NES, Nintendo Entertainment System
The original Nintendo entertainment system (NES) was released in the mid 80s, in a bid to revitalise the failing video game economy. The Nintendo Company released this new console and marketed it as the ‘Family Computer’, or Famicom. Nintendo would continue to uphold this family-friendly trend in all subsequent console releases.
The 8 bit NES, though obviously extremely dated by current comparison, is famed as being one of the most innovative consoles of all time, setting major standards from which all future consoles would draw inspiration. The creation and layout of the now iconic D-pad, for example, would be used as the crux for all future releases.
The NES dominated the market up
until the early 90s, with obvious classics such as Mario becoming the NES poster
boy and retaining a cult following. The NES was eventually eclipsed by the power
struggle between its successor, the SNES, and the
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