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Metal Combat: Falcon’s Revenge, Super Nintendo

This sequel to Battle Clash was released only in Western regions in 1993 (USA) and 1994 (Europe), for the Super Nintendo. It was developed by the same team at Intelligent Systems who made the first game, and it is called: Metal Combat: Falcon’s Revenge. It features lightgun-style shooter gameplay and uses the Nintendo Super Scope.

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Battle Clash, Super Nintendo

A SNES game that uses the Nintendo Super Scope is a rare and welcome thing, so Nintendo‘s 1992 Battle Clash is already onto a winner before the cartridge is even inserted… The weird thing is: this Japanese-made Super Scope game wasn’t even released in Japan (that I can see). Something about the Super Scope not being “as popular” in Japan as it was in the West.

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Apocalypse II, Super Nintendo

***CANNED GAME***

Written by Simon Nicol for Psygnosis in 1994, Apocalypse II was almost complete when it was decided to not release it. This was, of course, a blow to everyone involved, but it was also probably the right thing to do…

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Wave Race: Blue Storm, GameCube

Wave Race: Blue Storm is the 2001 GameCube sequel to Wave Race 64. It’s a single or multiplayer jetski racing game, with races taking place against seven opponents.

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Super Mario Land, Game Boy

Super Mario Land is a flagship platform game on the Nintendo Game Boy. It was released in April 1989, as one of four launch titles for the console. It is the first handheld entry in the Super Mario series, as well as the first main Mario game not designed by series creator Shigeru Miyamoto.

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Arcana, Super Nintendo

Developed and published by HAL Laboratory, Arcana is a fantasy Role-Playing Game that mixes card-battling with first-person dungeoneering, and it is a reasonably enjoyable experience overall. Also known as “Card Master” in Japan, Arcana was first published in 1992, exclusively for the Super Nintendo.

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Tetris 2, Game Boy

Tetris 2 was released for the Game Boy, NES and SNES, by Nintendo, in 1993. It was developed by TOSE Co. Ltd., with the cooperation of Nintendo R&D1. The Game Boy version, that we’re looking at here, has Bullet-Proof Software shown as the developer.

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Quake II, Nintendo 64

The Nintendo 64 version of id Software‘s Quake II was developed by Raster Productions and released in 1999, by Midway in North America and Activision in PAL regions.

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Yoshi’s Story, Nintendo 64

After Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island, this is the second instalment in the Yoshi series. Yoshi’s Story was first released by Nintendo, exclusively for the Nintendo 64, in 1997.

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