Approximate Release Month: June 1993
Genre: Adventure/educational
Developer: The Software Toolworks
Publisher: The Software Toolworks
Mario Is Missing! is notable for several reasons – it’s a Mario game not made by Nintendo, and it’s Luigi’s first starring role – but the biggest might be that it is a reasonably well-done educational game.
Approximate Release Date: February 1, 1993
Genre: Action/platformer
Developer: MotiveTime
Publisher: Data East
Dragon’s Lair for the Super Nintendo couldn’t be a port of the video-laden arcade game that everyone remembers. It was turned into a bad platformer instead!
Approximate Release Date: December 4, 1991
Genre: Action/Platformer
Developer: Konami
Publisher: Konami
Super Castlevania IV is a kinder, friendlier Castlevania.
Approximate Release Date: August 23, 1991
Genre: Platformer
Developer: Nintendo
Publisher: Nintendo
Of the five Super Nintendo launch games, Super Mario World holds up the best.
