One of the coolest things about the Super Nintendo was how its hardware was designed with the future in mind. The base specs were fixed, but developers could squeeze new technology into the games themselves. Certain cartridges had six extra gold pins, which meant that an enhancement was on board—the most impactful of which was undoubtedly the Super FX chip. This incredible little square of silicon, which famously powered SNES classic Star Fox, blew people’s minds by bringing early 3D gaming to 16-bit consoles.
