THE SUFAMI TURBO - A Ridiculous Super Nintendo Console Add On - A History Documentary

[@LadyDecade]

EDIT : The Super Gameboy 2 was an upgrade of the original Super Gameboy and could only play original Gameboy games. I had heard in the past it played GBC games (In colour) so apologies for that!

[@ahhcmon9604]

The super Gameboy 2 could play the black Gameboy color games

[@jacobprayer8656]

i was about to post that as well

[@ZombieRyushu]

@@ahhcmon9604 So could the Super Game Boy original. The major difference was the addition of a link port and a timing bug.

[@greenkoopa]

Fake news 🐢

[@ZombieRyushu]

@@greenkoopa What.

[@owenitzura]

Very cool video! Just a small correction: The Super GameBoy 2 does NOT run GameBoy Color games. It's just a revision of the original Super GameBoy, with some adjustments like corrected clock speed and Link Cable support. It only runs normal GameBoy games, though.

[@villianousdarren]

Hey Lady Decade, new suscriber here. Great video! I discovered your channel about a month ago and I love your content. You take me back to my childhood reading all those video games magazines :D I don't have a request to cover obscure hardware however I have seen that you cover some homebrews and I was wondering if you might shed a bit of information on the likes of am2r or super mario eclipse if you've not covered them already. Keep up the great work!

[@carldiamond4234]

A game company making a more budget friendly option for gamers?! Truly a relic of the past. Great video. 👍

[@kiwicraigtravel]

Stumbled upon a game collection called 'Sufami' and was like WTF is that?! Super informative and hilarious video about this console, one of the only on KZbin I might add. Thanks for the upload and look forward to checking out more!

[@EhrisaiaOShannon]

You leave Columns ALONE, LD!!! Lmiao. 💜

[@JoshLightWork]

hot damn, I didn't even know this existed. cheers on that! also, the additional humor in this episode was a lot of fun and made for several good moments. I'm particularly fond of the first at 2:41 that ends with a wry grin. I kind of wish that shot had lingered longer, your facial expression was hilarious.

[@LadyDecade]

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[@patrikbengtsson3883]

What do you think of Ben Heckendorn?

[@shagnscoob1785]

Hey, at 4:14, I noticed you shamelessly ripped off the line used for the AVGN episode dedicated to the Aladdin Deck Enhancer.

[@coconutmall1]

Loved that subtle reference at 5:40 (a reference to the old sega cd commercial). This channel is awesome, I just found you recently. I believe you will go far!

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

Bandai also created an add-on for the Famicom called the Datach, which uses small cartridges and comes with cards to scan on the device itself, to add features to each of the Datach's games.

[@LightyKD_]

I spent so many hours playing that Carranger game! Great video overall. Thumbs up!

[@REDDF1VE]

Cool video, didn't know about this device! Two small things, though: 1) Richard Darling is not only the guy who develped the Aladin Deck Enhancer, he and his brother David were even the founders of Codemasters. 2) I think you mixed up "Bubble Bobble" with "Puzzle Bubble" aka "Bust a Move". It's a spinoff though, but Bubble Bobble is more of a platformer and not a "Tetris"-style game. Ok, that was my party pooping from Germany! ;) Keep it on! :)

[@gonzalotorres5282]

German Party Pooping is the finest in the world! Seriously, thanks for clearing it up.

[@TheSparhawk079]

These videos just keep getting better!!!! Funny and informative😍

[@robbyandrews223]

The super gameboy 2 does NOT support Game Boy color, it just has the link added (and a speed improvement i believe)

[@jonniefast]

games run at the correct speed so technically its worse for grindy rpg lmao still neat though they added more palettes and features - but if u must play gbc on a console the gamecube is your best bet

[@scpredmage]

This is correct; it was created as a response to complaints from Japanese players that they couldn't trade Pokemon on the original. The "speed improvement" was due to it including its own internal oscillator, allowing it to run at the Game Boy's clock rate of 59.7hz; the original Super Game Boy ran at the frequency of the television standard the SNES/SFC was designed for. That meant that NTSC systems ran at 60hz, slightly faster than the GB, and PAL systems ran at 50hz, significantly slower than the GB. I imagine the clock speed corrections became important when the link cable comes into play.

