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{{Console
|name = Nintendo Entertainment System
|name = Nintendo Entertainment System
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|logo = [[File:NES.png|200px]]<br>
|boxart =
|release = [[File:Flag-United-States.png|22px|USA Flag]] October 18, 1985<br>[[File:Flag-European.png|22px|European Flag]] September 1, 1986<br>[[File:Flag-Australia.png|22px|Australia Flag]] 1987 (month and date unknown)<br>
|release =  
|games = ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]''<br>''[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|The Adventure of Link]]''
|games = ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]''<br>''[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|The Adventure of Link]]''
}}
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The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is the first home gaming console made by [[Nintendo]] to be released internationally. It could support 8-bit hardware, but nothing more than that.
The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is the first home gaming console made by [[Nintendo]] to be released internationally. It was Nintendo's first American home console (Nintendo arcade games had been released in America before 1985.)


==Games==
==Games==
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===The Adventure of Link===
===The Adventure of Link===
{{Main|Zelda II: The Adventure of Link}}
{{Main|Zelda II: The Adventure of Link}}
{{Game
|name = Nintendo Famicom
|logo = [[File:Famicom.png|200px]]<br>
|release = [[File:Flag-Japan.png|22px|Japan Flag]] July 15, 1983<br>
}}


==Nintendo Famicom==
==Nintendo Famicom==
The Famicom, short for "family computer", was the Japanese version of the NES. It was released in 1983. Many more addons for the Famicom than the NES were released, including a tape drive for saving games, a [[Famicom Disk System|floppy disk drive]], and a keyboard for use with a BASIC interpreter. The Famicom's controller contained a microphone that could be used in gameplay; the [[Pols Voice]] in ''The Legend of Zelda'' was affected by the player blowing into the microphone.
The Famicom, short for "Family Computer", was the Japanese version of the NES. It was released in 1983. Many more addons for the Famicom than the NES were released, including a [[wikipedia:Famicom Data Recorder|tape drive]] for saving data, a keyboard for use with a [[wikipedia:Family BASIC|BASIC interpreter]], and a [[Famicom Disk System|floppy disk drive]]. The Famicom's controller contained a microphone that could be used in gameplay; the [[Pols Voice]] in ''The Legend of Zelda'' was affected by the player blowing into the microphone.


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Revision as of 07:29, November 21, 2012

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The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is the first home gaming console made by Nintendo to be released internationally. It was Nintendo's first American home console (Nintendo arcade games had been released in America before 1985.)

Games

Of all the games developed for the NES, there were but two Zelda games: The Legend of Zelda, and The Adventure of Link.

The Legend of Zelda

Main article: The Legend of Zelda

The Adventure of Link

Main article: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

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Nintendo Famicom

The Famicom, short for "Family Computer", was the Japanese version of the NES. It was released in 1983. Many more addons for the Famicom than the NES were released, including a tape drive for saving data, a keyboard for use with a BASIC interpreter, and a floppy disk drive. The Famicom's controller contained a microphone that could be used in gameplay; the Pols Voice in The Legend of Zelda was affected by the player blowing into the microphone.