So at this point, adding games to your SNES Classic is trivial (grab an app, connect your SNES Classic to your PC, click a few buttons, done). The SNES Classic comes with a good list of games, but it's missing some must have gems.
Although it's possible to use external storage and put the entire SNES ROM set on there, what's the fun in that? So there's a few rules for this thread...
1) There's a 30 game limit. Why 30? Because this is about how many covers can be shown on the thumbnail bar.
2) Although 30 is the limit, you can choose any number of games less than 30 if you desire.
3) You can choose ONLY SNES and SFC games (I say this because it's possible to load emulators for other consoles).
4) You CAN remove any of the original 21 games if you choose, so all 30 games are up to you!
5) In the spirit of "I wish THIS is the list of games Nintendo included," no hacks, homebrew, or similar. Just officially released games.
"What's your favorite X games for X console?" threads have been done to death, but I thought this would be fun nonetheless since it's a real situation. I've decided that I want to add games to my SNES Classic using the above rules, and I thought it would make for a fun thread. I'm going to post my list later on, I want to think about it some first.
I think the list of games that Nintendo included are all solid choices with the exception of one. Kirby's Dream Course. I understand that there's licensing to consider for third party games, but there are so many first party SNES games that they could (and should) have included instead of Kirby's Dream Course. SimCity, Pilotwings or Kirby's Dreamland 3 would have been much better choices. But I think it's criminal that they included Kirby's Dream Course over SUPER MARIO ALL STARS!
SNES Classic - What's YOUR list of games ?
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OK, I think I've come up with my list!
Subtract:
Kirby's Dream Course
Add:
Arkanoid - Doh It Again
Donkey Kong Country 2
Donkey Kong Country 3
Final Fight 3
Hook
Mortal Kombat II
Super Bomberman 2
Super Mario All-Stars
TMNT IV - Turtles in Time
Zombies Ate My Neighbors
So my complete game list would be:
The only game I removed from the original 21 is Kirby's Dream Course, so I was only able to add 10 games to the existing ones. This was really hard to do. I had to ax quite a few of my favorite games. But my goal was to have a list of good games to have a plug-and-play style console, not necessarily my all-time favorite 30 SNES games. I was tempted to remove Super Mario World and add the version of All-Stars that includes SMW, but I wanted to keep as many of the original 21 games as I could. I also wanted to make sure I was adding games that have good 2-player modes in addition to being a great single player game. And after considering this, I realized that the original 21 is lacking beat em ups! That said, I also wanted to make sure I had a good range of genres.
So I only ever intend to use the SNES Classic as a plug and play type of console. That said, I wanted games on there that I can play at any time. For example, E.V.O. Search for Eden is one of my favorite SNES games, but how often can you play it? Versus something like a platformer that you can play often. I envision bringing my SNES Classic around with me, and who knows what mood I'll be in? So I needed to choose games that I'm almost ALWAYS in the mood to play. And then it would be a bonus if I had some good multi player games on there, if I happen to bring it somewhere with friends.
I feel like my additions are real obvious ones, with the exception of two. Arkanoid Doh it Again and Hook. These two are favorites of mine that probably aren't nearly as popular as I would think they are.
Arkanoid Doh it Again, unlike the NES Arkanoid, is relaxing. It isn't insane and boarder line impossible to beat like the NES game. And there's MANY more levels. I don't enjoy playing it on a real SNES so much these days because the passwords are such a pain in the ass, so this will definitely benefit from save states! I wanted to get at least one good puzzle game on the SNES Classic. It was between this, Bust-A-Move, and Little Magic (SFC) which are probably my three favorite puzzle games for the SNES. I went with Arkanoid because it has a 2-player mode and level builder, so I figured I'd get more bang for my buck. I just discovered The Lost Vikings which I really like, but it's too new to me to be a favorite just yet.
Hook is my favorite SNES platformer after the Mario games. It's not too long, but I'd give it a high score in every other department. It's definitely one of those games that I can plow through often and never get bored with it, so it must go on my SNES Classic for that reason alone! Although it's not long, it doesn't have any passwords or save function which is always a bad thing in my adult life. So this will benefit from save states as well.
Subtract:
Kirby's Dream Course
Add:
Arkanoid - Doh It Again
Donkey Kong Country 2
Donkey Kong Country 3
Final Fight 3
Hook
Mortal Kombat II
Super Bomberman 2
Super Mario All-Stars
TMNT IV - Turtles in Time
Zombies Ate My Neighbors
So my complete game list would be:
The only game I removed from the original 21 is Kirby's Dream Course, so I was only able to add 10 games to the existing ones. This was really hard to do. I had to ax quite a few of my favorite games. But my goal was to have a list of good games to have a plug-and-play style console, not necessarily my all-time favorite 30 SNES games. I was tempted to remove Super Mario World and add the version of All-Stars that includes SMW, but I wanted to keep as many of the original 21 games as I could. I also wanted to make sure I was adding games that have good 2-player modes in addition to being a great single player game. And after considering this, I realized that the original 21 is lacking beat em ups! That said, I also wanted to make sure I had a good range of genres.
