aBOUT NES
Following a series of arcade game successes in the early 1980s, Nintendo made plans to create a cartridge-based console called the Famicom. Masayuki Uemura designed the system.[15][16] Original plans called for an advanced 16-bit system which would function as a full-fledged computer with a keyboard and floppy disk drive, but Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi rejected this and instead decided to go for a cheaper, more conventional cartridge-based game console as he felt that features such as keyboards and disks were intimidating to non-technophiles. A test model was constructed in October 1982 to verify the functionality of the hardware, after which work began on programming tools. Because 65xx CPUs had not been manufactured or sold in Japan up to that time, no cross-development software was available and it had to be produced from scratch. Early Famicom games were written on a system that ran on an NEC PC-8001 computer and LEDs on a grid were used with a digitizer to design graphics as no software design tools for this purpose existed at that time.[citation needed]
The code name for the project was "GameCom", but Masayuki Uemura's wife proposed the name "Famicom", arguing that "In Japan, 'pasokon' is used to mean a personal computer, but it is neither a home or personal computer. Perhaps we could say it is a family computer." Meanwhile, Hiroshi Yamauchi decided that the console should use a red and white theme after seeing a billboard for DX Antenna which used those colors. Original plans called for the Famicom's cartridges to be the size of a cassette tape, but ultimately they ended up being twice as big. Careful design attention was paid to the cartridge connectors since loose and faulty connections often plagued arcade machines. As it necessitated taking 60 connection lines for the memory and expansion, Nintendo decided to produce their own connectors in-house rather than use ones from an outside supplier. The game pad controllers were more-or-less copied directly from the Game & Watch machines, although the Famicom design team originally wanted to use arcade-style joysticks, even taking apart ones from American game consoles to see how they worked. However, it was eventually decided that children might step on joysticks left on the floor and their durability was also questioned. Katsuyah Nakawaka attached a Game & Watch D-pad to the Famicom prototype and found that it was easy to use and had no discomfort. Ultimately though, they did install a 15-pin expansion port on the front of the console so that an arcade-style joystick could be used optionally. The controllers were hard-wired to the console with no connectors for cost reasons. Uemura added an eject lever to the cartridge slot which was not really necessary, but he felt that children could be entertained by pressing it. He also added a microphone to the second controller with the idea that it could be used to make players' voices sound through the TV speaker. |
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A Boy and His Blob, Trouble on Blobolonia.nes
Adventure Island III (USA).nes Balloon Fight - Satoru Iwata Edition.nes Battle City (Japan).nes Bomberman (USA).nes Castlevania (USA).nes Contra (USA).nes Dig Dug (Japan).nes Donkey Kong Classics (USA, Europe).nes Donkey Kong Country 4 (Unl) [!].nes Dr. Mario (Japan, USA).nes Dragon Warrior (USA).nes Duck Tales (USA).nes Earthbound Zero (Demiforce v1.01 Hack-2) (U).nes editor.nes Excitebike.nes Final Fantasy (USA).nes flappy (1).nes flappy_easy.nes fmv_demo.nes Galaga (Europe).nes gg.nes Ice Climber (USA, Europe).nes Kart Fighter (Unl).nes Kirby's Adventure.nes Legend of Zelda, The (USA).nes MAIN.NES Mario Bros. Classic (Europe).nes Mega Man 2.nes Mega Man 3.nes Mega Man 4.nes Mega Man 5.nes Mega Man Mushroom Kingdom.nes Mega Man.nes Metroid (Europe).nes Millipede (Japan).nes MineShaft.nes Monopoly.nes MultiCart.nes NES Open Tournament Golf (USA).nes NES Test Cart (PD).nes nes_virus_cleaner.nes nesmas.nes NESpix-1.0.1.nes Nintendo World Championships 1990 (U) [!].nes Pac-Man (USA) (Namco).nes pcb_artist_RELEASE_cat2.nes PCM.demo.wgraphics.nes pixel2.nes polynes.nes polynes3.nes pong_198x.nes Punch-Out!!.nes R.C. Pro-Am (USA).nes Rad Racer.nes River City Ransom (USA).nes ROM City Rampage [!].nes Side Pocket.nes Somari (Unl).nes Space Invaders (Japan).nes Startropics (USA).nes Super Mario All-Stars (w-savepatch).nes Super Mario Bros. + Duck Hunt + World Class Track Meet.nes Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA).nes Super Mario Bros. 3 (USA).nes Super Mario Unlimited.nes SuperPainter_v1.0.nes Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II - The Arcade Game (USA).nes Tetris (USA).nes tmnt_demo_by_xodnizel.nes Top Gun.nes Ultra Easy Frogger (PD).nes Urban Champion (World).nes WAM.nes Wrecking Crew (World).nes |
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