Nintendo Entertainment System, AKA Famicom, Celebrates 40th Anniversary In Japan

The Nintendo Entertainment System literally changed the world when it released, and today, it turned 40 years old in Japan as the Famicom.

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My first console. 😍
- Same here. I managed to break the d-pad by playing too much and pressing too hard.
- Same. It was 1987 PAL machine and when we moved back to the US we had to get all new NTSC hardware.
- Same! It was a beauty.
Where can I buy one?
- Ebay.
What's crazy is that we went from NES to N64 in the span of 11 years. What a huge technological leap! I can play a 10 year old game today and it feels slightly less advanced than what I'm playing now, but the difference between NES and n64 is massive

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