[@sergejacinto]

I grew up with Nintendo Power and I've been watching channels in the same genre as yours for years and I had never heard of this. Thank you!

[@sajmeister]

Every time I see a new video from you, it just shocks me with the new stuff that I never heard and I think that I'm a hotshot at knowing these rare stuff. Genuinely glad that my patreon support is actually educating me!

[@PowerPandaMods]

I'm so glad to see a video finally covering the Sufami Turbo. This concept is so cool though! In SD Gundam Generations, the linked game will expand your character roster. Can you imagine if you had a device like this for games like Pokemon, which allowed you to catch Pokemon from another region in your game? Or think about if Capcom adopted this, and they applied it to Megaman. Megaman ZX used the GBA Cartridge slot to import bosses from MMZ3 and MMZ4, but what if Capcom had done that an entire generation earlier? There are so many possibilities!

[@edgardeitz2784]

I agree; this concept should have been researched more, if it wasn't yet feesable then. In fact, I'm thinking "Super Mario World" with "Super Mario All Stars". Only _my_ idea is to have THREE slots (Yoshi's Island). Then you could mix the game data! In a manner of speaking, SEGA did this as a solution to thier timing problem in developing "Sonic 3", only the add on is *itself* the primary game (Sonic and Knuckles). EDIT - Technically, the cart with "Super Mario All Stars AND Super Mario World" on it would work, and take up one slot for all the games on it. EDIT - Also, this give us the possibility to combine levels and playable characters between "Street Fighter", "Mortal Kombat", "Clayfighter", "Brutal", any "Dragonball Z" fighter, etc.

[@WalrusFPGA]

Great tone & pacing with your voiceover! Gives an air of professionalism that makes it more engaging and easy to follow along. Appreciate the SuFami Turbo history lesson ^-^ Cheers

[@JetScreamer_YT]

I have a rare, unlicensed SNES add on. "The Super 8" allows one to play SNES games via pass through. You can also play Super Famicom, without harming your console. Also it has a Famicom slot, and NES! 4 consoles in one. The only real critique I have of it is NES games have the Pinstripes much like the NES top loader. But it saves tons of shelf space.

[@JetScreamer_YT]

@@paxhumana2015 I live in Connecticut, their offices were about 20 minutes from my house. I'm not sure where they were manufactured however.

[@IsaacKuo]

This is such a cool device I never knew about! In the late 90s, Magic: The Gathering was a big thing, and I wished that Capcom/SNK would take the idea of the collectible card game and adapt it to fighting games. That way, it wouldn't just be the same 8-10 fighters. I was thinking that mini-CDs could be used, with a single laser and two motors. But little cartridges would probably be a more suitable format.

[@wearederailed]

In the mid 2000's Mattel tried to bridge the gap between video games and collectible cards with the Hyperscan. There were fighting games that required you to scan cards to unlock characters... unfortunately the whole system is terrible though.

[@IsaacKuo]

@@wearederailed Oh yeah, but of course Hyperscan was completely awful. And the thing is, the cards only unlocked access to data already on the game. With a collectible fighting game, the data for a character would be on the mini-CD or cart. That way, new content could be added incrementally.

[@GabePuratekuta]

The funny thing is that they made a Pokemon-like dual version game on the Neo*Geo Pocket Color where their fighting characters (and some from other genres) were put in a card game format.

[@pfzht]

Skylanders: *exists*

[@thomasbehning461]

Very loud and fast paced episode, content is perfect

[@wastelander138]

Once again, I am surprised with another bit of kit I've never heard of! Very interesting. Thanks again.

