Best SNES Games

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Best SNES Games
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List of All SNES Games Based on Movies
Here are the best SNES Games of all time. Check
out our picks for the best SNES games!
3 Ninjas Kick Back Release Year 1994 Current
Value 60-70 This is an action-platformer with
co-op gameplay and great sound design. The
graphics and controls are a little lackluster.
The Addams Family Release Year 1992 Current
Value 14-17 Mediocre SNES platformers can
often be saved with great mascots, and this is no
exception. You only get to play as Gomez, and
the only levels are in the familys mansion, but
its worth a play if youre a fan.
Addams Family Values Release Year 1992 Current
Value 14-17 This is A Link to the Past, but
with Uncle Fester and friends. The password
system is infuriating, but the game itself is
solid. Bonus points to the developers for making
an action RPG with the license instead of a
platformer.
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Aladdin Release Year 1993 Current Value
15-17 Aladdin is often considered one of the
best licensed platformers of all time. The SNES
version and the Genesis version have obvious
differences, but theyre both masterpieces.
Alien 3 Release Year 1992 Current Value
18-20 Ripley makes her way through a passable
run-and-gun adventure. This port is leagues ahead
of the NES version, which was only released a
few months earlier.
An American Tail Fievel Goes West Release Year
1994 Current Value 70-75 Fievel gets to take
down some 16-bit bosses with decent gameplay
variety. The colors are sharp, and the levels
arent too long are hard this title is very kid
friendly.
Batman Forever Release Year 1995 Current Value
8 This is a truly terrible game thats great fun
to watch during speed run conventions. Notably,
there is a training mode that attempts to be a
fully-fledged tournament fighter, but it fails
miserably.
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Batman Returns Release Year 1992 Current Value
18-20 Unlike Batman Forever, this is a creative
side-scrolling action game that uses the Animated
Series aesthetic effectively.
Beauty and the Beast Release Year 1994 Current
Value 40-45 This side-scrolling game is rather
generic. You play as Beast and try to save Belle,
but theres little to separate it from other
games in the genre.
Bebes Kids Release Year 1994 Current Value
33-37 This is the slowest beat-em-up of all
time. Walking is slow, attacking is slow, and
enemies have seemingly infinite health. Stay
away.
Beethoven The Ultimate Canine Caper Release
Year 1993 Current Value 8-10 A simple
platformer where you can play as a dog that barks
at enemies for damage. No, its not about the
composer.
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Bram Stokers Dracula Release Year 1993 Current
Value 8-10 This is a semi-sufficient
replacement for gamers that crave more
Castlevania. The graphics are a little gaudy,
but you came to fight Dracula, and fight Dracula
you shall.
Casper Release Year 1996 Current Value
85-100 This plays kind of like A Boy and his
Blob, with Casper tethered to Kat Harvey. Oddly,
the Japanese Super Famicom Casper is different,
with the roles reversed in an isometric
perspective.
Cliffhanger Release Year 1993 Current Value
5-7 Theres less cliffhanging and more bad-guy
punching. Its a simple brawler based on a simple
movie. Missed opportunity for a cliffhanger
ending, of course.
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Cool World Release Year 1992 Current Value
10-13 Although a mediocre adventure game, this
stays pretty close to the source material. Its a
lot more kid- friendly, though, and appropriate
for Nintendo.
Cutthroat Island Release Year 1995 Current
Value 8-10 Lukewarm swashbuckling action is
backed up by nice graphics and music. Its button
mashing, but hey, swords are cool.
Demolition Man Release Year 1994 Current Value
15-18 Mediocre platforming sometimes switches
to decent top-down shooting. Dont you wish it
was one or the other? This could have been a
decent Contra clone.
Dennis the Menace Release Year 1993 Current
Value 8-10 You have to collect all of Mr.
Wilsons coins and find two of Dennis friends.
Notably, theres a timer its just as anxious
as the movie.
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Dinocity Release Year 1992 Current Value
13-15 Its based on the movie Adventures in
Dinosaur City. The graphics and worlds are fun to
explore, and the dinosaurs you choose actually
affect gameplay.
Dragon The Bruce Lee Story Release Year 1993
Current Value 9-12 Bruce Lee gets a
well-deserved tournament fighter, but almost
every aspect of the game is poor. At least Bruce
Lee was given recognition by getting a character
in every other fighting game series.
