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SNES consoles appear to run faster with age — APU frequency increased by up to 182 Hz after 35 years
Security consultant and TASBot (Tool-Assisted Speedrun robot) administrator Alan Cecil discovered that Super Nintendo consoles have grown slightly faster because of one of their chips. According to a ...
Super Nintendo consoles appear to be running ever-so-slightly faster as they age and speedrunning detectives are hot on the case
The legendary Super Nintendo Entertainment System is 35 years old and still a mainstay in every classic gamer's heart. It's also much beloved by the speedrunning community, which has found itself in a ...
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Super Nintendo Consoles Seem to Be Getting Faster
Recent data shows that the Super Nintendo's Audio Processing Unit speeds up over time and runs even faster as the console warms up. Findings confirm that SNES consoles in 2025 run faster than ...
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Super Nintendo consoles have been quietly overclocking themselves for 35 years, but it took until 2025 for the SNES fandom to notice
making SNES consoles run ever so slightly faster than they did back in the day. The idea that "SNES consoles seem to be getting faster as they age" was posited back on February 26 via TASBot ...
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90s Nintendo console runs faster as it gets older and no one knows why
SNES owners have been investigating a strange issue with their consoles where they seem to be getting faster the older they get. It’s a fact of life that the older something gets, the slower and ...
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Ancient Nintendo SNES Console Appears To Be Running Faster As It Ages, Baffling Experts
Back in February, the team behind TASBot – a tool-assisted speedrun bot that sends control inputs to retro consoles – put out an intriguing message to appeal for more data. "SNES consoles seem ...