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Super Nintendo

by Keza MacDonald

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Start the Week, BBC Radio 4 · February 9, 2026

Fun and games

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A cultural history of the iconic Super Nintendo console, tracing how its games, aesthetics and innovations transformed the medium and helped define what play means for generations of players.

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