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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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Sim City 2000

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This morning, you approved a new solar power plant, designed an underground transportation system, and jumped five points in the polls. Then you raised taxes (and lost 10 points), read a local newspaper, built a zoo and pushed your education bill through the city council. It's time for lunch - unless of course there's a fire, earthquake or alien invasion.

Sim City

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Start with a fledgling town and build it into a metropolis. Or, take the challenge of rescuing a city overwhelmed with problems. Either way, taxes, zoning, crime, transportation, education, fire control and other critical issues are in your hands. Time is passing and every decision you make has a future decision. Surprise catastrophes also threaten your growing city - fire, earthquakes, airplane crashes and even a giant Koopa who has a nose for industrial pollution. Will you build the ideal city? Or will its disgruntled citizens leave you with a ghost town?

Sensible Soccer

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Take charge of your favourite club or national team from all over Europe in a whole host of different cup and league competitions. With all the atmosphere of European Soccer at it's highest level, you (and your friends) can take a squad of fifteen players on to cup glory! There's no other football game quite like it!

Secret of Mana

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There is one force in the universe that keeps good and evil in perfect balance. Its called the tree of Mana. But a magic sword has tricked a young warrior into upsetting this balance, spreading evil throughout the land. Thus, the warrior must undertake a dangerous journey to find the seeds of the Mana tree which have been hidden for centuries, only then can perfect harmony be restored. In this incredible adventure things are not as they seem. Its a world turned upside down that you must help the warrior to make right. The only way to succeed is to solve the Secret of Mana.

Secret of Evermore

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In Dr Sidney Ruffleberg's old, decaying mansion, a boy and his dog stumble upon a mysterious machine. By sheer accident they are propelled into Evermore, a one-time utopia that has now become a confounding and deadly world. A world of prehistoric jungles, ancient civilizations, medieval kingdoms and futuristic cities. During his odyssey, the boy must master a variety of weapons, learn to harness the forces of alchemy, and make powerful allies to battle Evermore's diabolical monsters.

R-Type 3 - The Third Lightning

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It was believed on earth that the deadly BYDO Empire had been destroyed - but now they've returned as nasty as ever. Their ships and armies are more powerful than before, and Earth will surely be conquered unless the new R-90 ship can destroy them. Powered with engines that launch it into different dimensions, and armed with the Round, Shadow and Cyclone forces, R90 has what it takes to wipe out the BYDO threat. Then, the BYDO mother ship must be found and destroyed to entirely erase the species from our galaxy.

RoboCop 3

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Old Detroit. The streets are full of danger. Rampaging hordes of Splatter Punks run riot while the corrupt forces of the Rehabs sweep the streets, turning the night into a deadly scenario. Only one man can stand alone against such numbers. A man like no other man. Robocop. Once again, the cybernetic lawman must face insurmountable odds as crime and corruption threaten to tear the city apart. With state of the art weaponry, a skin of steel and nerves to match he stalks his prey.evil-doers everywhere.

Rock N Roll Racing

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Yeah! With music and engines screaming, you pick up your car, driver and weapons, then slam it into gear. With world famous race announcer Larry 'Supermouth' Huffman at the mike, and some of the greatest Rock N Roll music of all time setting the tone, its time for the line! Using laser cannons, cluster bombs and super boosters to annihilate your competition, your racing skills are pitted against a truly gruesome field of lead-footed crazies as you race to different planets.

Rise of the Robots

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Rebel robots rule Metropolis Four. Half human, half-machine. its up to you to crush the android revolution with metal mashing warfare and devastating super moves. Grind metal against metal in the two player confrontation. Get ready for turbo-charged 32 Meg gameplay, brutal Artificial Intelligence and revolutionary 3-D graphics that change the way you look at fighting games.

Loony Tunes Road Runner

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And they're off.. In the most hilarious action adventure of the century starring the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote. Looney Tunes Road Runner features twenty levels of cartoon-like graphics and hilarious game action that will leave you wanting more.

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