The Super Famicom (Super Nintendo or SNES in America) was a console of
unprecedented power.
In fact, its only major weakness was a rather pokey main CPU, but this was
made up for with a powerful graphics chip and a Sony-devised audio chip that
could produce better music than any console yet released.
The Super Nintendo was a smash hit in every market, but particularly in Japan.
In the US, Nintendo had a lot of catching up to do as Sega's machine had
acquired a good install base thanks to great games and cool advertising.
Nonetheless, most records indicate that by 1996 the SNES had outsold the
Genesis in the US by about 1 million units.
While this was not as decisive a victory as was had in the 8-bit wars,
the Super Nintendo remains the favorite console of many players to this day. 

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