20 Best NES Games Released after SNES Launched

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US SNES definitely came out in 1991 as I bought it on launch day in 1991 with cash I'd been saving from lawn mowing for over a year. I was counting down the days😁

Nov. 21st 1990 was the Japanese release date 😊. U.S. release date was Aug 23rd 1991.

I remember in the SUPER NINTENDO documentary parents wondering, "Why the hell would I go buy this when my kid can't play the Nintendo games on it that we just bought?" Well, Nintendo didn't abandon you. They remained faithful to the system until the end.

So many hidden gems came out in that post-1991 NES era when all the excitement and coverage had moved to the SNES. But at that point, developers had gotten a really good understanding of what the NES could do and, the good ones, leveraged that for some fantastic games. I think I'm gonna add a few of these to my Retroid later today now. Thanks John 👍👍

SNES was released in the US in 1991, not 1990.

IDK Why he gave the Japanese release date but we didn’t get it here in the United States until August 1991! In 1990, we were just getting our hands on Super Mario 3 and weren’t even thinking about the SNES.

The Super Famicom came out in Japan in 1990. The Super NES proper was released in August of 1991.

Ducktales 2, Shatterhand and Mighty Final Fight are games I consider myself fortunate enough to have played back then, and the praise is well-placed.

Some great NES games from that time that you didn’t mention were MC Kids, Darkwing Duck, Yoshi, Yoshi’s Cookie, Mega Man 4, 5 and 6, and probably the best one of all: Kirby’s Adventure.

I love this era of NES. Something special about how it kept on going with quality titles

SNES didn't release in the US until fall 1991.

whoah now. The Super Famicom launched in Japan November 1990. The Super Nintendo (that John is holding up) launched in the USA November 1991.

That Title Screen for the Flintstones made me think of those flintstones sherbert push pops in the 90s. A lot of these later Nes games, are the ones that have held up the best. Lot of fond memories with Shatterhand. As hard as it is, it does play fair and you can always experiment with different power ups. Dragon Fighter does not hold up, but it was used as the main inspiration for Shovel Knights Art. Great Video.

Lots of great games on this list, Kick Master in particular is one I really enjoy. But some other post-SNES releases for the NES that were very good: Mega Man 4-6, Jetsons, Dragon Warrior IV (though Quest IV debuted in Japan before the SFC), Panic Restaurant, Adventure Island 3, Adventures of Lolo 3, Bucky O Hare, Fire N Ice, Gargoyle's Quest 2, TMNT 3: The Manhattan Project, and of course Kirby's Adventure.

I still have StarTropics in the box (lost the map sadly) because it was the game my parents bought me to to help take the sting off of their refusal to buy me "another Nintendo."

From 1991-94 there was Classic Power, Portable Power, and Super Power! Now you're playing with TRIPLE Power!

Metalstorm, Shatterhand, and Vice are all great games! I got all of them when Blockbuster was selling off old rental copies of their NES stuff.

Fire N Ice came out in March 93 and remains a personal favorite. Battletoads/Double Dragon June 93, another gem. Zen The Intergalactic Ninja 93 as well; awesome year for hidden late gems on the NES!

That is not the US release date, It is the Japanese release date. I know, because I remember getting it for Christmas in 1991, right after it came out. And I also specifically remember that Star Tropics was released before it. And regarding Kiwi Kraze, it was already out even before the wrong release date for the SNES. I remember, because I played it as part of a contest held in May 1990, so this game was out in the US at least 15 months before the SNES. Whomp Em was also played as part of the same contest, but not for my age bracket, so it also long precedes the SNES.