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SNES A Day 44: Extra Innings

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Approximate Release Date: March 20, 1992
Genre: Baseball simulation
Developer: Sony Imagesoft
Publisher: Sony Imagesoft

Extra Innings‘ distinguishing feature is that it’s the best-looking baseball game so far on the Super Nintendo.

That’s it.

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SNES A Day 43: The Addams Family

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Approximate Release Date: March 10, 1992
Genre: Platformer
Developer: Ocean Software
Publisher: Ocean Software

The Addams Family screws up the one thing that any adaptation of the movie of the television sitcom needs to get correct: The rendition of the theme song is terrible.

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SNES A Day 42: Smart Ball

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Approximate Release Date: March 1, 1992
Genre: Action/platformer
Developer: Game Freak/System Sacom
Publisher: Sony Imagesoft

Smart Ball is adorable. That’s not surprising since Game Freak, the developers of Pokémon, were involved in its creation.

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SNES A Day 40: PGA Tour Golf

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Approximate Release Date: March 1, 1992
Genre: Golf simulation
Developer: Polygames
Publisher: EA Sports

PGA Tour Golf is the third golf game released on the Super Nintendo. All three are functionally identical.

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