Super Nintendo Entertainment System

SNES · 1990

Overview

Nintendo’s 16-bit Super Nintendo / Super Famicom, launched in Japan on November 21, 1990 with Mode 7 graphics and Super NES Game Pak cartridges.

Technical specifications

Manufacturer: Nintendo
Platform: SNES
Revision: Original
Storage: ROM Super NES Game Pak
Released: 1990-11-21
Discontinued: 2003-09-25
CPU: Ricoh 5A22 @ 3.58 MHz
GPU: S-PPU1 and S-PPU2
Memory: 128 KB work RAM + 64 KB video RAM + 64 KB audio RAM

Collector note

Japan Super Famicom launched November 21, 1990; North American Super NES August 23, 1991. Cartridge-based Super NES Game Paks; later SNS-101 “New-Style” redesign exists in some regions. Japanese and Western cartridge/shell pinouts differ.

Facts

Japan (Super Famicom) launch: November 21, 1990; North America: August 23, 1991.
CPU: Ricoh 5A22 @ 3.58 MHz; graphics: S-PPU1 and S-PPU2.
Media: Super NES Game Pak cartridges.
Nintendo’s second major home console after the NES; successor was the Nintendo 64.
Super Famicom / SNES production ended September 25, 2003 (with Famicom).

Related consoles

Nintendo Entertainment System · NESPredecessor (NES)
Family Computer (Famicom) · FamicomJapan 8-bit predecessor (Famicom)
Nintendo 64 · Nintendo 64Successor home console (N64)

Sources

Super Nintendo Entertainment System · Wikipedia
Nintendo to end Famicom and Super Famicom production · GameSpot

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