But it’s also there in the 16-bit sampler architecture. It’s there in that slick gray sheen on the plastic in these glamor shots reproduced here.
It somehow feels more modern with time, like great design. But the Super Famicom (branded Super Nintendo Entertainment System outside Japan) is something else.
Some things sound old, but bring back a wave of nostalgia. Here’s an album of just-released music, made not on that classic Japanese game console, but this authentic new software recreation. Now, just shy of 30 years later, that spirit has taken plug-in form.īefore talking about the SHVC-SOUND chip and architecture of the Sony-built S-SMP audio subsystem, it’s better to just listen to the kind of music this produces. And the voice of its new Super Famicom (SNES) console is about to open a window to a world of lush, glossy sound. Nintendo has just leaped into the 16-bit age.
