X-Nico

unusual facts about Super Nintendo



Area 88

Ports were released for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Super Nintendo and ZX Spectrum.

Gekisō Sentai Carranger: Zenkai! Racer Senshi

Toei was so impressed by Bandai of America's Mighty Morphin Power Rangers for the Super Nintendo, a title initially released only in America, that Toei decided to make a game of that same style based on a Super Sentai series rather than an American Power Rangers adaptation.

Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off Road

It was released for Super Nintendo and is based on the Baja 1000 race.

Mechagodzilla

The Shōwa Mechagodzilla appears in the video games Godzilla: Monster of Monsters for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Godzilla for the Game Boy, The American version of Super Godzilla for the Super Nintendo, Godzilla: Battle Legends for TurboDuo, Godzilla Generations for the Dreamcast and Godzilla Generations: Maximum Impact for the Dreamcast.

Mensch Computer

Much software originally written for other computer systems which use the 65816 or 6502 instruction sets (such as the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo, or Apple IIgs, among others) can be run on the Mensch Computer (either directly as binary object code or through reassembling the software source code), to the extent that such software does not rely on hardware configurations which differ from the Mensch Computer.

Moose Hunters

Moose Hunters was also the basis for, and title of the third level in the game, Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse (for Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Sega CD and PlayStation (as Mickey's Wild Adventure).

P.T.O.

It was originally released for the PC-88 in 1989 and had been ported to various platforms, such as the Sharp X68000 (1990), MSX (1991), Sega Mega Drive and the Super Nintendo (both in 1992).

Pinball Fantasies

A Super Nintendo version of the game, while it contained all four tables and the same music as the Amiga version (written by composer Olof Gustafsson), suffers from a limited color palette.

Pulfrich effect

So did Jim Power: The Lost Dimension in 3-D for the Super Nintendo, using constantly scrolling backgrounds to cause the effect.

Sterling Sharpe

Sharpe was the cover subject and star of the 1995 Super Nintendo game Sterling Sharpe: End 2 End produced by Jaleco.

The Incredible Crash Dummies

A video game also called The Incredible Crash Dummies was developed by Gray Matter Inc. and published by LJN, Ltd. in 1993 for Super Nintendo and the NES.

Top Gear Rally

The electronic XM music was composed by Barry Leitch, who also worked on Super Nintendo Top Gear releases.


see also

FF4

Final Fantasy IV, a console role-playing game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Game Genie

The Game Genie does not work with Super Nintendo games that contain a performance enhancing chip (e.g. Super FX, SA-1, and S-DD1 chip) such as Star Fox, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Doom and Street Fighter Alpha 2.

Jurassic Park 2

Jurassic Park 2: The Chaos Continues, a video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System

London, Ohio

In the Super Nintendo game Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill, London was noted as the home town of mid-boss Wigglearms Williams.

Mario Bros. 2

Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, a game included in 1993's Super Mario All-Stars package on the Super Nintendo and known as Super Mario Bros. 2 in Japan

NHLPA

NHLPA Hockey '93 is a video game released by Electronic Arts in 1992 for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

Wayne Gretzky and the NHLPA All-Stars is a video game released by Time Warner Interactive for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive and Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1995.