Best SNES PAL Region Games Never Released in North America - SNESdrunk 

Asterix is a huge thing in entire europe. It started as a comicbook series, but there are also several (animated) movies. If you don't know those, you might want to keep an eye out for english versions of the movies as they are pretty fun and despite mainly targeting kids, some of the satiric humor is also good fun for adults.

Asterix is know and big in pretty much everywhere in europe...not only france. Excellent video tho!

Oh and Tintin in Tibet is an awesome PAL exclusive game too! You should check it out if you haven't already

Terranigma's story is so awesome it will leave you with a knot in your throat by the end of the game

You should definitely check out the arcade version of Asterix and Obelix. It was made by Konami iirc and sported a very familiar Turtles in Time kinda of playstyle. :)

You nailed the Asterix & Obelix pronunciation btw!

No love for that sailor moon beat em up?? I loved that game as a kid!! And it's actually a PAL exclusive, never released in Japan either

Man, I played so much Super Bomberman 3 back in the day, so much good memories

What a great channel. Really helps to discover a lot of "new" super nintendo games for me. Thanks!

Great video as usual ! You pronounced "Astérix et Obélix" very well (i'm french) xD

Great lists!! I really enjoy games like Cannon Fodder and Parodius. There is many you mentioned that I need to try out. Thanks for sharing!!

Ur the best man. Thank you for putting a list at the bottom...so i dont have to screen shot an look up each game one at a time. You make it easy to grab the whole list. And i jus have to say thank you so much :)

Had an Amiga as a kid. Played the hell out of Cannon Fodder, Micromachines, Worms and Sensible Soccer. The ports are rock solid.

You are my favorite to watch to find new video games to play ! Every other video I find shares the same like 15 games.

"popular in France", bro, bro, brah, dude, friend, bro, Asterix is one of the most popular Belgian-French comics in the world. It's popular in a lot of European countries. I can personally attest for Germany. Most bande dessinee are popular in Germany, like Tintin, Lucky Luke and The Smurfs. I also think it's worth mentioning that Asterix and Obelix features actual co-op (and the utterly fantastic soundtrack) The Humans, Cannon Fodder and Worms are certainly computer games, but not PC games. They come from the land called home computer. That's a different thing. Hebereke's Popoitto is very similar to the Puyo Puyo series, of which Mean Bean Machine and more importantly, Kirby's Avalance are a part of. Can't believe you didn't mention the Kirby game. The Cho Aniki series is easily weirder than Parodius, though in a more disturbing way. Got one SFC title. Overall, good video, I'm glad wasn't all about Japanese games that didn't reach America. I'm happily surprised you seemed to enjoy Asterix & Obelix more than me.

I love your videos sir! Thank you for all the quality content.

Cannon Fodder is an absolutely amazing game and was one of our best loved of all time over here in the U.K it’s simple but highly addictive - to quote the tag line war has never been so much fun! The Amiga is the only way to play it really because of the slightly better graphics and the fact it controls a lot better with a mouse, and it has a disk save as opposed to password, but the snes version has all 30+ missions with a great progressive difficulty and it’ll keep you hooked. Another game that got a release on PAL exclusive was theme park, it’s not the greatest ever and features none stop obnoxious fair ground / clown music looped forever in game, but with a mute button it’s a passable version to say it’s a PC port - similar to doom snes owners just shouldn’t have got it.

The fact that you even mentioned the cricket game brings me tears of joy. And I can understand why Super International Cricket won't come to NA and only released on PAL since baseball is a popular sport on NA. And on PAL region, I think only UK might have got the game cause cricket is a popular sport there.

Your videos help me on what nintendo games I need for my PC emulator collection. You are one of the youtubers worth subbing to. Thanks!

The firemen is a great game, I wish they made more of these!

Worms? A PC port? It was an Amiga game! An Amiga game I say! Seriously though, I love the videos. Keep up the good work!

The Humans came out for Genesis and the music was so good. Loved it even as someone who isn't a huge puzzle game fan. It just had so much personality.