The Flintstones Release Year 1994 Current
Value 10-13 This game uses its overworld as a
sort of board game, where landing on a space
decides the level you play. Sometimes its
shops, sometimes its bosses, sometimes its a
normal platformer.
Home Alone Release Year 1991 Current Value
8-10 Not only does it not follow the movie, but
this game can be completed in less than half an
hour. Even Macaulay Culkin hates it.
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Home Alone 2 Lost in New York Release Year 1992
Current Value 6-8 Theres powerups, and this
has a little more going for it than the first
game, but its not a significant improvement.
Its a bit nice to powerslide into enemies.
Hook Release Year 1992 Current Value
23-26 The gameplay is standard platforming, but
the graphics are outstanding for the time period.
It almost looks like modernized pixel art made
with decades of experience.
The Hunt for Red October Release Year 1991
Current Value 6-8 Theres side-scrolling and
underwater action, with Super Scope bonus levels.
If you enjoyed Jaws on the NES, this might catch
your fancy.
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Indiana Jones Greatest Adventures Release Year
1994 Current Value 30-35 Few movie games
effectively used the Mode 7 functionality on the
SNES, but this game is a joy to look at. Its
the second most iconic sidescroller featuring
whip-based combat.
Judge Dredd Release Year 1995 Current Value
7-9 Run-and-guns dont often give you the
option to arrest the enemies instead of blasting
them to bits. Theres hard bosses to make it
worth strolling through the brightly-covered
comic book levels.
The Jungle Book Release Year 1993 Current
Value 5-7 This game picked up where the
original Pitfall left off. Its platforming with
vine-swinging, so of course its satisfying. Is
there any game with vine-swinging that isnt?
Jurassic Park Release Year 1993 Current Value
5-7 Grant has a chibi sprite in this game that
utilizes alternating perspectives. Top-down
shooting with explosives and tranquilizers
switches to first-person gaming when entering a
building. No continues and no passwords you
have to beat the whole thing in one go.
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Last Action Hero Release Year 1993 Current
Value 8-10 Most of the Arnold Schwarzenegger
games are shooters, but this one is a beat-em-up.
The final boss of the game is the final boss of
the movie to boot.
The Lawnmower Man Release Year 1993 Current
Value 8-10 Nothing to do with the movie, and
nothing to do with the book. Yet, its just as
weird as both. This is a first-person
platformer, a first-person shooter, a
sidescroller, and a shoot-em-up (with two
different perspectives and three distinct
styles) all at once. Each level is different.
Lethal Weapon Release Year 1992 Current Value
8-10 Its a platformer with shooting elements
where you can play as Riggs or Murtaugh. Oddly
enough, the developers opted for a more cartoony
style than what youd expect for an adaptation of
the movie.
The Lion King Release Year 1994 Current Value
8-10 One of Disneys best games, this sold over
a million copies in the U.S. alone. Its really
hard, but not terribly unfair.
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Mary Shelleys Frankenstein Release Year 1994
Current Value 18-20 Thank goodness you get to
play as the monster and not some boring human.
You can attack all of the vengeful townspeople
to your hearts content the plot closely follows
the 1994 film its based on, rather than the
book or the old-school Universal movie.
The Mask Release Year 1995 Current Value
35-40 Gamers would pick this up for the humor
and goof factor, and The Mask delivers. Its a
side-scroller with whacky attacks and ammo
meters to manage.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The Movie Release
Year 1995 Current Value 40-50 Beat-em-ups
suit the Power Rangers cast. Much like other
games in the genre, its repetitive, but great
for fans of the series. Theres six characters,
though they do play relatively similarly.
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No Escape Release Year 1994 Current Value
11-13 No Escapes graphics are really, really
good, and it has awesome cutscenes to boot.
Unfortunately, it controls really poorly.
Something good got lost along the way.
Outlander Release Year 1992 Current Value
10-12 Outlander was originally developed as a
Mad Max game before the developers lost the
rights. Theres driving and shooting, and
walking and shooting. Its a bit repetitive, but
maybe it would have sold well with an actual
license.
The Pagemaster Release Year 1994 Current Value
7-9 Another Macaulay Culkin game with
platforming, this time with magic combat and
literature worlds. Its not bad, but he hates
this one too.
