It's a cart for Famicom BASIC. The behaviour is that upon turning on the Famicom, there is nothing on the screen for about 1-2 seconds, and then solid grey with buzzing in the audio. BTW, pulling ...

If there’s one certainty in life, it is that Nintendo Famicom and similar NES clone consoles are quite literally everywhere. What’s less expected is that they were used for a half-serious attempt at ...

In the wake of the system's 30th anniversary, we take a look at 10 of Nintendo's 8-bit titles that never made it out of Japan. Nintendo's original 8-bit home console, the Famicom, turned 30 years old ...

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The Famicom Disk System (or the Family Computer Disk System to give its full title) released in Japan — and Japan only — on 21st February 1986. This Famicom add-on came with a wave of new games on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. That was of the older 3DS though and while it filled my nerdy ...

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The Nintendo Entertainment System and the Family Computer (or “Famicom“) are technically the same console, capable of playing the same games–aside from regional exclusives and that sort of thing. That ...

Nintendo revealed today that it will stop manufacturing its Famicom (NES) and Super Famicom (SNES) consoles in Japan in September. Likewise, Nintendo will also stop its disk-rewriting services for the ...

Nintendo is known for pulling off surprises, but very few could've predicted this announcement. After three decades of Japanese exclusivity, Nintendo is finally releasing Famicom Detective Club: The ...

Marcus Estrada is a Contributor from USA writing for the Digital Publication Hardcore Gamer. His favorite genres include horror, visual novel, rhythm and platformer. Remakes and remasters are an ...