Nintendo drop support for the NES

[JKKDARK]

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Those of you who still own a working NES will have to take extra special care of it from now on. Nintendo have announced they’re no longer offering support for the old favourite.

 

The report, first noticed by Arcade Renaissance, also says that Nintendo have plans to start winding down support for the Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, Gameboy, and Gameboy Pocket consoles in the future.

 

We're not quite sure what 'support' means, would Nintendo have still repaired your NES if asked up till recently? However, with the huge number of emulators and retro compilations available, not to mention download services like the Wii's Virtual Console and Xbox Live Marketplace, there's still plenty of ways to enjoy the massive back catalogue of old-school titles from all those consoles.

 

We'd love to hear from you if you still own an ancient console; do you ever actually get it out and use it? I have to admit my old Spectrum +2 remains safely packed away in the loft.

 

wow I really didn't know they still repaired NES consoles.

[Shibathedog]

Joystiq reader eh? heh just saw this too, I didn't think they still fixed them either.

[Wizard]

Wow, when they say lifetime warrenty, they really ment it.

[Ghosty]

Wow, when they say lifetime warrenty, they really ment it.

 

God. I hope they do. Still use both of my NES to this day!