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This $60 chip fixes a longstanding Super Nintendo flaw


Better late than never.

The two-chip SNES featured a video digital to analog converter in its picture processing unit (PPU) that gamers have since discovered wasn’t able to quickly transition between different colors. Installing Voultar’s Edge Enhancer mod isn’t for beginners, as Tito Perez from YouTube’s Macho Nacho Productions recently demonstrated in a video. So while Voultar plans to eventually sell a DIY Edge Enhancer kit once the documentation and tutorials are finalized, it will initially only be available as part of a more expensive installation service that will ensure the upgrades are done correctly.

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