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NES

Nintendo's 1985 console that revived the crashed games industry, led by Super Mario Bros.
Action (platformer)
Manufacturer
Nintendo
Released
1985-1995
Launch price
$199
Units sold
61.9M
Media
ROM cartridge (Game Pak)
CPU
Ricoh 2A03 (MOS 6502 core) @ 1.79 MHz (NTSC) / 1.66 MHz (PAL)
RAM
2 KB work RAM, 2 KB video RAM
Resolution
256 × 240 pixels (max), 52 colours on screen
1,221
Games
1984–now
Years
2
Regions
$79.47
Ø CIB
+6.5%
24M change
Lineage
NES · 1985
Super Nintendo · 1990
Nintendo 64 · 1996
Gamecube · 2001
Wii · 2006
Wii U · 2012
Nintendo Switch · 2017
Nintendo Switch 2 · 2025

About

The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is an 8-bit home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on July 15, 1983, as the Family Computer (Famicom), and released as the redesigned NES in test markets in the United States on October 18, 1985, followed by a nationwide launch on September 27, 1986. The NES was distributed in Europe, Australia, and parts of Asia throughout the 1980s under various names. As a third-generation console, it mainly competed with Sega's Master System.

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