超級任天堂（日版名：スーパーファミコン，Super Famicom，英文版名：Super Nintendo Entertainment System，简称超任；日版簡稱SFC；歐美版簡稱Super Nintendo、SNES）是由游戏公司任天堂继紅白機后開發的16位元家用遊戲機。超级任天堂于1990年11月21日在日本开始发售，北美於1991年8月13日发售，歐洲於1992年4月11日发售。手柄改进之处在于第一次加入了肩部按键L/R，并形成了ABXY四个按键的手柄布局。超级任天堂全球累计销量為4910万台[2]。超级任天堂的下一代产品为任天堂64。
2001年上市的第六世代掌上型遊戲機Game Boy Advance具備完全支援超級任天堂遊戲的圖像處理能力，任天堂及其他第三方廠商決定將一部分的遊戲移植至Game Boy Advance平台。2003年9月30日，因必要零件停產導致採買困難，日本停止生產遊戲主機。2005年Wii可以通過Virtual Console進行下載超級任天堂遊戲[30]。 2007年10月31日，因重要的零件短缺而停止主機維修服務[30]。2016年3月3日，3DS、3DS XL可通過eShop取得超級任天堂遊戲[31]。2019年9月4日任天堂官方宣佈精選的超級任天堂遊戲引入任天堂Switch Online[32][33]。
^Kent says that September 1 was planned but later rescheduled to September 9.[13] Newspaper and magazine articles from late 1991 report that the first shipments were in stores in some regions on August 23.[14][15] and it arrived in other regions at a later date.[16] August 23 is also the release date officially recognized by Nintendo of America.[17]
^Sheff (1993), pp. 353–356. "The Genesis continued to flounder through its first couple of years on the market, although Sega showed Sisyphean resolve.... [By mid-1991] Sega had established itself as the market leader of the next generation."
^Kent (2001), pp. 431–433. "Japan remained loyal to Nintendo, ignoring both Sega's Genesis and NEC's PC Engine (the Japanese name for TurboGrafx).... Unlike the Japanese launch in which Super Famicom had outsold both competitors combined in presales alone, Super NES would debut against an established product."
^Campbell, Ron. Super Nintendo sells quickly at OC outlets. The Orange County Register. August 27, 1991. Last weekend, months after video-game addicts started calling, Dave Adams finally was able to sell them what they craved: Super Nintendo. Adams, the manager of Babbages in South Coast Plaza, got 32 of the $199.95 systems Friday. Based on the publication date, the "Friday" mentioned would be August 23, 1991.
^Super Nintendo It's Here!!!. Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 28 (Sendai Publishing Group). November 1991: 162. The long awaited SNES is finally available to the U.S. gaming public. The first few pieces of this fantastic unit hit the store shelves on August 23, 1991. Nintendo, however, released the first production run without any heavy fanfare or spectacular announcements.
^New products put more zip into the video-game market. Chicago Sun-Times. 1991-08-27 [2010-03-05]. （原始内容存档于2012-11-03）. On Friday, area Toys R Us stores […] were expecting SNES, with a suggested retail price of $199.95, any day, said Brad Grafton, assistant inventory control manager for Toys R Us. Based on the publication date, the "Friday" mentioned would be August 23, 1991.
^Campbell, Ron. Super Nintendo sells quickly at OC outlets. The Orange County Register. August 27, 1991. Super Nintendo began showing up in Southern California stores Wednesday, nearly three weeks before the official Sept. 9 release date. ... Until the official nationwide release Sept. 9, availability will be limited.
「SFC」重定向至此。关于其他用法，请见「SFC (消歧义)」。
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