SNES Facts YOU Probably Didn't Know

[@CulturedVultures]

Sadly forgotten SNES games: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iImbgaZ7j8Sqbbc

[@dangerousdav3266]

The Game Boy Color was the first backwards compatible Nintendo system since it could play OG Game Boy games, but if you consider those to be too “similar,” the GB Advance would also play Game Boy carts.

[@nicholasbullock1709]

I would say the SNES was the first. It could play GameBoy games. If an adapter doesn’t disqualify it.

[@Zeiru]

I think the first STANDALONE backwards compatible system was indeed GBC or GBA, depending on your point of view. The GB adapter for Super NES sure does predate them. I like how the answer to this is complicated based on point of view.

[@JazGalaxy]

That’s not what is meant by backward compatibility, generally.

[@patzeek8082]

@@nicholasbullock1709The Power Base Converter for Genesis allowed us to play Master System games back in ‘89. Also I believe the Atari 7800 could play 2600 games natively, and the 5200 could play 2600 with an adapter.

[@nicholasbullock1709]

@@patzeek8082yeah, that’s true and good examples. But, the question was for the first Nintendo console with backwards compatibility.

[@ifman1]

I made it Mark! Seriously, who doesn't finish a video? Slackers!

[@sniper007uk]

Same! Great video, so no chance I wasn’t getting to the end!

[@desertsax4839]

I made it, Mark! Thank you guys for the quality content. You've been one of my go-to retro game channels lately. Keep up the great work!

[@AnimeBrosAMV]

This fan art looked so good! Also really good vid guys :)

[@fluffbyzelda]

Radioflyer was a depressing movie, but was really well done. A video game based off of it makes less sense than a SNES game based off of Home Improvement. Now a VR version of Tool Time would be pretty cool.

[@braselthegamer]

I had no idea the SNES arcade thing was so rare. There was one at a mini golf/arcade near where I grew up and I played it once or twice.

[@CommodoreKulor]

Castles 'n' Coasters?

[@dumbstruckempire]

This was fun to research, although it's kind of unreal how deep you can go down a rabbit hole with the SNES. It takes a few hours usually to get everything together, and it's always worth it when the production value and everything else for this video is so, so good. I would love to see some stuff I missed, because it's easy for me to miss stuff lol.

[@darbizzlebacon]

So for handhelds, GBC was the first backward compatible console, but for home consoles, it wasn’t until the Wii that Nintendo finally embraced backward compatibility. I don’t know if you can really count the super game boy or the game boy player for GC as backward compatible, but they did allow you to play game boy games on your TV.

[@thatguyyouis]

I don't count them because you are forced to buy extra equipment before you can play

[@teamspirits732]

@thatguyyouis Do you count the Power Base Converter as bc for the Sega Genesis too? Note that unlike the Super NES which doesn't had Game Boy hardware in its system, the Genesis does had Sega Master System hardware wirhin its system, the Power Base Converter had no hardware inside, it's basically just a bridge that allows you to bypass the Genesis connector so the SMS games could comnect to the z80 on the Genesis.

[@n0t_Josh]

I made it Mark! I've been watching all of your videos front to back. Thank you for such detailed videos. This is truly a treasure trove of information. Keep up the great work!!

[@MrSiren52]

The movie "Radio Flyer" did have a tie in with Dairy Queen that I remember. You could get a little toy wagon with a meal purchase.

[@CulturedVultures]

That's wild! thanks for the info

[@sethfoxen]

GBC was probably the first backwards compatible handheld console. Either that or the GBA. Wii was the first home console that was backwards compatible with the previous generation.

[@robertt2062]

The SNES had a thing you could plug into the main cartridge slot that would play Gameboy and Gameboy color games. I'm keeping my GameCube forever because I have the GBA adapter installed

[@Kevinsyel]

They had that SNES Arcade Cabinet at a place called "Kids Castle" where I grew up... I distinctly remember it having more games though. the ones mentioned were there but it also had games like "Zombies Ate My Neighbors"

[@Adam-Mei]

What is really weird is I remember one with 10 SNES games and 10 NES games well technically more NES games because one of the SNES ones was Super Mario All Stars plus Super Mario World.

[@michaelsimkins7078]

Good luck getting past the Level with the giant worms, I kept dying after using all my bazooka rounds since only bazookas were powerful enough to kill them, provided you have a clear shot of the wormy bastards! I eventually sold mine at a yard sale decades ago, nowadays I just have the soundtrack and prefer just the Full Playthrough Video from KZbin via RealDownloader!

