SNES Games That Aged Beautifully

[@CulturedVultures]

Sadly forgotten SNES games: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iImbgaZ7j8Sqbbc

[@warnerww83]

Act raiser, demon crest, and Link to the Past are still pure perfection for me.

[@EaZyKiNg]

Actraiser 2 > Actraiser 1 to me but 1 is dope too

[@Pop_Shepski]

I’ve always had an active file of LTTP running on countless platforms throughout the decades. Two more days till that new one comes out

[@jimmyclimer594]

I like beating a link to the past out of order.

[@st.haborym]

Yeah LttP still plays really nicely

[@AnimeBrosAMV]

In my opinion most of the games on snes and sega genesis aged like fine wine. Great video guys!

[@cinnamondan4984]

Very. I grew up in the 32/64 bit generation but I in my 30s always prefer to go back to 16 bit for my gaming needs.

[@GodzillasaurusJr]

I agree. The ones that aren’t so good, were not good at the time either.

[@damin9913]

The only console that age well and still popular are Nintendo Super Nintendo Sega Genesis Everything thing is garbage

[@Tinbeef22]

Genesis did not age well

[@cinnamondan4984]

@@Tinbeef22 Streets of Rage 2 and 3?

[@pharmcat8484]

Chrono Trigger is a perfect game. It should be ported to everything and changed by no one.

[@dumbstruckempire]

100%

[@tylerriggs95]

Wish it was on Switch Snes online

[@dumbstruckempire]

Or even just available on the Switch period, which I don't believe it is?

[@tylerriggs95]

@@dumbstruckempire somehow it’d available on mobile smh

[@fillerbunnyninjashark271]

Game is most definitely not perfect and not even in the top 5 square enix games

[@Brew78]

I have my old yellowed SNES hooked up to a big old CRT downstairs and often play Turtles in Time with my 8 year old. Not because I ask him to play with me, but because he asks me to play with him. Outside of being a great game, it's nice to be able to share something from my own childhood.

[@dumbstruckempire]

I think my very best childhood sleepover memory has to be the one where me and my friend stayed up all night playing Contra III. We beat it at least a couple of times, and it gives you pause to realize that was over 30 years ago.

[@CulturedVultures]

no it was last week time is not real and therefore cannot hurt you

[@dumbstruckempire]

@@CulturedVultures Oh, thank goodness.

[@xy1101]

@@CulturedVulturesIAMTRAPPEDINTIMEANDINPAIN I BECAME STUCK IN TIME WITH JUST AN ATARI LYNX AND CHIPS CHALLENGE

[@StarSapphireComics]

Street Fighter 2 was the reason I picked snes over Genesis. It still holds up to this day. The snes port of SF2 was phenomenal.

[@vitamindealer7915]

Naw the arcade perfect ports were better

[@mjdf122]

SNES RPGs have aged gracefully I’ve been blessed to see and have all from 1980-Now what a life of gaming another great video Vultures

[@AndDeathForAll82]

Batman Returns and Donkey Kong Country 2

[@nickbackes5042]

Super Castlevaina IV, Super Mario World, Donkey Kong Country, Final Fantasy III/6, Super Punch-Out

[@Illusion1181]

As someone said above, illusion of time (Gaia) and Terranigma look fantastic too. Obviously DKC and its sequels are tops as well.

[@FunnelCakeRyan]

There's a gaming podcast I listen to, and they recently replayed Chrono Trigger and talked about it. There was a younger guy who'd never played it before, and he said "If you released this game THIS YEAR it would be a contender for game of the year!"

[@traviscurry4332]

What podcast?

[@Bfitzgerald82]

not sure how LTTP missed on this list.... but I would also add The Lost Vikings

[@Will-qd2km]

Tbh I think link to the past is one a the few perfect games ever made to the point you would change nothing, there is no point to even remaster it cause it still visually perfect even by today standards.

[@pharmcat8484]

I wouldn’t say Shadowrun aged beautifully graphics wise, but the gameplay and music are top notch.

[@ninjaswordtothehead]

Absolutely love that game.

[@st.haborym]

I wouldn't mind a remake in HBS's new engine

[@_portsmyth]

Coming straight out of the blocks with Shadowrun was a fantastic opening gambit. Massive respect.

