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There is no argument, that since the 1980s, we have been blessed to have been alive for the home video game console market. Largely beginning with the Atari 2600 and the Intellivision (Yes, there were systems that came before, but none achieved the same level of popularity as these two did), carrying on all the way to today and into the future, as we anticipate the Playstation 5 and next-Gen XBox machines...We have had some truly great consoles, and we have had some...not so great ones too. But, as someone who has grown up along with the video game market, I am convinced that out of all of the consoles that have ever been released, the best, the most impactful one, is the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, aka the SNES. I could focus on what a step up it was visually from the older 8-bit systems, or how you had much better MIDI audio capabilities...but that's just tech jargon, nobody really cares about the minutia of the specs. Gamers really care about a few specific things, things the SNES absolutely got right: 1. The controller. The SNES controller is still probably the single most comfortable controller ever made. They took the basic design of the NES controller, and corrected the most annoying thing about it...they took those hard, 90 degree corners, and rounded them off. Instead of your index fingers getting sore right at the knuckle from the sharp corner of the NES controller, you could now comfortably curl it around the soft, rounded corners on the SNES. It's a design that pretty much every console maker after has copied to some extent. The controller was also the first to introduce the L + R trigger buttons, as well as the ABYX 4-button diamond...more staples of video game controllers now. Basically, the SNES controller featured multiple design ideas that have lasted ever since. 2. Truth be told, even the controller, as innovative as it was, isn't the biggest reason the SNES is the GOAT. It's the games. Of course, it's the games. Not only did the SNES have a LOT of them (over 780 officially licensed titles), but they were GOOOOOOOOD. Like RPGs? The SNES had The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Chrono Trigger, Earthbound, Dragon Quest, Secret of Evermore, Secret of Mana, Super Mario RPG, and the truly legendary Final Fantasy VI (released as FF3 in the US). Like Sports games? the SNES had Tecmo Super Bowl (SNES version of the NES classic), NBA Jam, the world-famous NHL 94, Super Punch Out, Madden, Ken Griffey Jr Baseball, WWF Royal Rumble, and more. Maybe fighting games are more your thing: Try Street Fighter II, Mortal Kombat, Killer Instinct, TMNT Tournament Fighters, or Fatal Fury. Action/Adventure games? The Super Star Wars series, Donkey Kong Country, Super Metroid, Mega Man X, Super Castlevania IV all come to mind, as well as Super Mario World. How about Racing games? Well, there's Super Mario Kart (I am sure you have heard of that game, lol) and F-Zero, both of which used the 3D like "Mode 7" the SNES was capable of. If flying is more your thing, there is Starfox... Point is, the SNES had some of the truly great all-time titles in multiple categories. Even if you have never owned an SNES, chances are you have heard of most of these games. If you ever watch Twitch, and find yourself in the Retro category, will still find a lot of these games being played today thanks to emulation. - Dave Think another console deserves the nod as the GOAT? The NES? PS2? The ahead of it's time Sega Dreamcast? Tell me why I am wrong in the comments!
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