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    NES Games with Famicom Adapters

    I didn't know this was a thing until I saw a copy of Gyromite sell for $15.00.... apparently theres a dozen or so 5 screw Nintendo games that the first issues used famicom boards with adapters attached. I've seen copies of Pinball, Excite Bike, and Gyromite that have them go for much higher...
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    Famicom Marathon Day!!!

    I have had a Famicom Marathon today. I started with Gun Nac with a final high score of 609,870. Just could not out do that with my continues. Next up was Crisis Force. I just wasn't able to do anything with this game today. Could not even get out of the first level. Must get back into playing...
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    Nintendo's first 3D game was on the Famicom Disk Drive!

    Iwata asks not just about the modern 3DS, but Nintendo's entire history with 3D gaming in general! Starting with a... Early 3D experiments under the microscope Nintendo's history with 3D goes back years before the 3DS was ever announced: the GameCube was 3D-compatible with an LCD accessory...
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    A Happy 20th Anniversary of the Super Famicom. 11/21/90-11/21/10

    On this day, November 21st. 20 years ago was the release of the Super Famicom in Japan. Little did we know what power was to be unleashed the very next year in North America and Europe. http://retro.nintendolife.com/news/2010/11/feature_celebrating_super_famicoms_20th_anniversary
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    Bow to your Sensai! Iwata interviews two veteran programmers of Nintendo.

    Indulging his inquiry habit, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata spoke with Masayuki Uemura, advisor to Nintendo's Research & Engineering Dept., and Hiroshi Imanishi, Ex-Director and GM, Corporate Communications Division, about their time working on the Famicom (NES) way back in 1981-82. The two...
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    Go-Bot Famicom Carts!

    http://kotaku.com/5529512/the-nintendo-transformers Back in the 80's, the Go-Bots even invaded Famicom carts! These clever little toys were in disguised of many popular Nintendo Famicom carts including Super Mario and Ghosts N Goblins! I seriously would love to have one ^_^
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    Need to identify a japanese (or Hong Kong) game

    Hey all, I have had this japanese cartridge for a while, but I never have played it, don't have the box, and have NO information whatsoever about it, aside that there's a vampire on the cartridge and I THINK it's fom a japan NES console. Here are a couple of pics of the cartridge. Can...
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