[@bullfrogjay4383]

Breath of Fire 1 and 2 are Artistically masterpieces. The scores are also fantastic.

[@gnarwhal7562]

Boy, I would sell my soul to Lucifer just to have a port or remake of Chrono Trigger on the Switch. Easily my favourite RPG of all time. RIP Toriyama-sensei

[@GreyMatterShades]

Donkey Kong Country 1&2 aged very well imo, as did Final Fantasy 6. And if we're counting multi-platform games, MK2 and Earthworm Jim 1&2.

[@swordbladez]

3 more to consider for a follow up video: Illusion of Gaia, Actraiser, and Castlevania Dracula X. Never get bored with them! Beautiful and sublime gameplay.

[@systemshocker2557]

Spoiler alert: no DKC. I sense Heresy!! Meanwhile Shadowrun is included lmao.

[@dangox3370]

I think DKC has aged terribly. It looks awful.

[@CulturedVultures]

didn't want it to just look like a best SNES games list! we like the weird lil freaks like Shadowrun here

[@Rodanguirus]

@@dangox3370 On a CRT, the character models are fine at worst. The environments hold up with anything else on the console, and of course, the music and gameplay are top-notch.

[@djpegao]

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[@darviniusb]

I played Super Metroid Snes version couple of days ago. On a 65" OLED tv, with contrast similar to the crt, proper colors. This game is absolutly gorgeous. Thesprites look fantastic even for todays standards. Played on snes emulator from a wii. Gorgeous game!

[@kalevipoeg6916]

SNES Jurassic Park has aged perfectly - aside from the one issue it had even in 1993: the lack of a save feature. This, however, has been remedied in the new Jurassic Park Classic Games Collection, of which it is a part. This game had a gorgeous soundtrack, it had that special feel you'd only understand if you are old enough to truly remember being a kid when Jurassic Park came out and how thrilling everything from the film to the merchandise was as a dinosaur-obsessed kid - as if you'd entered a prehistoric world and there was an electricity in the air every new thing you saw. It EVEN remains, to this day, basically the ONlY Jurassic Park game to EVER adapt elements of Crichton's NOVEl, such as the motion sensors (i will never understand why motion sensors weren't used as save points though), the breeding of various animals on the island, the underground raptor nests and using the nerve gas to take them out, raptors on the ship at the dock, etc. NO game since has actually DONE all that. The game EVEN includes the fractal designs taken DIRECTLY from the novel (e.g. First Iteration, 2nd, 3rd, etc) - which are drawn out on the park's computers. Speaking of the computers, the computers in the game are touch-screen (for the character anyway), which, if you remember this was 1993, is very forward-thinking. It even has 3D first person indoor sections in one of the earlier examples of this technology, in the same GAME as the isometric view you have outside - effectively making this two different genre games in one. It's fantastic for ANY fan of JP, now more than ever now that the classic games collection version has a save feature. As a kid, I tried multiple times to beat it in one go and never could before someone shut off the system or knocked into the cord, so that's a GREAT addition that fixes the one real weak point it had.

[@Mikewee777]

" Biker Mice from Mars " was the Mario Kart of isometric motorcycle racing.

[@jessragan6714]

I was lukewarm about the cartoon, but the game it inspired is shockingly good. Also, I want a Snickers candy bar for some reason.

[@darinherrick9224]

Amen.

[@Mikewee777]

@@jessragan6714 they were out of touch with reality. There is no such thing as a bloated alien president and his mechanic henchman who fundraises for mars themed tourism . Could you imagine if somebody with that kind of Musk actually existed ?

[@EugeneKurlikin]

So much content 😮. You’re the man!

[@yujiro424]

10:00 that Armored Armadillo theme hits and it's on. Megaman X truly has one of the best soundtracks of alk time.

[@edavids09]

Overall, I think this channel deserves more. More views, more subscribers, more attention. And let me say this if I can, I love all the thumbnails of this channel. They have a certain charm, like something from the 80s and 90s. I never had a SNES because I’m too young, my first console was a PS2, but certainly is a video game console (SNES) that I like!

[@thebluemeeple]

I can't say if these games aged beautifully but I had a lot of fun playing Super Smash TV, Sunset Riders, and Zombies Ate My Neighbors back in the day.

