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Nintendo Entertainment System
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Top: North American/European NES control deck with controller, similar to the South Korean Comboy Bottom: Japanese/Taiwanese/Hong Kong Family Computer ("Famicom") main unit (with the hardwired controllers) | |
| Also known as | Family Computer/Famicom (Japan) Hyundai Comboy (Korea) |
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| Developer | Nintendo R&D2 |
| Manufacturer | Nintendo |
| Type | Home video game console |
| Generation | Third generation |
| Release date | |
| Lifespan | 1983–2003 (Famicom)[2] 1985–1995 (NES) |
| Introductory price | ¥14,800 (Japan) $179 (US Deluxe Set)[3] |
| Discontinued | |
| Units sold | Worldwide: 61.91 million Japan: 19.35 million America: 34.00 million Other: 8.56 million[7] |
| Media | ROM cartridge ("Game Pak")b[›] |
| CPU | Ricoh 2A03 8-bit processor (MOS Technology 6502 core) |
| Controller input | 2 controller portsc[›] 1 expansion slot |
| Best-selling game |
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| Predecessor | Color TV-Game series |
| Successor | Super Nintendo Entertainment System |
| Related articles | Famicom Disk System, Famicom 3D System |
The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is the first video game console made by Nintendo in Japan, Europe, and the United States. It came out in 1985 in the United States and was very popular. In Japan, the console looked different and was called the Famicom (from Family Computer).
The controller for the NES was different from the joysticks that older consoles had. It had a D-pad button that could go up, down, left, or right. It also had A, B, Select, and Start buttons. The NES could use up to two controllers for multiplayer games. There were also other types of controllers that could be used with the NES.
Some famous games for the NES are Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Mega Man, Castlevania, Donkey Kong, and Final Fantasy. There have been many sequels to these games. Nintendo discontinued (stopped making and selling) the NES in 1995 and the Famicom in 2003.
- ↑ "Oct. 18, 1985: Nintendo Entertainment System Launches". WIRED. October 18, 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
- ↑ "Nintendo Co., Ltd. : Consolidated Sales Transition by Region" (PDF). Nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
- ↑ Levin, Martin (November 20, 1985). "New components add some Zap to video games". San Bernardino County Sun. p. A-4.
- ↑ Nintendo to end Famicom and Super Famicom production. GameSpot.com (May 30, 2003). Retrieved on August 23, 2013.
- ↑ Cite error: The named reference
Museumwas used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page). - ↑ L'Histoire de Nintendo volume 3 p. 113 (Ed. Pix'n Love, 2011)
- ↑ "Consolidated Sales Transition by Region" (PDF). First console by Nintendo. January 27, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 14, 2010. Retrieved February 14, 2010.
- ↑ Stuart, Keith (September 13, 2010). "Super Mario Bros: 25 Mario facts for the 25th anniversary". the Guardian. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
- ↑ "Super Mario Bros voted greatest computer game ever". The Daily Telegraph. July 27, 2008. Retrieved July 22, 2010.
- ↑ Goss, Patrick. "The games that sold consoles". MSN. Archived from the original on March 9, 2008. Retrieved September 24, 2011.
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