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Tag: Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)

Please note: all NES and Famicom posts will be under this tag.

Nintendo

TIL: there was a dinosaur colouring game on the NES that was only sold in Walmart

Now you’re colouring with dinosaurs!

By Luke Davis

January 6, 2026
Game Boy / Gaming / Nintendo / SEGA

Video game shopping in 1992

Now you’re shopping with power!

By Luke Davis

December 17, 2025
golden sun
Nintendo

A “barely functional” Golden Sun demake on the NES/Famicom

An attempt was made.

By Luke Davis

November 22, 2025

Retro Game Corps chose his favourite handhelds for each retro system (as of 2025), following up the same video he did last year. No context spoiler alert: the Anbernic RG 40XXV and Lenovo Legion Go S both got a mention!

This Cool Link was published 5 months ago. (#)
Game Boy / Handhelds / Nintendo

NinDB: a database for first party Nintendo games

Now your preserving with power!

By Luke Davis

July 11, 2025

NHK found and interviewed Nasir Gebelli, the programmer who worked on Final Fantasy I–III. He hasn’t really been seen or heard from since the 90s so if you’re a fan of the early FFs, you’ll wanna read this. (via Alex Kraus on Bluesky; h/t Time Extension)

This Cool Link was published 1 year ago. (#)
a famicom and a sg-1000 on a wooden table
Nintendo / SEGA

Happy birthday, SEGA SG-1000 and Nintendo Famicom!

The two consoles that started a new battle for supremacy.

By Luke Davis

July 15, 2024

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