30 Essential SNES SHMUPS (From Classics to Overlooked Games)

Though the Sega Genesis was particularly well-known for its shoot-em-ups, these 30 Super Nintendo classics (and overlooked games) were exemplary entries in the genre. Of all the classic game genres, very few remain as cutting-edge as the automatically scrolling shoot ’em up. While it is true that there are handful of big-name shmup franchises that landed on the Super Nintendo early on that had slowdown, these are actually a minority and the issue can be overblown. However, when you had the right developer, the Super Nintendo was still capable of delivering some fast-paced action. In reality, the Super Nintendo (and its Japanese counterpart, the Super Famicom) has some top-notch exclusives and a deep bench of respectable shooters that give Sega’s 16-bit shooter lineup a run for its money. Sega’s Genesis might have had the faster CPU to give it that “blast processing” making it more natural for shooter developers to get solid performance, but Super Nintendo programers eventually learned how