The Best (and Worst) SNES Games of 1995

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@JohnRiggs 8 ай бұрын

Best (and worst) SNES games of 1994 kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJ-WkoqvqLmqhM0

@JohnRiggs 8 ай бұрын

I apologize for any mispronounced words or inaccuracies. I don't script (obviously) and try to work on nostalgic memory as much as possible. I've been sick all week with a near 101-degree temperature and wasn't all there myself.

@mjdf122 8 ай бұрын

It’s okay we love you but you did forget Final Fight 3 released Christmas 1995 December 21 and 22 for Japan and America released in 1996 for Europe

@Octopusmaster 8 ай бұрын

The addition of where to find the games (SNES Switch, SNES mini etc.) on the bottom of the screen is a very very nice touch. Thank you.

@retrogamer-meza7345 8 ай бұрын

Get well soon!! 🙏

@TheVandergoose 8 ай бұрын

Me too that’s why I’m watching lol. Thanks for helping me get better

@therealavolpe 7 ай бұрын

We know you're not very good at English, John..

@MichaelTaylor-qp2xf 8 ай бұрын

To this day, almost 30 years later, Chrono Trigger remains my favorite game of all time, thank you for including it.

@KathyMcIntyre32575TG 8 ай бұрын

King Arthur and the Knights of Justice was a cartoon. I loved it.

@knifeteeth 8 ай бұрын

It was 🔥

@MCastleberry1980 8 ай бұрын

The theme song was an all time banger

@KathyMcIntyre32575TG 8 ай бұрын

Absolutely. Most intros of 80's and 90's cartoons were bangers.

@robintst 8 ай бұрын

"Arthur and the Knights of Justice putting evil down! Ride through the storm with the knights of the table round!"

@brodycarcella4047 8 ай бұрын

That show was awesome!! You can watch it on KZbin. I think there was only one or 2 seasons of it but it was sooo freaking good lol. Core memory for sure.

@MCastleberry1980 8 ай бұрын

1995 I was a freshman in high school. I associate high school so much with the PS1 I kinda forget how many bangers the SNES dropped in '95, and honestly that the PS1 didn't blow up until '96-'97 or so. Those years where different generations co-exist a bit are always interesting.

@StephenHunts 2 ай бұрын

Me too. Grade 11 when PS1 (great generation of games)

@chriswilk7134 8 ай бұрын

"I don't wanna use my brain when I'm playing a video game." I need this tattooed across my chest immediately.

@jeffpilkington7480 8 ай бұрын

I was the kid that love the Koei strategy games. I remember renting them constantly and when my Western PA grocery store Giant Eagle, shout out to my Iggle Video members out there, stopped carrying video games, I bought Liberty or Death, Operation Europe, PTO, and PTO II. Those 4 games kept my SNES active well into the early 2000s. I was a weird kid. I my SNES from 1992 final stopped working my freshman year in college, 2003, but I kept Liberty or Death, I still have my copy to this day, love Koei

@superdave3093 8 ай бұрын

Dude! Riggs!? The polish on the editing on this video is stellar. Did you get a new editor? Also new Camera? Been watching you for years but this looked polished, professional and crispy. Plus some great games to boot 👍💪👌😁

@JohnRiggs 8 ай бұрын

I have an editor friend who helps me sometimes. You can clearly see the difference like in this video when he does it. I've had this camera for a couple of years now, though.

@MotherKojiro 8 ай бұрын

Secret of Evermore was really good! It seems sadly forgotten, but I loved how you went through different eras, picking up age-appropriate weapons as you went, and the soundtrack was composed by Jeremy Soule, now famous for his work with the Elder Scrolls series. It is really buggy, though, and one of the programmers semi-famously doesn't even know what the secret gourd accessory does. And yes, Zoop was INESCAPABLE. Don't think I ever played it back in the day, but I don't think it was possible to pick up a magazine without seeing an ad for it.

@procow2274 8 ай бұрын

Castlevania X on snes is honestly different enough to be considered its own game and not just a different version of rondo. It even handles differently and has some different mechanics

@louyork8379 8 ай бұрын

Oh Man, that took me back to the best year of gaming that I can remember. The SNES was peak era for fun in my opinion. That was such an amazing lineup. I played literally every game mentioned and they all have such fond memories. What a great video!! Loved it!❤

@joeyfarris2543 8 ай бұрын

Mortal Kombat 3 and Killer Instinct both came out on SNES in 1995

@Coolremac Ай бұрын

Didn't Mega Man 7 come out in 1995 also?

