Thank you for keeping the name and box art on the screen when you discuss a game. Remember when sports used to flash the score every 15 minutes? The way other game video hosts talk about games with hardly a mention of the title, maybe one mention at the beginning, reminds me of how we used to have to wait for TV sports producers to flash the score again.
@JohnRiggs7 ай бұрын
Nice, I'll tell Rob that. He edited this video for me. You can certainly see a difference from when he edits (his passion) vs. me (just gameplay)
@jamesmoss34247 ай бұрын
Final Fight 3, Street Fighter Alpha 2, Mega Man X3, Super Mario RPG, and more are brilliant in 1996 on the snes. 😀👍🎮
@JohnRiggs7 ай бұрын
SNES Games of 1995 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qILahHtumcxgj80
@shenloken27 ай бұрын
DKC3 is considered the lesser of the DKC trilogy on SNES. But the side quests with the Banana Birds and Brothers Bear to get the full experience actually made it the one with more replay value of the three. And who can’t help but feel nostalgic while watching Wrinkly play a Nintendo 64 while that Mario 64 tune plays?
@GoodVibeCollecting7 ай бұрын
It's gotten more love over the years once people actually played it and realize it's just as good as the previous two games. It was the last great game on the system IMO.
@Rodanguirus4 ай бұрын
@@GoodVibeCollecting Yeah, it's a weird case. It actually sold pretty well in its day (the figure I always see reported is just under 3 million copies in Japan and the U.S. combined. I have to imagine it moved a few copies in Rare's native Europe, let alone anywhere else in the world. For that era, 3+ million is a runaway success). It also reviewed very well, with a lot of publications giving it 8s or 9s and calling it a solid swan song for the SNES. And then a decade or so later, it just became "conventional wisdom" that it was this flop overshadowed by the 64. (I mean, it is technically true that it was outperformed financially and critically by Super Mario 64 and the previous DKCs, but that's more due to those games being some of the best-selling/reviewed games of the '90s than DKC3 underachieving). I mean, it's one thing if people evaluated it years later and decided for themselves it was disappointing or didn't measure up to its predecessors (I disagree, and actually prefer it to DKC1, but I can respect the argument). But people just kind of made up how it was received in its day.
@GoodVibeCollecting4 ай бұрын
@@Rodanguirus Yup, yup, and yup. It seems like someone said it was bad one day and everyone else just kind of followed. I can see why it would be seen as the weakest of the three by some people. It feels the most gimmicky out of the three (not a bad thing) and it's pretty much DKC 2.5 (also not a bad thing). It's by far the most atmospheric of the three games by far which is it's strong point. It was overshadowed some by the N64 but that's no surprise. The N64 was a huge leap for gaming.
@_boof7 ай бұрын
I like this series. It allows me to checkout games I never played. Don’t stop doing this.
@retrobear93677 ай бұрын
I loathed the macarana. My sister said to me at my wedding we used to do that dance when we were kids. I said "F no. I hated then and hate it now" lol
@miamimagicians7 ай бұрын
It’s actually a good Spanish song
@slanderman32966 ай бұрын
My daughter just learned it hahhaha took me back
@MarcusCroy7 ай бұрын
Hey John. This is Marcus from Kerrville Texas. You were talking about RPGs I'm probably as old as you are. My first RPG. Was dragonstomper for the Atari 2600. Then I got dragon warrior free for my second RPG. When I renew my Nintendo subscription. And then it was super Mario RPG. Love all three of them:-)
@claymccoy7 ай бұрын
2:42: Sounds like a Tom's scream from Tom and Jerry.
@cubansupreme7 ай бұрын
It most certainly is. I recognize that Tom scream easily.
@catholicactionbibleonlyist18137 ай бұрын
96, I was 8 Did not know there was a Casper video game until last year
@whispersignal17 ай бұрын
The yell/roar in Prehistoric Man sounds like the original yell from the 1940's/1950's Tom & Jerry. Fun game! I only knew if from the Switch Online thingie.
@JLAvey7 ай бұрын
Star Ocean came out in 1996. Tales of Phantasia came out December of 1995, so close enough. Yes, I realize they were not translated that year and that doesn't make them less the best two RPGs on the console.
