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[RAIDEN1]

Interesting article that looks at some less publicised facts about Nintendo's legendary 16 bit console....: https://www.denofgeek.com/games/15-things-facts-never-knew-super-nintendo/

Highlights include:

• The SNES disruptive (Japan) launch
• Licensing problems for NBA Jam
• PowerFest '94: The rarest SNES cartridge
• Killer Instinct - the console civil war

Plus a whole lot more!

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

Earthbound with the ultimate DRM, yeesh!

 

[jshackles]

I haven't thought about PowerFest '94 for a long time. I remember going to one of the events - I even wore the T-shirt and hat I won at the event all the way through college!

 

[dave_d]

That one about Family Feud is so true


Yeah, it's a link to the video in the article but it's hilarious at times.

 

[SeraphJan]

This and GameCube are two of my favorite console

SFC not only is the king of JRPG, but it also had many great arcade ports, especially from Capcom (Captain Commando, Knight of the Round, King of Dragon)

 

[Knightime_X]

Seemed more about snes games than actual snes.
Cool nonetheless.

 

[Badlucktroll]

Wish we got the SuperCD

 

[Elysion]

Weird list; it‘s mostly about games instead of the system itself. One of the most fascinating facts about the SNES has to be that its soundchip was designed by none other than Ken Kutaragi, who apparently got into trouble for that with his superiors at Sony.

 

[asdasdasdbb]

Earthbound with the ultimate DRM, yeesh!

IIRC there are other games with weird antipiracy tactics on SNES. The one I remember is Mega Man X.

 

[RAIDEN1]

Wish we got the SuperCD

This will give you an idea of what the Super CD could have done, certainly would have wiped the floor with the Sega/Mega CD that's for sure: (from a fmv perspective of course)

 

[West Texas CEO]

who apparently got into trouble for that with his superiors at Sony.

Fortunately, he was able to redeem himself.

 

[RAIDEN1]

Fortunately, he was able to redeem himself.

In some respects the SNES was the forefather of the Playstation...had it not been for the Super CD falling through...we may never have got Sony going full on in, into the hardware scene like they did with the Playstation..

 

[Badlucktroll]

In some respects the SNES was the forefather of the Playstation...had it not been for the Super CD falling through...we may never have got Sony going full on in, into the hardware scene like they did with the Playstation..

And i bet Microsoft wouldn’t have entered the race either, with no Playstation they felt they had to compete with. Today, we could have powerful Nintendo and Sega consoles, with Sega being the choice for more mature games

 

[TLZ]

In some respects the SNES was the forefather of the Playstation...had it not been for the Super CD falling through...we may never have got Sony going full on in, into the hardware scene like they did with the Playstation..

Yes. That's why for me the PlayStation has been the true successor to NES and SNES since. All Nintendo consoles since weren't the same.

 

[RAIDEN1]

Yes. That's why for me the PlayStation has been the true successor to NES and SNES since. All Nintendo consoles since weren't the same.

Well the Switch hasn't been doing too badly compared to the behemoths that are the PS5 and Xbox series X

 

[TLZ]

Well the Switch hasn't been doing too badly compared to the behemoths that are the PS5 and Xbox series X

Yeah the Switch went back to form kinda. Still not 100%, but much better.

And I'm not talking sales btw, just the type of games.