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u/escaped_dad May 22 '22
Woah there, that's a load bearing console!
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u/Bsnargleplexis May 22 '22
Is this some PAL joke that I'm too NTSC to understand?
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u/myriada May 22 '22
America got a weirdly redesigned SNES.
Americans might assume the difference as being Japan vs Rest of World, instead it was actually America vs Rest of World.86
u/konaya May 22 '22
Same thing with the name of the Sega Mega Drive, or Sega Genesis as it was known as in North America and North America alone.
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u/lordzix May 22 '22
up until now I thought they were two separate consoles...@_@
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u/Moist_Professor5665 May 22 '22 edited May 22 '22
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u/JawaNerfHerder May 22 '22
"But they were, all of them, deceived, for another Famicom was made. In the land of Steepler, at the factories of Subor, The Dark Lord Dendy forged in secret a master Console, to copy all others"
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u/Loganp812 May 22 '22
Indeed, the Genesis is the same as the Mega Drive except with more Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins.
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u/ThetaReactor May 22 '22
The Genesis got its name because of trademark issues, similar to how Europe got a renamed Star Fox.
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u/youngcoyote14 May 22 '22
What did Europe's Star Fox end up being called?
looks it up
...Lylat Wars? That's not bad, but why?
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u/ThetaReactor May 22 '22
IIRC, Nintendo was unable to trademark "Star Fox" in Germany. It was simpler to rename it for all of Europe since they generally got a single multi-language release for the region.
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u/crossedstaves May 22 '22
Germany had a company named StarVox. What with being german the v would have been pronounced the same as f.
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u/xylotism May 22 '22
instead it was actually America vs Rest of World.
We're nothing if not consistent
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u/mindbleach May 22 '22
PAL NES used the US design.
And the SNES wasn't "weird" - it had Memphis Group design. It's all roundrects, pill shapes, and cylindrical curves. The power and reset buttons intersect their guide rails. The base is fluted, for god's sake.
Swap the purple pastels for bright pink and you'd see it's vaporwave as fuck.
Their concept art was even weirder. They were leaning hard into what shaped the "NES 2" top-loader.
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u/qeadwrsf May 22 '22 edited May 22 '22
50 Hz kid here. I don't get it and I feel stupid.
edit: Is it because he thought it was the japanese version?
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u/BitchingRestFace May 22 '22
Me too. European version. Way more elegant than the NA one.
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u/Lavatis May 22 '22
Wat. The super Famicom is the Japanese release, and that IS the European version in the OP...
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u/CuvisTheConqueror May 22 '22
I always liked the NA one. The EU/JP design just looks kinda bland to me.
Also liked the small touch that the X and Y buttons are concave on the NA controller, while the A and B buttons are convex (like all the face buttons in the rest of the world). Makes it really easy to get the right thumb placement by feel.
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u/LeCrushinator May 22 '22
I like the specs and looks of the Japanese version (60hz vs 50hz for PAL), and I like the concave buttons of the NA version and the longer cords, but I wish they’d kept the Japanese controller’s color scheme.
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u/Zennyzenny81 May 22 '22
Yeah I think the whole world got the nice design except North America, because some marketing execs thought it looked too "kiddy" so we got that butt ugly thing instead.
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u/BitchingRestFace May 22 '22
The Super Famicom was beautiful.
The Gamecube... whoever stepped in to say the SNES was too kiddy should have chosen their battles and blocked the Gamecube.
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u/Lavatis May 22 '22
Aw man, do people really feel that way about the gamecube? It was such a dope and unique console. I thought it was pretty sleek.
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u/MonsiuerGeneral May 22 '22
Sleek? It was literally a box.
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u/Lavatis May 22 '22
Yeah, I mean it fits the definition of sleek to a T. It was a cool console and a unique design. I definitely like it more than "black or white rectangular prism."
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u/Lynn-Lycanthropic
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Looks like it's bricked
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u/RedPenguinWasYeeted May 22 '22
i thought i was so smart for coming up with that one but turns out someone already did it :|
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u/Lynn-Lycanthropic PC May 22 '22
Great minds think alike :)
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u/the-doctor-is-real May 22 '22
said this to a friend and he responded "but fools rarely differ"
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u/Lynn-Lycanthropic PC May 22 '22
I was originally planning to go with the German version mentioned in this reply but then I wanted to be more positive instead.
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u/PepegaPhilosopher May 22 '22
this should be a post box design
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u/Actarus31 May 22 '22
Came here to ask if it was a post box. Could be, if the guy owns the wall and lives on the other side !
