Nintendo Entertainment System

The Nintendo Entertainment System is Nintendo's first home video game console, released in 1985. It is a third generation, 8-bit console that utilities a front-loading cartridge slot. NES games load from a 72-pin Game Pak, and run on a Ricoh 2A03 8-bit processor CPU with MOS Technology 6502 core. The NES supports two controllers, and uses an oblong brick shaped controller with a D-Pad and two buttons.

The NES was developed by Nintendo after success with arcade machines in the early 80's. Some of Nintendo's biggest franchises, Super Mario, Metriod, Kirby, and The Legend of Zelda were all established on the NES. The NES has a sprite color pallet of 48 colors and 6 greys. Up to 64 simultaneous sprites can exist on screen at a time. Sprites can be either 8 by 8 or 8 by 16 pixels, but this setting affects all sprites, so it must be chosen carefully.

Games

 * Donkey Kong