[@arisdulgerian2053]

I really enjoy your channel. Continue the great work!

[@Bakamoichigei]

The idea of having a main cartridge which houses the support hardware and sub-cartridges with just the ROM/SRAM for individual titles or expansions is a concept that really deserved more consideration than it ever got. It just makes so much more sense from a business perspective. But the SuFami Turbo really takes it a step further, doesn't it? The idea of adding content from a second cart is so killer!

[@stdesy]

Great content! I predict a huge increase in subs over the next year for sure

[@PowerPandaMods]

A Sufami Turbo lookalike is the central plot mechanic in the indie game "SuperMash". You put one genre in each slot, and the device will create a "SuperMash" game that blends them. A better concept than an actual game, but I was so surprised when I booted it up and saw the Sufami.

[@BIadesMan]

Found your channel recently your a fab KZbinr,from a fellow Brit,all the best 👍

[@BALDOGON]

Great review! Love your humor😁🔥

[@Cruxics]

Nice find. Never heard of this thing. Great Job Lady Decade.

[@RetroRespawn]

How did this video pass me by? I heard about the Sufami a while back but had no idea what it was about. Thanks for this.

[@malkyus]

Your channel is awesome. Thanks for the video.

[@kamikaze82]

Another fantastic video, lady.

[@The_Cold_Slither]

A bit of trivia. In Gosei Sentai Dairanger the White Dairanger was a little boy who stayed a little boy. Sagan would of course change this when they applied the Dairanger monsters and mech to MMPR, and made Tommy the White Ranger instead of using a child.

[@coryrabbit]

Every time I think I know it all, you dig up some obscure monstrosity of yesteryear that I was unaware of. You never fail to impress.

[@progmetaljean]

Excellent content as usual, Lady Decade! I loved learning about this peripheral that I had no idea existed. I am very interested in a future episode about the Datach add-on!

[@Antonio-fl3nr]

Yes, I'd like to know more about that Datach addon. Please, keep your intro/outro, I missed it this time. I love your videos.

[@LockeNL]

Really like your content. As a 70s kid this is great !

[@VOAN]

Wow great review and info, I definitely did not know this adapter with its own library of games existed for the Super Famicom/Super NES. Cool stuffs.

[@jeff97ish]

Interesting and awesome content as always! Looking beautiful as always too!

[@seanlindo3548]

you’ve been up to fantastic work. please keep up this content creation!

[@Mamiya645]

You're nailing the laff acts between clips, proper blessed, great video once again! Datach would be interesting, saw friends in Japan stream a meetup where they did Barcode Battle (but DBZ and on console, NES?) hijinks, trying to find which pizza or ramen packet had the best value.

[@veejay420]

I've never heard of this device before and it's good you have brought it to light, quite informative. Bit of constructive criticism, I wish British KZbinrs referred to systems names to the region they are from, Sega CD and the Sega 32X were the American names for their add-ons, ours was always the Mega CD and Mega Drive 32X.

[@GoodFuude]

it sounded like you were gonna start singing at 5:54 😂

[@CaptRobau]

here in the Netherlands we cared about the Shinshan anime. It was localized somewhere in the late 90s I think and it was quite popular

[@mickey2ky]

So cool had no idea about the two products. Awesome content lol

[@subzippo]

This is really cool! It used to kill me how I couldn't carry any sort of progress from one game to a sequel or use my own save game when playing a game at a friend's house.

[@jamesoneavatar8644]

I don't know if you mentioned it before, but the Pioneer LaserActive is pretty interesting. I got a floor model from a big store. It was the 1st loan I ever took out for about $600 in the early 90's

[@RemiDupont]

What an intriguing device! Great video!

[@jacobprayer8656]

i love columns, my 2nd favorite puzzle game after Tetris.

[@puertoricanguy999]

Oh boy, new Lady Decade vid!

[@diehlr]

Lady Decade, you cover some great material.

