Kid Icarus. Blades of Steel. Blaster Master. Dragon Warrior. Duck Hunt. Bionic Commando. Mega Man 4. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Pro Wrestling. Mega Man 5. Donkey Kong. Castlevania II: Simon's Quest. Adventure Island. Bubble Bobble. Ghosts'n Goblins. River City Ransom. Life Force. Tiny Toon Adventures.
Rad Racer. Mega Man 6. Tecmo Bowl. DuckTales 2. Marble Madness. Ice Hockey. Double Dribble. Baseball Stars. Metal Gear. Skate or Die! Maniac Mansion. Final Fantasy III. Bases Loaded.
Donkey Kong Classics. Kung Fu. Adventure Island II. Spy Hunter. Little Nemo: The Dream Master. Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 2. Dragon Warrior II. The Goonies II. The Guardian Legend. Darkwing Duck. Pac Man. Adventure Island 3. Little Samson. Rush'n Attack.
Super Dodgeball. Batman: Return of the Joker. Mario Bros. Super Spike V'Ball. Contra Force. The game is a compilation of three prior Nintendo games, Super Mario Bros. CPU: Ricoh 2A03 8-bit- 1. The competition was brutal, and both companies strove to bring the best they could. As a result of this competition, Nintendo released a plethora of groundbreaking video games that garnered both critical and commercial success.
For example, our little beloved friend Super Mario Bros. In addition, there was The Legend of Zelda and Metroid. All of these games were a success that aided Nintendo to shine at the time. Nintendo introduced a now-standard business model of licensing third-party developers to produce and distribute games for the NES.
Five years after the release of the original NES, Nintendo released a remodelled version internationally. The emulation-based console includes 30 permanently inbuilt games from the vintage NES library, including the Super Mario Bros. CPU: Ricoh 5A22 — 3. In South Korea, the console has a unique name.
It was known as the Super Comboy. It introduced advanced graphics and sound capabilities compared with other systems at the time. The system was designed to accommodate the ongoing development of a variety of enhancement chips integrated into game cartridges to be competitive into the next generation. Surprisingly, it managed to remain popular well into the bit era, with It was first released in but was discontinued a year after. However, after the massive demand for the console, Nintendo resurrected the console the following year, and since then, the device has not been discontinued.
Luckily, it can also be hacked to have more than 30 games in your library. In addition, it also supports various visual options including a pixel-perfect option that displays each pixel as a square, a CRT mode, and a option. Here is a list of some of the games that were included:.
Units Sold: 10 million units Best-selling Game: Not specified. This version was developed after the massive success of the NES Mini. Hence, it acts as a successor to the aforementioned. See the full set below:. Just like the NES Mini, this one sold very well as well exceeding 10 million units. Making it impossible for Nintendo to discontinue the console.
The Game Boy is an 8-bit handheld game console developed and manufactured by you know who, Nintendo. This was the first handheld in the Game Boy Familly at the time, and it was first released in Japan on April 21, , then North America, three months later, and lastly in Europe, more than one year later.
Just like the situation with the NES, Game Boy had a myriad of titles that nudged the consumer to pick up the handheld the moment they laid their eyes on them. All of these titles sold extremely well, and to this day, they are still regarded as eternal classics. Moreover, similar to the situation with Color TV-Games Series, the Game Boy had several versions which were released throughout the years.
Look below for the full set:. Game Boy Pocket was released 7 years after the release of the original Game Boy. It is similar to the aforementioned but slimmer with a monochrome screen rather than the original pea soup screen. It takes 2 AAA batteries and lasts for a little less time. Due to high demand, Nintendo added the LED to the system. Similar to the Game Boy Pocket except it featured a backlit screen for playing in the dark. It ran on two AA batteries.
The player takes care of a virtual pet Pikachu. This one was released in Japan and North America back in We wanted to include it for the purpose of informing everyone about the existence of such hardware. Similar to the Game Boy, but with color graphics.
The Game Boy Color also had many technical improvements such as a more powerful processor and an infrared wireless link-up port. This system was technically compared to the Nintendo Entertainment System, except that the Game Boy Color had a larger colour palette.
