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Nintendo's Family Computer

Nintendo's Family Computer

FromWitness History


Nintendo's Family Computer

FromWitness History

ratings:
Length:
9 minutes
Released:
Jul 18, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The Famicom gaming console was a breakthrough in the world of computer games. Launched in Japan in 1983, it brought games out of arcades and into people's living rooms. When it reached markets in the West it was renamed the Nintendo Entertainment System. Nintendo designer Masayuki Uemura has been speaking to Ashley Byrne about how it was developed.Photo: Masayuki Uemura, holding Donkey Kong software for the original Famicom console. (Credit: Kyodo News via Getty Images.)
Released:
Jul 18, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

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History as told by the people who were there.