---
title: Nintendo Super Nintendo Entertainment System 2
categories:
- Consoles
origins:
- Japan
years:
- '1997'
cpus:
- Nintendo 5A22
params:
  name: Super Nintendo Entertainment System 2
  image: /media/museum/photos/nintendo_snes2_1.jpg
  company: /companies/nintendo
  company_name: Nintendo
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: Super Nintendo Entertainment System 2
  - label: MANUFACTURER
    value: Nintendo
  - label: ORIGIN
    value: Japan
  - label: YEAR
    value: October 1997
  - label: END OF PRODUCTION
    value: '1999'
  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
    value: None
  - label: KEYBOARD
    value: 8-way d-pad, 6 buttons + Select + Start
  - label: CPU
    value: Nintendo 5A22, based on 65c816
  - label: SPEED
    value: 3.579545 MHz (Switchable by software to 2.68 MHz or 1.79 MHz)
  - label: CO-PROCESSOR
    value: 1.024 MHz Sony SPC700, Picture Processor Unit
  - label: RAM
    value: 128 KB
  - label: VRAM
    value: 64 KB
  - label: GRAPHIC MODES
    value: 256x224 - 512x448 max
  - label: COLORS
    value: 32,768 palette, 256 on screen
  - label: SOUND
    value: 8 channel Sony S-SMP, 3 channel Sony/Nintendo S-DSP
  - label: SIZE / WEIGHT
    value: Unknown
  - label: I/O PORTS
    value: Cartridge, power adapter, AV out, 2 controller ports, expansion port
  - label: BUILT IN MEDIA
    value: Cartridge, 2 to 48 Megabits
  - label: OS
    value: 750+
  - label: POWER SUPPLY
    value: External power supply unit, 10v DC
  - label: PERIPHERALS
    value: Super GameBoy, Super Scope (Light gun), SNES Mouse, Super Multitap (8 player adapter)
  - label: PRICE
    value: '$99.99 (Console + Super Mario World 2: Yoshi''s Island)'
  tabs:
  - emulators
  - links
  forum_thread: 1216
  emulators:
  - title: Snes9x
    url: http://www.snes9x.com/
    platform: Multiplatform
    text: One of the best SNES emulator available, if not the best. Available for many platforms
  - title: ZSnes
    url: http://www.zsnes.com/
    platform: Multiplatform
    text: The other leading SNES emulator (Win, DOS & Linux)
  links:
  - title: Web Wiz CAPTCHA
    url: http://www.webwizcaptcha.com
    text: ''
  related:
  - /museum/nintendo-super-famicom
  - /museum/nintendo-super-nintendo-entertainment-system
  oc_id: 1249
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230321183305/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1249
    date: '2023-03-21'
---

In an attempt to prolong the [Super Nintendo](/museum/nintendo-super-nintendo-entertainment-system/)'s life, Nintendo of America launched the SNES 2 in 1997, similar to what had previously been done with the NES 2.

The SNES 2 was only available in the States and Japan, but was never released in Europe. It was smaller and lighter than the original version, lacking the expansion and RF ports of the old model, although the internal hardware remained exactly the same. The decision to ship the SNES 2 with Super Mario World 2 was rather apt, as the original Super Mario World was part of the original SNES bundle. The SNES 2 was released in Japan as the Super Famicom 2. The only difference was the colouring and the cartridge slot.

Ultimately, the SNES was outclassed by the new 32 bit systems, and production was halted in 1999.

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Thanks to [www.silicium.org](http://www.silicium.org%20for) the picture

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