The Super Nintendo Entertainment System played host to some of the greatest games ever made, many of which have, thankfully, survived to this very day. While game preservation has always proven to be either too tricky or not financially viable, the vast majority of games from that era and even beyond are playable, to some extent, either on modern consoles or through emulation. It's great that new generations of gamers are able to experience the classics, if only to see just how far modern gaming has come.
However, while there are a lot of SNES games available on platforms like the Nintendo Switch 2, there are still several that have been lost to time, destined to remain relics of the past. It's a shame, but it happens, an inevitability for less popular titles or even cult classics. Licenses lapse, IP holders go bust or disappear, titles are canceled, or the original code is lost. Fortunately, one such lost SNES title has avoided this fate, as, after being absent for 32 years, it is finally being restored, not through emulation, but through an official release on modern hardware.
There has been a string of restored SNES games released recently, from long-lost...
