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Super Nintendo Entertainment System

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Classic North American Super Nintendo

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, also known as Super Nintendo, Super NES, or SNES, is a 16-bit video game console released by Nintendo in 1990. In Japan and South-East Asia, the equivalent is known as the Super Famicom (aka SFC).

The SNES is Nintendo's second home console, following the Nintendo Entertainment System. Whereas the earlier system had struggled in the PAL region and large parts of Asia, the SNES proved to be a global success, albeit one that could not match its predecessor's popularity in Southeast Asia and North America—due in part to increased competition from Sega's Mega Drive console (released in North America as the Genesis. Despite its relatively late start, the SNES became the best-selling console of the 16-bit era.

The SNES is grey and sports a section for inserting game cartridges directly in the center of the console, so that the cartridge faces upright, with artwork facing the gamer. On the console are two controller ports and a button for power, one to reset the console, and on the original design there is a button for ejecting the inserted cartridge.

Controls

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Controlling the console is achieved through the use of a hand-held device known simply as a "controller", which plugs into the front of the console via a long, thin cord. Controllers for the North American SNES are gray with light purple and dark purple buttons to match the console, while the Super Famicom and other international versions of the controller sport face buttons in red, green, blue, and yellow.

The controller allows for control of an on-screen character's movement via the D-Pad (Directional Pad) on the left side of the controller, which is shaped like a cross, with each direction corresponding with the proper compass direction. (Up, Down, Left, and Right). On the right side, four "face buttons" are featured in a rhomboidal pattern. From the top left to the bottom right, the keys are Y, X, B, and A. Start and Select buttons are featured in the center of the controller, and L and R buttons sit the top rim (shoulders) near where the cord connects to the controller.

Official Chrono Titles for Super Nintendo

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Emulation

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An Emulator is a program that allows console video games to be played without original hardware. Super Nintendo Emulators, such as Snes9x and ZNES, allow SNES games to be played on personal computers, mobile devices, and other consoles.

As a fan-made game, Chrono Trigger: Crimson Echoes was designed for use with an emulator.

Other Square Titles for the Super Nintendo

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  • A Chrono Trigger cartridge for the SNES.
    A Chrono Trigger cartridge for the SNES.
  • A Radical Dreamers cartridge for the SNES with a protective dust trap along the teeth.
    A Radical Dreamers cartridge for the SNES with a protective dust trap along the teeth.
  • The Satellaview accessory attached to a Super Famicom.
    The Satellaview accessory attached to a Super Famicom.
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