@sierrakobold68967 ай бұрын
Yeah Star Ocean is great, but Snes releases of course not Super Famicom
@Matt-Rat7 ай бұрын
I have an opinion on some of those games. (If you see ...., that means I never played it.) Final Fight 3: Fun beat em up. One of my 30 favorite SNES games Mega Man X3: Good but not my favorite. I believe the chip you said about is for wireframe. I played X2 which had that chip and the wire frame was so cool. Prehistorik Man: ..... (That roar is Tom Cats scream from Tom and Jerry.) S.O.S. - Sink or Swim: ..... Cutthroat Island: I didn't care for it Frantic Flea: .... The Branies: I take the Adventures of Lolo trilogy on NES Power Piggs of the Dark Ages: ..... Super Mario RPG: My 2nd favorite game of all time. It puts a smile on my face! Ken Griffey JR Winning Run: ..... Lufia 2: Haven't beat it but I really like it. Battle music is awesome! Mohawk and Headphone Jack: ..... Tetris Attack: Love this game. Especially that song during Yoshi stage. Kirby Super Star: One of my 30 SNES titles ever!! No joke! It's a wonderful game everyone needs to play at least once!! Ms. Pacman: Not a bad port of the arcade classic. Power Rangers Zeo: Battle Racers: .... (I own the other 3 Power Ranger games. Not this one.) Ultimate Mortal kombat 3: Man, this game is tough but I like it Donkey Kong Country 3: Finally completed the whole game a few days ago. I take the first 2 Donkey Kong Country games but it isn't a bad game. I recommend it. Marvel Super Heroes: War of the Gems: ..... Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow: Haven't got to far yet it's fun to play Casper: ..... Incantation: ..... Mr. Do: .....
@kuruptein7 ай бұрын
Perfect timing.. mowing one of my favorite properties and I get to listen about games..I can't see I'll rewatch later. Thanks John
@HollywoodHawk867 ай бұрын
If final fight ever had a movie in the 90's I'd be completely fine if Dan Severn played the role of Haggar
@NinjaRunningWild7 ай бұрын
Not ripped enough.
@HollywoodHawk867 ай бұрын
@@NinjaRunningWild body suit could fix that
@joesshows67937 ай бұрын
He is a real life Haggar isn’t he
@opaljk48357 ай бұрын
I think Robert Z’dar would’ve been perfect
@ddelora17 ай бұрын
2:42 that roar is Tom from Tom n Jerry screaming from getting hurt
@Dagasm7 ай бұрын
Love these videos. I never played half of those games nor heard of a few of them before, was too focused on the N64 release by then. I'm surprised no one made a comment about Wolverine being an Avenger, although I believe it was far after the War of the Gems game was released.
@balloonedraccoon25037 ай бұрын
That was a good year
@909Films7 ай бұрын
I used to own the PC version of the Toy Story video game when it first came out. That came with a demo for Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow. It was fun. Showed off the game a bit. It took me about 25 years before I actually bought it for SNES, but I had fun with it. It was a trip down memory lane.
@WavesNGames7 ай бұрын
I didn't even know DKC3 existed until like 2004 because we were so amped for the 64 that I missed a lot from this year. Also I was 9, so I wasn't really following all the releases yet.
@xyzmaster867 ай бұрын
Prehistorik Man does the Tom scream from Tom and Jerry
@TheJamesShow007 ай бұрын
love tetris attack, was one of our number one vs games we played when we got it. The 2 player is so much fun!
@RetroRobyn697 ай бұрын
Genuinely thought your T-shirt said “panty goblin” 😂
@JohnRiggs7 ай бұрын
That's even better. Party Goblyn is an indie wrestler from the Seattle area.
@RetroRobyn697 ай бұрын
@@JohnRiggs 😂 incredible! I thought maybe it was a band but Google turned up nothing. Thanks for enlightening me ☺️
@thetrophysystem36977 ай бұрын
I met him on a Monday and my heart stood still, Mr.Do run run run, Mr.Do run run
@RoxyDarknight7 ай бұрын
Yes Mr. Riggs! Loving the new background with the name and box art on the border! Love love love that! I do hope you continue to do that. Yes it's a small thing but so helpful since I get distracted and forget what game I'm looking at. Lol
@GamingtheOtter7 ай бұрын
If it was 96 we couldn't StreetPass though.
@jamiepike69097 ай бұрын
I thought your T Shirt said Panty Goblyn😂
@niveketihw18977 ай бұрын
I've been playing Tetris Attack on ZSNES for 22 years. I'm sure I have 2,000 to 3,000 hours on it.
@BradPrichard7 ай бұрын
Yooo. New JohnRiggs video. Love it.
