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Contents 1 Incorrect Links 2 Official List 3 List Update 4 7th Saga 2 5 "Company" 6 Redundancy 7 A Total of all the games on the page? 8 Source consensus 9 Doom 10 Williams Entertainment 11 Don't merge the SNES and SFC lists!

[edit] Incorrect Links

There are several links on this page that do not link to an article on the game, but instead to the game's origin (movie, TV show, etc) or to something totally unrelated. -- LGagnon

I've just disambiguated just about all of the links I think. I may have missed one or two but most of the articles that pointed to other material now point to "ARTICLE_TITLE (video game)". --TheDotGamer 04:13, Jan 29, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Official List

There is an official list of North American Super Nintendo releases of video games at nintendo.com. Here is the address (http://www.nintendo.com/gamelist?category=classic) and specifically for SNES (http://www.nintendo.com/doc/snes_games.pdf), can someone compare it? I also have the list in a spread sheet format as well. --ShaunMacPherson 06:36, 12 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Good find. It's nice to have official info. Kil 20:42, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List Update

The old text of the article is here: /previous list. fabiform | talk 17:16, 27 Apr 2004 (UTC)

List looks great! I will correct come of the links currently there by comparing to the old list. Everyone can help out too!

Thanks! --ShaunMacPherson 23:14, 27 Apr 2004 (UTC)

I've forced the width of the first row of each table, they should all line up now. The "correct" way to do this would probably be to use a template, this way the percentages could be changed in one place. Also, the size of the article is now in excess of 32kb, this should be changed. --Commonchaos 19:39, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] 7th Saga 2

I recommend reinstating the entry for 7th Saga 2. Although it wasn't originally released in the US or Europe, there is a third-party English translation that's available. There are numerous ROM translation projects out there helping to reintroduce Japanese RPGs (particularly on the SNES) to retro gamers, so I think it should be included. Just because it was only commercially available in Japan shouldn't really disqualify it from being considered in a list of SNES games.--Sonance 03:06, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Okay, I just noticed the blurb at the top of the list page. Ignore me! Although it might be a good idea to create a separate list of translated games.--Sonance 05:58, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] "Company"

what exactly does company refer to in the list? developer? publisher? --Philip Laurence 11:05, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Redundancy

Is it just me or is this list redundant? Category:Super_NES_games has this list, and it is automatically updated. This list, and many like it are just asking to go out of date. The only difference is the inclusion of companies and release dates. There are usually several release dates and the company column goes between developer and publisher. Also, SNES game articles already link to Category:Super_NES_games anyways, and you would have to add links to this list for each one manually. --Greyhawk0 01:16, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

It may be. However, the common user should have a way of finding all the games ever released for the console, not just the ones with articles in Wikipedia (in example, it is easier for them to begin an article starting from this list, where they already have the name they need to use for the article, than starting a new one and forgetting to add the category, probably creating several entries about the same game). -- ReyBrujo 23:08, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] A Total of all the games on the page?

I would add it to the page myself, but I don't know what it is. I was looking for this number, but I have not been able to find it. Just in case I didn't make sense, what I'm talking about is the number of releases made, for example, something like "In the span of the console's life, there were X games released". --Puzzl 03:20, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

• Well, just counting the italicized lines
  curl -s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_SNES_games|grep -c "<td.*<i>.*</i>"
  715
  We should make sure the list is complete and accurate before reporting that number tho. Also, were there any games released under different names in Europe and America that might be counted twice? --Buuneko 08:24, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Source consensus

Is there any consensus as to how an editor should verify the developer information on this list? For publisher info, Nintendo's .pdf is sufficient (although it does say "licensee", which is not always the same), but it seems there is no easy way to find verifiable developer info for two-generation old games. I've personally been using a combination of sources, such as gamefaqs, rottentomatoes, etc. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Kil 18:14, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Doom

Is there a reason why Doom is not on this list? It was released for the SNES. Since I'm new here, I just wanted to make sure before I added it. --HumanZoom 07:22, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Dunno but it belongs here, so hopefully you've added it. Kil^(talk)' 10:56, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Ok, so I added Doom to the list and linked it to this page (instead of the standard Doom page). Also, I got the release date from [here]. However, I noticed on some pages it lists GT Interactive as the developer for the SNES doom (as stated [here]). Can anyone confirm or deny this? I currently have it listed as developed by id Software.--HumanZoom 17:46, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Please do update any fields you feel reasonably certain about. As information from that period is hard to find and sometimes unreliable, the best way to get the list updated with correct info is probably through editors who are very familiar with particular games. Likewise, I don't know much about the Doom games, so I'm not sure whether it's GT interactive or ID software. Kil^(talk) 18:11, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

This may be a case of the who developed the game (definitely id) and who ported the game to the SNES. I believe it should stay listed as id Software for the time being (since they are the creators of the original game and this is just a port). I have an original Doom SNES cartridge, but unfortunately I do not have access to it until later this week. I'll see whats on the actual cart. --HumanZoom 07:39, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Ok, problem solved. I was able to get ahold of the actual and it clearly states on the front it was created by id Software (as can be seen in the following image).

Sculptured Software was the developer of the SNES version of Doom. [here] is proof.

[edit] Williams Entertainment

I just noticed that all the Williams Entertainment links are red, when a page for Williams does indeed exist at Williams (gaming company). I updated the Doom link that I just added, but I don't have time right now to adjust the rest of the article. I will try to get to this ASAP (unless someone else beats me to it). --HumanZoom 17:46, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I think I repaired them all. Kil^(talk) 18:20, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Don't merge the SNES and SFC lists!

There's still a notification on the SNES list about the suggestion to merge with the SFC list. This is a recipe for disaster. You don't want to take two huge, complex tables, each of which stands in its own right and quite possibly caters to different interest groups, and try to mash them together. Both lists would be ruined unless extreme painstaking care was taken to allow readers to visually screen out one or the other of the original lists. It'd be a nightmare. It's fine the way it is! Should we remove the notification of the suggestion? I'll do it myself if a few weeks go by with no replies here. Ecksemmess 22:41, 15 August 2006 (UTC)