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Super Aleste (US: Space Megaforce) - how did Compile pull this off on the SNES in 1992?

I had this game as a kid but never finished it - which I made up for now. (It is awesome and it is intense, atm I wouldn't even dare to go beyond Normal mode, though.)

I always wondered how this game pulls of all the action that's going on without any (noteworthy) slowdown on the SNES in 1992. There were high profile and experienced studios like Konami with Gradius III (1990) and Irem with Super R-Type (1991), both of which are go-to examples for awful slowdowns on the system and in general, there seemed to be consensus that the SNES is not made for shooters. While Compile also had a respectable track record, I wonder what they did differently. Konami somewhat made up for that with Axelay (1992), and Irem with R-Type III (1993), but I feel like Super Aleste is a lot more packed with projectile and enemy sprites (the screenshots here do not quite capture that I'm afraid). The sprite count especially on the harder game modes is just insane for SNES standards.

Also, I just realized that the game is part of the Aleste series, which I was entirely unaware of. Did you folks play other games of the series? Which ones would you recommend?

u/karmakosmik1352 — 5 days ago
▲ 628 r/snes

I finally beat Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts!!!!

I stayed up wayyy too late to finish this game, but I couldn't let all of my progress go to waste lol. Finally, after all these years, I've finally beaten this game, and can confirm, will more than likely never do the second run ever again lol. Should have just been content with the basic ending, that bracelet can go to hell 😆

u/Joebob1192 — 6 days ago
▲ 21 r/snes

Shooter Saturday! What are you playing?

Who can guess what SFC game this is?
Sorry no hints. 😜

u/galaxius00 — 4 days ago
▲ 0 r/snes

Why no Mario Golf on SNES?

We got NES Open on NES, (Mario) Golf on Gameboy and GBC, then Mario Golf on N64 and every Nintendo console since. Why not on SNES?

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u/GooserNoose — 5 days ago
▲ 103 r/snes

Playing Super Metroid through for the first time

No guides, no videos. Just going for it.

I just beat Kraig (took me 3 tries) and that boss battle intro sent me. So good.

After that I found the speed boost, busted through some walls, saved and called it a night.

This game is amazing.

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u/xxxdruciferxxx — 5 days ago
▲ 133 r/snes

I posted a few days ago that I’d beaten Super Mario World for the very first time and several people asked if I found every exit. Well here is my update. All 96 exits found!

u/witerawy — 5 days ago
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I have two dead super Nintendos with decent shells….

What do I even do?? (No they are not fixable, one is no audio + bad video, the other one just black screen, I’ve tried all repairs except swapping to known good chips, because that’s more time + money than it’s worth)

Is there a drop in motherboard replacement that uses fpga? I don’t want these shells to go to waste.

I’m at a loss

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u/drunkuncle_eddie — 4 days ago
▲ 196 r/snes

How about some Street Fighter II Turbo?

I had the original Street Fighter II back in the day, but lost it after moving. I think my brother picked this one up sometime afterward and we've had it since. Still my favorite way to play Street Fighter II after all these years.

u/valkiriforce — 6 days ago
▲ 193 r/snes+1 crossposts

Just received this in the mail, I'm so excited!

I first got into nonograms by playing Mario's Picross on the Game Boy over a decade ago, so when I recently got a Super Famicom, I knew this was one game I absolutely needed. I've played a fair bit of this version on my Switch already, but I'm eager to play again with my knowledge of some more advanced techniques. I hope the save battery works!

u/Turbo_Toad — 6 days ago
▲ 131 r/snes

Latest SNES CIBs +Milestone!

These are all the latest SNES CIBs i added to the collection over the last couple months. This brings me up to 130 CIB SNES games. Excited to have the Earthworm Jim games & Uniracers back in my life! Fresh collection pic with new titles!

u/D-Funk187 — 6 days ago
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can you make pal snes games run better?

I'm just starting to get into playing retro games on original hardware,(I don't have any consoles yet) and I thought that I should start with the snes for a while since it has a pretty good library, but I recently found out about the differences between the snes that we got in the UK vs the American one.

