58 search results for "famicom"

Infendo fan and all-around good guy FAMICOM83 sent us over to Flickr to check out his gaming rig. After wiping the drool off of my keyboard, I noticed this thread in the Infendo Forums of other readers showing off their setups. How does your collection stack up?

Nintendo shares reached a record high this month as the launch of the Wii console gets closer and closer and closer still. It’s actually three seconds closer since you started reading this post. That’s not too big a deal, but I’m getting the impression that for some readers the wait is starting to make them loopy (FAMICOM, I’m looking at you). Amazing, huh? Shares hit 26,77...

Next Generation doesn’t mention Infendo writer Matthew by name, but I think it’s safe to say that his hard-hitting expose on the relationship between Nintendo and Rare was the basis for their article today on the game company responsible for several Nintendo hits. Interesting bit on how Rare got its start back in the 80’s with Nintendo: “By early 1985 the [Stamper brothers]...

To go along with the old-school gaming kick that I’ve been feeling from the recent posts of Nintendo Power Issue 01 covers and content, I decided to post a couple photos I took a few weeks ago in a small Akihabara game shop. The first photo is of the original Famicom Burger Time cartridge, found it on a rack with a bunch of other really old Famicom games. Even though Burger Time was an arcad...

Kotaku recently posted about Banpresto pre-ordering a bunch of Nintendo themed headphones and alarm clocks. The headphones are standard small-cup headphones with Nintendo images on the side and the alarmclocks look like old Famicoms with different games, each one featuring a different wake-up tone. Sadly, these babies are probably going straight into the UFO catchers that populate all Japanese gam...

It’s obvious that Nintendo, along with others, is a big part of this digital directory for video games. From the site: “The Famicom was a very influential video game system, but few people outside of Japan know much about it. Besides being the video game system that gave birth to some of the biggest gaming franchises, the Famicom is also largely responsible for the rebound of the game ...

The Japanese masses have shown their support for the newly released DS Lite. The portable was sold out even before stores opened. From the article: “With the Japanese DS Lite launch on Thursday morning, 3/2, Nintendo has embraced launch carnage like the good old days of Super Famicom and N64. Forget about selling out minutes after opening — the DS Lite was sold out hours before opening...

After a sweat-inducing bout of multiplayer Meteos at TGS last Fall, the Inf crew stumbled upon a label-less copy of Feel the Magic and attempted to play it. When Nick tried to rub the screen without a stylus, his DS hissed, rumbled and popped until a blue smoke flowed out from within the speaker holes to form a giant hulking figure. He called himself “Genie”, saying only that he grants...

In Japan, keychains are called keyholders and they’re way cooler than any cheap American plastic square with something sassy written on it. My friend Nico recently got me this amazing Mario “keyholder” that Banpresto sells in Japan. The company apparently put out a series of Famicom-themed Keyholders featuring Mario, Ice Climbers, and even that guy that looks like Mario from Ball...

Just like the numerous stacks of outdated PC’s in the world, even Famicoms and NES’s need a packing from time to time… Gaming sure has come a long way.