The NES wasn't Nintendo's first revolutionary console. Besides giving the Famicom an eye-catching appearance, the red and gold casing is also derived from Nintendo's Game & Watch handhelds. Game ...

A console launch doesn’t make or break a system, but it’s still important. A fumbled launch can paint a system as the “loser” ...

It looks like the original NES console from the early '80s but opens up to reveal a built-in screen. SEE ALSO: SNES Classic outsells PS4 and Xbox One for the second month in a row.

No matter your age or background, there’s an excellent chance you’ll recognize the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) at first glance. The iconic 8-bit system not only revitalized the … ...

Built for “exhibition matches” in the BattleBots TV show’s beetleweight class (for robots at three pounds, or 1.36 kilograms), the entire original guts of the NES console had to go to make ...

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Although Nintendo found plenty of success with its home consoles, such as the NES and SNES, it cemented its place in gaming history with the launch of the Game Boy.

Watch on YouTube Nintendo looked to Atari's 2600 for its next inspiration, even though that console's fortunes were beginning to wane. Having looked to Atari for inspiration on both the Pong-style ...

NES Creator Masayuki Uemura on the Birth of Nintendo's First Console. The man who designed Nintendo's revolutionary console recounts the system's birth and the challenges of building an ...

As wild as it might sound, the NES was the first home console that sported the humble D-pad. The cross-style design would become a standard on controllers to this day.