you probably have this impression because of the time it took for nes to enter western market. I lived through that period as well and had a japaneese friend th

you probably have this impression because of the time it took for nes to enter western market. I lived through that period as well and had a japaneese friend that had a famicom ( and pretty much everything that was released in japan, as soon as it was released). I was very much into computers and consoles , but i remember going to his appartment with a feeling of seeing something from the future.