In a general sense as far as the 16-bit era goes the SNES was superior in terms of RPG's, whereas the strength of the Genesis lay in sports titles. If possible it's preferable to hook it up to a CRT TV as the systems graphics were designed for them. It may come with a RF box to be hooked up via the antenna in, or possibly an AV cable that is connected via the Multi Out on the SNES. As far as I am aware they were never produced with any built in games and hence a cartridge will be required to actually do anything with it.
Ok so here's what you're gonna do. Take it home, open the case and give it a bloody good clean. Make sure it's 100% dry before you try and power it up. If it works, you're gonna order yourself The Legend Of Zelda A Link To The Past and you are gonna play yourself some vidya.
where the cart slot is get a splitting knife or something that can cut plastic and cut these to two peices of plastic tab things and that the only thing preventing you from playing japanese games, unless it's the second model (which i don't own and unless your european or something) and if you have a tv with S-Video the super nintendo does do S-Video, but i didn't really notice a difference only on HDTVs
I was about to post "... didn't you grow up with one? Like even if you didn't own one, some of your friends would have had one and gotten some exposure."
Then I remembered what year it is, and how people who would have grown up with the N64 or Gamecube as their first console exposure are now old enough to be here (and not as underage b&) and ask questions like this.
Man I feel old now.
I was born in '84, so I grew up all throughout the 90's console wars. My family wasn't rich but I was able to aquire both Nintendo and Sega consoles. I actually remember asking for the SNES for Christmas near its launch - my parents couldn't find one in enough time to have it under the tree for the 25th. It was tradition that my mother and I went to Florida for a week every year right after Christmas Day to visit my grandparents, so I got an apology letter from Santa promising he'd get one to me by the time I came back from visiting my grandparents.
Yes, the SNES is rad. Most of the advice here is solid. The system will probably look like garbage on your new TV, even with the appropriate inputs, because they were finely tuned to CRT screens and modern high def LCD screens are a different technology, different beast. I could get technical about it, but suffice to say if there's a small enough TV in your estate clearing out (like an old box tube that was on a dresser or something) you might wanna take it too.
You have two controllers? Find a copy of Street Fighter 2, a friend, and about 5 beers per person.
I was about to post "... didn't you grow up with one? Like even if you didn't own one, some of your friends would have had one and gotten some exposure."
Then I remembered what year it is, and how people who would have grown up with the N64 or Gamecube as their first console exposure are now old enough to be here (and not as underage b&) and ask questions like this.
Man I feel old now.
I was born in '84, so I grew up all throughout the 90's console wars. My family wasn't rich but I was able to aquire both Nintendo and Sega consoles. I actually remember asking for the SNES for Christmas near its launch - my parents couldn't find one in enough time to have it under the tree for the 25th. It was tradition that my mother and I went to Florida for a week every year right after Christmas Day to visit my grandparents, so I got an apology letter from Santa promising he'd get one to me by the time I came back from visiting my grandparents.
Yes, the SNES is rad. Most of the advice here is solid. The system will probably look like garbage on your new TV, even with the appropriate inputs, because they were finely tuned to CRT screens and modern high def LCD screens are a different technology, different beast. I could get technical about it, but suffice to say if there's a small enough TV in your estate clearing out (like an old box tube that was on a dresser or something) you might wanna take it too.
You have two controllers? Find a copy of Street Fighter 2, a friend, and about 5 beers per person.
I'm more versed in the NES, rather than the SNES, but just remember to use an old CRT television, not a flat screen one. The game would look like it was projected on the inside of a cylinder with a flat screen, and it's poor looking.
Just disassemble it, clean each part, and reassemble it carefully. Plug it into an old TV, get yourself A Link to the Past, Super Metroid, and Super Mario World, and play.
To take it apart for cleaning you'll need a set of special screwdrivers. I use these. They'll take apart both SNES and NES games and consoles and Gameboy games.
To take it apart for cleaning you'll need a set of special screwdrivers. I use these. They'll take apart both SNES and NES games and consoles and Gameboy games.
Ok so here's what you're gonna do. Take it home, open the case and give it a bloody good clean. Make sure it's 100% dry before you try and power it up. If it works, you're gonna order yourself The Legend Of Zelda A Link To The Past and you are gonna play yourself some vidya.