@BradDP90 8 ай бұрын

The year I got the Super Nintendo. My dad bought me multiple games-Donkey Kong Country 2 was one of my faves. This video brought back many memories!

@namnenergy6514 8 ай бұрын

I love how you added the price tag and when it is on switch servis. Kudos 👏

@DerekBarns 8 ай бұрын

King Arthur and the Knights of Justice had one of the most badass themes for a cartoon. Just pure rock/metal goodness.

@danielespeziari5545 8 ай бұрын

These days I've been replaying Chrono Trigger, and I'm still amazed at how awesome it is. I consider that in the platform genre Yoshi's Island and DKC2 are at the same level of quality as Chrono Trigger. I was very lucky playing these masterpieces back in the day. By the way, I also had DKC3, which many consider inferior to 2 and even 1, but I disagree, it's very underrated. 2 is the absolute best anyway

@serenasamborski6856 8 ай бұрын

I suspect Super Mario Wonder was inspired by Yoshi’s island Touch Fuzzy mechanic

@procow2274 8 ай бұрын

Doom on snes was the first one i played and beat. It has more of a survival horror feel and some weapons operate different than in other versions.

@robintst 8 ай бұрын

Chrono Trigger is absolutely still in my top 3 of JRPGs, the soundtrack is a masterpiece. I remembered when I grabbed my copy used from a local grocery store's video rental space for $10 with the box, and shockingly the manual, because they were clearing out their Genesis & SNES games for N64 and PlayStation. I still have that cartridge and it still has the same 1st slot save data from the last person who rented it before I bought it because it was a New Game+ save with overpowered characters and I wasn't deleting that.

@IamChunkyJ 8 ай бұрын

the hadoken was in Megaman X 1 The Shoryuken another move from Ryu and Ken is in X2 and its a flaming uppercut

@jeremysteelman2900 8 ай бұрын

You tell him

@frozenaorta 8 ай бұрын

Came here to say this.

@knifeteeth 8 ай бұрын

Damn real!

@JohnRiggs 8 ай бұрын

there you go.

@PapaBPoppin 8 ай бұрын

@@jeremysteelman2900"...Stevedave"

@JerryLoffelbein 8 ай бұрын

Man, I loved Secret of Evermore. Square did that team dirty by disbanding it shortly after the game came out because it didn't outsell Secret of Mana, but it was only released in one region with very minimal promotion. It's the first game Jeremy Soule composed for as far as I know (ya know... the Elder Scrolls guy). I'd love to see that game reimagined. I loved the alchemy system, but it was too easily abused or relied upon that took away from the physical combat, especially late game enemies.

@Greasemonkey4540 3 ай бұрын

I know you might not see my comment but John Riggs I’m new to your channel and man do I love it keep it sir. Nostalgia over load.

@JohnRiggs 3 ай бұрын

I saw it :) Thank you!

@philbjackson 8 ай бұрын

I started to repair PC, formatting a pc with a floppy disc from DOS was very time consuming. Sega Saturn and PS1 was out. So those who could not afford those was still renting SNES games and Sega from Blockbuster.

@BlackMoore82 8 ай бұрын

Yes King Arthur and the Knights of Justice was a cartoon, it ran throughout 1992-‘93. Actor Garry Chalk & actor/blues musician Jim Byrnes provided some of the voice work on it.

@HoldMeBack 7 ай бұрын

Earthbound was my life back then

@JMann0614 8 ай бұрын

Great series JR!

@BlackMoore82 8 ай бұрын

Plus the artwork in Chrono Trigger. Used to refer to it as The Adventures of ginger Gohan.

@TheLoneDrow22 8 ай бұрын

Mega man was the first game i was ever addicted to playing.

@godisdead 8 ай бұрын

I will never forget picking up Mega man x 1 & 2 for $5 a piece at toys r us in the bargain bin. Best purchase ever

@starman6417 7 ай бұрын

Was that when Megaman X was considered as a bad game?

@niveketihw1897 8 ай бұрын

Love Yoshi's Island but the Fuzzy level glitches on my ZSNES emulator (I tried BSNES but it had timing and speed up / slow down issues in most games whereas ZSNES just works for almost everything). Its the only time(s) when it has any glitches in emulation for me. I beat Secret of Evermore twice back in 1995. I just really liked it.

