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Super Famicom

Super Nintendo
Entertainment System
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The North American SNES (circa 1991)
A Japanese Super Famicom
Top: North American SNES (circa 1991)
Bottom: Japanese Super Famicom, which has the same casing later used in European and Australian consoles.
Other variations are pictured under Casing below
Also known as SNES
Super NES
  • JP: Super Famicom
  • KOR: Super Comboy
Manufacturer Nintendo
Type Home video game console
Generation Fourth generation
Release date
  • JP: November 21, 1990
  • KOR: November 25, 1990
  • NA: August 23, 1991
  • UK: April 11, 1992
  • IRL: April 11, 1992
  • EU: June 6, 1992
  • AU: July 3, 1992
  • BR: September, 1992
Retail availability 1990–2003
Introductory price ¥25.000
$199
Discontinued
  • JP: September 25, 2003
  • NA: 1999
  • BR: 2003
  • KOR: April 1, 2003
Units sold Worldwide: 49.10 million
North & South America: 23.35 million
Japan: 17.17 million
Other: 8.58 million
Media ROM cartridge
CPU Ricoh 5A22 @ 3.58 MHz
Sound Nintendo S-SMP
Online services Satellaview (Japan only), XBAND, Nintendo Power (Japan Only)
Best-selling game
Predecessor NES
Successor Nintendo 64

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (officially abbreviated the Super NES or SNES, and commonly shortened to Super Nintendo) is a 16-bit home video game console developed by Nintendo that was released in 1990 in Japan and South Korea, 1991 in North America, 1992 in Europe and Australasia (Oceania), and 1993 in South America. In Japan, the system is called the Super Famicom (Japanese: スーパーファミコン Hepburn: Sūpā Famikon?, officially adopting the abbreviated name of its predecessor, the Famicom), or SFC for short. In South Korea, it is known as the Super Comboy (슈퍼 컴보이 Syupeo Keomboi) and was distributed by Hyundai Electronics. Although each version is essentially the same, several forms of regional lockout prevent the different versions from being compatible with one another. It was released in Brazil on September 2, 1992, by Playtronic.

The SNES is Nintendo's second home console, following the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). The console introduced advanced graphics and sound capabilities compared with other consoles at the time. The development of a variety of enhancement chips integrated in game cartridges helped to keep it competitive in the marketplace.

The SNES was a global success, becoming the best-selling console of the 16-bit era despite its relatively late start and the fierce competition it faced in North America and Europe from Sega's Genesis/Mega Drive console. The SNES remained popular well into the 32-bit era, and continues to be popular among fans, collectors, retro gamers, and emulation enthusiasts, some of whom still make homebrew ROM images.


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