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Famiclone en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of Famicom + clone.

Meanings

1. (informal) Any electronic hardware designed to replicate the Family Computer/Nintendo Entertainment System video game console.
   • Like keyboard-based Famiclones today, these early home computers were also commonly connected to a TV display[…] 2009, James Derek Lomas, The social movement laboratory:
   • You may also see very unauthorized Famiclones — third-party, unlicensed NES joysticks, sometimes with an attached light gun and not as many games as the packaging says. 2005, Simon Carless, Gaming Hacks, page 34:

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