[@justinmillard8196]

Super Smash TV and Sunset Riders are great, but I assume them being arcade ports disqualifies them.

[@edwardaverilliii1658]

Thanks for this video - you helped me choose which SNES games to get! Much appreciated!

[@NYCJoeBlack]

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Mega Man 7 Mega Man X Contra III: The Alien Wars Super Double Dragon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time Earthworm Jim Earthworm Jim 2 Super Punchout! Star Fox Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers Super Mario World Super Metroid Disney’s Mickey Mouse: Magical Quest Final Fantasy III (VI) Secret of Mana Top Gear Super Mario Kart Actraiser Final Fight Guy Killer Instinct Donkey Kong Country

[@julianblake8385]

Holy smokes! Yes! How were Zelda and DK country 2 ignored?

[@z0zef]

honorable mention Alien 3.

[@Crying_Onion]

Sure! PD I know, Brett is from the 1s part... 😅

[@SorcererLance]

What? No mention of the TMNT venturing to the far-off future year of 2020 A.D.? :P

[@bethaapple2102]

5.Turtle in Time (7:24) is timeless masterpiece. But most people missed one good turtle fighting games in “turtle tournament fighter”. This is ridiculously masterpice, I could swear it on par with any fighting genre on ps1 era.

[@fillerbunnyninjashark271]

Tournament fighter was so bad 😬

[@jmarx3943]

For me that game was one of the better street fighter clones of the era, and was fun, but as a fighting game overall I was a bit meh. If you overlook its flaws, it can be a lot of fun though. It looks pretty good too.

[@romanninjaprincess4477]

Love that this list was basically a list of my favorite games

[@Crying_Onion]

Any of the games from the Goemon series, Dragon Quest III, Pocky & Rocky series, Smash TV, Rock&Roll Racing, Wild Guns...

[@pharmcat8484]

I thought Dragon Warrior 3 was on the NES?

[@goatbone]

@@pharmcat8484 It was remade on the SFC

[@sammylane21]

Yoshi's Island is not a sequel it is a great prequel!

[@goatbone]

I hate to tell you this but...prequels are sequels.

[@Coolman13355]

​@goatbone technically correct which is the best kind of correct.

[@JoeGuagenti-d8p]

Zombies ate my neighbors. Randomized weapons in cabinets and drops in a snes game? Amazing

[@suntzushoes]

Super Metroid, Super Contra, Earthbound and ChronoTrigger are still in regular rotation since the 90's. So blessed to have witnessed these games come out

[@BobGenghisKahn]

Tough to make a list like this without it turning into a best games list since SNES games age so well in general.

[@MetalGearMk2]

Aaahhhh the fact you put aladdin on here made my day. That is My go to relaxing game if I just want to play and not think

[@sidvicious332]

I do that with Sonic

[@OzeroCa]

Chrono Trigger forever. And in the past. Future, too.

[@masonarruza9107]

A Voodoo shout out in the middle of a snes video is gas

[@Zharak]

Amazing list!

[@Lebowski333]

Shadowrun is great. You can really get lost in it. Good music too.

[@maniac1075]

Technically Turtles In Time is an arcade port. A great one, none the less.

[@Matt-sl1wg]

Sure, but they made a bunch of changes to the SNES version that made it a better game than the arcade version. Better levels and iconic bosses that the arcade didn't have.

[@sammykewlguy]

Super Mario World was practically the first SNES game and remained one of the best during the systems entire run. It has aged better than any game I know.

[@thenewHBK]

Other great games that stand up today IMO 1.King Arthur's world 2. Super star wars trilogy 3. Starwing (Starfox for those that don't know) 4. Donkey Kong country 5. Batman returns

[@justinmillard8196]

It’s a shame that modern port of King Arthur’s World never eventuated.

[@DanielNewm]

Great selections. I don't like 2 of the 10 games but agree that they have aged well.

[@TheBucknative]

Great list my man!

[@princeDinger]

One I rarely see mentioned is Tetris Attack (Panel de Pon). It is a phenomenally fun puzzle game, great in single player and vs mode. The game had a ton of modes, a fun story with Yoshi and friends, good music, and aside from a little slowdown, looked awesome too.

[@Seegtease]

There's a reason so many indie developers are trying to imitate SNES games so often.

