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The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is an 8-bit home video game console produced by Nintendo. It was first released in Japan on July 15, 1983, as the Family Computer ( Famicom ). [ note 1 ] It was released in US test markets as the redesigned NES in October 1985, and fully launched in the US the following year.
The Family Computer/Nintendo Entertainment System has a library of 1376 [a] officially licensed games released during their lifespans, plus 7 official multicarts and 2 championship cartridges. Of these, 672 were released exclusively in Japan, 187 were released exclusively in North America, and 19 were released exclusively in PAL countries.
Two extra cheat codes were added to the Famicom version: a stage select code (since the setting is not available on the default option screen) and a code that increases the number of continues. The NES version uses a Nintendo manufactured MMC3 chip to control the game's program, whereas the Famicom version uses the Konami manufactured VRC4 chip.
The S-DD1 chip is an ASIC decompressor made by Nintendo for use in some Super Nintendo Entertainment System Game Paks. [2] Designed to handle data compressed by the ABS Lossless Entropy Algorithm, a form of arithmetic coding developed by Ricoh , its use is necessary in games where massive amounts of sprite data are compressed with a total ...
The codes were printed on sticky labels to put on the back of the Game Gear cartridge. When entering codes, the player could easily see what to type in rather than looking through the book. In the code input menu for the Game Gear Game Genie, a player typing the word "DEAD" will cause the screen to move up and down, possibly as an Easter egg.
In 2003, Blizzard released an Adobe Shockwave-based demo version of the Game Boy Advance port featuring one track on its website. [7] In 2014, a demo version of the game featuring three tracks was added to Battle.net, emulated through ZSNES. [8] This version has all rock music tracks changed to simple MIDI music, because the music license expired.
Full Throttle: All-American Racing, known in Japan as Full Power (フル・パワー), [5] is a racing video game released in 1994 by Gremlin Interactive for the SNES. In Japan, it was published by Coconuts Japan, in North America by Cybersoft , and in Europe by GameTek .
Famicom Disk System disk drive and RAM adapter attached to the Famicom console. The Family Computer Disk System (Famicom Disk System) has a library of 200 [a] games that have been officially licensed by Nintendo. Famicom Disk System games were released only in Japan. Cartridge games are in the list of Nintendo Entertainment System games.