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Video Game Console Museum

Written by Danrok

Tuesday, 10 October 2006

Article Index
Video Game Console Museum
1972 - Magnavox Odyssey
1977 - Atari 2600
1982 - Donkey Kong (Handheld)
1983 - Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
1984 - Atari 7800
1986 - Sega Master System
1988 - Sega Mega Drive
1990 - Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)
1994 - Sony PlayStation
1996 - Nintendo 64
2000 - PlayStation 2
2001 - Nintendo GameCube
2001 - Xbox
2004 - Sony PlayStation Portable
2005 - Xbox 360
2006 - Sony PlayStation 3
2006 - Nintendo Wii

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Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)

The SNES was first released in Japan in 1990, in the US in 1991 and Europe in 1992. It sold 49 million units worldwide. In Japan it was known as the Super Famicom.

The SNES CPU is a customised 16-bit Ricoh called a 5A22, running at 3.58MHz. On-board RAM size is 128K. The video memory is 64kB of SRAM.

Super Nintendo Entertainment System, console and controller

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (box cover)

Super Empire Strikes Back (box cover)

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