Approximate Release Date: July 1, 1992
Genre: Action/platformer
Developer: Natsume
Publisher: Natsume
Spanky’s Quest is a treat in all respects, but you can’t mention it in even the politest company without causing giggle-fits.
SNES A Day 66: Clue
Approximate Release Date: July 1, 1992
Genre: Board game
Developer: Sculptured Software
Publisher: Parker Brothers
I’ve never played Clue before today.
SNES A Day 65: Thunder Spirits
Approximate Release Month: June 1992
Genre: Side-scrolling shooter
Developer: Technosoft
Publisher: Seika Corporation
If you expect to get very far in Thunder Spirits by holding down the fire button like in most side-scrolling shooters, you’re not going to have a fun time.
You need to mash the button. For the entire game.
SNES A Day 64: Super Soccer Champ
Approximate Release Month: June 1992
Genre: Soccer
Developer: Taito
Publisher: Taito
Super Soccer Champ is, blessedly, not an attempt at a realistic soccer simulation.
SNES A Day 63: The Legend of the Mystical Ninja
Approximate Release Date: June 30, 1992
Genre: Brawler/platformer
Developer: Konami
Publisher: Konami
The Legend of the Mystical Ninja steeps itself in Japanese cultural aesthetics, surprisingly so given the standards of localization of the day.
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SNES A Day 62: Super Star Wars
Approximate Release Date: June 1, 1992
Genre: Action
Developer: Sculptured Software
Publisher: JVC/LucasArts
Super Star Wars fails the “Time to Lightsaber” test.
SNES A Day 61: Garry Kitchen’s Super Battletank: War in the Gulf
Approximate Release Date: June 1, 1992
Genre: Tank simulation
Developer: Absolute Entertainment
Publisher: Absolute Entertainment
The quote on the cover of Garry Kitchen’s Super Battletank: War in the Gulf is adorable: “…looks so real that you’ll wonder if it’s Super NES or CNN.” Thank you, Nintendo Power.
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