For as long as the Nintendo Entertainment System has existed, so too have compatible consoles of questionable legality. Commonly referred to as “famiclones” — a portmanteau of “Famicom” and “clone” — these devices were most ubiquitous in parts of the world where official hardware was either unavailable, or prohibitively expensive. Brazil’s video game industry is perhaps the most famous for being shaped by this sort of geopolitical circumstance (learn more about that here), but South Korea weathered its fair share of knock-off producing, government-mandated video game shortages. After the end of World War 2, South Korea enacted the Law For Punishing Anti-National Deeds, which, over the course of the decades … Continue reading 10 Unbelievable Knock-Off Nintendos