Three decades of classic gaming: The Nintendo Entertainment System turns 30
The Nintendo Entertainment System celebrated its 30th anniversary. It is hard to believe that the Super Mario Bros's maker has already lived 30 years, providing us with entertainment as we still seek out its most memorable releases even in 2015.
The Nintendo Entertainment System was released on October 18, 1985, with 18 of classic games including Duck Hunt, Wild Gunman, Ice Climber, Excitebike, and the famous Super Mario Bros, according to Shacknews.
The NES was originally released as the Famicom (Family Computer) in Japan in 1983. But two years later the Famicom was redesigned as the NES and released in the US and Canada and began to be well-known all over the world.
For three decades, the NES has inspired many gamers to start a journey through the world of video games. In fact, so many games on PC or mobile devices were inspired by the little consoles that the NES made. Many games that we enjoy on a daily basis were the revolution of the NES's classic games.
The debut of the NES was released in North America in 1985. The set included the NES Control Deck, two controllers, the Zapper, light gun and the Robotic Operating Buddy, well known as R.O.B The Deluxe Set. The Set priced at $199.9, which would've cost over $475 today with inflation adjustment.
The Nintendo also released a basic NES set in 1985, which featured Control Deck, a single controller and Super Mario Bros. The system was priced $300 at that time, according to Wiiudaily. With the inflation adjustment, that number can be translated to $800 today. And it only included one game: Super Mario Bros.
After the debut, the Nintendo Entertainment System ran successfully in the market. In 1986, Nintendo earned $310 million in sales, out of total 1986 video game industry sales of $430 million. Within three years, the NES video game market grew larger than any other computer softwares. After five years, over than 30% American households owned an NES.
At the end of 1980's Sega Mega Drive, which is best known as the Sega Genesis offered the NES a competition on the market. Facing this new competition, Nintendo's market share began to erode. After facing the market decline from 1991 to 1995, the NES was formally discontinued in the US in 1995. The NES ended up selling 62 million units during a decade of its lifetime.
Today, three decades after its debut, the NES's games still being the most memorable game one ever play. One of the NES's most memorable game, according to Techcrunch, is Super Mario Bros. It is said that the game changed everything. It wasn't about the graphics or the people who made the game, it was all about gameplay.
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