@markglyons17 ай бұрын
I would love to see this type of video from every console
@jasonriffe65367 ай бұрын
hey again great job. this video was better because you showed the box art!!!! amazing. are you going to do your favorite snes games top 20-25, or the best rated snes games?? n64??
@goranisacson25027 ай бұрын
1996 feels like a special year in retrospect because I only played two of these back then, but have gone back to play far more in emulation. Feels like it was a year for polished games for a "matured" format, you can tell the devs had learned a lot of tricks and poured them all in. The ones I actually played back then on hardware were Maui Mallard, and Donkey Kong Country 3. I loved Maui Mallard for being a Donald game that gave Donald a bunch of cool stuff (for a ten year old, mind) like ninja-powers and dark, foreboding environments. I'm not sure I'd love the gameplay these days, I recall slightly floaty controls, but the atmosphere is tremendous. DKC3 is great to me because it's the same good old DKC style and gameplay plus lots to explore in a setting that reminded me of the Swedish wilderness I'd go on summer vacation trips- I think the intention is to emulate the Canadian wilderness, but those two biomes are kind of similar so it matches up. I played Super Mario RPG, Lufia 2, Mega Man X3 and Final Fight 3 on emulation. SMRPG never released here in Europe, but it's charm was clear back then and still works for the remake. Lufia 2 is indeed a prequel, and having played 2 before 1... man, 2 clears 1 and sets you up for grief. So fun, and even hade a rogue-like dungeon crawling sidequest. Man I wish they could make a Lufia collection. Mega and Final... I like them, but I wouldn't say they're really SPECIAL all things considered. FF3 is at least the most polished FF game. Cutthroat Island I remember because funnily enough, it got absolutely lambasted on its release date. Abysmal review scores in Swedish magazines, kinda curious to play it just to see if I agree. And Power Rangers Battle Racers was something I had NO idea even existed. Kind of ashamed of myself now, because I know of the fighting game but missed this...
@mtnslice7 ай бұрын
The chip Capcom used in Mega Man X3, the C4, was actually also used in Mega Man X2. It was used for the weird wireframe 3D-ish visuals like the sword mini boss and final boss in X2 and similarly in X3
@marbles86417 ай бұрын
Lufia 2 is not only a prequel to Lufia, but the end of Lufia 2 is the beginning/tutorial to Lufia.
@oneearrabbit6 ай бұрын
“It would have been one of those odd colored cartridges, not from Wisdom Tree, but from Color Dreams.” Color Dreams is Wisdom Tree.
@christopherreed38367 ай бұрын
Here when it said uploaded 2 minutes ago😃
@Linuxpunk817 ай бұрын
By 96 the snes was already in the rear view, I had moved on pc and Playstation then got my 64 later. I'm interested to see what's on the list
@PsychomachineryEBM7 ай бұрын
Nope, it was still a thing
@blitheringrando14106 ай бұрын
You finally wore me down and I subscribed 😂 your videos are addicting John
@imwalkworse62987 ай бұрын
Hey Riggs u still doing the Konami challenge?
@PhillipJackson-rl5ty7 ай бұрын
Enjoyed the video...✌️
@DanPantzig7 ай бұрын
That's Power Rangers ZEO, not Zero. But yes, Lufia 2 is a prequel.
@bestudesu48337 ай бұрын
Still shocked John doesn't have over a million subscribers. There are few youtubers out there as passionate about gaming as him.
@plaztik7677 ай бұрын
Great year.. just graduated high school at the time. They were getting the most out of SNES then.. Everyone waiting on the N64.. (Ultra 64) The scream from prehistoric man, is a sample from old Tom and Jerry cartoons..
@ilikecurry23454 күн бұрын
Take a shot every time someone points out Prehistorik Man's funny Tom scream.
@Finkwood7 ай бұрын
I bought a Tickle Me Elmo for my prom date that year. That sucker was HARD to find in a store. She was worth the effort, though. 😊
@MCastleberry19807 ай бұрын
Just wanted to reassure you that you were correct about Lufia lol The intro flashback in Lufia I is basically the ending of Lufia II
@jessragan67147 ай бұрын
I think Prehistorik Man's scream is actually a sample from Tom and Jerry! It sounds really, really familiar. And I like that game, especially on the Game Boy Advance where they made the soundtrack infectiously funky. It's definitely the black sheep of the Titus family, in that it doesn't suck.
