Retro Live 2017 - issue 2
Readers voted for the video game System of the Century - pre 2000 ... choices included consoles and computers. Plus we look at Flight Sims and much more.
Readers voted for the video game System of the Century - pre 2000 ... choices included consoles and computers. Plus we look at Flight Sims and much more.
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First released in Japan in 1990<br />
and then the North American<br />
market in 1991, the SNES a<br />
massive success globally for<br />
Nintendo and was a follow up<br />
to their wildly popular NES. The<br />
system’s Mode 7 graphics allowed<br />
programmers to develop<br />
games with a 3D look - games<br />
like Pilotwings showed off these<br />
abilities as did F-Zero. Special<br />
chips were included in game<br />
cartridges to give more performance<br />
rendering polygons and<br />
advanced 2D graphical effects.<br />
Games at launch were Super<br />
Mario World and F-Zero and<br />
Super Mario went on to sell<br />
over 20 million. The SNES sold<br />
over 49 million consoles and is<br />
considered a classic by gamers<br />
world wide.<br />
VARIANTS:<br />
1990 - Super Famicom<br />
1991 - Super NES<br />
1998 - Super Famicom Jr.
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