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Nintendo Ends NES And SNES Production

Posted by simoniker on from the end-of-an-era dept.

Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing out the news on Gamespot that Nintendo is ending production of the classic Famicom (NES) and Super Famicom (SNES) consoles. Apparently, a limited amount of AV Famicoms and SFC Jr. Super Famicoms were still being manufactured in Japan - but sadly, not any more. Also, according to Gamespot, "Nintendo will also stop its disk-rewriting services for the Famicom Disk System, a supplemental device released in 1986" - amazing that Nintendo was still allowing Disk System re-writing after almost 20 years, and that they allowed Gameboy/SNES cartridge re-writing, which also never made it outside Japan, until late 2002.

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  1. Re:I find what the author spoke of to be very by baloogan · · Score: 1, Informative

    yes thats probally true, I have been there (after going to Hong kong) and there, comparably to both western and HK, is no pirating. Worst I saw was Kazaa installed on one of my japaneze friends computer....

    LOTS of porno, like reading a porno magazine on the subway is like acceptable....

    Japan was fun....

  2. Re:NES by funkhauser · · Score: 2, Informative
    Heh heh. Yep. That was always the problem with the NES. Of course, when they released the updated model around the time the SNES came out, it was a hell of a lot better. Of course, being raised on the original-style consoles, I prefer them, so me and a friend "refurbish" systems, cleaning cartridges, replacing connectors, that sort of thing. It's good fun for a couple of geeks. :)

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  3. Re:I find what the author spoke of to be very by Lazyhound · · Score: 3, Informative

    What the hell are you talking about?

    Read the fricking articles, for Christ's sake. It was a peripheral that let you write games onto special carts from kiosks in drug stores.

  4. SNES Dead? by Captain+Large+Face · · Score: 2, Informative

    Fortunately, ZSNES is very much alive.. You never appreciate a games controller until you're forced to use a keyboard to play a fighting game... :P

    1. Re:SNES Dead? by Thedalek · · Score: 2, Informative

      Or, you could spring for a PSX controller (pretty cheap: around $5 used) and get a PSX-to-USB connector from Radio Shack for $10. There you go. The best 10-button controller money can buy, perfect for SNES emulation.

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  5. Re:I find what the author spoke of to be very by KaizerWill · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually, the reason that disk drives for the NES and N64 didn't make it to america was because of the rampant piracy in asia.

    Also, the Famicom Disk System made the creation of unlicenced NES games all the easier, so there are a considerable number of pr0n games and such floating around.