UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                   FORM 8-A/A

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                FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(B) OR (G) OF THE
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

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                              NATHAN'S FAMOUS, INC.
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

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         Delaware                                          11-3166443
(State of Incorporation)                    (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

                              1400 Old Country Road
                            Westbury, New York 11590
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

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Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

         None

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

TITLE OF EACH CLASS                             NAME OF EACH EXCHANGE ON WHICH
TO BE SO PURCHASED                              EACH CLASS IS BEING REGISTERED  

Common Stock Purchase Rights                None





ITEM 1.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED

     On June 15,  2005,  the Board of  Directors  of Nathan's  Famous,  Inc.,  a
Delaware  corporation  (the  "Company"),  approved an amendment to the Company's
existing Third Amended and Restated Rights  Agreement,  dated as of December 10,
1999,  between the Company and American Stock  Transfer & Trust Company,  as the
Rights Agent (the "Rights  Agreement").  On June 15, 2005,  the Company  entered
into Amendment No. 1 to the Rights Agreement  ("Amendment No. 1"). Amendment No.
1 amends the Rights  Agreement to extend the Final Expiration Date of the Rights
to June 19, 2010.

     A copy of Amendment No. 1 has been filed with the  Securities  and Exchange
Commission as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Report on Form 8-K on the date hereof
and is incorporated herein by reference.  The foregoing description of Amendment
No. 1 is qualified in its entirety by reference to Amendment No. 1.

     A copy of the Rights  Agreement was filed with the  Securities and Exchange
Commission as Exhibit 3 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A on
December 10, 1999 and is incorporated herein by reference.  Copies of the Rights
Agreement  and  Amendment  No.  1 are also  available  free of  charge  from the
Company.


ITEM 2.  EXHIBITS.

4.1  Third Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of December 10, 1999,
     between Nathan's  Famous,  Inc. and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
     (as Rights Agent),  which includes the form of Right Certificate as Exhibit
     A and the Summary of Rights to Purchase  Common  Shares as Exhibit B. agent
     (previously  filed as Exhibit 3 to  Nathan's  Famous,  Inc.'s  Registration
     Statement  on Form 8-A/A on December  10, 1999 and  incorporated  herein by
     reference)

4.2  Amendment No. 1 to the Rights Agreement,  dated as of June 15, 2005, by and
     between Nathan's  Famous,  Inc. and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
     (as the Rights Agent)  (previously  filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Nathan's Famous
     Inc.'s  Current  Report on Form 8-K dated  June 15,  2005 and  incorporated
     herein by reference)






                                    SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the  requirements of Section 12 of the Securities  Exchange Act
of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused the registration  statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunder duly authorized.


                                         NATHAN'S FAMOUS, INC.
 

                                         By: /s/Wayne Norbitz
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                                             Wayne Norbitz
                                             President

Dated:  June 15, 2005