Overview
- Known As
- NES
- Company
- Nintendo
- Launched
- 18th Oct 1985
- Type
- Console
- Wikipedia
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainme...
Latest Reviews of NES Games
Review Changeable Guardian Estique (NES) - Shmups Don't Get Much Better Than This On NES
A technical showcase with informed design sensibilities
Review The Retro-Bit Go Retro! Portable Is A Rose-Tinted Disappointment
Even Capcom and Data East can't save this one
Popular NES Games
Latest NES News
News Original Nintendo Donkey Kong Artwork Goes to Auction at a Price That'll Make You Jump, Man
Former employee auctioning wealth of Nintendo treasures
News Japan-Only Famicom Adventure Ripple Island Brings Fairy Tale Whimsy To The Console Archives
Already available elsewhere in English
News 1990 Bubble Bobble Clone Snow Bros. Is Getting a New Physical Famicom Release
Let's spin to SNOWBALL! 50 stages DEATH MATCH!
News The Blue Bomber Blasts Onto PICO-8 With New Mega Man Fan Game Kiloman
Super Fighting Robot tribute title now live
"Celebrating 40 years of vampire hunting, monster slaying, and musical excellence"
News Super Bomberman Collection Physical Edition Available Now on PS5, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch 2 Game Card Coming Soon
Update: Crowdfunding for Lady Stalker 2D starts next month
Creator Yuji Horii celebrates 40 sword-swingin' years
As part of City Connection's JALECOlle Famicom Ver. series
News Be Honest, Did You Know About This Mushroom-Saving Super Mario Bros. Trick?
Because I DEFINITELY did. 1000%
News These Adorable Final Fantasy TV Toys Are Available For Pre-Order
Be wary of Gacha mechanics...
News No, Ayami Kojima Hasn't Created New Art For Castlevania's 40th (Not Yet, Anyway)
"I don’t want easy misinformation to spread"
News S.C.A.T. Is Back! Tengo Project Returns With A Remaster Of The NES Classic, Final Mission
New York has a New Problem
"A handcrafted Steam remake by its original creators"
Related Hardware
List of hardware items (add-ons?)
Where To Buy
List of places to buy this system
About
The Nintendo Entertainment System (or NES, for short) is arguably one of the most popular consoles ever created. Released in Japan as the Famicom ('Family Computer'), Nintendo's 8-bit machine was re-styled for the West and went on to sell millions thanks to its stellar range of first class software.
First home to some of Nintendo's most respected franchises - including Super Mario, Metroid and Zelda - the NES was a triumph of gameplay over graphics. By the time the console was released in the US it was already outdated when compared to rival machines like Sega's Master System and NEC's PC Engine (TG-16), yet Nintendo's intimate knowledge of quality gaming helped it to effortlessly see off all challengers. As the '90s dawned the machine started to lose ground to the next generation of newer 16-bit consoles, but games like Super Mario Bros. 3 sold by the bucketloads and proved that the console still had something to offer in the face of technically superior rivals.
The 'toaster' design of the NES has since gone on to be one of the truly iconic images in the history of videogames and through the Virtual Console the legacy of this wonderful machine lives on.