16-bits of glory, Up to the mortal portal, Sub Zero ice medium, The room gets dark and I hear, “Finish Him!” Up up, back back, left right, left left, Fatality by Tha Lastarfight a.k.a. Bukue One H., there, dear readers. A few weeks ago I thought I’d take you guys ona trip down memory lane and do a little reminiscing about some of the top Super Nintendo games we remember back when we were young ‘uns. Well, let me just say, the response to that article was amazing! Both you guys had great comments! And from those great comments, I realized I was missing some key entries to my list of great Super Nintendo games. So, dear readers, allow me to make amends and pay homage to some of the greats. Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past: In my mind, this game still stands out as the best of the Zelda series. The more I think about it, the more | realize how hard it is; I mean, I beat it when I was a little kid, but now, going back to do it again, there’s no way in hell I can solve half those puzzles. What the hell happened to that smart kid who beat that game? I need to put that little bastard to work on my homework. Secret of Mana: Secret of Mana is one of the lesser-known Squaresoft titles for Super Nintendo, and perhaps rightfully so. It wasn’t the revolutionary title that Chrono Trigger was, and | think that Mana’s deviation from the tried- and-true menu-based fighting system put a lot of people off. That said, Mana was probably one of the most interesting of the Squaresoft games visually, and, hell, you could play three players at a time! It blew my mind the first time one of my buddies showed me the three controller adapter for Super Nintendo. Blew. My. Mind. Super Mario World: This, to be honest, was the first game I ever owned. It has a special place in my heart that | don’t think any other game can ever take. This is the game that sort of set the paradigm through which I judge all video games as good or bad; frankly, every other game is judged as how they compare to this classic title. This is the game that really taught me how to play and how games work. This is the game that taught me to always aim for the end boss’ flashing point. It taught me that while perseverance is key, so is the spin-jump. From Yoshi’s Island to the Forest of Illusion, this game was the most satisfying journey I ever undertook in the world of gaming. F-Zero: F-Zero might seem like a mere racing game with hovering spaceships going around a track, but it’s more than that. It’s a vision of a dystopian future where rednecks have taken over the world, and devoted all of man’s energy into developing a more high-tech version of NASCAR. Medicine, liberal arts, all the other disciplines have fallen by the wayside as these rednecks of the future strive to make ever faster vehicles race continuously in a circle. So ae about that next time you support NASCAR. Because if they get enough redux — Sweatshop Union feat. Bukue One, “War Games” resources, they'll have us all driving around in circles in explosion-prone cars at 400 km/h. Wait, now that I think about it, that’s a pretty sweet dystopian future. Super Metroid: Super Metroid was one of the first games | truly found scary. When I was a wee child of eight, there was something about that horror movie soundtrack and those disgusting monsters coming at me from all sides that just scared the crap out of me. But aside from that, this game was probably the most challenging side scroller I’ve ever played. The puzzles were hard, and the bosses were too. Tons of secrets to find, making for an all-around amazing game. I’m sure there’re many more classic games out there that I’m forgetting, but hey, Super Nintendo had over 500 titles, so cut me a little slack if I’ve missed a few. But | think the rounds of comments I got about the titles I missed the first time around just goes to show that Super Nintendo was a big part of the lives of us in our late teens to late twenties, and it'll always be one of those things we never really forget. Your friend in high fidelity, Liam Britten Editor-in-Chief The Other Press © Vote YES in the Other Press funding referendum! Voting yes means you'll get MORE ISSUES! dood 1 We'll be able to increase from 12 issues to 14 per semester with this additional funding! The referendum will be sent to your mydouglas e-mail account. Log in and vote YES to support The Other Press, Douglas College’s 100% indepen- dent student newspaper.