Who can forget this console? For gamers, it is considered one of the best consoles in history and that’s saying something considering the amazing variety of consoles Nintendo has made since that classic. Below are a few (from what I could find) facts about the Super Nintendo (SNES) and its impact and popularity during the time.

Facts about the SNES

-First released as the Super Famicom in Japan and South Korea in 1990. Below is a hard-to-find commercial for the product released in Japan.

-The release of the new console was so big in Japan that the government forced stores to only sell it on the weekends early on to control traffic congestion created by so many people trying to buy it.

-The Super Famicom only launched with two video games available: Super Mario World and F-Zero.

-Actor Paul Rudd made his on-screen acting debut in the first-ever Super Nintendo commercial made for American audiences.

-The American version of the Super Famicom was called the Super Nintendo or SNES and was released in November of 1991.

-The SNES was launched in North America with five games available to buy: F-Zero, Super Mario World, Pilotwings, Gradius III, and SimCity.

–Super Mario World would be its best-selling game by a landslide, selling 20,610,000 units. Next best was Super Mario All-Stars at 10,550,000 units.

-By the time the SNES was discontinued in 2003, it had sold 49.1 million units worldwide.

-The famous Console Wars between Nintendo and Sega during the early ’90s had been a long-running competition in which neither could get move ahead of the other. When the Sony Playstation arrived in the mid-’90s, the SNES had outsold the Sega Genesis by roughly two million units.

-The final game released for North American audiences would be Frogger: He’s Back, a reboot of the famous Frogger arcade game from 1983.