Nintendo Entertainment System

Nintendo Entertainment System
A Nintendo Entertainment System
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Type	Home console
Release Date	Nintendo Entertainment System: July 15, 1983 October 18, 1985 October 18, 1985 September 1, 1986 July 1, 1987 NES Classic Edition: November 11, 2016 November 11, 2016 November 10, 2016
Lifespan	1983-1995
Discontinued	Nintendo Entertainment System: August 14, 1995 1995 NES Classic Edition: N/A
Media	Game Cartridge
Inputs	NES Controllers
Navigation
Backward	N/A
Predecessor	Family Computer (1983) Color TV-Game (1977)
Successor	Super Nintendo Entertainment System (1990)

The Nintendo Entertainment System (commonly abbreviated as NES) is an 8-bit third generation home console that is the western counterpart of the Family Computer. It is the first Nintendo home console to release outside of Japan and to have a Mario game released for it. It was considered to have been advanced for its time, compared to the Atari 2600. It proved popular, selling 61.91 million units as of 12 Aug 2021.

It was originally going to be a 16-bit console with floppy disks as media storage, but this was changed later.

One of the first games released was Super Mario Bros., credited with saving the North American gaming industry from the crash of 1983. The NES is also the origin of a number of Nintendo's other main franchises, including The Legend of Zelda and Metroid series. Its sequel is the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

Accessories

NES Controller

This is the main controller for the NES. It is brick-shaped and has a directional pad and 4 buttons: Start and Select in the middle, and B/A buttons on the right.

There were some variations of the NES controller, such as the NES-101 Controller. It has a "dogbone" shape and slightly different placing of the B and A buttons.

NES Zapper

The NES Zapper was a light gun controller used for a small amount of games, notably Duck Hunt. The NES Zapper was originally grey from 1985-1988, but was re-released with an orange color because of a US law banning toy guns from looking realistic.

List of Mario-related games

• Donkey Kong (1983-86, NES/Famicom)
• Donkey Kong Jr. (1983-86, NES/Famicom)
• Mario Bros. (1983-86, NES/Famicom)
• Donkey Kong Jr. Math (1983-85)
• Pinball (1984-85)
• Golf (1984-85)
• Donkey Kong 3 (1984-86, NES/Famicom)
• Wrecking Crew (1985)
• Super Mario Bros. (1985)
  • Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt (1988)
  • Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt / World Class Track Meet (1990)
• Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988)
• Donkey Kong Classics (1988)
• Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988-90)
• Tetris (1989)
• Dr. Mario (1990)
• Nintendo World Championships 1990 (1990)
• Nintendo Campus Challenge (1991)
• NES Open Tournament Golf (1991-1992)
• Yoshi (1991-92)
• Yoshi's Cookie (1992-93)
• Mario is Missing! (1993)
• Wario's Woods (1994)
• Mario's Time Machine (1994)

Classic

In 2016, a classic edition was released, with 30 games released in the 1980s and early 1990s set with it. This includes Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Dr. Mario, Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 2 and Super Mario Bros. 3.