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18/07/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Nintendo's Family Computer

The home gaming console was a breakthrough in the world of computer games.

The home gaming console was a breakthrough in the world of computer games.  It brought them out of arcades and into people's living rooms.

The Famicom gaming console was a breakthrough in the world of computer games. Launched in Japan in 1983, it brought games out of arcades and into people's living rooms.  When it reached markets in the West it was renamed the Nintendo Entertainment System.  Nintendo designer Masayuki Uemura has been speaking to Ashley Byrne about how it was developed.

Photo: Masayuki Uemura, holding Donkey Kong software for the original Famicom console. (Credit: Kyodo News via Getty Images.)

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