Cannon Fodder was an amazing game that was fun and got really tough later in the game. For me though, as a kid back then it didn't glorify war but show how bleak and unforgiving it is. Hardly any music in the levels aside from the shooting and death sounds. You grew attached to your soldiers as they climbed up the ranks and when you lost one of them in battle you really felt it and you were reminded of it after battle. This and Terranigma is what's most in my head from back then. Loved them both so much.

always appreciate these videos

props on mentioning Astérix et Obélix and Lucky Luke! pretty much every french-speaking person born before the 90's roaming on youtube will probably have grown up on these

Awesome list and review 👍👍

You have awesome videos dude

Good list. Gonna have to look up some of these games.

Great list. Terranigma, Firemen and Prodius for sure!

Thanks! I'll check these out.

If my name hasn’t clued you in on it, I greatly appreciate you taking a look at some awesome PAL representation.

Parodius is hilarious but pretty tough, only slightly less than Gradius but still

I had the entire series of Asterix comics as a child, Dogmatix was always my favourite character, I don’t know why but I also really liked Cacofonix

Oh boi remembering that the Asterix game was so hard. Espescially the button mashing level. Took an ascii pad from my friend to beat it.

Loved the Asterix & Obelix and the Lucky Luke Game as a kid. Even though the Lucky Luke Game was pretty short.

The Firemen is a great game. Nice video!

I have fond memories of playing Super International Cricket. It was relatively popular in Australia.

The bomberman game u showcased with the bad bombers or something reminded me of the psx bomberman. Also never heard of rainbow bell even when I watched this forever ago.

Asterix was my third game i bought for my own money, love the game and it's a great challange!

Cool! I have some of them in OG Boxes. Lucky Luke is a very funny game! Cannon Fodder i have also on SNES and Amiga. Bomberman always rock's! That Rainbow Bell Adventure is new to me. Cool! THX! Cool Vid! I like that you give your opinion to all the games you show off. p.s: You never got Micro Machines in the US ? That's a awesome Multiplayer game!

Sensible soccer, Micro Machines 2 and Cannon fodder are my favourites from the list. Never even realised those games where PAL exclusive, specially Micro Machines surprised me!

Parodius and Pop'n TwinBee both remind me of Stinger on the NES.

Some interesting games in this list. I remember renting Micro Machines back in the day but I wasn't really impressed. I prefer other games like RC Pro-Am for racing in a non-traditional view. I haven't played the SNES version of Asterix & Obelix but the Gameboy port instead and let me tell you, it might be one of the best licensed games ever made. Music is the best I ever heard with chiptunes and both level and enemy design are great. There is also a lot of variety. Only minor things are the controls which take time to get used to and the lack of a save or password feature. I am a little surprised to hear you weren't familiar with Asterix before. It's incredibly popular in Europe and even outside of it. Hyper Dimension is also my favorite DBZ fighting game because of the moves. The desperation attacks are still awesome to watch after all these years! You sure love Terranigma, don't you SNES drunk? It's been the 4th time you mentioned it. Don't get me wrong, I also love that game but seriously we get it.

Great vid. Thank youuuuu.

Terranigma will always my favorite game: love it so much,

I have yet to play Terranigma but I wanna finish Illusion of Time and Soul Blazer first... As for the other games in the video, I've played the majority of the non-sports titles (with a caviat, I played Parodius on the PC engine, not on the SNES) And I LOVE the TwinBee games and Super Bomberman 3! Pop'n TwinBee might be my favourite game featured in this video (the vertical shmup one) that game is just gorgeous and the soundtrack is adorable~

Nice to see The Firemen get some love. An underrated game.

Cannonfodder was even better if you had the mouse. The Bomberman series was one of the best series ever made. My faverate on the SNES was always the first one. I had never even seen The Firemen and don't know anyone who had it but it look great. I also never knew Worms was on the SNES. Looks like I may have to do a bit of shopping. Thanks for the video.

Thank you for this video

I have to ask: did you ever use the L or R button while playing The Firemen, it's a top down 3/4 twin stick without the 2nd stick so having a lock on your positioning helps a lot.

Knocking each other off the map in micro machines is one of the best features! lol

Parodius and Twinbee FTW. I have a Gameboy versions, which are also excellent.

