SNEScapades
Power Moves Edition
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.
- Super Mario World
- Street Fighter II
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
- Super Castlevania IV
- Final Fantasy II
- TMNT IV: Turtles In Time
- Out of this World
- Soul Blazer
- Space Megaforce
- Actraiser
- UN Squadron
- Top Gear
- Super Mario Kart
- Contra III: The Alien Wars
- Lemmings
- BlaZeon: The Bio-Cyborg Challenge
- Hook
- The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse
- Darius Twin
- Super Off Road
- F-Zero
- SimCity
- Legend of the Mystical Ninja
- Mario Paint
- Ys III
- Spanky’s Quest
- Super Star Wars
- Super Buster Bros
- HAL’s Hole In One
- NCAA Basketball
- The Irem Skins Game
- King of the Monsters
- The Addams Family
- Gradius III
- Joe & Mac
- Super R-Type
- Super Soccer Champ
- On the Ball
- PGA Tour Golf
- Super Soccer
- NHLPA ’93
- Magic Sword
- Dinocity
- Rival Turf!
- Push-Over
- Imperium
- Drakkhen
- Populous
- Desert Strike Return to the Gulf
- Super Smash TV
- Super Double Dragon
- Rampart
- Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
- Final Fight
- Pilotwings
- Super Play Action Football
- John Madden Football 93
- John Madden Football
- Krusty’s Super Fun House
- Firepower 2000
- Musya
- Arcana
- True Golf Classics Pebble Beach
- Spiderman and the X-Men in Arcade’s Revenge
- Lagoon
- Pro Quarterback
- Lethal Weapon
- True Golf Classics Waialae
- Phalanx
- Strike Gunner STG
- Wing Commander
- Prince of Persia
- Hyperzone
- Axelay
- Jeopardy!
- Paperboy 2
- Super Tennis
- Super Baseball Simulator 1.000
- Jimmy Connors Pro Tennis Tour
- Super Bowling
- Power Moves
- Gods
- Raiden Trad
- Road Runner’s Death Valley Rally
- Test Drive II: The Duel
- James Bond Jr.
- Extra Innings
- Cal Ripken Jr. Baseball
- F1 ROC Race of Champions
- Super Adventure Island
- D-Force
- Monopoly
- Nolan Ryan’s Baseball
- Jack Nicklaus Golf
- Super Batter Up
- Super Bases Loaded
- Smart Ball
- The Chessmaster
- Gemfire
- World League Soccer
- Super Ghouls n’ Ghosts
- NBA All-Star Challenge
- Chester Cheetah: Too Cool to Fool
- California Games II
- Wheel of Fortune
- The Simpsons: Bart’s Nightmare
- Wordtris
- Bulls vs. Blazers and the NBA Playoffs
- Q*Bert 3
- Captain Novolin
- Chuck Rock
- Clue
- Faceball 2000
- WarpSpeed
- Roger Clemens MVP Baseball
- Garry Kitchen’s Super Battletank: War in the Gulf
- Cyber Spin
- Ka-Blooey
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms II
- Xardion
- Super TKO Boxing
- Best of the Best Karate Championship
- Skulljagger: Revolt of the Westicans
- Home Alone 2: Lost In New York
- George Foreman’s K.O. Boxing
- Space Football: One on One
- Thunder Spirits
- David Crane’s Amazing Tennis
- WWF Super Wrestlemania
- Goal!
- Gunforce
- Bill Laimbeer’s Combat Basketball
- Wings 2: Aces High
- Ultraman
- Earth Defense Force
- Home Alone
- Road Riot 4WD
- RPM Racing
- Robocop 3
- The Rocketeer
- Pit-Fighter
- Race Drivin’