I Ranked Konami SNES Games

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I Ranked Konami SNES Games

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Konami was one of the kings of the 16-bit era with some of the best licenses like Castlevania and TMNT. Here's a look at (almost) every Konami game on SNES and where I'd rank them.
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@JohnRiggs 3 ай бұрын

I Ranked Capcom SNES Games kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m7Oko8lyvcq1nGw.html

@AndSaveAsManyAsYouCan 3 ай бұрын

You forgot one of the greatest SNES Konami games of all time; Cybernator!!!

@bepohal 2 ай бұрын

Castlevania IV is more like an A while Contra III is a S+ game

@imyanigmw 3 ай бұрын

Konami and Capcom were top tier developers in the 90s

@chrisjohnson9542 3 ай бұрын

I was going to make a similar comment. Not only in the 90s but in the 2000's too. Boktai, metal gear, megaman Zero and megaman battle network! I almost completely forgot that Capcom is responsible for 3 of my favorite Zelda games as well. That's right Capcom made 3 Zelda games.

@joeboo8626 3 ай бұрын

The 80s as well. Where the NES had Konami and Capcom, the 2600 had Activision and Imagic.

@holddamayo7474 3 ай бұрын

Capcom still is but man Konami sure has fallen

@kenterminateddq5311 3 ай бұрын

I hope JohnRiggs ranked Super Castlevania IV as an S-tier. IMO, it's the best Castlevania game of all-time (Sorry, Bloodline fans. Sorry, Symphony of the Night fans).

@isd8894 3 ай бұрын

@@nehemiahpouncey3607 I hope you aren't implying that video games in the 90s were a "wasteland"???

@samuelallen2831 3 ай бұрын

Contra III is S tier alllllll day for me

@combobreaker_99 3 ай бұрын

Yes hands down

@DFG3755 2 ай бұрын

He forgot to rate it! But it's a S tier all day long

@pabloalvarez-qu2hy 2 ай бұрын

S+

@Zaloomination 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely! If THIS ain't S tier what could be?

@alanf8622 2 ай бұрын

@@DFG3755 Are you drunk?

@Weezing336 3 ай бұрын

I've never been bored playing Batman Returns. It's an A for me.

@pabloalvarez-qu2hy 2 ай бұрын

@Weezing336 2 ай бұрын

@@pabloalvarez-qu2hyI'm fine with that too.

@galadriusthemighty 2 ай бұрын

S. Cinematic style is off the charts and pure Burton.

@wdavis911 2 ай бұрын

Riggs has horrible taste giving it a C, that game is an A tier minimum

@DanielNewm 2 ай бұрын

Agree!

@chriswheatley3146 3 ай бұрын

Batman Returns should definitely be ranked higher. It's the best version of Batman returns on all systems. It's one of the best brawlers on the SNES only held back by a lack of simultaneous 2 player option. I loved that you could throw people into the street signs and it would make a 'gooong' noise.

@MrBoyYankee 3 ай бұрын

Agreed

@zengram 3 ай бұрын

One of the best beat em ups ever

@jmarx3943 2 ай бұрын

It would definitely be in my top 10 beatem ups all time list

@Blaster1986 2 ай бұрын

Came here to say this. It’s an underrated beat ‘em up with great graphics, music and gameplay. It’s not quite on the level of Turtles in Time, but it’s up there. I used to love renting the game when I was a kid and eventually rediscovered it via emulation.

@haruruben 2 ай бұрын

Overall for me the game that made me feel like Batman the most was that Sunsoft Batman game where you do the wall jump. You have a batarang and stealth and puzzles (Batman is a detective after all). Technically it isn’t a SNES game but somehow they squeezed some amazing graphics out of the NES

@r.e.goodrich759 3 ай бұрын

John, John! Are you kidding me!? Contra III The Alien Wars only an A!? It's one of the greatest SNES games of all time, and the best Contra game. C'mon man!

@jmarx3943 2 ай бұрын

I agree it should be in s, but for me the best contra game is hard corps. It's debatable either way though.

