• The Super NES CD-ROM (commonly abbreviated as SNES CD) refers to a series of unreleased devices developed in the early 1990s to add CD-ROM capabilities...
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    The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, commonly shortened to Super Nintendo, Super NES or SNES, is a 16-bit home video game console developed by Nintendo...
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    board of the game's Famicom version with an adapter to convert between the different pinouts.: 108  Nintendo later released the Famicom Disk System (FDS)...
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  • based on Nintendo World Cup. It was released in North America and Europe under the same name. The game was ported to PC Engine's Super CD-ROM² and retitled...
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    separate hardware: TurboGrafx-CD (CD-ROM² in Japan) games on compact disc, SuperGrafx games on a new console variant, and LD-ROM² games on LaserDisc via the...
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    adapter. Storing software on ROM cartridges has a number of advantages over other methods of storage like floppy disks and optical media. As the ROM cartridge...
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  • "Konami Q太 Famicom Adaptor « Famicom World". "Konami QTa Adapter and Space School for Nintendo Famicom // Extra Life". YouTube. August 27, 2019. Archived...
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    slot-loading CD drives are generally incompatible (the PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii and the car CD players in many Honda vehicles are exceptions), but adapters are...
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    software are available on both physical flash-based ROM cartridges and digital distribution via Nintendo eShop; the system has no region lockout. Two hardware...
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    Satellaview (redirect from Nintendo BS)
    a satellite modem peripheral produced by Nintendo for the Super Famicom in 1995. Containing 1 megabyte of ROM space and an additional 512 kB of RAM, Satellaview...
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  • storage formats that make distribution difficult, such as ROM cartridges or encrypted CD-ROMs. Many consoles have hardware restrictions to prevent unauthorized...
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    The Super Nintendo Entertainment System has a library of 1,746 official releases, of which 717 were released in North America plus 4 championship cartridges...
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    without the FDS's additional sound channel. Sega CD - A similar peripheral for the Sega Genesis. Super NES CD-ROM 64DD Japanese: ファミリーコンピュータ ディスクシステム, Hepburn:...
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    The game works with both the DS Lite and the original Nintendo DS as it comes with an adapter for the original DS. The Guitar Grip also works with its...
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    2023-06-07. "Nintendo Support: What Discs Are Compatible with the Wii U?". en-americas-support.nintendo.com. CD-210PU USB interface portable CD-ROM drive. TEAC...
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  • 64Drive use SD cards or USB for ROM storage and file transfer. The Wide-Boy64 is a series of adapters, similar to the Super Game Boy, that allow Game Boy...
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  • these fell by the wayside. Nintendo had initially worked with Sony to develop a similar add-on for the SNES, the Super NES CD-ROM, but just before its introduction...
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    GameCube (redirect from Nintendo game cube)
    Nintendo's next consoles, the Wii U, and Nintendo Switch, with the GameCube controller adapter in 2014's Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 2018's Super...
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    TurboDuo (category CD-ROM-based consoles)
    Duo compatibility with all CD-ROM² and Super CD-ROM² based software (Japanese and North American). Like the TurboGrafx-CD, the TurboDuo can read Compact...
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  • in Japan and the Super Game Boy was an adapter for the SNES that allowed Game Boy games to be displayed on a TV in color. Nintendo, working along with...
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    flagship series and mascot to compete with Nintendo's Mario franchise. Nintendo had recently released Super Mario Bros. 3, at the time the bestselling...
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    exclusive to Nintendo consoles previously, Square determined it would be impractical to use cartridges for distribution while the PlayStation's CD-ROM gave them...
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    PlayStation (console) (category CD-ROM-based consoles)
    competed with the Nintendo 64 and the Sega Saturn. Sony began developing the PlayStation after a failed venture with Nintendo to create a CD-ROM peripheral for...
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    Around this time, Nintendo entered an agreement with Sony to develop the Super Famicom CD-ROM Adapter, a peripheral for the upcoming Super Famicom capable...
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  • headphones or an adapter for headphone functionality. This adapter connects into the "Input 2" port of the SP. The Nintendo brand adapter was only available...
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    cartridge. Backup units for Nintendo Entertainment System, Super NES, Neo-Geo, Neo Geo Pocket, Genesis, Game Boy and Nintendo 64 were developed and produced...
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    PlayStation 2 (category CD-ROM-based consoles)
    is distributed on CD-ROM and DVD-ROM; the two formats are differentiated by their discs' bottoms, with CD-ROMs being blue and DVD-ROMs being silver. The...
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  • manufacturing costs of CD-ROM drives compared to cartridge slots, resulting in generally higher retail prices for CD-based consoles. A Nintendo Power ad placed...
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    Sega Genesis (redirect from Super Gam*Boy)
    multiple other game formats: Sega CD (Mega-CD outside North America) games on compact disc requiring an external CD-ROM drive, 32X cartridges that used...
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    PlayStation Vita, and Nintendo continues to use ROM cartridges for its 3DS and Switch products. Optical media Optical media, such as CD-ROM, DVD, and Blu-ray...
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