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What was the point of the label on the bottom of the NES?

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How do parallel universes exist in Super Mario 64? [closed]

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How do arcade ROMs work

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Do TG16 games and software suffer from lag frame similar to NES Super Mario Bros?

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27 Questions

What's the point of the CPS-2 suicide battery?

Why was manual branch suggestion abandoned?

Why does the infamous "ENGAGERIDLEYMOTHERFUCKER" Metroid password break NES emulators?

Why are the out-of-bounds areas of Doom distorted on MS-DOS?

How does ‘Trent’s circuit board strategy’ work?

What was the point of the label on the bottom of the NES?

How do parallel universes exist in Super Mario 64? [closed]

what is DMA and how does it work?

How does the Gameboy Link Cable work?

Is the NES controller port identical to the port on a Wii remote?

Does the TurboGrafX16 store switches and/or flags in RAM?

Why are the internals of NES Gamepaks so small compared to the case?

Why did Nintendo commission Sony to create a disk reader if the Famicom already had one?

Is the N64 incapable of 2D graphics?

Is screen wrap on the NES a fault of the OAM?

Was the character in the Game & Watch series supposed to be his own unique character?

Why does the original Donkey Kong update the screen in a curtain closing pattern?

How do arcade ROMs work

When was QDOS changed to MS-DOS?

How do N64 controller deadzones work?

Is it possible to make a ROM converter?

Are NES turbo buttons internal to the controller?

Does the NES handle unlisted processor instructions differently from the Famicom?

Why does R.O.B. wear "glasses"?

Do TG16 games and software suffer from lag frame similar to NES Super Mario Bros?

What is the format of a TurboGrafX instruction (modified 6502 instruction set)?

How big is one word in TG16 hardware?