first got the chance to play the original snes version I bought while in vegas (visiting my sister and her family) A used game shop had a copy, another had (the employee who kept them after the store wanted to throw them away) the box and inserts just sitting at home, bought both. As a side note, beating this original game on the original hardware is on the "game informer 150 things every gamer should do" list. Excellent game for its time, graphics (these days) notwithstanding excellent game today, I didn't (no lie....don't know who did) cry during the opera scene but I did enjoy the moment.