Here are the Real 5-Star SNES Games

I recently did a video featuring the 5-star games from the Ultimate Nintendo SNES book. Several games were missing so here's a look at those awesome Super Nintendo games that should have made the list.

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[beanwithbacon]

Out of all the retro YouTubers, Riggs is the one I'd want to just hang out and play games with more than anyone else. Easily the best retro channel and personality on the site.

[Stinger]

F-Zero is absolutely a 5-star. A 5-star classic! I too was never very big on racing games, but another one I really enjoyed was Extreme G on N64.

[christopherdavis]

I never got to play these games growing up but your love for them is infectious! Now I want to play them all

[seconddimension]

We would spend countless hours playing Mario Kart and battling it out with our group of friends over the weekends. It just had so much play and replay value.

[travishnatiuk]

The lost Vikings was an all-timer for me. I thought the ingenuity to make a puzzler actually fun and exciting waa amazing. The mechanics worked seamlessly and the level design was unique and rarely redundant. Story was typically 90s over the top wacky but had a few laughs as well. Definitely a hidden gem

[Joshhow]

Yay Demons Crest. I love that game. Another game that I personally rate 5 stars is Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinistrals, I would love to see more people try that wonderful JRPG.

[OG-SherlockHolmes]

MK 3, Super Punchout, Killer Instinct, Illusion of Gaia, Secret of Mana. Probably a few more, snes was absolutely loaded.

[michaelreddy]

I got my first job out of college in 1996 when my local Kay-bee's and Toy's R Us was clearing out there SNES games. Every two weeks I would stop in and pick up two or three games for around 60 bucks. I remember picking up the Mega Man X Trilogy for 10 or 15 bucks each and Earthbound and E.V.O. for $5 bucks each.

[shenloken]

Mario Paint still is pretty fun today.
I definitely like the music making and flyswatter mini game!
Great music too!! As far as presentation goes: 5 Stars!!

[sponge]

Even though I was a Sega kid. But my sister owned a SNES. I got to play all the best games during the infamous console wars. FF2, FF3, Contra 3, TMNT, Super Mario World, Sim City, Mario Paint, Zelda Link to The Past and etc. All amazing games. Best time of my childhood.

[DarksladeDiaries]

Zombies Ate My Neighbors is an awesome game. Sometimes referred to as "Goofy Gauntlet" by my daughter and myself, this is such an awesome one or two player game. Colorful, cartoony and '50s driven in my opinion. It's like playing a comic book almost. Great choice.

...but Axelay? yeesh..

[omegaweapon]

F-Zero was the first game I bought with my own money when I was a kid because I didn't have enough money for Chrono Trigger or Final Fantasy III. This was around 1995. I ended up loving the game and there was even a little comic in the instruction manual. The gameplay and music were way better than what I was expecting.

[LinkMEP]

My main missing 6-star from the guidebook would be Illusion of Gaia. So underrated! Other ones I find missing would be Flashback, Secret of Mana, and Kirby Super Star.

[sutorippuwebmaster]

What I used to do in MarioPaint to make myself laugh irrationally was go into the music mode and select the Twinkle Twinkle Little Star song, then change all the stars to cats and turn the speed up. I was easily amused.

[peppygrowlithe]

Love the list! I would definitely include Secret of Mana on there for the gorgeous world, insanely good OST, and three player co-op. Even if the battle system wasn't perfect its strengths more than make up for it!

[MidlifeTimeCrisis]

A friend in school and I would trade our copies of Mario Paint every day or so to see what the other drew. Always tried to top each other. Sometimes we would alter a pic the other drew like add stuff or change things. I think I still have his cartridge lol

[Nightweaver]

I agree with most of those, and played a lot of them growing up. So nice to see a channel like this do some nostalgic looks back at my gaming childhood.

[iconoclast]

i'm 39 and i find your channel to be extremely entertaining and nostalgic and comforting. thank you for curating this magical time in history for the modern world. keep up the great work!

[jeremyscout]

My phone's ringtone is actually the briefing music from Pilotwings. There's something so incredibly nostalgic about it. Reminds me of staying over at a friend's house back in the real early 90s playing SNES late into the night.

[paine]

Pilotwings for both snes and n64 have always been underrated. In my opinion. Superb games.