Super Adventure Island is one of those classic SNES platformers that feels like a tropical vacation gone slightly wrong. You play as Master Higgins (yep, the same guy from Adventure Island), hopping across floating logs, dodging coconuts thrown by angry monkeys, and collecting fruit to keep your health up. The controls are tight, but some of the jumps will have you sweating—especially when those weird pterodactyl things show up out of nowhere.

The music’s got this upbeat calypso vibe that somehow makes dying repeatedly less frustrating. And yeah, you will die—those spike pits are brutal. But it’s the kind of game where you immediately hit retry because you swear you’ll nail the timing next time. If you’re into old-school platformers with a side of island chaos, this one’s a solid pick.