Ah yes, Harvest Moon. I also only have the SNES version, but it's one of my favorite non-Mario games ever. I mean, I used to love that game... but the only problem I had with it was its tendency to erase itself for no reason, so I've NEVER finished a 250-day game because they've all been erased... I think the 2nd Summer was the farthest I got.
And I remember when I first got H.M., and I didn't really know what defined a "cow", so I named my first cow Jack. :X That was fun.
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