Masayuki Uemura, the creator of the Famicom, says the console’s unique color scheme was based on his boss’ favorite scarf. This year, Nintendo celebrates the 30th anniversary of its “Famicom” console.

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 ...

Last July, Nintendo announced the NES Classic, a miniature replica of the NES [full specs] that came bundled with one controller (with a too-short cord) and 30 games. It released with a price of $60 ...

Many gamers have been loving every video Masahiro Sakurai has been dropping on his “Creating Games” channel. The video game icon makes every video special by not only talking about the video game ...

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 ...

With the NES Classic Edition sold out pretty much everywhere, the Japanese counterpart the Famicom Mini is equally hard to come by. As I live in Tokyo, I’ve done my best to source my own Famicom Mini ...

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 ...

The Mini NES has proven popular with retro gamers, so much so that Amazon can't fulfil some of its orders until December. And now the console's identikit cousin the Famicom is getting the same ...

Nintendo's Famicom Disk System was released in 1986 in Japan and hasn't had anything developed for it in over 20 years. Until now. Adam Bolton is a contributor for CNET based in Japan. He is, among ...

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 ...

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To those unfamiliar with gaming history, Nintendo actually had two very different versions of its "Nintendo Entertainment System", depending on which side of the globe you lived in. In Japan and ...