REVENGE OF THE CONSOLES

1 SNES

Nintendo, 1990

t took its time in creating a successor to the NES, but Nintendo’s patient approach ensured it had a powerhouse on its hands – the SNES could handle more colours than the competition, and advanced scaling and rotation effects. Of course, the game library is legendary too, starting with two classics in Super Mario World and F-Zero and accumulating many more from there. The console quickly overtook the PC Engine in Japan,