Big Sky Trooper on SNES is one of those weird little games that somehow sticks with you. You start off as this fresh-faced space cadet getting thrown into the deep end—first mission, and suddenly you're blasting aliens with a pea shooter while the game cracks jokes at your expense. The humor's goofy, but it works, especially when you realize half the NPCs are just messing with you.

The planets you hop between are all over the place—one minute you're in a neon city dodging traffic, the next you're in some alien jungle getting ambushed by creatures that look like they escaped from a 90s cartoon. The controls take a second to click (why does jumping feel so floaty?), but once they do, the mix of shooting and exploration gets weirdly addictive. And yeah, the story’s basically a Saturday morning cartoon, but I’m not complaining.

It’s not perfect—some missions drag, and the difficulty spikes out of nowhere—but there’s charm here. If you dig oddball retro games with personality, this one’s worth dusting off.