On July 15, 2003 a very special milestone will occur: That day will mark the 20th anniversary of the release of Nintendo's Family Computer (aka Famicom) in Japan. You may know the system better by its Western name, the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). But whatever you call it, there's absolutely no denying the impact that Nintendo's 8-bit console had on the video game industry. The Famicom virtually took over the game market in many parts of the world, and it single-handedly revived the flagging interest in video gaming in North America. Not bad at all for a gaudily-colored lump of plastic built from 1970s technology.

Nintendo began, modestly enough, as a manufacturer of traditional hanafuda playing cards. Founded in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi in Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan, Nintendo Koppai carved a modest niche for itself in the long-standing industry, and eventually came to become the largest Japanese manufacturer of playing cards.

Nes Collectors... check this space.. :

http://www.nesplayer.com/collectors/index.htm

someone once said that the children born the year of 1977 is the generation considered as the Nintedo Generation, Although a lot of children in all ages have enjoyed this console, it seems that it was us that enjoyed it most =) [whatever]!

Who can remember hanging at the toy shop waiting for Castle Vania to come out? Or Metroid? Punch Out, Zelda etc...

anyway.. i am going to shut up now..