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In Their Words: Remembering the Launch of the Nintendo Entertainment System
New insight on the 25th anniversary of the NES launch, from the people who were there.
New insight on the 25th anniversary of the NES launch, from the people who were there.
“Well, the good news is they’re going to let us land. You might want to give your seat belt a little extra tug, because we’re going to go in a little fast.”
A young Howard Phillips — normally bright, cheerful and enthusiastic — clung tenaciously to his seat as the plane prepared for a dangerous descent into New Jersey. It was late September of 1985, and if he wasn’t busy wondering whether the high winds of Hurricane Gloria might rip his plane apart, he might have had a lot on his mind.
