You’ll read a lot about the U.S. video games industry’s financial nosedive in 1983, as if that crash — when U.S. consumers walked away from a glut of lackluster games and billions of dollars in ...

Nintendo revealed today that it will stop manufacturing its Famicom (NES) and Super Famicom (SNES) consoles in Japan in September. Likewise, Nintendo will also stop its disk-rewriting services for the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Save almost $20 on Microsoft's first-party headset for Xbox Series S/X. I Really, Really Want the 3,600-Piece Lego U.S.S. Enterprise This $400 set comes with minifigures of the complete Next Gen crew, ...

Did you know that Atari, at the height of their power in the American video game industry, nearly licensed the Famicom technology from Nintendo? Atari Museum has a fascinating memo describing a 1983 ...

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 ...

With the mini NES Classic Edition scheduled for release in the West this November, Japan will also be getting its own rendition in the form of a similar package for the classic Family Computer or ...

There is no better company for tracking the history of gaming than Nintendo. From capturing the imagination of kids and adults alike with the splendour of the Famicom and NES, all the way to the ...

Nintendo revealed today that it will stop manufacturing its Famicom (NES) and Super Famicom (SNES) consoles in Japan in September. Likewise, Nintendo will also stop its disk-rewriting services for the ...