[@kgrfirdjy]

I remember seeing similar devjces as a kid in McDonald's restaurants in the southeastern United Stares as a kid in the early 1990's. They usually had a limited variety of games that seemed to have limited play times due to an internal timer and no battery back up for saving game progress.

[@thecalibratedsuperstarslic4284]

Hell yeah, I will watch that hour documentary, & if you feel like it should be longer than 1hr. , maybe turn it into a 2 part mini series

[@mrjpsycho10]

For Nintendo handheld console that was backward compatible: GBA Console: Wii

[@thatguyyouis]

Yes

[@beavis4763]

I thought it was the GameBoy Color.

[@AxiomofDiscord]

@@beavis4763Would you count the New 3DS as being backwards compatible with 3DS if so yes. If you would say it is just an upgrade of the same console than no. GB and GBC are in the same grey area.

[@mrjpsycho10]

@@AxiomofDiscord totally forgot about GBC!

[@CulturedVultures]

we joke, say SNES any way you want! apart from the Super N Entertainment S...actually you know what, let's call it that

[@click8708]

Snoose

[@erakfishfishfish]

SneSys

[@michaelsimkins7078]

I prefer to acknowledge it only 3 ways, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo, and SuperNES. I heard a fellow Kroger bagger and/or customer pronounce S.N.E.S as Snez, I looked at him disapprovingly because I'm very respectable toward proper pronunciation of words and terminologies and of course, things I hold most dear when it comes to anything I have an interest in as someone who has Aspergers Syndrome!

[@theodanielwollff]

Usually these "Facts" are common, but I never heard of the SNES Cabinet. Amazing, you earned a SUB

[@mrjpsycho10]

There was so many fun facts about snes!

[@CulturedVultures]

Thanks so much!

[@mrjpsycho10]

@@CulturedVultures you're welcome!!!

[@ReaperBandit666]

I made it Mark! Your right, there should have been a sequel to F Zero. Mario gets all the love.

[@AkSamurai69]

I'm confused. Does F-Zero X not count?

[@elone3997]

Fanks, always enjoy your vids 👍☺️

[@halifax87]

Made it Mark! Would love that hour long doc

[@TheSpideyGuyMurph]

I made it Ma! And to prove it, I say thanks for including the Soul Blazer Footage in the outro. Soul Blazer, an amazing "Enix" RPG Game made pre-merger with "Squaresoft" is by far my Second Favorite Snes game.

[@AFFL1CTED1]

The arcade near me has a Super System cab that's in good condition. I was just there a few weeks ago and played it for about 10 min before moving on. The controllers on the cab are actually pretty large and all the buttons (even on the dpad) use micro switches which gives a completely different feel to those classic games. It was honestly a little jarring. I had no idea that I was playing something so rare. I'm going to have to make another trip and give it another try.

[@EMS.Fire.Welder]

I still play the original Pilot Wings on my original SNES regularly. Such an underappreciated game

[@xanadudeboston3344]

I appreciate a things you didn’t know list with things I actually didn’t know. Usually it’s 18 things I already knew and 2 items which don’t mean much, like a , “X was considered…”

[@michaeldarkwolf9726]

Just wanted to say I'm new to your channel. Though I knew most of those facts from my childhood. As I'm an old gamer. I really enjoyed your video. I also think your vulture character is adorable. Have a wonderful day, friend.

[@Thatchannelnoonelikes_]

Fun fact: the inside of the top half of the shell of the eu snes controller has inscriptions of where each coloured button goes (yellow red blue and green) and for where the American buttons go (lavender and purple)

[@EricHester-ww4uc]

I made it, Mar? Mark? Good video. The only 2 game systems I have are an Xbox 1. And a snes that we got for Christmas 1992. Still works. Still love it.

[@howardbarton2975]

if you want to get technical the first backwards compatible console was the super nintendo, it just required a peripheral. the first native backwards compatible console was the playstation 2. the nintendo 64 was also backwards compatible with a peripheral.

[@danielcorcoran1441]

I made it Ma! Incedentally this was the first time I've ever stumbled on your channel. I was listening while playing Crab Champions.

[@xanadudeboston3344]

I made it Mark. I appreciate a things you didn’t know list with things I actually didn’t know. Usually it’s 18 things I already knew and 2 items which don’t mean much, like a , “X was considered…”

[@TheSilverNoble]

I made it Mark! Enjoyed the video, as always.

[@Zeomantic]

I made it Mark! I think I saw one super system in the wild back in the day.

[@Mr_Mirv]

psst... I made it Mark. Great videos on your channel. Thank you for sharing!

