The SN Operator

I forget exactly where I was tipped off on the SN Operator by Epilogue, but I got around to picking one up. It’s described as “a cartridge slot for your computer”, and that’s a mostly accurate way of thinking about it. This device isn’t like an Analogue Super Nt (which is a cartridge device but houses actual hardware to reproduce and run the cartridge game itself); rather, the SN Operator is a device that reads Super Nintendo (SNES) cartridges and does a couple of savvy things: Verifies counterfeit/authenticity of cartridges Creates digital backups of the saved games on the cartridge’s battery (and emulation play throughs) — particularly important since these cartridge batteries are going on 30-35 years in age and likely declining Initiates emulation of the game itself (again, it does not run the actual cartridge, but detects and runs an emulator for it) Permits multiple controller inputs for co-op Integrates with a few other things I’m less interested in, but available:…