Breaking the rules: the only unlicensed SNES game ever commercially released
Super Noah’s Ark 3D’s release was perfectly timed—a first-person shooter where you didn’t shoot anyone.
In 1994, Super Noah's Ark 3D emerged as the only unlicensed game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) that was commercially released. Developed by Wisdom Tree, this Christian-themed first-person “shooter” was a reskinned version of Wolfenstein 3D, substituting soldiers with animals and weapons with food. However, without Nintendo’s approval, Wisdom Tree needed to find other ways to sell its game.
