The Famicom was designed by Masayuki Uemura, with its controller design reused from Nintendo's portable Game & Watch hardware. The western NES model was designed by …

Released in 1993, the AV Famicom (HVC-101) is a Famicom that has AV cables and removable "dog-bone" shaped controllers. Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless …

Dec 10, 2025 · FamiWiki covers all topics about the Family Computer (or Famicom for short) and Super Famicom with 1,799 articles and counting.

So, after some re-tooling of the guiding principles for arcades and Atari, Nintendo sent forth into living rooms around the world the Famicom, in Japan, and its brother console, the Nintendo …

Although Nintendo had originally created the Famicom to bring its own arcade games into the living room, the success of the system meant that it wouldn’t be long before other game …

Jul 23, 2025 · In a gaming world still reeling from the North American video game crash of 1983, one machine quietly launched in Japan and rewrote the rules forever. The Nintendo Family …

It was released as the Family Computer but commonly shortened as either the Famicom or the FC. The Famicom had an extremely long life for a console of over 20 years, from 1983 to …

Apr 7, 2025 · Famicom, which is short for family computer, is an 8-bit home computer and video game console released by Nintendo in Japan on July 15th, 1983. It came with two controllers, …

Famicom played a pivotal role in shaping the gaming landscape. It introduced a standardized platform for game developers, allowing them to create titles for a consistent hardware …

Feb 8, 2025 · Sharp helped with the development of the drive and were allowed to create several Famicom based products. These included a TV with a built-in Famicom and a unit, called the …