@BB-te8tc 3 ай бұрын

Batman Returns is one of the best beat-em-ups on the console in my opinion. It gets that brutality factor down just right (the punching sounds, throwing enemies into walls, etc), there's lots of enemy variety, and even the platforming sections work pretty well.

@Seathon 3 ай бұрын

Totally agree, that plataforming stage when you have to leave a building on fire just by hooking to the roof, and also the full stage where you drive the batmobile, very good levels to break the continous beat em up on the rest of the levels and boss fights.

@slaugmromni6743 2 ай бұрын

A John Riggs video is always so suspenseful: "This game is really good, it's actually great, I'm surprised at how well it plays and the graphics are amazing for 1992. D-tier." "This game is okay. It's not that great. I used to play it some, but it hasn't held up well. A-tier." Or, my favorite Riggs-ism, the whiplash: "This game, ya know, is pretty good, pretty damn great, ehhh it's okay, it's good, it's kinda bad, but it's really great to play, and I hated playing this when it came out, but it was my favorite game when I was a kid" Never. Change.

@JMDSPhotography 2 ай бұрын

Contra 3..... A teir??? Are you kidding, John? 100% S tier my man, come on!

@mattm7798 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, if you rank contra on the nes an S, isn't this one just better?

@akhandtripathipyz9888 Ай бұрын

@@mattm7798 he actually ranked contra nes A tier

@joshjohnson6891 3 ай бұрын

Batman Returns as a C? Whew dawg, you are tough.

@NikateeN 3 ай бұрын

Ouch! Batman Returns under Animaniacs?

@MilkWasABadChoice17 3 ай бұрын

Mostly agree with this, although I definitely have some disagreements. 1) Batman Returns, while repetitive, isn't a C tier game. Its B tier, borderline A tier. Very good beat em up. 2) Contra 3 is a top 20-30 SNES game. Absolutely S tier. 3) NHL/NBA games are definitely D tier sports games. Not very good or memorable.

@turboshazed7370 3 ай бұрын

Turtles in Time, Sunset Riders, ZAMN and Castlevania 4 are S tier games for me.

@VizabeeGames 3 ай бұрын

100% agree. That Castlevania game was also the only one that allowed you to whip in any direction. I think it was the best in the series and definitely S tier.

@christophmatthews4313 2 ай бұрын

Agreed with all you said, and add contra to that as well.

@Arkki213 3 ай бұрын

International Superstar Soccer Deluxe was HUGE here in south america, the best soccer game of the 16-bit generation. It was so huge that, even back in the 90's, it had many, many rom hacks that you could buy as bootlegs and play on you SNES, way before the Everdrives. One of those rom hacks gave life to a very famous meme, the Ronaldinho Soccer intro.

@TheDuke013 3 ай бұрын

Even bad games by Konami are better than most modern games.

@dinkc64 3 ай бұрын

Wholeheartedly agree 👍

@waywardpony 3 ай бұрын

You're AWFULLY dismissive of Konami's Prince of Persia. There are some SNES-specific levels, the rotoscoping is incredibly smooth, the use of color is vibrant and unique to the SNES. Not to mention the sounstrack is bone-chilling.

@NinjaRunningWild 2 ай бұрын

He probably doesn’t get cinematic playformers. It’s one of the best & arguably the best port of PoP.

@waywardpony Ай бұрын

@@NinjaRunningWild Gotcha, however in not being familiar enough with the source material (and not saying as such) he's not doing the work put into making the game unique justice, nor is he able to be fair with his assessment. All one needs to do is watch a KZfaq video of a level or two being played on both platforms to see a majority of the differences, and glance at the walkthroughs to see additional levels put in and mentioning of bosses. My point is that part of the video lacks any research or interest, which you hit the nail on the head when it comes to the latter. Otherwise the thoughts in this video on other games seem to be fairly solid.

@andrewalexander4331 3 ай бұрын

The UK game magazines in the 90s made clear that International Superstar Soccer, and then International Superstar Soccer Deluxe, were vastly superior to FIFA in the 90s. Along with the N64 games, it was half of my childhood.

@MonoGrinded 3 ай бұрын

The music, sound efx and announcing on the 64 game are top tier alone

@derekshropshire2513 3 ай бұрын

Sunset Riders on SNES is better than Genesis. Definitely A quality game.

