More than 30 years after their original releases in 1988 and 1989, both Famicom Detective Club games have received modern remakes on Nintendo Switch. I had never played either game before, but I went ...

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Today, Japan saw the release of the most powerful gaming console on the market alongside what may well be the least. For about a tenth of the price of the PlayStation 4 Pro and probably even less of ...

With the NES Classic Edition sold out pretty much everywhere, the Japanese counterpart the Famicom Mini is equally hard to come by. As I live in Tokyo, I’ve done my best to source my own Famicom Mini ...

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Visual novels aren’t exactly the most popular game genre here in the United States, which is why it was such a surprise when Nintendo announced that the two Famicom Detective Club games were coming to ...

Masayuki Uemura, the creator of the Famicom, says the console’s unique color scheme was based on his boss’ favorite scarf. This year, Nintendo celebrates the 30th anniversary of its “Famicom” console.

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Twenty bucks a pop is a little much to ask for re-issues of classic NES games, especially when several companies have released compilations of games on the Game Boy Advance for that much. But that's ...

Take it from us, insomnia is no joke. But the wee hours can have a great effect on creativity, and if you’ve got a project in mind, doing that is way better than just sitting around, zoning out to ...

Back in the 1980s, your options for writing your own code and games were rather more limited than today. This also mostly depended on what home computer you could get your hands on, which was a ...