Nintendo Console: The Super Family Computer/ Super Famicom (SFC)

The bit war continued after the NES 8-bit console was rivaled with SEGA MD 16-bit console. Nintendo, being a major player of the video game industry at the time, released its own 16-bit console.

It was first released in Japan as Super Famicom in 1990. It was later redesigned for the American market and released as Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992.

Enough of the historical mumbo-jumbo, I'll show you my SFC. I got it at RM250 (circa 50 USD) and I got it boxed. 

Here was how it looked like when I received it. It was really something, warms up a cold space in my heart of unrealized childhood dreams. I imagine myself having an SFC/ SNES at the time, 1992, when I was 8 years old. 

The graphics would have been superb for the time. The time I killed doing nothing would have been well spent on this machine. 

Well, here's the good stuff:

And the console was even better. It's kinda difficult describing it in words... 

It's a bit yellowed, I know but it still looks cool to me. Very simplistic and functional. Easy storage and very practical.

Ok. here is what I think about the specifications:

Specifications:

• Video/Audio: AV Composite or RF. Obviously if you have a newer TV you would rather use an AV composite instead of old RF. Look at the picture below, the left most is the AV composite slot, next to it the RF, a channel switch button and the right most is for the AC Adapter.

• Main Console: It has a power button on the left most, a cartridge ejector at the center, and a reset button at the left most, while the cartridge slot has a floppy lid which will retract down when you push a cartridge against it

• Controllers: 
• Very fun-colored controller with 4 main buttons Upper case buttons X.Y and lower case buttons A and B. Another 2 upper edge buttons R and L, a Start and Select button at the center, and a D-Pad
• It looks like they haven't fixed the D-Pad from the last NES or FC design so playing it for a prolonged time will eventually hurt your thumbs
• The cables are SHORT around 1.5m ONLY, and this is a problem I see with the previous FAMICOM as well, what the heck man...
• The controllers are detachable and are connected to the front of the console, so that's an improvement compared to the famicom

• Extra controller port: none, but you can slot in other accessories (I'm gonna talk about this much later) in the controller port

• Power Supply: the SFC I got comes with a 240v adapter but usually Japanese console come with a 110v one

• Media: 16-bit cartridge to rival the MD/ Genesis! The cartridge on the right is the SFC cartridge in comparison with the huge NES cartridge

• Save capabilities: None up to this generation. People are still playing relatively short term games and used passwords to save your progress in longer games

The system has around 1447 games based on Wikipedia, so it's not impossible to collect them all, I guess.

Here are a few long-winded more specific sites I can suggest if you really want to know more than the average gamer:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Super_Famicom_games
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System
http://retrogamerjapan.com/classic-games/super-famicom-games
http://nintendo.wikia.com/wiki/Nintendo_Wiki

The Nintendo Wiki only has a section on SNES console, which is the American version of SFC. 

Well, the SFC is really a vibrant looking console. It has a cheerful appearance, compared to SEGA's black MD. If you think about it, the rivalry sounds like Batman vs Superman. Nintendo looks like the colorful, righteous and appeals more to the younger fans compared to Batman's dark, practical and pragmatic approach winning over older fans.

That's all for now, I'm gonna try to score an SNES if budget permits, if not, the next Nintendo posting will be about the N64. Until then, see ya.