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The Nintendo Entertainment System has a library of 1376 [a] officially licensed games released for the Japanese version, the Family Computer (Famicom), and its international counterpart, the NES, during their lifespans, plus 7 official multicarts and 2 championship cartridges. Of these, 672 were released exclusively in Japan, 187 were released ...
This is a list of games that are part of the Classic NES Series in North America, Famicom Mini (ファミコンミニ, Famikon Mini) in Japan, and NES Classics in Europe and Australia. The series consists of emulated Nintendo Entertainment System, Family Computer, and Family Computer Disk System games for the Game Boy Advance.
Nintendo announces that it would release 40 new NES titles through its licensees in 1989, while Sega announces 20 titles that include several translations of arcade games. Peripherals unveiled and demonstrated at this event include Broderbund 's U-Force , Beeshu's Zoomer , and Nintendo's Power Pad .
Comparison of NES from different regions. From top: Japanese Famicom, European NES and American NES . In June 1989, Nintendo of America's vice president of marketing Peter Main, said that the Famicom was present in 37% of Japan's households. [164] By 1990, 30% of American households owned the NES, compared to 23% for all personal computers. [165]
The first digital port of River City Ransom was released on the Wii Virtual Console in Japan on October 23, 2007, [13] in PAL regions on February 21, 2008, [14] and in North America on April 21. [15] The western NES titles, graphics, and storylines for the latter two releases were left intact.
The Classic Series was a marketing label used by Nintendo in Europe and North America from 1992 onwards to describe a line of budget range rereleases of NES video games. Games released as part of the label were sold at a lower price, usually around half that of other NES titles (i.e. $29.99 instead of $49.99 in the United States [1] or DM 44.95 ...
It includes titles that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Video games in this category have been released exclusively on the Nintendo Entertainment System /Nintendo Family Computer console.
Mega Man 2 (NES) by Capcom was the breakthrough title in Capcom's Mega Man series. The series had a number of additional hits on the NES, and later spawned several successful spin-off series. Metal Gear (MSX2) by Konami initiated the Metal Gear series in 1987. It was released for the MSX2 computer and remade on the NES shortly after.