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[[Nintendo]]'s first console system, made in 1984 in Japan.  Also knkown as the Nintendo Entertainment System or NES.
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[[Nintendo]]'s first console system, made in 1984 in Japan.  Also knkown as the Nintendo Entertainment System or NES in non-Japanese reigons.
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The Famicom was gold and red colored, and used a top loading system and the controllers could not be removed, whereas the NES was white/grey and black, and used a front loading system, which was very prone to failure.
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There was, however, a NES model 2 that used the top loading design.

Revision as of 01:22, 27 September 2004

Nintendo's first console system, made in 1984 in Japan. Also knkown as the Nintendo Entertainment System or NES in non-Japanese reigons.

The Famicom was gold and red colored, and used a top loading system and the controllers could not be removed, whereas the NES was white/grey and black, and used a front loading system, which was very prone to failure.

There was, however, a NES model 2 that used the top loading design.