Super Bomberman 3

Super Bomberman 3

Introduction Hudson Soft released Super Bomberman 3 for the Super Famicom in 1995, and it reached Europe the same year. In the story mode, Bomberman sets out to stop Professor Bagura and the Five Dastardly Bombers, who have returned to cause trouble across five planets. Each stage is a maze of soft blocks that must…

Top Gear 3000

Top Gear 3000

Introduction Top Gear 3000 was developed by Gremlin Interactive and released for the Super Nintendo in 1995, published by Kemco in North America. It moves the Top Gear series into the future, with races taking place on planets across a galaxy. Each track has its own conditions and hazards, and drivers compete through a series…

Super Bomberman 2

Super Bomberman 2

Introduction Hudson Soft released Super Bomberman 2 for the Super Nintendo in 1994. In the story mode, Bomberman is captured by the Five Dastardly Bombers, a group of evil Bombers who want to conquer the galaxy, and he must escape and defeat them one by one across their worlds. The story mode is a single-player…

Final Fight 3

Final Fight 3

Introduction Capcom released Final Fight 3 for the Super Nintendo in 1995, the last game in the main series and the most technically ambitious. After the Mad Gear gang’s defeat, a new criminal group called the Skull Cross takes over Metro City, and Guy returns alongside Mike Haggar to stop them. They are joined by…

Super Bomberman

Super Bomberman

Introduction Hudson Soft released Super Bomberman for the Super Nintendo in 1993, the first Bomberman game on the console and the one that turned the series into a party staple. In the story mode, White Bomberman and Black Bomberman team up to stop the villains Carat Diamond and Dr. Mook, whose army of robotic bombers…

Gradius III

Gradius III

Introduction Gradius III first appeared in arcades in 1989, and Konami brought it to the Super Nintendo shortly after the console launched, with the North American release following in 1991. Once again the Vic Viper fighter takes off to stop the Bacterion empire, flying through horizontally scrolling stages full of volcanoes, bubble-filled caverns, crystal fields…

Street Fighter Alpha 2

Street Fighter Alpha 2

Introduction Street Fighter Alpha 2 arrived in arcades in 1996, and Capcom brought it to the Super Nintendo later that year. Set between the original Street Fighter and Street Fighter II, it expanded the roster with fighters such as Sakura, Dhalsim, Zangief, Gen and Rolento alongside returning favourites like Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li and Guy. Its…

Final Fight 2

Final Fight 2

Introduction Capcom released Final Fight 2 in 1993 as a Super Nintendo exclusive rather than an arcade port. The Mad Gear gang has regrouped and kidnapped Rena, the fiancée of Guy, along with her father, the martial arts master Genryusai. With Guy away training, Mike Haggar teams up with two new fighters: Maki Genryusai, Rena’s…

Metal Warriors

Metal Warriors

Introduction Metal Warriors was developed by LucasArts and published by Konami for the Super Nintendo in 1995. The player controls a pilot who leads a resistance force against an invading army, fighting mission after mission inside giant armoured mechs. Six different machines can be used, each with its own weapons and abilities, from a jet-powered…

Super Ghouls'n Ghosts

Super Ghouls’n Ghosts

Introduction Capcom released Super Ghouls’n Ghosts for the Super Nintendo in 1991, the third game in the series that began with Ghosts’n Goblins. Sir Arthur must once again rescue the princess, this time from the demon emperor Sardius, travelling through haunted graveyards, a ghost ship, rotting forests and a castle made of ice. The biggest…