Clue Playthrough (Actual SNES Capture)

This is a capture of me playing through Clue for the SNES. This is not an emulator. This footage was recorded directly from my Super Nintendo using an actual Clue cartridge. I'm playing on Detective difficulty against two AI opponents.

When I was really young I used to play a bunch of board games including Clue. I was specifically intrigued by Clue because of the murder mystery setting (I have always liked the eerie, late-night mansion theme), but I didn't get to play the game that often. You needed at least three people, and I was lucky if I could even find one person to play a board game with.

Some time during the early/mid '90s, however, I noticed that my local video rental store had Clue for the Super Nintendo, so I rented the game to see what it was like. I was immediately surprised by how well-designed the game was. Not only did the game manage to capture the atmosphere of a whodunnit setting, but it had some excellent animations and some eerie music as well. Best of all, I could now play Clue even when no one was available to join me.

I've seen footage of other Clue games released on later systems, but I have to say, the SNES version still looks like it reigns supreme because of its simplicity, and because it doesn't have any annoying background music. The game itself is also dirt cheap since no one seems to be interested in these types of games. I picked up a complete copy off Ebay this year for only $20.

Nonetheless, the SNES version of Clue differs from the original board game in that you can only do two interrogations per game, but you're free to do endless suggestions. The catch is that the suggestions don't always give you very helpful information (unlike interrogations), and on the higher difficulty levels, you'll receive a bunch of negative-possibility responses most of the time (such as Mr. Green didn't have the wrench).

For this video I played through the game on the highest difficulty level with two AI opponents. Although you can choose to play with more opponents, I don't recommend it on this difficulty setting since it'll take forever to finish a game.

Recorded with the Hauppauge HD PVR and the official SNES S-video cable at 60 frames per second. I used a Toshiba model D-R550 DVD Recorder to upconvert the SNES's native 240p signal to 480i so that the Hauppauge could capture the console's audio/video signal.

I'm using a standard SNES controller.