The 15 Most Graphically Impressive 3D Super Nintendo (SNES) / Famicon Games | Price & Review Guide

[@wobblingpixels3921]

I hope you like my selection. The video should be include almost all 3D polygon based games on SNES except 2-3 True Golf Classics Golf games. I hope I didn't miss any. BTW Yoshi's Island uses sprites not polygons for the collapsing 3D walls. :)

[@FreddieFraggs]

Great list. But you missed Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing. 😁 Even Top Gear 1 and 2 to a lesser extent.

[@geekume5539]

Technically there is no such thing as real 3d since it is a 2d screen therefore doom should be counted

[@ihysc4370]

Can you please say what's the polygon weight in SNES? I'm thinking of making a 3D retro game one day and want to know if i can do it on SNES, cuz i want a long game.

[@wobblingpixels3921]

​@@geekume5539 doom is not made of polygons

[@geekume5539]

@@wobblingpixels3921 I know but doesn't make it not 3d. For example again. The term 3d isn't actually correct. What you are seeing is a visual trick to renderer what you would perceive as 3D. A big misconception that if a game isn't made of polygons then it isn't 3d but that isn't true. Unless we have a projector that actually gives as a 3 dimensional view of the landscape then nothing is. And once we get to that point people will look back and be confused how two people are arguing about the same technology done in two different methods. Case in point Doom is "3D" just as any game is "3D".

[@greensun1334]

Sure, for today's standards those games may look outdated, but back then in the early 90s it was amazing to play games with real 3D graphics on your home console. Some of them are still worth to play. The SNES was the best home console of the early to mid 90s (I don't count the far superior Neo Geo AES for obviours reasons), and it's my all time favourite system with the best library of games. But the best SNES titles are the 2D sprite based games, like all those great fighting games, shooters, RPGs and platformers the SNES has to offer.

[@jasonblalock4429]

It's amazing to think I put probably hundreds of hours into Starfox as a kid, when today I consider it basically unplayable. The only SNES 3D games which have aged gracefully are the golf sims. That was a very good use of 3D on SNES. But most of the rest were a mess. Also, Dragonview is worth mentioning. It used a smart combo of polygonal ground + sprite tricks to create a 1st person open-world RPG.

[@wobblingpixels3921]

I think Dragonview worldmap consists of 2D polygons. They are all flat and the walls looks like sprites too me.

[@JAGtheTrekkieGEMINI1701]

I disagree... Starfox is STILL a good and playable Game

[@Rodzilla97]

@@JAGtheTrekkieGEMINI1701 yes, it's still very playable imo. top 10 snes game. i actually think it looks even cooler now than it did then. like that style of polygons has an artistic charm to it(at least how they did star fox, it looks like art). and the explosions look great(and the particles, etc) top notch

[@JAGtheTrekkieGEMINI1701]

@@Rodzilla97 I *LOVE* the Explosions xD

[@Somethingaboutthat]

Stunt Race FX always felt like a demo for Super Mario Kart in 3d. There is a lot in this game that would be seen later in the MK series. I'd also go as far to say that Crash Team racing was partially inspired by the levels as well.

[@ailaxl]

So despite using 2d assets, Winter Gold is still 3d (the tracks) and I think should be included.

[@tsvtsvtsv]

i was thinking the tracks were fmv and the player model was polygonal, no?

[@ailaxl]

@@tsvtsvtsv I don't believe so. They use a nice background for the whole level but the tracks themselves are done via polygons.

[@reginaldeberhart8521]

This takes me back to the good ol days. The Genesis had some impressive 3d games too.

[@cortbelmont]

Vortex deserves a higher rating, for SNES era 3D games Vortex had a solid gameplay. Yeah, it requires some trickery that it's not obvious (like you are invincible during transformations so you can abuse the Hard Shell) but you'll learn it through gameplay. All 8 stages have a unique theme like shooting to go through, seek and destroy, exploring, a car race to the boss layer... it offers a very varied experience with nice unique controls that kind of feel like you are controlling a real Mech... anyway you missed Doom's red cartridge, good video

[@jons9356]

Possibly a silly question, but why is StarFox 2 only labeled for the US region, while showing in-game Japanese dialog? It looks like the SNES Classic did release it officially in Japan and US.

[@jermarcusm.robinsonwaller1063]

Yeah to the people at Wobbling Pixels(The guys that "MADE" the video), The game's been released for the SNES Classic Edition WORLDWIDE!!!!! Well to be honest & to "LITERALLY" Correct you on "THAT" Specific point at the 9:23 Mark of the Video... That statement saying that the game's release has been "Canceled in it's Final Stages of Development "BEFORE" Release" makes absolutely NO SENSE WHATSOEVER!!!!! And on top of "THAT" the game's ROM's Been Leaked even "BEFORE" it was released on the SNES Classic Edition!!!!! SO GET YOUR INFO & YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!!!!!

