Maybe not the most original of games, DoReMi makes up for its lack of originality by simply doing everything well and to a high standard with tons of polish. The game is very playable and contains more than its fair share of charm.

Lufia has to easily be among the top tier turn based RPG's on the SNES, its storyline does a fantastic job of grabbing the player right from the beginning, the characters are likeable and the battle system is pretty well thought out too.

Behind the cutesy exterior of Magical Pop N' lies fast and furious action game that controls and plays like a dream, on top of this are fantastic graphics and some minor adventuring elements similar to those found in Metroid, with excellent power-ups including an awesome grappling hook to navigate the levels in style.

I see this game as a real coming of age for the action RPG genre, much in the same way that FF4 had been for the turn based variety, all the hallmarks of the genre had been built upon here, and many influential new elements added. Its also one of the few SNES RPG's available in Europe at an affordable price so those from that part of the world should grab a copy.

Very different from the other 16-bit Shadowrun games, this version uses a point and click interface to go with its with its RPG and adventuring elements. The great storyline and unique game play make it a game worth tracking down.

In my opinion this is probably the best vertical scrolling shooter on the system, it has the usual classic and finely honed Aleste game play whilst also using many of the SNES' graphical features to give a distinct atmosphere and graphical look.

A nice port of the Mega Drive classic, the hallmarks of which were great game play, atmosphere and loads of humour and charm. Not quite as good as the original (there's a stage missing and a few warping issues) but its still well worth owning.

So addictive in multiplayer it should be illegal, Bomberman contained a simple yet elegant system which provided some of the best game play ever conceived. Along with Saturn Bomberman the SNES games are the best iterations of the series to this day.

Capcom must've really analyzed the first Breath of Fire as the sequel pretty much lays to rest everything they did wrong with the original and is a far more engrossing experience overall.

Easily one of the greatest action games on the system Wild Guns plays like the old arcade game Cabal (you move left and right and fire into the background, dodging oncoming fire), its tons of fun, has great graphics and is a very unique experience.

Hudson Soft's little known answer to Sega's Shinobi series of games, like said series Hagane focuses on precision based action gaming, giving you access to a sword and kunai's as well as various acrobatic moves. A very well designed game with a whole load of set pieces.

Classic computer strategy game where you take the role of a deity and shape the future of a race of people.

A true benchmark for action games when it arrived, Contra III wowed people with its huge enemies and massively over the top set pieces (riding on a missile whilst shooting a flying space ship?!) These days though, certain aspects haven't aged too well so it lost some places in the list (those top down levels have seen better days)

Sequel to the classic 8-bit micro game, thankfully they made the game play far more focused this time and overall its a serious improvement. It takes time to get used to, but when you do what you have here is one of the best puzzle games out there, it plays like Marble Madness with more puzzle and platforming elements.

Actraiser is a hybrid of platformer and strategy games, you spend half the time fighting through the platforming levels and the other half re-building the world in a sim city fashion, both sections are so good on their own that you get the idea that they could've made two separate games out of what they had here!. Everything in the game gels together admirably and the sound track is a first rate job throughout.

After the less than stellar port of the first game Mortal Kombat came back to the SNES in style with this excellent sequel, and it was far better than the original anyway, with a better and refined fighting engine and more interesting characters.

The classic series was brought into the new generation brilliantly with this first 16-bit iteration for SNES. Using the original NES game as its basis, Castlevania IV expanded on all the prior elements of the series whilst also improving on control with the more versatile whip, and adding some amazing set pieces of which really showed off some of the SNES' hardware tricks..

After the lackluster, slowdown ridden Super R-Type, Irem managed to redeem themselves in style with this, unlike its predecessor, R-Type III was designed from the ground up to take advantage of the SNES hardware and it really shows, it has far more action going on as well as numerous graphical effects but this time there's very little slowdown to speak of.

After their fantastic original, Lufia's developers decided to go for a prequel for their next venture to tell the story of the characters met in the beginning of the first game, apart from the story which was as great as ever, the game play was overhauled for the better, incorporating a less random play style and a much more interesting puzzle orientated stance.