On July 15, 1983, the Family Computer was released in Japan. Video games were never the same. Shortened to the “Famicom,” the system went on to spawn countless classic titles and proved that home ...

If you’re an American in your early thirties, you probably have fond memories of playing Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros., and The Legend of Zelda on a Nintendo Entertainment System. After the flameout ...

40 years ago the videogame industry started to undergo a seismic shift, but it would take over two years for almost anybody in North America to realize it. On July 15, 1983, while the games industry ...

First, let us kick off this article by saying happy birthday to the Family Computer! Released in July 1983, (July 15th, to be exact) the 8-bit warhorse is turning 35 years old this year. That's quite ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Nintendo revealed today that it will stop manufacturing its Famicom ...

Nintendo's Famicom released in Japan on July 15, 1983 and it brought gaming into many of our homes for the first time. VG247's Dave Cook casts his mind back to the console's UK release and legacy. Say ...

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We recently shared the landmark news that the Famicom has celebrated its 30th Anniversary, having launched in Japan on 15th July 1983, over two years before the NES made its way West. The latter ...

Thank you for being you. When you look at the video game industry right now, you can’t possibly see it “going out of business,” barring something explosive or implosive happening. After all, AAA ...

Nintendo goes with a blast from the past in their latest ad for Nintendo Classic Mini: Famicom, which shows a throwback to one of their older commercials for the original Famicom in 1983. [Thanks, ...

Following the overwhelming success of the free-to-play mobile game Pokémon Go, Nintendo has enjoyed a significant 36% bump in its share prices over just two days – the largest increase the company has ...