[@jons9356]

@@jermarcusm.robinsonwaller1063 It _was_ cancelled in the final stages of development back in 1995, but was released 22 years later on the SNES Classic consoles. The only cavil is that it appears to have been worldwide, rather than just a US release from what I can see.

[@jermarcusm.robinsonwaller1063]

@@jons9356 yeah i was writing that to the people who made the video...

[@jons9356]

@@jermarcusm.robinsonwaller1063 Understood. I was trying to address the 2nd part of your objection to what they said (the bit in the quotes).

[@davecool42]

Winter Gold is a pretty good looking SuperFX game too.

[@TheSocialGamer]

Great content as usual. I do however have a question about some of the games captured. I noticed that " at least on my phone" that there's an audio hum (or buzz) on some of the games captured. Wondering if that's the cables, 5X or the console outputting that audio noise.

[@wobblingpixels3921]

Hey, can you give me an example time tag?

[@herr_eichinger]

great video! after your "The 30 Most Mind-Blowing Games Examples of Retro Pixel Art" video I now can't unsee all the intended and missing effects and my brain always trys to image this with crt artefacts or dare I say intended effect. please include a short crt-filter comparison in all your clips from now on!!! thank you XD XD XD

[@jsr734]

There is a hack for Race Driving that uses the SA1 coprocessor. It makes the game run faster than the original arcade😆. Also i think Steel Talons is very playable even with the low frame rate you only need a little tolerance to low frame rates and patience 😎. Dirt Trax FX has the distinction for been the FX game with the most stable frame rate, stable 15 fps in 1p mode and 12 fps in 2 players split screen. And Star Fox 2 was officially released with the SNES Classic Mini console .

[@InsaneFirebat]

5:24 You're not shifting gears so the car can't accelerate anymore. I'm sure that really killed the game score. I remember when I found out I was stuck in first gear in Top Gear on SNES. The game was so much more fun after that.

[@dreamguest3597]

Dirt racer reminds me of those java games on nokia phones back in the day

[@yurisimoes-guitarrista104]

I'm confused. Isn't Doom considered 3D?

[@ryan20028]

Made except right at the start because it doesn't actually render polygons at all. It is just multiple 2D planes simulating 3D

[@parazels83]

2:10 and 7:00 even SNES didn't have texture warping like shitty PS1! Hahaha!

[@isaacman4157]

That’s because those are flat-shaded polygons. Most PS1 games used textured polygons, which cause texture warping. If the SNES used textured polygons, it would warp like the PS1, albeit to a lesser degree.

[@parazels83]

@@isaacman4157 I know, but the author claims there were some textures in these racing games on SNES. Watch the video again! Hahaha!

[@isaacman4157]

@@parazels83 I know. Some are still flat shaded though.

[@parazels83]

@@isaacman4157 On PS1 developers sometimes used non textured poligons to avoid warping. Nevertheless PS1 is the console with the worst textures ever!

[@isaacman4157]

@@parazels83The PS1 isn’t the only console to have texture warping. The Saturn, 3DO, GBA, 32X, and I think the CDi does as well.

[@incognitod8444]

I owned the cart for Race Drivin' at one point and it is simply unplayable. I feel sorry for everyone who spent money on that back in the day.

[@PotbellyPunch]

I don't know if you were using a different currency or only giving CIB prices but starfox is $15-20 average I just think giving a high price on videos like this might give people the wrong impression of value or amount to pay for games. It might be better to just give the high end of a loose copy and let people figure out the higher end from there.

[@wobblingpixels3921]

All estimated prices are for boxed and manual SOLD copies on ebay but I agree the price for star fox is a bit to high. 40€ should be closer

[@jaimdiojtar]

rememebr that star fox 2 was finally released

[@slashrose3287]

Video name is misplaced, the right one should be: games on SNES with ADDED hw and games based on Original hw alone. With a 3.58 Mhs CPU (let alone the full 16-bit extensions), 3D SNES games are generally really slow (for example, Starfox sholud have been 4-5 fps at best without S-FX chip)

[@chuyuen441]

you freakazoid

[@uriellopezpaz]

woah you forgot one doom

[@guybrush3000]

i guess snes had some golf games

[@chriskutz7144]

Had Steel Talons.It sucked, can't beat level 13 to win the game.one life no fuel/ammo refills,hard to see enemies and gunfire. Bad

[@shiningstarlet6215]

why no timestamps?

[@wobblingpixels3921]

added

[@russianelk8483]

Where is Doom? What the hell!

[@playnalisis]

A few of those games were not impressive at all. Axelay should of been on the list.

[@jpsalova]

Better not use the EU flag when referring to Europe

[@zimzam9166]

Where was doom. This list sucks

[@MDE128]

Super Mario Land on the SNES looks like these games. These games look like PS1 games.