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New-Style Super NES (SNS-101)
The SNS-101 is the small, cost-reduced Super NES from October 1997, often called the SNES Jr. Japan got its own version, the Super Famicom Jr., the following March.
- First released
- 1997
- Made by
- Nintendo
- Generation
- 4
- Type
- Home video game console
Overview
The SNS-101 is the small, cost-reduced Super NES from October 1997, often called the SNES Jr. Japan got its own version, the Super Famicom Jr., the following March.
It dropped the eject button and the expansion port underneath, and officially only outputs composite and RF, though many have a sharp picture that modders like. It plays the full SNES library.
Specifications
- Manufacturer
- Nintendo
- Type
- Home video game console
- Generation
- Fourth
- Model numbers
- SNS-101 (North America), SHVC-101 Super Famicom Jr. (Japan)
- Released
- North America October 1997; Japan 27 March 1998
- Media
- ROM cartridge
- Video output
- RF, composite
- Removed
- Eject button, expansion port, S-Video and RGB
- Colours
- Grey
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Sources
- Wikipedia overview and specifications
- Nintendo-Super-NES-Console-101-FL.jpg Evan-Amos Public domain
- New-Style Super NES video game console (53664189252).jpg Chris Williams CC0
The overview is adapted from Wikipedia and shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence.
Checked October 2026.
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