Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System
Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II
Dragon Warrior III
Color a Dinosaur
New Ghostbusters II
Yo! Noid
Ninja Gaiden
Chiller
Contra
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Hatris
Pac-Man Championship Edition
Son Son
StarTropics
Mega Man 4
Dr. Mario
Street Fighter
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Mach Rider
Mechanized Attack
Power Punch II
Yoshi
Disney's DuckTales 2
Ice Climber
Tiny Toon Adventures
Rod-Land
Mickey Mousecapade
A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia
Action 52
Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Ms. Pac-Man
Wario's Woods
Monster Party
10-Yard Fight
Wild Gunman
Metal Storm
Kid Klown in Night Mayor World
Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt / World Class Track Meet
The Flintstones: The Rescue of Dino & Hoppy
Donkey Kong 3
Super Mario Bros. 2
Titenic
The Goonies II
Rampart
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game
Disney's DuckTales
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
Lode Runner
Disney's The Lion King
Nintendo World Championships 1990
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The Famicom's final design incorporated this red color because of an order from Hiroshi Yamauchi, the president of Nintendo at the time. Yamuchi often wore a scarf of a similar color and decided to include this favorite of his in the system as well.
It should also be noted that at the time of manufacturing, red and white plastics were the cheapest color of plastic to produce.
It should also be noted that at the time of manufacturing, red and white plastics were the cheapest color of plastic to produce.
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Nintendo was originally going to release a home computer in place of the NES. Known as the Advanced Video System, or the AVS, it was going to be a home computer with a heavy gaming twist.
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The Famicom Disk System was an early attempt at expanding the capability of the Famicom, which was the original Japanese version of the NES. This new add-on used discs rather than cartridges, which were cheaper to produce and held more data. Unfortunately the technology at the time was faulty; so much so that Nintendo of Japan continued servicing them until their patents expired in 2003. Interestingly enough, NES has an expansion port located on the bottom of the console. This is because Nintendo planned to release a version of the Famicom Disk System for international markets. This expansion port is absent on the original Famicom, and the Famicom Disk System connects to the Famicom by the cartridge slot. However, the international version of the Famicom Disk System never saw the light of day, and the NES expansion port went unused.
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The Minnesota state lottery was considering using the NES to let people play the lottery. The player would use a game cartridge made by the company to play the lottery, and a modem that would allow them to communicate with the central computer. The plan eventually fell through due to concerns that minors would illegally purchase tickets.
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Due to South Korea banning Japanese cultural imports at the end of World War II, the NES was distributed by South Korean company Hyundai, and was named the Comboy.
Many consoles in South Korea were released under alternate names and published by various Korean companies, including the Game Boy, Genesis, Master System, Game Gear, SNES and Nintendo 64.
Many consoles in South Korea were released under alternate names and published by various Korean companies, including the Game Boy, Genesis, Master System, Game Gear, SNES and Nintendo 64.
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