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'Famicom' turns 30 years old

KYOTO, Japan - Masayuki Uemura, adviser for Nintendo Co. who developed "Famicom," or the Family Computer video game console, holds "Donkey Kong" software that can be played on the console during an interview with Kyodo News in Kyoto on July 10, 2013. The Japanese game company shipped 61.91 million units of the console since launching it 30 years ago on July 15, 1983.

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'Famicom' turns 30 years old

OSAKA, Japan - Nintendo Co.'s latest video game console Wii U is on sale at a home appliance store in Osaka on July 12, 2013. Wii U was launched in 2012 in Japan and overseas.

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'Famicom' turns 30 years old

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken in June 1996 shows people lining up at a store in Osaka to buy Nintendo Co.'s video game console.

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Nintendo resumes sales of palm-sized "Famicom" console

Osaka,Japan -June 28: Nintendo Co. on Thursday resumed the sales in Japan of a smaller, palm-sized version of its 35-year-old popular game console "Famicom" in response to requests for its revival among fans. Many stores in Japan sold out of the Nintendo Classic Mini Family Computer console after its initial release in November 2016, and the company halted its production in April 2017.

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Nintendo's palm-sized "Famicon" console

A man holds a Nintendo Classic Mini Family Computer console in Osaka on June 28, 2018. Nintendo Co. resumed the sales of the smaller, palm-sized version of its 35-year-old popular game console "Famicom" in Japan the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nintendo's recreated Super Famicom hits Japan market

Customers form a long queue outside an electronics store in Osaka before the shop opens, as they wait to purchase Nintendo Co.'s recreated, palm-sized Super Famicom game console that hit the shelves in Japan on Oct. 5, 2017. The "Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Famicom" is preloaded with 21 titles, including the immensely popular "Super Mario World" of the 1990s. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nintendo's recreated Super Famicom hits Japan market

Two customers show off their brand new palm-sized Super Famicom at an electronics store in Osaka as the recreated Nintendo Co. game console hit the shelves in Japan on Oct. 5, 2017. The "Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Famicom" is preloaded with 21 titles, including the immensely popular "Super Mario World" of the 1990s. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nintendo's recreated Super Famicom hits Japan market

A customer shows off his brand new palm-sized Super Famicom at an electronics store in Osaka as the recreated Nintendo Co. game console hit the shelves in Japan on Oct. 5, 2017. The "Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Famicom" is preloaded with 21 titles, including the immensely popular "Super Mario World" of the 1990s. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nintendo launches palm-sized Famicom game console amid fanfare

A man holds a Nintendo Classic Mini Family Computer after purchasing it at a mass home electronics retailer in Osaka on Nov. 10, 2016. Nintendo Co. the same day launched the smaller, palm-sized version of its 33-year-old popular Famicom game console in Japan, in a much-awaited debut that sent avid fans rushing to place advance orders. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nintendo launches palm-sized Famicom game console amid fanfare

A poster on a sales floor of a mass home electronics retailer in Osaka on Nov. 10, 2016, shows the Nintendo Classic Mini Family Computer is sold out. Nintendo Co. the same day launched the smaller, palm-sized version of its 33-year-old popular Famicom game console in Japan, in a much-awaited debut that sent avid fans rushing to place advance orders. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo