Limone's SF1 MIni Reproduces Sharp's Unusual Super Famicom/SNES TV as a Teeny-Tiny Replica

Semi-pseudonymous YouTuber "Limone" has built a miniature recreation of a games console time has largely forgotten: the Sharp Super Famicon Naizou TV SF1, which combines a Nintendo games console and a TV set in a single unit.

Sharp's Super Famicom Naizou TV SF1 launched in 1990 just one month after Nintendo had launched the Super Famicom console — known as the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, or SNES, in the west. Designed as a follow-up to the company's earlier Nintendo-partner TV-consoles, the SF1 came in 21" and 14" flavors and offered a high-quality image from its integrated Super Famicom console. Its Japanese exclusivity, however, mean that original SF1s are hard to find — which is why Limone put together their own, inspired by Nintendo's official Super Famicom Classic Mini emulator.

Designed around an existing off-the-shelf reproduction kit, the ChoFamitsuku, the SF1 Mini involved some modifications to the original repro board to reduce the size and offer a more flexible USB Type-C power input. The internal hardware is a faithful reproduction of the Super Famicom, too, offering compatibility with original cartridges — connecting into the top of the finished TV set, which is now barely wider than the cartridge itself.

Naturally, the cathode-ray tube (CRT) display of the original SF1 is gone, replaced by a compact 5.5" LCD housed in a 3D-printed and impressively-finished shrunken replica of the original SF1 case. There was even room for a few upgrades: "In the case of the original SF1, it has mono sound," Limone explains in translation. "There was only a speaker on the left. There was no need to follow that, so I made a speaker on the right side as well."

While the very-unofficial SF1 Mini lacks the ability to serve as a TV as well as a games console, the build is undeniably impressive — and detailed in full on Limone's YouTube channel.