Famicom
 
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Top: Nintendo Entertainment System with controller
Bottom: Nintendo Family Computer with controller |
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| Also known as | Family Computer/Famicom (Japan) Hyundai Comboy (Korea) |
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| Developer | Nintendo |
| Manufacturer | Nintendo |
| Type | Home video game console |
| Generation | Third generation |
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| Retail availability | 1983–2008 |
| Introductory price |
¥14,800 (Japan) $299 (US Deluxe Set) |
| Discontinued |
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| Units sold | Worldwide: 61.91 million Japan: 19.35 million Americas: 34.00 million Other: 8.56 million |
| Media | ROM cartridge ("Game Pak") |
| CPU | Ricoh 2A03 8-bit processor (MOS Technology 6502 core) |
| Controller input | 2 controller ports 1 expansion slot |
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| Predecessor | Color TV Game |
| Successor | Super NES |
The Nintendo Entertainment System (commonly abbreviated as NES) is an 8-bit home video game console that was developed and manufactured by Nintendo.
The best-selling gaming console of its time, the NES helped revitalize the US video game industry following the video game crash of 1983. With the NES, Nintendo introduced a now-standard business model of licensing third-party developers, authorizing them to produce and distribute titles for Nintendo's platform.
It was initially released in Japan as the Family Computer (Japanese: ファミリーコンピュータ Hepburn: Famirī Konpyūta?) (also known by the portmanteau abbreviation Famicom (ファミコン Famikon?) and abbreviated as FC) on July 15, 1983, and was later released in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986, and Australia in 1987. In South Korea, it was known as the Hyundai Comboy (현대 컴보이 Hyeondae Keomboi) and was distributed by SK Hynix which then was known as Hyundai Electronics. It was succeeded by the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
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