10 Now-Classic Video Game Series That Originally Started On the SNES

By Jason Venter · Polygon · Friday, 2 October 2026 at 18:28 (1h ago) · Original article ↗

A lot of terrific franchises we enjoy playing today got their start on much older hardware. Specifically, a number of them date back to the Super Nintendo, which launched in North America on Aug. 23, 1991. In celebration of the console's 35th birthday, we thought it might be fun to look back on some of our favorite franchises that wouldn’t exist without that 16-bit hardware.

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