The Nintendo Family Computer is most commonly known as the Nintendo Famicom and was the first home games console released by Nintendo in Japan during 1983. The Famicom helped reinvigorate the Video Games Industry after the industry crash experienced in the 80's and eventually came to the west in the form of the NES. Each Famicom is internally renovated, cleaning the internal components, controllers volume control and microphone (embedded in the controllers that can cause feedback when dirty).