@totesmagotes213 3 ай бұрын

I wish Metal Warriors had been included. Such a great action game with a cool 2 player vs mode. Side scrolling mech action game with multiple suits and very cool levels.

@katherineberger6329 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, I was disappointed by the exclusion of this. I know it's a LucasArts game that Konami just distributed, but it's amazing and I still bust it out every so often.

@valkiriforce 3 ай бұрын

Contra III and Axelay are my S-tier games, for sure.

@esmerylan 2 ай бұрын

So about Prince of Persia being the "same game"... this is the one version that actually ISN'T exactly the same as the others. It increases the time limit from 1 hour to 2, makes significant changes to the original levels, and adds entirely new ones. David X. Newton's excellent "Stumbling Through Prince of Persia on Almost Everything" video goes into these changes in detail.

@NinjaRunningWild 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, his video is the best on it. I also recommended it before seeing your comment.

@BaldoFlores_godmetal 3 ай бұрын

You have no idea the phenomenom that International Superstar Soccer was in Latin America. We were raving maniacs for this game, friendships started and ended thanks to this game. And it was MUCH better than Fifa, this is what eventually became Winning Eleven and then PES, Fifa's greatest competitor. Top 10 SNES game for me I apreciate the respect a a non-soccer fan has for it, you rock!

@giuseppedidioroccazzella8534 3 ай бұрын

International superstar soccer was also very popular in Europe...was considered the best soccer game on SNES...and..."C" tier? you can see that this ranking is made by an American guy

@casualretrocollector 3 ай бұрын

Yeah international superstar soccer was the best soccer game on the snes. Period. Americans will never see that due to the different culture there.

@mattm7798 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, "it's better than Fifa...It's a C" lololol

@Greg_Games 2 ай бұрын

International Super Star Soccer was a huge success in my country Brasil! Even today is played. Same thing for Top Gear games

@jasonhansen9 3 ай бұрын

Maybe if you are ranking them amongst themselves this list could make a little sense, but for me, most of your A tier should be S tier, many of your B tier should be A tier, Batman Returns should be probably A tier, and some of the sports games should be F tier. You have maybe the best soccer game in c tier and then a bunch of mediocre basketball and football games there too, doesn’t quite make sense haha. But such a fun list thank you for the video!

@thumperbangin2000 3 ай бұрын

legend of mystical ninja was excellent. me and my sister used to play that game!! we never beat it though :(

@manuginobilisbaldspot2 2 ай бұрын

Biker Mice from Mars was a 90s cartoon! Saw ads for it everywhere back in the day.

@viniciusamorim147 2 ай бұрын

International Superstar Soccer literally changed the scene. Every kid in Brazil wished they had it back in the day, and the non official versions with the Brazilian league were on point. S tier alllllll day!

@bigcozz89 2 ай бұрын

Konami+SNES = GOAT-material - TMNT IV - Turtles in Time, Adventures of Batman and Robin, Batman Returns, NBA Give N Go, Contra III - The Alien Wars, Sunset Riders, Tiny Toon Adventures - Buster’s Busts Loose, Axelay and International Super Star Soccer are some of my favorites

@dejatwixt9214 3 ай бұрын

I played the heck out of Batman and Robin. Such a damn good, well made, game.

@UncaJohnny 3 ай бұрын

I have always preferred Konami over Capcom so I don't agree with some of your rankings. TAoB&R, Contra III and ZAMN are S rank for me. Batman Returns and Prince of Persia are solid As. BTW, you forgot three games: Cybernator, International Superstar Soccer Deluxe and Metal Warriors

@BloodlessWolf 2 ай бұрын

I think he means games developed and published by Konami.

@UncaJohnny 2 ай бұрын

@BloodlessWolf , on previous videos John has mentioned that the criteria is games published in North America X, Y or Z company. So, he simply forgot. For example, NFL Football (Park Place Productions), Prince of Persia (Arsys Software) and ZAMN (LucasArts) weren't developed by Konami and both were mentioned on the video. ISSS Deluxe was developed Konami and he completely skipped it. The Capcom video also has games not developed by them: Bonkers (Sun L), Mega Man Soccer (Sun L), Mega Man X3 (Minakuchi Engineering), MVP Football (Equilibrium) and Soccer Shootout (A-Max). He also skipped Street Fighter Alpha 2 because it was published by Nintendo in North America (he briefly mentions it).

