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Advantages: Was very good in its time
Disadvantages: Very old now

the NES made by Nintendo otherwise known as the Nintendo Entertaunment Sytem was one of the first ever gams consoles to be made and its memory compared to a modern games console was absolutley tiny. The games console could have to control pads allowing certain games to be multiplayer. a well known game on the NES was Mario Bros which was an adventure platform game and each player would take it in turns to play levels. There was one other game which ... Read review

Advantages: Great games
Disadvantages: Not powerful by today's standards

The Nintendo Entertainment System is the best console ever in my opinion. It may lack all the technology in todays consoles, but gameplay is where it counts and the Nintendo Entertainment System has all the gameplay you could ever want. I will never forget my first go on Super Mario Bros., I loved it. We used to have the whole family gathering around the Nintendo Entertainment System at my nan's house, waiting patiently for me to die so they could ... Read review

Advantages: The best games system I've ever seen
Disadvantages: None

...hands on an incredibly rare Nintendo Entertainment System, now's the time to get it. I'd recommend this. ... Read review

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...a film made regarding the nintendo and mario brothers 3. Anyway the system was nintedo answer the sega, sega system which was very good actrually to be honest I think that was the only time sega ever had a system as good as nintedo, the colours on the nes was alright, but it still just wasn't as colourful as sega, plus I didn't think mario was as fun as sega sonic, as it was alot more slower etc, but I did like megman that good. Anyway I guess ... Read review

Advantages: Great gameplay. Will be worth mega $$$'s soon due to age.
Disadvantages: Old - hard to get and get games for.

The Nintendo NES is the first console produced by Nintendo. It is now rather old - no longer being manufactured - and there are few games still available for it. The NES was a very basic machine. It had large blocky cartridges for games, and a very basic control pad. The console itself is a basic cube, with a fold up slot for the games. It uses RF cabling to your TV, and a standard power supply. The graphics are poor, but for the time they were ... Read review

Advantages: Great games, great price
Disadvantages: Not so hot graphics, may be hard to find

...value or the fact that Nintendo are great but the fact that this machine has the best games ever made. Forget Metal Gear solid...play the original and its sequel on the NES...forget Mario64 play the original 4 games (that are very much superior) on the NES. This little gem gives great entetainment at an unrivalled price...buy one now and you won't be sorry. You'll be playing the games for years to come (I've had mine since 1988 and it is still in ... Read review

Advantages: great in its time
Disadvantages: 2 player

The nintendo nes was a quality console, that used to reign in its day. From humble beginnings, it had a variety of really cool games and was a must for every child. In particular, the super mario and tetris genres were strokes of genius from the nintendo development team, and served to hook millions of children worldwide. The actual console, however, was somewhat limited. It was only two player and had no internet connection, unlike a lot of the ... Read review

Advantages: Fun, Frantic, and next to no loading time
Disadvantages: nothing you can't emulate, if you have the origanals, ofcouse!

Wow, this thing is the bomb. It was let loose on the Japanise in 1983, and, 4 years later, the long awaited release in europe. Being years ahead of its time, Nintendo's "little wounder" was an 8bit machine with a Motorola 6502 prossesor @ 1.79MHz, 2mb ran and 2kb of dedicated vidio ram. The 256 x 240 res display was extremly advanced at the time and could quite easily run the most updated games made for the system, inclueding the Mario Brothers ... Read review

Advantages: Great oldschool games
Disadvantages: graphics are terrible

...many more. The NES launched Nintendo into success, but if you're after great oldschool games try the SNES instead. ... Read review

Advantages: one of the best ever,the best game play ever too
Disadvantages: graphics,but it dont matter

I first got 1 of these when I was only 3,and 15 years on and i still have a working piece of gaming history. The amount of games for this console is unbelievable such as Mario bros, Duck hunt and Paper boy the console only has 8bit graphics but you don’t need fancy graphics to make the games work they run on pure game play, and i miss that about gaming. The casing of this console is a bit dull but went well in the 80's its simple to use the controls ... Read review

Advantages: It Brought back the gaming industry we know today
Disadvantages: sore thumbs from the controllers and having to blow the carts 24/7!

The Nintendo Nes (Nintendo Entertainment System) *Release Date* UK - October 1985 *Key Features* Home Console Platform Screen *Processor* Processor type - Ricoh 2A03 8-bit Processor Speed - 2 MHz *Memory* Installed RAM - 2 KB *Display* Max. Resolution - 256 x 240 *Graphics* Max. Number Of Colours - 52 Colours *Technical Features* NES Controller 4 Way Cross Keypad, Directional Pad, Start/Select Buttons, ... Read review

Advantages: Its the daddy
Disadvantages: Its the daddy (eg its old!)

Ok ok, this is NOT the first ever console but it is the first of the breed which we currently use. This really is a piece of gaming history and if you have one or can get one i suggest that you do. There are a number of serious good games for this platform including the original mario games as well as Zelda. Anyone whose ever owned one of these will know that you will (from time to time) have to be a bit rough with the power base and the carts to ... Read review