There is no backlight on the screen. It was also backwards compatible Game Boy games which was a nice feature at the time for those who missed a game from the aforementioned. The Virtual Boy was released in and to this day, it is still regarded as a failed portable video game console. The aforementioned used a monochromatic red and black visor that simulated a 3D view on its games pretty much like VR, but worse.
Moreover, the system is noteworthy for being one of the few failed products of Nintendo. It was the last product former veteran Nintendo-designer Gunpei Yokoi had developed. Sadly, the Virtual Boy, like any hardware, had several flaws that led to its demise just after one year of its release. One of the reasons it failed is because it was slightly rushed to get the people on the team to work on the Nintendo 64, development was expensive on the other hand.
In addition, it caused other health issues to people such as eye strain after playing it for a while. Additionally, The console also had an EXT. Just like any Nintendo console, the Virtual Boy had a handful of games that managed to sell, but not very well. The Nintendo 64 , or abbreviated as the N64, is another home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. The name of the console is derived from its bit central processing unit.
In addition, it was the last major home console to use the ROM cartridge as its primary storage format until the Switch in A fine example is Super Mario 64 and how it influenced other developers. The latter was developed primarily to compete with the Sony PlayStation and Sega Saturn, and it worked. Not only Nintendo developed revolutionary games Star Fox 64 but also managed to create titles that sold extremely well.
All of these titles nudged a plethora of players to purchase the console. In addition, The Nintendo 64 received generally positive reviews from critics. This handheld was ahead of its time with how it managed to run a plethora of first-person shooters. Yet, we can all agree that it was such a revolutionary thing that deserves praise. Once again, similar to the situation with Game Boy, Nintendo, after a couple of years released two models after the gigantic success of the Game Boy Advance.
See below for the full set:. It was released back in , and it was the first Game Boy handheld to have a clamshell design similar to the Nintendo DS. The latter also featured much better graphics and a front-lit screen that could be turned on or off the model AGS On the one hand, the newer model, AGS featured a backlit screen with adjustable brightness.
It was also the smallest handheld ever released back in It was released one year after the DS hit stores. It lacks backwards compatibility with original Game Boy games and is only able to play Game Boy Advance games. Especially the PlayStation 2 which sold over million units.
A number that Nintendo did not expect. However, graphically speaking. It had more RAM capacity. When it came to games, the GameCube had a handful of games that we can consider as honourable competitors against the gigantic library of the PS2. Despite not being able to destroy the PS2, it managed to garner a positive reception from fans and critics. The console was praised for its controller, extensive software library, and high-quality games, but was criticized for its exterior design.
Nintendo released a hybrid version of the GameCube and a handheld with interesting features. We will talk about them in the next section. Please, check below for the full set:. It was only released in Japan back in The handheld was officially released back on November 21, After the success that the GBA was, Nintendo developed this handheld as a successor to the aforementioned.
This was a good feature to those who missed a plethora of games on the system. Also, The handheld is noted for having two screens, the lower one being a touch screen. In addition to the touch screen functionality, the DS also included a built-in microphone and, Wi-Fi.
Lastly, a stylus comes packaged with every Nintendo DS system that can be placed into a slot when not in use. Nintendo has always been developing high-quality games that manage to sell millions upon millions on their consoles. All of these took advantage of the DS features and implemented certain stuff which was interesting at the time.
Just like previous Nintendo consoles, The Nintendo DS had four iterations which were released throughout the upcoming release of the original model. Compared to the first design, it was much slimmer and featured a brighter screen. This one was seen as an improvement over the original Nintendo DS in many ways.
For example, The screen had four levels of brightness, the lowest of which is even better than the standard screen light of the original DS. The microphone had been located at the centre between the screens, instead of the bottom-right corner. The Start and Select buttons have also been relocated for easy use. It is bigger, thinner, and brighter than the DS Lite. The aforementioned was the first Nintendo handheld to feature multimedia.
It featured a 0. In addition, it had a music app where you could record your voice and then play around with it. You could also listen to actual music. Lastly, it featured the shop app where you could download games, navigate, and wishlist them. However, despite having all these features, the backwards compatibility for Game Boy Advance games disappeared in this version of the DS , which caused a lot of disappointment when it came out.
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