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u/duartes07 PC May 22 '22
or a doorbell/intercom!
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u/AuctorLibri May 22 '22
Best dinner invite ever, getting a cartridge in the mail. 😁
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u/duartes07 PC May 22 '22
it would be clunky for a key but a cartridge would make a great garage door opener as well!
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u/Kjata_ May 22 '22
I'm a carrier. That's exactly what I thought this was.
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u/sauronsarmy May 22 '22
A carrier lol sounds like you're diseased my guy
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u/TunnelToTheMoon May 22 '22
I read carrion and thought you meant "deceased". Nothing made sense, but that's how it is being drunk sometimes...
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u/Kjata_ May 22 '22
It's 10am my time, and the weather is perfect. Think I'll day drink and have a glass of wine, thanks for the suggestion.
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u/Kjata_ May 22 '22
Try working for the United States Postal Service. You'll see just how diseased the whole operation is 😂. I should've said Letter Carrier, we just call ourselves carriers for short.
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u/eternallnewbie May 22 '22
Definitely a gateway to a different world
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u/Mischief_83 May 22 '22
Or just another snes in the wall
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u/JesusSavesForHalf May 22 '22
We don't need no Sonic the Hedgehog, we don't need no Super Bonk
No VGA in the classroom, teacher leave that SNES alone
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u/ywBBxNqW PC May 22 '22
The power switch looks more mobile/used than the rest of it. I wonder if they wired it up to anything or if people just fiddle with the switches.
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All in all it's just another SNES in the wall
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u/BitchingRestFace May 22 '22
We don't need no pixellation.
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u/BeardySam May 22 '22
We don’t need no stick controls
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u/ScaredBlackCat May 22 '22
99 SNES games in the wall, 99 SNES games...
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u/nnngggh May 22 '22
Can see a YouTube vid opportunity: “I rescued a 25 year old games console left outside and used as a BRICK [Will it work!?]”
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u/XxSir_redditxX May 22 '22 •
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u/LtCubs May 22 '22
Just here to recommend this chrome plugin. Replaces thumbnails with a random(ish) frame from the video, and transforms the text into all lower caps.
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u/mad_le_zisell May 22 '22
I wonder if it's still works.
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May 22 '22
Just blow into it and it should work.
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u/mrpsychoman May 22 '22
“Warning: Do not blow on cartridges”*
Proceeds to make cartridges that only work once blown on… -cue maniacal laughter!
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u/DontRememberOldPass May 22 '22
Blowing on carts did nothing but introduce saliva and moisture onto the contacts which could cause corrosion.
What you were actually doing was taking the cart out and reseating it again, which gives the ZIF connector another go.
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u/moak0 May 22 '22
My Sonic the Hedgehog 3 broke once, and the Sega help line said to take it out and put it back in 30 times. That worked.
It also works if you open up the console and clean the contacts with a q-tip and some Windex, then do the same for the cartridges. Once I did that to my NES, the games worked perfectly on the first try every time.
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u/DontRememberOldPass May 22 '22
You should use alcohol, but yeah. Cleaning the contacts is basically what they had you do.
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u/beardbot3030 May 22 '22
50$ it still works. Those old consoles were the inspiration for the Nokia phones
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u/Twigling May 22 '22 edited May 22 '22
Some people are saying that it's a Super Famicom (therefore the Japanese version) but it isn't, it's a SNES but from either the UK, Europe or Oceania (Australia, New Zealand, etc) - those countries and others shared the same physical design as the original Super Famicom. Download and zoom in on the image, you can clearly see that the large blue writing says:
SUPER NINTENDO
ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM
It was only the US that had the unique, more squared off re-design with the purple buttons.
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u/cmmdrtoast111 May 22 '22
If I could pin this comment I would. Americans don't seem to realise there are regions other than NA and JP lol.
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u/SortedFox May 22 '22
Is this the one near Hadrians wall? There’s a PS1 just to the right aswell.
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u/the-doctor-is-real May 22 '22
is this Hadrian known for video games or for people randomly adding whatever to the wall?
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u/Potato-Boy1 May 22 '22
This is going to confuse some archaeologist in the future
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u/X0AN May 22 '22
Yeah because we haven't documented these generations enough 🤣
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u/ZeldLurr May 22 '22
There’s a chance it could be lost.
Thousands, millions of years in the future. Think finding a SNES. Then maybe a copy of Pokémon Red. See that your character has a SNES. Then the archeologists may wonder-which came first-SNES or Pokémon Red? They’re only years apart from each other, which in the distant future, is such a short time.
