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List of notable SNES ports and remakes

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Several SNES games were ported to the PlayStation. More often than not the PS1 ports offer more features. However, the CD format creates loading times. Contrary to popular belief, most of these ports are not emulations. They simply take the text and graphical assets from the SNES game ROM image on the disc, with the rest of the programming being original work.
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| style="text-align: center;"|Chrono Trigger| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|
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PS1: Extra content including FMV & beastiary, longer load times
<br />iOS/Android: Translation based on NDS with additional languages, touch controls, mostly unchanged graphics.
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| style="text-align: center;"|Clock Tower| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|
| style="text-align: left;"| PS1 & Windows: Titled ''Clock Tower: The First Fear''. FMV, minor graphical changes; additional new weapon, enemy, & location
Wonderswan: greyscale colors, poorer audio, lower graphical quality, slightly reduced screen size
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| style="text-align: center;"|Contra III: The Alien Wars| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|
| style="text-align: left;"|Titled ''Contra Advance: The Alien Wars EX''. Removed dual wielding and mega bombs, added lock aim, Mode 7 levels replaced with levels from Contra: Hard Corps, worse audio.
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| style="text-align: center;"|Donkey Kong Country| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: left;"| GBC: weaker graphics & audio, new stage, longer version of "Winky's Walkway", mini-games, time trailtrialGBA: increased brightness, worse contrast, color saturation, & audio; mini-games, time trailtrial
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| style="text-align: center;"|Dragon Quest V| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|✓ (R)| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|✓ (R)| style="text-align: center;"|
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PS2: Full 3D remake with party enhancements. Only released in Japan.
<br />iOS/Android: Port of the DS version.
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| style="text-align: center;"|Dragon Quest VI| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|✓ (R)| style="text-align: center;"|
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DS: Remake done in a similar vein to the remakes of the previous two games. Features some core gameplay changes.
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| style="text-align: center;"|EarthBound| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|
| style="text-align: left;"|Worse audio. Japan only.
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| style="text-align: center;"|Final Fantasy IV| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|✓ (R)| style="text-align: center;"|✓
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'''Original Version'''
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| style="text-align: center;"|Final Fantasy V| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|
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PS1: First official English release of the game.
<br />iOS/Android: Redone sprites (RPG Maker art style), touch controls.
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| style="text-align: center;"|Final Fantasy VI| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|
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<br />GBA: Titled ''Final Fantasy VI Advance''. New translation. Extra content, worse audio.
<br />iOS/Android: Redone sprites and Mode-7 sections (RPG Maker art style), touch controls, reworked Cyan Bushido.
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| style="text-align: center;"|Front Mission| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|✓ (R)| style="text-align: center;"|
| style="text-align: left;"|DS: Only official English release of the game.
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| style="text-align: center;"|Ganbare Goemon 2 1<br />(J)| style="textYuki-alignHime's Disappearance<br />US: center;"The Legend of the Mystical Ninja || style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: left;"|GBA: Worse audio, no multiplayer/co-op, more save slotsthan the Super Famicom release, can change character any time. Japan only. Bundled with Ganbare Goemon 1.
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| style="textGanbare Goemon 2<br />General McGuiness<br />Japan-align: center;"only||||Kirby Super Star| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: centerleft;"|GBA: Worse audio, no multiplayer/co-op, more save slots, can change character any time. Japan only. Bundled with Ganbare Goemon 2.| style="text-align: center;"|Kirby Super Star|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|
| style="text-align: left;"|Titled ''Kirby Super Star Ultra''. Extra games, enhanced graphics.
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| style="text-align: center;"|The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Mystical Ninja| style="text-align: center;"|Past| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: left;"|GBA: Worse audio, no multiplayer/co-opExtra dungeon reliant on ''Four Swords'' game. More accurate translation, more save slots than the Super Famicom releaseshops, can change character any timenew enemies. Japan onlyLink voice clips from ''Ocarina of Time''.Simplified difficulty (20 digs like PAL SNES version instead of 25 in digging minigame, Ice Dungeon layout)
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| style="text-alignMega Man & Bass <br />JP: center;"|The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the PastRockman & Forte| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: left;"|GBA: Extra dungeon reliant on ''Four Swords'' gameOnly official English release. Worse audio. More accurate translation, more shops, new enemiesNo dash button. Link voice clips from ''Ocarina of Time''Smaller screen resolution makes the game borderline unplayable.
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| style="text-align: center;"|Mega Man & Bass <br />Rockman & Forte <br />(J)| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: left;"|Only official English release. Worse audio. Smaller screen resolution makes the game borderline unplayable.|-| style="text-align: center;"|Mega Man X| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|✓ (R)
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DOS: Different aspect ratio, worse audio.
<br />iOS/Android: Touch controls, "redrawn" graphics (actually smeared versions of the SNES graphics), much slower gameplay, level movement restrictions, no stage changes after beating Mavericks in a certain order, optional microtransactions.
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| style="text-align: center;"|Mega Man X2| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|
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| style="text-align: center;"|Mega Man X3| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|
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PS1, Saturn: Remixed soundtrack.
<br />GC, PS2: Based on PS1 version.
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|Metal Max 2: Kai||||✓|✓<br />(R)|| style="text-align: centerleft;"|GBA: Average port with a better font and worse music. You'll want to get the 1.1 revision because the initial one is so bugged and unplayable it had to be recalled.<br />DS: Full 3D remake with animated NPC sprites and much better graphics. Improved in every aspect and filled to the brim with new content. Based on the engine of Metal Max 3 for the Nintendo DS.|-|Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|
| style="text-align: left;"|Titled ''Ogre Battle: Limited Edition''. Slightly enhanced graphics and sound.
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| style="text-align: center;"|Romancing SaGa| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|
| style="text-align: left;"| Wonderswan: Enhanced graphics, new story scenario & side quest (Japan only)
PS2: Enhanced 3D graphics
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| style="text-align: center;"|Secret of Mana| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|
| style="text-align: left;"| Android/iOS: Partially enhanced graphics, enhanced fonts & menus, touch controls
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| style="text-align: center;"|Super Mario World| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|
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The version in ''Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World'' has unique sprites for Luigi.
<br />GBA: Titled ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''. Slight additions, worse audio, Mario voice clips. Different Luigi sprites from either SNES version.
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| style="text-align: center;"|Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|
| style="text-align: left;"|GBA: Titled ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''. New levels, worse audio.
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| style="text-align: center;"|Star Ocean| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|✓ (R)
| style="text-align: left;"|Titled ''Star Ocean: First Departure''. Only official English release.
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| style="text-align: center;"|Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|
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PS1: Slowdown removed.
<br />GBA: New levels, worse audio.
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| style="text-align: center;"|Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|✓
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PS1: First English release. Slightly enhanced music.
<br />PSP: Very enhanced, more features
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| style="text-align: center;"|Tales of Phantasia| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|✓ (R)
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'''PS1:''' Cleaner graphics, different sprites, new effects, partial voice acting, food system, skits.
<br />'''PSP Tales of Phantasia X Narikiri Dungeon:''' PSP version with even more additional content (Grade shop) and a remade spin-off.
<br />'''iOS/Android:''' F2P port of ToP X. Sub-par translation. At least GBA one had better controls and interface than this. No longer available.
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'''DS:''' As part of the JP-only ''Umihara Kawase SE Kanzenban'' compilation. Both games in the compilation were ported from scratch with minor enhancements and slightly differently-sounding MIDI music, with the physics properly implemented unlike all other ports.
<br />'''Vita:''' As part of the third game, but only included in its Vita port. Seems like emulation.
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