Consoles that won’t die: The NES

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 10, 2013
Updated June 18, 2025
9 min

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that won’t die

The Atari Jaguar
The Commodore 64
The Intellivision
The SNES
The Dreamcast

It’s nearly 30 years old, but the Nintendo Entertainment System is not just a platform for fueling misty-eyed nostalgia. Savvy gamers are also embracing a growing homebrew scene that’s resulting in new physical releases for the aging, but far-from-dead, gray box.