Famicom

MyArcade Retro Champ review: Holding the title

MyArcade's Retro Champ portable console lets players take their NES and Famicom games just about anywhere, but might have missed the mark with a few design features.

Smash Bros. Ultimate "Now You're Playing with Spirit Power" event starts this week

This Super Smash Bros. Ultimate event will welcome NES/Famicom era characters to the Spirit Board.

Half Steps: A History of Console Upgrades, Part 1: Famicom Disk System

To get an idea of the pitfalls and perils littering Sony's path to PlayStation Neo, let's exhume a few half-step consoles from the gaming industry's past. First up: Nintendo's ill-fated disk drive for the Famicom.

NES creator was 'pessimistic' about console chances

Masayuki Uemura, the creator of the original Famicom (NES), reflects on his early impressions of building the console and how some of the pieces came together.