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Nintendo NES	Consoles	name image company company_name tabs photos screenshots emulators links videos comments oc_id source NES /media/museum/photos/nintendo_nes_1s.jpg /companies/nintendo Nintendo photos software emulators links videos title subtitle text image DEMONSTRATION UNIT This is a demonstration unit used in some stores selling the NES. It operates like a jukebox. Up to twelve cartridges can be inserted into the unit. Then, the game is selected by a "Game Select" button. At the rear of the system, a knob is used to select accorded playing time: 30 seconds, 3 minutes, 6 minutes or ... 120 minutes! /media/museum/photos/nintendo_nes_demo-unit_1.jpg title subtitle text image SCREENSHOT /media/museum/software/nintendo_nes_ss_1943.gif title subtitle text image SCREENSHOT /media/museum/software/nintendo_nes_ss_adventure-island.gif title subtitle text image SCREENSHOT /media/museum/software/nintendo_nes_ss_bionic-commando.gif title subtitle text image SCREENSHOT /media/museum/software/nintendo_nes_ss_castlevania.gif title subtitle text image SCREENSHOT /media/museum/software/nintendo_nes_ss_double-dragon.gif title subtitle text image SCREENSHOT /media/museum/software/nintendo_nes_ss_micro-machines.gif title subtitle text image SCREENSHOT /media/museum/software/nintendo_nes_ss_smb.gif title subtitle text image SCREENSHOT /media/museum/software/nintendo_nes_ss_smb3.gif title subtitle text image SCREENSHOT /media/museum/software/nintendo_nes_ss_zelda.gif title url platform text JNES http://www.jabosoft.com/jnes/ Windows Jnes is a NES emulator for win32 platforms that uses DirectX for it's hardware interface. It's emulation capabilities include graphics, sound, input devices, and emulating quite a few memory mapping boards found in most USA games and a few popular japanese ones. title url platform text NESten http://tnse.zophar.net/NESten.htm Windows Excellent emulator for Windows title url platform text NNNesterJ http://www.emulation9.com/nnnesterj/ Windows Maybe the best emulator for Windows title url platform text Zophar's Domain http://www.zophar.net/nes.html Other platform Zophar's Domain has an excellent selection of NES emulators. Prepare to see a lot of them! title url platform text FCE Ultra http://fceultra.sourceforge.net/ Multiplatform FCE Ultra is a portable NES/Famicom emulator for DOS, Linux and Windows title url platform text RockNES http://rocknes.kinox.org/ Multiplatform Excellent emulator for Windows, DOS, Linux & MacOS title url text |tsr's NES archive http://www.atarihq.com/tsr/ Excellent site. A must see if you are curious about the NES title url text Internet NES Database http://dod.hpi.net/ivgdb/ NES software database. Useful. title url text NES Land http://www.nesland.vgnetworks.com/ The only Australian based NES site! title url text NesDev http://nesdev.parodius.com A very good lis of links, especially hardware & technical related links. title url text NESworld.com http://nesworld.parodius.com/ A lot of interesting ingo here title url text The NES files http://www.nesfiles.com/ A large Game selection, with pictures, codes, docs, and more title url text TheOldComputer.com http://www.theoldcomputer.com/ This excellent site has NES roms and a huge NES game boxes archive title url text www.nesplayer.com http://www.nesplayer.com/ A lot of info here. Among them : game reviews... title url text First NES commercial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6pW2IYOivA Length: 31s author date text Bartimeus (USA,North America,Earth, Milky Way Galaxy, The Universe) Thursday 13rd April 2017 I am an Avid Retro game collector as besides my Atari 2600 This is my all-time favorite system! author date text Thomas (United States) Wednesday 6th July 2016 I had NES. author date text Issac Saturday 1st October 2011 I want one of these so bad. If your afraid of buying a junky NES, i''ll point out theres YOBO CLONE NES on 80stees.com author date text Chulang Searles (Barbados) Saturday 11th September 2010 Nintendo 8 bit had dominate the market and it killed Atari with they own licence game, Tetus, the game Atari licience Nintendo. It remain a market leader until Saga brought out It Genesis(Mega drive in the UK). Now it''s in the lead with with Wii author date text Wally (US) Wednesday 26th May 2010 Since it wouldn''t let me add some info on the emulator page, I would like to point out an emulator not listed on this site. It is called NESTOPIA and it lives up to its name. Probably the most compatible NES Emulator for windows and certainly the most accurate in timing. http://nestopia.sourceforge.net/ author date text bluekatt (netherlands) Sunday 17th September 2006 the nes or famicom had a ricoh8 bit custom 6502 derivative cpu and restrictive dma on die\ the famicom had the longest production life of any console ever to this day\ from 1983 to 2004 in japan\ it shifted 60 million units in its life time author date text chuton (USA) Friday 2nd June 2006 I've played the system since 5 years old. I have 2 of the systems and one of the newer top loader systems (which is very rare BTW) I've gotten them all for free over the years. I also have an SNES but have never played it. author date text Interested (bristol ,uk) Friday 6th May 2005 I have the first nintendo with games all boxed does any one have a clue about the value? author date text frask (Neptune) Friday 8th April 2005 My favorite Nintendo games were Duck Hunt and of course, Zelda author date text qwerty (earth) Friday 25th March 2005 Hey Dan, we live on the same planet!!!\ It's a small universe, isin't it?\ well, I have my own NES and have loads of fun with it. It's by far one of the best of the gameing systems I know. what else can I say? qwerty author date text Richard (Rio Rancho, New Mexico) Thursday 30th December 2004 Old gamer or new gamer, you gotta love this machine. This is what turned me into a technophile freak at the nice age of four. author date text Mike (florida) Sunday 15th June 2003 Mike Tyson's Punchout is the best game ever. I spent countless hours fighting Soda Popinski and Super Mach Man. How many time have i heard "Mac" giving Little Joe inspiration to get the job done 866 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230328055320/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=866 2023-03-28

The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) was released in Japan in 1983 under the name Famicom. This was short for Family Computer. Hundreds of games were produced for the system and it sold very well.

It had one of the most unique accessories too; R.O.B (Robotic Operating Buddy). It was controlled by flashes from the screen generated by the game itself. It couldn't do much except move around some discs from one platform to another. It was popular because it was something different.

The NES was home to some of the biggest franchises in video game history and there are still games being made based on characters first seen on the NES. Characters like Mario (who technically was first seen in the Arcades in Donkey-Kong game, though he was called then only "jumpman"), Samus (Metroid), and Link.

Other companies like Sega (Master System) and Atari (Atari 7800) tried to get a piece of the pie with their own systems but neither of them were able to come anywhere near the sales figures of the Nintendo. There is no doubt that the NES was the most popular 8-bit gaming system.

In the early '90s Nintendo redesigned the NES. It was top-loading design and the controllers looked alot like SNES controller except with only 2 buttons. The Famicom (japanese version of the NES) had the longest production life of any console ever to this day from 1983 to 2004 in Japan. It shifted 60 million units in its life time!

A bunch of accessories were available for the NES & Famicom, including : lightgun, ROB the robot, disk drives, BASIC keyboard, dancing mat, power glove, additional controllers and much more...