Author: antipop I’m a bit of a late bloomer, as far as gaming goes. I was born in the golden age of gaming. One would think that by the time the Super Nintendo launched, I would’ve been primed and ready for pure gaming bliss. This, however, was not the case.…
Author: John Legendoffzelda I’m 20 years old, and I’m too young to have been around for when the Super Nintendo Entertainment System was a hot item with kids. Of course, this generational gap doesn’t keep me from adoring the SNES as an esteemed game console. But there are a…
Author: John Legendoffzelda Nintendo’s new video game, Super Mario World, was released in North America in August of 1991. Even at first glance it seemed destined to be a runaway hit. It was a good game to start with, but Nintendo really pushed it along its path – bundling copies…
Author: John Legendoffzelda I like Super Nintendo box-art. The layouts are clean, and the title illustrations at the center are particularly interesting. At least, I have more fun thinking about the title illustrations than, say, the blocks of hype-text next to them. (I have organized the types I notice the…
Author: Mongunzoo If there is one game that defined Nintendo during the 16-bit era, this would be it! Created as a launch title for the newborn SNES, it came out the same year that Sonic the Hedgehog was released for the Genesis. This was the game that was…
Author: Masamune Did you like dinosaurs as a kid? I did. I was the go-to-kid for dinosaur information in the second grade. Did you wish you could go back in time and actually see and interact with these fascinating creatures? Well, you can get a chance to…