The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) is a video game console manufactured by Nintendo and first released in 1990 in Japan and South Korea, 1991 in North America, 1992 in Europe and Australasia (Oceania), and 1993 in South America.
The SNES is Nintendo's second home console, following the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and is noted for possessing more advanced graphics and sound capabilities compared with other systems of the "16-bit era" and for its rivalry with the Sega Mega Drive console.
The console was succeeded by the Nintendo 64 in 1996.