@chrisjohnson9542 3 ай бұрын

There is a sparkster rocket knight collection with all 3 games coming out for switch!

@gurvmlk 2 ай бұрын

While pretending like the fourth one never happened.

@andrewalexander4331 3 ай бұрын

As a kid growing up in the 90s in the UK, we'd never use the initials TMHT, we'd just say Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, or just call them Turtles. But with the internet making the world smaller, I kinda forget nowadays that we used to call it Hero, rather than Ninja.

@alanfike 3 ай бұрын

I remember the public calling them "TMNT" in any regularity began in the US after 2000. I remember everyone calling them Ninja Turtles, similar to the way you said. There's another franchise where in this case Americans are divided on the name, WWE. Some of us still refer to it as WWF.

@Virtual_Vinsanity 2 ай бұрын

@alanfike yea it was marketing.

@goranisacson2502 2 ай бұрын

Swedish person here and yeah- it was Hero Turtles that was the full name, but we too also just called them 'The Turtles'.

@augustusclaudiusvenorius6292 3 ай бұрын

B for DracX and S for Contra 3 IMO, but that's me ;)

@louisdellalucca8969 3 ай бұрын

I’m so happy you’re doing ranking videos again!

@BoboBreez 3 ай бұрын

Keep doing the ranking videos!

@Aqua.man045 2 ай бұрын

Konami SNES games were like Rare’s N64 releases. Helped stay the console up

@krisfrederick5001 3 ай бұрын

It's always amazing when you play your cartoons literally.

@RetroGamingWithEdgarRivera 3 ай бұрын

Man I got to say is quite hard to choose because I enjoy most of the Konami games on the SNES such as TMNT Turtle's in Time, Gradius 3, Super Castlevania 4, Zombies ate My Neighbors or even Sunset riders, however my personal favorite is always Contra 3 The Alien Wars, yes I know some prefer Contra Hard Coprs but I always prefer Contra 3 mainly because of the atmosphere and the music it reminds me of Alien and Predator not to mention the main character of the game reminds me of Arnold Schwarzenegger. My second favorite is Batman Returns I love that game it's so satisfying to beat the hell out of those bad guys from the Penguin, as for the honorable mention TMNT Tornament Fighter and Axelay both games are childhood favorite of mine.

@masonsheppard1236 2 ай бұрын

Contra III is S tier, and if you beat it on hard there is a secret final boss.

@meyeboy2 3 ай бұрын

i didn't like legend of the mystical ninja as much as everyone else did, i never was able to get into it

@EricP-xq4jx 3 ай бұрын

Axelay deserves a port to Neo-Geo & Dreamcast w/ updated soundtrack/sfx! Cybernaror deserves an A ranking for the intro theme music alone! Loved the Konami SNES ranking Riggs!!

@louyork8379 3 ай бұрын

Biker Mice from Mars was a cartoon, Bro. That’s where they got the idea for that one lol

@georged7627 2 ай бұрын

Remember ppls this is John’s Tiers list 🙏🏽

@rjgt87 2 ай бұрын

Great ranking! It definitely shows that Konami was a beast in that era, I honestly can't remember a game that I didn't like from them through the nes-snes generation. About ISSS Deluxe this game was huge not only in Japan but in Latin America too, I might be wrong but I think that up till PS2 era Konami football games were in a higher regard than FIFA.

@dan_evilrobot 3 ай бұрын

90s Konami, made some amazing 16-bit games for the Super Nintendo. Interesting list.❤👍

@toddburgess5056 2 ай бұрын

I love gradius 3 and 4, ive followed that gane from SNES to the PS2, and still play it today. Its the perfect "pick it up and play" game

@SkitchPowers 2 ай бұрын

I really, really enjoy these new ranking videos you have been doing lately. Brilliant content. Excellent visualization. Keep them coming! :)

@griloleatherface 3 ай бұрын

Internacional superstar soccer should be an S. It was BY FAR the best soccer game on the 16 bit era, not even close. I say that as a south american where soccer actually matter a lot, no one played any other soccer game really. Also Batman Returns is really good, at least a B.

