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Nintendo (NES)

1985-10-18

The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is an 8-bit third-generation home video game console produced by Nintendo. It was first released in Japan in 1983 as the Family Computer (FC), commonly known as the Famicom. The NES, a redesigned version, was released in American test markets in October 1985, before becoming widely available in the rest of North America and other countries.

Founding Member

100d Review

My first console. My dad bought it when it first came out on the condition that it would eventually be for me, or so that’s what he told my mom. I wasn’t born until ‘88 and the console released in ‘86, so he had a few good years to “make sure it worked.” Glad he did

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Ravens Flock

100d Review

My intro to gaming. I still have 2 of the original 3 my parents bought for my siblings and I.

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Best Balls in the Office

100d Review

Played a LOT of SMB3 on this machine even while the SNES was out and flaunting the beautiful Super Mario World. My favorite other games to play on NES were Jackal, Paperboy and Bad Dudes.

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Third Place

100d Review

Never owned one till i got the nes classic. My uncle and cousin had one and i would play the Mario’s and link (gold cartridge) on it. Besides that faint memory i didn’t have a connection with the console. It was fun but didn’t age well. My favorite game on it was the duck hunt game just because you got to use a gun as a controller. Was pretty cool

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Play Stupid Games, Get Stupid Prizes

101d Review

played hookie way to much for this box system on a 15" screen. Gramma knew why I "was sick"

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2025 C3Con Earliest Bird

101d Review edited

The one that started it all. You gotta show respect to the ogs.

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mausterchief5691

2025 Automaton

101d Review

A classic console. But will say,that it was like.the wild west. A lot of ideas thrown around, but nothing was good enough for it to be a powerhouse in gaming

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Cheesehead

101d Review

Woke up Christmas morning at 4 years old to a NES and a bunch of games. Haven’t looked back since. My first ever console and gaming experience.

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S10 Mobile Maniac (2)

101d Review

Even now it’s great for having a bit of fun with family, so still holds up with the modern consoles in that regards, but obviously for the solo games it’s very much down to personal preference

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2025 C3Con Earliest Bird

101d Review

There was an NES in my house before I was born so it was one of the first consoles I remember playing. Lots of hours into games such as SMB, Duck Hunt, Hogan's Alley, Contra, and many others. The zapper was definitely a cool feature. I still have the console, controller, and games that I played growing up and they all still work great to this day. NES had many great games that can still be enjoyed today.

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Wielder of Flames & Poetry

101d Review

The G.O.A.T
First console i had owned
Blow on the catridge

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Shuffle

101d Review

I didn’t play the N.E.S. much. I didn’t get into gaming more until Sega Genesis. But N.E.S is the GOAT. Great games that set the stage for many franchises that are still going strong today.

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PlayStation Gang

302d Review edited

Nothing beats the NES.
My brother and I saved up to buy one and shortly after he got a different system as well. I never turned away from the NES and still love playing these games. The controller was so different from anything else out there and had such a usable feel in every game.

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C3CS Champion (3)

453d Review edited

The original. I still remember getting this system complete with Super Mario Brothers.

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Shuffle

529d Review edited

The NES was such a change-over from the previous systems I had played. The Commadore Vic 20 had a Keyboard, the Atari had a Joy Stick, this new thing had what still seems so obvious...the Direction Pad. How had we lived without that for so long? Nintendo has continued to innovate and force us to rethink the mundane things in gaming we take for granted.

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Mind Blown

578d Review edited

It's a Ten! A ........ Ten! And then I asked it to go to the Prom with me.

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Do You Remember? 2024

845d Review edited

I honestly have no idea how my family got this system. We didn't have money, and it would have been crazy at the time. I loved Rad Racer, Jack Nichlaus' golf, Bases Loaded II, Blades of Steel, Super Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros III, and Punch Out! I spent countless hours on this system and loved it. Bought one a few years ago, and have tons of games (20+ from my sister's ex boyfriend). I like to bring the system out to show the kids every now and then, so they can laugh at the graphics. However, the gameplay still holds up. They love it too.

