Today’s show is about the venerable granddaddy of Nintendo gaming, the Nintendo Entertainment System or NES. We talk about its creation in Japan, its ability to ignore the great North American Video game crash and its last influence on gaming culture. The show has great music, some retro commercials and a surprise or two thrown in to boot. Oh and we are launching a forum system here at the Retroist so join in the discussion at the very first podcast discussion thread.

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