Nintendo Entertainment System

The Nintendo Entertainment System (often referred to as the NES or simply Nintendo) is an 8-bit video game console released by Nintendo in North America, Brazil, Europe, and Australia in 1985. In most of Asia, including Japan, the Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Singapore, it was released as the Family Computer (ファミリーコンピュータ, Famirī Konpyūta) or simply, the Famicom (ファミコン, Famikon). In South Korea, the hardware was licensed to Hyundai Electronics, which marketed it as the Comboy (컴보이).

The most successful gaming console of its time in Asia and North America with Nintendo claiming to have sold over 60 million NES units worldwide, it helped revitalize the US video game industry following the video game crash of 1983. It set the standard for subsequent consoles in everything from game design to controller layout. The NES was the first console for which the manufacturer openly courted third-party developers.