The first model of the NES wasn’t all that great; just ask any one of the millions of six-year-olds who independently discovered blowing on a cartridge made it work. The second NES hardware ...

are unarguable pinnacles of videogame creation, if we were stranded on an island with a power source, an NES and a single game, it would unquestionably be Super Mario Bros. 3. The most anticipated ...

Many gamers wanted a port of Konami's arcade beat-'em-up of the same name instead, but had to wait until 1991, when a port of the arcade classic came to the NES under the TMNT 2 moniker.

The problem with a NES that just won’t read a cartridge is the ZIF socket inside the console. Pins get bent, and that spring-loaded, VCR-like front loader assembly is the main point of failure ...

10 Comments on The NES game console has an unused expansion port, this NES Hub project could put it to use Nintendo’s first home game console to launch in North America was an 8-bit system with ...

If you subscribe to Nintendo Switch Online, you also get access to dozens of classic games from the NES, SNES, Game Boy, and Game Boy Color. (For an extra monthly fee you can also subscribe to the ...

It’s essentially a merger of various forks — when developers take the source code of one piece of software and use it to ...

Remember, these games aren't individual downloads but are bundled together in the Nintendo Switch Online NES, SNES, GB, N64, Genesis / Mega Drive, and GBA applications, which are 'free' to download.

Something to look forward to: Many NES owners have spent decades wondering what purpose the expansion port beneath the iconic console served. Although its Japanese equivalent, the Famicom ...

Lego's take on Nintendo's iconic console doesn't just include a buildable version of the machine, it also throws in all the pieces you'll need to build an old-school CRT TV and stand, NES ...

The actual NES themed version sits out of the heaviest savings, only ever dropping $10 or $20 from its $99.99 MSRP. That's all changed today, with Woot dropping a record breaking discount.

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