@EstebanGallardo 2 ай бұрын

Working at Konami during the 80s and 90s should have been awesome. So many classics.

@JGKingCrusher 2 ай бұрын

Of all of these, Gradius III was my favorite! I LOVE that game! I was a fan of the NES games, and then the SNES one just raised every aspect of the game and just blew me away!

@PixelGameSquad 2 ай бұрын

I could watch these all day

@benvanasdale6273 3 ай бұрын

Riggs, I knew you were a man of culture. Raphael is indeed the best turtle.

@LivingwithPerks 3 ай бұрын

Zombies ate my neighbors was definitely S tier. 😢

@g4lsupreme542 18 сағат бұрын

Man I put so many hrs into that game .. I still don’t know how many levels there are. Top 5 2 player game for snes

@streetmagik3105 3 ай бұрын

Totally agree about the Legend of the Mystical Ninja. I love that game!

@XBC3-4GOTY 2 ай бұрын

Batman Returns is an A Tier Beat Em Up for me

@g4lsupreme542 18 сағат бұрын

Zombies and contra alien wars are definitely S tier .. so much replay value

@geoffreybrooks6041 2 ай бұрын

Buster Busts Loose is criminally under-rated. The football stage alone should bump it into A Tier. It's just really good.

@richardjenkins128 2 ай бұрын

John Riggs videos are S tier

@danholo 3 ай бұрын

Amazing games

@smoothALOE 2 ай бұрын

NBA Give ‘n Go was based on an arcade called “Run ‘n Gun.” I was really excited when it came out cause I enjoyed the arcade. If you liked that arcade, it was a very good port and even added players’ and teams’ licenses that the arcade didn’t have. Its greatest strength is in its presentation…there was this bowling game on the system that I thought was made by Konami, too, but you didn’t review it in this video. Maybe it was made by Capcom, though. I wonder.

@WrestlingandFilmReviews 3 ай бұрын

Close to being playing Castlevania on SNES was one time I played Bram Stoker's Dracula for SNES, I think AVGN made video on that game and noticed funny name: Fred Fuchs.

@roberthilfinger5076 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely love your content. Long time watcher with over 40 years of console gaming. I still learn new stuff from your videos. Thank you for keeping it going!

@darrylwalker877 2 ай бұрын

Sunset Riders was so fun and so underrated and underappreciated. Used to play it so much years ago!

@yordan826 2 ай бұрын

I agree with some of your ratings and not so much with others, but one thing I think we would all agree and that’s Konami and Capcom were top notch developers back in the SNES era, both companies had an excellent roster of excellent games for not only the SNES but the Genesis as well.

@kendejong3588 3 ай бұрын

I recently came across your channel and I enjoy your videos. This one...not a bad list, but you did Prince of Persia dirty. Yes, it was another version of POP, but it was one of the best versions. The graphics were great, the music was awesome. There was even a way to pick the level music you wanted to listen to. It was top notch. Anyways, that's my rant. Keep up the awesome videos.

@ZBR_ProXP 2 ай бұрын

Exactly, and it had like 10 extra levels!

@darktetsuya 3 ай бұрын

TMNT turtles in time is definitely in my top five snes games, no doubt! tournament fighters would probably at least make my top 15 or 20. Contra 3 and Gradius 3 are also great sequels! I remember renting Prince of Persia but never got to the end! gonna have to pick that one up soon. lethal enforcers was fun, but probably way more so if you sent away for the pink 2nd player gun! overall Konami had a pretty good showing on SNES, for sure.

