Nintendo's limited-edition Famicom GBA SP will only be available as one of the prizes in an upcoming contest that the company will hold in Japan. Those who purchase a game from a selected list of ...

Followers of Nintendo's Game Boy Advance SP line will know that the little beauty is available in a multitude of colors. The availability of colors and special edition models vary as much as the ...

Nintendo of America has today announced that it will release a limited-edition GBA SP console alongside its Classic NES series of games on June 7. The console, which is expected to carry a suggested ...

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 ...

Before the Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES, there was the Family Computer, or Famicom. Much like the NES Classic Edition in the West, Nintendo has released a similar micro console in Japan ...

Hyperkin's reveal of the "RetroN 4" console at the Midwest Gaming Classic turned out to be the unveiling of the RetroN 5, with the addition of another cartridge slot for Japanese Famicom games (which ...

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.

If you are still hoping to snag a hard-to-find NES Classic or the Famicom Mini in Japan, you don’t have very much time. In a surprising move, Nintendo has ceased production of the nostalgia machines — ...

[Dominic] wrote in to share a pretty neat Famicom console mod that improves both the video and audio output of the system. While some of you may be familiar with the PlayChoice 10, we’re guessing that ...

Update, December 9, 2021: Masayuki Uemura, the lead architect for both the Famicom and Super Famicom, passed away on December 6 at the age of 78. Uemura worked at Nintendo from 1971 to 2004 and ...