The board games of the Famicom era
by aleen634
Really interesting article on Metropal about the history of cheap board games of the Famicom era. Based on being cheap, easy to store and easy to travel, these games have some history with the growth of the NES/Famicom with licensed counterparts. While we've only gotten Mario Monopoly pretty recently these early era NES board game counterparts, while simple, are a fascinating part of videogame...
Really interesting article on Metropal about the history of cheap board games of the Famicom era. Based on being cheap, easy to store and easy to travel, these games have some history with the growth of the NES/Famicom with licensed counterparts. While we've only gotten Mario Monopoly pretty recently these early era NES board game counterparts, while simple, are a fascinating part of videogame and board game history.
Well worth a read/look.