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Technical Specs

Custom made 16bit processor running at 12Mhz
PCM/ digital sound chip (16bit)
Custom chips allowing a variety of graphic effects
Polygon chip for filled 3D effects
A maximum resolution of 2048 by 256
Pallette of 32,768 colours with a possible 256 on screen at once
Scaling and flipping abilities
Four different layers of parallax scrolling
Revolutionary Controller

(This information came from Zero magazine (issue 21))

History

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When the SNES (Super NES) was first launched in 1991 it opened its eyes on a world dominated by the Sega Mega Drive. The SNES didn't do to well at first though it had a selection of great games to start with including F-Zero, a superb racer, Pilot Wings & Super Mario World. However with the launch of the definitive beat em up Streetfighter 2 the machines place as Number 1 console was assured. This game showed how far ahead in terms of performance the SNES was over the Sega and its support began to dwindle...

Game reviews and cheats

Top 10 SNES Games

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