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Many SNES games were ported to the GBA. These versions may have extra features, but at the cost of poorer video and audio and visualsquality. The resolution is significantly lower, and it was never intended at 240 x 160 as opposed to the usual 256 x 224 of SNES games. This leads to be played on a full display. The screen smaller visible playing area may also , which can be reduced due to the lower resolutiondevastating in some cases. The audio is much lower quality than the SNESand almost always uses inferior instrument samples for whatever reason (designated as "worse audio"). Also, the most GBA has games use much stronger brighter colors to compensate for the lack of contrast in the original GBA display. To compensatehave these games display as intended, a shader or an option a palette patch is needed. Additionally for controls, the gba GBA has two fewer buttons, leading to compromised control layouts.

Several SNES games were ported to the PlayStation. These are typically emulatedMore often than not the PS1 ports offer more features. However, and the CD format creates long loading times. Generally it is recommended Contrary to avoid popular belief, most of these ports are not emulations. They simply take the PS1 ports for this reason text and to stick graphical assets from the SNES game ROM image on the disc, with the rest of the programming being original releases. However, in some cases the PS1 port might offer more featureswork. {| class="wikitable"! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|Name! scope="col" style|Name! scope="text-align: center;col"|PS1! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|GC! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|PS2! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|GBA! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|NDS! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|PSP! scope="col" style="text|Notes|-align: center;"|Chrono Trigger|✓||||✓|WII <span | style="text-align:left;"|PS1: Extra content including FMV & bestiary, longer load times<br />NDS: PS1 extra content (Virtual consolewith load times fixed)plus more extra content, touch controls, more literal translation, French translation added<br /span>iOS/Android: Translation based on NDS with additional languages, touch controls, mostly unchanged graphics.|-! scope="col" |Clock Tower|✓|||||| style="text-align: centerleft;"|NotesPS1/PC: Titled ''Clock Tower: The First Fear''. FMV, minor graphical changes; additional new weapon, enemy, & locationWonderswan: greyscale colors, poorer audio, lower graphical quality, slightly reduced screen size

|Contra III: The Alien Wars||||✓||| style="text-align: centerleft;"|Super Ghouls nTitled ' Ghosts'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.|-|Donkey Kong Country||||✓||| style="text-align: centerleft;"| GBC: Weaker graphics & audio, new stage, longer version of "Winky's Walkway", mini-games, time trial.<br />GBA: Increased brightness, worse contrast, color saturation, and audio; mini-games, time trial.|-|Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest||||✓||| style="text-align: centerleft;"|GBA: Titled ''Donkey Kong Country 2''. Increased brightness, worse contrast, color saturation, and audio; mini-games, time trial.| style="text-align|Donkey Kong Country 3: center;"Dixie's Double Trouble||||✓||| style="text-align: centerleft;"| GBA: Titled ''Donkey Kong Country 3''. Increased brightness, worse contrast, color saturation; new soundtrack by David Wise; mini-games, time trial.|-|Dragon Quest V|||✓(R)||✓ (R)|| style="text-align: centerleft;"|PS2: Full 3D remake with party enhancements. Only released in Japan.<br />DS: Remake done in a similar vein to the DQIV remakes. Has the same mechanics perks as the PS2 remake, along with some unique content.<br />iOS/Android: Port of the DS version.|-|Dragon Quest VI|||||✓ (R)|| style="text-align: centerleft;"|DS: Remake done in a similar vein to the remakes of the previous two games. Features some core gameplay changes.|-|EarthBound||||✓||| style="text-align: centerleft;"|Worse audio. Japan only.|-|Final Fantasy IV|✓|||✓|✓ (R)|✓| style="text-align: centerleft;"|'''Original Version'''<br />PS1: Slowdown removedFMV opening and ending, new features,different translation, longer load times<br />WSC: Lacks Mode 7 effects (replaced by scaling effects), limited palette, poorer audio. Japan-only. <br />GBA: Titled ''Final Fantasy IV Advance''. Based on the WSC version. New translation. Extra content, updated graphics, worse audio.<br />PSP: Titled ''Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection''. Includes ''The After Years'' as well as an in-between ''Interlude''. Includes all GBA content. Enhanced graphics, choice between original and enhanced audio.<br />'''3D Remakes'''<br />NDS: Very different 3D remake following FFIII on DS (no PSP release unlike it).<br />PC: HD version of DS remake.<br />iOS/Android/PC: DS version port, followed by an exclusive 3D remake of ''The After Years'' on iOS/Android.

