Famiclone

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noun

Any electronic hardware designed to replicate the Family Computer/Nintendo Entertainment System video game console.

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Meanings

nounFamiclone (plural Famiclones)

plural Famiclones

  1. informalvideo gamesAny electronic hardware designed to replicate the Family Computer/Nintendo Entertainment System video game console.

    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
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    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

Origin

Blend of Famicom + clone.

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APA

Famiclone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Famiclone

MLA

“Famiclone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Famiclone. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Famiclone,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Famiclone.

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