* Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World ( 1988 ; Apple II, Amiga, DOS, Commodore 64, Mac, Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System ( Europe only ), SNES ( Japan-only, different from the European version ), MSX, PC-Engine CD )

In addition, a major launch game had been rushed ; the 32X version of Doom was missing ten levels present on the PC version, though three of those levels ( five on the SNES ) were not present in other console ports of Doom either.

A SNES version, also programmed by Robert Champagne, was released the following year, supporting two players in split-screen mode.

The SNES version substituted completely different graphics and levels from the earlier Game Boy version.

A variety of in-game music for the SNES version of Faceball 2000 was composed by George " The Fat Man " Sanger.

The GBA port is identical to the SNES version, but the password feature has been removed and replaced with three save slots, meaning the player cannot replay any level at any time.

Interestingly, the SNES version is highly rare in the PAL region while the PS1 version is quite common.

The SNES version used technology very similar to the original installment, with the same cartoonish graphics and basic 16-bit sound and music.

The game uses the Super FX 2 microchip to create sprite scaling, polygon effects, and pre-32-bit computer effects called " Morphmation " ( in American commercials ) that are relatively advanced for a SNES game ( a preliminary version of the boxart featured the Super FX 2 logo ).

The gamepad's design is similar to that of the stock SNES controller ( more so the Japanese and European version with colored buttons ), although it lacks the Start, Select and shoulder buttons, and the shape of the controller's chassis differs slightly, with an inverted curve on the left side.

The Game Boy version of the game was restricted to a smaller playfield three blocks shorter than the SNES version.

Unlike the 16-bit SNES version, the Virtual Console version is the original Disk System version with all its original subtitles ( although like Super Mario Bros., the original game was already entirely in English ) without the loading screen.

Also, compared to the PC version, the SNES port omits the cheat codes, limits the city maps to six, has no difficulty setting and only includes five generic scenarios.

Computer and Video Games gave the game a 93 %, adding, " Rare weren't lying when they said the home version would play better than the coin-op: no-one realised they were talking about the SNES!

However, there is no apparent limit to the number of buildings in the SNES version.

It has been included in the other sequels and spin-offs, including the SNES version of Gradius III, which actually destroys the player's ship upon entering the original code ( however, substituting and with the and triggers of the SNES controller powers up the ship ), all the way through the most recent iteration of the series, Gradius Rebirth on the Wii, where the Wii Remote's and buttons fill in for and, respectively.

The shortcoming is most apparent in the tracks " Yume-Wa Owaranai " from Tales of Phantasia and " Be Prepared " from the SNES version of The Lion King.

The SNES port is very buggy with a low horizontal resolution, which makes it eaiser to run into enemies and being overall a slower game.

* In the SNES game Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen, the Empress is portrayed as sitting on a throne with a tiara on her head, wearing red robes, and being surrounded by a cloak of feathers.

Upon its release on the SNES, VideoGames reviewer Tyrone Rodriguez gave the game a score of 8 ( Great ), stating his preference of it over Mortal Kombat 3 ( the other editors ' additional scores being 8-6-6 ).

It also has a reputation of being one of the fastest SNES emulators available.

The most prominent examples being Super C and Contra Force for the NES, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time for the SNES.

While the SNES version is missing some animations and graphics effects from the arcade version, it made extensive use of the SNES's Mode 7 forward scrolling effect, in the " Neon Night-Riders " level, the option to give unique skin tones for each turtle and most memorably in rendering the throw move which involved footsoldiers being thrown directly at, and hitting, the screen.

* 6 August – Square releases Secret of Mana for the SNES, the second in a series of action role-playing games ( the first technically being Final Fantasy Adventure for the Game Boy in 1991 ).

This approach became widely used in specific game genres such as platformers and role-playing video games, and reached its peak during the 8-bit and 16-bit eras of consoles, with games such as Mega Man ( NES ), The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past ( SNES ) and Shining Force ( Mega Drive ) being prime examples of tile-based games, producing a highly recognizable look and feel.

This game is considered by many to be rarest game on the north american Virtual Boy, with the now reputation of atlus being know for very limited print-run games like ogre battle on the SNES, persona on playstation & ogre battle 64 on the N64, loose copies goes up to more than 75 $, complete in box with manual & promos can easily break up to 350 +$.

The game still proved popular enough in Japan to warrant two sequels exclusively in Japan that continued the saga of Varik and Alexis ( which are known in Japan as Ares and Dela ), the first one being Brandish 2: The Planet Buster, released in August 1995 for the SNES.

However, instead of being compatible with Atari joysticks, the DB-9 ports are compatible with Nintendo gamepads ( though directly connecting an NES or SNES controller would require a pin adapter ).

It was also notable as being the first Spider-Man video game to receive a teen rating ( that being the Genesis version in particular MA-13 ; the SNES re-release version had a rating of K-A ).

Super Mario RPG was the final Mario game released for the SNES as well as one of the last games Square produced for Nintendo hardware until Chocobo Land: A Game of Dice in 2002.

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest ( abbreviated to DKC2 ) is a 1995 adventure platform game developed for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System ( otherwise known as the " SNES ") produced by Rareware ( UK ) and published by Nintendo ( Japan )-with Diddy Kong and Dixie Kong starring as the main characters of the game.

The capabilities of the SPC700 DSP in the SNES sound system allow for music synthesis by samples ( analogous to MOD or IT music formats ), allowing long stretches of audio to be produced from only 64 kilobytes of data.

An SNES and Game Boy game called Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions, as well as a Nintendo 64 video game, entitled Duck Dodgers, have also been produced.

Backup units for NES, SNES, Neo-Geo, Neo Geo Pocket, Sega Genesis, Game Boy and N64 were developed and produced by Bung.

Despite admitting that the Virtual Console version was essentially " nothing more than a no-frills, emulated version of a 13-year-old SNES game " that was no longer cutting-edge, he was still pleased with it and reiterated his belief that Super Metroid is " one of the best 2D action adventure games ever produced ".

The vast majority of SNES and Mega Drive ( Genesis ) games were produced on 8 megabit cartridges, although other sizes such as 4, 12, 16, 24, 32, and 48 megabit cartridges appeared.

Many clones are designed to resemble the original Famicom, but others have been produced to look like almost all other consoles from the NES, SNES, and Mega Drive / Genesis to the Xbox and PlayStation 3, and others simply in a generic console shape.

Presumably homebrew games can be produced legally for the SNES as long as no copyright material is included.

It was produced and published by Namco for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System ( SNES ) and Mega Drive / Genesis systems, and was released on April 6, 1994 by Namco.

In addition to the home versions for the Neo Geo and Neo Geo CD, ports of Fatal Fury Special were produced for the SNES, Sega CD and Game Gear, as well as the PC Engine game console ( in Arcade CD-ROM² format ) and the X68000 and FM Towns computer platforms in Japan.

The 1994 SNES / Genesis version was produced by Russell Byrd.

A version of Universal Soldier was also produced for the SNES, but it was never published and only exists in the form of leaked ROM.

Technōs produced a fourth game in the series titled Super Double Dragon, released for the SNES in.