[@BrainSlugs83]

@12:02 -- If that's what "Blast Processing" is then I have news for you -- every console does that -- the NES did that. The Atari did the crap out of that, the gameboy certainly does that. -- Howver, the actual quote is that Blast Processing is using DMA transfers during an active scanline draw, letting you drive the pixel DACs directly to draw unbuffered bitmap images from ROM. Which is not something that other consoles do. It was a hack that never even made it into any actual games, prior to the Sega CD. -- It's just something the engineers were playing with. -- Doing a DMA transfer during the scanline to the Audio buffer on the SNES is not the same thing as blast processing; there's no tricky timings to worry about there, and it's just two unrelated systems with zero contention for the resources. I'm sorry but your example of the SNES using blast processing for audio is complete bunk. It's just a vanilla DMA transfer.

[@wardrich]

NES was the first console with backwards compatibility because you could play Famicom games on it, which came out before the NES with slightly different specs, and so is technically a different console lol

[@Crono_Triggered]

I made it Mar! Great video! The gameboy color was the first BC console they released that I'm aware of.

[@Nokia3310do]

IThe Wii was really the first Nintendo console that was backwards compatible since it could play Gamecube discs out of the box (most simple answer). It also played games for previous consoles via emulation; various kinds of official re-releases and not-so official methods via the homebrew channel. If we're counting handhelds, it's the SNES with the Super GameBoy since the GameBoy released around two years before the SNES. This is a bit of a stretch though because it's a handheld, GameBoy was still a current format and you needed a Super GameBoy (which was basically buying a GameBoy in a SNES cartridge). Great device though and a clever little thing for its time. If we're talking add-ons and unofficial methods, again it's the SNES. There was the unlicensed (and now rare) Super 8 add-on that could play NES cartridges on a SNES and also copy games to floppy discs. Then there's the SNES again with the RetroPort adapter that plays NES cartidges. This is also a stretch because it outputs the video and audio from the adapter using a different cable (it's kind of a parasite peripheral, using the SNES for power and button inputs). It's also a stretch because it didn't exist until after the Wii. Finally, it's the SNES again with the Project Nested emulator. This is a process that needs NES roms to convert to SNES-compatible emulated roms which then run on flash cartridges (Everdrives, FX Pak Pro etc). You could dump a NES cartridge, convert it using Project Nested in your PC and then play it on a SNES with no additional hardware in the SNES. Again, it's kind of a stretch for those reasons... and also because it didn't exist until about three years ago.

[@luzobtwitch2286]

I've definitely made it, ma (or More, as the captions say). First video I've seen of yours and worth a sub for sure. I think technically the gameboy color was the first backwards compat console, but in my heart its still the SNES super gameboy adapter

[@CulturedVultures]

Please add your email to your KZbin profile on here (kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYCYi52Jm7iEa9k), then email us at infoatculturedvulturesdotcom to claim your prize :)

[@SmogHobbit]

Game Boy Color was the first backwards compatible console. You couldn’t play some GBC games because the power slider couldn’t get past the cartridge as the older games had a notch for it.

[@dylanvaccaro6919]

I remember a SNES cabinet at my local grocery store. Always offered to go shopping with my mother

[@zachb5947]

I made it Mark! Awesome fun video. F-Zero Forever!!!!

[@tree_alone]

there was a super system on the ferry i took to and from the mainland when i lived on an island.... i never had a snes growing up but i got to play it around 30 minutes a day when on the ferry ride home after school :) it had super mario world, addams family, and fzero

[@robotseattrees9386]

My towns pizza Hut had the SNES arcade with Mario. The game had a quarter muncher timer so you could only play for like 3 mins or something before having to add more money.

[@roracle]

We had one of the SNES arcade systems at the Putt Putt. I played Mario World on that thing so much.

[@mikemath9508]

i never knew trent liked video games. i only knew him as the name of the four triceratop guys spinning on an inexplicable wheel in hell, that's the only piece of trivia i've ever had about reznor

[@AGwolf2097]

jeeze i guess i should consider myself lucky for playing one of those arcade units in the wild :o it was at a pretty dilapidated theater when howl's moving castle played on the big screen here in the US. I really liked the weird oversized pads lol

[@81Scott13]

The GameBoy Color would be the first system though some consider handhelds as a separate category than “home” consoles; otherwise the Wii would be the first “home” console to be truly backwards compatible without the use of an add-on. BTW been enjoying the videos. I had no clue about the Super System arcade cabinet. Keep up the good work.

