Platform archive · Nintendo
NES
The Family Computer, better known as Famicom, paired custom graphics hardware with attached controllers and arcade-inspired software. Its success formed the technical and creative foundation for the NES.
Hardware launch era1983
Physical games1,661
Documented packages1,661
Hardware variants9
NintendoLaunch information
The platform’s opening chapter
- Hardware era
- 1983
- Launch region
- Japan
- Primary physical format
- Cartridge
- First documented physical release
- July 15, 1983
- Latest documented physical release
- August 25, 1994
- Special editions and variants
- 0
Hardware collector index
Colors, revisions, and special editions
Launch · Japan
Original square-button Famicom
Revision · Japan
Round-button Famicom
Licensed model · Japan
Sharp Nintendo Television C1 — red
Licensed model · Japan
Sharp Nintendo Television C1 — black
Licensed model · Japan
Sharp Twin Famicom AN-500R
Licensed model · Japan
Sharp Twin Famicom AN-500B
Licensed model · Japan
Sharp Twin Famicom Turbo AN-505R
Licensed model · Japan
Sharp Twin Famicom Turbo AN-505B
Licensed model · Japan
Sharp Famicom Titler
Best-known releases
Platform-defining collector highlights
December 10, 1988
'89 Dennou Kyuusei Uranai
August 30, 1985
10-Yard Fight
October 1, 1989
100 Man Dollar Kid - Maboroshi no Teiou Hen
June 20, 1988
1943
June 20, 1988
1943 - The Battle of Midway
June 20, 1988
1943 - The Battle of Valhalla
September 18, 1992
1999 - Hore, Mitakotoka! Seikimatsu
August 8, 1990
2010 Street Fighter
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