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Nintendo's Famicom Turns 20

Posted by simoniker on from the happy-birthday-to-youuu dept.

Warrior-GS writes "GameSpy has been running a weeklong series of articles dedicated to the Famicom, which became the super-console Nintendo Entertainment System in the United States. The Famicom turned 20 on July 15th. The series covers everything from the birth of the console to the hardware to many of the classic games." This massive article is, indeed, both comprehensive and lovingly researched, and is well worth checking out.

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  1. Come on kids! by rylin · · Score: 3, Funny
    Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, START!

    *Cheat enabled: First Post*
    /me hides

    1. Re:Come on kids! by rylin · · Score: 2, Funny

      ... I had a Nintendo.. why would I need any other friends? :P

    2. Re:Come on kids! by lightspawn · · Score: 2, Funny

      I had a Nintendo.. why would I need any other friends? :P

      Contra?

  2. ah... famicon by chadamir · · Score: 5, Funny

    that means it was 20 years ago today that the first cartridge had to be blown in and shook around as not to give that flashing blue screen when you power on!

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    1. Re:ah... famicon by Decaffeinated+Jedi · · Score: 3, Funny
      Another interesting question is how did cheats make it around?
      Things like the contra 30 lives cheat.
      I remember the kid who showed me, but who showed it to him?
      I'd imagine that most of the cheats got out to the public through Nintendo Power. After all, everyone knew someone with a subscription to the magazine. I can't imagine Nintendo bothered to publish a how-to on the old "shake and blow" technique of overcoming the limitations of their flimsy hardware in Nintendo Power, though.

      Did I just use the phrase "the old shake and blow?" Sigh...

      DecafJedi

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  3. Re:I bought the Sega Master System instead by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    If it was a wrestling game that swayed your decision, you got what you deserved. (:

  4. Re:NES games ported to SNES by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    Excitebike was great. But one thing that I really loved was Super Mario Kart on SNES. I didn't have an SNES, and never played any other games than that one, but I remember having sleepover's at Steve-Dave's house and playing that game all night and eating chocolate covered pretzels. We called it "Naked-Robber," but most people know it as Super Mario Kart.
    What the fuck?