It's a cart for Famicom BASIC. The behaviour is that upon turning on the Famicom, there is nothing on the screen for about 1-2 seconds, and then solid grey with buzzing in the audio. BTW, pulling ...

The latest episode of Masahiro Sakurai’s YouTube channel about making games actually involves him showing how Family BASIC worked. This was a Famicom peripheral and tool for creation, and Sakurai ...

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 ...

If there’s one certainty in life, it is that Nintendo Famicom and similar NES clone consoles are quite literally everywhere. What’s less expected is that they were used for a half-serious attempt at ...

In 1984, Nintendo released Family BASIC, a programming suite for its Famicom (NES) console. Including a swish keyboard and data recording unit, it was designed to allow consumers to, with a little ...

America knew it as the Nintendo Entertainment System, but in Japan, it was the Family Computer (Famicom). It was more than just a home console—it was intended to actually do a whole lot more. All you ...

In the latest Iwata Asks column, conducted with Masayuki Uemura and Hiroshi Imanishi, Nintendo president, Satoru Iwata, delves into the development of the Famicom in 1983. At the time, Uemura was in ...

The Japanese version of the Nintendo Entertainment System, the Famicom, had numerous peripherals and add-ons that never made it beyond the Japanese market. Some offered incredible convenience, such as ...