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Introduction
Released back in 1984 in Europe and according to retrogames.co.uk in 1986 in the USA, the Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES, was Nintendo’s first game console in the west. The Japanese version is called Famicom and was released in 1983. Technically both the Famicom and the NES are equal, but the are pretty different on the design side.
Specifications
Processor: 6508 (using a custom Motorola 6502 class), 1.79 Mhz
Memory: Maim RAM: 2 KB/Video RAM: 2 KB
Display: 256×240, 52 colours, 16 colours on screen, 64 sprites, 8 sprites per line, 8×8 and 8×16 sprites, horizontal and vertical picturescroll
Sound: PSG sound (2 Square Waves, 1 Triangle Wave, 1 White Noise)
Ports:
Source: www.retrogames.co.uk
Pictures
 NES |
 NES in it’s box |
 NES Controllers |
 Nintendo Zapper |
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