@MaxOakland 8 ай бұрын

Is your computer super old? My Mac can emulate it fine with open emu. It’s worth finding a way

@niveketihw1897 8 ай бұрын

@@MaxOakland No, I believe it's a known issue in ZSNES. I tried BSNES on an i7-6700K / 980Ti system and a mini i9-11900H with no GPU and found with no filters that even SMB1 in SM All Stars had timing issues where it would slow a bit periodically and then speed up right after that a bit. ZSNES runs everything flawlessly on both machines except for that level in YI.

@taylorjury6623 8 ай бұрын

Love your videos. I like your Pitfall Jones shirt. He's a super cool guy and a great indy wrestler.

@JohnRiggs 8 ай бұрын

"It's Boulder Time!" Yeah, he wrestles in Reactivate in Tri-Cities sometimes. I had to have the shirt for obvious reasons. Also one of the trainers at the school in Tacoma!

@beartygerevillaugh9418 8 ай бұрын

Great vids, keep kickin butt mate

@brianhatcher2799 8 ай бұрын

Man, for me personally, 1995 had so many great memories!! I turned 12 that year, I saw the Power Rangers movie in the theater, had a great summer, and remember eagerly anticipating Yoshi’s Island and Donkey Kong Country 2. It wouldn’t be until years later that I would play Chrono Trigger and Earthbound but those games are absolutely fantastic!! Thanks for the trip down Memory Lane John.😊 Oh yeah, and Batman Forever is great.

@nosavepoints 8 ай бұрын

King Arthur and the Knights of justice was a cartoon about a highschool football team was drawn to the medieval times to save the real King Arthur.

@MaxOakland 8 ай бұрын

Yoshi’s Island really is Mario World 2. It originated as the 5th game in the Mario series

@Iron-Van 8 ай бұрын

I actually recently started playing that firefighter one. It's pretty unique, game I like it EMU I really enjoy these videos John cuz like I have all these romd and emus. There's quite a few now that I've checked out from your videos like this and your one game from each system.

@RainePhoenix 8 ай бұрын

I love this game! I grew up with it and it's soundtrack remains one of my favorite video game soundtracks of all time.

@CoolTI-Daniel 6 ай бұрын

You missed Metal Warriors from Konami... I would say one of the best SNES games. the 2 player split screen battles where so fun. Some of my favorite SNES games to me on that year. I owned Megaman X2 and absolutely loved it. Same for Metal Warriors... I just bought a reproduction version of it to play on my good old SNES. I loved TopGear2 and TopGear3000. (Rented both had had amazing times playing it with my older brother. Also enjoyed the WWF Game.

@mjdf122 8 ай бұрын

Taking it back to 1995 blessed to see all from 1980-Now enjoy the day John Riggs

@edaniels240 8 ай бұрын

King Arthur & Knights Of Justice was definitely a cartoon I absolutely remember watching

@misanthrope22 8 ай бұрын

10:15 King Arthur & the Knights of Justice was a cartoon about a football team transported back to Arthurian time by Merlin when the real King Arthur & his nights are imprisoned.

@MrAngryTroll 8 ай бұрын

I’m happy with Mighty Morphan Power Rangers & the fighters with Megazords. I think as a child we all wished we would pilot them.

@WavesNGames 8 ай бұрын

What a banger of a year! I mean even now these games are being added to the Switch library and the SNES mini because they are icons.

@procow2274 8 ай бұрын

King arthure world is another king Arthur game that a lot of people don't know about.

@erneststackhouse1133 8 ай бұрын

i didn't care much for Yoshi's Island until the fuzzy thing happened & then we played it all the time because of that! Glade to hear I'm not the only one who did that when i played the game! WWF on the SNES was the best! You could jump from one end of the ring to the other & then body slam! Love over the top sports video games they need to do more of that which made NBA Jam so good! i always wondered why Castlevania 4 moved better than Dracula X. Dracula X is an older Castlevania game, but came out later! Love knowing about that kind of stuff!

@dinkc64 7 ай бұрын

Coming from the Pac-Man / Space Invaders era, I guess I will never understand the "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" generation....

