Abusua mfitiase ma NES ne saa bere ketewa bi a ɛyɛ nwonwa, a ɛyɛ anigye a efi 1984 Japan yi. Ɛyɛ titiriw a ɛyɛ cartridge a ɛdan wo Famicom yɛ super basic programming adwinnade —wubetumi akyerɛw code a ɛnyɛ den de ayɛ pixel art, chiptune nnwom, anaa mpo rudimentary games. Keyboard add-on no yɛɛ clunky sɛ hell, nanso biribi wɔ hɔ a ɛyɛ anigye wɔ typing in commands ne hwɛ a wobɛhwɛ wo blocky adebɔ ahorow no ba nkwa mu.

Bere a edi kan a me boot no, meyɛɛ messsed around around making stick figures move across the screen. Nhoma no (sɛ wubetumi ahu nkyerɛase bi a) kyerɛkyerɛ nneɛma mu yiye ankasa ma nea ɛyɛ, ɛwom sɛ asɛmpa typing a enni srade-fingering safe no fã de. Ɛyɛ ade foforo mprempren sen biribiara a mfaso wɔ so, nanso ɛsɛ sɛ wubu sɛnea eyi yɛ ambitious ma console wɔ 80 mfe no mfinimfini.

Akyinnye biara nni ho sɛ wɔn a "ɛyɛ anigye kɛse sɛ wobɛkenkan ho asɛm sen sɛ wode bedi dwuma ankasa" no mu biako, nanso ɛda so ara yɛ nwini sɛ wobɛ tinker simma 20 sɛ wowɔ retro tech oddities mu a.