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SideQuest - Why is the Nintendo Famicom Red?: https://nebula.app/videos/lowspecgamer-why-is-the-nintendo-famicom-red The story of Nintendo´s first console is a drama filled with interesting technological details. Did Nintendo tricked itself into technological success? #famicom #nintendo Video en Español: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYM1g322M_k Join the community: https://discord.gg/lowspec https://www.reddit.com/r/lowspecgamer 0:00 Nintendo is saved 1:11 Who is Masayuki Uemura? 2:00 The fateful call of Yamauchi 3: 00 How do you build a cheap console? 5:51 The Ricoh Proposal 6:33 A Lesson on early cheap microprocessors 7:43 But why the 6502? 9:16 When Commodore investigate Nintendo 10:35 PPU shenanigans 11:20 The final Ricoh negotiations 12:08 Finding the right cartridge size 12:32 Design based on cost 13:03 How do you make an iconic controller... for cheap 14:33 The final console price 15:04 The Origin of the Name Sources for some short clips on Donkey Kong ports: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYNMatF5hcU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV5OYOiAb9M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayzl_nQKcIk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI9WwdVb-_A Social media: https://twitter.com/lowspec_gamer https://www.instagram.com/thelowspecgamer Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator Stock Footage from Getty
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