Happy 30th Anniversary, NES!

[Nanashi]

On July 15th thirty years ago, the Nintendo Entertainment System was first released in Japan and has became one of the most popular consoles during the 8-bit era, and is still a favourite to many people (especially for those pirates also). So, discuss of how awesome the NES was

Funnily enough, I would've expected a Google Doodle for this day but, nope.

[Smedis2]

Happy Birthday! Now explain why we don't celebrate the birth of the Magnavox Odyssey?

[Pepper-98]

It's not nearly gnarly enough to be celebrated.  Anyway, thanks for all the years of awesome (and not-so-awesome) games NES!

[Nanashi]

Yes, what Shazam said. For the not-so-awesome games of the system, you can blame LJN and Active Enterprises for that

EDIT: Can you believe that I never had an NES in my childhood, where this was active in most people's? I didn't get one until Christmas 2001 but it was in the form of a Famiclone known as the Power Joy II. Then came the squashed in NES games for the 108-in-1 GBA cartridge I had. Oh, the memories.