Super Nintendo

Nineties gaming system

Super Nintendo is Nintendo's 16-bit video game console, released in the early 1990s as the successor to the original Nintendo Entertainment System.

Often called the SNES, it hosted iconic games like Super Mario World, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, and Super Metroid.

The console defined a generation of gaming and remains beloved for its library: We spent entire summers playing Super Nintendo.

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EarthBound · save file · emulator · pixel art · F-Zero · speedrunning · childhood memories · CPU · marketing campaigns · resolution

Categories
Opposites
gaming platform rivalry

Super NintendoSega Genesis

16-bit home console

Sega · TurboGrafx-16 · Sega CD · Sega Saturn · PlayStation

form factor/portability

Super NintendoGame Boy

Portable gaming handheld

handheld console · Game Gear · Nintendo DS · PlayStation Portable · mobile gaming

technological era

Super NintendoPlayStation 5

Sony's current gaming console

Xbox Series X · Atari 2600 · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · NES

Family

super, Nintendo, superb, superior, superiority, superlative, supremacy, supreme, supremely

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G