Whirlo looks interesting. Syvalion looks like "Snake" and a platformer (if they were merged together). Great list of games.

I used to have Asterix and Obelix as a kid, and it was one of my most played SNES games. Never knew it didn't release in America, I'm from Italy

This video earned my sub

3:26 this stage looks like Simba got his human friend to get revenge on whatever that stampede he got himself into in the lion king was

Cannon Fodder was also released onto the Mega Drive in the PAL region and it was just as good as the SNES port.

*Wow! Want all these games!*

Cannon Fodder was released on PC in North America, I remember playing it. Hit detection might be forgiving but there's a lot about that game that isn't. I also remember the humans being reviewed in Nintendo Power. Maybe for a game boy version.

We got a game in the states that seems pretty close to the Firefighters. The Ignition Factor. I've never played the European one so I can't be entirely certain but they definitely seem similar. Those shooter games look like sequels to Stinger for NES which I would have loved to see for the SNES.

I think this is the first time I've heard you rank the Soul Blazer trilogy and I agree with your assertion. Terranigma was a masterpiece in almost all aspects (story, music, controls, game play, difficulty). However, while many will disagree I personally find Soul Blazer to be a better game than Illusion of Gaia. Maybe it’s due to the ability to change equipment, perhaps it’s because it has a “traditional” level system or simply because the story, while simplistic, doesn’t take its self too seriously.

Surprised there was no mention of Daze before Christmas. A fun PAL only platformer.

The Firemen was never released in the states?! I pity you, that game is superb

Asterix is pretty popular in Brazil too for some reason. I love the series... Well, not so much everything that spawned from it since the 2000s.

I never knew that Bomberman 3 never made it to the states. That was one of my favourite rentals as a kid. Shame I never actually got the game as it's super expensive now. Good call on Sensi as well. Amazingly fun game.

Whirlo is a great game! The music is so beautiful and is very very challenging, try it and you will see.

Good prounounciation for Asterix and Obelix 👍😅

Some of those Dragon Ball Z games were available here as well, at least Super Butoden 2 and 3 were. On a side note: Too bad Asterix and Lucky Luke weren't very popular in the US, because they did get a little bit popular in Latin América (or at least here in México, from experience) alongside Tin-tin... we sure missed a couple of good games because of that :(

What a great list the was

I think The Firemen might be the most intense game on the entire SNES. It is completely relentless in its pace. I guess thats quite accurate to how it would be dealing with a burning skyscraper.

The game title "Lucky Luke" makes me think of the "Renegade Soundwave" track of the same name!😅

Sensible Soccer was released in NTSC region, just under different name ;)

Super International Cricket was pretty popular game in Australia, as a rental.

'Whirlo', also called Sandler in Japan, is actually a very thoughtfully made, quality platformer. There's a ton of levels and they all have some different twist or gimmick. The game is heartlessly difficult due to one hit death and the fact that there are a whopping 3 different types of super jumps that have to be used in different situations. It requires as much memorization as it does reflexes, but it's unique enough to still keep my attention at least.

Just mentioning the name Sensible Soccer is likely to evoke some misty-eyed nostalgia for a person of the right age here in England. You couldn't escape it back in the day.

Micro machines 2 is a masterpiece and every fan of multiplayer games should play it. It allows up to 4 people to race on a great deal of crazy stages. Plus, the mechanics are amazing, basically you have to leave your opponents behind until they desappear from the screen. It goes without saying that alliances continuously sprung up to stop the first in the rank and they die as suddenly once another one takes his spot. There's one stage in particular that stands out: the sponge level. The cars move throughout a kitchen full of obstacles and then they have to pass the sink, here the sponge acts as a ferry (from which the name of the stage, Ferry Fiasco). Imagine the chaos when the cars get on the sponge and they try to survive while they're pushing each other out mercylessly. There's even a high-risk/high-reward shortcut that allows one to avoid the sponge path! Getting the upperhand because of it when all the other players are battling each other on the sponge is priceless. Do yourself a favor and play this game with your friends! And have a few tokes while you're at it... and some beers!

