The Best (and Worst) SNES Games of 1996

SNES was still making great games in 1996. Here's a look at the games you were playing on Super Nintendo if you were playing them new in '96.

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[alanfike]

Thank you for keeping the name and box art on the screen when you discuss a game. Remember when sports used to flash the score every 15 minutes? The way other game video hosts talk about games with hardly a mention of the title, maybe one mention at the beginning, reminds me of how we used to have to wait for TV sports producers to flash the score again.

[jamesmoss]

Final Fight 3, Street Fighter Alpha 2, Mega Man X3, Super Mario RPG, and more are brilliant in 1996 on the snes. 😀👍🎮

[shenloken]

DKC3 is considered the lesser of the DKC trilogy on SNES. But the side quests with the Banana Birds and Brothers Bear to get the full experience actually made it the one with more replay value of the three.
And who can’t help but feel nostalgic while watching Wrinkly play a Nintendo 64 while that Mario 64 tune plays?

[_boof]

I like this series. It allows me to checkout games I never played. Don’t stop doing this.

[MarcusCroy]

Hey John. This is Marcus from Kerrville Texas. You were talking about RPGs I'm probably as old as you are. My first RPG. Was dragonstomper for the Atari 2600. Then I got dragon warrior free for my second RPG. When I renew my Nintendo subscription. And then it was super Mario RPG. Love all three of them:-)

[whispersignal]

The yell/roar in Prehistoric Man sounds like the original yell from the 1940's/1950's Tom & Jerry. Fun game! I only knew if from the Switch Online thingie.

[WavesNGames]

I didn't even know DKC3 existed until like 2004 because we were so amped for the 64 that I missed a lot from this year.
Also I was 9, so I wasn't really following all the releases yet.

[catholicactionbibleonlyist]

96, I was 8
Did not know there was a Casper video game until last year

[Matt-Rat]

I have an opinion on some of those games. (If you see ...., that means I never played it.)

Final Fight 3: Fun beat em up. One of my 30 favorite SNES games

Mega Man X3: Good but not my favorite. I believe the chip you said about is for wireframe. I played X2 which had that chip and the wire frame was so cool.

Prehistorik Man: (That roar is Tom Cats scream from Tom and Jerry.)

S.O.S. - Sink or Swim:

Cutthroat Island: I didn't care for it

Frantic Flea: ....

The Branies: I take the Adventures of Lolo trilogy on NES

Power Piggs of the Dark Ages:

Super Mario RPG: My 2nd favorite game of all time. It puts a smile on my face!

Ken Griffey JR Winning Run:

Lufia 2: Haven't beat it but I really like it. Battle music is awesome!

Mohawk and Headphone Jack:

Tetris Attack: Love this game. Especially that song during Yoshi stage.

Kirby Super Star: One of my 30 SNES titles ever!! No joke! It's a wonderful game everyone needs to play at least once!!

Ms. Pacman: Not a bad port of the arcade classic.

Power Rangers Zeo: Battle Racers: .... (I own the other 3 Power Ranger games. Not this one.)

Ultimate Mortal kombat 3: Man, this game is tough but I like it

Donkey Kong Country 3: Finally completed the whole game a few days ago. I take the first 2 Donkey Kong Country games but it isn't a bad game. I recommend it.

Marvel Super Heroes: War of the Gems:

Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow: Haven't got to far yet it's fun to play

Casper:

Incantation:

Mr. Do:

[kuruptein]

Perfect timing.. mowing one of my favorite properties and I get to listen about games..I can't see I'll rewatch later. Thanks John

[claymccoy]

2:42: Sounds like a Tom's scream from Tom and Jerry.

[ddelora]

2:42 that roar is Tom from Tom n Jerry screaming from getting hurt

[Dagasm]

Love these videos. I never played half of those games nor heard of a few of them before, was too focused on the N64 release by then. I'm surprised no one made a comment about Wolverine being an Avenger, although I believe it was far after the War of the Gems game was released.

[JLAvey]

Star Ocean came out in 1996. Tales of Phantasia came out December of 1995, so close enough. Yes, I realize they were not translated that year and that doesn't make them less the best two RPGs on the console.

[Films]

I used to own the PC version of the Toy Story video game when it first came out. That came with a demo for Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow. It was fun. Showed off the game a bit. It took me about 25 years before I actually bought it for SNES, but I had fun with it. It was a trip down memory lane.

[retrobear]

I loathed the macarana. My sister said to me at my wedding we used to do that dance when we were kids. I said "F no. I hated then and hate it now" lol

[TheJamesShow]

love tetris attack, was one of our number one vs games we played when we got it. The 2 player is so much fun!

[HollywoodHawk]

If final fight ever had a movie in the 90's I'd be completely fine if Dan Severn played the role of Haggar

[xyzmaster]

Prehistorik Man does the Tom scream from Tom and Jerry

[RoxyDarknight]

Yes Mr. Riggs! Loving the new background with the name and box art on the border! Love love love that! I do hope you continue to do that. Yes it's a small thing but so helpful since I get distracted and forget what game I'm looking at. Lol