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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
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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.
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NESten http://tnse.zophar.net/NESten.htm Windows Excellent emulator for Windows
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NNNesterJ http://www.emulation9.com/nnnesterj/ Windows Maybe the best emulator for Windows
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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!
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FCE Ultra http://fceultra.sourceforge.net/ Multiplatform FCE Ultra is a portable NES/Famicom emulator for DOS, Linux and Windows
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RockNES http://rocknes.kinox.org/ Multiplatform Excellent emulator for Windows, DOS, Linux & MacOS
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|tsr's NES archive http://www.atarihq.com/tsr/ Excellent site. A must see if you are curious about the NES
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Internet NES Database http://dod.hpi.net/ivgdb/ NES software database. Useful.
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NES Land http://www.nesland.vgnetworks.com/ The only Australian based NES site!
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NesDev http://nesdev.parodius.com A very good lis of links, especially hardware & technical related links.
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NESworld.com http://nesworld.parodius.com/ A lot of interesting ingo here
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The NES files http://www.nesfiles.com/ A large Game selection, with pictures, codes, docs, and more
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TheOldComputer.com http://www.theoldcomputer.com/ This excellent site has NES roms and a huge NES game boxes archive
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www.nesplayer.com http://www.nesplayer.com/ A lot of info here. Among them : game reviews...
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First NES commercial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6pW2IYOivA Length: 31s
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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...