Pinocchio Release Year 1995 Current Value
13-15 Old-school platforming with an emphasis
on puzzles. Theres storybook cutscenes too,
which are a nice reward for finishing each level.
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RoboCop 3 Release Year 1991 Current Value
13-15 Hes slow in the movie, but does he have
to be so slow in the game too? It would be funny
if it werent so hard, though fans will get a
kick out of it regardless.
The Rocketeer Release Year 1991 Current Value
6-8 Like many other games on this list,
Rocketeer tries to mix genres its half flying,
a quarter shooting, and a quarter brawling. The
flying segments would be interesting, but it asks
you to look at a tiny camera window at the
bottom of the screen instead of the big landscape
that takes up the rest.
Snow White Happily Ever After Release Year 1994
Current Value 23-25 Targeted at casual
gamers, this sidescroller has three difficulty
levels. Though the gameplay isnt extremely
unique, you have to give credit to developers
that knew their audience.
Stargate Release Year 1994 Current Value
10-13 Though it controls decently, this is a
run-of-the-mill platformer. They played it super
safe with this one, considering Stargate lends
itself to any number of genres.
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Super Godzilla Release Year 1993 Current Value
12-15 Super Godzilla is hard to classify half
of it is a slow one-on-one fighter, and the other
half is tactical tile movement. The bottom half
of the screen shows tiles you can move Godzilla
to, while the top half shows the actual actions
Godzilla is taking. Its methodical and
appropriate.
Super Star Wars Release Year 1993 Current
Value 10-12 Luke starts off with a blaster,
and eventually upgrades to a lightsaber! Theres
even more action than the movie for this
sidescroller, plus a playable Han and Chewbacca.
Even though its not subtitled, the game is
based on Episode IV, clearly preparing for
sequels. Dont worry, theres vehicle combat too.
Super Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back Release
Year 1993 Current Value 11-13 Episode V
follows the gameplay of its predecessor, adding
new weapons and special moves for the
characters. Plus, theres double jumping and a
final boss fight with Vader. However, the story
isnt finished
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Super Star Wars Return of the Jedi Release Year
1994 Current Value 14-16 Once again, this
follows the Super Star Wars formula, but adds
Leia and Wicket as playable characters. Theres
more content and action-packed levels, and this
is about as good as it gets for licensed games of
the 16-bit era.
T2 The Arcade Game Release Year 1991 Current
Value 9-11 This is a conversion of the
lightgun arcade game dont bother playing
without a Super Scope or a SNES Mouse. If you
have either, this game is a super fun novelty.
The Terminator Release Year 1992 Current Value
32-35 Difficult side-scrolling with no
continues are punctuated by fun driving segments.
Its harder than it is long, but youd wish it
was all driving.
Terminator 2 Judgment Day Release Year 1993
Current Value 32-35 Its a sidescrolling
adventure game, but half of it is escort levels.
Plus, its not always easy to tell what youre
supposed to do. In short quite frustrating.
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Toy Story Release Year 1995 Current Value
10-13 Believe it or not, this is one of the
best platformers on the system. It has awesome
graphics, controls nicely and has fun levels. It
sold so well, they ran out of chips to make more
cartridges.
Toys Release Year 1993 Current Value
5-7 This game is seriously unimpressive. You
have to collect toys to fight the enemy with, but
most of the screen is covered up by isometric
tiles coated in eye-straining blue paint.
True Lies Release Year 1994 Current Value
30-35 Reviews for this are polarized. Its a
top-down shooter almost reminiscent of modern
games like Hotline Miami. Its short, but very
sweet.
Warlock Release Year 1994 Current Value
10-12 Its repetitive and you wont want to
finish it, but the puzzles and spells of Warlock
are impressive for a couple hours.
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Waynes World Release Year 1993 Current Value
10-12 Its hard to be accurate to a movie like
this, but the Waynes World game is goofy and
fun. The graphics are pretty good, but its hard
to pay attention to them with the games
difficulty.
Were Back! A Dinosaurs Story Release Year 1993
Current Value 6-8 It uses the movies
characters, but has a new plot to follow. The
graphics are nice, but its a rather simple
platformer. Great for kids.
The Wizard of Oz Release Year 1993 Current
Value 20-25 Its got some cool ideas the main
cast is all playable and theres new locations to
visit in the World of Oz. Unfortunately, the
platforming is broken and the foreground and
background blend together.
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