The Nintendo World Championships Cartridge: The Rarest NES Item Money Can Buy
Picture a kid in 1990 walking into a mall, seeing a line wrapped around a Sears or a Toys “R” Us, and finding out the
September 2, 2026
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Category: NES History & Pop Culture
R.O.B.: The Toy Robot Nintendo Used to Sneak the NES Into Toy Stores
If you got the NES Deluxe Set as a kid, you probably unpacked this little robot, plugged him in next to the TV, played Gyromite
August 26, 2026
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How a Missed Fax in Moscow Made Tetris the Game Boy’s Launch Game
Nintendo of America had a plan for what would ship inside every Game Boy box in the summer of 1989, and it wasn’t a puzzle
August 21, 2026
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The Nintendo Seal of Quality: How a Gold Sticker Rebuilt Trust in Video Games
Flip over almost any NES box from 1985 through the early ’90s and there it is: a small gold circle in the corner, promising you
August 16, 2026
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