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Super Nintendo EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Game SERIES Debate to the Death! The Legend of Zelda 213 Good gaming gods, last week's debate was epic, and I do not use that word lightly. I had to go through all 235 comments twice, just to make sure no tallying mistakes were made. The outcome broke ... Make your own SNES game for $120 10 You always hear about these homebrew Dreamcast games still being released. For the most part, that's just sad. Now, if it were Super Nintendo games...well, that's still cool. I don't know why, bu... Giygas: A psychoanalysis of evil Itself 75 [Editor's note: We're not just a (rad) news site -- we also publish opinions/editorials from our community & employees like this one, though be aware it may not jive with the opinions of Dest... The Memory Card .71: The rotating room 44 “The Memory Card” is a seasonal feature that dissects and honors some of the most artistic, innovative, and memorable videogame moments of all time.Last week was the first edition of ... Game SERIES Debate to the Death! SF VS MK 143 I guess last week's debate was a Super Smash Bros. battle on stock mode set for 82 lives each -- truly a debate to the death. The result was not pretty, and reminiscent to those times when you we... Louis Armstrong pays tribute to Super Mario World 29 This video (below the jump) is so clever that I wish I had thought of doing it. I suppose it's better that someone else did, though, as the growly voice tears up my throat.Musical great Louis Arm... The Super Game Boy Super Nintendo controller 13 Here's something that I never knew existed even though I grew up working in a videogame store for a better part of my life. It's called the Super Game Boy Commander and was a controller for the S... lol wut: Earthworm Jim "Making of" documentary is rad 27 Here's a bit of surrealism (or an acid flashback) for your Monday evening: the fine folks over at Bitmob have dug up a short making-of documentary for Shiny Entertainment's Earthworm Jim. Dependi... My Father the Phone: A tribute to Ness's dad 31 Today is Father's Day, and many videogame characters out there are likely celebrating their fathers and father figures. The Koopa Kids and Bowser Jr. have Bowser, Jade has Pey'j, and Mega Man has... Atari 2600 and SNES modded into something more useful 11 Well, the Atari mod is useful. Modding an SNES is just pure blasphemy. More on that one in a second. The Atari 2600 converted into an iPod docking station was made by Byron Casebier. He gutted a ... Destructoid interview: Breath of Fire II translator Ryusui 16 A few weeks ago, a member of the ROMhacking community named Ryusui created an English translation for Capcom's classic Breath of Fire II. Nuka Cola -- a Destructoid community member and one of Ry... Plug your old stuff into your new stuff 19 Playing games on the Classic Controller for the N64 on your Wii is fantastically wrong. If you've ever tried to play through Sin & Punishment with that thing you know there are some games tha... 8:35 is all it takes to beat SMB: The Lost Levels 32 Are speed runs still cool or are people, like, so not impressed with that stuff anymore? I still think anyone that can pull off a feat like beating a game in some sort of super speed is pretty im... From cuddly to crazy: The history of the videogame bunny 51 Hey, bunnies of the world. Today is Easter, your special day. Forget about Peeps, coloring eggs, and celebrating the resurrection of that bearded fellow. Today is all about you. Without you, who ... RetRose Tinted: Super Punch-Out!! 29 Few games have helped to mold and shape my love of gaming more than Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!. Mr. Dream can suck it for all I care, Iron Mike and his wacky rapist ways will always hold a place in... Wii Shop Update: Bonsai Barber, Super Punch-Out!! 13 Relish in the title of this story, as it's the last "Wii Shop Update" you'll get. Starting next week, you'll start seeing it as the "Nintendo Download," as the updates will st... Bored? Try cueing up 1,000 Super Nintendo sound effects 24 What are you doing that's so important at 10 p.m. (or later depending on your time zone) at night? Jack sh*t, right? Well, here's something to do: re-enact your favorite Super Nintendo scenes and... The Memory Card .55: The fate of Lucca's mother 34 Here’s the scenario: You are playing a videogame and reach an unexpected gameplay twist. Confronted with a timed sequence, your taken-by-surprise skills fail you and the sequence ends unsuc... The Memory Card .52: Blind the Thief 28 No matter how pretty the graphics or epically huge the enemy, if a boss fight is not creative, it fails to impress. Not to single out one game, but ActRaiser is the perfect example of this. The b... The Memory Card .49: Saving Santa 21 Ho, Ho, Ho! Welcome, everyone, to a very special Christmas edition of The Memory Card.Holidays and videogames are strange bedfellows. While Christmas is a huge holiday and celebrated by millions ... Wake up on the right side of the bed with the SNES alarm clock 13  The other day I actually saw an alarm clock in the shape of a plastic dog designed to bark frantically and run in circles on your nightstand until you woke up. Far more acceptable to my tas... The Memory Card .43: Waiting for Shadow 39 Have you ever loved a videogame character so much you were willing to die for them? Not in real life, mind you, but in the world of a game (although I would most likely take a real life bullet fo... Limited edition Super Nintendo selling for the extra low price of ... $50,000?! 