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The Famicom, which launched in Japan in 1983, is getting a new cartridge. Titled 8Bit Music Power, it’s less a game and more an 8-bit album, but hey, it’s a new Famicom cart and you can play it on an old Japanese Nintendo console.
Don’t you miss instruction manuals? Or even just paper? I know I do. And these photos make me miss them even more.
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I have a weakness for the Famicom colour scheme. That bold crimson, the slightly tacky gold, it's an 80s Chinese…
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Your carefree 20s are over, Famicom. No more gallivanting. It's time to settle down—find a nice wife, get a stable…
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The Famicom Test Cart was used to, well, test Nintendo's Family Computer. It might be rare, but it's certainly not…
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