Tag archive: nintendo entertainment system

Currently on display at London's Liverpool Street Station in relation to the release of Guinness Book Of World Records Gamer's Edition 2012, engineering students Benjamin Allen, Stephen van't Hof, and Michel Verhulst has created a working, twelve foot long Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) controller that's 30 times the size of a standard controller. Weighing approximately 265 pounds, the controller requires at least… Read More

It's great to hear about the newest phones and devices, but we've found a man who is on the front lines of innovation. Got one of them old Nintendo Entertainment Systems still lying around after 25 years? Well, you could play it, but if you're not going to do that, why not turn it into one of the slowest flash drives available today? Well, Ed Lewis at Instructables can help you with that. He turned a game cartridge into an 8GB… Read More

One of gaming's most enduring and inspiring franchises, Zelda, turns 25 years old today. On Feb. 21, 1986 Nintendo released the original Legend of Zelda on the Famicom (NES) in Japan. On that day, gamers got their first chance to pick up the Master Sword and kill Octoroks on an epic quest to save Princess Zelda from the clutches of the evil beast, Ganon. Since it's inception, the series has been a consistent best-seller around the… Read More

The 1980s are fertile ground for cultural nostalgia: The Breakfast Club, boom boxes, and of course the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES.) It was on October 18, 1985 that the first NES console was sold in North America at the famed toy store, FAO Schwartz, in New York City. The initial sales were part of a concentrated test market campaign launched by Nintendo to measure the console’s  viability in the West. According to 1UP, the first NES sold… Read More

In a major first step in its efforts to stop the sale of infringing products throughout the United States, Nintendo of America Inc. filed the action against two companies, its officers and employees after receiving tips from more than 400 of its loyal fans. In response to the specific court order, U.S. marshals will seize the counterfeit systems at shopping mall kiosks in the western Washington area. In addition, Nintendo is supporting… Read More