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The
Nintendo Entertainment System was originally released in Japan as
the Nintendo Family Computer - or Famicom for short - in 1983, and
brought to the USA in 1985 redesigned to seem less like a game
system or kids toy and more like a legitimate entertainment device
beyond what a regular game console was, so as to warm the American
public's view of video games from being nothing more than a
fad. With killer games like Super Mario Bros., Duck Hunt,
and The Legend of Zelda, the system basically, single-handedly,
saved video games as an American past-time, and has firmly
cemented Nintendo as a star player in the realm of video games.
The unit to the left is one of the many "Frankentendos" I've owned
where I bought cheap Nintendo units from thrift shops and put the
best parts together into one really good one. This one I
built way back in high school, in the late 1990's. I think overall
it only cost me around $10.00. Today it still sees heavy
use. It's also famous for all the old "Game Genie Krazy
Kodez" Game Genie corruption videos I did on YouTube back in the
2000's and early 2010's. |
