Pioneering science fiction fantasy! Star Ocean
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The first game in the popular series released by Enix, Star Ocean established a new RPG series for Enix, although until now Enix’s RPGs had been strongly associated with Dragon Quest.
It also became a hot topic of conversation because it was developed by the same people who created Namco’s classic RPG, Tales of Fantasia.
At the time, most RPGs were based on medieval Europe and fantasy worlds, but “Star Ocean” was a rare RPG at the time, with a science fiction fantasy theme and space opera-like elements that successfully differentiated it from other RPGs.
Since it is an RPG released in the latter half of the Super Famicom (SNES) era, the graphics, BGM, game volume, etc. are all top-notch, and the relatively low price compared to software released at the same time is also a factor in its popularity.
The original sound novel! Otogirisou
A classic horror game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) that popularized the new game genre of “sound novels” that fused novels and video games.
The game progresses by reading the characters displayed on the TV screen in a simple manner, but the background graphics and thrilling BGM are more powerful than reading a horror novel.
You don’t just read the novel; the game uses a “free scenario system” that changes the scenario depending on the choices that appear in each section of the scenario, so you can see various endings from happy endings to bat endings.
Despite the simplicity of the game’s content, the game has a lot of challenging elements, and the scenarios are so deep that they became a huge hit at the time.
The “Pink Scenario”, which occurs when you complete a scenario, was undoubtedly a goal for all younger brother Kirikusa users.
This is a horror adventure! clock tower
This 1995 panic-adventure game set in Scandinavian Norway is the most powerful horror game in the history of the Super Nintendo, with the game’s focus on escaping from a killer.
The game’s main feature is the “horror presentation drawn out by articulated controls,” and since you can only direct your character indirectly rather than directly, the game’s gist is that it feels like you’re watching a horror movie.
Because it was developed in the later stages of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), the graphics are beautiful and match the game’s world, which adds to the sense of horror.
It was not well received in Japan during the Super Famicom era, but when the sequel was released for the PS, it became popular, and this attracted the attention of the Super Famicom version.
An iconic game from late SFC! Bahamut Lagoon
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It was a map-clearing simulation RPG released by Square, which was at the height of its popularity at the time, and contrary to the atmosphere of the package and the title, the level of difficulty was relatively low, so it was supported by a wide range of users as “introductory simulation RPG software”.
There are plenty of fun elements, such as tactical elements and dragon training, so many people may have taken advantage of this game to become addicted to Simulation RPGs.
Summary
So far, we’ve introduced some of the best software from the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
Since most of the software we’ve picked up here was developed in the later stages of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), the graphics and game systems are at a high level of perfection, and they seem to be comparable to those of the next generation game consoles such as the PS and Sega Saturn.
There is still a lot of software that can be called masterpieces from the early days of the Super Nintendo, so we’ll continue to pay attention to them as beloved retro games in the future.
