On July 15, 1983, Nintendo launched its first programmable console, the Family Computer. A couple of years later, the Famicom would arrive in America as the Nintendo Entertainment System. In the decade following the console’s Japanese debut, it would help transform both the nature of video games and the workings of the games industry, laying the groundwork for the business as it exists today. Less remarked upon is the fact that on July 15, 1983, another beloved Japanese corporation also launched its first programmable console. That system did not exert any…
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