@juangsantos7 ай бұрын
@johnriggs have you tried Final Fight One on the GBA? It has added features and unlockables
@JohnRiggs7 ай бұрын
now that I think of it, I don't think I have. I'll check it out tonight.
@ryanstonebraker94847 ай бұрын
I haven't heard of frantic flea. I like the art style on that. Ken Griffey Jr. Baseball also had a neat art style. The SNES was a new opportunity for developers to show their stuff in a way I thought in this time. Also, in pop culture, the music was good :)
@erneststackhouse11337 ай бұрын
In 96 i was into PC Gaming where you would carry your heavy PC & your lightest Monitor which was heavy too! Along with all your wires & do a LAN connection with your buddies to game. Got tired of it in 98 & went back to Console Games! i discovered N64 in 98 a whole two years after it came out! Never went back to that extent of PC gaming. Wish i would of stuck with SNES looks like a whole bunch of cool games that i have to get now!
@joshuaG_Sea7 ай бұрын
Great year. Great video.
@GoodVibeCollecting7 ай бұрын
1996 was the Super Nintendo's last hurrah. The fact that it was still pumping out hits that quickly became classics says something. I think many have no problem considering Super Mario RPG as the system's swan song but to me that goes to DKC 3. Street Fighter Alpha 2 was also '96 and a very impressive SNES port as well. Maui Mallard is about a dude, playing a dude, disguised as another dude.
@MotherKojiro7 ай бұрын
Kirby Super Star was so great; it was an excellent game on its own (Great Cave Offensive was my favorite), and a blast to play with a friend. Mega Man X3 is a favorite, too; very nearly my favorite of the X series, just under X8. Also, you are correct: Lufia 2 is the prequel to the original; my favorite part of the original was the introduction, and when I found out that 2 was all about the events leading up to that, I knew I had to have it. The three that came after it, (two sequels and a remake) not so much.
@ithydoodles7 ай бұрын
5:40 I love Bowser's Mario throwing weapon 😂😂😂 and 6:42 this was the only game that survived our house fire in 1997 😥. After we moved, my brother played that for quite some time after we got another snes. The plastic was horrib!y warped. 8:00 Also thought that the optional dungeon wasn't optional and didn't finish it until many years later 😂
@kumohara_3197 ай бұрын
Ken Griffey Jr was a top notch baseball game
@solonaravanroth87597 ай бұрын
war of the gem and kirby were both great rentals. Rented them from thrifty foods in sedro - woolley at least half a dozen times.
@CasperEgas7 ай бұрын
I think challenges are fun. If games are too easy, they often become boring.
@thetechn1que5185 ай бұрын
Krusty’s Funhouse as the comparison for SOS? I don’t know that game, seems like it’s Lemmings?
@mjdf1227 ай бұрын
Final Fight 3 was released 1995 for NTSC JP 1996 was PAL
@epicpotatofiend7 ай бұрын
I took me WAY too long to realize that shirt doesn’t say “panty goblin”
@MathieuLeblanc19917 ай бұрын
Spider Man was not an Avenger at the time of the game , he was one of the few characters that never got in until the 2000s
@JM-pm1yb7 ай бұрын
Nope! It was as early as 1991. He was a reserve member. But technically, still a member.
@WinterPunisher7 ай бұрын
Sorry man. Did not notice I was not subscribed. All fixed now. Keep up the great work!!!
@darktetsuya7 ай бұрын
I think I beat final fight 3 as a rom? would love to own the cart someday. also as I recall it even had a computer-controlled second player, not something you see often in beat-em-ups! mario RPG I probably rented back in the day, but never finished it at least until the Switch remaster dropped last year!
@mattm77987 ай бұрын
Lufia 2 does look like a Genesis game. I think it's the reduced color palate and the darker colors used. I'm sure the music was better than Genesis tho :)
@mjdf1227 ай бұрын
I’ve seen all from 1980-Now 1996 was a good year
@CarboneCat7 ай бұрын
I love Mario RPG. It’s a fun game, although on the easy side, the whole story was great and the music was fun.
@Mike__P7 ай бұрын
Ah 1996. When I got my Playstation and left Nintendo behind forever.
@Hoodooter7 ай бұрын
One more day and I get my upgraded badge... almost 3 years now.
@JohnRiggs7 ай бұрын
So close! haha. Thanks for being awesome.
@Hoodooter7 ай бұрын
@@JohnRiggs and thanks for the great content. I got a small gift for you, next time I catch ya at a convention.
@feelsbad63127 ай бұрын
I love this content thanks John!
