Nintendo Entertainment System

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The Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES, is an 8-bit video game console released by Nintendo in North America, Brazil, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The equivalent in Japan is known as the Nintendo Family Computer (??????????????), or Famicom (?????). The most successful gaming console of its time in Asia and North America, it helped revitalize the video game industry following the video game crash of 1983, and set the standard for subsequent consoles in everything from game design (the first modern platform game, Super Mario Bros., was the system's first "killer game") to business practices. The NES was the first console for which the manufacturer openly courted third-party developers.

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8-bit - Video game console - Nintendo - North America - Brazil - Europe - Asia - Australia - Japan - Video game crash of 1983 - Game design - Platform game - Super Mario Bros. - Killer game - Third-party developer

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