Ever wonder what it's like to be working for Nintendo? If you are a hardcore Nintendo fan, your pupils have probably turned into hearts by now. So okay, maybe you don't have the qualifications or skills to work for one of the most prestigious gaming companies ever but how will you feel if one of Nintendo's secret storage room will be unveiled? Like discovering a secret room behind a library and slowly unlocking it to reveal Nintendo treasures!
Nintendo's Secret Storage Room
A Nintendo storage room inside a Kyoto headquarters has been opened up for the world to take a glimpse into, what gamers would call, "Unlocking the secret door". And lo and behold, the secret storage room did unveil Nintendo's rich history and 80's gamers' dreams coming true. As part of the Legend of Zelda series of articles in a Japanese Nintendo site, the article showed images from the storage room which exposed boxed Famicom consoles in mint condition. And even more nostalgic photos of the Japan-only Disk System.
Famicoms in Nintendo's Storage Room
First shelf in Nintendo's secret storage room were filled of boxes of mint Famicoms. Famicom or Family Computer or more known as Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in the West is an 8-bit video game console launched in July 1983 and 1985 in North America. It was easily the bestselling game console at the time with Donkey Kong and Super Mario Bros. as two of its beloved and wildly popular games
Nintendo Family Computer Disk System
The Famicom Disk System or simply the disk system is a Family Computer peripheral released in Japan on Feb. 1986 and it used "Disk Cards" for data storage. While The Legend of Zelda was launched in the US as a physical cartridge, the game was released in Japan with the Family Computer Disk System.
Nintendo Famicom Disk System Writer
Not only that, Nintendo's secret storage room also has a Famicom Disk System Writer! Due to the huge demand for a cheaper way to access video games, Nintendo installed Disk Writer kiosks in game shops all over Japan. For 500 yen, gamers can copy new games to their own disks. Some games were even exclusive to these Disk Writer kiosks. Pretty cool, isn't it? The kiosks were removed from stores in 2003 but then it had a good long run for more than a decade.
Even when Nintendo's Kyoto building typically doesn't allow outsiders, the unveiling of Nintendo's secret storage room is definitely nostalgic and we're thankful that every gamer was able to take a wonderful glimpse of video game history.
