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Nintendo · Console family

Nintendo Entertainment System

A precise grey box, a strict seal of quality, and a library that rebuilt the console business.

Documented hardware recordA source-linked factual history appears below. Undocumented development, regional, and package details are left unclaimed.

Nintendo reworked Japan’s Famicom for North America and paired it with ROB, the Zapper, and unusually careful retail strategy. Its controller and landmark software became the blueprint for the modern console.

Released
1985 · Exact day not documented
Platform / family
Third generation
Format / type
Cartridge
Region
North America
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Documented item history

Release and collector context

Source-linked facts

Nintendo Entertainment System is a Nintendo hardware family documented for North America, with a release recorded as 1985 (the exact day and month are not documented). The catalog identifies it as Third generation hardware using Cartridge. PLAYBACK connects 6 documented hardware variants to this family, including NES front-loader, PAL NES, Hyundai Comboy, Samurai Electronic TV Game System, Sharp Nintendo Television, 1 more.

Research status
Structured source record
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Release context

The documented release is 1985 (the exact day and month are not documented) for North America on Third generation. Date precision is preserved exactly: the archive does not invent a day when the source records only a month or year.

02

Regional differences

This record is scoped to North America. The linked structured source does not document a separate regional title or package difference, so PLAYBACK does not infer one.

03

Physical packaging

The physical format is documented as Cartridge. The current structured source does not enumerate every insert, manual, sleeve, or bonus item, so no unverified contents are claimed.

04

Editions and revisions

6 hardware configurations are linked to this family: NES front-loader, PAL NES, Hyundai Comboy, Samurai Electronic TV Game System, Sharp Nintendo Television, NES-101 top-loader.

Research sources

  1. commons.wikimedia.org — catalog record ↗