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Altough most SNES cartridges can't be just put in a system of another region, you can overcome this by using a region adapter. There are still a certain amount of games that make use of "software region-locking" this means that the game will look at what region the system is.
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Altough most SNES cartridges can't be just put in a system of another region, you can overcome this by using a region adapter. There are still a certain amount of games that make use of "software region-locking" this means that the game will look at what region the system is. If you boot a game from a different region and it displays a "Not designed for your Super NES/Super Famicom" or a similar message than that game is software region-locked. SNES-TOOL can patch a region locked game so when using a Everdrive or a similar device you can play the game on your system
 
These games all have a software region lock:
 
These games all have a software region lock:
  
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Donkey Kong Country 2
 
Donkey Kong Country 2
 
Donkey Kong Country 3
 
Donkey Kong Country 3
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Disney's Magical Quest 2/Mickey to Minnie Magical Adventure 2
 
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
 
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
 
Earthbound
 
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Metal Warriors
 
Metal Warriors
 
Mickey to Donald Magical Adventure 3
 
Mickey to Donald Magical Adventure 3
Mickey to Minnie Magical Adventure 2
 
 
Plok!
 
Plok!
 
Prehistorik Man
 
Prehistorik Man

Revision as of 15:09, 9 April 2015


Super Nintendo Entertainment System
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Manufacturer Nintendo
Generation Fourth generation
Release date November 21, 1990 (JP)

August 23, 1991 (NA)
April 11 1992 (EU/UK)
June 6, 1992 (others)

Media type ROM cartridge
Predecessor Nintendo Entertainment System (1983)
Successor Nintendo 64 (1996)

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (also known as the Super NES, SNES or Super Nintendo) is a 16-bit video game console that was released in 1990 by Nintendo in Japan, 1991 in North America, 1992 in Europe & Australasia (Oceania), and South America in 1993. In Japan, the system is called the Super Famicom (スーパーファミコン?, officially adopting the abbreviated name of its predecessor, the Family Computer), or SFC for short. In South Korea, it is known as the Super Comboy (슈퍼 컴보이) and was distributed by Hyundai Electronics.

Hardware

CPU

Processor: Ricoh 5A22, based on a 16-bit 65C816 core

Clock rates (NTSC):

  • Input: 21.47727 MHz
  • Bus: 3.58 MHz, 2.68 MHz, or 1.79 MHz

Clock rates (PAL):

  • Input: 21.28137 MHz
  • Bus: 3.55 MHz, 2.66 MHz, or 1.77 MHz

Buses: 24-bit and 8-bit address buses, 8-bit data bus

Additional features:

  • DMA and HDMA
  • Timed IRQ
  • Parallel I/O processing
  • Hardware multiplication and division

Video

Audio

RAM

SNES Jr.

North American SNES Jr.

The SNES Jr., also referred to as the SNES 2, was a redesign of the SNES released late in the consoles lifetime. It does not support s-video output and lacks an RF jack, although an external RF adapter can be used.

Add-ons

Region Locking

Altough most SNES cartridges can't be just put in a system of another region, you can overcome this by using a region adapter. There are still a certain amount of games that make use of "software region-locking" this means that the game will look at what region the system is. If you boot a game from a different region and it displays a "Not designed for your Super NES/Super Famicom" or a similar message than that game is software region-locked. SNES-TOOL can patch a region locked game so when using a Everdrive or a similar device you can play the game on your system These games all have a software region lock:

Adventures of Batman & Robin Biker Mice from Mars Castalvania Dracula X Clock Tower Demon's Crest Donkey Kong Country Donkey Kong Country 2 Donkey Kong Country 3 Disney's Magical Quest 2/Mickey to Minnie Magical Adventure 2 Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story Earthbound Fatal Fury Special Fighter's History Final Fight 3 Ganbare Goemon Kirakira Douchuu Ganbare Goemon 2 Ganbare Goemon 3 Gokujou Parodius Illusion of Gaia Iron Commando Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius Joe & Mac 2 Kirby Bowl Kirby Super Star Kirby's Avalanche Kirby's Dream Course Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei Majin Tensei Marvel Super Heroes Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow Megaman VII Megaman X Megaman X2 Metal Warriors Mickey to Donald Magical Adventure 3 Plok! Prehistorik Man Rock n' Roll Racing Romancing SaGa 3 R-Type III Samurai Spirits Secret of Mana Sparkster Street Fighter II - The World Warrior Stunt Race FX/Wild Trax Sunset Riders Super Genjin Super Genjin 2 Super Mario All-Stars Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World Super Mario World 2 Yoshi's Island Super Metroid Tactics Ogre The Great Battle II The Great Battle IV Top Gear 2 Trinea Wagan Paradise X-Men Mutant Apocalypse Zombies Ate My Neighbors