Hasta La Gadget!

Over in Japan, the NES was called the Nintendo Famicom, or Family Computer. Like the SNES, or Super Famicom that followed it, the original Famicom — launched in 1983 — looked a lot different from the one that was sold in the rest of the world.

In this exclusive gallery, shot in exquisite detail by the folks at iFixit, we take a look inside the spiritual home of Mario, part of a series showing off iFixit’s new set of console repair guides.

Originally, the Famicom was white. This aging specimen, picked up by iFixit boss Kyle Wiens, is a rather more discolored beige. The hideous burgundy details are pretty close to the original, though.