[@grahamkelly8662]

Street fighter 2 still looks incredible

[@Wilky2526]

Chrono Trigger is my favorite game of all-time, by far, and I've played nearly everything released on major consoles since the 80's.

[@CulturedVultures]

Drop more SNES games that aged well in the comments and they could be featured in a follow up video!

[@dumbstruckempire]

Zombies Ate My Neighbors would be a strong contender for me.

[@ChaoticHoly]

Super Bomberman 2.

[@pharmcat8484]

Joe and Mac. Soul Blazer. Illusion of Gaia. Bubsy. Secret of Mana. Any Final Fantasy. Bonk

[@StewNWT]

illusion of gaia, lufia 2, smrpg,, DKC 1/2/3, secret of mana

[@dumbstruckempire]

@@StewNWT Always happy to see Lufia 2 getting love.

[@samcushing3790]

Sunset Riders, Buster Busts Loose, Super Street Fighter 2, Adventures Of Batman & Robin, Parodius etc. the list is endless. Best console ever.

[@jesterskully563]

7:26 Turtles in Time was the best

[@adgdrgar]

Im not a huge Nintendo fan but Pocky and Rocky is my fave nintendo game. Plays really well even today and looks amazing.

[@hughlingard]

my nostalgic love for donkey kong country will only grow stronger with time; it's such an entertaining and gorgeous game.

[@Zebes14]

Street Fighter 2 Turbo belongs on this list.

[@IAmTherefore...]

Shadowrun changed my life I played that game every day all day both on SNES and Sega for years spent a whole summer on the Sega channel playing shadowrun .... Brilliant games

[@grisgotjunk8992]

Spawn the video game is really looking good and is a fun play through even today.

[@goatbone]

I haven't played it much but the spotlight in the first level is an amazing effect.

[@st.haborym]

Front Mission: Gun Hazard. The only things I'd change to bring it into the modern era is give it twin stick aiming and reduce the amount of grinding.

[@TheBricklyAvatar]

One missed and often overlooked RPG is Star Ocean. Don’t get me wrong, Chrono Trigger is #1 in my heart but for games that have aged beautifully, but with even more characters and their unique animations in an active battle format, it is a spectacle to behold

[@blaedus5318]

I actually yelled "YES!" when I saw that Shadowrun was Number ONE.

[@nunyabusiness896]

what was the game in the credits with the tank over the child-drawn background?

[@pharmcat8484]

With regards to Mega Man X, I agree, but I have to take points away for using the X-Buster on Spark Mandrill.

[@Shiftingwinds148]

I LOVE that Shadowrun was the first game on this list! Not talked about enough at all!

[@darinherrick9224]

I do think “aged beautifully” should include more games that WERENT popular on release.

[@dangox3370]

Blackthorne and Demon's Crest. Not only have they held up well, but they're kinda underrated. These games have more depth to them than the average side scroller which is essential for me since typical SNES games fail to keep my attention for long nowadays.

[@goatbone]

Blackthorne needed a bit more time in the oven. Could have been great but the repetitive gun fights throughout the game really killed it.

[@dangox3370]

@@goatbone Sure, Blackthorne is kinda janky but sometimes jank gives a game character. I think it would fit right in on a list with Shadowrun on it.

[@justinmillard8196]

Demon’s Crest is an interesting sequel to the Gargoyle’s Quest games.

[@vermin4023]

And you can buy all these for a mere $20,000

[@sebastienchuti9358]

The 16 bit generation was the height of innovation of sprite-based 2D games when that style of game was more or less perfected. The next generation was the first of mass market 3D games. Like many technology pioneers they would have more trial and error. That probably made games on consoles like the SNES age better than PS1, etc

[@MidnightWonko]

Didn't know about Shadowrun. Thanks, maybe I should check it out.

[@jpadilla132]

Growing up in Mexico, not knowing English playing shadow run was hard and fun, never finished the game mainly because of my lack of understanding, great game that I wish I finished

[@cinderblockstudios]

SNES games are still some of the absolute best ever made!

[@jpruden2009]

The soundtrack for Super Castlevania 4 was awesome

[@marcamico5254]

Super Castlevania IV is not on the list? That's criminally insane 😳

[@Sceptera]

I think Seiken Densetsu 3 aged really well with its colourful art-style and gameplay/music.