Yyyyeeaaaahhhh! Cannon fodder was an immense game. The graveyard was way too big on my playthroughs

it's nice we got some good games in uk, but you could have a video probably double the length about the games that didn't make it to europe, being a gamer in the eu in the early and mid 90's was super frustrating

Played the crap out of pop n twinbee games and smash tennis. I still have my snes to this day.

Even in PAL Region, Whirlo is the 2nd most rare game (after X-Zone, which just released in Denmark, but you can get the US Version for like 3$). It only released in Spain as far as i know and is worth like 500€ boxed.

About asterix and obelix I advise you to check the konami made 2 player beat em all arcade coin op machine with its gorgeous visuals and animations. So asterix and obelix are also popular in Japan. I guess usa only knows spiderman and naruto.

You didn't mention that Micro Machines first and foremost is a multiplayer game. In single player it's, well, decent. But Multiplayer is where it really shines.

lucky luke is from the same writer as asterix. both are hillarious and badass comic series.

I had that Micro Machines game as a kid and I live in America. Weird

Prob agree on some of those titles, but i was thinking the other day of a best list about the more underated titles for PAL, ones i played over n over and man heaps of fun but usually never appear in top50 or 100 lists anywhere and in Australia (but not always AUS coded) which is even harder: Terranigma AUSBomberman 3 EURCannon Fodder EUR-1Super Pang EURKirbys Dream Course AUSTroddlers UKVBreath Of Fire ll EURPop n Twinbee EURLufia ll AUSSuper Street Fighter ll AUS

Asterix and Obelix was popular everywhere!

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I’m glad to see Sonic made the list

Man... Terranigma is so good!!

That Popn Twinbee looks like Stinger

You should check out Spanky’s Quest it was a Childhood favorite of mine and Capcom’s Super Buster Bros

Good games, just got the roms for everyone I really like The Firemen

Valiant looks cool

Warlow is not in my rom set and can't find anything about it online? Edit: it's called Whirlo now Warlow. I'm playing through the game and it's fantastic. Great story and a lot of variety in levels and action. You have several different moves, it's difficult at first but when you get used to the moves and controls you have excellent control and can pull of some fantastic sequences. I'd never heard of the game and after 5/8 worlds - this is a true hidden gem. Even the story is very good and the art is brilliant. There are tonnes of little touches that make you smile - on the pirate level when the ship is sinking at the end, the enemies are filing in to the screen the boss fight was on and jumping off the boat. 😂 I strongly recommend trying Whirlo and sticking with it through the initial learning curve as you get used to the controls. With four different types of jump, it is unlike any other game I've played recently.

As a european/german I've never really thought about, whether or not Asterix & Obelix are a popular thing in the US. In my eurocentristic mindset I simply assumed, that everybody HAD to know about these awesome comics and movies. Just say the word "Passierschein" (meaning: pass certificate) to a random german person and I GUARANTEE you, that they'll ask you (ironically), if you mean the "Passierschein A-38". That's a reference to the movie "The Twelve Tasks of Asterix", where that specific document is a very funny plot device. This has literally JUST happened to a friend and colleague of mine, who comes from Iran.

The Japanese version of Twinbee: Rainbow Bell Adventures is better than the PAL version. It has non-linear level progression (and IIRC there's multiple exits in the levels which were taken out), more dialogue, and the ability to save via battery backup. A fan translation exists for it. A couple nitpicky things: The Parodius game here is actually the second game in the series, not the first. But it is the first on the SNES, so I can give you a pass for that! Also, any reason you mentioned Hebereke's Popoitto but left out Hebereke's Popoon?

i love parodius :) u get check points to unlike r-type so its cool. the bosses are funny

Wow. Didn't know Humans was a SNES game. I just thought that it was just on the Nintendo DS. That's the version that I have.

lol i luv the intro

wow. as a European im amazed that we got so many exclusives at the time. especially since we were generally screwed over with the black borders and slower 50hz refresh rates. Also release date delays and games like chrono trigger and ff3 never getting a release here....but hey we got Cannon Fodder which almost makes amends for years of inequality!