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Nintendo Entertainment System

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Games:
1,352
Part of:
Nintendo
Hardware models:
3

Hardware

The Nintendo Entertainment System (commonly abbreviated as NES) is an 8-bit home video game console that was developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was initially released in Japan as the Family Computer (Japanese: ファミリーコンピュータ Hepburn: Famirī Konpyūta?) (also known by the portmanteau abbreviation Famicom (ファミコン Famikon?) and abbreviated as FC) on July 15, 1983, and was later released in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986, and Australia in 1987. In South Korea, it was known as the Hyundai Comboy (현대 컴보이 Hyeondae Keomboi) and was distributed by SK Hynix which then was known as Hyundai Electronics. It was succeeded by the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

CPU
Ricoh 2A03 at 1.79 MHz
Graphics
Custom Ricoh Picture Processing Unit (PPU)
Memory
2 KiB
Media
Nintendo Entertainment System Game Pak
Resolutions
256x240
Output
RF, composite
Sound
CPU-integrated programmable sound generator (5 mono channels)

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