[@DanielLopez-up6os]

Thanks for bringing my attention to this add on, never even Heard of it, or seen it in the magazines.

[@DarkNekoStudio]

Great video as always! Keep up the good work!!! I'd like the see an episode in the Bandai Datach please!

[@KokoroKatsura]

a n i m e n i m e

[@kellynorman7452]

Lady decade you're doing a great job with these videos keep it up and just ignore the hater's that leave stupid comments, they just think they know it all and they don't there idiots anyway keep up the good work I do enjoy your videos.

[@dudes.5351]

new to ur channel n i love it!! great job Lady

[@MetalAcitistJim]

Shim Cham was a badass show, we in the USA didn't really know about it until it was aired on adult swim. That datach thing does seem intriguing

[@elhefebonito]

I love this content. You and your work are awesome!

[@ZBott]

Add ons were such a fun idea. But the companies couldn't find out how to make a device to target a fraction of the original owners and cheaper than just making a brand new unit.

[@williamwilliam9993]

13:33 end music:Sufami Turbo BIOS

[@Tea_moo]

Great video once again. :)

[@peterfairchild258]

Lady decade love your work💗

[@allenslucher8555]

You have been finding some VERY obscure items lately!(at least from my perspective, here in the USA) So awesome!!! FYI - Totally curious about that Datach!!! Look at all those cards! That looks like a substantial investment was made into it! :)

[@7ten]

Sick content as always

[@felixcontreras4603]

New subscriber right here & Im enjoying the content

[@breakfasthole]

I'm a big fan of these videos. Always a good insight into old gaming stuff that I've never heard of 🙂

[@eduardosanchezbarrios5810]

Jeez!!! That thing looks like a Toaster btw Cool video 👍👍👍

[@YershJRSZ]

The funny thing is, that Shin-chan was played on our polish version of Fox Kids channel, even with polish dub, but it was soon switched to be played very late at night because of content

[@DeenHoward]

Kinda reminds me of the MSX versions of Twinbee and Gradius. The two cartridge slots allowed players to play Gradius with Twinbee characters and vice versa if both cartridges were inserted. This later led to the creation of the Parodius series.

[@worldofretrogameplay6963]

*True fact:* A Super Nintendo/Super Famicom Game Genie can be used to play games from other regions (it bypasses the plastic pins in the cartridge slot, which prevents cartridges from other regions from fitting). I use my Game Genie to play US SNES games on my Super Famicom all the time. A Game Genie is a lot cheaper than one of those cartridge pass-through adapters found on eBay. *And before hardcore gamers respond:* Our hobby has grown exponentially over the yearsI A new generation of gamers are just beginning to learn the ropes, and I just wanted to provide information that will help them in their journey to importing games from other regions.

[@Cesar-dt9nl]

Can i have a heart/like? I love your videos, you do a lot of research and also put a lot of effort into the production, awesome work!

[@Omegaxero]

Love your work

[@justinmohns8279]

I'd love to see more on the Broadcast Satellaview. Your research is very thorough, and I appreciate how much detail you show on these obscure pieces of hardware. I'm afraid of the Columns abuse. While I also have little regard for it as well, some would have some problem with that action.

[@Evercade_Effect]

Never heard of this crazy addon. I totally geek out over stuff like this. The tinfoil hat scene had me dying. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jandijk1484]

You make such Great videos in redocumenting the Blasts From The Past. I Love It. I'm from the Netherlands and I owned A Super Nintendo. In de late 90, just months before buying the Playstation, I Remember borrowing The super Gameboy add-on From A Friend. At that time, I had hoped to finally Enjoy playing Gameboy games. Due to my handicap, in having very Poor eyesight, this wassn't Possible before. I Remember having a good time with it. In my opinion, the Only downside for me was that i couldn't play these games fullscreen. The outer Parts of the screen consisted of, a Virtual Gameboy Bezel and certain elements of the super Gameboy interface. If I Remember correctly, The program even allowed to paint on the virtual bezel. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

[@greenisnotacreativecolour]

I've been looking forward to this video since you teased it last week. This is a real mystery device for me! Right, on with the video... Edit: Yup, that was brand new to me, thanks very much!

