NES Works

The first part of a look back at the NES hardware itself begins with the origins of its Japanese version, the Family Computer — Famicom for short. This episode adapted from the text of Good Nintentions 1985, with special thanks to Steven Lin. I realize this episode covers some of the same ground as other recent episodes and had intended to produce this further down the road (and as a single episode with the second part, the NES launch survey). Unfortunately, Hurricane Matthew threw a monkey wrench in my plans; this is all I had time and resources to produce this week. Apologies if it's less inspiring than usual.

A quick interstitial episode of the Good Nintentions origin story before we move along to the main event. The Advanced Video System never actually made its way to market, but it nevertheless existed as a key link between the Famicom and the NES and deserves study. Part 3 will be along sooner than you expect!

It's the end of the NES hardware retrospective as we know it, and I hope you feel fine. You'll probably feel better if you catch up with the first two chapters: A look at the Japanese Famicom (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ugMe...) and a brief discussion of the Advanced Video System prototype.