[@madcoyote]

Never managed to get passed level 3 in Aladdin. It was frustratingly hard. Same goes for jungle book and Asterix. Still, damn awesome memories :)

[@konradstrachan]

Some great choices here.. I'd add Castlevania and Choplifter to the list.. there's just something special about this generation of games

[@joshyland]

How about Syndicate, Plok, or Tiny Toons? Love the bookend era of pixel art-by-necessity before the dawn of 3D.

[@fabiancarta]

Sparkster and Mickey Mania both aged beautifully as well!

[@ThePacificRimJobber]

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Super Punch-Out, Donkey Kong Country, and Super Mario World.

[@DiAmUs]

I predicted 6 games on this list, before I watched it. You had 3 of them... I think LoZ: Link to the Past, Secret of Mana, and FF3 (in the US, 6 in Japan) also deserve to be on this list. I was excited to see Chrono Trigger (one of my favorite games of all time), Mega Man X, and Super Metroid (my #1 pick and favorite game of all time) on your list!

[@maureenleah13]

I never played a couple of these, but overall fantastic choices.

[@casedistorted]

I had a Virtual Boy when it was new and still had games being made for it.. I loved that little console. It was so much fun for me. Its too bad I am old now and virtual reality makes me motion sick because the Virtual Boy did not.

[@joey69d]

Space Megaforce has been in my library for over 30 years. One of the few games not on this list I go back to every now and again. That and (don't judge me) Street Fighter II Turbo.

[@Mockturtlesoup1]

Man, I really wish I had heard about Yoshi's Island as a kid, back when I had the patience(and time) to get good at it. Unfortunately for me, I waited two or three decades later, and rage quit after trying to 100% everything.

[@pharmcat8484]

Earthbound is also S-Tier. Ine of the few games I never get tired of playing. I do get tired of grinding for the Sword of Kings and the Gutsy bat.

[@lindenstromberg6859]

The NES Metroid established the Metroid formula and was actually more of an open world game than the GB or SNES sequels. "Metroidvania" came from a nickname for the different style Castlevania games that began with Symphony of the Night. The original NES Metroid was also significantly more popular than Super Metroid or Return of Samus (selling nearly both games combined).

[@wantsome-zs5sq]

My buddy couldn't handle baby Mario crying so he gave me Yoshi's Island for free. I couldn't handle it at first either but I played the game anyway. One of the best games on the SNES.

[@mmcfeat]

I’d love to play a demake of the newer Shadowrun games into the SNES style.

[@dougdeming3115]

I personally would have swapped Yoshi's Island for Actraiser but it was a good video.

[@DoinThatRag]

10 is just way too few. There are so many SNES games that are just absolutely fantastic even today. 16-bit gaming was pretty much the peak, in my opinion.

[@michaellee258]

Without the 'catch the rat' part, Chrono Trigger is easily the greatest game ever, with it, it still may be.

[@KrisRoberts114]

I think blowing the cart is the equivolant of banging the old CRTV's, ive seen it work so i will keep doing it

[@lindenstromberg6859]

I don't think Earthbound was forgotten. It had one of the largest enduring fandoms of any SNES games. Its sequel, Earthbound 64 was often in the top 3 most anticipated games on the N64, until it was canned for being overambitious and unfeasible. From the GBA onward, Earthbound dominated any discussion of "Games I want to see ported" on the Internet - not just the SNES specific topics, all of them - Earthbound typically had more chatter than FF7, GE007, and Skies of Arcadia combined.

[@jimlittle7111]

Pretty much all NES, SNES, SEGA, DREAMCAST, GAMECUBE, NC64 aged well.

[@daywalker3735]

I played Metroid Dread recently.....and while it was a good game, it really just made me miss Super Metroid. I don't think any game in the series has topped it for me!

[@Deschain-um7jz]

Super Metroid is probably the best game ever made. It’s literally tied for me with Chrono Trigger.

[@justinmillard8196]

Shadow Run is pretty difficult. I’m not sure I got through the first quarter of the game when failed to defuse the bomb. The NES game they made before it as practice for Shadow Run is a bit of a laugh if you like the early 90s references. It’s called Night Shade.