Australian T3 - May 2018

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WE’RE IMPRESSEDSmall

and lightweight design; crisp,

vibrant HDMI output; good

range of video output options.

WE’D IMPROVEAdd the

option to save progress

to SD card.

THELASTWORDAgreat,

purist-friendly way to revive

classic SNES games on a

modern TV.

VERDICT

Also try the SNES Classic Mini:

bit.ly/NintendoSNESt3

heAnalgoueSuperNtisaretro

gamingconsolethat’salittledifferent

to Nintendo’s mini recreations

of the NES and SNES. Rather than

repackagingasmallselectionofclassicgames,the

AnalogueSuperNtimitatestheoriginalhardware

rightdowntotheinclusionofacartridgeslot,

enabling you to plug in your favourite old games.

Youcanevenre-useyouroldcontrollers

becauseithasthesameportsforthem.No

controller is supplied here though, and you

can’tjustsubstituteaUSBmodel.Ifyouneed

acontroller,Analoguerecommends8bitdo’s

controllers (8bitdo.com). We tested its w i reless

version,whichworkedatreatandfeelslikethe

real thing, with added modern convenience.

he console’s menu is opened with a special

button combo, and many settings can be altered

mid-game.Alittletinkeringmightbenecessary

to find the best settings for your TV; get them

It’s time for Nintendo’s

ClassicMiniconsolesto

makewayforafull-on

revivalofyouroldSuper

Nintendo game cartridges

Analogue

Super Nt

RETRO FEELS

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wrong and you might notice some tearing

onrepeatingbackgroundgraphicsandsome

distortion on character sprites. We noticed

this,butitwaseasytogetridofthem.

Ifyourretrogaminginterestdoesn’textend

to hardware maintenance, you might find the

batteryinsomegamecartsthatsavesprogress

maybedead.Sadlythere’snoprovisionfor

manually saving progress and reloading it

whenyouwanttocontinue–thatwould

havebeenthemoustacheontheMariocake.

Onefeatureisunmistakablymodern:HDMI

output.EvenifyourTVsupportsother,older

connections, going digital makes old games

look incredibly vivid. Super Nt has a bunch of

resolutionandscalingoptionstoplaywith,plus

ascanlinesfiltertoimitatetheappearanceofa

CRTTV.Wepreferredthatswitchedoff,butas

always,it’sreallydowntopersonalpreferences.

We encountered no compatibility or stability

issues,butthat’snottosaySuperNt’smimicry

is perfect. Issues with some games have been

fixed already through firmware updates –

installedviatheSDcardslot–andaddednew

features, notably a tool for entering cheat codes.

86 T3WINTER 2018 Discover more at techradar.com/au

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