The SNES was a great console with some great games. But IMO the NES was the best one, why? Because no one held the market like the NES, no one made so much licensed merchandise like the NES. The NES had cartoons on TV, even breakfast cereal. The NES totally changed the way we played games, it was the biggest jump from Atari. The controller laid the model for the future consoles. Maybe SNES games were better. But nothing sold like the NES. But I do think that after the SNES playing games was not the same. The N64 didn't even come close.