One of the best and one of the weirdest things piracy could ever
create, Dendy brought joy to thousands of
[[UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} Russian]] kids and was the console that
spawned the first generation of console gamers in Russia. At
first, Dendy looks pretty much like your regular
NintendoEntertainmentSystem clone, but to Russian gamers, it was
so much more. It indeed had almost the same fate as NES, just on
a less epic scale. Despite being completely unlicensed by
Creator/{{Nintendo}} (although the short-lived publisher of the
console, Steepler Ltd., imported Nintendo's consoles absolutely
legally), it boasted a lot of achievements: Millions of sold
famiclones and peripherals, a really huge network with own brand
shops, own magazine (say hello to ''Magazine/NintendoPower''),
TV show (say the same thing to ''Series/{{Starcade}}'' and
related shows) and millions of obsessed fans.  Russian
counterpart to ''Nintendo Power'' began its life as ''Video-Ace:
Dendy'' and, design-wise, was pretty bland. However, due t