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Season 10 XP Champion

849d Review

The start of my gaming career, the NES will always hold a special place in my memories. While many of the games don’t hold up as well today (often because of the absurd difficulty levels - I’m looking at you, TMNT!), the NES is home to several all-time classics.
The NES and Mario saved gaming, and I’m a lifelong gamer because of it!

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S10 Nintendo Champ C3 Edition (2)

850d Review edited

Trail blazer!

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Brian McGuinness

A little TOO Raph

850d Review

Hey this thing is pretty good! We all know the NES changed the world and gaming forever. For every amazing game on this system, there's also a complete dud that is hilarious to play today. For every Mario 3 there's a Cheetahmen 2 out there. But the fact that there's still tons of games on this system from 30 years ago that you can go back to and play and enjoy today speaks volumes.

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One Ring to rule them all

865d Review edited

First game system my family owned and lots of fun filled hours of my childhood. Heavy nostalgia glasses, but this is the system that started it all for me.

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Hero of Echoes

892d Review edited

Whether you are PS Gang, Xbox Gang, or Switch gang, we owe everything to this little box. It's hard to believe we're approaching 40 years of the Nintendo home console era, but here we are. While the games themselves may seem primitive by today's standards, there are plenty of classics worth revisiting or discovering for the first time. If you really want to feel old, the NES launch was closer to the release of such games as Super Mario Sunshine and Wind Waker than we are to those games today.

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Left Turn Master

892d Review edited

Classic

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Aggressively Mediocre

893d Review

I didn’t play this system until about a decade ago. We didn’t own it as a kid and my friends and cousins didn’t have it either. But it’s a classic and Nintendo. So 4 stars

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Called It! (6)

897d Review

For me, the original gaming system! Would give 6 stars if I could.

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Go Birds

898d Review edited

We never owned one when I was a child but my friends and my Aunt had one. Multiple games played but what sticks out in my mind is of course Mario, duck hunt which seemed to be played using an unknown magic to me, and a game I can’t remember the name of. All I remember is I was a knight looking character on a kinda side scrolling game and I would have to jump up tree branches on the sides of the playing area. I had no idea what I was doing but I have a few memories in my memory bank playing this game as a 7-8 year old. The memories give it 5 stars. And if anyone knows what game I’m talking about let me know!

Oh racing against my friends playing track and field was awesome too!

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Nintendo Gang

901d Review edited

The first gaming system I remember. My brother (8 yrs older) would only let me watch but I was mesmerized.

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Bromigo Bromein

Threat Level Midnight

914d Review edited

Let’s be real this is pure nostalgia, the family got a hand me down when my cousins got a PS1. I was years behind, the 64 was already out, but I enjoyed playing the classics (Mario / Duck Hunt, Kirby) with my siblings and dad

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S1 Event First Eliminated

915d Review edited

THE classic system in gaming

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Sundays are for Golf

916d Review edited

What can I say? Classic.

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Founding Cr3w

916d Review

For the time and technology, this bad boy was good. I didn't play a ton, one of my daycares had one. And my uncle had one. But the little I did play, I loved it.

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919d Review

First system I ever had. Least ergonomic controller ever but hey, still 5 stars.

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2025 C3Con Earliest Bird

921d Review

Hard to rate the OG as anything other than amazing for what it was. Revolutionary? For sure. Entertaining? Without question. Dusty? -Blows out cartridge-

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May the Force Be With You!

929d Review

See my profile pic. I hardly remember life without the NES. Nintendo is still able to coast on the successes they had with this and the franchises they created. The controller was perfect. Sure there were cartridge maintenance issues but so what. Mario, Zelda, all of it. 716 licensed games alone. Hall of Fame talent.

My now 9 year old still cracks these games on the Switch and the NES classic.

