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Famiclone
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English
Etymology
en Famicom clone.
Noun
en informal video games Any electronic hardware designed to replicate the Nintendo Entertainment System Family Computer/Nintendo Entertainment System video game console.
en 2005 Simon Carless Gaming Hacks 34 You may also see very unauthorized Famiclones — third-party, unlicensed NES joysticks, sometimes with an attached light gun and not as many games as the packaging says.
en 2009 James Derek Lomas The social movement laboratory Like keyboard-based Famiclones today, these early home computers were also commonly connected to a TV display
Further reading
en terms derived from Japanese
en Nintendo