Buying a SNES

[Ryukotsei]

Definitely go with the original SNES.

Also, sorry to "hijack" but I was just about to post a topic like this, so I figured I'd save some space.

I've been looking for an SNES as well to buy for the holidays but I've been having trouble finding one that isn't half yellow or mostly yellow. I just want a non yellowed one with the box, is that impossible to find? Something that annoys me too is that many people purposefully only take the picture of the top so that you don't know if the bottom is yellow.

I'd appreciate it if I could have some suggestions about that, thank you.

[Hobie-wan]

I've been looking for an SNES as well to buy for the holidays but I've been having trouble finding one that isn't half yellow or mostly yellow. I just want a non yellowed one with the box, is that impossible to find? Something that annoys me too is that many people purposefully only take the picture of the top so that you don't know if the bottom is yellow.

I'd appreciate it if I could have some suggestions about that, thank you.

Other than asking the seller to take another picture, the latter model 1 SNES seems to be less likely to be yellowed. These can be identified by the little block of warning text below the power button.

[Jrecee]

Other than asking the seller to take another picture, the latter model 1 SNES seems to be less likely to be yellowed. These can be identified by the little block of warning text below the power button.

I finally peeled that stupid sticker off a few weeks ago.

Anyway, I got mine in 97 and the only thing that has yellowed even slightly is the separate plastic sections where the controllers plug in.

[bacteria]

As people have said, get the original SNES board if you can over a Chinese product. Depending on where you live, if you are in the NTSC region, there were three versions of the SNES, all original hardware, each version smaller than the other. In PAL regions, there was the original and a later model which is hard to find, that used the same size of casing but had a smaller board inside. Frankly, it is entirely probable that one can cut the board up anyway and rewire it to make the board smaller (ie in a portable).

As usual, issues running PAL on NTSC and vice-versa, although the units can be modded to be region free.

It all depends on what you want from a console - if you want to just use either PAL or NTSC games (as per your region), go for original hardware; if you want to play both regions and not do any modding work, go for the RetroDuo. If you want to make a handheld portable, either get one of the smaller units with original hardware or RetroDuo. There was also a Yobo, but that is worse on compatibility than RetroDuo.

You can't beat running on original hardware, although that isn't always the full consideration. I have a RetroDuo as it will play NTSC and PAL NES and SNES games, and the few I have tested work fine, including Mario RPG (not all the revisions of that game work though in a Duo).