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Celebrate the 40th (or 41st ) birthday of Nintendo’s game-changing video game console by putting together a perfect paper replica.
38 years ago today, the Famicom everyone knows and loves went on sale, but what about its often forgotten upgrade?
In all its 35 years of existence, we’ve never seen this classic Nintendo Famicom/NES game being played quite like this.
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Experience all of the fun and frustration – mostly frustration – of the classic Nintendo game with some added features.
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