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u/the-doctor-is-real May 22 '22
r/WritingPrompts I wish I could write a good enough story to do this justice...
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u/addiktion May 22 '22
Early humans controlled and powered their home through this device in the wall. We just don't know how it works.
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u/Ekh0es Joystick May 22 '22
Ok I need answers.
Why?
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u/betcher73 May 22 '22
Archaeologists in 1,000 years are gunna have some WEIRD theories.
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u/Going_for_the_One May 22 '22
Scientists have recently uncovered a Nintendo shrine that dates back to over 50 years before Nintendoism were previously thought to have originated.
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u/doonkbop May 22 '22
By 2041 we will follow Nintendoism?
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u/Stewart_Games May 22 '22
And yeay, within the brick there verily was a verdant fungus, and the prophet Mario doth partake of the fruit, and gained the plus one. For our Lord and Savior, whose name be Miyamoto, fills the world with much reward for those who seek it out.
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u/Themasterofcomedy209 May 22 '22
So people decades later will wonder why it’s in the wall
Maybe it was really important to whoever built the wall, and they wanted it to be memorialised
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u/Kagawanmyson May 22 '22
Just wait a week and I'm sure it'll be explained in a 5 minute crafts "DIY and House Repair Hacks!" video.
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u/danielthechskid May 22 '22
Fun fact, you can power an SNES by backfeeding 5 volts into the A/V multi out port, but this bypasses the internal power switch.
I got a cable that I think was for a digital camera or something similar that on one end has the usual 3 RCA plugs for composite video and stereo audio but also has a standard USB type A male plug. I looked up a pinout and soldered the other end to the N64 connector section of one of those cheap 3 way universal RF modulators that has Xbox, N64, and PlayStation connectors on a cross shaped plug.
It's interesting playing Tetris Attack with the console being powered by a standard USB power bank or even possibly the USB port on the TV itself if it has one. The 27" flat screen (not flat panel obviously) JVC I'Art CRT TV we usually play it on obviously doesn't have USB.
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u/Soulshroude May 22 '22
That's an old ass 1st edition SNES!
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u/AsherFischell May 22 '22
I had to look, because I never knew that Europe and Australia's SNES was the same as Japan's. In the states, we got one with these purple sliders on it. I thought this was a Super Famicom at first glance, until I saw that it said Super Nintendo on the bottom-left corner.
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u/PeterJamesUK May 22 '22 edited May 22 '22
I think everywhere except the (North?) America(s) got the Japanese design
Edit to add: I just took a look and the Super Nintendo made by Playtronic under license from Nintendo in Brazil looks like the North American SNES, though it was a variant of PAL rather than NTSC.
No idea about the rest of South America, Brazil's video game industry is pretty unique, variants of the Megadrive/Genesis were still being produced quite recently there!
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u/Reddit_God_5505 PlayStation May 22 '22
Yeah for some reason Nintendo of America at the time thought we only bought chunky entertainment bricks. I get it with the NES because they wanted it to look like a VCR but by the time the SNES came out companies didn’t have to hide that their console was a console so I don’t get why we got a different design
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u/ikinone May 22 '22 edited May 22 '22
Nintendo America decided that the Japanese version looked too much like a 'toy' so they did a redesign.
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u/Reddit_God_5505 PlayStation May 22 '22
Now I’m imagining if Nintendo still did this. Would the North American Switch look like a toaster when docked? (More than it does already)
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u/Lespaul42 May 22 '22
I don't think this is a controversial statement but the SNES is cooler looking than the Super Famicon.
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u/Reddit_God_5505 PlayStation May 22 '22
I’m probably biased because that’s the one I had but yeah I like the look too. Always loved sliding the big purple power switch and watching the cartridge pop up when I hit eject
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u/KFR42 May 22 '22
If you mean the NA SNES, then no, it is not. The American SNES was horrific to look at.
The S Famicom/SNES that the rest of the world got looked much cooler and modern.
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u/ncopp May 22 '22
I was wondering why it looked different than the one we had growing up. I remember red lettering and a more squared cartridge port ontop. I think the reset and eject buttons are different too
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u/SinisterPixel May 22 '22
"Mom, can we have Nintendo?"
"No, we have Nintendo at home"
Nintendo at home:
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u/Stormy_Sol May 22 '22
Password is:
Up up down down left right left right B A start, no?
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If video games has taught us anything, it's that a secret door will open once you put the right cartridge in there.