A batch of one of Nintendo's rarest consoles was recently discovered in a completely unexpected place, a Japanese love hotel. The unusual Nintendo consoles were found in surprisingly good condition and had an assortment of games that still worked after nearly 40 years.
Nintendo became a household name in gaming with the universal success of the Nintendo Entertainment System, known as the Famicom in Japan. The NES was the first console to see major success in the United States after the infamous video game crash of 1983. Now, some relics of a bygone era of Nintendo have been found in an unusual location.
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Japanese Twitter user Orochi, who refers to themselves as the Famicom Archivist, recently shared their discovery of a batch of rare Famicombox consoles. The unusual hardware was found in a Japanese love hotel in surprisingly good condition, with every room in the hotel except one having the console. The commercial-use Nintendo consoles even included the Zapper gun for games like Duck Hunt, though Orochi confirmed that the gun would not function properly with the newer LCD TVs....
