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Nintendo Super Famicom	Consoles	Japan	1990	Nintendo 5A22	name image company company_name specs tabs forum_thread photos emulators links related oc_id source Super Famicom /media/museum/photos/nintendo_super-famicom_1s.jpg /companies/nintendo Nintendo label value NAME Super Famicom label value MANUFACTURER Nintendo label value ORIGIN Japan label value YEAR November 1990 label value END OF PRODUCTION 2003 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE None label value KEYBOARD 8-way d-pad, 6 buttons + Select + Start label value CPU Nintendo 5A22, based on 65c816 label value SPEED 3.579545 MHz (Switchable by software to 2.68 MHz or 1.79 MHz) label value CO-PROCESSOR 1.024 MHz Sony SPC700, Picture Processor Unit label value RAM 128 KB label value VRAM 64 KB label value GRAPHIC MODES 256x224 - 512x448 max label value COLORS 32,768 palette, 256 on screen label value SOUND 8 channel Sony S-SMP, 3 channel Sony/Nintendo S-DSP label value SIZE / WEIGHT Unknown label value I/O PORTS Cartridge, power adapter, RF out, AV out, 2 controller ports, expansion port label value BUILT IN MEDIA Cartridge, 2 to 48 Megabits label value OS 750+ label value POWER SUPPLY External power supply unit, 10v DC label value PERIPHERALS Super GameBoy, Super Scope (Light gun), Satellaview, SNES Mouse, Super Multitap (8 player adapter) label value PRICE ¥25,000 photos emulators links 1215 title subtitle text image BOX /media/museum/photos/nintendo_super-famicom_box_1.jpg title url platform text Snes9x http://www.snes9x.com/ Multiplatform One of the best SNES emulator available, if not the best. Available for many platforms title url platform text ZSnes http://www.zsnes.com/ Multiplatform The other leading SNES emulator (Win, DOS & Linux) title url text Web Wiz CAPTCHA http://www.webwizcaptcha.com /museum/nintendo-super-nintendo-entertainment-system /museum/nintendo-super-nintendo-entertainment-system-2 1248 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230202152416/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1248 2023-02-02

Nintendo's follow up the NES arrived 1990. Bundled with the classic Super Mario World the console proved an instant hit in Japan, selling out within hours and going on to outsell Sega's Mega Drive. Between them the Super Famicom and SNES acheived combined sales of almost 50 million units world-wide.

With well over 750 games released, owners certainly had plenty of choice. One of the biggest sales boosts came from a near arcade perfect version of Street Fighter II, released at the peak of the games popularity.

Around the time of the Mega CD, Nintendo planned a CD-ROM add-on with the aid of Phillips and Sony. Artists impressions were published in magazines but the device was never manufactured. Phillips went on to create the CD-i while Sony's efforts would result in the PlayStation.

A number of peripherals were released, most notably 1994's Super Game Boy. This allowed the use of the wide selection of Game Boy games, which could be displayed with colour borders. The games themselves could also be displayed in colour, and a number of four colour palettes were available to select from.

1995 saw the launch of the Satellaview, a modem which connected to the expansion port. Users were able to download games which were released in instalments.

Production of the Super Famicom eventually came to an end in 2003, after an incredible 13 years of official support.