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The Bad Guy (5)

930d Review edited

I love the NES! It was literally life changing for me and provided years of entertainment. I still play on my old school TV with my kids and proud to say I have collected 105 cartridges.

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2025 Meme of the Week

932d Review

My first console - I didn't even know what Nintendo was when my brother asked for it for Christmas. It was extremely important in my life and for the video game industry, but I just can't rate it 5 stars since the SNES was so much better. It fixed the issues reading the cartridges, had better controllers and much better games. I still have many fond memories playing the NES though, I enjoyed it for many years.

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Mason Thibodeau

Here since Season 1

933d Review edited

I remember my brother and I getting this system for Christmas. Lots of great memories playing tons of different games with my friends and family. I probably would give this a 4 1/2, only because of all the work I had to put in, to get certain games to work. Lol

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Play Stupid Games, Get Stupid Prizes

934d Review

The console that started it all for so many. The NES was so fun and has tons of games to choose from. It can be a little harder to go back and play some of those games, but others won't ever get old. I just wish I could give this 6 stars.

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Game Miniboss

934d Review

I was born the same year this system came out and born in the place where the US Nintendo HQ is located, so the NES holds a special place in my heart. This was the system of my childhood. Everyone on my street had one except us…until my dad came home from the Navy Exchange with an NES hidden in a bag. What was cool is my dad nowadays is not a gamer but back then, he loved the NES just as much as we did, even threatening us from touching the system while he had his game of Mario paused so the neighbor could help him. The long lifespan of the system meant lots and lots of great games and this groundbreaking system is one that will always live on.

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MKR Party Night Champ (3)

935d Review edited

First Console that we owned in my house. We had one game, or was it two? Super Mario Bros and Duck Hunt! We were only allowed to get it out on special occasions so when it came out, we played for hours upon hours!

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Good Vibes Only

935d Review

Another system I don't recall much of, but playing Paperboy, Mario, and even Duck Hunt on this growing up is a memory of mine. Nights my parents would host people over & I wanted to show people my (probably terrible) duck hunting skills hahah

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Dungeon Master

935d Review

Great gaming system with some cartridge read issues. The second generation fixed some of those, but still didn’t work right. Still the first system for many people.

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Shuffle

935d Review

What can I say that probably hasn't been said already. This was the beginning for almost everyone in generation. So many fun games to play and a lot were not what I would consider main stream games. Some of my favorites were Jackal, Skate or Die, Spy Hunter and Afterburner. Of course some became more popular over the years.

I think the controller was lacking, too small and cheap feeling compared the the Master System. The games on this system set it apart. I am glad to have experienced NES in its heyday and it will always hold a special place.

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AGDQ 2025

935d Review

This is what started it all for me. Some great games and good times. Rarely did I beat a game on it though.... The OG!

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Founding Cr3w

935d Review edited

Yup. I'm this guy. 4 stars. Here's why. The Nintendo could have been better if it was designed like the Famicom. As Europeans and North Americans missed out on so many titles that would have cemented this system as the best ever. Going from 60 to 72 pins was a mistake if you lived near sea water. The corrosive pin system created complications. Nintendo did send out free replacements for a long time on the pin connection. But other than that. The system was amazing. It brought to life a brand new invention of home gaming so epic it hasn't been matched to this day.

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Ticket Master

935d Review edited

Truly innovative (at the time). I put in so many hours on this system. More than any other. I considered taking away a star because it had issues with the blinking reset button and not getting games to play without (SEEMINGLY) needing to blow out the cartridge, but that's part of the allure.

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Kong Country

935d Review edited

I think my opinion on NES is similar to others' opinions of the N64. It was innovative and made big changes, but I don't think most of the games hold up really well at all. The SNES improved everything and completely holds up today.

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Shuffle

935d Review edited

I’m terrible at writing reviews for most everything, but this is the console that introduced me to video games. I still remember my mom physically moving the controller up as she attempted to get Mario to jump over a gap. Moms are weird! Go Mario!

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