@luciousthomas6141 8 ай бұрын

1995 I got MK3 for the SNES, Killer Instinct, and Christmas Day I got DKC2. MK3 I probably got from Electronics Boutique aka Babbages later to be known as EB Games then Funcoland now known as GameStop. Killer Instinct I managed to pick up from Price Club now known as Costco. I got that around Sept as I remember picking that up around the time school started. Lastly DKC2 I got from KayBee Toy Store in the mall. I picked it up on Christmas Eve and opened it up the next day. Wu-Tang was in heavy rotation for me back then. Return to da 36 the Dirty Version, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx and Liquid Swords!

@mymusic3354 8 ай бұрын

Glad to see another video this time 1995 😁

@procow2274 8 ай бұрын

The fire fighter game looked like it could have been done by enix

@RichRetr0 8 ай бұрын

Yes, I remember the King Arthur cartoon, I think it was called the Knights of Justice

@kh7955 8 ай бұрын

King Arthur and the Knights of Justice is one of the best 90s cartoons. It's a hidden gem so to speak

@GrudgeGrusome 8 ай бұрын

The king author one was definitely a cartoon I briefly remember it was all right from what I can remember

@cr-nd8qh 8 ай бұрын

I wish it was 1995 again.

@gamesounds1543 8 ай бұрын

Best time in my life 🙌🏻

@UstraMage 8 ай бұрын

My man, The Fireball was Mega Man X1. Mega Man X2 had the Fire Uppercut

@JohnRiggs 8 ай бұрын

You're right. I swore it was 2, then 3. I need to replay them both, it sounds like.

@isd8894 8 ай бұрын

I literally don't know what you're talking about. Top Gear 3000 was by *far* the best of the series. I am not a huge fan of racing games generally, but F Zero and Top Gear 3000 were undeniably great.

@toddburgess5056 8 ай бұрын

That Win95 opening chime sent chills down my spine 🫨

@FateReaper5 8 ай бұрын

Definitely loved me some chrono trigger! Count me among the many fans! 😊

@Ironstarfish 8 ай бұрын

I liked Top Gear 3000 and I agree Doom was one of my favorites actually.

@davidluopa4627 8 ай бұрын

My sister and I rented Earthbound so much we probably could have bought it for all the rental fees. That Christmas I got it for myself and I still have it to this day.

@TRG568 8 ай бұрын

I cant wait for 1996

@JohnRiggs 8 ай бұрын

that'll be next time I do these types of videos!

@PinkyJujubean 8 ай бұрын

That Batman Forever game is a lot like that horrible Sub Zero game. The lesson to be learned here is that mixing Mortal Kombat with platforming is a terrible idea

@rinehart7753 8 ай бұрын

Ryu's fireball was in X1. The flaming upper cut was in X2

@mariopatrino3453 8 ай бұрын

Maybe the games footage it's too small. Keep up the good job. I love your channel

@charlestaylor5150 8 ай бұрын

It's funny I never played true lies because the box said lgn lol and it's actually good I realized like 10 years later

@Bloodreign1 8 ай бұрын

A reminder, LJN has never made a video game in their existence, much like Acclaim. Instead they would license for release games from smaller developer studios. Always pay attention to the copyright data, or splash screens, and you'll find out who made these "LJN" games.

@rayzaramon6598 8 ай бұрын

RIP Coolio.🙏🏼

@pezjme 8 ай бұрын

Hey, I want to buy my friend a cheap game console because I am moving soon. The last system he had was a ps2 and he likes the games you can race and make your rigs, no pun intended?

@placeonline 8 ай бұрын

im under 20yrs and its crazy to see how games use to look like. no micro-transactions

@markula_4040 8 ай бұрын

No, instead you bought the same game over and over again like Street Fighter 2 or you still paid the same 50, 60 or 70 dollars you do today but for a game that you could beat in an hour but the internet was as common back then so you didn't hear the same level of whining about it, so you all pretend it wasn't a thing.

@placeonline 8 ай бұрын

@@markula_4040 thanks for the info

@christopherreed3836 8 ай бұрын

Mighty morphin power rangers were a great example of the genesis having better versions. The movie game is much better, and the fighting game was exactly what you said you wanted the Snes version to be.

@megaben99 8 ай бұрын

1:45 I am sorry to correct you but you only unlock the fireball attack in the first mega man x. in mega man x2 you unlock Ken's Dragon uppercut.

@JohnRiggs 8 ай бұрын

Never apologize. Please correct me if I say the wrong thing.

