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Super Nintendo

The Super Nintendo or SNES as it is widely known, was Nintendo Corporation's 16 bit equivalent to the Sega Megadrive, and was the successor to the Nintendo Entertainment System. Released in Japan on November 21, 1990 and called the Super Famicom (short for Super Family Computer) it quickly established itself as Sega's main rival.

In Autumn 1991, the Super Nintendo hit the American shops. With a different design to the Super Famicom (although the internal architecture was identical), and a different cartridge shape to combat importing of US games overseas, the American model matched the success of the Super Famicom in Japan.

Finally, after almost two years of waiting, the Europeans got to see what all the fuss was about and they weren't disappointed! Sporting the same case as the Super Famicom, but running at a slower clock speed of 50Hz because many TV sets did not have the capability to run at 60Hz, the initial release of the Super Nintendo came bundled with two controllers and Super Mario World. Early game releases included the excellent F-Zero, and an arcade conversion of Super R-Type.

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Over the next few years, the Super Nintendo produced some of the best known video games of all time. Mario made his obligatory appearance in many games (the best of the bunch being Super Mario Kart), and Donkey Kong made a welcome return in the hugely successful Donkey Kong Country trilogy. Other notable successes were Super Probotector: Alien Rebels, Street Fighter 2 Turbo and RPG classics such as Zelda and Secret of Mana.

As the competition between Sega and Nintendo went on, and the games got better and better, so did the technology. Many of the later games released contained additional hardware to create advanced effects, compress data and process instructions quicker. The two most widely used were the DSP (Digital Signal Processor) chip which was used in games such Pilotwings and Super Mario Kart to create 3D effects by scaling and rotating backgrounds, and the SuperFX chip used in Starwing which creates 3D landscapes through polygons and texture mapping (something we are all used to now, but was revolutionary at the time!).

The Super Nintendo was succeeded by the Nintendo 64 in 1997, and was taken off the shelves in 1998. This was due to the phenomenal success of the Playstation. The Playstation had originally been developed by Sony and Nintendo together as a CD add-on for the SNES, but they scrapped the idea. Sony took the technology they had been working on and created the Playstation. The rest is history.

Many people regard the Super Nintendo as the best video game system made, and few could argue the effect it has had on recent game developments. The Nintendo / Sega war that raged in the nineties was the same as the Commodore / Spectrum war of the eighties, and however you feel about the console it will always remain one of the most significant piece's of video gaming history.

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Contra 3

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Chrono Trigger

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Captain Commando

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The Commando Team is on the run!  A corrupt mutant group headed by Scumocide plots to control the universe, and now the battle has come to Earth.  Captain commando has assembled a team of three motley renegades to stop the crime wave and bring Scumocide to his knees.  it won't be easy as many common Earth institutions become infested with Scumocides minions, but strength and persistence runs the Commando Team into the crusade.

Beavis and Butthead

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They say that if you get your picture taken doing cool things, you can get to see GWAR and stuff. But taking pictures of yourself playing a video game doesn't count, moron.

Tiny Toon Adventures Buster Busts Loose

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Its just like a real cartoon except your the main character! But be warned. Accept the role of Buster Bunny and your tail will be on the line against Calamity Coyote, Elmyra, Dizzy Devil, Dr. Gene Splicer, Montana Max and gazillions of other 16 bit bullies craving a pat of Hasanpfeffer stew. To make it through all this Buster better have a lucky bunny's foot. Or else you'll be the one getting stewed!

Battletoads Double Dragon

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When a battle cruiser the size of a city and called the Colossus smashes out of the moon, it's laser cannon glowing menacingly, you can bet it ain't gonna be making any social calls. You can bet it's gonna be creating some bad and crazy mayhem on good ol' planet Earth - especially when you know that the dreaded Dark Queen and the shady Shadow Boss are on board just rarin to rock n' roll...

Axelay

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You're stewed! Even though you've got the Axelay prototype combat stratafighter with the most sophisticated weaponry in the Illis solar system, the 3D graphics and perspectives are so realistically shocking that you'll probably freak out and bury the ship in an asteroid. Nevertheless, you're the only remaining hope for a cluster of worlds bonded by one common goal - to suppress the ruthless onslaught brought forth by the Armada of Annihilation in a six-level galactic blitzkrieg!

Barts Nightmare

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Yeah, man, I can hear you saying: "Bart Simpson lost eight pages of homework? Uh-huh. Suuure. What's his lame excuse this time?" Hey, I swear, I fell asleep! Not cool, I know. What a nightmare I'm going through. Eight levels, each one scarier than the last, with villains like Homer Kong, Momthra, a blue demon, and Barney Gumble riding a pink elephant. I have to collect a page on each level, before I wake up and blow the whole assignment. You're my only hope, man.

Aladdin

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For years, Jafar, the Sultan's evil advisor has sought a magic treasure - a single lamp that holds the key to the greatest power in the world. With this goal in sight, Jafar learns that only one person in the world can claim the magic lamp from the Dreaded cave of Wonders - one whose rags hide a heart that is pure - a diamond in the rough! Join Aladdin and his pet monkey Abu, as they race toward their date with destiny.

Addams Family

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Uncle Fester has lost his memory and fallen under the spell of Abigail Craven, a conniving character who is anxious to lay her greedy hands on the Addams' hidden fortune. Having recruited a misled Uncle Fester, and assisted by her cohorts, Tully and The Judge, she manages to capture and imprison the other members of the Addams Family within the huge Addams Family mansion. Only Gomez can save the day by freeing his son Pugsley, his daughter Wednesday and by restoring Uncle Fester's memory.

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