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<section begin=intro />The '''Super Nintendo Entertainment System''' ('''SNES'''), originally released in Japan as the '''Super Nintendo Family Computer''' ('''Super Famicom''') is a video game console originally released in 1990 by [[Nintendo]].
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<section begin=intro />The '''Super Nintendo Entertainment System''' ('''SNES'''), originally released in Japan as the '''Super Famicom''' (スーパーファミコン) is a video game console originally released in 1990 by [[Nintendo]].
  
While different in aesthetics, both the SNES and Super Famicom are identical from a technical perspective, and so on Sega Retro are treated as one system.<section end=intro />
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The North American SNES was different in aesthetic from the original design used by the Japanese Super Famicom and the European SNES, but they are otherwise identical from a technical perspective, and so on Sega Retro are treated as one system.
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The SNES was the successor of the [[NES]]. The SNES was also the main rival of the [[Sega Mega Drive]], during what is often known as the 16-bit era. See ''[[Blast processing]]'' for a technical comparison between the SNES and Mega Drive hardware as well as related North American marketing campaigns.<section end=intro />
  
 
==Sega support==
 
==Sega support==
 
Only one game from [[Sega]] was available on the Nintendo system; [[Columns]]. In 1999 [[Media Factory]] were allowed to make a version for Nintendo's Japan-exclusive Nintendo Power rewritable cartridge service.
 
Only one game from [[Sega]] was available on the Nintendo system; [[Columns]]. In 1999 [[Media Factory]] were allowed to make a version for Nintendo's Japan-exclusive Nintendo Power rewritable cartridge service.
 
   
 
   
==List of Sega games for the Super Nintendo Family Computer (JP)==
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==List of Sega games for the Super Famicom==
 
*''[[Columns]]'' (1999)
 
*''[[Columns]]'' (1999)
  

Revision as of 22:03, 5 November 2018

SuperNintendo.jpgSuperFamicom.jpg
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Manufacturer: Nintendo
Release Date RRP Code
Super Famicom
JP
1990-11-21 ¥25,000 ?

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), originally released in Japan as the Super Famicom (スーパーファミコン) is a video game console originally released in 1990 by Nintendo.

The North American SNES was different in aesthetic from the original design used by the Japanese Super Famicom and the European SNES, but they are otherwise identical from a technical perspective, and so on Sega Retro are treated as one system.

The SNES was the successor of the NES. The SNES was also the main rival of the Sega Mega Drive, during what is often known as the 16-bit era. See Blast processing for a technical comparison between the SNES and Mega Drive hardware as well as related North American marketing campaigns.

Sega support

Only one game from Sega was available on the Nintendo system; Columns. In 1999 Media Factory were allowed to make a version for Nintendo's Japan-exclusive Nintendo Power rewritable cartridge service.

List of Sega games for the Super Famicom

References