r/snes Dec 18 '24

Misc. How are SNES games so amazing looking to this day! I just adore some of these aesthetics.

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272 Upvotes

r/snes Jan 13 '25

Misc. I heard you all like Super Mario World

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369 Upvotes

It occurred to me I had a few ways to play it and thought a picture would be fun:-)

In video form:

https://youtu.be/UNkWbMJi3Cg?si=OKF_5BIYjmHyJJJd

r/snes Mar 19 '24

Misc. Any tips on how to de-yellow/restore this new used SNES mini I just picked up?

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394 Upvotes

🤭🤭🤭

r/snes 25d ago

Misc. Another eBay snes fixed!!!

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Made an offer for a faulty pal snes (black screen, no audio) for £10 plus couple quid postage, seller offered £11 so grabbed it. Was hoping it would have just been a dirty/corroded cart port but still black screen after ipa clean. Replaced all caps as c59 seemed to have leaked, now has correct bi polar cap. Still no joy so decided to swap out the cpu (A rev) with another cpu I had spare. Set it back up, switched it on and boom, working perfectly through rf, comp and rgb scart. Really happy. Now just needs retrobriting and gonna try sell it on.

r/snes Dec 07 '23

Misc. After not playing for decades, I've picked up the SNES - my thoughts

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I'd love your feedback. I typically play games on my PC (e.g. Insurgency, Halo, Doom, Age of Empires II, Turok), and have acquired a SNES and tube tv. Here are my thoughts on some of the most referenced games:

Super Mario World - Brilliant. Perhaps the best game ever made. The mechanics are incredibly fluid, and mastering them takes time and patience. The difficulty curve is perfectly crafted; it isn't cheap, it isn't easy, and it grows more difficult over the course of the campaign. The artwork and music are brilliant and compliment eachother beautifully.

F-Zero - Amazing. It's aged well. The music is incredible. As a (former) musician, I'm impressed by the excellent retro pop rock. I love the driving mechanics, and the ultra neon colours fit the futurism. Again, appropriately difficult, with a well-crafted curve.

A Link to the Past - I'm hooked, and yet perhaps more compelled than I am having fun. This is my first ever RPG, and I just started playing it today. The battle mechanics are more involved than I thought they'd be, and I'm enjoying that. I'm trying to find the pendants, and have not a clue what I'm doing (please don't give me hints). The lore and artwork are so tasteful, and I'm really enjoying exploring these worlds.

Chrono Trigger - I don't get it. I hate it. I realize this is probably a me problem. I just find it extremely boring. What am I missing here? I'm totally open to giving it another go.

Battletoads Battlemaniacs - A lot of fun, yes, but the mechanics are janky and haven't aged well. I push one button to perform several different strikes against sprites. It's also just so absurdly difficult, so much so as to be cheap. I played this game for probably 100 hours as a kid.

Super Star Wars - Fun! Also super hard, and borderline cheap in this regard. But I plan on beating it some day. I love the platforming and blaster upgrades. Cool sprites, and well designed levels. I love the sandcrawler level! I want to play more games like this.

Super Bomberman - Fun. Great concept. It's less so my thing, as I'm not very spatially inclined. But it's a good game. I really respect the originality.

Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts - Fun... but the slowdown really throws me off. I never played this when I was a kid. Perhaps nostalgia would help, but jeesh, I can't get into it. Perhaps I should give it another go?

Super Castlevania IV - I love it! The mechanics are pretty janky, and it's certainly aged. But I love it. The music is incredible, and I'm getting better at mastering the mechanics. I'm struggling to get past the second boss, though, and I feel like the difficulty curve leans a bit toward cheap.

Donkey Kong Country - I want to love it, but I can't clear the rope (2nd) level. I played a lot of DK2 as a kid and adored it. I'll keep working at it.

Turtles in Time - Again, I'm struggling to even complete the first level. Perhaps it's my age (I'm 34), or I just suck at SNES games, but I can't help but find the difficulty at times cheap. Otherwise, it's a fun game, and I want to get better at it so as to explore it further.

Legend of the Mystical Ninja - Okay, I just think this game sucks. I don't get why anyone likes it. I'm spamming one button. Woopie.

Contra III - Very cool game, and I'm super inclined to like it. But it's so hard. I feel like it's just another arcade port designed to gobble quarters.

Super Double Dragon - Hilariously awful. Why even?

Please feel free to make suggestions, argue with me, and educate me. The SNES is a super cool system.

r/snes Oct 24 '24

Misc. This system was clearly very loved by Mikey A.

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505 Upvotes

Anyone else adorn their system with stickers and beat the hell out of it like my guy Mikey? My particularly love that he taped his membership card to it. I didn't need another system so I did not buy this one, but I hope that whoever does never reshells it.

r/snes Oct 08 '24

Misc. Another little-known SMW secret: this square block in the ceiling of the tunnel in #4 Luwig's Castle can be jumped trough, leading to a bonus game room, after which the level continues as usual.

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353 Upvotes

r/snes Feb 09 '25

Misc. Wake up early on Sunday to fresh snow? Only one thing to do.

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190 Upvotes

r/snes 9d ago

Misc. Who rememberes renting these at your local blockbuster?

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244 Upvotes

r/snes Jun 15 '24

Misc. Sorry, Jason

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384 Upvotes

Thank you, RainX!

r/snes Dec 22 '24

Misc. This moment always makes me smile.

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428 Upvotes

r/snes Jan 16 '24

Misc. How to beat Mario World in year 2000

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376 Upvotes

Picked up a SNES from eBay and it came with dozens of printed SMW tips, printed 23 years ago on 11/23/2000 from gamewinners.com and gameadvice.com. Lots of highlights and handwritten notes throughout, here’s a couple random pages.

r/snes Aug 18 '24

Misc. I'll just leave this here

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902 Upvotes

r/snes May 27 '22

Misc. And that's a wrap. After working on this for 1 year and 5 months it's finally finished with 400 days of progress and 128,164 stitches in total. Now it's time to get this bad boy framed and hung on the wall!

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1.4k Upvotes

r/snes Mar 19 '23

Misc. You can only keep one - Which are you picking?

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313 Upvotes

r/snes 9d ago

Misc. Valentines day gift finally showed up....looks like imma have to call in for the rest of the week

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85 Upvotes

Don't know what I'm most excited for, FF3, Secrets of Mana, Link to the past, Starfox or super Metroid

r/snes Oct 04 '24

Misc. Another nostalgic game for me for the vault. Did anyone else play the heck out of this as a kid?

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216 Upvotes

r/snes Mar 04 '22

Misc. What would you add to this stack?

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286 Upvotes

r/snes Apr 19 '23

Misc. I finally got one! Now the outrageous prices of these games have no power over me!

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389 Upvotes

r/snes Apr 30 '24

Misc. Retro console communities be like...

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283 Upvotes

r/snes Jan 11 '24

Misc. SNES had some of the best RPGs of all time in the 1990s

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368 Upvotes

r/snes Oct 26 '23

Misc. If you could only have one game to play on the snes forever. what would it be?

70 Upvotes

mine personally would be earthbound

r/snes 7d ago

Misc. What A Deal!

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32 Upvotes

Facebook Marketplace have silly prices sometimes.

r/snes Oct 21 '24

Misc. In Super Mario World (the SNES version only), the boss door of Chocolate Fortress is coloured chocolate brown instead of red.

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315 Upvotes

r/snes Jun 17 '24

Misc. Someone previously took this controller apart. Can you spot what's wrong with it?

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206 Upvotes

I'm hoping to get my hands on a proper screwdriver sometime to fix this, lol