![]() First thing you see is the selection menu where you can select to play alone or with a friend via the Internet. It takes a couple of seconds to load the emulator and game. I have already mentioned Zelda, but you also get access to excellent games like Chrono Trigger, Super Metroid, Earthbound, all Final Fantasy games or Super Star Wars. Not all games are multiplayer games, and the selection of single player games is excellent as well. The site offers all classic SNES games, from Super Mario World and Kart over Mortal Kombat and Donkey Kong to Contra and Zelda. It provides you with online multiplayer for all the best - English - SNES games. What makes this service special is that you can play games with a friend together. So, SNESbox provides you online access to 1861 Nintendo SNES games that you can play on the site either with a keyboard or a gamepad that you connect to your computer. Then again, Nintendo may be clever this time and broker a deal with the service instead. I discovered the service a while ago and was not really sure if I should write about it as there is a high chance that it will get pulled if Nintendo finds out about it. I can name more than ten games out of my head that I'd like to play with friends online but it seems that this is not possible right now.Įnter SNESbox. Yes, the Wii has Internet play and all, but as far as I know, you can't really fire up Super Mario World on the system to play the game with a friend in another apartment, town or even continent. While you can buy SNES games as virtual console games for Nintendo Wii or Wii U, I think that Nintendo failed to tap into the online gaming market. ![]() ![]() It was lots of fun, not because the games had super shiny graphics and all, but because game design, replayability and the overall experience was better than anything you get today. I remember well how we played games like Super Mario World, Mario Kart or Donkey Kong Country with each other on a single system. Back in the days when Nintendo and Sega ruled the console gaming world, I used to play all kinds of SNES games with friends.
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