This same week 30 years ago the NES arrived in the United States, however, it would be a year later, on September 1, 1986 when it would arrive in Europe. Nintendo Entertainment System, better known as NES was one of the best game consoles in history, which would give us hours and hours of fun, especially accompanied by his flagship, the Italian plumber obsessed with rescuing a princess, Mario. The console was launched in the United States by 18 video games and an adorable robot named ROB.
Today Nintendo is a large company, we can assume that each of its releases will be a success, although we are not going to discuss the sales of Wii U. However, 30 years ago everything was very different, the world of video games was in a different position than today. In fact, Nintendo Entertainment System arrived just two years after the great video game crisis of 1983In addition, Atari, one of the most successful video game companies in history, was burying more than 700.000 copies of the most resounding failure ever produced in video games, the famous ET, in a New landfill. Mexico, which is considered by many the worst video game in history.
In 1986 NES already dominated the video game market, and therefore Nintendo had already become history. At the end of that same year, the long-awaited console arrived in Europe and its video games represented 75% of all sales in the video game industry. Currently we find Sony and Microsoft commanding this market, however, Nintendo had no rival at the time, in fact with the NES some of the best sagas ever seen were born, we refer of course to The Legend of Zelda, Metroid and no, I had not forgotten, Super Mario Bros.
Nintendo has made some moves for this XNUMXth anniversary of the NES, so head over to their official website to take a tour of the history of video games in Super Mario Bros. Nintendo Entertainment System was launched on July 15, 1983 in Japan, October 18, 1985 in the United States, and September 1, 1986 in Europe, ending in Australia in 1987.
On Nintendo's official website, the FavIcon (the little icon that appears in the browser when you bookmark a web page, or bookmark) has become Super Mario on the NES. A few fun facts:
- The famous Guitar Hero game, which is currently an unparalleled success, was mainly designed for the Nintendo Entertainment System as stated in this version, however, it never saw the light for different reasons.
- The Nintendo Entertainment System console sold 61,9 million units, an outrage if we take into account the time that it was and that followed the 1983 video game crisis that almost wiped out the industry.
- Dock Hunt, the famous hunting game with the laser gun, in which your dog laughed at you when you missed, was one of the most played games, reaching around 849.3000.000 total shots in the video game.
- The total weight of all Nintendo Entertainment System units sold is 77.212 tons.
- Initially the Nintendo Entertainment System was to be called something like the Nintendo Advanced Video System (NAVS) in the United States, but the name was poorly received at the 1983 Consumer Electronic Show.
- Nintendo did not want to sell it as a video game console, but as an entertainment device, that is why cartridges were introduced frontally as in VHS and eliminate the word videogame from the name, the video game crisis was still too recent.
- There is no use blowing into the cartridges, in fact you will probably break them sooner, since the saliva can cause a lot of rust on the connectors.
We hope you liked this article dedicated to one of the best video consoles in history, and of course that you have learned something with us. Nintendo Entertainment System was the rise of video games to be what they are today, catapulting Nintendo to fame and creating a love for video games that continues to this day, its anniversary is a good time to remember it.