Tero's Top 10 - SNES

Well, I'm taking a one-week break from videos, so now here's another filler post for you all.

The SNES is probably my favourite of all systems. It basically takes what the NES did well and expands on it in every way. There's just such an amazing line up of classics for this thing.

1 - Megaman X
2 - Secret of Mana
3 - Super Mario World
4 - Chrono Trigger
5 - Kirby Super Star
6 - NBA Jam TE
7 - Biker Mice from Mars
8 - Super Mario RPG
9 - Seiken Densetsu 3
10 - Robotrek


Actually, I've always considered the SNES a "boring" system to make a list of best games for, you can see there's absolutely nothing surprising in the top 5 except for "what order they go in".

Speaking of ordering, I have retroactively changed this entry so that Megaman X is in slot 1. I've always been debating MMX vs SoM for slot 1 on SNES, but as time has gone on, I've shifted towards MMX more and more. For one thing, I've always had trouble calling SoM a 10.0 game (I think I'd give it about 9.9 or 9.8, as good as it is, there are some definite detractions), but I don't feel that way about Megaman X. Megaman X is an easy 10.0.

The bottom 5 is where the list gets somewhat personalized. SD3 being on here shouldn't surprise anyone, seeing as how Secret of Mana is such a favourite of mine. NBA Jam TE is here because it's a fantastic multiplayer game, and perhaps moreso than any other game it can cheer me up in minutes no matter what the issue is. The other two games you probably haven't ever heard of, but they're great - Biker Mice from Mars is what you'd get if you took Rock and Roll Racing and made every part of it better.

I spent ages on Robotrek vs EVO for slot 10, they're both quirky favourites, one is an odd RPG based on making robots, the other is a platformer based on Evolution. In the end I went with the one I've played through more times.

It's probably considered scandalous that Link to the Past, Super Metroid, Final Fantasy 6, and Donkey Kong Country aren't here. You'd probably see all of them if the list was expanded to the top 20, they just don't quite make my top 10. As mentioned above, I consider SNES to have the strongest library ever, so all of its top 25 would probably be top 10 material on some other systems.

Interestingly, almost all of these are games I played when I was younger (including SD3, I had a Japanese friend who had the cart). I don't think this is so much indicative of bias so much as I just happened to have very good taste even back then. After all, by the time I was 12 I had probably played as many games as many people will play in their entire lives. The only exception to this is Biker Mice from Mars, which was recommended to me only recently, but I knew it would have to go on the list the moment I played it (it ended up bumping fellow SNES racer F1 ROC 2 off the list).

It's a good thing I bought Chrono Trigger back when it was cheap, too.

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My site has finally reached 1000 hits! And they aren't all me! The counter doesn't count me!


Thanks to everyone who has visited this site, and special thanks to all of those who came back after the first time. I hope you're enjoying it.

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Something Big is Coming

Okay, I spent most of tonight recording a new video, but I'm not posting it yet for a mysterious reason (and no, it's not ENTIRELY just to build suspense).

To tide you over until next week, here's a filler post. I'll probably get around to writing up all the systems I've spent a fair amount of time with eventually.

Tero's Top 10 - NES

The question "what are your favourite games" is one that comes up a lot in games communities (I've even joked it's the gamer's equivalent of "What's your sign"). My answers change constantly, both because I'm always playing new games and because I can't remember what I answered last time.

Still, it seems like a good thing to go in a blog about Classic Gaming because blogs are supposed to be vaguely personal and it's something I've made reference to a lot of times. It also buys me several posts worth of filler. Don't be surprised if these posts randomly change in the future.

And of course, you'll probably disagree. That's not surprising. Note that it says "favourite games", not necessarily "what do you think are the best games".

I'll start with the NES, because it's the system I've covered the most here.

1 - Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
2 - Snake Rattle n' Roll
3 - Bubble Bobble
4 - River City Ransom
5 - Double Dragon 2
6 - Super Mario Bros
7 - Kirby's Adventure
8 - Stunt Kids
9 - Mega Man 3
10 - MC Kids

Apart from the top 2 slots, this is very difficult to choose, but I forced myself to only pick 10. One pattern is that the top 5 games all have simultaneous co-op - the NES is one of the greatest co-op systems available, and you can see that dominance reflected here.

Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers has always been my favourite NES game, and it's definitely the single game I've beaten the most times total. It's a very easy game, but it's extremely well made and is still fun even when you're extremely good at it. I always recommend it to anyone who is just starting at gaming, because I believe it's the best game ever at what it does.

Snake Rattle 'n Roll is pretty much on the opposite end of the spectrum. Where CnD is just extremely solid but conventional, SRnR (what is it with NES and 'n?) is extremely unique. It's an isometric platformer with gameplay that can really only be called bizarre. Still, it's very fun, and most people I know who know what it is rate it pretty high. It's also pretty hard, actually, I only beat it for the first time a few weeks before I made the video of it and I've had it since childhood.

Of course, I'm sure I'll take some flak for including MC Kids and not Super Mario Bros 3. I've always slightly preferred MC Kids to SMB3, mostly because of its emphasis on exploration. I prefer SMW to SMB3 (and to MC Kids, for that matter) for mostly the same reason.

Most of the rest of the choices should be familiar to NES fans. Astute viewers may notice that I eventually subbed out DuckTales for Kirby's Adventure, it just didn't feel right leaving Kirby off the list after I went back and played it again.