The era of the Super NES was a glorious period in the youth of many of us, and also of many Japanese gamers, 500 of which were called to respond to a poll by the Japanese statistics firm Goo Rankings titled "The SNES Games You Were Addicted to in The Early Nineties."

If you were expecting to see the usual Dragon Quest or Final Fantasy on top of the list, you may be surprised:

  1. Super Mario Kart - 27.8%
  2. Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride - 26.6%
  3. Super Puyo Puyo - 18.8%
  4. Super Mario World - 16.0%
  5. Street Fighter II (Series) - 15.0%
  6. Final Fantasy V - 14.4%
  7. Final Fantast VI - 13.0%
  8. Super Momotaro Densetsu (Series) - 11.0%
  9. Final Fantasy IV - 10.8%
  10. Banshee's Last Cry - 7.8%
  11. Torneko no Daiboken: Fushigi no Dungeon - 7.4%
  12. Ganbare Goemon (Series) - 7.2%
  13. Nobunaga's Ambition (Series) - 7.0%
  14. Yoshi's Cookie - 7.0%
  15. EarthBound - 6.6%
  16. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - 5.8%
  17. Kunio-Kun (Series) - 5.6%
  18. SimCity - 4.8%
  19. Dragon Ball Z: Super Butoden - 4.8%
  20. Romancing SaGa - 4.8%
  21. Derby Stallion II - 4.4%
  22. Jikkyo Powerful Pro Baseball 94 - 4.4%
  23. Super Batter Up (Series) - 4.0%
  24. Final Fight - 4.0%
  25. Adventure Island - 3.8%
  26. TwinBee (Series) - 3.8%
  27. F-Zero - 3.6%
  28. Otogiriso - 3.6%
  29. Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts - 3.4%
  30. Mario Paint - 3.2%
  31. Shin Megami Tensei (Series) - 3.2%
  32. Captain Tsubasa (Series) - 2.8%
  33. Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen - 2.6%
  34. Parodius! From Myth to Laughter - 2.6%
  35. Itadaki Street 2 〜 Neon Sign Wa Bara-iro Ni 〜 - 2.4%
  36. Gradius III - 2.4%
  37. Fatal Fury (Series) - 2.4%
  38. Art of Fighting (Series) - 2.2%
  39. Monopoly - 1.8%
  40. Star Fox - 1.8%
  41. Super Sangokushi - 1.6%
  42. Hero Senki: Project Olympus - 1.0% 
  43. Live A Live - 0.8%
  44. Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes - 0.8%
  45. Uncharted Waters - 0.6%
  46. Ys IV: Mask of the Sun - 0.4%

The poll was conducted among an equal number of male and female respondents (250 each), and it definitely brings back memories.

My personal favorite between the bunch has to be Final Fantasy IV. What's yours? Let us know in the comments below.