@goranisacson2502 2 ай бұрын

Mystical Ninja is a series I can't remember much of from the SNES days simply because I only played one and it was just okay, but the N64 game is a top-tier adventure. Platforming, exploration and giant mech-battles, it's got it all. But Turtles in Time? Absolute top-tier beat-em-up. Lots of moves, Konami sound team making every level something you can dance to and paired with my favorite characters... those days were so peak. Apart from that I've played Super Probotector, Castlevania IV, Sunset Riders, Zombies, Tournament Fighters and Tiny Toons. As I haven't played the NES Tiny Toons games I have no comparison, but Buster Busts Loose I recall being fast, fun and SUPER-easy, nearly no challenge. Very varied though, lots of mini-games. Zombies was real fun run'n'gun even if not made by Konami themselves, but the resource management fwlt a little too complex foe my kid brain. Probotector was FAR more up my alley, and me and my brother would actually beat it together and it was epic every time. The giant skeleton tearing open the hangar doors and the fight where you essentially jjmp from missile to missile lives in my brain rent free to this day. Sunset Riders have Turtles in Time tier music and is fun enough, but Probotector still got it beat. And Tournament Fighters... well, it isn't as slick as Street Fighter and I only played it on emulation, but it's once again Turtles so I have a lot of oversight.

@philwarren6346 18 күн бұрын

Nice video. Super ISS is the best football game on the system and probably best 16bit era soccer game. 😊

@ryanbullock2971 2 ай бұрын

I beat Contra III on hard a few times. People didn't believe me so I recorded it on my VCR! The last enemy isn't dead when you think it's dead. Well, it's dead when you think it's dead when you aren't playing on hard mode.

@cloficc7234 3 ай бұрын

No ISS Deluxe? Best soccer game on SNES!

@dennisveneman9469 3 ай бұрын

Biker mice..always remind me @rocking roll racing..deserves more

@eddiespuhghetti5355 2 ай бұрын

John is not easily sold on expensive baubles like Batman Returns. Deserves a deeper dive to sell us on your C rank!

@bskok82 2 ай бұрын

5:08 "Maybe you have"... So my college roommate and I would co-op single life clear (and each of us could single player 1 life clear it as well) Contra III on hardmode we played that game so much. Once you know which weapons to use, where the enemies are going to spawn, and the patterns of every boss it's not so hard. If you are both equipped with spread and crusher and then mash the switch weapon and fire buttons simultaneously you can delete most bosses as soon as they appear.

@frod79 3 ай бұрын

Gotta stick up for lethal enforcer's. I just remember playing the Genesis port for the first time at my cousin's place with the gun and having a lot of fun with It ... used to play it quite a bit in the arcade also

@Shrapnel82 3 ай бұрын

For me, Batman Returns is a solid A at least. It does have variety, alternating between brawler, and action platformer, and a Batmobile stage. I was never left bored. There was so much variety. Just the brawler stages themselves had a wide variety of moves, and different strategies worked best against different enemies. The side scrolling action platforming stages were not as fun, but still really good. And you could do the grappling hook into the wall to tear off a piece against the taser clown (not a sentence you often use, but there you go), just like in the movie.

@Seathon 3 ай бұрын

This top took me back to my childhood, I physically had half of these games on my console. My all time favorites, Gradius and Axelay; sublime soundtrack and challenging bosses, I couldn't get through them until my 20s because of the difficulty, but it was satisfying when I finally finished them. The position in the ranking seemed very accurate to me, except for Batman Return, which should certainly be in the B or even A because of the level of the batmobile, which should score points for versatility all tho being a long game.

@aristophanes1433 3 ай бұрын

I'm a fan of the SNES Prince of Persia so I'd give it a B or A but otherwise I agree with every ranking. Legend of the Mystical Ninja really is great. The N64 Goemon has the same silly sensibilities and is fun too

@smoothALOE 2 ай бұрын

NBA Give ‘n Go was based on an arcade called “Run ‘n Gun.” I was really excited when it came out cause I enjoyed the arcade. If you liked that arcade, it was a very good port and even added players’ and teams’ licenses that the arcade didn’t have. Its greatest strength is in its presentation…Buster Busts Loose was one of my favorite games on the SNES. I have no shame in saying that. It had good replay value, too, since the ending was different and some of the levels were enhanced if you played it on a harder mode.

