SNEScapades

Power Moves Edition

SNEScapades Podcast #46: Power Moves. Plus California Games II

1993 is officially starting now! We’re done with the specials for a bit and kicking off January 93 with Power Moves and California Games II. 

Power Moves is perhaps the first (but certainly not the last) fighting game that wants to be Street Fighter II but falls well short of that lofty goal. Still, it’s not a complete flop and we’ll tell you where we think the game succeeds and where it fails. It may be a long way from Street Fighter, but it’s certainly no Pit Fighter either.

We also discuss California Games II, a mini-game compilation that originated on personal computers and probably should have stayed there. It’s not great, but at least it gives us a chance to talk about Epyx, the company that started the project that would become the Atari Lynx. 

As far as we know, January 93 only saw the release of four games on the SNES, so we’re only covering two in this episode. We’ll see ya next week to talk about the other two.

  1. Super Mario World
  2. Street Fighter II
  3. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
  4. Super Castlevania IV
  5. Final Fantasy II
  6. TMNT IV: Turtles In Time
  7. Out of this World
  8. Soul Blazer
  9. Space Megaforce
  10. Actraiser
  11. UN Squadron
  12. Top Gear
  13. Super Mario Kart
  14. Contra III: The Alien Wars
  15. Lemmings
  16. BlaZeon: The Bio-Cyborg Challenge
  17. Hook
  18. The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse
  19. Darius Twin
  20. Super Off Road
  21. F-Zero
  22. SimCity
  23. Legend of the Mystical Ninja
  24. Mario Paint
  25. Ys III
  26. Spanky’s Quest
  27. Super Star Wars
  28. Super Buster Bros
  29. HAL’s Hole In One
  30. NCAA Basketball
  31. The Irem Skins Game
  32. King of the Monsters
  33. The Addams Family
  34. Gradius III
  35. Joe & Mac
  36. Super R-Type
  37. Super Soccer Champ
  38. On the Ball
  39. PGA Tour Golf
  40. Super Soccer
  41. NHLPA ’93
  42. Magic Sword
  43. Dinocity
  44. Rival Turf!
  45. Push-Over
  46. Imperium
  47. Drakkhen
  48. Populous
  49. Desert Strike Return to the Gulf
  50. Super Smash TV
  51. Super Double Dragon
  52. Rampart
  53. Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
  54. Final Fight
  55. Pilotwings
  56. Super Play Action Football
  57. John Madden Football 93
  58. John Madden Football
  59. Krusty’s Super Fun House
  60. Firepower 2000
  61. Musya
  62. Arcana
  63. True Golf Classics Pebble Beach
  64. Spiderman and the X-Men in Arcade’s Revenge
  65. Lagoon
  66. Pro Quarterback
  67. Lethal Weapon
  68. True Golf Classics Waialae
  69. Phalanx
  70. Strike Gunner STG
  71. Wing Commander
  72. Prince of Persia
  73. Hyperzone
  74. Axelay
  75. Jeopardy!
  76. Paperboy 2
  77. Super Tennis
  78. Super Baseball Simulator 1.000
  79. Jimmy Connors Pro Tennis Tour
  80. Super Bowling
  81. Power Moves
  82. Gods
  83. Raiden Trad
  84. Road Runner’s Death Valley Rally
  85. Test Drive II: The Duel
  86. James Bond Jr.
  87. Extra Innings
  88. Cal Ripken Jr. Baseball
  89. F1 ROC Race of Champions
  90. Super Adventure Island
  91. D-Force
  92. Monopoly
  93. Nolan Ryan’s Baseball
  94. Jack Nicklaus Golf
  95. Super Batter Up
  96. Super Bases Loaded
  97. Smart Ball
  98. The Chessmaster
  99. Gemfire
  100. World League Soccer
  101. Super Ghouls n’ Ghosts
  102. NBA All-Star Challenge
  103. Chester Cheetah: Too Cool to Fool
  104. California Games II
  105. Wheel of Fortune
  106. The Simpsons: Bart’s Nightmare
  107. Wordtris
  108. Bulls vs. Blazers and the NBA Playoffs
  109. Q*Bert 3
  110. Captain Novolin
  111. Chuck Rock
  112. Clue
  113. Faceball 2000
  114. WarpSpeed
  115. Roger Clemens MVP Baseball
  116. Garry Kitchen’s Super Battletank: War in the Gulf
  117. Cyber Spin
  118. Ka-Blooey
  119. Romance of the Three Kingdoms II
  120. Xardion
  121. Super TKO Boxing
  122. Best of the Best Karate Championship
  123. Skulljagger: Revolt of the Westicans
  124. Home Alone 2: Lost In New York
  125. George Foreman’s K.O. Boxing
  126. Space Football: One on One
  127. Thunder Spirits
  128. David Crane’s Amazing Tennis
  129. WWF Super Wrestlemania
  130. Goal!
  131. Gunforce
  132. Bill Laimbeer’s Combat Basketball
  133. Wings 2: Aces High
  134. Ultraman
  135. Earth Defense Force
  136. Home Alone
  137. Road Riot 4WD
  138. RPM Racing
  139. Robocop 3
  140. The Rocketeer
  141. Pit-Fighter
  142. Race Drivin’

Games Discussed

09/17/2020

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