List of the best games ever released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The 16-bit Super Nintendo (or SNES) video game console was available beginning in 1990 in Japan (where it was known as the Super Famicom) and the following year in North America, and was not discontinued until 2003 and 1999, respectively. During the 16-bit era (which primarily featured SNES competition from the Sega Genesis console), Super Nintendo was the world's best-selling video game system. Over 39 million SNES units were sold around the world (still shy of the incredible 61.91 million original Nintendo systems sold.) Even into the 32-bit era, Super Nintendo systems remained commonplace in homes around the world.
794 total games were officially released for the Super Nintendo system. The first games available for the new system were "Super Mario World," "F-Zero," "Pilotwings," "SimCity" and "Gradius III." "Super Mario World" - which was often bundled and sold with the system in its early days - remained the best-selling SNES game of all time, with over 20 million units sold. Many Super Nintendo titles have remained popular through the use of emulators, which can currently recreate the SNES experience on computers.
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4,8159722
3,461965Chrono Trigger
19953
2,993864Super Metroid
19944
4,1661,4085
2,372858Final Fantasy VI
19946
2,0156307
2,0267378
1,711604EarthBound
19949
1,80566110
1,925755Mega Man X
199311
1,90375412
1,19851313
1,00735114
2,9181,38615
1,98192616
2,8311,437Super Mario Kart
199217
73123918
1,513759Secret of Mana
199319
82235820
79836321
540189Breath of Fire
199322
792330Mega Man X2
199423
649243Final Fantasy V
199224
1,13065725
467170U.N. Squadron
1989