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20 Years of NES

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the now-you're-playing-with-power dept.

Twenty years ago, the NES changed the face of U.S. gaming. All this week, 1up.com has a series of features celebrating the anniversary of the Nintendo Entertainment System. From the site: "When the NES launched, America hated videogames. Well, sort of. The Atari 2600 had upset folks by flooding the market with bad software and, at first, retailers were reluctant to sell another system. But the NES was a hit, controlling a healthy 90 percent of the U.S. home videogame industry at the peak of its popularity."

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  1. Only thing I remember about NES by o0SupaCB0o · · Score: 0, Redundant

    is blowing in the carts and jamming them down (quite violently) repeatedly to get it working. I also had to shove a second cart in there just to get it working on some carts.

    If there was an award for shitty design I would bet the NES wins it hands down.

  2. Nuff Said. by size1one · · Score: 0, Redundant

    up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, b, a, [select,] start