Book publishing company Bitmap Books has announced on Monday that avid users of "Super Famicom" can now pre-order the "Super Famicom: The Box Art Collection." The company said that the collector's edition is now available before it will be officially released to the public, a report from Gamespot said.
According to the report, the "Super Famicom: The Box Art Collection" contains a compilation of the Japanese packaging of the popular video game console "Super Famicom." The game's collector's edition was described to be "professionally shot and presented as a glorious hardback edition." It was said that the book was bounded in "charcoal grey wibalin with a gold foil block logo and lithographically printed."
Bitmap Books said that the book will feature more than 250 titles which will contain rare and beautiful examples. In fact, these samples have been described as "never before been documented in print."
"Sourced from the archives of renowned collector, Stuart Brett (aka Super Famicom Guy), each box is beautifully presented life-size, with a critique of the artwork, plus interviews with other collectors, explaining their love of the format. Super Famicom: The Box Art Collection is an unmissable treat for anyone who had a passion for Nintendo's 16-bit games console, and who came to embrace the distinctive Japanese artwork adorning these iconic games," the report said.
Meanwhile, Nintendo said that "Super Famicom is the original version of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, released in 1990. Though it is often said to be the Japanese version of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, it is not only released in Japan, but also other areas such as European countries. Later a cheaper and smaller version was released, comparable to the Sega Mega Drive II, titled the Super Famicom Jr."
"The controllers are comparable to those of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The main difference is that the four main buttons are colored differently. Two of the four main buttons are not indented like the western versions. The Super Famicom control also has a Super Famicom logo on it, as opposed to the SNES logo," the report added.