Back in the day, a portable SNES would have been heaven sent. Oh how all those car trips would have been soothed by the woop, woop of squished Goomba's- Even now though, has the dream really lost any luster of it's luster?
Even with a billion different emulators (all of them imperfect) and re-printings up the wazoo for the various portables and virtual consoles, the original carts still hold a special place in an old school gamers heart. That's just what the SupaBoy promises- and then some:
The SupaBoy will play original SNES cartridges on a built-in 3.5” LCD screen and is designed to emulate an original SNES controller including a D-pad and buttons on the front as well as right and left shoulder buttons. Hyperkin has even included two front loading ports that are compatible with full-size SNES controllers and video/audio out, allowing up to two players to play the SupaBoy on a regular TV screen. How supa’ cool is that!Pretty supa actually- now to find that copy of Zombies Ate my Neighbors. It's around here someplace...
Read on for the full release, more as we get it-
Hyperkin, a rapidly growing 3rd party developer of video game peripherals, has announced the upcoming launch of the SupaBoy Handheld Video Game Console designed for SNES game cartridges. Equipped with a 3.5” screen, the SupaBoy is designed to look like one of the original SNES controllers and has a port built into the top that plays original 16-bit SNES cartridges. SupaBoy is supa’ cool!
The SupaBoy will play original SNES cartridges on a built-in 3.5” LCD screen and is designed to emulate an original SNES controller including a D-pad and buttons on the front as well as right and left shoulder buttons. Hyperkin has even included two front loading ports that are compatible with full-size SNES controllers and video/audio out, allowing up to two players to play the SupaBoy on a regular TV screen. How supa’ cool is that!
SupaBoy will be compatible with multiple SNES titles including: Super Mario™ RPG, Starfox™, Super Mario™ World, Donkey Kong™ Country, Zelda™, Noah’s Ark 3D™, Aerobiz™ and others.
“The SupaBoy is by far one of the coolest products we’ve developed,” stated Steven Mar, Hyperkin’s Business Director. “Not only does it look similar to an original SNES controller, it’s also compatible with original SNES cartridges. You can even run it through your TV to play it with a friend!” Mar continued: “The SupaBoy is going to blow people away.”
PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS
· Innovative lock feature holds game cartridge securely in place
· Two seven-pin ports in front for wired controllers
· SNES controller design
· SNES Super Scope
· Super Multitap
· Mario Paint Mouse
· Screen size (diagonal): 3.5 inches
· 5.5 Hours battery life
· Measures: 8.5 x 4 x 1.5 inches
· Weight: 11.5 ounces
· Stereo sound
· AV Out
· Headphone jack
· Adjustable volume control
· Launch Date: Summer, 2011
· SRP: $79.99