Photo used under a Creative Commons license with Yannick Croissant.

It’s kind of a slow Monday morning, which gives me a chance to selfishly indulge my penchant for 80s nostalgia. Wired points out that on this day in 1985, the first Nintendo Entertainment Systems hit American living rooms, with little fanfare and no idea how huge of a cultural phenomenon it would become.

Sure, there were some classic games available at launch — Duck Hunt, Kung Fu and Excitebike are usually among people’s favorite 8-bit games — but it’s a little known piece of trivia that Super Mario Bros. didn’t arrive in America for a little bit after launch. Share your childhood experiences of unwrapping a NES on Christmas morning or argue about this editor’s top five list of NES games (The Legend of Zelda, Mega Man 2, Tecmo Super Bowl, Super Mario Bros. 3 and Contra) in the comments.