yer carefree 20s be over, Famicom. No more gallivanting. it be time t' settle down—find a nice wife, pillage a stable job, maybe put a down payment on a house. ye're 30 now. The Famicom—or Family Computer—first hit Japanese stores on July 15, 1983, 'n although it took a couple more years for it t' make it be way t' North America (in a totally new form, as the Nintendo Entertainment System), today officially marks three decades a Nintendo console gaming. I have vivid memories a me NES days—grinding for levels t' pillage past the Marsh Cave in Final Fantasy; notebooks full a passwords for games like Faxanadu; impossible Battletoads levels 'n ridiculous Sesame Street mini-games. 'n what about ye, Kotaku? Share yer best NES/Famicom stories 'n memories below. (Photo via Wikimedia)