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 systems 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 intense 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. It continues to be popular among collectors and retro gamers, some of whom still make homebrew ROM images—and in Nintendo’s emulated rereleases..
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Manufacturer | Nintendo |
 Generation | Fourth generation |
Type | Home video game console |
Release date | August 23, 1991 |
Introductory price | US$199 |
Discontinued | 1999 |
Units sold | 23.35 million |
Operating system | Atari 8-bit OS |
CPU | MOS Technology 6502B |
@ 1.79 MHz (NTSC version) | |
@ 1.77 MHz (PAL version) | |
Graphics | 384 pixels per TV line |
256 colors | |
8× sprites | |
raster interrupts | |
Sound | 4× oscillators with noise mixing |
or 2× AM digital | |
Connectivity | 2× (or 4×) Joystick |
1× Atari SIO | |
1× (or 0×) PBI | |
1× (or 0×) Composite Monitor | |
1× (or 2×) ROM cartridge |
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