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SNES Central is a website that is dedicated to documenting everything related to the Super Nintendo, including packaging, PCBs and obscurities like unreleased games and prototypes. Also posting random gaming stuff I see in Japan. http://snescentral.com

Screenshot from the SNES game Whizz. The timer, which is in the top left corner, is almost expired with 1 second left.
A picture of me beside a cardboard cutout of Donkey Kong with a big grin. Above is a sign that says "Kagoshima".
An advertisement with four unreleased games by High Tech. Mickey's Playtown Adventure for the SNES, Barbie Vacation Adventures for the Genesis, Bobby's World for the Genesis, and Tom Vs Jerry The Chase is On for the SNES.
An advertisement for Final Fantasy III (i.e. VI) in a magazine from 1994. It shows the box art, Mog, artwork from several monsters from the game, and a couple of screenshots. The text reads "This is the first 244-Meg RPG for the Super NES and one of the most anticipated games of the year. A sure Hit for the holidays".
The covers of the 7 issues of EGM mentioned in the post, featuring Mortal Kombat 3.
A screenshot of an early version of Chrono Trigger. It shows a battle screen with a rocky background. The party is fighting three robots that look like Robo, and they all appear to be attacked by Chrono. The party consists of Chrono, Lucca, Ayla and Robo. Chrono has his sword out and may be attacking.
Screenshot of the Rotating Castle stage in Super Castlevania IV, being played on the Super ZSNES emulator. It shows Simon Belmont along with a skeleton and two candles. One of the enhancements in Super ZSNES is a widescreen mode, which is utilized here, making the scene wider than a typical SNES game.
The credits for SUPER ZSNES, which shows it is version v0.100b, coded by zsKnight and _Demo_ (the original developers). The Special Thanks gives thanks to Byuu/Near (Rest in Peace), Zophar, MVG, GreenImp, all the original ZSNES developers and contributors to the SNES dev and EMU Community.
A picture showing the new version of zsnes playing on my laptop. It depicts Yoshi's Island 2, where you get Yoshi for the first time. Notably, it shows widescreen graphics, and the graphics are smoother due to the filtering. On the keyboard of the laptop is the Super Smart Joy adapter.
A photo taken outside of my car, showing the passenger side dashboard, with a Super Mario red mushroom and invincibility star.
A picture of me standing in a green pipe like in Super Mario Bros. I am holding my right arm in the air. Behind me is a mural of Mario series characters and Kumamoto written in Super Mario World font. It is outdoors.
A picture of the TV show. It has four pictures from different video games (Including Super Mario Galaxy and a recent Street Fighter game) that use purple to show "poison".
If you look at the ROM image of NHL 96 for the SNES in a hex editor, there is a message from the devs at the start. It reads: Tiburon Entertainment, Inc. developed this product for Electronic Arts. Tiburon is a small developer located in Longwood Florida, a suburb of Orlando. We develop entertainment software for console systems, and IBM Compatibles. If you're a talented programmer or Artist please fax us your resume at 407-862-4077. Although formal education is a plus, it's not required. This message is directed to all you hackers and demo coders out there who might be looking through our ROMs. We have good benefits, and pay competitive wages. We understand that while your resume may not reflect jobs programming, that you may still be very talented, and the opportunity may not have been available. In this case we ask your to mail us you're demos, or examples of work you have done. Tiburon Entertainment c/o Hey! I'm good, and I want a job 900 Fox Valley Drv. Suite #202 Longwood, FL 32779
A picture of a poster advertising Asagiri Quest. The text is all in Japanese. There are four anime style people on the advertisement, the left two are men, and the right two are women. In front of them is a frog character.
A wrapper of some Koala treats, with a special mascot. It is a blue and red mascot. The face has a big white smile, with some red bulbous thing around it, with multiple eyes.
A picture of the entrance of a shopping center. The doors are on the left side. On the right of the doors are a bunch of windows with a large image of Pikachu appearing to leap upwards. It only shows the top part of Pikachu, and its tail.
On the left is a cartridge of the US version of Chrono Trigger for the Super NES. The plastic shows signs of fading. On the right is the box from the Japanese version of Chrono Trigger for the Super Famicom.
A picture of a sign on a bunch of scaffolding. The logo on the sign is a circle with a T in the middle, with blue on the left side of the T and yellowy orange on the right. The T is white in colour. To the right of the logo is TEKKEN written in the Latin alphabet, and below is "株式会社　哲建", which could translate as Tekken Incorporated.
A picture showing the CD collections of the Final Fantasy IV, V, VI and VII soundtracks.
A picture of me standing next to a cardboard standy of a Pokemon, "Denryu". It has a ribbon that says "ながさき未来応援ポケモン　デンリュウ". This means "Denryu, the Pokemon cheering for the future of Nagasaki".
A photo of silk lanterns shaped like animals. From left to right, a kangaroo, a gorilla and a two humped camel. The camel wears a green Luigi hat.
A picture of the CD of "The Brink of Time - Chrono Trigger Arranged Version". The cover art shows a plate with two sunny side eggs and a cherry tomato, a metal fork on the left side of the plate, and a metal knife on the right of the plate. To the top right is a glass of orange juice.
The picture shows 6 video game soundtrack CDs on display. Final Fantasy Mystic Quest is at the top right with a price of 8800 yen.
Text from the "Super Rumors" section of the September 1991 issue of Nintendo Power. It reads: Ultrabots: Sanction Earth Data East has begun an ambitious development project for the Super NES with Ultrabots: Sanction Earth. The action is set in the far future and the player takes control of an Ultrabot, or giant robotic war machine. The viewpoint on the action is from the cockpit of the machine, making this one of the first vehicle simulation type games for the SNES. Data East is also working on Caveman Ninja, a translation of the humorous arcade game Joe & Mac.
A screenshot from Final Fantasy IV (labeled with the US title II). It shows a party containing Kain, Rydia as a child, dark knight Cecil, Rosa and Yang. They are fighting enemies found in the Tower of Zot, and Rydia has cast Quake.
Scan of Steve Wozniak's letter to Nintendo Power in the January 1991 issue of Nintendo Power. He describes getting a score over 500,000, and includes a picture of him with his Game Boy, and a picture of his score. The response by Nintendo Power notes his score is in their NES Achievers list.
Super Nintendo box scans for the Nintendo Switch Online update for January 24, 2025. On the left is the US box for Fatal Fury 2, the middle is the US box for Super Ninja Boy, and the right is the Japanese box for Sutte Hakkun.
A picture of a shelf in a Japanese grocery store. In the center are some squeeze packs of Heinz ketchup, with pictures of Kirby on them.
A display shelf at the front of a store called Tokyu Hands with numerous Kirby themed chocolate tins. Signs are on display indicating it is for Valentine's Day.
Interview with Square in Japanese about the development of the Famicom and Super Famicom Final Fantasy games, from Famicom Tsushin in November 1990. There is a screenshot from Final Fantasy III, as well as artwork from dark knight Cecil.