Saturday, November 3rd 2007
Nintendo Ends Support for the NES
The Nintendo Entertainment System (aka NES) is probably older than many techPowerUp! readers, being released in Japan during July 1983, the USA during October 1985 and most of Europe during September 1986. However, after over 24 years, Nintendo has finally decided that it can no-longer continue to support the console due to an increasing shortage of the necessary parts. As of 31st October this year, Nintendo has ended support for the NES (Famicom in Japan), Super NES, Nintendo 64 and both the original and pocket Gameboys. Considering that Sega ended support for its Dreamcast earlier this year, this really shows just how long Nintendo has kept the NES alive.
Source:
Arcade Renaissance
43 Comments on Nintendo Ends Support for the NES
i think that was a 32bit game
I remember, though, my parent's had bought this combination padlock thing for the NES. The bottom of the lock fit into one of the screw castings on the underside of the console, and the top part of the lock blocked the door from opening. even if you removed the door, you still couldn't get a game in and out.
t'was the bane of many a boring afternoon :mad:
I am going to go sit in a corner and cry now.
:cry:
A,B,A,B,Select,Start
lol
Did anyone ever play Ultima III, IV and V on NES? I thought IV (quest of the avatar) was the best.
I always wondered why they never brought I and II over, though - I still had to play those on the C64
My dads friend had one just for when kids came over was nice of him... everyone should have a console in there house for when your friends little kids come over.. keeps them occupied while the older folk enjoy thier old people socializing lol... Wii anyone? Nintendo ftw... keeps kids happy and good for ages 5+ lol.
Duck hunt, super mario bros.. there were many other great games especially from Konami back in those golden days. I just cant remember the names cause I was still a kid :D.
I do remember, though, a lot of the Capcom games, you could get into a secret menu at the main screen and listen to the game's soundtrack - CONTRA, Castlevania, Street Fighter . . .
I alwasy thought that was neat.
The "Konami code" as it became known, was U,U,D,D......
And you had to hit start to start the game before the code cleared. It was timed on the Start menu. Do it too slowly, and nothing happened.
And the select was only pressed to start a 2p game, as previously mentioned.