Now that I am back to updating this site, I figure that it is a good idea to update the unreleased games list of SNES Central. I have not updated it since writing the unreleased games section in Ultimate Nintendo: Guide to the SNES Library, and a number of unreleased games have come out in the past 6 years. I am starting with Mer Wars, which is a short demo created by Synergistic Software as a pitch. I have included some images of the documentation from this pitch, which were from an auction in 2019.

It has been two years since the last post, but I thought I would give an update as it is the 24th anniversary of this site. Last year was a crazy busy year in my life, and 2025 might very well be the same. I can't promise when yet, but I do hope to start doing some updating of the site on occasion this year. I feel with the rise of AI generated slop infecting the Internet that it is important to have this old school site up and running with new, verified information. ;)

Perhaps it should be obvious by the fact that there were only four updates on SNES Central last year, but work on this site is not currently a priority for me. I have spent a bunch of time during the past few years to create a database system for SNES Central that was pretty much essential to manage all the data on this site. This system is actually probably about 75% complete, and much of the most difficult aspects have been coded. However, for a number of reasons, I have not been able to commit time to finishing it to allow updates on the site to resume. First of all, I am actually working on another archival project that is unrelated to video games, and this is a bigger priority for me. Secondly, in the past few years much of my free time has been taken up by other activities, namely learning Japanese and running.

Because of these things, I would consider SNES Central to be on hiatus for the foreseeable future, at least until the other archival project I am working on is complete. It is fine to continue sending me things (through email is best), but please be aware that it may be years before they get put onto the site. This site is not going away, and at some point I will resume updating. When that happens, I will post here.

Pokémon Gold and Silver is a bootleg platforming game featuring Pokémon from the second generation of the series. Many thanks to Edgar "Mcfly" Gonzalez for sending in the pictures of the bootleg!

Hercules is a bootleg original game, where the pirates tried to copy many elements from the PS1 game, including the graphics and level design. For what it is, it isn't as bad as expected, but definitely not worth playing. Many thanks to Edgar "Mcfly" Gonzalez for sending in the pictures of the bootleg, and to Jason from Game-Rave for sending me the PS1 screenshots!

Street Fighter Alpha 2 is another pirate cart that is surprising, due to it requiring the SDD-1 chip. I already had an article up, but this new copy had a different shell and is dumped. Thanks to Lucas Leal for sending this to me.