Japan Gaming News: 30th Birthday for the Famicon (NES)

Today, July 15th, marks the 30th birthday for the Famicon (aka "Nintendo Entertainment System" for the rest of the world). Since its production from 1983 to 2003, the console has sold nearly 62 million units.

For its time, the 3rd-gen console boasted state of the art 256 x 240 bit graphics with a powerful 8-bit microprocessor, which was the same CPU as the one used on the Apollo 11 and many of the games back in the 8-bit era still remain as classics today. 

Oh, the technology!