>Zombies Ate My Neighbors Relatively light-paced overhead shooter filled campy B-movie humor and a wonderful soundtrack. A bit more intricate than Pocky & Rocky, which you seemed to like.
>Sunset Riders Western-themed Metal Slug, pretty much.
>Contra III Scratch that, you're a faggot - it'll only scare you with the amount of stuff going on.
>Secret of Mana Multiplayer action RPG with a combat system good enough to make grinding fun.
You need to add Mystical Ninja 2 to that list, by the way - it's quite a step up from the first SNES game.
