Wiki Project: Super '95 Q2
by mento
Hey there, just taking a break from all the May Masterin' to deliver yet another update to the Super '95 wiki project. Really, what's more exciting than a quarterly status report? Probably not a whole lot! Above are the title screens of every SNES and Super Famicom game released between April 1st and June 30th of 1995. There's seventy-two in all, which fits into a convenient 8 x 9 grid that end...


Hey there, just taking a break from all the May Masterin' to deliver yet another update to the Super '95 wiki project. Really, what's more exciting than a quarterly status report? Probably not a whole lot! Above are the title screens of every SNES and Super Famicom game released between April 1st and June 30th of 1995. There's seventy-two in all, which fits into a convenient 8 x 9 grid that ends up being a lot closer to a standard 4:3 ratio than the last one. Not that I expect many folk will download these as wallpapers, but they do make for some striking imagery when placed in a big collage like this.
For those who missed the last update, I'm going with this lighter and less descriptive approach because I already spend way too much of each week going over the weird and wonderful games that were added or filled out on the Giant Bomb wiki in my Sunday Summaries round-ups. For a convenient key to all the games featured here, open the spoiler block below. See you for Q3!
- 1A: Waterworld - Is the game as bad as the movie? What do you think?
- 1B: Manchester United Championship Soccer - Europe-only soccer game. Germany got a slightly different version.
- 1C: Kyle Petty's No Fear Racing - Hey, remember No Fear T-shirts? Your local landfill sure does.
- 1D: Metal Warriors - LucasArts mech action game.
- 1E: Stargate - At least the movie for this one was better. Goes far, get it?
- 1F: The Ren & Stimpy Show: Buckaroo$! - A not great licensed Nickelodeon platformer.
- 1G: Lady Stalker: Kako kara no Chousen - Isometric RPG. Sequel to LandStalker for the Genesis.
- 1H: Zen-Nippon Pro Wrestling 2: 3-4 Budokan - AJPW puroresu game.
- 1I: Puzzle'N Desu! - Puzzle game. Kinda Puzznic-y.
- 2A: Res Arcana Diana Ray: Uranai no Meikyu - Fortune telling "application".
- 2B: Mahoujin GuruGuru - Licensed anime action RPG
- 2C: Marmalade Boy - Dating sim visual novel. Also based on an anime.
- 2D: Miyaji Shachou no Pachinko Fan: Shouri Sengen 2 - Paaaaachinko.
- 2E: Natsuki Crisis Battle - Schoolgirl anime fighter. Asuka 120%'s not the only one of these.
- 2F: Rejoice: Aretha Oukoku no Kanata - Action RPG spin-off of turn-based Aretha games.
- 2G: Shin SD Sengokuden: Daishogun Retsuden - TBS SD Gundam spin-off of a spin-off.
- 2H: Shin Seikoku: La Wares - RPG based on a table-top game that combines fantasy with mecha.
- 2I: Super Real Mahjong PV: Paradise - Unpornified port/remake of a saucy Arcade mahjong game.
- 3A: Super Trump Collection - Card game compilation. Political joke goes here.
- 3B: Tactical Soccer - Strategic soccer game. Even weirder to play than it sounds.
- 3C: Power Drive - Port of an Amiga top-down rally game.
- 3D: Paizei Mahjong Ryouga - Maaaaaahjong.
- 3E: J-League Excite Stage '95 - Japanese soccer.
- 3F: Kawa no Nushi Tsuri 2 - As in, Legend of the River King 2. Natsume fishing RPG.
- 3G: Shodan Kurai Nintei: Shodan Pro Mahjong - Maaaaaahjong.
- 3H: Simulation Pro Yakyuu - Baseball game.
- 3I: Super Bomberman 3 - Europe/Japan only Bomberman sequel. This is the one with the kangaroos.
- 4A: Super Pachinko Taisen - Two-player competitive pachinko with gundams and Ultraman. Still bad.
- 4B: Tarot Mystery - Another fortune-telling "application". Needed two of these in one month, huh?
- 4C: Dirt Racer - The worst Super FX game. Debatably. Completely uncontrollable polygonal off-road racer.
- 4D: Battle Tycoon: Flash Hiders SFX - Weapon-based anime fighter. Sequel to a PC Engine-CD game.