20 Yes, you read that right: 5 with four zeros.Used in the 1994 Nintendo World Championships II competition, this extra rare Super Nintendo -- only 32 were made -- is selling on eBay for fifty grand... The Memory Card .41: The tadpole prince 43 After an extended, rejuvenating hiatus, the Memory Card is back! Yay! *cue the theme from Jurassic Park* Welcome ... to Season 3!For people that aren’t familiar with this series, the Memory... Introducing N-Warp Daisakusen: a brand new SNES game 7  What are the people in the video above playing? A new game ... for the SNES? Yeah, you heard me right. N-Warp Daisakusen is a homebrew project from Matthias "d4s" Nagler, and is o... Kid Kirby: The Super Nintendo game that never was 11 We have all seen pictures of an unreleased videogame that looked cool as hell, but when was the last time you saw an abandoned game starring a popular mascot that looked absolutely horrible?Kid K... Game Debate to the Death! Donkey Kong Country VS NBA Jam 45 Last week we witnessed two of the most played Sega Genesis games go toe-to-toe on the court, and the battle spilled into overtime before a clear winner was decided. Right from the start, NBA Jam ... Rumortoid: Bahamut Lagoon remake in the works 26 Proceed with caution. I know how easy it is to get your hopes up. I'm still bitter for having to play a fan translation of this title. The Squre Super Famicom we-wouldn't-know-it-was-a-classic RP... Portable Super Nintendo makes me hot for cartridges again 33 One could argue that the miniaturization of classic game consoles into a portable device is kind of silly in this day and age. With the continual re-releases of older titles and [cough] emulation... Game Debate to the Death! Paper Mario 64 VS Super Mario RPG 90 Last week's debate was the first of two rounds, where we argued over which of the three Paper Mario games is the best and most deserving to duel against its predecessor in round two. Obviously by... The start of the affair: Yoshi's Island 41 Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island may not have been my first videogame, but it was the game that single-handedly changed the way I viewed gaming.Up until that point, playing games had jus... The Memory Card .36: The Master Sword 41 Regardless of the power of the console or the quality of the graphics and sound, some videogame moments offer visual moments so affecting that you will never forget them for the res... Lucky Star learns videogame music 45 [As originally posted on Japanator] Now, I know that your typical Destructoid reader isn't as up on the world of anime as the kids next door, but I'm sure you'll appreciate the videogame tie... The Memory Card .34: Learning to wall jump 46 Tutorials in videogames are very strange things. They are obviously important — as players need to learn how to play somehow outside of reading their dust-covered instruction ... Games time forgot: Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose 61 Now, I know you're thinking one of two things: either "oh, awesome; this is one of those neat Tiny Toons games Treasure did for the Game Boy Advance," or "oh, great; another crappy... The Great Retro Quiz! .30: Super Mario Kart 33 This is it, folks: the season finale of The Great Retro Quiz! Don’t fret, though; it will be back for an even better “Season 2” after a short break. I just nee... Miniboss Monday: The Phantom Train 16  Today's miniboss has already been covered rather thoroughly by the amazing Chad once before, but that won't stop me from doing a second article about the ridiculous boss fight that ensues. ... The Great Retro Quiz! .29: Donkey Kong Country 57 Welcome to another edition of the Great Retro Quiz!, the weekly feature that puts your knowledge of classic videogames to the test!This week is all about Donkey Kong Country for the... The Great Retro Quiz! .28: Aladdin 31 In your honest opinion, which is more embarrassing? The fact that I know every single lyric to every single song in Aladdin or the fact that I owned (and wore, mind you) a t-shi... The Memory Card .30: The Phantom Train 50 People say the hardest thing you will ever go through in life is losing a family member. As someone who has experienced this, I can tell you that it is most definitely true. The pai... This week's VC releases: Spelunker and Super R-Type 11 This week, the Virtual Console gets one amazing game and one