Nintendo Entertainment System

Console Name: Family Computer/ Nintendo Entertainment System
Release Date: July 15, 1983 (Famicom)/ October 18, 1985 (NES)
Original Price: ¥ 14,800 (Famicom)/ $179.00 (NES)
Country of Origin: Japan
Manufacturer: Nintendo
Discontinued In: September 25, 2003 (Famicom)/ August 14, 1995 (NES)
Main media: ROM cartridge
Units sold: 61.91 million
Number of Games: 1051 (Famicom)/ 714 (NES)
Predecessor: Color TV-Game
Successor: Super Nintendo
Backwards compatibility: n/a

Technical Specifications

CPU Type: modified 6502 8-bit (NMOS).
Clock Speed: 1.773447 MHz (PAL) or 1.7897725 MHz (NTSC).
Processor: 8-Bit PPU (Picture Processing Unit).
Color: 52 Colors Available, 16 Colors Displayed.
Sprite Colors: 4 per Sprite from the 52 possible.
RAM Memory: 16 Kbit (2 Kb).
Video RAM: 16 Kbit (2 Kb).
Sound: PSG sound (2 Square Waves, 1 Triangle Wave, 1 White Noise).
Picture Resolution: 256 x 240.

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