[@GXSCChater]

As a nes programmer I believe the first compatible system is the super Nintendo, it had a nes style mode and could switch between 16bit and 8bit coding making games like super Mario all stars and the ninja gaiden collection eaay to port. Even super Mario would started off as a port of smb3. Nintendo wanted backward compatibility but cancelled it. I did see a third party adapter when I was a kid. But then again super game boy allowed snes to play game boy gamesv officially so there is that.

[@redwizardmatt]

I would love to watch more hour long videos on videogame history. Yes thanks.

[@joeszymanski3540]

I remember the reznor character in Smb I seriously never thought it was an actual connection😂😂

[@seansretroverse9082]

If you have (or can produce) an hour of material on the SNES-CD, I will certainly give it a watch. And, yes, I made it, Mark. :)

[@shindoko]

So many people don't believe new whenever I talk about the SNES online games it was so much fun to do honestly but man it was a bit buggy depending on the game and ping

[@BellocDK]

Awesome facts, these made me sub to the channel! Oh, btw. I made it Mark!!

[@skullmn3534]

The GameBoy Color was the first backwards compatible console from Nintendo. On another note, I'm hopeful that F-Zero GX/AX gets an HD remaster for Switch.

[@deadsharkisart]

for the first 30 years of my life (85-15) I swear I never heard Nintendo mention profit motive when discussing their endeavors. in 2024, it is literally the only lens through which they can see. so sad. RIP fzero, the best thing Nintendo ever did (maybe.) ❤

[@HelloMyNameIsBlake01]

I had the privilege of playing on a Super System when I was a kid. There was a small cafe in a market in my hometown which had one and I specifically remember playing Super Mario World on it! I genuinely thought it was some kind of fever dream until i saw this video.. abecause they're so rare, and no one seems to have heard of them!

[@jensdroessler3575]

Blast processing on the Mega Drive wasn‘t invented when they used it for marketting. It was used a lot earlier, but only was given that name when marketing needed a buzzword to go against Nintendo.

[@BOLDBANGER]

subbed, most of these types of vids suck but this one has actual substance

[@rayceeya8659]

The first backwards compatible console was with the Super Game Boy. It was an addon but it let you play Game Boy games on the SNES, In color, sort of...

[@joshv6094]

I watched all the way, don't need the key but thanks for the offer!

[@TiroDvD]

I made it Mar. I suspect your audience probably would like a 1 hour documentary on the Nintendo & Sony relationship, but I acknowledge the "Work hours -> profit" rate would probably not be ideal. However Josh Strife Hayes is evidence of making big and good "Evergreen" is worth it.

[@betlind3184]

I made it, ma! Thanks for the awesome retro lore, it was as fun as it was informative. Oh, and... psst... I subbed and am now looking forward to more great content! ...And regardless of the topic, more F-Zero references please! ;D

[@dadassery8506]

Made it. And I’ll definitely listen to you talk about the sontendo fallout first an hour

[@dustanglx50]

The first HOME console from Nintendo that was natively, without any additional attachments, backwards compatible was the Wii. The first ever was the Gameboy Color.

[@insanejughead]

I made it, Mark? I sincerely heard you ask us to type "I made it, ma." I'm seeing 'Mark' for the other comments, so I'm thinking it comes down to differences in the English we speak. Btw, awesome video and topic! I'm going to look for a refrigerator sized SNES someday!

[@fvdeddrift]

I made it, Mark! Lol! Not really commenting because I want the Schteem key, but because you have a great channel, and a new subscriber! And thanks Jimmy!

[@robin1741]

I made it Mark! i would be intrested in a 1 hour long video about sony/nintendo colab thing

[@r6stu]

I made it Mark, Cool Video and not even half a dozen F zero mentions so did well!

[@Sly88Frye]

2:35 I'm surprised it sold poorly. That's simply because I actually did play one of those SNES arcades. It's not like I lived in a major city either. I do live an hour North of San Francisco but this Super Nintendo arcade was in my hometown of Santa Rosa. in a movie theater.

[@Demoncradle]

I made it, Mark! Fun video for sure

[@FurryRedCross]

Had no idea about that bizarre Mario illiteracy song

[@Sly88Frye]

I made it Mar. Anyways this was a really great video. A few of these I knew about but most of them definitely not. Some were pretty shocking

[@michaellukas1981]

I made it and I believe it is the Game Boy color. Awesome video by the way.

[@nay10]

I made it Mark!! Great video 😊

[@Delekhan]

Love you backing music. And the video! Thanks! (Sony vs. Nintendo documentary sounds good BTW. 2 hours long! ;) I made it ma. Always do!