[@unorthdoxcleric6953]

Lady Decade is AWESOME. Ans YES I would like to know about that other NES thing.

[@boulax]

Cool vid, since you asked can you cover the Turbo File twin, another obscure SFC accessory?

[@BrianOfAteionas]

I picked one of these up super cheap a few years ago with a Japanese SFC, but I never really bothered to look into it, I just thought it was interesting at the time and it was so cheap I figured why not. Thanks for the info! I might have to look into getting some of those Gundam games now :D

[@sandboxlarry9490]

Pretty cool add on. Something I would have wanted as a kid honestly. Absolutely loved my Super Gameboy add on though. Would love to learn about that add on at the end. The Datach? Love learning about all this stuff I never heard about 👍

[@marsilies]

Russian Geek has a video on the Datach, with professionally translated English subtitles: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJ7VfoyKacuBhLM He also has a video on the even rarer Konami QTa Adapter for Famicom: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6PRl2Rpl5iXfZY Would love Lady Decade's take on them as well.

[@thedeadpoolwhochuckles.6852]

Jeremy Parish also has a video on it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZfQpZhmpttqo9U

[@CardozaCreativeMinds]

Another great video by the one and only #LadyDecade #AllHailtheQueen

[@Rpgamer50]

Love your vids

[@stefanodiaferia8680]

I love you Lady Decade! Good job! Kiss from Italy!

[@bedwablackburn]

I've SO been waiting for this

[@emmychansuper]

I've downloaded a rom of the Sailormoon Sailorstars-game that was on the Sufami Turbo back in the '00s. Good ol' times!

[@RMoocher]

what's the motorcycle game at 6:03?

[@mojoriley4712]

Loving the use of the F-Zero fire field theme.

[@kenwheeler3637]

Very interesting. I had never heard of this device before nor ham I familiar with the Datach. Would love to hear more about that one too.

[@Mindthegame]

As a curiosity: Shinchan is really popular as tv show in Spain. In fact some Sinchan videogames have only be launched in Japan... and Spain.

[@andyunsworth113]

I've never got a floppy disc when I hear lady decade talk about a console

[@johncoulter7006]

Great gaming history and facts as always!

[@monkeycheese301]

I love seeing junk I've never heard of before. Where do you dig up that stuff?

[@leigh3307]

Love Lady Decade 👌

[@zo0mpa]

Love your videos LD! ...This is bit off topic, but could you do a video on "WTF is a pc engine??" Every time I look at the thing, I'm just confused... Another gizmo with tons of attachments!

[@RebrandSoon0000]

Only 2 add-on's I had for SNES was a Super Gameboy, and Game Genie, still a good addon you talked about Lady Decade, thank you! 😃

[@robertootero8535]

Farming turbo is a unique unit I remember having one very unique and simple with some good games keep up the great work lady decade

[@johnbillings5260]

They missed out on a huge opportunity. They could have sold game carts and DLC carts separately to essentially skin the games. They could have had a racket going with different visual styles that could be pumped out without having to develop a new game for a while.

[@bombfog1]

Nice. I’m happy to see you branching out to more overt humor (versus your typical English deadpan).

[@kurati]

What a great video . Sufami turbo is quite unknow even in Japan .

[@GimmeTOKYO]

I knew about the device, but never saw what it looked like, or what games were released on it, but I did play both the Sailormoon SuperS and Sailormoon SailorStars fuwafuwa panic games via emulation as a kid!

[@merman1974]

I would like to see more on the Datach add-on. The two cartridge slots of the Sufami Turbo always reminded me of the MSX's ability to link two cartridges. I reviewed some of the Bandai Superfami games for the Super NES Anthology from Geek-Line, the SD Battle games are fun.