game that shouldn't even be called a game. Luckily, that amazing game is Super R-Type so it totally makes this week an awesome week. F... The Memory Card .26: The return of Rydia 32 In real life, people age. It’s a basic and inevitable part of life, whether we like it or not. Why, then, do videogame characters not experience this same phenomenon? If the s... SNES emulator for iPhone looks promising 28 A few months back we came across a PlayStation emulator for the iPhone. It was a pretty nifty proof of concept, but as an actual gaming solution it looked to be pretty weak. There are too many b... Who says you need a Wii? Super Mario Galaxy could have rocked the Super NES 54 Imitation may be the best flattery, but TechEBlog's vision of how Super Mario Galaxy may have looked on the Super NES (had it been made back then) is an impressive sight to behold, if I say so, ... An RPG draws near! Secret of Evermore 63 Hardcore RPG gamers are the essential opposites of hardcore FPS gamers. While FPS gamers love competition and frequently strut their high scores, RPG gamers tend to enjoy solo play and not eyebal... This week's VC releases: Harvest Moon, Lords of Thunder 28 Nintendo continues its streak of delivering the "one less than we've come to expected" two Virtual Console titles this week. But with goodies like these, I'm finding it hard to be mad a... Games time forgot: Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures 26 After last week's Super Star Wars Trilogy write-up, it's now time to highlight the other unknown trilogy game: Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures.It's basically like the Super Star Wars Trilogy, ... The Great Retro Quiz! .20: Star Fox 41 Do you remember playing the Super Nintendo Entertainment System classic Star Fox for the first time? I was (and still am?) obsessed with the game and really thought it had some of t... Games time forgot: The Super Star Wars Trilogy 67 Perhaps it's just the fact that almost every single one of my elementary schools was absolutely obsessed with the franchise, but I seem to remember playing this week's game(s) time forgot at leas... The extremely rare SNES M.A.C.S. light gun for sale on eBay 24 GoNintendo sure do come across some great eBay auctions. Today, they've come across this extremely rare light gun called the Mult-Purpose Arcade Combat Simulator (M.A.C.S. for short). The M.A.C.S... The Great Retro Quiz! .18: ActRaiser 23 I think it is about time to test your (so far very impressive) retro knowledge on something a little less “mainstream” than Super Mario Bros. or The Legend of Zelda. Aft... The Memory Card .21: Crono's final act 54 Polish up those trumpets, start decorating the floats -- The Memory Card is back! After an extended hiatus between “seasons” (I blame the writer’s strike), the... This week's VC releases: Xmas is saved, Donkey Kong Country trilogy complete 19 On this here Christmas Eve, there's nothing more that I want than to kick back with some warm egg nog and kick some Kremling ass. Or play ice hockey. Or put on a tie and shoot cyborgs in the face... Top five things I'm thankful for in gaming this holiday season 74 [Introducing our newest contributor, Dr. Boa. A videogame industry veteran who's spent years working his knuckles to the bone to bring you some of the games you love, Dr. Boa hopes to bring his o... RetroforceGO! Episode 27: Super Nintendo FTW! 52 I can honestly say, ladies and gentleman, that the response to yesterday's post that Topher made about this week's show was surprising. I knew that a lot of you listened to the show, but to see a... RetroforceGO! recording episode 27 tonight: The pristine glory of the SNES 90 As our own Mr. Destructoid has said countless times before, "BEST. SYSTEM. EVAR!!" Tonight we take a look back at one of the most solid gaming platforms ever known to mankind. Sure, it ... This week's VC releases: Slam drunking, gambling addicted bottlenose week 16 Double Dribble (NES, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points)? Vegas Stakes (Super NES, 1-4 players, 800 Wii Points)? Ecco Jr. (Sega Genesis, 1 player, 800 Wii Points)? Unless you share Chad's unhealthy ... Game Debate to the Death! Animal Crossing VS Harvest Moon 93 Last week's Damacy debate rolled in dozens of votes, and two of the katamaris were the closest competitors this competition has ever seen. We <3 Katamari took an early lead, but Katamari Damac... The Great Retro Quiz! .09: Final Fantasy IV 46 Welcome, everyone, to another edition of The Great Retro Quiz! I am extra excited about this week because it is all about Final Fantasy IV (or “II” as I will always ... Miniboss Monday: Crocomire 15 Today's Miniboss Monday is one of my personal favorites and is an extremely memorable fight for many who completed Super Metroid back in the day. Crocomire is by no means a difficult or exciting ... « NEXT « next - expanded blog view		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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