i used to love my nes and snes and i still play on them! nothing can beat the classics!

who would rather play a snes then a gamecube or WII?

[vinvader]

I loved my snes and I think it's one of the best consoles ive owned especially for all the fantastic RPG's! I don't know about rather playing it than my Wii though because ive got the best of both worlds! I get to play Mario Galaxy etc and when ive had enough of that I can go on the virtual console and play what ever snes games ive purchased!

[Haggler]

Cracking machine, loved donkey kong country 1,2 and 3 and played them all for hours trying to get every last bonus medal. Loved the marios, yoshis island, ghouls & ghosts and sf2, killer instinct also got some serious hammer.

On the rpg front i nailed illusion of time, secret of mana, zelda, actraiser amongst others and my personal favourite terranigma, which i played through about three times.

I think it comes down to what they were willing to put in, back in the day when developers couldn't rely on fantastic graphics to sell a game they had to work harder on the actual gameplay, donkey kong country 2 and 3 already had state of the art graphics for their time so instead had a dearth of secret bonuses to collect and a complete new island became available if you got them all.

The snes still is a brilliant machine, hence the amount of emulators available for it, it's just been surpassed in the graphical stakes, although the step up from gamecube to wii graphically is rather insignificant IMO

[Tetlee]

Originally Posted by vinvader

I loved my snes and I think it's one of the best consoles ive owned especially for all the fantastic RPG's! I don't know about rather playing it than my Wii though because ive got the best of both worlds! I get to play Mario Galaxy etc and when ive had enough of that I can go on the virtual console and play what ever snes games ive purchased!

Exactly as above, the SNES was without a doubt one of the best consoles I've ever owned, it's up in the loft of my flat somewhere and you can be sure that after years of abuse it would still work if I were there to dig it out.

With the Wii Virtual Console now though there's little reason to miss the old greyish box, unless you still own a ton of SNES original games then it's far easier(not to mention cheaper) to re-build your collection of classics from the Wii VC.

Now if Nintendo would just hurry up and release SNES MarioKart on there

[virtual22]

I was in the loft last night looking for stuff and came across my old SNES that must have been up there for around ten years now. My kids got a wii last year and a DS recently and are Nintendo mad now, especially anything Mario orientated. Anyway, I got everything out the box and there was no power lead . I cannot imagine not saving this so went back up in the loft and found it, plugged it all in upstairs then had to prize my 3 year old off Mario & Yoshi at bed time.

Despite having all the modern stuff they're still happy to play the SNES games just because it's Mario and Nintendo.

I'm looking forward to a bit of a Street Fighter 2 session tonight as well

[ABTForce4]

Mystic Quest is a fantastic game on SNES, I think it was labelled as Final Fantasy 1 in the US. Ibougt my snes of the 'bay only within the last few years and its awesome. I don't have all that many games for it but I only buy mint condition boxed games lol

[BlueOrange25]

The SNES takes me back to my childhood and the classic days of 2D gaming. Partly from the quality of the games on the console, and the nostalgia factor, I've got a bit of a soft spot for that era. Takes me back to a time when I got excited about gaming rather than the old codger's cynicism I've got now .

The Virtual Console is a welcome feature of the next gen for me.

[nicklone86]

The SNES was my first games console and by far the best. I loved every second of playing it and have downloaded about 15 games on the VC for it! IT makes me smile that the classic controller is shaped like a SNES pad. What really gets me though is how I completed these games as a kid and today as a seasoned gamer I have no chance! Shows how easy gaming has become nowadays!

[BrownCan]

Excellent post, below is my take.

SNES is no doubt the best gaming console I have ever played. It was almost 13 years ago when got my hands on it. Used to cover it in plastic sheets, clean it completely, cleaned all the cartridges frequently

The first one which I got was FINAL FIGHT 2. I had only one cartridge at that moment (as it was expensive to buy new ones) so had to trade it with my friends to play others. But eventually got others as well. Below are the games which I played. I hope I'm able to recall all of them:

- Final Fight 2
- Mystic Quest
- Killer Instinct
- Jurassic Park 1 & 2
- Street Fighter Series
- Ranma 1/2
- International Super Star Soccer
- Super Battle Tank 2
- Super Metroid
- Zelda
- Super Mario Bros
- Secrets of Evermore
- Donkey Kong 1 & 2
- Chrono Trigger
- Final Fantasy 7 (Jap version)
- Fighter's History
- Wrestle Mania
- RAW

I think more? I don't remember.

