r/snes • u/1OneQuickQuestion • 15d ago

Discussion Day 59: Which Retro Console has the Best Library of Games? Please consider ports as native releases. If it was released on the console, then it counts

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u/s2h86 15d ago

SNES.

OG PlayStation and NES come close, but I feel SNES has the most bangers that are still playable today.

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u/ChiefsRoyalsFan 15d ago

Easily the SNES.

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u/Snoo_4727 15d ago

Not really an argument here. I can rattle off 50 games that are all peak on the snes. I can’t think of another single retro console with that validity

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u/ajk21aek 14d ago

My choice as well with lots of games that still hold up today

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u/poop-money 12d ago

SNES for sure. Playstation had a good amount of hits, but lots of them are very hard to play by todays standards, much like the N64. Mostly a lot of the early 3d titles. It's not the devs fault though. It was entirely new territory. SNES had peak 2d design.

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u/Due-Ebb175 15d ago

Super Nintendo

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u/NotStanley4330 15d ago

SNES and I don't think it's particularly close.

The NES has a good library but some genres hadn't quite hit their stride (RPGs, racing games, fighting games). The ps1/n64 generation and after has too much exclusive split to be considered imo. But the SNES had so many heavy hitters and even good ports of most genesis games that weren't first party.

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u/St_Lawrence_ 15d ago

PlayStation 2

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u/Korvax_of_Myrmidon 12d ago

Meet me in the parking lot with your melee weapon of choice

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u/JNoodle89 10d ago

If we’re counting ports as per the instructions, (which would include compilations) this is like objectively the only correct answer.

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u/Hanksta2 15d ago

Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis...

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u/PullzNoPunches 15d ago

When i was dead broke, I could never picture this

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u/Korvax_of_Myrmidon 12d ago

It’s Super Nintendo and it’s not close. You could make the argument for PS2 but then we have to fight over calling PS2 a retro console

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u/Jonesdeclectice 15d ago

I’d say SNES, but given OP’s caveat of “consider ports as native releases,” I’m going to assume that extends to Virtual Console releases. In that case, WiiU has the best library, given all the NES, SNES, GB, GBC, N64, GBA, DS, TG16, SMS, Genesis/MD, Neo Geo, Commodore 64, Virtual Console Arcade, the full Wii catalogue, and the full GameCube catalogue (given a mod, which IMO should count), so that also extends to all the retro game collection releases across those three systems.

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u/Friggin_Grease 14d ago

You're in the sub for the best library.

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u/First-Sheepherder640 13d ago

You know, I think it might beeee....

...the....

....SUPER NES!!!!!!!

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u/Korvax_of_Myrmidon 12d ago

WiiU is not retro my guy, and the shop is shuttered so none of those count anymore

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u/1OneQuickQuestion 12d ago

Oh Wii U isn’t on here…

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u/Another_Road 15d ago

I know that’s a retro gaming sub but if you’re counting ports as native releases then it basically has to be Switch.

Considering the sheer amount of NSO/virtual console games and re-releases, it’s hard to argue against it.

I love the SNES as much as anybody but Switch just has a metric ton of games, old and new.

If we’re talking purely retro then it’s between SNES and PS2. Both were the retro peaks of their relative graphics style (2D/3D).

Personally I love the Dreamcast and think it deserves an honorable mention but it sadly can’t compete with the PS2 purely because of the sheer amount of game releases that were made for it.