Flashback: When NES was spelled AVS

May 14, 2005, 08:50 PM

by chazumaru, via Nintendo -
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Matt a.k.a. Fort90 went to a party thrown by Nintendo to celebrate the opening of their "Nintendo World" store in NY, and brought his camera there for a good reason:

Now, the whole point of me taking pics in the first place: the Advance Video System, which was the prototype of the NES. It was apparently only shown once before, at the Consumer Electronic Show (which as we all know was the precursor to E3) back in 85. This is the first time according to Nintendo (and as far as I know) that its been shown publicly…

Here's the link to the pictures and full post. Also check the quite unique peripherals of the AVS, as well as the original hanafuda cards which are what Nintendo started their business with, back in 1889.