GAMERS who grew up in the 90s are in for a blast of nostalgia with the Super Nintendo making its way back onto shelves.

Nintendo are releasing a limited edition version of the 16-bit console which was originally launched in 1990 and sold 50 million units worldwide.

The ‘Classic Mini’ version of the SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System) fits in the palm of your hand and will come preloaded with 21 iconic retro games. It will be available on September 29 and follows last year’s NES Classic Mini, a re-release of Nintendo’s first 8-bit console.

The SNES is fondly remembered thanks to its catalogue of hugely acclaimed games like Super Mario World, Donkey Kong Country Final Fantasy III, Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Street Fighter II, Super Mario Kart and Super Metroid.

And gamers will even get to play Star Fox 2 for the first time. The sequel to intergalactic adventure Star Fox (originally titled Starwing in the UK) was created during the SNES era but was never released.

The Classic Mini SNES will come bundled with two controllers so all the multiplayer fun of Street Fighter and Mario Kart is available right out of the box. It will connect to your TV through a HDMI cable but, strangely, a mains adaptor for plugging it in has to be bought separately.

The console costs around £70 and £80, depending on where you pre-order. But to get one you have to be fast – and lucky – as units set aside for pre-order have been selling out within minutes.

This is because the mini SNES is only expected to be available for a limited time. It follows 2016’s NES Classic which went on sale late last year but was discontinued in April after 2.3million units were made, much to the frustration of fans.

Nintendo have not revealed how many SNES consoles will be made.

But a spokesman said: “We aren’t providing specific numbers, but we will produce significantly more units of Super NES Classic Edition than we did of NES Classic Edition.”

If you want one keep a sharp eye on store.nintendo.co.uk, amazon.co.uk, smythstoys.com and shopto.net