The usual story about southpaw is set out in a standard work on the game: The oft-repeated etymology of the term is that it derives from the âfactâ that ballparks were laid out with home plate to the west, which meant that a left-handed pitcher faced the west and threw with his âsouthernâ limb.
Nintendo has revealed the 1984 NES title, Duck Hunt, will appearing on the Wii U Virtual Console in the near future. As retro lovers have probably worked out by now, the Wii Remote will take the place of the iconic NES Zapper. Perhaps Wii owners will even be able to bring the more recent Wii Zapper out of retirement?
The best-selling gaming console of its time, the NES helped revitalize the US video game industry following the video game crash of 1983. With the NES, Nintendo introduced a now-standard business model of licensing third-party developers, authorizing them to produce and distribute titles for Nintendo's platform.In 2009, the Nintendo Entertainment System was named the single greatest video game console in history by IGN, in a list of 25.he NES Test Station was a diagnostics machine for the Nintendo Entertainment System introduced in 1988. It was a NES-based unit designed for testing NES hardware, components and games. It was only provided for use in World of Nintendo boutiques as part of the Nintendo World Class Service program.