Gaming off the Beaten Path

So I decided to go with back to back SNES games.  I have been in a 16-bit kind of mood and don’t currently have easy access to a Genesis, so here we are.  What can I say, it was a great generation in gaming. Of course, each generation has its quirks.  They all seem to cater to one genre more than the others.  In the current gen, its open world adventure games.  In the 32-bit era, it was RPGs.  In the early 90s, it was mascot platformers. These things were everywhere, mostly because everyone was trying to replicate the success of Mario and Sonic.  The official mascots of Nintendo and Sega appeared in tons of games, ranging from good to all time classics.  It may be hard to believe with some of the Sonic games out there now, but there was a time where the blue blur could do no wrong.  It seems Mario still can’t. Of course, that also meant imitators.  It seems like everyone was cranking out games with g...