The Nintendo Entertainment System turned 30 years old on Sunday, and though it no longer leads the console pack, the entire video game industry owes a lot to its three decades of development. Its predecessor, introduced in Japan two years earlier as the Famicom, or Family Computer, was massively successful there. However, retailers in North America were leery of introducing a new gaming console following the video game crash that resulted from poor sales and lackluster new titles for the Atari 2600. Nintendo executives decided to introduce the system to America in 1985.
The NES is timeless as a system, the game's back then still feel fresh today. Can't say the same for Nintendo's current efforts.
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Nintendo, Video Game Industry Rescuer, Turns 30
Posted by: Peter Suciu October 19, 2015 04:12 PMThe Nintendo Entertainment System turned 30 years old on Sunday, and though it no longer leads the console pack, the entire video game industry owes a lot to its three decades of development. Its predecessor, introduced in Japan two years earlier as the Famicom, or Family Computer, was massively successful there. However, retailers in North America were leery of introducing a new gaming console following the video game crash that resulted from poor sales and lackluster new titles for the Atari 2600. Nintendo executives decided to introduce the system to America in 1985.