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{{Infobox Platform | |||
|title = Nintendo Entertainment System | |||
|logo = [[File:NES Logo.png|150px]][[File:Famicom Logo.png|150px]] | |||
|image = {{nowrap|[[File:Nintendo Entertainment System Console.png|300px|The North American NES]]<br/>[[File:Famicom Console.png|300px|The Japanese Famicom]]}} | |||
|caption = '''Top:''' North American NES<br/>'''Bottom:''' Japanese Famicom | |||
|manufacturer = Nintendo | |||
|generation = Third generation | |||
|releasedate = {{vgrelease|JP=July 15, 1983|NA=October 18, 1985|EU=September 1, 1986|AUS=1987}} | |||
|discontinued = {{vgrelease|NA=August 14, 1995|JP|September 2003}} | |||
|cpu = [[wikipedia:Ricoh 2A03|Ricoh 2A03]] 8-bit processor | |||
|media = [[wikipedia:ROM cartridge|ROM cartridge]] | |||
|unitssold = 61.91 million | |||
|predecessor = [[wikipedia:Color TV Game|Color TV Game]] | |||
|successor = [[Super Nintendo]] | |||
}} | |||
The '''Nintendo Entertainment System''' (abbreviated to '''NES''' or '''Nintendo''') is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe and Australia in 1985. In most of Asia, including Japan (where it was first launched in 1983), China, Vietnam, Singapore, Middle East and Hong Kong, it was released as the '''Family Computer''' (ファミリーコンピュータ ''Famirī Konpyūta''), commonly abbreviated as the '''Famicom''' (ファミコン ''Famikon'', or FC for short). In South Korea, it was known as the '''Hyundai Comboy''' (현대 컴보이) and was distributed by Hyundai Electronics. In Russia, an unlicensed clone was manufactured called Dendy (Де́нди). Similarly in India, clones were popular by the names of Little Master and Wiz Kid It was succeeded by the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. | The '''Nintendo Entertainment System''' (abbreviated to '''NES''' or '''Nintendo''') is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe and Australia in 1985. In most of Asia, including Japan (where it was first launched in 1983), China, Vietnam, Singapore, Middle East and Hong Kong, it was released as the '''Family Computer''' (ファミリーコンピュータ ''Famirī Konpyūta''), commonly abbreviated as the '''Famicom''' (ファミコン ''Famikon'', or FC for short). In South Korea, it was known as the '''Hyundai Comboy''' (현대 컴보이) and was distributed by Hyundai Electronics. In Russia, an unlicensed clone was manufactured called Dendy (Де́нди). Similarly in India, clones were popular by the names of Little Master and Wiz Kid It was succeeded by the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. | ||