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How the Nintendo Entertainment System Saved an Industry

Everything 80s

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The History of the Nintendo Entertainment System

Legend has it that Nintendo was going to partner with Atari to release the Famicom as the Nintendo Advanced Video Gaming System. The deal went belly-up and Nintendo forged ahead on its own. At the start, 17 games were available for play including Duck Hunt,. Wild Gunman, I'm a crack shot of this, and Super Mario Bros.

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