Famiclone
Famiclone noun: any electronic hardware designed to replicate the Family Computer/Nintendo Entertainment System video game console.
Noun
Famiclone (plural Famiclones)
- Any electronic hardware designed to replicate the Family Computer/Nintendo Entertainment System video game console.
- 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
- 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
Forms of Famiclone
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Origin of Famiclone
Blend of Famicom + clone.
Questions about Famiclone
- What does Famiclone mean?
- Famiclone means any electronic hardware designed to replicate the Family Computer/Nintendo Entertainment System video game console.
- What part of speech is Famiclone?
- Famiclone is a noun.
- What is the plural of Famiclone?
- The plural of Famiclone is Famiclones.
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