'Adult' SNES Games...(not porn)

[Roganjohn]

what are the best games on the SNES for older gamers that are sick of mario and donkey kong country?

are there any chilling games that aren't for kids?

interested in hearing this...

[vxkens]

Clock Tower maybe? I can't think of many 16 bit games that were genuinely adult in nature, even if they were rated M.

Here's a game I saw the other day that looks pretty creepy. A Japanese side scroller called King of Demons.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl3zj...eature=related

Edit: And by "16-bit" I mean consoles. The 16 bit computers had plenty of these kinds of games.

[c0ldb33r]

There's not a lot to pick from.

Try:
1. Out of this World / Another World
2. Flash back
3. Doom
4. Mortal Kombat series

If you want a horror game, Clock Tower was released on the SFC - [link] (shit vxkens beat me to it!)

Although, this topic makes me wonder - how many adult-porn games were released in Japan? Any? I mean actually released at retail, not pirated image shows.

[portnoyd]

Soul Blazer is a very deep game, believe it or not. I played it as a kid, loved it, played it as an adult when I understood what the game was saying, loved it even more.

[Callin]

Out of this World scared the hell out of me as a kid. Mainly because of that monster in the beginning.

[vxkens]

There's not a lot to pick from.

Try:
1. Out of this World / Another World
2. Flash back
3. Doom
4. Mortal Kombat series

If you want a horror game, Clock Tower was released on the SFC - [link] (shit vxkens beat me to it!)

Although, this topic makes me wonder - how many adult-porn games were released in Japan? Any? I mean actually released at retail, not pirated image shows.

That's pretty interesting actually. Now that I think of it, a large proportion of the "adult" oriented software for SNES and Genesis were computer ports. Out of this World, Doom, Shadow of the Beast, Wolf 3D, etc. Genesis in particular got a lot of Amiga ports its first couple of years.

I wouldn't consider games like Mortal Kombat, Killer Instinct, etc "adult" oriented games. Games like that are basically fake "mature" games aimed at teenagers. Like I said though, I can't think of many console games from that era that were genuinely not for kids.

[Ro-J]

Video games weren't as mainstream back them and there wasn't a large market for adult oriented games. Video games were largely a kids thing for the greater part of the 80's and 90's. Now that those kids have grown up it has become an adult thing as well, and the market for adult games has grown with them.

[ShinobiMan]

Super Metroid. There is no way that's a "kid's" game, at least not in the traditional sense. It's dark, moody, and features a sci-fi bounty hunter babe!

Also Super Contra 3 can get pretty dark and graphic, as can Super Castlevania 4. I'm an adult, and I love those games because they are "more adult".

[skaar]

Check out Shadowrun.

RPG/Action/Strategy game. You start out on a slab in a morgue

[Steven]

Demon's Crest, Blackthorne, King of Demons, Doom Troopers, Out of This World and such are good choices.

Run Saber is one that hasn't been mentioned yet that has a pretty cool "mature" feel to it. Some of the bosses were pretty gnarly.

[Jisho23]

I'm glad everyone is thinking Shadowrun, I thought that was the obvious choice.

Otherwise? Not really. Shadowrun is a tough game for a kid to really "get." Most other games I have a feeling a kid wouldn't have much trouble understanding even if it wasn't made for them.

[Kamille01]

Soul Blazer, Shadowrun, and Demon's Crest are great choices.

Clock Tower, Castlevania, Contra 3, and Super Metroid are obvious choices.

You should try Cybernator and Hagane: the Final Conflict.

[Roganjohn]

I ummed and ahhed about Cybernator.

Great game, though.

[ConsoleAddict]

I always felt that SNES games like Actraiser, Soul Blazer, Final Fantasy IV and VI, Mortal Kombat II, Out Of This World, Doom and many sports titles would be more appreciated by an adult audience. I felt Enix games were the best choices for adults looking for something serious and mature, like 7th Saga.

I miss those days when it was taboo to release an overtly "adult" game. Nowadays, all the big name games are M-rated fair. At one point, I had about 8 M-rated games and bought Sega & Sonic All-Stars Racing and later New Super Mario Brothers Wii out of desperation just so I could have lighter fair on hand.

Games like God Of War 3, Heavy Rain and No More Heroes 2 are all great but sometimes you need a family-friendly game in the mix. Excessive violence, salty language and bare breasts can get tiresome when everyone is seemingly doing it.