It does affect quite a lot of the good games, so, is there any way to mod it or something to make the games run not so slow and at proper aspect ratio? Or like, settings you can tweak?

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u/Dull-Abrocoma-8646 — 4 days ago
▲ 13 r/snes

help with finding out information on SNES carry / travel case

Hey I have this original snes carry case but I can't seem to find much about it or value. does anyone know what it's called where it was from or value ect? thanks guys

u/Mr_metallica87 — 5 days ago
▲ 23 r/snes

Is this an authentic Sunset Riders board? It matches the one on SNES Central except for the Toshiba chip

u/The_ArtThief — 5 days ago
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Fixing an SNES Part 4: part out

Unfortunately, this system is beyond fixing. I couldn’t get it to display anything that wasn’t a corrupt image. I tested the cartridge slot from my fully known working SNES and that didn’t fix it either. I also confirmed that the system was getting power as well. I’m positive that the CPU is bad.

I decided to dismantle the main 6 chips of the board. I’m all out of chipquik and soldering braid.

My question is, there’s a lot of extra chips on the board. Should I remove those too, or should I just leave the board as is?

u/jcwexplorer — 4 days ago
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What do you recommend to the SNES fan that feels that they've played all of the good games? Here's what I recommend:

Sure would be nice if we could have a friendly discussion recommending games to each other.

I spent a lot of time compiling this list. Please be kind.

Replayed Ghost Sweeper Mikami: The Exorcist with a Nice Body several times. Really fun platformer that sorta reminds me of Aladdin. Super underrated game that I don't see anyone besides me recommend when it comes to SNES platformers.

Ganbare Goemon 2 and 3 I went through as well. They're fun!

Super Bomberman 3 (Great 1995 SNES isometric Action game, SNES)

Accele Brid (Fan translation)(Good Third Person Shoot-Em-Up, SNES)

Acrobat Mission (Good JP only Top Down Shoot-Em-Up Game, SNES)

By the Harvest Moon(Good Super Mario World Fangame, SNES)

Call Of Cthulu(2012) (Great Story Rich SMarioW Horror/Platformer Fangame, SNES)

By the Harvest Moon(Good Super Mario World Fangame, SNES)

Call Of Cthulu(2012) (Great Story Rich SMarioW Horror/Platformer Fangame, SNES)

Goof Troop Paradise (Good 2025 Goof Troop Fangame, SNES)

Castlemania (Amazing 2024 SMarioW in Castlevania Fangame, SNES)

Gojira: Kaijuu Daikessen(Good SNES Fighter Game)

Chuck Rock(Good 199 Platformer Game that makes me think of SMB2USA)

DKC x Mario (Great Platformer Game, SNES)

Super Mario Bros: Pasta La Vista! - Luigi (Great SMB1 fangame, SNES)

Aaaahh!!! Real Monsters (Amazing Liscensed Platformer, SNES)

Super Mario Bros. Desert Land (Good SMB1 Fangame, Platformer, NES)

Arcus Odyssey(Okayish. but Interesting Action-RPG)

Super Mario Ygdrasil(Good SNES Fangame)

Street Fighter Alpha 2 as Ken (Great Fighter, SNES)

Super XLer8 World - Chapter 1: Luigi and the Seven Castles (Good SMW Fangame)

Mega Mario World: Another Universe(Great SMW Fangame, SNES)

TMNT: Return to New York(Good Teenage Mutant Ninja Turles NES fangame)

Nefarious(Amazing side scrolling Megaman love letter)

Wolfchild SNES (Good SNES action platfomer)

Cadash(So-So Arcade port of a Gauntlet-like side scrolling ACTION RPG, Genesis)

Congo's Caper (Good Side-scrolling Platformer, SNES)

Rocky Rodent (Good Side scrolling platfomer, SNES)

Toziuha Night: Dracula's Revenge (Great SNES era Classic-Vania)

Dinocide (Great Adventure Island Spiritual Successor, Side Scrolling NES Style Platformer, PC)

Castlevania Reborn (Great OG Castlevania Fangame, PC)

Jitsu Squad (Great, merifully short Ninja Turtles Beat-Em-Up)

One Gun Guy (Good, Mercifully short, Satisfying NES 16 bit style platformer)

Dungeons of Dreadrock?(Great Action-Adventure Dungeon Crawler, not to be confused with Dreadmor)

The Punisher (Probaby THE BEST Arcade Beat-Em Up, Arcade, 1993)

Rod-Land (Great 90's arcade-stye Bubble Bobble-ish Action game on the FUCKING AMIGA!)

