{"id":20501,"date":"2025-10-18T09:37:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T07:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/18\/happy-birthday-to-the-nes-companion-to-millions-of-nintendo-childhoods\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T09:37:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T07:37:36","slug":"happy-birthday-to-the-nes-companion-to-millions-of-nintendo-childhoods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/18\/happy-birthday-to-the-nes-companion-to-millions-of-nintendo-childhoods\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy birthday to the NES, companion to millions of Nintendo childhoods"},"content":{"rendered":"

Forty years ago today, the Nintendo Entertainment System was released in the US \u2013 and a generation of kids were sucked into video games for life<\/p>\n

The Nintendo Entertainment System was released in the United States on 18 October 1985: about a year after I was born, and 40 years ago today. It\u2019s as if the company sensed that a sucker who\u2019d spend thousands of dollars on plastic toys and electronic games had just entered the world. Actually, it\u2019s as if the company had sensed that an entire generation<\/em> of fools like me was about to enter the world. Which is true. That was the time to strike. We were about to be drained of every dollar we received for birthdays, Christmases and all those times our dad didn\u2019t want us to tell our mom about something. (Maybe that last one\u2019s just me.)<\/p>\n

Despite being slightly older than the NES, a horror I\u2019m only now forced to face as I write this, it felt like that console had always existed in my life. I don\u2019t have many memories from my baby years because I was too busy learning how to use my hands and eyes, but as far back as I can actually remember, \u201cNintendo\u201d was a word synonymous with video games. Friends would ask if you had Nintendo (no \u201cthe\u201d, no \u201ca\u201d) at your house the same way they might ask if you had Coca-Cola in the fridge.<\/p>\n

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\nForty years ago today, the Nintendo Entertainment System was released in the US \u2013 and a generation of kids were sucked into video games for life
\nThe Nintendo Entertainment System was released in the United States on 18 October 1985: about a year after I was born, and 40 years ago today. It\u2019s as if the company sensed that a sucker who\u2019d spend thousands of dollars on plastic toys and electronic games had just entered the world. Actually, it\u2019s as if the company had sensed that an entire generation of fools like me was about to enter the world. Which is true. That was the time to strike. We were about to be drained of every dollar we received for birthdays, Christmases and all those times our dad didn\u2019t want us to tell our mom about something. (Maybe that last one\u2019s just me.)
\nDespite being slightly older than the NES, a horror I\u2019m only now forced to face as I write this, it felt like that console had always existed in my life. I don\u2019t have many memories from my baby years because I was too busy learning how to use my hands and eyes, but as far back as I can actually remember, \u201cNintendo\u201d was a word synonymous with video games. Friends would ask if you had Nintendo (no \u201cthe\u201d, no \u201ca\u201d) at your house the same way they might ask if you had Coca-Cola in the fridge. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Forty years ago today, the Nintendo Entertainment System was released in the US \u2013 and a generation of kids were sucked into video games for life The Nintendo Entertainment System was released in the United States on 18 October 1985: about a year after I was born, and 40 years ago today. It\u2019s as if …<\/p>\n

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