| Manufacturer: | Bandai |
| MSRP: | Unknown |
| Country: | Japan |
| Licensed: | Yes |
| Year: | Unknown |
| Number of games supported: | 13 |
| Additional Scans: | Box |
The Sufami Turbo is, essencially, an Aladdin Deck Enhancer for the Super Famicom, with a few twists. This device, made by Bandai, inserts into the SFC deck, and has two (!) smaller ports on top to accept special small Sufami Turbo cartridges. These games are very similar to those NES Aladdin games; they are similar sized, and similarly shaped. Two games used simultaneously with the Sufami Turbo can share game resources. The games cost less than normal SFC games, because they are cheaper to manufacture, I guess. I assume Bandai still had to pay Nintendo the licensee fee for each ST cart though. I don't think the device "upgrades" the SFC, like the Aladdin does the NES (provide extra RAM, etc.).
This device is quite rare, I believe. This device was going for $60 (with 2 ST carts) within one day of being put up for auction at eBay! All ST games are based on popular animes, both in Japan and the US, which is another reason this device and its carts go for so much.
Below is a list of the Sufami Turbo carts:
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