Post by wyldephang on Feb 28, 2014 4:41:37 GMT -5
At another forum, I was inspired to make a Top 10 list of Super Nintendo and Genesis games. But I found it difficult to consolidate the list to such a small number, so it expanded to fifty entries pretty quickly. I'm not sure how many of you will find this interesting, but here's my personal Top 50 ranking. Feel free to tear it to shreds if you disagree.
Update: I decided to challenge myself and add another fifty games to the list. I think 51-100 is where I really started to strain because I admittedly missed out on a lot of games in the '90s. But thanks to the extra space, I was able to fit in a lot of essentials that I felt were missing from the Top 50. The list is still missing some of my favorites (e.g., Gauntlet IV), so I'm sure I'll be revising the list in the future. A quick note about sequels and cross-platform games: I generally only picked one version of a cross-platform game. If I felt like a sequel was too similar to the original, I usually gave the higher slot to the earlier game and pushed the later one further down the list to give other games a chance to shine. This is why Super Street Fighter II is ranked considerably below Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition. Another thing I did to free up space was combine Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic & Knuckles into one slot, then move it up a little bit.
Red: Super Nintendo
Blue: Sega Genesis
1 The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
2 Super Metroid
3 Final Fantasy VI
4 Chrono Trigger
5 Sonic the Hedgehog 2
6 Super Mario World
7 Mega Man X
8 Secret of Mana
9 Gunstar Heroes
10 Sonic 3 & Knuckles
11 Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
12 Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
13 Super Castlevania IV
14 Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition
15 Super Mario Kart
16 Phantasy Star IV
17 Final Fantasy IV
18 Streets of Rage II
19 Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
20 EarthBound
21 Shining Force II
22 Donkey Kong Country
23 Star Fox
24 Sonic the Hedgehog
25 TMNT IV: Turtles in Time
26 F-Zero
27 Contra: Hard Corps
28 Super Punch-Out!!
29 Contra III: Alien Wars
30 Castlevania: Bloodlines
31 ActRaiser
32 Shining Force
33 Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar
34 Super Mario All-Stars
35 Zombies Ate My Neighbors
36 Breath of Fire II
37 ToeJam & Earl
38 Mortal Kombat II
39 Earthworm Jim
40 Illusion of Gaia
41 Mega Man X2
42 Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
43 SimCity
44 Phantasy Star II
45 Killer Instinct
46 Ristar
47 Aladdin
48 Earthworm Jim 2
49 Golden Axe II
50 The Revenge of Shinobi
51 Rocket Knight Adventures
52 Comix Zone
53 Tetris Attack
54 General Chaos
55 NBA Jam
56 Kirby Super Star
57 Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen
58 Beyond Oasis
59 Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals
60 Donkey Kong County 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble
61 Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole
62 Pilotwings
63 M.U.S.H.A.
64 Super Bomberman 2
65 The Lost Vikings
66 Demon's Crest
67 Flashback: The Quest for Identity
68 Vectorman
69 The Legend of the Mystical Ninja
70 Super Street Fighter II
71 Road Rash II
72 Secret of Evermore
73 Dynamite Headdy
74 Mario Paint
75 U.N. Squadron
76 Soul Blazer
77 Harvest Moon
78 Axelay
79 NHL '94
80 OutRun
81 Mega Man 7
82 Breath of Fire
83 Herzog Zwei
84 World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
85 Thunder Force III
86 Mega Man X3
87 E.V.O.: The Search for Eden
88 Knights of the Round
89 Super Smash TV
90 Shadowrun
91 Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
92 Adventures of Batman and Robin
93 Batman Returns
94 Ghouls n' Ghosts
95 TMNT: The Hyperstone Heist
96 Ecco the Dolphin
97 Mortal Kombat
98 Super R-Type
99 Streets of Rage
100 Final Fight
Update: I decided to challenge myself and add another fifty games to the list. I think 51-100 is where I really started to strain because I admittedly missed out on a lot of games in the '90s. But thanks to the extra space, I was able to fit in a lot of essentials that I felt were missing from the Top 50. The list is still missing some of my favorites (e.g., Gauntlet IV), so I'm sure I'll be revising the list in the future. A quick note about sequels and cross-platform games: I generally only picked one version of a cross-platform game. If I felt like a sequel was too similar to the original, I usually gave the higher slot to the earlier game and pushed the later one further down the list to give other games a chance to shine. This is why Super Street Fighter II is ranked considerably below Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition. Another thing I did to free up space was combine Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic & Knuckles into one slot, then move it up a little bit.
Red: Super Nintendo
Blue: Sega Genesis
1 The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
2 Super Metroid
3 Final Fantasy VI
4 Chrono Trigger
5 Sonic the Hedgehog 2
6 Super Mario World
7 Mega Man X
8 Secret of Mana
9 Gunstar Heroes
10 Sonic 3 & Knuckles
11 Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
12 Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
13 Super Castlevania IV
14 Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition
15 Super Mario Kart
16 Phantasy Star IV
17 Final Fantasy IV
18 Streets of Rage II
19 Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
20 EarthBound
21 Shining Force II
22 Donkey Kong Country
23 Star Fox
24 Sonic the Hedgehog
25 TMNT IV: Turtles in Time
26 F-Zero
27 Contra: Hard Corps
28 Super Punch-Out!!
29 Contra III: Alien Wars
30 Castlevania: Bloodlines
31 ActRaiser
32 Shining Force
33 Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar
34 Super Mario All-Stars
35 Zombies Ate My Neighbors
36 Breath of Fire II
37 ToeJam & Earl
38 Mortal Kombat II
39 Earthworm Jim
40 Illusion of Gaia
41 Mega Man X2
42 Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
43 SimCity
44 Phantasy Star II
45 Killer Instinct
46 Ristar
47 Aladdin
48 Earthworm Jim 2
49 Golden Axe II
50 The Revenge of Shinobi
51 Rocket Knight Adventures
52 Comix Zone
53 Tetris Attack
54 General Chaos
55 NBA Jam
56 Kirby Super Star
57 Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen
58 Beyond Oasis
59 Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals
60 Donkey Kong County 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble
61 Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole
62 Pilotwings
63 M.U.S.H.A.
64 Super Bomberman 2
65 The Lost Vikings
66 Demon's Crest
67 Flashback: The Quest for Identity
68 Vectorman
69 The Legend of the Mystical Ninja
70 Super Street Fighter II
71 Road Rash II
72 Secret of Evermore
73 Dynamite Headdy
74 Mario Paint
75 U.N. Squadron
76 Soul Blazer
77 Harvest Moon
78 Axelay
79 NHL '94
80 OutRun
81 Mega Man 7
82 Breath of Fire
83 Herzog Zwei
84 World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
85 Thunder Force III
86 Mega Man X3
87 E.V.O.: The Search for Eden
88 Knights of the Round
89 Super Smash TV
90 Shadowrun
91 Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
92 Adventures of Batman and Robin
93 Batman Returns
94 Ghouls n' Ghosts
95 TMNT: The Hyperstone Heist
96 Ecco the Dolphin
97 Mortal Kombat
98 Super R-Type
99 Streets of Rage
100 Final Fight