Reference Room
The Reference Room
Straight answers about Japanese consoles — which is which, what it’s worth, and when it arrived. Written by people who handle these machines every day.
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Head-to-Head
Two machines, side by side — the differences that actually matter.
- Super Famicom vs SNES The same 16-bit machine in two shells — what actually differs, and what does not.
- Famicom vs NES One console, two faces: why Nintendo redesigned the Famicom for the West.
- Famicom vs Super Famicom The 8-bit original against its 16-bit successor — generation to generation.
- Mega Drive vs Genesis The same Sega machine under two names — why the badge changed at the US border.
- PC Engine vs TurboGrafx-16 A tiny Japanese machine that grew a much bigger box for America.
- Game Boy vs Game Boy Color From monochrome to colour — what the leap actually added, and what it kept.
- GameCube vs PS2 Which was more powerful, and which won the sixth generation — and why.
- GameCube vs Dreamcast Two sixth-generation consoles whose lifetimes barely overlapped.
- Nintendo 64 vs GameCube Two Nintendo consoles back to back — what changed from cartridge to disc.
- Nintendo 64 vs PlayStation The fifth-generation rivalry that split cartridges from CDs.
What It’s Worth
Honest 2026 values from a specialist shop. We tell you the price; we never push the sale.
- How much is a Super Famicom worth? Real 2026 ranges for a loose console and complete-in-box, from first-party sold data.
- How much is a GameCube worth? What a GameCube actually sells for today — by condition, colour and completeness.
- How much is a Nintendo 64 worth? Loose, boxed and rare-variant prices for the N64 in 2026.
Databases
Evergreen tables to look things up in.