/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.10921664]

I've been playing though about 850 super nintendo roms lately, only US and EU ones, no JP. I really like the snes, i had one in the 90s and it was great. But after playing heaps of games lately that I'd never played before like at least 80% of the library is shit. I skipped almost all the sports games though, of which there's probably about 200+ of them. But there's so many boring or crap platformers and shooters. Most of the beat em ups and rpgs are crap too.

The only "hidden gems" i found really were Air Strike Patrol, Brain Lord, Brawl Brothers, Hagane, Lethal Weapon and Twisted Tales of Spike McFang. About 10% of the library is some of the best games ever (Chrono Trigger, Super Metroid, LttP, you know the ones, there's maybe like 40 of them) then the rest is mostly junk. Maybe I would like them more if I was 12 again or something, i don't know. Are there any hidden hidden gems I'm missing? Any clandestine gems or top secret gems? Maybe I should try some translated JP snes games next.

[Anonymous No.10921678]

those ratios apply to basically every great console ever made
also the idea of a SNES gem remaining "hidden" for decades is almost laughable, but by your reckoning there are close to 100 "best games ever" which is pretty damn good
Either way yeah check out some fan translated Super Famicom games like Chaos Seed or Lennus 2

[Anonymous No.10921693]

Personally I prefer the NES library as the SNES has too many uninteresting licensed platformers and sports slop while even the shitty NES stuff is usually interesting in some way.

[Anonymous No.10921708]

>>10921664
this is what people think the 90s looked like

[Anonymous No.10921720]

>>10921708
Same vibe

[Anonymous No.10921729]

>>10921720
i had one of those wood panel televisions right up until like 2005. Was great

[Anonymous No.10921731]

>>10921720
The top might have only applied to some tacky noveau rich people in Los Angeles.

[Anonymous No.10921735]

>>10921731
It looks more like a TV set.

>>10921664
Yeah that's been my experience with the console too but I was going in a different order, I already knew a number of good Japan only titles and started going through more and more of them. I found some cool stuff, mostly good or interesting but flawed games. Part of the fun of getting into a console is the discovery of it and how others utilized it but I think the Super Nintendo has a bit of a false iceberg problem.

[Anonymous No.10921736]

>>10921664
The Japanese library has some cool stuff, at least the stuff you can read anyway, like the little known sequel (of sorts) to Milon's Secret Castle.

[Anonymous No.10921739]

>>10921664
>at least 80% of the library is shit
So like any console ever?

[Anonymous No.10921741]

>>10921731
>The top might have only applied to some tacky noveau rich people in Los Angeles.

[Anonymous No.10921747]

>>10921741
right. i can bet nobody in, say, Indiana back then had a house like that.

[Anonymous No.10921748]

>>10921664
I'm sorry you feel that way OP. Personally I really like the SNES, though admittedly I haven't played every game on it. There are indeed some very good JP-exclusives like the Parodius games, Cotton 100%, Magical Pop'n, Doremi Fantasy, Umihara Kawase, the Go Go Ackman series, Sailor Moon games, Super V.G, and several others.

[Anonymous No.10921751]

>>10921748
Forgot to mention Rockman and Forte, another good (but challenging) Super Famicom exclusive

Also don't forget to try some of the 3D games like Stunt Race FX and Star Fox 2... SNES has them, even if they aren't heavily discussed

[Anonymous No.10921752]

The Western library for the console was underwhelming and populated with 90s kids shit that aged really badly. One just can't muster enthusiasm for all those Disney or Ren & Stimpy games.

[Anonymous No.10921758]

>>10921752
Can't speak for the Ren & Stimpy games but I will say the Capcom Mickey games and SNES Aladdin are not bad imo, even if you prefer the Genesis games.

[Anonymous No.10921763]

You've stumbled upon the problem with the SNES and the biggest reason why it's aged so poorly compared to other 16-bit systems. The depth of library just isn't there. Once you've seen the top dozen games everybody knows, there's really nothing else worth playing.

[Anonymous No.10921779]

>>10921763
Reminds me of the Switch

[Anonymous No.10921790]

>>10921763
>compared to other 16-bit systems
I dunno I struggle to think of many games I'd want to play on other consoles as well.

[Anonymous No.10921861]

>>10921664
This hold true for every system really, only 10% or so of a library is worth looking at, with the top 5% being the 'must plays'.
These percentages will be lower if a system has heaps of shovelware (think wii or ps2)

[Anonymous No.10921875]

>>10921664
Wait til you get to the translated roms and play games like metal max (tank rpg and has some nes and ps2 games also). I did this a few years ago and played a ton of the euro/us games and than started getting into translated games and found some really good rpgs to play thru and enjoy.

[Anonymous No.10921903]

welcome to Sturgeon's Law. "90% of everything is shit".

[Anonymous No.10921930]

Honestly? Based thread. Auster wanting to change narratives and rewrite the way people sees the Super Nintendo is SOUL.
You just don't see this kind of passion and menta illness on modern console warriors.

[Anonymous No.10921957]

>>10921903
I think he was just talking about sci fi. Such nerdisms from back in the day are basically excuses to remain a midwit in any field you're interested in.