@user-uo6cq1cp3u 2 ай бұрын

I absolutely cannot deny the quality of Legend of the Mystical Ninja, and I tried MANY times to get into it, but I just couldn’t for one big reason: the password system. It suffers from the same issue as NES River City Ransom, where the passwords are just so incredibly long and complex it was easier to just play through the whole game in one sitting, which I did once. Give it a battery backup and BOOM, it’s probably one of my favorites on the console. NES Blaster Master is also similar, though that game had no save at all. It’s so much more enjoyable using save states.

@pliniomsann 2 ай бұрын

Batman Returns for me is A. Top quality sound , perfect hit-box, challenging, and totally aligned with the movie

@soxandbears 2 ай бұрын

biker mice from mars was actually a tv show so a game tie-in was warranted. that said, yeah, B sounds about right

@robbie5984 2 ай бұрын

Turtles in Time will forever be my number one. It holds a special place in my heart. Curious to see where it is on this list.

@MotherKojiro 3 ай бұрын

Dracula X is certainly no Rondo of Blood, but one element that it absolutely ACES even over its Turbo CD counterpart is the first stage music, Opposing Bloodlines.

@sllgrecco 2 ай бұрын

International is legendary in Brazil. Even today I play with my kid in my old Snes. There's even memes in Brazil with International Superstar Soccer. It's an S for us

@Chr0mePisto1a 2 ай бұрын

Great video. Love tier lists.

@evilmact 3 ай бұрын

Batman Returns is great, one of my favorites Beat em Ups. An easy A for me. International Super Star Soccer games were the best soccer games on Snes by far, miles better than any other game from the competition. Specially the second one ISSS Deluxe. They were super popular in Europe and Latin America. Deluxe is an A for me and the original a B.

@madspunky 3 ай бұрын

International Superstar Soccer is definitely better than FIFA, and should be A-tier imo!

@dbzfanatic278 2 ай бұрын

Mystical Ninja is amazing! Used to play it with my big brother back in the early 1990s. I would put it at at least A tier if not S. The mini games alone are fun as heck not to mention the amazing music

@gurvmlk 2 ай бұрын

Sparkster is confusing as hell, so I don't blame you for not knowing what's what. Basically, Sparkster was released on both Genesis, and Super Nintendo. Same title. Same box art. But each was a completely different game. You don't even fight against the same types of enemies between the two, with the Genesis version putting you up against reptiles, while the SNES version has you fighting wolves. With Sparkster on the Genesis being the canonical sequel to Rocket Knight Adventures, while the SNES version I believe is considered an alternate timeline sequel.

@michaeldavis1464 3 ай бұрын

I agree with putting mystical ninja at the top of the list. It’s an awesome game.

@jeffunderhill7205 2 ай бұрын

I always love these videos, but not ranking Contra 3 as S tier is sacrilege.

@NinjaRunningWild 2 ай бұрын

Prince of Persia SNES deserves a MUCH higher rating. That’s one of the best ports if it with the DOS version just after. It adds 8 levels to the base 12 & expands each level by quite a lot. The video “Stumbling Through Prince of Persia on Almost Everything” goes over all the differences, but they’re notable & praise worthy. It’s a fantastic game.

@devinc9 3 ай бұрын

Super Castlevania 4, to me, feels like THE MOST core Castlevania in the series. What the original idea of a Castlevania is supposed to be through and through.

@jmarx3943 2 ай бұрын

Turtles in time, contra 3, adventures of batman and robin, and castlevania 4 are my personal s tier konami games.

@HeyLaserLips 2 ай бұрын

Speaking of name changes, Zombies Ate My Neighbors was renamed to just "Zombies" in the UK to "tone down" the name title.

@plutington2183 2 ай бұрын

"Or something like that", "and stuff like that, too." "And all that" is all I ever hear in these videos anymore.

@tonycorona5892 3 ай бұрын

It’s crazy in my advanced age of 35 I have trouble playing old beat em ups sometimes

@readtedium 2 ай бұрын

Watched this to ensure Legend of the Mystical Ninja got its due and wasn't disappointed

@petewooding3758 3 ай бұрын

Another top video, thanks John, some great memories here. Being from across the pond, I played the heck out of ISS, some great two-player games with my mates. Good times.