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Nintendo Entertainment System, AKA Famicom, Celebrates 40th Anniversary In Japan (gameranx.com)
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[โ€“] Debrox@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

My first console. ๐Ÿ˜

[โ€“] cloudless@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago

Same here. I managed to break the d-pad by playing too much and pressing too hard.

[โ€“] CaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.org 3 points 2 years ago

Same. It was 1987 PAL machine and when we moved back to the US we had to get all new NTSC hardware.

[โ€“] Sharpiemarker@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago

Same! It was a beauty.

[โ€“] ghariksforge@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Where can I buy one?

[โ€“] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

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