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gjones Disciple of Maddrell

Posts : 1207 Points : 1240 Join date : 2015-01-12 Age : 34 Location : London
 | Subject: Super Play's Guide to SNES Online Wed 20 May 2020 - 21:48 | |
| With more titles added to SNES Online on the Switch, I wanted to put all the Super Play content relating to these games in an area we can reference. Enjoy! Brawl Brothers (Japanese copy reviewed under the name Rushing Beat Run)"Beat-em-up which is nice to look at, but boring to play."- Review:
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Breath of Fire"The Super Play cover was better than the game, but it remains an absorbing, if repetitious on occasion, RPG. Hmm."- Review:
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Breath of Fire II"Although it has undeniable flaws, if you're a hardcore pointy-hat BOF2 is an essential purchase."- Review:
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Demon's Crest (known in Super Play as Demon Blazon) "Show-stopping graphics and a great bulging sack full of neat touches in a game that's a teeny bit too easy."- Review:
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Donkey Kong Country"Ray-traced platform Kong fun that everyone got for Christmas, learning about graphics/gameplay the hard way."- Review:
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F-Zero"Fast and smooth racing game with bland scenery."- Review:
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Joe & Mac 2: Lost in the Tropics"The graphics are jolly, by jingo, and the jungly caperings entertaining, but...there's...something...missing."- Review:
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Kirby's Tea Shop (Kirby's Dream Course)"Er, sorry, that's Tee Shot, actually. It's an odd little golf-type game for odd little gamesplaying people."- Review:
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Kirby's Dream Land 3This came out in 1997, after the magazine closed. Pretty sure it wasn't reviewed by N64 Magazine either. Kirby Super Deluxe (Kirby Super Star)"Slick, colourful and addictive with a difficulty curve just the wrong side of easy. Another platform masterpiece."- Review:
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The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past"The definitive adventure game."- Review:
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Operation Logic Bomb (Japanese title Fortress of Fury reviewed)"Nice graphics, but slow and unimaginative gameplay."- Review:
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Panel de Pon"Brimming with options, heady with playability and steeped in challenge - this turns minutes into hours into days."- Review:
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Pilotwings"Looks good and is a test for hand-eye co-ordination."- Review:
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Pop n Twin Bee"Ultra-cute blaster with rather weak gameplay."- Review:
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Smash Tennis"Polished four-player sim with limited controls."- Review:
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Starwing"Absolutely brilliant 3-D shooter. Get it!"- Review:
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Stunt Race FX (Japanese copy reviewed under the name Wild Trax)"The most playable and varied racing game ever."- Review:
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Super Earth Defence Force"Pretty shoot-em-up with some boring gameplay."Not actually reviewed, this quote is from Issue 24's "What Cart?" section. Super Ghouls and Ghosts"Brilliant graphics (with slow-down), but it's frustrating."- Review:
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Super Mario Kart"Four-games-in-one racer, with great two-player mode."- Review:
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Super Mario World"Repetitive backgrounds, but awesome challenge."- Review:
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Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island"Yoshi takes the lead in what at first appears to be the best Mario game yet. It's certainly close between this and Super Mario World."- Review:
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Super Metroid"This is the reason Gunpei Yokoi still holds his head high after the disappointing Virtual Boy. Buy this game. Buy two copies."- Review:
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Super Punch-Out!!"Original and surprisingly top boxing game! Cartoony looks and plenty of skills needed to overcome a variety of opponents."- Review:
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Super Puyo Puyo 2Not reviewed. Super Soccer"Enjoyable, but flawed, sim with impressive graphics."- Review:
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Super Tennis"Amazing range of shots and lots of tournaments too."- Review:
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Wild Guns"A target-led blaster with neat touches."- Review:
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The Cappuccino Kid Kid from a To Rose

Posts : 5268 Points : 5401 Join date : 2013-02-25 Age : 102 Location : East of Mombasa
 | Subject: Re: Super Play's Guide to SNES Online Wed 20 May 2020 - 22:17 | |
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gjones Disciple of Maddrell

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Buskalilly Brush God

Posts : 12584 Points : 12732 Join date : 2013-02-25 Age : 30 Location : Nagano
 | Subject: Re: Super Play's Guide to SNES Online Thu 21 May 2020 - 5:45 | |
| Fantastic! Thanks for this. I particularly enjoy the F-Zero explaining how easy it is to just "whack it into Mode 7", I bet the programmers would have loved reading that  I'll read more as and when I get the chance. |
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Rum Disciple of Overton

Posts : 1065 Points : 1076 Join date : 2013-01-20 Age : 29 Location : Scotland
 | Subject: Re: Super Play's Guide to SNES Online Thu 21 May 2020 - 15:39 | |
| Agreed, this is amazing work! Thought it makes me massively miss the glory days of printed magazines. |
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Jimbob Snack Review

Posts : 3863 Points : 3885 Join date : 2013-01-15 Age : 38 Location : Milton Keynes
 | Subject: Re: Super Play's Guide to SNES Online Thu 21 May 2020 - 21:11 | |
| I've not even read it yet and I want to thank Mr. Jones! I'm going to go back and read that all properly. |
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Balladeer The Next Aonuma

