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SNES A Day 154: The Addams Family: Pugsley’s Scavenger Hunt
Approximate Release Date: February 23, 1993 Genre: Action/platformer Developer: Ocean Software Publisher: Ocean Software Some of what made its predecessor special has been stripped out of The Addams...
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SNES A Day 155: Shanghai II: Dragon’s Eye
Approximate Release Month: February 1993 Genre: Puzzle Developer: Hot-B Publisher: Activision Shanghai II: Dragon’s Eye is a solid mahjong game. I just want to get this out of the way: I know Shanghai...
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SNES A Day 156: SimEarth: The Living Planet
Approximate Release Month: February 1993 Genre: God game/simulation Developer: Tomcat System Publisher: FCI SimEarth: The Living Planet is ambitious, but lacks the kind of grounding that made the...
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SNES A Day 157: Sonic Blast Man
Approximate Release Month: February 1993 Genre: Brawler Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Despite the game’s slow pace, Sonic Blast Man is a surprisingly technical take on the beat-‘em-up genre. Sonic...
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SNES A Day 158: Super Valis IV
Approximate Release Month: February 1993 Genre: Action Developer: Telenet Japan Publisher: Atlus Most of the problems I have with Super Valis IV are rooted in the basic level design. You never want to...
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SNES A Day 159: Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose!
Approximate Release Month: February 1993 Genre: Platformer Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami The greatest success of Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose! is the great looking graphics. It...
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SNES A Day 160: The Combatribes
Approximate Release Date: March 1, 1993 Genre: Brawler Developer: Technos Japan Publisher: American Technos Much of The Combatribes feels antiquated by even 1993’s standards. First of all, you can’t...
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SNES A Day 161: Star Fox
Approximate Release Date: March 23, 1993 Genre: Shooter Developer: Nintendo/Argonaut Software Publisher: Nintendo Star Fox was a remarkable achievement in 1993. There are polygons! Nintendo cheated a...
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SNES A Day 162: Inindo: Way of the Ninja
Approximate Release Month: March 1993 Genre: Turn-based RPG/strategy Developer: Koei Publisher: Koei Inindo: Way of the Ninja seems to be a by-the-books Japanese role-playing game. It’s made by Koei,...
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SNES A Day 163: King Arthur’s World
Approximate Release Month: March 1993 Genre: Puzzle Developer: Argonaut Software Publisher: Jaleco With King Arthur’s World, I find myself asking one question: How do you write about and evaluate a...
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SNES A Day 164: Spindizzy Worlds
Approximate Release Month: March 1993 Genre: Puzzle Developer: ASCII Entertainment Publisher: ASCII Entertainment The Amiga roots of Spindizzy Worlds are instantly clear from the title screen. Unlike...
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SNES A Day 165: Super Conflict
Approximate Release Month: March 1993 Genre: Turn-based strategy Developer: Vic Tokai Publisher: Vic Tokai Super Conflict is most immediately comparable to Nintendo’s Game Boy Advance masterpiece...
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SNES A Day 166: Super Strike Eagle
Approximate Release Month: March 1993 Genre: Flight simulation Developer: Microprose Publisher: Microprose Though it is impressive in a technical sense, playing Super Strike Eagle today is a painful...
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SNES A Day 167: Tecmo Super NBA Basketball
Approximate Release Month: March 1993 Genre: Basketball simulation Developer: Tecmo Publisher: Tecmo Tecmo Super NBA Basketball has what every other basketball game before and since is missing:...
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SNES A Day 168: Fatal Fury
Approximate Release Date: April 1, 1993 Genre: Fighting Developer: SNK Publisher: Takara SNK’s Fatal Fury is a tremendously disappointing port to the Super Nintendo. Every SNES fighting game of this...
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SNES A Day 169: Cybernator
Approximate Release Date: April 4, 1993 Genre: Action Developer: NCS Publisher: Konami It really feels like you’re controlling a giant robot in Cybernator. It would have been easy for Konami to have...
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SNES A Day 170: American Gladiators
Approximate Release Date: April 13, 1993 Genre: Action Developer: Imagitec Design Publisher: GameTek American Gladiators is a terrible experience for many reasons. But of course it’s bad. Would anyone...
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SNES A Day 171: Rival Turf
Approximate Release Date: December 23, 1992 Genre: Brawler Developer: Jaleco Publisher: Jaleco It won’t wow anyone, but Rival Turf is a competent brawler perfect for beginners. You can’t play it...
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SNES A Day 172: Brawl Brothers
Approximate Release Date: April 13, 1993 Genre: Brawler Developer: Jaleco Publisher: Jaleco Brawl Brothers is a definite step up from its predecessor in most respects. Given that it’s coming out in...
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SNES A Day 173: Battle Grand Prix
Approximate Release Date: April 20, 1993 Genre: Racing Developer: Hudson Soft Publisher: Hudson Soft There’s much about Battle Grand Prix that is disappointing. Most immediately noticeable is its...
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