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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 ...
June – Lucasfilm Games releases puzzle game Pipe Mania, which lives on in other titles as a visual representation of computer or security system hacking. July 11 – Capcom releases Mega Man 2 in more countries (US). July 27 – Nintendo releases Mother in Japan, the first of a trilogy of role-playing games produced by celebrity writer ...
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 .
Title(s) Notes/Reasons Developer Publisher The Addams Family 2: A video game adaptation of Addams Family Values was announced for release in 1993 alongside the film, but never materialized. [1] Ocean: Ocean The Adventures of Dr. Franken: Ports of Dr. Franken (1992) were developed for NES, Game Boy, and SNES, but the NES version was never ...
This is a listing of the best-selling video games in the United States annually by units sold since 1980, with sales figures from The NPD Group since 1994. [1] The United States is a very competitive market for video game developers.
[62] [63] In Poland, the NES had its release on October 6, 1994 along with the SNES and the Game Boy. [64] [65] In November 1994, Nintendo signed an agreement with Steepler to permit the continued sale of the Dendy, an unauthorized hardware clone of the Famicom, in Russia in exchange for also distributing the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
Strider was released for the NES exclusively in North America a few months after the arcade version's release. This version was produced alongside the arcade game but follows the plot of Moto Kikaku's tie-in manga. A Famicom version of the same game was planned for release in Japan, but never made it to the shelves.
In North America, the NES sold 1.1 million units in 1986, [91] out of worldwide sales of 3 million that year. [11] By 1988, the console had sold 12 million units in Japan and was projected to top 10 million in the United States by the end of the year. [92] The NES widely outsold its primary competitors, the Master System and the Atari 7800. The ...