Before the Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES, there was the Family Computer, or Famicom. Much like the NES Classic Edition in the West, Nintendo has released a similar micro console in Japan ...

The classic Nintendo Famicom was a design masterpiece compared to the boxier version which regions outside of Japan got in the form of the NES. Around the time of its release, there was a bit of a ...

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 ...

Nintendo's Family Computer (Famicom) was marketed in the United States under the name 'Nintendo Entertainment System (NES),' and the console, controller, and cartridges all had completely different ...

Ever wonder why the Famicom (née Family Computer) was red, gold and white? It was glorious color scheme, but the story goes that cheap plastics were responsible for the console’s iconic hue. That ...

Swedish designer and craftsman Love Hultén transforms existing gaming hardware into dreamlike pieces of functional retrofuturist art. His latest work, the FC-PVM, combines a Japanese Famicom console ...

Sure, you might think you're the most hip, cool, finger-on-the-pulse-of-gaming kinda guy having pre-ordered Nintendo's upcoming emulation box, the Nintendo Classic Mini NES. But after you've invited ...

Video games are a cyclical hobby. When Nintendo released the Famicom/NES, it was the hottest hardware with the best lineup of games the industry had ever seen. After enough time passed, though, that ...

The palm-sized Nintendo Classic Mini Family Computer console is pictured at the Yodobashi Camera Umeda store in Osaka's Kita Ward on Nov. 10, 2016. (Mainichi) Nintendo Co. on Nov. 10 launched in Japan ...

If you’ve ever wanted to find a way to bring the nostalgia of old-school gaming back into your life, you’ll want to head to an amusement arcade or “game centre” in Japan this September. That’s where ...