Patentmania: The Golden Age of Electronic Games

The first era of computerized fun was crude, clunky...and unforgettable.

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Nintendo Entertainment System Patent

Video Game Control Unit

Filed November 4th, 1985

Speaking of the original Nintendo Entertainment System, here it is. The gaming console biz was so dead in the wake of the Atari crash that the NES kind of snuck onto the market without attracting much attention. But it started a second boom that continues to this day.

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