Mario's Grand Adventure (Pretty Good Super Mario World Fangame, snes)

Super Retro Kart (Great Super Mario Kart Fangame, SNES)

Super Mario World: Chaotic Adventure (Great Super Mario Kart Fangame, Like an Arrange mode of the original game, SNES)

Zombies Ate My Neighbors: Dr Tongue's Revenge (Good Zombie's ate My Neighbors Fangame, SNES)

Metal Dragon (Great parody shooter.)

Super Metroid: Hotlands(Watched the creator of the Super Metroid Fangame play through and explain it, SNES)

The Legend of Zelda - The Mini Quest (Amazing Fan Remake of LOZ:Wind Waker in the Super Mario World Engine, SNES)

Hummer Super Mario World (Great Super Mario World fangame that's like a remake of the SMW fangame on the NES, SNES.)

Trigger Witch (ONE OF THE MOST FUN games I've ever played. Hilariously over the top stick snes style twin Stick shooter where you're a witch that uses guns! 2 players, and I love the music!)

Cat Powered UFO (ONE OF THE FUNNIEST Games I've ever played blend of turn-based RPG combat and old-school Zelda top-down action. Hilarious Undertale inspired game!)

Huntdown (THE BEST high octane shooter ever made, love letter to 80's cyberpunk arcade side scrolling shooters)

Super Mario World: The Princess Rescue 2 (Great Super Mario WOrld Fangame, SNES)

Pocky and Rocky (A bad game that I like, non-auto scrolling shoot-em

Starlight Mario: Underworld (watched this SMB1 fangame, it was fun)-up, SNES)

Donkey Kong Country 2 Unveiled (Watched this Donky Kong Country 2 fangame, it was fun!)

Valis (GREAT side scrolling Action-platfomer with all these cool anime cutscenes)

Super Castlevania 2022 - Fangame(PC)(Great)

Nosferatu(Amazing Pure Fun SNES Game. Beat em up/Persia style platformer)

Super Chase H. Q.(Good SNES PURE FUN First Person Car Chaser)

Super Mario Maker 2: Mario's New Year Mini Quest: (Pretty Good PURE FUN SMW.)

Blazing Chrome (Super Fun, Amazing Contra 3ish love letter. 2d Side-Scroller)

The Astynax (Great Castlevaniaish Jaleco developed side scrolling Arcade Game. I recommend it!)

Alpha Sphere: Director's Cut(Amazing, dark, depressing SMW fangame)

E1S Infinite SMB3(Good SMB3 FanGame)

Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (Amazing 90's Arcade Beat em up)

Rustler (Pretty Good Medievil Bully/Grand Theft Horse)

Webbed (Amazing Side scrolling puzzle platformer that isn't for me)

Lakitus's Great Adventure (Amazing fangame! Finished it, SMW Fangame)

Bowser's Secret Domains (Pretty Good Super Mario World Mario fan-game)

Luigi Story Saga(Decent SMW Fan Game)

Quackshot - Starring Donald Duck (Amazing, Super FunSidse Scrolling Shooter)

Metal Slug Advance (Oh wow, a Metal Slug Game that sorta respects the player, 2d side scrolling shoot em up)

Alien Storm(Pretty Fun Genesis Side-Scrolling Shooter)

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u/ExplodingPoptarts — 6 days ago
▲ 15 r/snes

SNES AV cable, built off an Xbox 360 AV cable

Great shielding, RCA connectors and mechanical strength

u/lufeig — 5 days ago
▲ 1 r/snes

Legit or fake?

Hello all,

Could you please help me judge if this set is legit, and everything matches, nothing is 'transplanted' from some other editions etc.?

Thank you!

u/afrdzo — 5 days ago