There are some classic games that I haven't played, so I can't rank them (yet). For example, I plan/hope to eventually play Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Earthbound, Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals, and Terranigma. In the meantime...
Here is my SNES Top 20: 1. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 2. Final Fantasy III [U.S.] [a.k.a. Final Fantasy VI] 3. Super Metroid 4. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars 5. Rock n' Roll Racing 6. Super Mario World 7. Super Mario All-Stars 8. Kirby Super Star 9. Street Fighter II: The World Warrior 10. Chrono Trigger 11. Contra III: The Alien Wars 12. Super Mario Kart 13. Secret of Evermore 14. Super Star Wars - Return of the Jedi [Super Return of the Jedi] 15. Super Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back [Super Empire Strikes Back] 16. Gradius III 17. Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures 18. Donkey Kong Country 19. Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting 20. King of Dragons
The following games are missing from the SNES database:
King of Dragons
Battle Cars
Lamborghini: American Challenge
X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse
Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose!
Tiny Toon Adventures: Wacky Sports Challenge
Ultima: The False Prophet [a.k.a. Ultima VI]
Ultima: The Black Gate [a.k.a. Ultima VII]
Wolfenstein 3-D
DOOM
Disney's Aladdin
The Lion King
Disney's Pinocchio
Disney's Toy Story
Ms. Pac-Man
Monopoly
The Incredible Crash Dummies
These are games that I am aware of and checked for in the database. I haven't played all of them (just 8 of them), but the article indicates Nintendo Life's intention to add the full SNES library of games. And I want to be able to rate all of the games I have played, and give other people the same opportunity.
Also, I discovered that Seiken Densetsu 3 (a.k.a. Trials of Mana) currently has a score of 8.5 with 113 votes, which seems like enough to qualify the game to be in the Top 50 Best SNES Games, since the stated minimum number of votes is 50. As the list stands now, it should be in the top 20 games. Is there a rule for this list that only English/Western releases are allowed to rank in the Top 50?
From what I've seen of the currently included games in the top 50, as well as some classics that are not currently represented, there are not enough NES fans/players voting on all their favorite (and least favorite) games to allow all the serious contenders to qualify to be ranked (i.e., too many games don't yet have at least 25 votes). This also means that there is not yet a large enough sampling of players to make the rankings representative of the aggregate opinions of the greater community of NES players. Perhaps the top 10 or so wouldn't change much with a very large number of participants voting in the rankings, but the middle-to-lower part of the top 50 could have games inserted that currently have too few votes, and other games might shift around in the rankings.
The following games are missing from the NES database:
Q*bert
P.O.W.: Prisoners of War
The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout
The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle
Rad Racer II
Athena
Gradius II [Famicom]
Dragon Spirit: The New Legend
Here is my NES Top 25 (mostly unordered, and I decided not to include imported games, to make it more representative of the games I grew up with):
Crystalis
Super Mario Bros. 3
Contra
Mega Man 2
Double Dragon II: The Revenge
Tetris
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
DuckTales
Double Dragon
Super Mario Bros. 2
Shadowgate
Final Fantasy [Final Fantasy I]
Super Mario Bros.
Metroid
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project
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Re: Best Super Nintendo (SNES) Games
There are some classic games that I haven't played, so I can't rank them (yet). For example, I plan/hope to eventually play Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Earthbound, Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals, and Terranigma. In the meantime...
Here is my SNES Top 20:
1. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
2. Final Fantasy III [U.S.] [a.k.a. Final Fantasy VI]
3. Super Metroid
4. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
5. Rock n' Roll Racing
6. Super Mario World
7. Super Mario All-Stars
8. Kirby Super Star
9. Street Fighter II: The World Warrior
10. Chrono Trigger
11. Contra III: The Alien Wars
12. Super Mario Kart
13. Secret of Evermore
14. Super Star Wars - Return of the Jedi [Super Return of the Jedi]
15. Super Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back [Super Empire Strikes Back]
16. Gradius III
17. Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures
18. Donkey Kong Country
19. Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting
20. King of Dragons
The following games are missing from the SNES database:
These are games that I am aware of and checked for in the database. I haven't played all of them (just 8 of them), but the article indicates Nintendo Life's intention to add the full SNES library of games. And I want to be able to rate all of the games I have played, and give other people the same opportunity.
Also, I discovered that Seiken Densetsu 3 (a.k.a. Trials of Mana) currently has a score of 8.5 with 113 votes, which seems like enough to qualify the game to be in the Top 50 Best SNES Games, since the stated minimum number of votes is 50. As the list stands now, it should be in the top 20 games. Is there a rule for this list that only English/Western releases are allowed to rank in the Top 50?
Re: Best NES Games
From what I've seen of the currently included games in the top 50, as well as some classics that are not currently represented, there are not enough NES fans/players voting on all their favorite (and least favorite) games to allow all the serious contenders to qualify to be ranked (i.e., too many games don't yet have at least 25 votes). This also means that there is not yet a large enough sampling of players to make the rankings representative of the aggregate opinions of the greater community of NES players. Perhaps the top 10 or so wouldn't change much with a very large number of participants voting in the rankings, but the middle-to-lower part of the top 50 could have games inserted that currently have too few votes, and other games might shift around in the rankings.
The following games are missing from the NES database:
Here is my NES Top 25 (mostly unordered, and I decided not to include imported games, to make it more representative of the games I grew up with):