@cadenmonier2187 ай бұрын
we had some genesis games in 96 when can we look at those
@holddamayo74747 ай бұрын
Hey John. I know ur a radio jockey and wanna recommend a game called “Killer Frequency” it’s about a radio host is ‘87 who has to solve murders in a small town
@zacharyagler30077 ай бұрын
Ignored Mario RPG in 96. Was turned off why would they do that to Mario. Plus I wanted a N64. Played Mario rpg later in life and loved it.
@PsychomachineryEBM7 ай бұрын
Just as note: the Macarena song came out in 91/92 if my memory still goes well
@JohnRiggs7 ай бұрын
Yeah, the song was out for a while. The dance, itself, wasn't trendy until a few years later. I just remember the Al Gore version during the 1996 candidacy and was, like, 'welp, that'll put an end to that once and for all'
@RedTabletTalk7 ай бұрын
In 1996 I was in seventh grade going to the eighth grade and during the summer of that year, I took my first flight with my aunt out of East Texas to Washington DC out of Shreveport, Louisiana airport and came back a week or two later. During that time on the plane , I played Wario Land Super Mario Land 3 on the game boy and while I was in DC, I rented that Ken Griffey Jr. baseball game and Yoshi’s Island Super Mario World 2 on the SNES from the local Blockbuster video store. It was a magical if not awkward time since I had reached puberty and thinking about girls and women all the time…
@jasonhubbard67757 ай бұрын
Is it true that a Mario RPG was Squaresoft's idea? Because their games weren't picking up steam in NA, so they wanted a character who was popular over here?
@selbyjohnson59867 ай бұрын
I loved Super Mario rpg even though it is a little too easy. I didn’t play many more of the 96 games.
@Real_The_Goof7 ай бұрын
I think there's actually maybe onky 3 Lufia games, 2 on snes and one on the GBA, and then they did remakes.. i might be wrong though.
@RichRetr07 ай бұрын
I had no idea there was a Power Rangers kart racer on SNES
@mattm77987 ай бұрын
I could never get into games like SM-RPG or Kingdom hearts because at least to me, the character's feel so out of place. But I know a ton of people love them so good on them.
@Iron-Van7 ай бұрын
I actually just saw the marvel war of the gems in my ROM collection the other night. I fired it up and squealed like a little fangirl when I found out I can play as Iron Man
@darkdemigod7 ай бұрын
too bad he's mid tier in the game despite having utility and high range of movement. if you actually want to play the game, spider-man with time gem low diffs it.
@standingbearwhisky7 ай бұрын
Do the ROAR!
@FreihEitner7 ай бұрын
Mr. Do on the Super Nintendo? Ooh! I remember it being on the Coleco Vision in the mid-80s and it was enjoyable but not entirely arcade-authentic. That SNES port looks like the arcade.
@JMDogg7 ай бұрын
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 was for the people whose parents couldn't afford/didn't wanna buy a new gen (at the time) console to buy Mortal Kombat Trilogy.
@steelcurtain1877 ай бұрын
Great year for gaming in general
@slappymcphee7 ай бұрын
Never could get into the Kirby games
@NinjaRunningWild7 ай бұрын
Too easy, cute, & kidsy.
@AkamoriRivals7 ай бұрын
I was 8 years old. Crazy soup.
@joemerkel207 ай бұрын
Wolverine is an avenger too.
@madspunky7 ай бұрын
Mega Man X3 had really bland level design, imo. And I loved Final Fight 3 because you had so many moves to try out! And what's really great about Ken Griffey Winning Run is that you can trade players to improve your team.
@one7decimal2eight7 ай бұрын
That caveman game ripped off the Tom scream from Tom and Jerry.
@caseywilliams41457 ай бұрын
People got trampled to death in the Toys R Us in Albuquerque New Mexico for a Tickle Me Elmo people were insane for that toy
@Marc_Araujo7 ай бұрын
Donkey Kong Country 3 was a masterpiece...UMK3 was diggity dogshit.
@markglyons17 ай бұрын
Are you going to do best and worst year sega
@JohnRiggs7 ай бұрын
I plan on it. I've already done a few but not all.
@danielsantana5407 ай бұрын
I own marvel super heroes war of the gems. I think its a cool game
@10thmountainsoldier907 ай бұрын
I was 14
@p1xai7 ай бұрын
i'm one of the few who found DKC 3 better than DKC 2 (the soundtrack is much better in DKC 2)