Great finds. And in that first link I also see some Amiga magazines and issues for download. That's cool if I or anyone wants to find out what the various games on that computer were like. But there are the online fan-sites for that platform as well.
Here's a Kickstarter project for a couple massive tomes on all of the SNES games released outside of Japan as well as some Japanese games (the latter in the 2nd Compendium book)!
The Complete SNES - Collector's Book & Ultimate Guide.
"500+ Page Comprehensive Super Nintendo Collector's Book & Ultimate Guide to the SNES w/ US, PAL, Unreleased, Homebrew & More!"Unfortunately no Super Famicom-focused releases book here. But more on that below for the 2nd sister book.
What are the differences between the main book and all others out there for sale now? Well, for starters, it's got every page in
full colours!
* About this project:
Quote:
The Complete SNES is a comprehensive near 500 page Super Nintendo Collector's Book. Like with my previous project, to my knowledge there has not been a comprehensive book on the Super Nintendo that has covered every game released with complementary artwork! Aside from the licensed and unlicensed US releases, this book will also include PAL exclusives, Competition Carts, Homebrew Games and even accessories. We are striving to make this the Ultimate source for the Super Nintendo!
The book itself will be optimal quality with a large 8.5" by 11" size, around 500 beautiful color pages with a glossy hard cover; perfect for a coffee table! This is also completely consistent with the previous book releases and will look perfect next to them on a shelf.
We are also trying to create a second book called the Super Nintendo Compendium to go along with the main book. This secondary book is available to back right at the launch of the project and we will be able to do a full print run once we hit our first stretch goal!
The pages will be in minimalist format as described over there. It looks similar to the style that HG101 used for a selection of Japanese only games from each console at the end of their digital/printed books on the arcade games or groups of games from various companies.
* The second compendium book is worth getting as it'll cover some Super Famicom games too... The pages look nice.
Quote:
The Super Nintendo Compendium will be a second book we are releasing once the secondary funding is met. This will have 100-200 pages of SNES amazingness!
- Personal Super Nintendo Stories
- Supplemental Articles
- Backer Contributed Expanded Reviews
- Notable Super Famicom Games
- Expanded Essential SNES Game Reviews
* The community articles that can go into this compendium will include things such as:
Maybe some of you can write things about some of the fan-translated games on here and elsewhere?
There will be book contributions from "An All-Star Cast of Community Contributors!" Check them there; there are many but one of them is Steve aka RVG Fanatic!
The digital tier for both SNES books is $50 US - that's good. But for me getting both physical books would be more than thrice that with shipping, ouch! Not sure if I'll upgrade to that tier. But the creator's past books have not dropped in price, probably due to their rarity, so... He's got past books like the Complete NES books and more which you can add-on if you pledge for the project. They are still available at
his blog but at little bit higher prices. I feel that these books are a very helpful way to let me know about which of the localized SNES games were worth it to play. I had played some SNES games back then and had absolute blasts with them but was too young to discover that there indeed were many more for the console to tap into! There's also a
BackerClub members page that lets you link up your account with your KS account if you have both and the creator will definitely put your name into a special section in the books! Ends in 10 days.
* P.S. There were
783 official releases for the SNES. But the
Super Famicom console had well more than double that (
1447 on SFC, plus
231 on Satellaview and
13 on Sufami Turbo)! No wonder there are still hundreds of decent SFC games left to be translated!
Also check this awesome video with a well-done presentation:
The Super Nintendo Project - All 752 US SNES Games - Every US Game (Jul 31, 2015) - 1hr 28 mins long! The same user also has several videos on specific genres (no RPG lists). These videos below also cover Japanese games in their genres.
-
All SNES Fighting Games (Every Super Nintendo Fighting Game) (Feb 27, 2016)
-
All SNES Beat 'Em Up Games (May 6, 2016)