Launched in Japan as the Famicom in 1983 and in North America as the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1985, the NES brought players back after the great video-game crash. A strict seal-of-quality and system-selling titles like Super Mario Bros. (1985), The Legend of Zelda (1986) and Metroid set the template for decades of game design to follow.
Video Games · 1983–1989
Nintendo Entertainment System
The console that revived the industry after the 1983 crash and defined home gaming for a generation.