Nintendo Entertainment System, Famicom, NES Specs, Info And History


This post contains one or more affiliate links. I get a commission if you make a purchase through the affiliate link(s). Among other things, the commissions help me keep this website up and running. Thank you for helping! See Affiliate Disclosure for more information.

 

Nintendo Entertainment System(NES), Famicom Console Specifications

  • CPU: Ricoh 2A03 8-bit processor
  • RAM: 2 kB
  • Max Colors on Screen: 25
  • Total Colors: NTSC with 48 possible colors and 6 grays
  • Max Sprites on Screen: 64
  • Sound Channels: 5
  • Sound Memory: 64 KB
  • Video Memory: PPU(Picture Processing Unit) Ricoh Rp2C02(NTSC)/ RP2C07(PAL)
  • Media: ROM Cartridge

 

Find on eBay

 

Console Generation of the Nintendo Entertainment System

  • 3rd generation

 

Nintendo Entertainment System’s Lifespan

  • 1983-2003(Famicom)
  • 1985-1995(NES)

 

Launch Price of NES

  • JP: ¥14,800
  • US: $179.99

 

Launch Dates of NES

  • Japan: July 15, 1983
  • North America: October 18, 1985
  • Europe: September 1, 1986
  • Australia: July(?), 1987
  • Brazil: 1993

 

Discontinued Dates

  • Japan: September 25, 2003
  • North America: August 14, 1995

 

NES Units Sold

  • North America: 34 million
  • Japan: 19.35 million
  • Others: 8.56 million

Worldwide: 61.91 million

 

Best Selling NES Games(units sold):

(*)Bundled with console and sold separately

  1. Super Mario Bros. – 40.24 Million(*)
  2. Duck Hunt – 28.31 Million(*)
  3. Super Mario Bros. 3 – 17.28 Million(*)
  4. Super Mario Bros. – 2 7.46 Million
  5. The Legend of Zelda The World Warrior – 6.51 Million
  6. Tetris – 5.58 Million
  7. Dr. Mario – 4.85 Million
  8. Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link – 4.38 Million
  9. Excitebike – 4.16 Million
  10. Golf – 4.01 Million

 

Other Names, Also Known As

  • NES
  • Nintendo Entertainment System
  • Japan: Famicom
  • Korea: Comboy

 

Predecessor To NES

  • Color TV-Game Series

 

Successor To NES

  • SNES, Super NES

 

Check Price on eBay

 

 

This post contains one or more affiliate links. I get a commission if you make a purchase through the affiliate link(s). Among other things, the commissions help me keep this website up and running. Thank you for helping! See Affiliate Disclosure for more information.

Have any Question or Comment?

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

three × two =