I recently compiled the list of the 30 games that I would consider to be the best choices for a SNES Classic Edition . A few things have to be noted here There are no licensed games on this list . I ' ve always thought that the license on a game dated a game very quickly and I don ' t just want this to be a nostalgia box , but instead a list of games you can enjoy without being a fan of the series involved . It ' s part of the reason why I ' m glad they didn ' t put the likes of DuckTales on the NES Classic Edition that and I believe the soundtrack is the most overrated in video gaming history . This goes for sports games in particular the rosters mean little for people who weren ' t there at the time or who aren ' t avid historians of the sports in question . Secondly , I have included no games that required an additional peripheral to play them to their maximum potential . This eliminated Mario Paint and Super Bomberman from the list , despite these being good potential choices . Thirdly , where titles differ between the NA and PAL regions , I have used the American titles with the exception of Final Fantasy VI , because if we ' re going down that road , surely I should call Final Fantasy VII just Final Fantasy as it was the first mainseries game released in Europe . Finally , this is a list of games that ignores any potential licensing problems in particular , I do not believe that Nintendo would secure the rights to Killer Instinct in reality . 1 ActRaiser 2 Chrono Trigger 3 Contra III The Alien Wars 4 Donkey Kong Country 5 Donkey Kong Country 2 Diddy ' s Kong Quest 6 Donkey Kong Country 3 Dixie Kong ' s Double Trouble ! 7 EarthBound 8 FZero 9 Final Fantasy VI 10 Harvest Moon 11 Killer Instinct 12 The Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past 13 Mega Man X 14 Mortal Kombat II 15 Ogre Battle March of the Black Queen 16 Pilotwings 17 Prince of Persia 18 Rock n ' Roll Racing 19 RType III The Third Lightning 20 Secret of Mana 21 SimCity 22 Star Fox 23 Street Fighter II Turbo Hyper Fighting 24 Super Castlevania IV 25 Super Ghouls ' n Ghosts 26 Super Mario Kart 27 Super Mario RPG Legend of the Seven Stars 28 Super Mario World 29 Super Mario World 2 Yoshi ' s Island 30 Super Metroid