Tag Archives: adventure

SNES A Day 207: Mario Is Missing!

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.

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SNES A Day 195: Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?

Approximate Release Month: May 1993
Genre: Adventure/educational
Developer: Broderbund
Publisher: Hi Tech Expressions

Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego is cute and charming, but there’s not enough variety or depth in the sleuthing to make it worth spending time on.

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SNES A Day 149: Cool World

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Approximate Release Date: February 1, 1993
Genre: Action/adventure
Developer: Ocean Software
Publisher: Ocean Software

Cool World is an interesting yet unsuccessful attempt by a licensed game to do something novel.

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SNES A Day 112: Out of This World

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Approximate Release Date: November 1, 1992
Genre: Cinematic platformer
Developer: Delphine Software
Publisher: Interplay Entertainment

The first thing to greet players of Out of This World (known as Another World in Europe) is a loading screen, but you won’t see them very often unless you know what you’re doing.

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