Category Archives: Nintendo

25 years ago the Nintendo Entertainment System was launched in the US

Posted on October 18, 2010 by admin

On Oct 18 1985 the Nintendo Entertainment System was launched in the United States and it brought back the U.S Video Game industry from the Video Game Crash of 1983. It’s funny but had Atari executives been on the ball, this would … Continue reading →

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25th year anniversary of Super Mario Bros

Posted on September 13, 2010 by admin

25 years ago today Super Mario Bros was released on the Famicom/Super Nintendo and was pretty much the killer app for Nintendo. Not only did it help Nintendo get past the video game crash of 1983, it was the best … Continue reading →

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A Japanese Famicom on Ebay

Posted on September 8, 2010 by admin

I have a working one of these myself and this thing is awesome. http://cgi.ebay.com/380265105168 I’m really trying to find the keyboard and drive unit for this. A bit of trivia. Nintendo wanted to sell these in the US but didn’t … Continue reading →

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