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The Nintendo NES Console is the original front-loading Nintendo Entertainment System Control Deck. Nintendo launched it across North America on September 27, 1986, and sold 61.91 million NES consoles. Check the listing photos for the exact console and what is included. Ships within 2 business days.
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The Nintendo NES Console in this listing is the original Nintendo Entertainment System, also called the Control Deck. Nintendo launched it across North America on September 27, 1986. Check the listing photos for the exact console and anything included with it.
The NES first went on sale in a New York City test market on October 18, 1985, and reached Los Angeles in February 1986. It is the Western version of Nintendo's Japanese Famicom. Nintendo of America designers Lance Barr and Don James reshaped it, adding a front-loading cartridge slot modeled on a VCR.
The 1986 Control Deck set came with the console, two controllers and Super Mario Bros. The original NES has two seven-pin controller ports, a 72-pin cartridge connector, RF output, and composite video through RCA connectors.
Nintendo sold 61.91 million NES consoles. It discontinued the system in North America on August 14, 1995.
The front-loading 72-pin connector is more prone to dirt and dust than an edge connector, and its contacts can tarnish. Blowing into cartridges adds moisture and speeds up that tarnish. A blinking red power light is one of the most common problems. It happens when the 10NES lockout chip cannot read a cartridge and resets the console about once per second.
See all our NES consoles. Add a Nintendo NES Controller or an NES RF Switch for older TVs. Read more about the Nintendo Entertainment System on Wikipedia.
When did the original NES console come out?
It was test-marketed in New York City on October 18, 1985, and launched across North America on September 27, 1986.
What video outputs does it have?
The original NES console has RF output and composite video through RCA connectors.
Are controllers or games included?
Check the listing photos. They show exactly what comes with this NES Control Deck.
Why does an NES blink?
The blinking power light comes from the 10NES lockout chip, which resets the console when it cannot detect a matching chip in the cartridge.
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