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SNES Handheld Coming Later This Year

Posted on Tuesday, April 12 @ 11:14:16 Eastern by

I missed out on the Super NES. Sure, I played at a friend's house, I played at a cousin's, I played anytime I could get my two hands on the second console from Nintendo.

Every now and again I'll look at Craigslist, eBay, whatever and see what SNES bundles run for. Why? I'd like to add the machine to my growing collection of consoles. Of course, when I think about a SNES under my TV, I don't think about a handheld device.

Enter Hyperkin's SupaBoy: a handheld SNES that plays all the classic cartridges you have lying around. The SupaBoy comes with every button you'd normally have on a SNES control pad plus a 3.5 inch LCD screen. Cartridges sit right in the back with the label for everyone looking over your shoulder to see.

A/V stereo-out and a rechargeable battery round out the package. What's better, the front of the device supports two SNES controllers for multiplayer and... you know... not hurting your hands.

Look, I'll cut the cynicism. It's neat that old-school systems like the SNES still get attention. They damn well deserve it! Unfortunately, part of why you get a classic system is that it looks cool, it plays like it used to, and it shows you have taste. When did video games get to be so much like wine?

Anyways, the Hyperkin SupaBoy (God help us) doesn't have a release date yet, but it's very real. Hyperkin has already released a Genesis and NES handheld, among all of their peripheral releases.
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  • De-Ting
    De-Ting
    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Apr 12th, 2011 at 11:55 am
    ....DO WANT!!!
    0 0
  • ReinhardtBII
    ReinhardtBII
    Joined: Oct 2007
    Posted: Apr 12th, 2011 at 12:18 pm
    the buttons are the wrong color. Cue nostalgic anger
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  • Rinnon
    Rinnon
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Apr 12th, 2011 at 12:36 pm
    Hahaha, that is SOO silly. But if I didn't still have my SNES I might want it.

    Yes Dan, you missed out. Did you at least get around to playing Roms of the important games?
    0 0
  • UghRochester
    UghRochester
    Joined: Jun 2006
    Posted: Apr 12th, 2011 at 12:50 pm
    There's just something about blowing in cartridges. Oh the memories...
    0 0
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Apr 12th, 2011 at 1:01 pm
    @Rinnon: Yes, I did, but it doesn't change the fact that I want to OWN all that stuff. Jeez, Chrono Trigger carts are expensive.
    0 0
  • LinksOcarina
    LinksOcarina
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Apr 12th, 2011 at 1:37 pm
    Ok that looks funny....

    I'll play it though.
    0 0
  • UpAndAtThem
    UpAndAtThem
    Joined: Mar 2009
    Posted: Apr 12th, 2011 at 2:02 pm
    Glad to hear I'm not the only one that still has a working SNES, way to go Rinnon.
    Consoles with no moving parts last a very long time!
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  • Lien
    Lien
    Joined: Feb 2008
    Posted: Apr 13th, 2011 at 3:21 pm
    *calls back home* MOM! please don't tell me you didn't throw away my snes game!... you WHAT? DONATED THEM! NOOOOOOOOOOO!
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