SNES controller

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A North American SNES controller with purple concave function keys
A European SNES controller with colorful convex function keys

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System Controller (usually known for short as SNES controller or Super NES controller , known in Japan as the Super Family Computer Controller , or Super Famicom Controller for short ) is the primary gamepad for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) in the US and Europe and the Super Family Computer (Super Famicom) in Japan. It was published by the Japanese company Nintendo at the same time as the SNES on November 21, 1990 in Japan, on August 13, 1991 in North America, on April 11, 1992 in Europe and on August 15, 1992 in Germany. The North American SNES controller is the only one that has purple concave instead of colorful convex function keys.

A maximum of two controllers can normally be connected to an SNES, with a multiplayer adapter such as the Super Multitap it can be up to five. The cable length of the game controller is about 2.1 meters. The predecessor of the SNES controller is the Nintendo Entertainment System Controller (NES controller) of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), the successor is the Nintendo 64 controller of the Nintendo 64 (N64). The SNES controller first introduced shoulder buttons, which many later game controllers, including the PlayStation controller and the Wii Classic controller, as well as the gamepads of the Dreamcast and Xbox , took over.

Control elements :
1. Control pad
2. Select button
3. Start button
4. B button
5. A button
6. Y button
7. X button
8. L button
9. R button

Web links

Individual evidence

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  5. ↑ Super Nintendo. Accessed April 24, 2020 (German).
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