|Final Fantasy V|✓|||✓||| style="text-align: centerleft;"|ZeldaPS1: A link to First official English release of the Pastgame.<br />GBA: Titled ''Final Fantasy V Advance''. New translation. Extra content, worse audio.<br />iOS/Android/PC: Redone sprites (RPG Maker art style), touch controls.|-|Final Fantasy VI|✓|||✓||| style="text-align: centerleft;"|GBA: Titled ''Final Fantasy VI Advance''. New translation. Extra content, worse audio.<br />iOS/Android/PC: Translation based on GBA version, redone sprites and Mode-7 sections (RPG Maker art style), touch controls, reworked Cyan Bushido.|-|Front Mission|✓||||✓ (R)|| style="text-align: centerleft;"|DS: Only official English release of the game.|-| style="textGanbare Goemon 1<br />Yuki-alignHime's Disappearance<br />US: center;"The Legend of the Mystical Ninja |||||✓|| style="text-align: centerleft;"|GBA: Worse audio, no multiplayer/co-op, more save slots than the Super Famicom release, can change character any time. Japan only. Bundled with Ganbare Goemon 1.|-|Ganbare Goemon 2<br />General McGuiness<br />Japan-only|||||✓|| 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.|-|Kirby Super Star|||||✓|| style="text-align: centerleft;"|Titled ''Kirby Super Star Ultra''. Extra games, enhanced graphics.| style="text-align|The Legend of Zelda: center;"A Link to the Past||||✓||| style="text-align: centerleft;"|GBA: New levelsExtra dungeon reliant on ''Four Swords'' game. More accurate translation, more shops, new enemies. Link voice clips from ''Ocarina of Time''. Simplified difficulty (20 digs like PAL SNES version instead of 25 in digging minigame, poorer video/audioIce Dungeon layout)

| style="text-alignMega Man & Bass<br />JP: center;"|Contra IIIRockman & 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: center;"|✓| style="text-align: centerleft;"|GBA: New features, poorer video/Only official English release. Worse audio. No dash button. Smaller screen resolution makes the game borderline unplayable.

| style="text-align: center;"Mega Man X||✓|✓|Chrono Trigger| style="text-align: center;"|✓ (ER)| style="text-align: centerleft;"|| style=DOS: Different aspect ratio, worse audio, buggy wall climbing.<br />GC/PS2: SNES version included in ''Mega Man X Collection''. The collection also includes extra content like music player and art gallery.<br />PSP: Titled ''Mega Man Maverick Hunter X''. Full 3D remake, different Sigma stages. Serves as an alternate take on the original game.<br />iOS: Touch controls, "redrawn"text-aligngraphics (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.<br />PS4/PC/Switch/XB1: center;"|SNES and SFC versions are included in ''Mega Man X Legacy Collection'' with extra content including achievements, music player, art gallery, challenges, and more.| style="text-align: center;"|Mega Man X2| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"✓|| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: centerleft;"|PS1GC/PS2: Longer loading times, Included in ''Mega Man X Collection''. The collection also includes extra contentlike music player and art gallery. NDSPS4/PC/Switch/XB1: PS1 extra content plus more SNES and SFC versions are included in ''Mega Man X Legacy Collection'' with extra contentincluding achievements, music player, art gallery, challenges, and more literal translation Tablets: same as NDS.

| style="text-align: center;"Mega Man X3|Front Mission✓| style="text-align: center;"✓|✓| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: centerleft;"|| style="text-alignPS1/Saturn: center;"|✓Remixed soundtrack.| style="text<br />PC: Port of PS1 version. Cannot be directly installed on 64-align: centerbit OSes;"|you must extract the files manually. Files fail to save after reboot if this is done.| style="text-align<br />GC/PS2: center;"|PS1 version included in ''Mega Man X Collection''.| style="text-align<br />PS4/PC/Switch/XB1: center;"|SNES and SFC versions are included in ''Mega Man X Legacy Collection'' with extra content including achievements, music player, art gallery, challenges, and more.

| style="text-alignMetal Max 2: center;"|Final Fantasy 4Kai| style="text-align: center;"|✓ (E)| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|✓ <br />(R)| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: centerleft;"|| style="text-align: center;"|PS1: Longer loading times GBA: Extra content, poorer videoAverage 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 /audio PSP: Extra content, enhanced graphics NDS>DS: Full 3D remake (also ios)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.

| style="text-alignOgre Battle: center;"|Final Fantasy 5The March of the Black Queen| style="text-align: center;"|✓ (E)| 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: centerleft;"|PS1: Longer loading times GBATitled ''Ogre Battle: Extra content, poorer video/audioLimited Edition''. Slightly enhanced graphics and sound.

