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Random: No, This Isn’t A New Colour Of Famicom – It’s Just Really Dirty

The years have not been kind to these bits of plastic.

This image could be a PSA warning about the dangers of smoking… at least when it comes to your consoles. In a tweet by @arare_wansaka, these two consoles – a Famicom and a Super Famicom – look like a rare colour variant, with the more common white, grey, and red plastic replaced with a sexy burnt umber.

That is, until you realise these are meant to be white and grey. So, what happened? Were the two consoles placed in direct sunlight for 30 years? Were they both immersed in soy sauce the whole time? Are they really into tanning? Or have they been sitting in the house of a smoker for a few decades?

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