Anyone got any links/pictures/screenshots/info on anything interesting/unusual (hardware or software) for the SNES? I see a whole pile of interesting NES stuff (clone NES's both with and without inbuilt games, pirate "origonals", multicarts, protos and unreleased games etc) around but I dont see very much interesting SNES stuff. (probobly the most interesting SNES items I know of are the various SNES devkits that pop up on ebay from time to time, the various BS-X games (I wonder if anyone will ever find a copy of the "final" week for the zelda 1-esque game...) and that wierd hack turning speedy gonzales into sonic. Why dot you get the prototypes, unreleased games, pirate stuff, funky hardware and so on that you see with the NES?
There are plenty of SNES proto's out there. I think i see more SNES proto's on ebay than i do NES. As for clone systems, i've always been a bit curious myself. There have been one or two (i think bung made one) but not what you see with the NES. I suppose there just isn't a good snes on a chip.
I guess that its just that it seems as though more unusual NES stuff gets dumped than does SNES stuff for some reason...
Uh...lets see...theres that bung clone with the copier built in...called "Gamestation," I think. ...and theres the SNES2 clone that looks damn near identical to the orignal...but not exactly... AH! Took me awhile, but found em for sale. http://www.xinga.com/shop/show.php?product=SF2301 The console actually has the Super Nintendo logo on it though...I believe the controllers have it too. It comes in a box that looks identical (with Mario and Yoshi on it) to the official one. Look here: http://video-games.search.ebay.com/...refZC12QQfromZR8QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ3QQsacatZ62054 I'd bet that several of those boxed Mini SNES systems are actually clones...somewhere out there theres a comparison page that tells you how to identify one...but it should be pretty obvious. No Nintendo markings inside...standard screws...shitty controller. You don't hear about em that much though, because a lot of people can't tell the difference. Uh...theres those Super Famicom Box things...theres the SNES CD unit (the apparently working prototype)... Theres really not a ton of pirate SNES stuff...because...it's harder. Fancier lockout chips, piles of crazy proprietary hardware. It's easier to clone the NES...Genesis clones can be easily made....all off the shelf parts, I believe...but once again, it's cheaper (and therefore better from the pirate's perspective) to make NES stuff, so why bother? This is all just off the top of my head...it's late and I'm tired...but most of that's accurate.
<Some nitpicking> No post Colecovision console is off the shelf parts, and that SNES2 clone is the ONLY clone. XGA (Xinga) are also the creators of the "Gamestation" (NOT BUNG!), it only contains Bung's SF7 ASIC, the rest is all them (including their cloned hardware.) They were probably the first to do Famicom clones in the 80's as well (and sell their masks) Lockout chips aren't the reason for the lack of SNES bootlegs and originals, pirate lockout chips were available after 1991. The reason is the ROMs. The costs of programmable memory wasn't cost effective in the mid-90s (even Famicom bootlegs, especially originals, didn't start production until 1994. Since decent SNES games are generally 4 or 8 times the size of a decent NES game, you quickly reach your spending limit) and the reason for lack of even small pirate originals is that until the emulation scene, and even now, some of the SNES' hardware hasn't been figured out completely. </"> As for prototypes, SNES protos surface more than any other console. That's what to collect for SNES.
Lik Sang used to sell a SNES clone, which only had a CD drive (i don't remember the name or manufacturer) Also theres shedloads of weird undocumented hardware in the japanese market For example the Barcode Battler, which connected to controller port 2 and allowed you to scan everyday barcodes and itd generate a character and allow you to battle another barcode RPG style. I have one, and I also have the Famicom link and a game for it but no SNES link as of yet.. Also I just won the SFC Network System, which (I Think) allowed people to bet on horses online, more info when it arrives. Andy
That one is the Gamestation. Ok, looking back, I must have been sleepy or drunk last night, but I got most of it out correctly, though I still bow down to your corrections, Calpis. Though I could have swore I emphasized cost better...you know...the whole "Why pirate SNES or Genesis when Famicom is cheaper" Pirates just in it to make a quick buck, you know. Anyhoo, what in Genesis is custom? If I recall it's a run of the mill 6800, Z80, and some Yamaha sound chips....oooh, is it the video processor?
I had one of them a year or so ago along with the cartridge and instructions. No use now but still a nice collectors item. The modem was actually pretty smart as well. I posted loads of pictures of it here. They may still be arround if you search the forum for Super Famicom Modem or something like that. Yakumo
Did you manage to do anything with it? ie; have it dial the number it usually would have It's a shame things like this never get exploited, like the 64DD randnet modem... surely someone with a PC modem can link them and get the pc to act as the server? I'm sure someones done it Andy
Does anybody know of a comprehensive site that lists all known information about the SNES models and the clones that exist? I'm having trouble keeping track of all the threads on various forums.
Yakumo: you don't need dial up internet, just a normal phone line. The SNES modem most certainly dialed to a certain number and communicates directly, and not via an internet service provider.
