Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox information appliance The Homework First is a combination lock parental control device for the Nintendo Entertainment System made by SafeCare Products, Inc. of Dundee, Illinois<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and Master Lock. The lock features a "Self-Setting" combination that attaches to the open bay of a front-loading NES-001 system via a screw hole below the cartridge slot which enables the lock to grab the console like a vise to prevent both the insertion of cartridges and the removal of the device.<ref name="Kotaku"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Around 25,000 units were claimed to have been sold.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

ReceptionEdit

ACE magazine panned the device on a conceptual level during their 1989 CES coverage.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Jeuxvideo.com cited the device as one of the first video game parental controls.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

See alsoEdit

  • 10NES (lockout chip preventing games not authorized by Nintendo from running)

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