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âSuper Famicom: The Box Art Collectionâ is a brand new 250 page hardback book featuring stunning photography, information and features of original Super Famicom game/box art! The Super Famicom was the Japanese version of the classic Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) and featured glorious imagery on the packaging that the western PAL versions missed out on.
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It wasnât easy being a Nintendo fan in the early 90s: the wonderful Super Famicom was released in Europe as the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, but it was hobbled by a bordered, 50Hz image and delayed release schedule. True Nintendo fans got hold of a Japanese console and bought their games on the grey import market.
As well as the benefits of faster, smoother, full-screen gameplay, Japanese Super Famicom cartridges came in beautiful portrait-shaped boxes, rather than the landscape packaging sold in Europe and
North America. The stylish, intricate Japanese designs were almost always superior to that afforded the western releases.
As a celebration of this unique artwork, Bitmap Books is proud to present Super Famicom: The Box Art Collection â a compilation of Japanese game packaging, professionally shot and presented as a glorious hardback edition. The book features around 250 titles, including many rare examples and some that have never before been documented in print. Sourced from the archives of renowned collector, Stuart Brett (aka Super Famicom Guy), each box is beautifully presented life-size, with a critique of the artwork, plus interviews with other collectors, explaining their love of the format.
Super Famicom: The Box Art Collection comes in a square format book, bound in charcoal grey wibalin with a gold foil block logo and lithographically printed to the highest standards. Long-time games journalist Steve Jarratt, launch editor of Edge and Nintendo magazine Total!, will oversee the text and also write the foreword.
Super Famicom: The Box Art Collection is an unmissable treat for anyone who had a passion for Nintendoâs 16-bit games console, and who came to embrace the distinctive Japanese artwork adorning these iconic games.
Book specifications
250mm x 250mm, Hardback, Lithographic print, Sewn binding, Charcoal Grey wibalin cover with gold foil blocked logo.
 What was the Super Famicom (SFC)?
The Super Famicom was the original version of the SNES, released in 1990 by Nintendo. Itâs often described (including by us!) as the âJapanese versionâ of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, although it wasnât only released in Japan as it was also released in other areas such as European countries. After the initial release, a smaller and cheaper version was released (similar to the SEGA Mega Drive II) called the âSuper Famicom Jrâ.
The console was designed by Masayuki Uemura (who also designed the original Famicom) and was released in Japan on Wednesday, November 21, 1990 for ÂĽ25,000 (US$210). It was an instant hit and the initial shipment of 300,000 consoles sold out within hours of being on sale. The resulting social disturbance resulted in the Japanese government requesting Nintendo to release future console on weekends! Another interesting fact surrounding the release was that the success gathered the attention of the Yakuza and resulted in the decision to deliver the consoles at night, to avoid robbery!
The Western version of the console (the SNES) had a different design (in terms of form factor), however, the most noticable difference was the packaging and artwork for the games themselves. The Japanese (Super Famicom) artwork was significantly more creative and vibrant and many Westernerâs collect the games for their artwork alone.
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