Super system

First brought to Europe in 1992, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) blew gamers away with visuals and gameplay that dragged video games into a spectacular new era. The Super Nintendo features true stereo sound, multiple scrolling backgrounds, and twice the built-in memory of the older NES. Giant-sized Game Paks allow the system to recreate sprawling worlds that take weeks to explore.

Graphics power

The Super Nintendo's built-in DSP (digital signal processor) performs complicated calculations on in-game images in the blink of an eye. This is responsible for 'Mode 7', the ability to take hefty 2D shapes and twist and spin them through three dimensions, allowing games like Super Mario Kart to create pseudo-3D tracks. In the face-flappingly fast F-Zero, this is done at speeds that made even the bravest gamer tremble.

Game library

Some of Nintendo's biggest arcade and NES characters return in blistering style on the Super Nintendo. Super Mario World, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Donkey Kong Country, Super Metroid, Super Mario Kart – all are regarded as the some of the finest games in their genres to this day. Third parties have helped raise the Super Nintendo's total catalogue of games to over 500.

Super FX

Game Paks containing the Super FX chip – including dazzling debut title Starwing – brought proper polygons blasting to TV screens in jaw-dropping style. Later games like Yoshi's Island used the next-generation Super FX 2 chip to warp and bend shapes in the most eye-pleasing of manners.

SNES controller.

The controller Building on the seminal design of the NES controller, Nintendo set the standard for future video game controllers with the faultless Super Nintendo controller. The comfortable directional pad returns, two extra buttons, and the appearance of twin shoulder buttons – a video game first – effectively double the gamer's control.

Super Nintendo Mouse Launched alongside Mario Paint, the friendly Super Nintendo art creation Game Pak, the Super Nintendo Mouse allows budding Van Goghs to create Mario-inspired masterpieces on-screen with ease. Featuring two buttons and plugging straight into controller port 1, the Nintendo Mouse is one rodent you can have running around on the table without fear.

Super Game Boy Breathe new life into your classic Game Boy Game Paks with the Super Game Boy, projecting your portable play onto the big screen. No need for a Game Boy system – just plug the Game Pak into the Super Game Boy and go! Using clever technical trickery, classic black-and-white titles are rejuvenated in four, twelve, or even 256 vibrant colours, and you can design a border for your Game Boy play as colourful and flamboyant as your imagination allows!

Nintendo Score Master.

Nintendo Score Master When you need that little bit extra control of your Super Nintendo games, the Nintendo Score Master can deliver it. Slotting straight into the Super Nintendo controller port, the Score Master features a sturdy base that sits below an enormous joystick, plus six control buttons enlarged and rearranged for instant access. Autofire, turbo, and slow-mo functions complete the ideal accessory for the high-score hero.

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