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First released in Japan in 1990
and then the North American
market in 1991, the SNES a
massive success globally for
Nintendo and was a follow up
to their wildly popular NES. The
system’s Mode 7 graphics al-
lowed programmers to develop
games with a 3D look - games
like Pilotwings showed off these
abilities as did F-Zero. Special
chips were included in game
cartridges to give more perfor-
mance rendering polygons and
advanced 2D graphical effects.
Games at launch were Super
Mario World and F-Zero and
Super Mario went on to sell
over 20 million. The SNES sold
over 49 million consoles and is
considered a classic by gamers
world wide.
VARIANTS:
1990 - Super Famicom
1991 - Super NES
1998 - Super Famicom Jr.