Games

3 Ninjas Kick Back

Malibu Interactive · 1994

The first game in my alphabetical project, and the first (of many) 90s movie tie-in platformers! Based on the 1994 movie of the same name.

• Platformer
• Licensed

The 7th Saga

Produce! · 1993

The first of many Super Nintendo JRPGs. This one is punishing, infuriating, beautiful and original.

• RPG

90 Minutes: European Prime Goal

Namco · 1995

First we had platformers, then JRPGs, now a sports game, and the trifecta of popular game types on the SNES is complete. Namco's Japan-only Prime Goal series reworked for a European audience.

• Sports
• Football

A.S.P Air Strike Patrol

Opus Corp. · 1994

4 games, and 4 different genres. People are going to start thinking I'm lying about the SNES being full of platformers, and RPGs! Just you wait though...

• Action
• Shoot 'em up

Aaahh!!! Real Monsters

Realtime Associates · 1995

The second of the licensed platformers on my list, but certainly not the last! Is it better than 3 Ninja's Kick Back? Stay tuned to find out.

• Platformer
• Licensed

ABC Monday Night Football

Data East & Kuusoukagaku Corp. · 1993

Ladies and Gentlemen, a second sports game has hit our SNES list, and it sure is...something

• Sports

ACME Animation Factory

Probe Software · 1994

Not exactly a game, but it released on the SNES and begins with a letter, so it has to count

• Educational
• Licensed

ActRaiser

Quintet · 1990

Is it another action platformer? Yes, and no...Part platform hack & slash, part city builder God game. Innovative, and fantastic.

• Platformer
• City Builder

ActRaiser 2

Quintet · 1993

The sequel to one of the most innovative and fun games on the SNES, with 3 years of development time but only a year gap for us in the UK, could anything go wrong here at all?!...

• Platformer

The Addams Family

Ocean Software · 1992

We're back in the domain of the licensed platformer, and this is the first game on the list that's going to get a much higher score than it deserves because I owned it, I grew up playing it, and I'll be reviewing it with rose tinted glasses firmly implanted into my face.

• Platformer
• Licensed

Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt

Ocean Software · 1993

A sequel (ish) to The Addams Family coming out just a year later with a very similar gameplay style, but based on the animated series rather than the movie. Can it live up to the first game?

• Platformer
• Licensed

Addams Family Values

Ocean Software · 1995

The third Addams Family game in a row, Addams Family Values rounds out a *sort of* trilogy in an entirely new way.

• Action Adventure
• Licensed

The Adventures of Batman & Robin

Konami · 1994

The first beat-em-up on the list, and in a surprising twist, it's a licensed one, that's 8 out of the first 13 games. Is it good? Yes, yes it is.

• Beat-em-up
• Licensed

The Adventures of Dr. Franken

Motivetime Ltd · 1993

The first non licensed platformer of the series is finally here, and I'm really hoping it's not a sign of things to come...

• Platformer

Adventures of Mighty Max

WJS Design · 1994

The indication that the SNES is full of licensed platformers is really coming to fruition now, it has to be better than Dr. Franken though, right?

• Platformer
• Licensed

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends

Absolute Entertainment · 1993

Based on the animated series of the same name, Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends is the second licensed platformer in a row so far, please be better than the last one.

• Platformer
• Licensed

Adventures of Yogi Bear

Blue Turtle · 1994

The final game in our "Adventures of" series we seem to have been stuck in recently, this time we're talking about everyone's favourite 60's bear, Yogi. Yes, it's another licensed platformer!

• Platformer
• Licensed

Aero Fighters

Video System · 1993

Aero Fighters is the second shoot em up on the list, but the first pure "traditional" vertical shoot em up, ported straight from the arcades.

• Action
• Shoot em up

Aero the Acro-Bat

Iguana Entertainment · 1993

A circus-themed mascot platformer from the exact centre of the attitude era.

• Platformer
• Mascot

Aero the Acro-Bat 2

Aerobiz

Aerobiz Supersonic

Air Cavalry

Al Unser Jr.'s Road to the Top

Aladdin

Alfred Chicken

Alien vs Predator

American Gladiators

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

Andre Agassi Tennis

Animaniacs

Another World

Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 1

Arcana

Archer McLean's Super Dropzone

Ardy Lightfoot

Arkanoid: Doh It Again

Art of Fighting

Asterix

Asterix & Obelix

Axelay

Konami · 1992

Konami's showcase shooter, alternating horizontal stages with vertical ones that bend the planet's surface toward you. Queued up next.

• Shoot 'em up