For those of you out of the loop, Did You Know Gaming is a fun site dedicated to sharing obscure trivia and facts about video games, both new and old. The site also runs a YouTube channel which gets updated on a fairly frequent basis, featuring videos about particular series, companies, or consoles and narrated by popular YouTube hosts.
Just earlier today, a video went live that covers the NES/Famicom, Nintendo’s first foray into home console development. As usual, there are many surprising and rather off the wall facts, such as how the Famicom’s original red color was based off of Hiroshi Yamauchi’s favorite scarf or how there was a knitting peripheral released for the Famicom in Japan. It’s an entertaining watch and well worth the six minutes or so of your time. Check it out and tell us what you think:
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The NES was suppoesd to have online capabilities apart from the Satellitaview thingy?!
You learn something everyday, I guess...
@VeeFlamesNL Yeah they had several ideas that have only proved viable recently. Sometimes the technology just isn't there, or it's far too costly for consumer usage.
This further proves that Nintendo was waaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy ahead of its time. Probably the reason why they didn't focus much of online in today's standards.
Now I wonder who can possibly say that if Nintendo weren't there, someone else would've done what Nintendo did.
Did anyone else notice the product serial for the Famicom 3D System was HVC-3DS?
I don't know why but I found that oddly fascinating.
I want to knit with my Nes... NOW!!!
Though I heard of the Famicom and that it's official name was "Family Computer," I never knew the original Famicom had its own extension slot for the light gun and other accessories like the Famicom Disk Drive (guess that's something the RetroN 5 forgot to include). Other interesting facts of that video includes the original attached Famicom controllers having a microphone and rubber action buttons. I'm glad they go with the plastic concave design for those.
The AV Famicom that came later really change everything for the better from the original Famicom having AV output instead of RF and interchangeable controllers. If only the NES model 2 over here used AV instead RF and smaller cartridges we would had gotten a better system.
@Artwark
I've been wonder that myself. Nintendo has played with a lot of today's modern concepts and technologies 20-30 years ago, so could at least part of the reason they act skeptical of them now be it failed way back then?
Its unusually defeatist of Nintendo, but it certainly makes sense. Miyamoto along with a fair few other senior executives were around long enough to experience every bit of it after all.
Enjoyed that episode and even learned a couple of things I didn't know before
Those are always pretty interesting. This one certainly triggered my late 80's / early 90's nostalgia. The NES was my very first console, and it'll always hold a special place in my heart.
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