Anyways, I still miss those days and those games. I also had Game Boy with various titles.

But unfortunately I sold my SNES for a Panasonic 3DO.

Cheers

[Haggler]

Originally Posted by BrownCan

But unfortunately I sold my SNES for a Panasonic 3DO.

that must rank as one of the worst exchanges in the history of gaming.

[BrownCan]

by Haggler: that must rank as one of the worst exchanges in the history of gaming.

I agree

[Mike83]

I still love my SNES. Here it is only last month.

[everett_psycho]

that zelda was (IMHO) one of the best games ever, I can still happily play that and the one on the original gameboy from start to finish and enjoy it as much as i did 15 years ago, albeit it's a bit easier now i've finished them both countless times

[Dodgy_Geezer]

I can hold my head up high and say I still have my original SNES complete with all original boxes and packaging in mint condition. This is the one that came bundled with Super Mario.

Particular highlights are finding all 96(?) levels of Super Mario. Big fan of the multitap and 4 player titles. Other games I remember (and in bold, that I still have) are:

Actraiser (weird game this one )
Alien 3
Axelay
Batman Returns (first proper alternative to Final Fight)
Cybernator
Darius Twin
Donkey Kong Country
F-Zero
FIFA International Soccer
Fatal Fury
Final Fight (import for uncensured version)
Gradius III (superb music)
Human Grand Prix IV
International Superstar Soccer Deluxe
Killer Instinct (spent hours trying to get a 47 hit combo)
Legend Of The Mystical Ninja (wonderfully oriental music and the only RPG type game I ever enjoyed)
Mario Kart
Micro Machines 2
Mortal Kombat 2
NBA Jam Tourny
Panic Bomberman (doesn't work on a PAL SNES with adaptor, I bought a Super Famicom just so I could play this game )
Parodius
Pilotwings
Pop n Twinbee
Pop n Twinbee Rainbow Adventures
Raiden
Rock n Roll Racing
Saturday Night Slam Masters
Smash Tennis
Sonic Blastman
Starfox
Street Figher 2
Street Fighter 2 Turbo
Street Fighter Alpha 2
Street Racer
Stunt Race FX
Sunset Riders
Super Adventure Island (fabulous music)
Super Aleste (one of the finest SEU's ever I reckon with zero slowdown )
Super Bomberman (the original is still the best)
Super Castlevania
Super Double Dragon (Jap import for the full version - PAL was screwed around with)
Super Ghouls n Ghosts
Super Mario Allstars
Super Metroid (really couldn't get into this at all)
Super R-Type
Super Smash TV
Super Soccer
Super Star Wars (textbook example of what a film tie in should be)
Super Street Fighter 2
Super Tennis
Super Turrican 2
Tiny Toon Adventures
Top Gear 2
Top Gear 3000 (not very good but quite rare)
Turtles In Time (another import, I couldn't wait for the PAL release)
Turtles Tournament Fighters (Aura Crusher move sounded suspiciously like swearing)
UN Squadron
WWF Raw
Zombies Ate My Neighbours (shame it's not Gordon Brown)

The Big One missing which I've not yet played is Yoshi's Island. And at the risk of inviting a clobbering, I reckon Axelay and Super Probotector were overrated

*ducks*

Still keep an eye out for titles I like to play. The whole Wii VC thing is a bit of a con I reckon. I've already bought these games, I'll be damned if I pay to download them again to play on some cloud computing device

Whole reason I bought a SNES was SF2. When I first saw that game, I just had to buy a SNES and still remember the very morning when I went to the shop and handed over £65 for a US version of SF2 with adaptor. That was the longest gaming session ever, came back, stuck SF2 on at noon and didn't switch it off again till well past midnight. Summed up perfectly by a mate and SF2 fan who happened to pop by that day. He saw a perfect port of SF2 on the TV and just said "what the hell is that!"

To this day, I reckon it's still the best fighting game ever. What are your reasons for getting one of these fantastic consoles?