Yesterday, Nintendo announced they were discontinuing production of the NES Classic within North America. With…
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Piotr Delgado “The Mexican Runner” Kusielczuk has been trying to beat every NES game ever since 2014, and earlier…
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The first thing you should know about the NES Classic, aka the Mini-NES, is that it does exactly what it’s supposed…
As has become standard procedure for Nintendo’s hardware systems, the NES Classic is very hard to buy. If you want…
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But the one we never got. Here’s a spectacular fan-made Legend of Zelda cabinet that shows what could have been, but…
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Spain’s Mako Mod have made a replica of a Legend of Zelda chest. That’s also a working NES. Complete with Triforce…