| style="text-align: center;"|Final Fantasy 6| style="text-align: center;"|✓ (E)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: centerleft;"|PS1Wonderswan: Longer loading timesEnhanced graphics, new story scenario & side quest (Japan only) GBAPS2: Extra content, poorer video/audioEnhanced 3D graphics

| style="text-align: center;"Secret of Mana|Kirby Super Star| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: centerleft;"|✓| style="text-alignAndroid/iOS: center;"|Partially enhanced graphics, enhanced fonts & menus, touch controls| style="text-align<br />PC/PS4/Vita: center;"|✓Full 3D remake with animated cutscenes, voice acting, and remixed soundtrack| style="text-align<br />Switch: center;"|Extra content, enhanced graphicsSNES version included in ''Collection of Mana'' with borders around the game.

| style="text-align: center;"Super Mario World|Tactics Ogre| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: centerleft;"|✓| style="textThe version in ''Super Mario All-align: center;"|Stars + Super Mario World'' has unique sprites for Luigi.| style="text-align<br />GBA: center;"|PS1Titled ''Super Mario World: Loading timesSuper Mario Advance 2''. Slight additions, English PSP: Very enhancedworse audio, more featuresMario voice clips. Different Luigi sprites from either SNES version.

| style="text-alignSuper Mario World 2: center;"Yoshi's Island|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)| style="text-align: centerleft;"|✓| style="text-alignGBA: center;"|PSPTitled ''Yoshi's Island: Full 3D remakeSuper Mario Advance 3''. New levels, worse audio.

| style="text-align: center;"Star Ocean|Mega Man X2| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|✓ (R)| style="text-align: centerleft;"|| style="text-alignPSP: center;"|✓| style="text-alignTitled ''Star Ocean: center;"|First Departure''. Only official English release.

| style="text-align: center;"|Mega Man X3Super 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;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: centerleft;"|PS1: Remixed soundtrackSlowdown removed. GC & PS2<br />GBA: based on PS1New levels, worse audio.

| style="text-alignTactics Ogre: center;"Let Us Cling Together|Super Mario World✓| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: centerleft;"|| style="text-alignPS1: center;"|First English release. Slightly enhanced music.| style="text-align<br />PSP: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|Slight additionsVery enhanced, poorer video/audiomore features

| style="text-align: center;"Tales of Phantasia|Yoshi's Island✓| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"✓|| style="text-align: center;"|✓ (R)| style="text-align: centerleft;"|✓| style="text-alignPS1: center;"|Cleaner graphics, different sprites, new effects, partial voice acting, food system, skits.| style="text-align<br />GBA: center;"|Based on PS1 version but scaled down, additional content, worse audio, decreased framerate.| style="text-align<br />PSP (Full Voice Edition): center;"|✓port of PS1 edition including GBA additional content plus full voice acting, new sprites.| style="text<br />PSP (''Tales of Phantasia X Narikiri Dungeon''): PSP version with even more additional content (Grade shop) and a remade spin-alignoff.<br />iOS/Android: center;"|New levels, poorer audioF2P port of ToP X. Sub-par translation. At least GBA one had better controls and interface than this. No longer available.

| style="text-alignTrials of Mana<br />JP: center;"Seiken Densetsu 3|Tales of Phantasia| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: centerleft;"|| style="text-align: center;"|✓ Switch (Rremake)| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|Cleaner graphics, added effects and fuller voice actingTitled ''Trials of Mana''. Two PSP ports exist, a mostly straight port of the PS1 version Full 3D remake with full voice acting ("Full Voice Edition"), animated cutscenes and a second version with heavy improvementsremixed soundtrack.<br />Switch (Narikiri Dungeon XSNES port). The GBA : An official translated port however, has every porting problem possible and should be avoidedof the original game is included in ''Collection of Mana'' as ''Trials of Mana'' internationally.

| style="text-align: center;"Umihara Kawase|Star Ocean| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: center;"|✓| style="text-align: center;"|| style="text-align: centerleft;"|| style="text-alignDS: center;"|| style="textAs part of the JP-align: center;"|✓ (R)| style="textonly ''Umihara Kawase SE Kanzenban'' compilation. Both games in the compilation were ported from scratch with minor enhancements and slightly differently-align: center;"|sounding MIDI music, with the physics properly implemented unlike all other ports.| style="text-align<br />Vita: center;"|As part of the third game, but only included in its Vita port. Seems like emulation.