Posts : 23063 Points : 21909 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 31 Location : Admintown
 | Subject: Re: Super Play's Guide to SNES Online Thu 21 May 2020 - 22:24 | |
| Not much to say that hasn't already been said: great service provided here!  I'll read snippets from time to time and post my thoughts. Er, probably. |
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masofdas Giygas

Posts : 20745 Points : 21061 Join date : 2013-01-18 Age : 30 Location : VITA Island
 | Subject: Re: Super Play's Guide to SNES Online Fri 22 May 2020 - 9:45 | |
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The_Jaster Baby Brush God

Posts : 10839 Points : 10929 Join date : 2013-01-15 Age : 36 Location : Underground Corpse Pile.
 | Subject: Re: Super Play's Guide to SNES Online Fri 22 May 2020 - 14:32 | |
| Aye top stuff! I'll definitely read some of these reviews, probably starting with those games that were recently added to the Switch online SNES app. |
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JayMoyles Farore

Posts : 14872 Points : 14081 Join date : 2013-01-21 Age : 27 Location : Courtroom No. 3 at 10am.
 | Subject: Re: Super Play's Guide to SNES Online Tue 26 May 2020 - 0:42 | |
| Quality contribution gjones! I had a look at a couple of them - the Zelda review was a solid wee read. I'll work through the rest and pop back to this thread from time to time. |
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gjones Disciple of Maddrell

Posts : 1207 Points : 1240 Join date : 2015-01-12 Age : 34 Location : London
 | Subject: Re: Super Play's Guide to SNES Online Tue 26 May 2020 - 9:50 | |
| Good to hear!  I think it has already been useful - I played Operation Logic Bomb and it felt so slow and cumbersome. I figured it must have been great at the time, but no, Super Play felt the same way! |
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gjones Disciple of Maddrell

Posts : 1207 Points : 1240 Join date : 2015-01-12 Age : 34 Location : London
 | Subject: Re: Super Play's Guide to SNES Online Wed 15 Jul 2020 - 14:04 | |
| Donkey Kong Country added. |
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masofdas Giygas

Posts : 20745 Points : 21061 Join date : 2013-01-18 Age : 30 Location : VITA Island
 | Subject: Re: Super Play's Guide to SNES Online Wed 15 Jul 2020 - 14:14 | |
| What did they think of DKC2 AKA the best one? |
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The Cappuccino Kid Kid from a To Rose

Posts : 5268 Points : 5401 Join date : 2013-02-25 Age : 102 Location : East of Mombasa
 | Subject: Re: Super Play's Guide to SNES Online Wed 15 Jul 2020 - 15:16 | |
| That's an eye-catching review of Donkey Kong Country there. I agree that it's "another reasonable platformer", but I think having "the hallmarks of British games design" is a good thing! |
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gjones Disciple of Maddrell

Posts : 1207 Points : 1240 Join date : 2015-01-12 Age : 34 Location : London
 | Subject: Re: Super Play's Guide to SNES Online Wed 15 Jul 2020 - 17:38 | |
| Yeah the scan I have is a bit blurry, but just about readable. The DKC review is largely mixed with numerous criticisms of the gameplay, yet they still gave it a 90%. It reads more like a 70%, and while it's clearly different to Sonic Adventure, it reminds me of the 90% reviews that had heaped on it at the time. Thankfully the unofficial Dreamcast Magazine went back and gave that a 75% a year later, and it sounds like DKC would have too. |
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The Cappuccino Kid Kid from a To Rose

Posts : 5268 Points : 5401 Join date : 2013-02-25 Age : 102 Location : East of Mombasa
 | Subject: Re: Super Play's Guide to SNES Online Fri 17 Jul 2020 - 12:31 | |
| I like it when magazines did that, when initially-games would be displaced by what would follow after. That's probably true for Sonic Adventure, but I don't think so for DKC. I've always regarded that as a 75% kind of game.
Good platformer - mixed difficulty + belting soundtrack = 75% |
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Jimbob Snack Review

Posts : 3863 Points : 3885 Join date : 2013-01-15 Age : 38 Location : Milton Keynes
 | Subject: Re: Super Play's Guide to SNES Online Thu 23 Jul 2020 - 21:12 | |
| I still think DKC's better than the "graphics showcase" label that gets applied to it, and, as the learned gentleman above says, the belting soundtrack - nothing was atmospheric like that on the SNES. I've never gelled with the sequels though - I wonder if I just got to them late? |
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The Cappuccino Kid Kid from a To Rose

Posts : 5268 Points : 5401 Join date : 2013-02-25 Age : 102 Location : East of Mombasa
 | Subject: Re: Super Play's Guide to SNES Online Fri 24 Jul 2020 - 20:56 | |
| I finished Donkey Kong Country on Nintendo Switch Online earlier today. I'll not review it (because it's not a janky N64 game) but aye, it's a total 75%'er. I had a good time with it, especially as I could easily overcome "the pleasingly difficult challenge" (read: total bullshit design and enemy placement) with a press of the rewind button.
Honestly, not a bad playthrough that way! |
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