This $60 chip fixes a longstanding Super Nintendo flaw

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The Voultar Super Nintendo Edge Enhancer mod being attached to the SNES’ motherboard. There’s a bit of soldering involved with the mod, so Voultar will initially be only selling an installation service. | Screenshot: Macho Nacho Productions

Nintendo sold over 49 million Super Nintendo consoles, but not all of them were created equal. A later hardware revision improved the quality of the SNES’s video output, and over three decades later, one modder has come up with a way to bring those same improvements to nearly every Super Nintendo ever released.

Zach Henson, a console modder who also goes by the name Voultar, has created a DIY modification kit for older Super Nintendo consoles called the Edge Enhancer. Expected to sell for around $60, the mod kit upgrades the console’s video output, making graphics appear much sharper and colors more saturated.

Although Nintendo made many revisions to the Super Nintendo’s hardware during the console’s production run, for retro gamers,...

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Source : The Verge

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