Masayuki Uemura

Nintendo Entertainment System

Top: Nintendo Entertainment System with controller Bottom: Nintendo Family Computer with controller
Also known as	Family Computer/Famicom (Japan) Hyundai Comboy (Korea)
Developer	Nintendo
Manufacturer	Nintendo
Type	Home video game console
Generation	Third generation
Release date	JP: July 15, 1983 (1983-07-15) NA/KR: October 18, 1985 (1985-10-18) EU: September 1, 1986 (1986-09-01) EU/AU: 1987
Retail availability	1983–2008
Introductory price	¥14,800 (Japan) $299 (US Deluxe Set)
Discontinued	NA: August 14, 1995 (1995-08-14) JP: September 25, 2003 (September 25, 2003)
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
Best-selling game	Super Mario Bros. (pack-in), 40.23 million (as of 1999) Super Mario Bros. 3 (pack-in), 18 million (as of July 27, 2008) Super Mario Bros. 2, 10 million
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.

In 2009, the Nintendo Entertainment System was named the single greatest video game console in history by IGN, in a list of 25. It was judged the second greatest console behind the Sega Dreamcast in PC Magazine's "Top 10 Video Game Consoles of All Time".