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Best-selling SNES Game
This is a list of video games for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) video game console, known as the Super Famicom (SFC) in Japan, that have sold or shipped at least one million copies. The best-selling game on the SNES is ''Super Mario World''. First released in Japan on November 21, 1990, it went on to sell over 20million units worldwide. The second ''Super Mario'' game on the SNES, ''Super Mario All-Stars'', is the second-best-selling game on the platform, with sales in excess of 10.5million units. The console's top five is rounded out by Rare's ''Donkey Kong Country'' in third, with sales of 9.3million units, while its two follow-ups are also in the top ten, ''Super Mario Kart'' in fourth, selling over 8.7million units, and '' Street Fighter II: The World Warrior'' in fifth, with 6.3million units sold. There are a total of 54 SNES/Super Famicom games on this list which are confirmed to have sold or shipped at least one million units. Of these, thirteen were deve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donkey Kong
is a video game series and media franchise created by the Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto for Nintendo. It follows the adventures of Donkey Kong (character), Donkey Kong, a large, powerful gorilla, and other members of the List of Donkey Kong characters#Kongs, Kong family of apes. List of Donkey Kong video games, ''Donkey Kong'' games include the original arcade game trilogy by Nintendo R&D1; the ''Donkey Kong Country'' series by Rare (company), Rare and Retro Studios; and the ''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'' series by Nintendo Software Technology. Various studios have developed Spin-off (media), spin-offs in genres such as edutainment, puzzle video game, puzzle, racing game, racing, and Rhythm game, rhythm. The franchise also incorporates animation, printed media, theme parks, and merchandise. Miyamoto designed the original 1981 ''Donkey Kong (1981 video game), Donkey Kong'' to repurpose unsold arcade cabinets following the failure of ''Radar Scope'' (1980). It was a major s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Final Fantasy VI
also known as ''Final Fantasy III'' in its initial North American release, is a 1994 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the sixth main entry in the ''Final Fantasy'' series, the final to feature 2D sprite based graphics, and the first to be directed by someone other than series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi; the role was instead filled by Yoshinori Kitase and Hiroyuki Ito. Long-time collaborator Yoshitaka Amano returned as character designer and concept artist, while composer Nobuo Uematsu returned to compose the game's score, which has been released on several soundtrack albums. Set in a world with technology resembling the Second Industrial Revolution, the game's story follows an expanding cast that includes fourteen permanent playable characters. The game's themes of a rebellion against an immoral military dictatorship, pursuit of a magical arms race, use of chemical weapons in warfare, depicti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
Dixie, also known as Dixieland or Dixie's Land, is a nickname for all or part of the Southern United States. While there is no official definition of this region (and the included areas have shifted over the years), or the extent of the area it covers, most definitions include the U.S. states below the Mason–Dixon line that seceded and comprised the Confederate States of America, almost always including the Deep South. The term became popularized throughout the United States by songs that nostalgically referred to the American South. Region Geographically, ''Dixie'' usually means the cultural region of the Southern states. However, definitions of Dixie vary greatly. Dixie may include only the Deep South (Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, etc.) or the states that seceded during the American Civil War. "Dixie" states in the modern sense usually refer to: #South Carolina #Mississippi #Florida #Alabama #Georgia #Louisiana #Texas #Virginia #Arkansas #Tennessee #North Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argonaut Software
Argonaut Games is a British video game developer founded in 1982. It was known for the Super NES video game '' Star Fox'' and its supporting Super FX chip, and for '' Croc: Legend of the Gobbos'' and the ''Starglider'' series. The company was liquidated in late 2004, and ceased to exist in early 2007. It was relaunched in 2024. History Founded as Argonaut Software by teenager Jez San in 1982, the company name is a play on his name (J. San) and the mythological story of '' Jason and the Argonauts''. Its head offices were in Colindale, London,Company Summary . Argonaut Games. 29 October 1996. Retrieved on 21 May 2016. "Argonaut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Fox (1993 Video Game)
''Star Fox'', known as ''Starwing'' in PAL regions, is a 1993 Rail shooter, rail shooter game developed by Nintendo and Argonaut Games, Argonaut Software, and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The first entry in the ''Star Fox'' series, the story follows Fox McCloud and the rest of the List of Star Fox characters#Star Fox Team, Star Fox team defending their homeworld of Corneria against the invading forces of List of Star Fox characters#Andross, Andross. ''Star Fox'' was the second 3D Nintendo game after ''X (1992 video game), X'' for the Game Boy in 1992, and the first Nintendo game to use polygon (computer graphics), polygonal graphics, achieved with the Super FX graphics chip included in the cartridge. The complex display of three-dimensional models with polygons was uncommon in console games at the time. ''Star Fox'' received critical acclaim and is often considered one of the List of video games considered the best, greatest video games of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