So I only ever intend to use the SNES Classic as a plug and play type of console. That said, I wanted games on there that I can play at any time. For example, E.V.O. Search for Eden is one of my favorite SNES games, but how often can you play it? Versus something like a platformer that you can play often. I envision bringing my SNES Classic around with me, and who knows what mood I'll be in? So I needed to choose games that I'm almost ALWAYS in the mood to play. And then it would be a bonus if I had some good multi player games on there, if I happen to bring it somewhere with friends.
I feel like my additions are real obvious ones, with the exception of two. Arkanoid Doh it Again and Hook. These two are favorites of mine that probably aren't nearly as popular as I would think they are.
Arkanoid Doh it Again, unlike the NES Arkanoid, is relaxing. It isn't insane and boarder line impossible to beat like the NES game. And there's MANY more levels. I don't enjoy playing it on a real SNES so much these days because the passwords are such a pain in the ass, so this will definitely benefit from save states! I wanted to get at least one good puzzle game on the SNES Classic. It was between this, Bust-A-Move, and Little Magic (SFC) which are probably my three favorite puzzle games for the SNES. I went with Arkanoid because it has a 2-player mode and level builder, so I figured I'd get more bang for my buck. I just discovered The Lost Vikings which I really like, but it's too new to me to be a favorite just yet.
Hook is my favorite SNES platformer after the Mario games. It's not too long, but I'd give it a high score in every other department. It's definitely one of those games that I can plow through often and never get bored with it, so it must go on my SNES Classic for that reason alone! Although it's not long, it doesn't have any passwords or save function which is always a bad thing in my adult life. So this will benefit from save states as well.
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I've been thinking this over, as I recently received a customized SNES Classic. However, my fiancee has also declared there are several games that we must play together, so I don't think she'd ever let me remove them. I was considering swapping out everything I'd beaten and continuously updating based on what I play through, but that may not be the case. I'll have to mull it around a bit more.
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I don't really want to remove any of the included games on my SNES classic, but there are nine I'd like to add. I'm thinking I need to add a few beat 'em ups to my SNES classic.
-Turtles in Time
-Final Fight
-Knights of the Round
-Super Double Dragon
-Captain Commando
-King of Dragons
-Maximum Carnage
-Separation Anxiety
Oh, and come to think of it....
-Sparkster! I'm a big fan of Rocket Knight Adventures on Genesis, but I've never played the SNES sequel. I should check it out.
-Turtles in Time
-Final Fight
-Knights of the Round
-Super Double Dragon
-Captain Commando
-King of Dragons
-Maximum Carnage
-Separation Anxiety
Oh, and come to think of it....
-Sparkster! I'm a big fan of Rocket Knight Adventures on Genesis, but I've never played the SNES sequel. I should check it out.
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Ack wrote:However, my fiancee has also declared there are several games that we must play together, so I don't think she'd ever let me remove them.
Damn, Ack. Why you gotta hold out on all the details? Shoot. (Translation: What games are those? I'm curious.)
My list is going to look pretty funky to most, but in alphabetical order:
- Donkey Kong Country 3
- Cosmo Gang: The Video
- Dragon Quest I & II
- Dragon Quest III
- Dragon Quest V
- Final Fantasy V
- Hamelin no Violin-hiki
- Jaki Crush
- Kidou Senshi Gundam: Cross Dimension 0079 (for the nostalgias)
- Kishin Douji Zenki: Battle Raiden
- Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei (for Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei)
- Mickey's Magical Adventure
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Fighting Edition
- Rockman & Forte
- Rockman X
- Seiken Densetsu 3
- Shin Kidou Senki Gundam Wing: Endless Duel
- Shin Megami Tensei
- Soul Blader
- Super Mario RPG
- Super Mario: Yoshi Island
- Terranigma
- Umihara Kawase
A few of those are just in there to fill things out a little more--like Dragon Quest V, and Shin Megami Tensei--even though I'd rather play them on other consoles.
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pierrot wrote:Ack wrote:However, my fiancee has also declared there are several games that we must play together, so I don't think she'd ever let me remove them.
Damn, Ack. Why you gotta hold out on all the details? Shoot. (Translation: What games are those? I'm curious.)
Ha, sorry, I was rushing when I typed. These are the games she demands be kept:
Super Mario World
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Mario Kart
These are all games she used to play with friends or in college while sitting in someone's dorm waiting for them to get out of class. They hold a lot of good memories for her. We've revisited Mario Kart a few times, but this may get her into the game room more.
Well, that and if I could find a decent chair for her. She complains about how I play games on the floor.
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Get a high-quality bean bag chair, like a Fuf
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Oh, I was kind of expecting them to all be multiplayer, like maybe she really wanted to get good at Street Fighter II, or something, but that’s cool.
I actually can’t believe you game on the floor still. No wonder you only play thing on PC these days.
I actually can’t believe you game on the floor still. No wonder you only play thing on PC these days.
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Haha, I've pretty much always played console games while sitting on the floor. I am from Alabama, after all.
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pierrot wrote:[*]Kidou Senshi Gundam: Cross Dimension 0079 (for the nostalgias)
Ah yes, who among us doesn't feel wave upon wave of childhood nostalgia whenever the phrase "cross dimension 0079" is uttered? I'm tearing up just thinking about it.