@megaben99 8 ай бұрын

@@JohnRiggs no problem. :)

@jimx117 8 ай бұрын

Megaman X2, IMO is the SNES's best fast-action platformer. So good. Sparkster is up there too, but MMX2 just has that I don't know what

@SleekNostalgia 8 ай бұрын

Hey Riggs tips from a chef i watched the wagnu short you ALWAYS salt and pepper before you cook lol

@JohnRiggs 8 ай бұрын

Oh, I did. Fancy salt, too! But I love all the tips I can get. I'll get more and use cast-iron next time, too.

@The_Badseed 8 ай бұрын

Cool snes games. I'd moved on from carts, I was busy playing my Sega Saturn in 1995

@spitt0110 8 ай бұрын

yes Knights of justice was a cartoon but lets talk about the crazy 90s premises! It was a Football team sent to medieval times!

@eshep71 8 ай бұрын

I rewatched Flintstones a while ago and damn, Halle Berry.

@neoclassic09 8 ай бұрын

Koei strategy games were incredible

@lldjslim 8 ай бұрын

Chrono trigger the best rpg of all time

@namelesssoul8098 7 ай бұрын

Riggs you have to check out an old 70s movie called Inframan. It’s available to watch on KZbin. I think you’ll like it if you liked Ultraman.

@jamesleblanc7437 7 ай бұрын

Secret of Evermore is definitely in my top ten all time.

@JMDogg 7 ай бұрын

LMAOO had to use footage of WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game from the Genesis version bc the SNES version had that crappy slowdown when there was 3 or more sprites on the screen

@haruruben 2 ай бұрын

6:10 you would think after the 3000th sequel in a series they would have nailed it by then😂

@jimmiesprague1503 7 ай бұрын

Great shirt

@ggbetz 8 ай бұрын

I like to think Revolution X was firing AOL CDs

@mevb 6 ай бұрын

Hadouken was in MegaMan X, in 2 it was Shoryuken or the Dragon Punch.

@jeremysteelman2900 8 ай бұрын

Those were some great games. What an awesome year for the super Nintendo.

@jaynoyes8526 8 ай бұрын

I remember going to see the Power Rangers movie in theaters with a friend and loving it. It’s a bad movie, but for a kid that loved the show, it was amazing 😂

@danieldowney7621 8 ай бұрын

Did you say HARUKEN???

@JohnRiggs 8 ай бұрын

...yeah. Sorry, I was actually sick when I filmed this and couldn't come up with the name.

@danieldowney7621 8 ай бұрын

@@JohnRiggs hey, nothing to be sorry for! It just surprised me and also gave me a good chuckle. Hope you're over the cold, peace!

@chrisporambo6953 8 ай бұрын

Come on John! You can get the Hadouken in MegaMan X

@necrogenesis1981 8 ай бұрын

Earthbound is my #1 favorite game, 1995 brought a ton of my favorites, but that one is special.

@thebasketballhistorian3291 5 ай бұрын

The SNES port of that WWF game was a lazy cash grab. Just 6 characters cuz they didn't want to bother converting the last two characters. Either that or they wanted to keep the cartridge size small to save money. The Genesis version had all 8 characters from the arcade.

@darktetsuya 8 ай бұрын

actually IIRC Megaman X2 got you the dragon punch? would have probably been useful against sigma's final form in X1, oh well what can you do. I think fatal fury special was my favorite in the series, definitely gonna have to track that one down. and then CHRONO TRIGGER?! yeah enough said! definitely in the top two or three SNES RPGs, that and FF6, square was definitely king of the RPGs for that system. but I'll never forget getting that one for christmas!

@balzaqc 8 ай бұрын

I hate secret of everymore. Square didn’t traduct Seiken Densetsu 3 because they choose this game for the USA 😡😉

@omenpyro458 8 ай бұрын

Earthbound is just, fun. A great game

@dewder74 8 ай бұрын

I wanted to kick myself when I didn't buy Earthbound. I was working for Babbages and saw Earthbound on the shelf. It came packed with a strategy guide, so the box was huge. I didn't buy it because the screenshots made the game look like this was a babies game. I got burned by Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest and didn't want to make that mistake again. Hind site is 20/20 and now a mint condition NIB copy of Earthbound is worth a fortune. Oh well. At least we got it now on the Switch and SNES Mini Classic.