- 4E: Snoopy Concert - Mini-game collection featuring Peanuts characters. Japan-only.
- 4F: Syndicate - No Miles Kilo in this one, unfortunately. OK port of the original Amiga/PC Bullfrog game.
- 4G: Super Keiba 2 - Horseracing game.
- 4H: Computer Nou Riki Kaiseki: Ultra Baken - Another horseracing game. This one's focused on the gambling aspect.
- 4I: Hayazashi Nidan Morita Shogi 2 - Shoooooogi.
- 5A: Nichibutsu Arcade Classics - Compilation of three Nichibutsu games: Crazy Climber, Frisky Tom and Moon Cresta.
- 5B: Pachinko Ren-chan Tengoku: Super CR Special - Paaaaaachinko.
- 5C: SimCity 2000 - This was my jam back in the day. Decent enough SNES port of the PC city-building sequel.
- 5D: Spark World - Bomberman clone with sentient cars. It has a bunch more weird mechanics to it.
- 5E: Super Nazo Puyo: Rulue no Roux - Puyo Puyo puzzle game with a light RPG mode.
- 5F: Air Cavalry - Helicopter flight sim.
- 5G: Bass Masters Classic - Fishing game. Master your bass, but in a classy way.
- 5H: Judge Dredd - Good video game tie-in for a bad movie. It can happen.
- 5I: Jungle Strike - Way better helicopter flight sim.
- 6A: Justice League Task Force - Blizzard made this DC fighter game starring everyone's favorite DC characters "Cheetah" and "Despero". It's not great.
- 6B: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie - Brawler game based on the movie with Ivan Ooze.
- 6C: Packy and Marlon - Diabetic elephants take back Summer camp from rat patrol. What a sentence.
- 6D: Phantom 2040 - 2D side-scroller based on long-forgotten TV cartoon that's a cyberpunk version of the Phantom comic. Like a "Ghost in the Shell Who Walks".
- 6E: Super R.B.I. Baseball - US-only RBI Baseball game. The only one for SNES.
- 6F: The Sporting News: Baseball - Another US-only baseball game. Based on Human's Power League.
- 6G: Shinzui Taikyoku Igo: Go Sennin - Goooooo. It's Go.
- 6H: Elfaria II - RPG sequel with distinctive art direction.
- 6I: Honke Sankyo Fever Jikki Simulation - Paaaaaachi-slots. Which are just regular slots.
- 7A: Yakouchuu - A non-Chunsoft "sound novel" about a boat and the people on the boat.
- 7B: Jissen Kyoutei - Gambling on motorboat races instead of horse races.
- 7C: Mr. Do! - Everyone's favorite Dig-Dug clone clown comes to SNES.
- 7D: Nishijin Pachinko Monogatari - Paaaaaachinko.
- 7E: Prehistorik Man - Caveman platformer. This is the one where you have to eat everything.
- 7F: Princess Minerva - Unpornified port of a PC-98/PC Engine-CD RPG with a lot of naked ladies.
- 7G: Ruin Arm - Post-apocalyptic RPG. Apparently unrelated to Wild ARMs.
- 7H: Dino Dini's Soccer - European soccer game.
- 7I: Der Langrisser - Super Famicom port/remake of the second Langrisser SRPG for Genesis.
- 8A: Gamera: Gyaos Gekimetsu Sakusen - Fight a giant turtle in real-time. Isn't Gamera supposed to be friendly?
- 8B: Granhistoria - Curious time-travelling RPG.
- 8C: Little Master: Nijiiro no Maseki - Cartoonish SRPG. Prior games were Game Boy exclusive.
- 8D: Mark Davis' The Fishing Master - Who are all these "famous" fishermen in SNES game titles?
- 8E: Pro Mahjong Kiwame III - Maaaaaahjong.
- 8F: Shin Nippon Pro Wrestling '95: Tokyo Dome Battle 7 - NJPW puroresu game.
- 8G: Super Fire Pro Wrestling: Queen's Special - Fire Pro All-Women puroresu game.
- 8H: Super Kyoutei - More betting on motorboats.
- 8I: Tottemo! Lucky Man: Lucky Cookie Roulette de Totsugeki - Weird board game RPG based on a manga.