Got Me a SNES Classic Edition!

This post glitched out and didn’t post, so I’m still counting this as posting every day. 

I got a SNES mini! Graev was cool enough to give me his European version since he was able to snag himself a North American one. It’s essentially the exact same thing except it looks different. Why they created multiple versions of the SNES, I have no idea.

The games that came with it are pretty good.

Super Mario World (my favorite) is in there, along with The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (awesome) and Super Mario RPG: Levend of the Seven Stars.

The build of the console itself is interesting. Where the controller plug is is a facade that pulls down to expose the larger Wii style controller connections. The back has ports for HDMI and USB Mini.

I was worried about how to power the EU version because of power compatibility (and a warning on the box about not including an AC adapter) but it turned out to be no issue. Powering the SNES Classic Edition via USB is entirely possible using a standard iPhone USB to AC adapter. No issues at all.

I’m trying to figure out a good setup to record videos. Passing through to a monitor through my Avermedia Live Gamer Portable 2 might be my best options, though figuring out sound becomes an issue. Anyone have ideas on a video/stream setup for something like this?

I also find myself wondering how silly it’ll all be when Nintendo brings a virtual console to the Switch. I’m hoping and would probably even bet that there will be a full virtual console on Switch + the inclusion of a Gamecube virutla console for the first time. Having those games mobile… dang that’d be sweet.

So overall a cool system with games from the golden era of 16-bit gaming.