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The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is an 8-bit home video game console produced by Nintendo. It was first released in Japan on July 15, 1983, as the Family Computer ( Famicom ). [ note 1 ] It was released in US test markets as the redesigned NES in October 1985, and fully launched in the US the following year.
The Nintendo Entertainment System was released in North America, Europe, Australia, Asia, and Brazil. The history of the Nintendo Entertainment System spans the 1982 development of the Family Computer, to the 1985 launch of the NES, to Nintendo's rise to global dominance based upon this platform throughout the late 1980s.
The Famicom, released on July 15, 1983, in Japan and in the North American region in October 1985 as the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), [33]: 449 is an 8-bit cartridge-based console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It became the most popular console of the generation, selling over 60 million units.
North American version of the Nintendo Entertainment System. Released July 15, 1983, the Family Computer (Famicom) is an 8-bit video game console released by Nintendo in Japan and was later released as the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, and Africa. It was Nintendo's first home video ...
The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), an 8-bit third-generation home video game console produced by Nintendo, had numerous model variants produced throughout its lifetime. It was originally released in 1983 as the Family Computer [a] (and widely known as the Famicom [b]) in Japan, with design work led by Masayuki Uemura.
The entire Color TV-Game series was discontinued in favor of the Family Computer in 1983, a cartridge-based system with a library of hundreds of games. [21] Nintendo sold millions of the Famicom and its international counterpart, the Nintendo Entertainment System, [23] and solidified the company's presence in the video game hardware market. [21]
The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) video game console was first packaged as the Family Computer (Famicom) in Japan. Its best-selling game is Super Mario Bros. , first released in Japan on September 13, 1985, with sales of more than 40 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling video game of all time .
This is a list of cancelled Family Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System video games. The Family Computer, nicknamed the Famicom for short, is a 1983 video game console produced by Nintendo. The system would be redesigned and brought to Western markets as the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1985.