You’ll read a lot about the U.S. video games industry’s financial nosedive in 1983, as if that crash — when U.S. consumers walked away from a glut of lackluster games and billions of dollars in ...

We recently shared the landmark news that the Famicom has celebrated its 30th Anniversary, having launched in Japan on 15th July 1983, over two years before the NES made its way West. The latter ...

Nintendo's Famicom released in Japan on July 15, 1983 and it brought gaming into many of our homes for the first time. VG247's Dave Cook casts his mind back to the console's UK release and legacy. Say ...

Did you know that Atari, at the height of their power in the American video game industry, nearly licensed the Famicom technology from Nintendo? Atari Museum has a fascinating memo describing a 1983 ...

First, let us kick off this article by saying happy birthday to the Family Computer! Released in July 1983, (July 15th, to be exact) the 8-bit warhorse is turning 35 years old this year. That's quite ...

Nintendo goes with a blast from the past in their latest ad for Nintendo Classic Mini: Famicom, which shows a throwback to one of their older commercials for the original Famicom in 1983. [Thanks, ...

Save almost $20 on Microsoft's first-party headset for Xbox Series S/X. I Really, Really Want the 3,600-Piece Lego U.S.S. Enterprise This $400 set comes with minifigures of the complete Next Gen crew, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Released back in 1983, the Famicom predated the releases of the ...

There is no better company for tracking the history of gaming than Nintendo. From capturing the imagination of kids and adults alike with the splendour of the Famicom and NES, all the way to the ...

Thank you for being you. When you look at the video game industry right now, you can’t possibly see it “going out of business,” barring something explosive or implosive happening. After all, AAA ...