Inside Nintendo's Classic Game Console

Lots of Americans know the Nintendo Entertainment System. Fewer know the Japanese console it was based on, the Nintendo Family Computer, also known as the Famicom. We'll take a look inside the Famicom and its accessories, including a unique disk system attachment.

Benj Edwards, PC World

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After disassembling Controller II, we see the main PC board and the two plastic halves of the controller case. All the surface controls are composed of hard plastic buttons that rest upon flexible rubber inserts (upper left) with conductive pads on them. When a player pushes a button, it collapses the rubber insert and the conductive pad completes a circuit on the green board seen here, registering the button press with the console.