Nintendo Entertainment System

Total games (indexed by gamerankr): 1427

Manufacturer: Nintendo

Released: July 15th, 1983

Install Base: 61910000

Original Price: $199

Generation: 3rd

Also known as: Nintendo NES, Nintendo, Famicom, Family Computer, Control Deck, FC, and NES

The NES, also known as Famicom, launched in 1983 in Japan and 1985 in North America, where the video game industry was headed downhill due to a deluge of poor games and over-saturation. Nintendo's second home console became an enormous success, establishing consoles as a mainstream market in Japan and pulling the North American industry back to its feet.