid, we mostly only had some Super Mario games, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, 2 of the Super Star Wars games, Killer Instinct 1 & Mortal Kombats 1 & II.
But as of 2007, I started building up my Super Nintendo collection when my Grandpa gave me the model 2 he & my Grandma got for us for Christmas in 1998 to use at their house that had been sitting in his basement unused for some time (since 2002) & I've been nabbing games here & there ever since.
I didn't play the Donkey Kong Country trilogy, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Super Metroid, F-Zero or either Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game on the console as a kid, but played them later on in life via emulators.
When given the opportunity (a decent price & if I had the cash to spare), I got physical copies of them & still have them now.
I am proud of my video gaming collection as w whole (Super Nintendo & everything else I have like NES, Sega Genesis, PlayStation & more).
Amazing how many SNES games still hold up
Family member still owns one & it still runs well
Where can i buy it
Speaking of chips in the cartridges, I have a game for SNES that was a half-cartridge. It required any other game to sit on top and then be inserted to the console. What was that about? I always assumed it needed more memory and borrowed it from the other cartridge. Was it something like that or was that a cost savings technique for producing the game?
Half-cartridge, you say? Are you referring to Super Noah's Ark 3D by any chance? It needed another game to sit on top because it was the only unlicensed Super NES game ever made. It was the only way to defeat the system's anti-piracy lockout.
@@DarDarBinks1986 I am referring to the G-rated Doom knock off, Super Noah's Ark 3D! How interesting that they could pirate their way around that. Well, mystery solved. And now I feel like I've got a special cart if it's a rare unlicensed game with distribution.
@@TreyHendon I'd hold onto it if I were you. Is the game loose or CIB? If the latter, it'll be worth some money.
@@DarDarBinks1986 naw, it's loose..I used to play it all the time as a kid and have pulled it out and played with my daughter in the last year. I'm just enjoying my jewel I guess. :)
@@TreyHendon IMO, even a loose copy of Super Noah's Ark 3D will be worth some money.
I think the SNES still holds up. As much as I love the N64 a lot of those protype 3d games have to be played with rose coloured glasses on (I'm looking at you Goldeneye)
Agree. SNES games have aged better in general.
Very impressed with the sizeable complete-in-box collection. A man after my own heart. 😎
IMO this is still the greatest console all time.
Easily.
3:58 Back when parents would still try to be good parents. Nowadays, kids get iphones and ipads when they are 4 years old.
Great vid, I love the snes!
Super Nintendo will always be my favorite.
I have so many memories of this when it came out in 1991 and I played the NES in 1989 feeling bored cause I really wanted a new nintendo console but it didn't exist yet
I own 4 SNES games. Super Mario World, World Heroes 2, Wheel of Fortune Deluxe (Majesco re-release), and Super Star Wars (1998 re-release - Rated 'E'). And I don't have accessories yet like the Super Advantage and the Super Game Boy, and I also don't have enough games for that console yet like Final Fight, Final Fight 2, and Final Fight 3, Paperboy 2, Super E.D.F.: Earth Defense Force, Rival Turf!, TMNT 4: Turtles in Time, Yoshi's Cookie, The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle & Friends, The Ren & Stimpy Show: Veediots!, The Ren & Stimpy Show: Fire Dogs, The Ren & Stimpy Show: Time Warp, The Ren & Stimpy Show: Buckeroo$!, the Donkey Kong Country series, Kirby's Dream Land 3, Space Invaders: The Original Game, and Frogger, and more.
great video thanks :)
Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse was one of the best 2D platformers of that era.
Yeah I agree
Both systems are great and are my favorite. Sega has Sonic, Splatter house 2 and 3, Shining Force, Contra hardcorps, Castlevania Bloodlines, Crusader of centi etc. Super Nintendo had Super Mario World, Donkey Kong country, MegaMan X, Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy VI, Chrono Trigger, Earthbound, Legend of Zelda Link to the Past etc
Great vid, couldn’t agree more, I fucking love the snes
Small correction, not a big deal, but the SNES launched with 5 games. Super Mario World, F-Zero, Simcity, Gradius III, and Pilotwings
Still my favorite console of all-time, and home to some my favorites including my all-time favorite Super Castlevania IV.
