Japanese GameCube Pick-Ups

Day 26 Mickey Mouse games When it comes to the 16-bit era, people gravitate towards Castle of Illusion as the best Mickey Mouse game. The ones on the Super Nintendo are incredibly underrated, and imo, better than their Genesis counterpart.

Toys-to-Life Tuesday Justice League Lego Dimensions

Day 25 DC Heroes and Villians There are so many games through the ages that contain DC Characters across multiple platforms, from beat'em ups to one-on-one fighters, from puzzles to stealth.

Magazine Monday Nintendo Power Volume 50 #magazinemonday #Nintendo #nintendopower #supernintendo #snes #wwfroyalrumble #runsaber #evo

Day 24 World Wrestling Federation games While LJN games are notoriously panned and the arcade game is better on practically every other console, I'm a sucker for these pixelated wrestling games

Game Play Sunday The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was released 27 years ago today on November 23, 1998 for the Nintendo 64 #gameplaysunday #nerdthusiast #legendofzelda #ocarinaoftime #nintendo64

Sony Sunday Street Fighter IV & V

Day 23 Street Fighter II Ever since I saw a bunch of kids crowded around an arcade cabinet waiting for their turn to take on the winner, I was fascinated with Street Fighter II. I know a lot of people prefer Turbo, but I love the new characters in Super SF2.

Strategy Guide Saturday Super Mario Kart

Day 22 Super Mario Kart One of the best selling video game series of all time had its start on the SNES. And we owe this classic to the producers at Nintendo asking the question, "How can we make F-Zero, but 2-player?"

Funtastic Friday Super Famicom

Day 21 Lufia Series I didn't get into JRPGs until late into the SNES life-cycle. But when I finally got around to renting Lufia, I couldn't wait to play the second one, as well

Thumbstick Thursday Super Scope

Day 20 Super Scope games I know the Zapper for the NES was much more pupils than the SNES equivalent, but I loved my Super Scope. From the pack-in game to the small library of other titles, it was just cool to shoot a bazooka as a kid!

NES Manual Pick-Ups

Day 19 Mega Man X titles I played the first 3 Mega Man games on the NES religiously, but then fell off for a bit. It wasn't until the release of the SNES' MMX that I returned to the franchise in full force

Toys-to-Life Tuesday Metroid and Super Smash Bros amiibo

Day 18 Super Metroid I never owned the original Metroid, so found it quite difficult to navigate. When I got Metroid II, I spent a lot of time playing it on road trips but never beat it. Super Metroid, however, is a game that's atmosphere and game play I love so much I revisit it almost annually

Magazine Monday Nintendo Power Volume 49 #magazinemonday #Nintendo #nintendopower #supernintendo #snes #bob #tazmania #vegasstakes

Day 17 Battletoads Double Dragon I didn't play the original Battletoads when I was a kid, but I was a pretty big fan of Double Dragon. When their crossover was released, I jumped at the opportunity to play it. The variety in gameplay makes you come back for more.

Game Play Sunday

Sony Sunday Mortal Kombat series

Day 16 Mortal Kombat 1-3 I was a Street Fighter kid when I went to the arcades, but I still enjoyed a round or two of MK. The original port for the SNES gets a ton of crap for not having the gore, but mechanically was way better than other ports. MKII was my favorite of the initial 3.

Strategy Guide Saturday Final Fantasy III (VI)

Day 15 Final Fantasy III (VI) I don't know how I came to own FFVI as a kid, but somehow I did. It was my first JRPG after Dragon Warrior (Quest), and I love every minute of it! It's the only role-playing game that I revisit every couple of years.

I loved this show as a kid!!!

Funtastic Friday Super NES Control Set with Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Day 14 Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past After the third entry returned to the overhead adventure style of the original, so many other games in the series used a similar art style, or even used the same version of Hyrule

Thumbstick Thursday Super Advantage

Day 13 Alien/Predator games Being a fan of the movies, books, and comics growing up, I was immediately drawn to games based on the Alien and Predator franchises.

Nintendo 64 Manuals & GameCube Pick-Ups

Day 12 Doom First-person shooters didn't come into popularity until the next console generation (GoldenEye, anyone?). While there are better versions of Doom out there, the Super Nintendo version is more than just a technical display of the impressive 16-bit machine.

Toys-to-Life Tuesday Legend of Zelda amiibo

Day 11 Legend of Zelda for the Satellaview The online service in Japan essentially released a remake of the original Legend of Zelda on the SNES with improved graphics and live events. A strange experiment and a fun ROM to have!

Magazine Monday Nintendo Power Volume 48 #magazinemonday #Nintendo #nintendopower #supernintendo #snes #batmanforever #lostvikings #shadowrun

Day 10 Batman 16-Bit Games Batman was riding high after the original Tim Burton film, having multiple sequels and an animated series. The games, like the movies had diminishing returns, no pun intended.

Sony Sunday Dead Rising series

Day 9 Zombies Ate My Neighbors With couch co-op being such an important feature to me as a kid, Adam and put so many hours into Zombies when we were younger. We never owned it, but we rented it so many times, we should have. Never played Ghoul Patrol until this modern release.

Strategy Guide Saturday Yoshi's Island

Day 8 Yoshi's Island Released as Super Mario World 2 in the west, Yoshi's Island used a crayon-like art style and quirky game play to endear countless gamers. Yoshi was a hit from the day he was introduced, not it was great to see him get his own enjoyable platformer.

Funtastic Friday Super Nintendo Entertainment System Jr.

Day 7 Super Castlevania IV & Dracula X While the series is now known for its Exploritory Adventure style, it's roots lie in Action Platforming. Super Castlevania is one of my favorites of this original genre.

Thumbstick Thursday 8bitdo SNES Gamepad

Day 6 Super Mario World & All-Stars Not only is Super Mario World one of the best launch games for a console ever, but when you add Super Mario All-Stars to the mix, the SNES had FIVE killer Mario games.

Super Nintendo Manual Pick-Ups

Day 5 Secret of Mana After my first experience with Secret of Mana, I fell in love with action role playing games. I didn't like Secret of Evermore as much, but found out later in life that it wasn't a "true" sequel

Toys-to-Life Tuesday Donkey Kong Country amiibo

Day 4 Donkey Kong Country Trilogy 3D models being used to create pre-rendered graphics gave us unbelievable visuals in the mid-90s. People were convinced that the original DKC was a PC game, because there was no way something so graphically impressive could be on a home console!

Magazine Monday Nintendo Power Volume 47 #magazinemonday #Nintendo #nintendopower #supernintendo #snes #starfox #doomsdaywarrior #fatalfury #pockyandrocky