Super Nintendo (SNES) Technical Specs | Super Nintendo Wikipedia Page

Year Released: August 13th, 1991

Main Processor: 16-bit Central Processing Unit 65C816

Co-Processor: none (DSP and SuperFX were made inside the cartridge of selected games)

RAM for CPU: 128KB

Clock Speed: 3.58 MHz

Video RAM for PPU: 64KB

Maximum Colors on Screen: 256

Total Colors Available: 32,768

Maximum Screen Resolution: 512 pixels x 448 pixels

Maximum Sprites Per Screen: 128

Maximum Sprites Per Line: 32

Maximum Sprite Size: 64 pixels x 64 pixels

Minimum Sprite Size: 8 pixels x 8 pixels

Scrolling: Horizontal, Vertical, Diagonal

Sound: SPC700 ("wavetable-like" music, near 16-bit sound quality playback (CD) & Q-Sound surround sound)

Sound channels: 8

Audio Out Impedance Level: 4 ohms

Cartridge Size: 4Mbit - 128 Megabit Maximum (Tengay Maikio is 70+ Megabits, being the largest game)

Controller: 8-way direction pad with 8 buttons (2 flipper buttons)