Unfortunately I super smashed my SNES into itty bitty pieces back when I was an angry teen. Fortunately I was able to find a SNES at my local game store and have been playing it with my 5 year old son ever since!! There's an unboxing video of it up on my channel if you wanna see! I love SNES! Great memories and many more memories to create 💜
What is the name of the game at 08:28?
Fire Emblem: Thracia 776
@@DaveControlLive Thanks mate!!
International SuperStar Soccer Delux.. Anyone?
Super Nintendo my first console loved it stil got its games
Master system sold a lot in Brazil. Actually, it still does (!) Somehow.
Tec Toy always releases new versions of genesis (we call it mega drive) and mastersystem.
The single biggest regret of my gaming life was getting rid of my original SNES and the games... My single biggest joy has been buying the SNES Classic mini and hacking it to have all those games back again in an officially licensed 'continuation' of the SNES. Between NES and SNES you'll find the vast majority of my childhood gaming experience and I'm just glad there was a way to get that small piece of it back.
Nostalgia overload! I still dust off my SNES occasionally. And FWIW, I used to play the hell outta Bubsy. 😸
I was gifted a Triniton TV, taught myself Japanese, and picked up a スーパーファミコン in Japan, and was shocked to discover an entire galaxy of games that never made it to the United States. Now I think I need hardly buy another game system, ever again.
My only request, to those who get a Super Nintendo, is to do yourself a huge favor, and get yourself an old school TV. The graphics will totally pop, and it’s a radically different experience in a way that’s not captured by photograph of a TV. I have taken pictures of the screen with my cell phone camera, and looked side by side- they look nothing like each other. I have seen software emulators that look like the photograph, but not at all like the real thing. It’s NOT about scan lines!
I use a flat-panel instead. I got rid of my old CRT when I moved to a new house two years ago because space was at a premium. The only reason I'd ever buy a CRT now is if I ever score any light gun games such as Lethal Enforcers.
I remember playing Super Mario World as a kid all day long. Man I miss my Super Nintendo.
A really fun graphical style.
My favourite console of all time.
Long live the 16-bit era! 👍👍
and how i am still proud to own that console
My favorite console of all times .
No mention of Yoshi's Island :'( ?
Nindo best name in video gaming.
No love for Civilization? I still don't understand how they could fit a 4X game (and a good one at that) in a SNES cartridge. My most favorite strategy game of all time.
Kind of sad you guys couldn't put a pro-controller in the shot with the dualshock and xbone controllers , arguably one of the best controller out there right now and its the one made by, you know, Nintendo.
It had a slow start but by the mid 90s it wasn’t even funny how much the SNEs was kicking the Genesis. I remember the Genesis started out as the cool kids choice in school but the hits kept coming on the SNES and pretty soon, Genesis was no longer cool any more, and those kids went really bitter toward the end.
I had both, and everyone wanted to play the SNES at house parties. I do remember that when street fighter was finally brought over the Genesis is was awful and showed how much more powerful the SNES was. SNES just had so many quality games I remember even the journalists on a popular Sega magazine got caught playing the SNES and had to write an editorial defending themselves.
It’s really sad how quickly Sega sank after that - Console wars were a lot of fun and they brought the best out of each other as the video suggested.
Genesis was better!
SNES was my favorite time of gaming. The N64 was a great time too.
Yeah, N64 was a unique experience, but it has NOT aged well. Revolutionary, and great games at the time. I've recently tried to go back and play it...was met with a lot of disappointment. Maybe Zelda OoT. would still be worth playing, if not for anything else, the soundtrack.
@@boodro2122 I agree most of N64 didn't age well due to the washed out looking textures. At the time though it was better than Playstation. I felt Playstation 2 beat GameCube. Ahh, Nintendo is a fun company to follow.
@@Josh-hy3em all true words!
Secert of Mana and Illusion of Gaia set the pathway for me to play RPG games.
I think the best transition in history was going from Nintendo to Super Nintendo
Gaming's best achievement! The SNES!
So much of my childhood when u actully had to go to your mates house to play games. You would be there from school till your mum called their house phone lol 😆
This the best old school console.
Great console but games were too expensive.
As soon as the outro came and I saw hornet from Hollow Knight reality hit me once again. If you know you know.