[@weston407]

I played those SNES arcade cabinets WAY back in the day - I remember them at McDonalds! I was like 7 years old lol (in 1991 😔)

[@Sly88Frye]

4:20 the first backwards compatible Nintendo console was the Game Boy advance because it did play original Game Boy games.

[@superdave3093]

Great video 😂my favorite mode is ALSO Depeche Mode! An hour video on the “Nintendo PlayStation” sounds amazing! 😍 I made it Mark! 😃

[@nicholasbullock1709]

If you count the Super GameBoy, the first backwards compatible system would be the SNES. It could play GameBoy games with the Super GameBoy cartridge. …and if you had a Super 8, it could play NES, Famicom, and both SNES and SFC cartridges.

[@kurtg5405]

Nintendo didn't build an out-of-the-box backwards-compatible home console until the Wii.

[@michaelmiller44820]

4:20 Was it the Wii? Didn't the Wii play GameCube games?

[@bn40400]

psst.....Super Nintendo was the first backwards compatible system, because it had the Super Gameboy cart (additional accessory) where you can plug in original gameboy games if I'm not mistaken.

[@ThomasFogle]

I made it ma! We all love your content and some of us do finish the whole video i promise. Keep up the great work!

[@CulturedVultures]

Please add your email to your KZbin profile on here (kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYCYi52Jm7iEa9k), then email us at infoatculturedvulturesdotcom to claim your prize :)

[@terran0797]

As far as I know if we are literally just talking about backwards compatibility systems. I think the game boy color was the first. But the first actual console to do so that wasn’t mobile was the Wii. However if you’re looking for an all around answer, the super 8, and unlicensed add on to the Super Nintendo technically made the snes the first backwards compatible Nintendo home console. I could be wrong but to my knowledge that is all correct and the firsts for Nintendo. Wasn’t sure what would be considered the actual first so I thought I’d name all 3 here lol I’d also love seeing an hour long doc on the Sony Nintendo falling out

[@dans4032]

Hopefully you make the documentary, I love game history

[@pharmcat8484]

I watch the outro. Darn you for using clips from SoulBlazer again. My hunger grows!

[@natalieshark]

One minor discrepancy- Morton was not named after a musician.

[@BrainSlugs83]

Also the SNES still is mostly backwards compatible for software; nothing would have stopped Nintendo from making the equivalent of a Sega's Power Base Converter; even the CPU is backwards compatible. There are kit projects on github that turn NES ROMs into SNES ROMs even. -- So, it's basically backwards compatible in all but physicality.

[@christopherday7091]

Psst, hey, I made it Mark! Great video as always :-)

[@theodanielwollff]

GBC is the first backwards compatible system. But you could say Wii U is the first home console to have it.

[@jbole597]

The first backwards compatible CONSOLE would be the wii. But first backwards compatible nintendo game system would be either the Gameboy advance, or the Gameboy color if you want to be technical.

[@Matt.Thompson.1976]

Hey Everyone, first-time viewer. Loved the vid, loads of good stuff in there (as well as a healthy dose of love for F-Zero that I share). Thanks very much for making great, witty, retro game content. Can't wait to check out more! Liked and Subbed....well earned. Cheers from Eureka, CA

[@Treevors30]

19:54 there is a ROM that has like a new Zelda game I don't know who made it but I mean it is hard even with cheats enabled I can't get past leaving my house it's crazy. I am curious if that ROM is this game that you're talking about but I doubt it it's just a really really hard link to the past

[@cyclicchaos8031]

I made it, ma (even tho it is a bit late)! I enjoy your videos to the end and enjoy the channel a lot. If you aren't giving away stuff anymore, that's ok. Thanks for the gaming content regardless and keep up the good/funny work!

[@carlboman3035]

I made it Mark! I'm going through FF6 right now and it's amazing.

[@artax33]

Depends on how you define the Gameboy color. Some look at it as an upgraded GB and others see it as a new system. If you are in the first group then the first backward compatible is GBA otherwise it is GBC.

[@Die_Helden_Sind_Tot]

First backward compatibility was technically SNES with the help of the super gameboy add on.

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

7800 got there first. And the Colecovision beat that, if we're counting the 2600 add-on. Even if that doesn't count, because the two systems aren't related, the Genesis/Megadrive beat Nintendo to it.

[@BlueThunder1988]

I made it, ma!

[@stonedtrooper794]

I remember playing game boy games on my snes with a cartridge adapter, can't remember if it was official. Does that count as backwards compatibility? 🤔