Analogue Super NT - Hardware SNES Clone - AKA The SNES Thread

[Chaotic42]

I grew up in the 90s and only briefly had a SNES - my dad made me get rid of it. As soon as I was able to, I started getting into emulation. I've always been fascinated by the SNES, it seems like it was just at that right intersection of technology and imagination. It wasn't very realistic, but it looked good and had amazing sound.

Anyway, Analogue has released their Super NT console, and I bought one: https://www.analogue.co/pages/super-nt/

It's an FPGA emulation of the original SNES with a few refinements. The sound appears to be mixed at a higher rate, the colors are sharp, and it of course supports HDMI. It's otherwise compatible with original Japanese and US SNES games and most accessories. It also comes with a game, Super Turrican 2.

I also purchased an SD2SNES, an SD card reader built into a SNES cartridge so that you can plug it in to a SNES or SuperNT and have it load up any ROMs you have. SD2SNES comes with 17 original games available for download. Here's a link: https://stoneagegamer.com/sd2snes-base.html

I love this thing. It's so very much nicer than the SNES Classic that Nintendo put out recently. The image and sound quality are better and the input lag is so much better. I was a complete mess on the SNES Classic when playing Super Mario World, but I was hitting jumps like a master on the SuperNT.

Does anyone here have a SuperNT or SD2SNES? Do you game on a regular or modded SNES? I've been playing Final Fantasy 5, which is just a fantastic game. Square has really fallen a long way in the last 20 years. Anyway, if you've got any SNES related stuff you want to post, let's hear it. Just please do not post links to ROMs or other illegal content.

 

[snoopy7548]

Nice. Looks pretty dang sweet. This would be a great alternative to the SNES Classic for those who want authenticity and features but don't want to deal with an old CRT. Looks like it's been jailbroken so you can load up ROMs without a flash cart!

I game on a regular SNES (with an SNES PowerPak) connected to a 27" Sony Trinitron (one of the black, curved 90s models - I tried dealing with the flat ones but they always have terrible geometry). I'll eventually mod my SNES, and the TV, for RGB.

 

[RearAdmiral]

I knew I was in trouble cost wise when I saw their website design...ouch.

 

[Anubis]

i have one
its pretty awesome

 

[CZroe]

Preordered and got mine at launch. Love it! Got the SFC style with the matching 8bitdo controller/receiver.

 

[Fallen Kell]

I should have picked up the 8bitdo controllers when I pre-ordered... I forgot had bad wires are when you have kids around. I've had a SD2SNES for a couple years now. Had been using it on a RGB modded SNES Jr. Now with the Analogue, I just use the Analogue. The video output is surprisingly good on the Analogue SuperNT, to the point that it is better than the RGB modded+Mini-Frameister setup that I used.

I had not kept up on if the SuperNT had been jailbroken like the AnalogueNT Mini (I own the original AnalogueNT, not the mini). I might need to take a look to see what it can do.