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Nintendo Entertainment System

third generation home video game console
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Summary

Nintendo Entertainment System is an electronic device model[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of electronic device model entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,533 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Japan[3]
  • Follows: Color TV-Game[4]
  • Followed by: Super Nintendo Entertainment System[5]
  • Manufacturer: Nintendo[6]
  • Developer: Nintendo Research & Development 2[7]
  • Subclass of: home video game console[8]
  • Part of: third generation of video game consoles[9]
  • Commons category: Famicom and variants[10]
  • Said to be the same as: Family Computer[11], Nintendo Entertainment System[12]
  • Publication date: July 15, 1983[13], October 18, 1985[14], September 1, 1986[15], 1987[16]
  • CPU: Ricoh 2A03[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Nintendo Entertainment System[18]
  • Nominated for: Golden Joystick Awards − Best Gaming Hardware of All Time[19]
  • Topic has template: Template:Nintendo Entertainment System[20]
  • Title: Famirī Konpyūta[21]
  • Brand: Nintendo[22]
  • Short name: NES[23], Famicom[24]
  • Name in kana: ニンテンドーエンターテインメントシステム[25]
  • Different from: Nintendo Mini Classics[26]
  • Price: 199.99[27], 14,800[28]
  • Online service: Family Computer Network System[29]
  • Units sold: 61,910,000[30]
  • Storage capacity: 2[31]
  • Derivative work: NES Classic Edition[32]

Why It Matters

Nintendo Entertainment System has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 152 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 25d ago · LaserMoai · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Price → {'amount': '+199.99'}, {'amount': '+14800'}
    P14912 → Nintendo_Entertainment_System
    Image → Wikipedia NES PAL.jpg, Nintendo-Famicom-Console-Set-FL.png
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14912: Nintendo_Entertainment_System"
  2. 5w ago · Fotoliptofono · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Logo image → NES logo.svg, Family Computer logo.svg
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Logo image: Family Computer logo.svg"
  3. 6w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tv tropes id → UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem, Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Tv tropes id: Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem"
  4. 13w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → third generation home video game console
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/41992|batch #41992]]: moving [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier from the [[P:P5247|incorrect property]] to the [[P:P14470|correct one"
  5. 15w ago · J 1982 · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → nes:Nintendo_Entertainment_System, nintendo:Nintendo_Entertainment_System, gamecube:Nintendo_Entertainment_System +9
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|4 */ Giant bomb id (former scheme): 3045-21"
  6. 18w ago · Tom Morris · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Price → {'amount': '+199.99'}, {'amount': '+14800'}
    Storage capacity → {'amount': '+2'}
    Derivative work → NES Classic Edition
    Title → Famirī Konpyūta
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Platforms/Nintendo_Entertainment_System, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/293229777|Nintendo Entertainment System (#293229777)]] in [[:tooll"
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