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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. NES by funkhauser · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Ahh. The Good Old NES. I love that system. Collecting old NES games, systems, and peripherals has essentially become my current collecting obsession, overtaking Magic cards and Legos. All those great games. All those bad games that are just absolutely hilarious. It really is an amazing system from a truly formative time in the video game history...

    Yes. I'm a nerd. A normal person wouldn't get that worked up about a game console. :)

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    1. Re:NES by OneBarG · · Score: 3, Funny

      I pulled out my old NES a few weeks ago to play the 4 or so games I had for it. Got 3 of them working (Excitebike won't, but I've got the N64 version of that at least) most of the time. Takes 8 or 9 tries to get them working.

      So, my latest obsession has been just trying to get games to work. Just like the good old days.

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    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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  2. 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.

  3. 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 bluemeep · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Oddly enough, I'm better with a keyboard than a gamepad/arcade stick... Though I think I can blame marathon sessions of One Must Fall for setting the precedent there. MAME and SNES9x just honed the ability ^^;

    2. 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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  4. Im amazed by Loosewire · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That they were still making these at all anyway.... ah well another instituation of gaming has to come to an end :(

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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.