Nintendo, Video Game Industry Rescuer, Turns 30The Nintendo Entertainment System turned 30 years old on Sunday, and though it no longer leads the console pack, the entire video game industry owes a lot to its three decades of development. Its predecessor, introduced in Japan two years earlier as the Famicom, or Family Computer, was massively successful there. However, retailers in North America were leery of introducing a new gaming console.
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Nintendo, Video Game Industry Rescuer, Turns 30