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How the Nintendo Entertainment System Saved an Industry

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The Rise and Fall of the Nintendo Entertainment System

By 1988 the NES had transformed the video game industry. Seven million systems were sold which was almost as many Commodore 64's that were sold over a five year span. In Japan they sold a staggering 6.2 million units. The market for Nintendo cartridges was bigger than for all home computer software.

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