Nintendo Famicom

Nintendo's Family Computer went on sale in Japan on July 15, 1983, and the red-and-white Famicom is the machine the NES was rebuilt from. Its two controllers are wired permanently into the case and park in slots on its sides, and the second one has a microphone in place of Start and Select. Cartridges drop in from the top like toast. Super Mario Bros. arrived here in 1985 and made it the default console in Japanese homes.