Fun Facts: Nintendo Entertainment System

[Phillyman]

Been thinking about this idea for a while, lets start a topic about a video game console and everyone jump in and contribute a fact about it

Nintendo Entertainment System

• Best Selling Game was Super Mario Bros 3 - 40.23 million (as of 1999)
  
• Released in the USA on October 18th 1985
  
• Retailed for $199.95 on Launch
  

[Areala]

Oooh! Time to get geeky!

* Processor speed is a whopping 1.79mhz (for the sake of comparison, a TI-82 graphing calculator has a 6mhz processor)

* Offers 4Kb of memory - 2Kb for the internal RAM, and another 2Kb for video

* 52 colour palette, with up to 16 of those colours displayed on one screen

* Largest NES (non-multicart) game released in the US: Dragon Warrior 4 (1 megabyte)

* Largest NES (non-multicart) game released only in Japan: Metal Slader Glory (1 megabyte)

* Number of games available at US launch: 18 (10-Yard Fight, Baseball, Clu Clu Land, Donkey Kong Jr. Math, Duck Hunt, Excitebike, Golf, Gyromite, Hogan's Alley, Ice Climber, Kung Fu, Mach Rider, Pinball, Stack-Up, Super Mario Bros., Tennis, Wild Gunman, and Wrecking Crew.)

* Total number of games released in the US: 761

* Last licensed game released: Wario's Woods (1994)

*huggles*

Areala

[Gnash]

Top ten Nintendo Entertainment System games by sales.

1. Super Mario Bros. (40.23 million)

2. Super Mario Bros. 3 (18 million)

3. Super Mario Bros. 2 (10 million)

4. The Legend of Zelda (6.51 million)

5. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (4.38 million)

6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (4 million)

7. Dragon Warrior III (3.8 million in Japan)

8. Dragon Warrior IV (3.1 million in Japan)

9. Golf (2.46 million in Japan)

10. Dragon Warrior II (2.4 million in Japan)

[Areala]

Coolest Super Mario commercial from the US:

I was a part of his left cheek.

*huggles*

Areala

[Thor]

Been thinking about this idea for a while, lets start a topic about a video game console and everyone jump in and contribute a fact about it

Nintendo Entertainment System

• Best Selling Game was Super Mario Bros 3 - 40.23 million (as of 1999)
  
• Released in the USA on October 18th 1985
  
• Retailed for $199.95 on Launch
  

That should be Super Mario Bros not Mario 3. Mario 3 only sold around 18-19 Mil. Original Mario was sold with every console (except early consoles) and was sold separate. It was actually the top selling game of all time up until 2008 or 2009 when Wii Sports took over.

[Estil]

There were exactly thirty "black box" games:

10 Yard Fight

Balloon Fight

Baseball

Clu Clu Land

Donkey Kong

Donkey Kong Jr

Donkey Kong 3

Donkey Kong Jr Math)

Duck Hunt

Excitebike

Golf

Gumshoe

Gyromite

Hogan's Alley

Ice Climber

Kung Fu

Mach Rider

Mario Bros

Pinball

Popeye

Pro Wrestling

Slalom

Soccer

Stack Up

Super Mario Bros

Tennis

Urban Champion

Volleyball

Wild Gunman

Wrecking Crew

[Mister Zero]

The Japanese version of the NES, the Famicom("Family Computer"), came with two controllers hard-wired to the system. The second player controller had an internal microphone and speaker used by some games and lacked Start and Select buttons.