Hey, positive responses!
Classic! Right on. It's been quite some time since I've played SNES but, my advice--If you're cleaning the games, use something mild like Windex. Never use rubbing alcohol or something harsh like that.
Aye, it's going to be
awesome. Now, admittedly I haven't actually played anything yet, or read any dispassionate accounts of people who have, but frankly I believe that when you want something to be a certain way strongly enough you don't
need first-hand experience or reliable information to justify it and that...
Okay, look, the joke is George W. Bush.
An elderly, cracked cymbal struggles to get above a mournful whisper before breaking apart.
I must say that the SNES has some good games on it (Final Fantasy and Super Mario come to mind here) but I don't see why you would spend the money to have an actual console rather than play SNES games through an emulator.
Ahhh, well, I had briefly considered emulation, but three things convinced me not to go down that route:
- It wouldn't "feel" like I was playing a SNES.
- I want to luxuriate in my middle class-ness for a bit, and nothing says "middle class" like paying for something you can get for free.
- I'd already spend some money over the damn thing, so the only economically sensible thing I can do is to spend even more.
Legend of Zelda: A Link to The Past is a must.
Hell yes, some of my earliest and fondest memories of gaming come from playing that on the original GameBoy.
I HIGHLY recommend the following games;
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Megaman X
Chrono Cross
Final Fantasy 2
Secret of Mana
Shadowrun
Lufia
Wow, sometimes being an out-and-proud PAL resident kinda sucks; literally half the games on that list were never released for my region. I guess Nintendo just hates Europe.
Eventually, I figure I'm going to either buy an adapter, or luxuriate a bit more and buy a modded SNES, and begin getting my import on. It'll be delightfully expensive (which is apparently what I'm going for these days), but at least I'll be able to play games like Final Fantasy and Chrono Trigger. Not Super Mario RPG though, if you're not NTSC through-and-through there's simply no way you can play it.
Man, Nintendo really
despises Europe.
(We were given Secret of Mana though, and after reading your suggestions and checking it out I'm getting it for Christmas. So, yay!)