![]() (Image credit: Analogue Co.)Īnd when we say every game looks pin-sharp, we do mean every game, because we couldn't find anything that didn't work on the Super Nt. You can even add scanlines if you want a more authentic CRT look. There's a nice new interface (designed by Fez developer Phil Fish) accessed at any time by pressing down and Select that lets you choose between various visual filters. Like the SNES Classic Mini, the Super Nt simply takes the SNES game pixels and multiplies their size so that every game put through the Super Nt looks absolutely pin-sharp on even the biggest television. ![]() The most obvious difference is 1080p over HDMI. We say it's indistinguishable, but of course in many ways the Super Nt is vastly superior. ![]() Playing on Super Nt hardware is indistinguishable from the real thing because the experience is fundamentally the same as putting a cartridge in your original SNES. Whereas a lot of microconsoles are essentially software emulators, the Super Nt uses Field-Programmable Gate Array chips to adopt a hardware-driven approach, and while the average user probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference, purists will be pleased to learn that familiar emulation issues like slowdown or glitches are eliminated because essentially the FPGA chips directly recreate SNES hardware. The Super Nt is available in four color schemes - a couple mimicking SNES and Super Famicom, a black one, and a transparent one. There's a pleasing heft to the console - unlike the small and lightweight Nintendo "Classic" micro-consoles - and while it looks a little stumpy and nondescript on its own, stick a cartridge in the slot and it looks right at home. The only unfamiliar elements are the rubberised finish on top and underneath, an SD card slot for firmware updates on the side, and of course the USB power and HDMI video slots on the rear. Power and reset buttons are familiar shapes, the cartridge slot has classic spring-loaded shutters and the controller ports are identical to the classic design - and compatible with classic pads. Starting with the outside, the Super Nt is just under half the size of the classic SNES or Super Famicom case, but mimics a lot of the latter's design with its smooth, rounded exterior. But it still maintains the very high standard of industrial design - both inside and out - that has helped the company amass a devoted following. At just under $189 ($239 with a wireless controller, although old SNES pads work just as well), this is a slightly more affordable machine than Analogue's aluminum-clad NES, let alone its wood-panel Neo Geo. (If you're looking for cheap second-hand SNES games to buy for your Super Nt, check out our feature on the best cheap games to buy for your Super Nt!) What is the Super Nt?īoutique retro console developer Analogue has been making expensive modern reworks of classic video game consoles for a while, but the Super Nt is something new from the company: an HDMI-equipped multi-region SNES aimed at more of the mass market. ![]() Why settle for some modern bastardization of the classic Nintendo hardware when we have the real thing up and running like a time machine just a few feet to the left of our HDTV? It's to the Super Nt's immense credit, then, that it took all of about two minutes to completely win us over. As someone with a huge SNES cartridge collection and an even bigger CRT television setup, the Super Nt from Analogue had a very high bar to clear if it wanted to find relevance in your humble correspondent's household.
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