Jason Howell and Megan Morrone talk to Sam Machkovech from Ars Technica about the NES Classic Edition. One of the upcoming holiday season's hottest gaming gifts isn't some cutting edge console, it's a blast from the past. It looks like everyone is trying to get their hands on the NES Classic. We talk about what's going on under the hood. Is this just another emulator? Is Nintendo telling us to relive our childhood of sitting on the floor to play games by providing such a short controller cable? Nintendo also released the manuals to the games online.

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