SaturDay HardWare - NES
The NES or Famicom in Japan has been the driving force of the consoles in the 80's. In USA whilst they were experiencing a video game crash, japan decided to get something off the ground in 1983.
Two years after in October 1985 when the market had somewhat recovered from the video game crash 1983 but not without pains and after numerous re-design came to be, the first foray of Nintendo in the American soil.
Originally it wasn't even supposed to look like the way it did and was more having a retro futuristic look, of course then it was just called futuristic and under a different name. Advance Video System had much more to do in look and feel to a computer. It was really quite the departure from the FamiCom which had white and red plastic and didn't really feel like a video game console but rather like a toy.
In order for the console to gain consumer a marketing trick was put in place for the console to be marketed as the Nintendo Entertainment System and especially not as a video game as people were still showing reluctance over video games since then.
The Nes was also the start of a strategy by Nintendo to make a move over the licensing deal to secure consumer that the game was up to standards with the strict quality requirement which grants any game copy the official seal of approval Nintendo.
In terms of the software available for the console, where do I start ? Mario Bros, Legend of Zelda, Castlevania, Metroid, Kirby, Kid Icarus. All of them had taken off some steam on this console and has been vector of memories for folks my age since it first released.
On the other end of the spectrum, the NES was also a good medium to release licensed video games and movie to game adaptation. A lot of NES games since every blockbuster had a tie in game and if nowadays tie-ins are known to be of particularly bad quality back in the day the picture was a bit different. More of a Hit or Miss if you ask me.
Bear in mind that whilst the console was discontinued in 1995 in Europe and USA. The console was discontinued in Japan in 2003 and officially supported by Nintendo up until 2007 which was then stopped because of a shortage of available parts.
In conclusion, The NES is single-handedly responsible for the gaming scene nowadays, managed to get a wider public open to gaming at home and whilst there has been consoles on the market before it consoles were never the same after it hit the scene. A legacy, that a lot of folks remember.
Two years after in October 1985 when the market had somewhat recovered from the video game crash 1983 but not without pains and after numerous re-design came to be, the first foray of Nintendo in the American soil.
The Nes was also the start of a strategy by Nintendo to make a move over the licensing deal to secure consumer that the game was up to standards with the strict quality requirement which grants any game copy the official seal of approval Nintendo.
In terms of the software available for the console, where do I start ? Mario Bros, Legend of Zelda, Castlevania, Metroid, Kirby, Kid Icarus. All of them had taken off some steam on this console and has been vector of memories for folks my age since it first released.
On the other end of the spectrum, the NES was also a good medium to release licensed video games and movie to game adaptation. A lot of NES games since every blockbuster had a tie in game and if nowadays tie-ins are known to be of particularly bad quality back in the day the picture was a bit different. More of a Hit or Miss if you ask me.
Bear in mind that whilst the console was discontinued in 1995 in Europe and USA. The console was discontinued in Japan in 2003 and officially supported by Nintendo up until 2007 which was then stopped because of a shortage of available parts.
