Tag Archives: SNES

Christmas dinner may need to make room for a few grudge matches this year. Super Mario Kart Deluxe is targeting December 25, 2026, bringing a huge fan-made expansion to the SNES racer that started it all. For anyone who spent afternoons trading shells, missing shortcuts, and demanding one more race, this is a very tempting reason to pick up the controller again. The date appears in the new teaser shared by ScouBsmk… Read more

You are moving comfortably through a level, a jump goes wrong, and suddenly the Kong following behind becomes the one you need to keep alive. Donkey Kong Country makes that small change surprisingly effective. A mistake has a face, and so does the chance to recover. Rare's 1994 SNES platformer is easy to remember for its distinctive graphics. Nintendo's official retrospective description emphasizes the pre-rendered visuals, animation and music that helped establish… Read more

You know the room. You have walked through it three times, checked the map twice, and become convinced that the next doorway is hiding out of spite. Then you remember a narrow passage you could not use earlier. Suddenly, being lost in Super Metroid turns into having a plan. That change of feeling is one of the best things about Nintendo's SNES adventure. The game gives you places to remember, reasons to… Read more

Is It Illegal to Play Emulated Nintendo Games? If you've ever wanted to relive classic games like Super Mario Bros., Super Metroid, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, or Zelda: Ocarina of Time using an emulator, you're definitely not alone. Emulation has become one of the most popular ways to revisit older games, especially as original hardware becomes more expensive, harder to maintain, and increasingly inconvenient to connect to… Read more

SNES Station PC v0.13.9 is a fan-made Windows adaptation of the classic SNES Station from PlayStation 2, focusing on a console-like experience. Key features include Snes9x Libretro emulation, a controller-first interface, configurable controls, multiple save-state slots, and customizable video/audio settings. The current update enhances control configuration and visual improvements. Notably, the update notes are now in Portuguese due to past hostility from some English-speaking users. This nostalgic project aims to preserve the… Read more

Top 10 SNES Best Games The Super Nintendo Entertainment System was never just a machine, it was a part of growing up. For kids of the early 1990s it meant long afternoons in front of the television, controllers tangled on the carpet, and the kind of memories that still feel warm decades later. Released in North America in 1991, the SNES gave us bright colors, soaring soundtracks, and worlds that felt endless… Read more

The Streets Call for Heroes The year was 1987, and the arcade was still the epicenter of gaming culture. Kids poured their quarters into brightly lit cabinets, chasing high scores and showing off their skills to crowds of strangers who quickly became friends or rivals. The genre that captured much of that energy was the beat ’em up, a style of game where combat unfolded in scrolling stages filled with street gangs,… Read more

For decades, the cult following of Nintendo’s quirky RPG series has kept alive the dream of seeing the original Mother (localized as EarthBound Beginnings) fully reimagined for modern audiences. That dream has not only survived but evolved into one of the most ambitious ROM hack projects ever attempted: a complete rebuild of Mother inside the EarthBound engine. What started as a scattered dream among individual fans has now matured into a coordinated,… Read more

Super Junkoid: A Hauntingly Beautiful Metroid Masterpiece. Watch the video above or read the review below.  But first, we had a brief interview with the ROM hack creator, P. Yoshi, where she was kind enough to answer some questions for us! Q: (Retro Replay) Can you tell us how you first discovered ROM hacking and what inspired you to start creating hacks of your own?A: (P. Yoshi) I like Metroid so I… Read more

Blowing the Dust Off: The Truth Behind the Nintendo Cartridge Ritual   For decades, gamers around the world have sworn by a seemingly magical fix for glitchy Nintendo game cartridges: blowing into them. Despite Nintendo's own warnings that this practice could actually harm the delicate circuitry, many have felt the satisfying click of a cartridge that only started working post-puff. But what is the truth? Did blowing into those cartridges really make… Read more

The 90s were an era of transformation for the JRPG genre, with each title delivering not just captivating narratives but also pushing the envelope in terms of graphics and gameplay. 10. Wild Arms               "Wild Arms" introduces players to a unique blend of fantasy and Wild West themes, where ancient technology and magic collide. The story follows a group of adventurers seeking to prevent the demon… Read more

Pocky & Rocky Review for the Super Nintendo – A Mythical Multiplayer Adventure "Pocky & Rocky" for the Super Nintendo is a title that conjures up images of mythical creatures, vibrant levels, and frenetic action. This top-down, shoot 'em up style game, developed by Natsume, is a hidden gem that I recently had the pleasure of playing through with my Australian Discord friend, Hyrule13. The game tapped into Japanese folklore, which Hyrule13… Read more

 Hello Retro Gaming fans, Ryan Mcquinn here! Starring Pat Sajak and Vanna White, Wheel of Fortune was a gameshow where you would spin a wheel for a chance to win money by guessing letters to words in a phrase. Chances are, you've seen this gameshow. My Wife and I still love watching it from time to time, and though it's been on TV since 1975, we've only been watching since the… Read more

Best music ever? Retro Review: Donkey Kong Country - An Unforgettable SNES Classic In the early to mid years of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, there was a single cartridge that made living rooms glow a little greener and living room speakers hum with a deeper warmth. Donkey Kong Country, developed by Rare and released by Nintendo in 1994, arrived like a thunderclap. It felt new, it felt polished, and it felt… Read more

Played by Ryan McQuinn. In the distant Lylat star system, imagine yourself at the controls of a futuristic, heavily armed, space fighter - Arwing. Lead the counter-attack on an invasion force of hundreds of alien tanks, fighter ships, laser gun emplacements and super battleships. Maneuver at warp speed through fog-enshrouded canyons, dense asteroid belts and waves of the enemy's best defense. You must use skill and cunning to fight to the enemy's… Read more

Longplay by Ryan McQuinn!!! Mario’s back! Bigger and badder than before! This time it’s a fierce action-packed battle to free the land of Subcon from the curse of the evil Wart. It’s up to you, along with Mario, Luigi, Toad and the Princess, to fight your way through bizarre multi-level worlds and find him! This time you’ve got a brand new kind of power - plucking power - and now anything you… Read more

I'm Matthias Nagler and have recently released a new game for the SNES. It's an unlicensed port of a 1986 Laserdisc arcade game, the first full-motion movie game and the biggest game on the Super Nintendo yet at 6320 Mbit. The game is called Super Road Blaster and uses a special enhancement device called the MSU-1 that enables CD quality audio and a vast amount of storage space on the SNES. After… Read more