After the whole debacle known as the great video game crash, arose a pretentious company known as Nintendo. Being around for a great many years making games and getting there start decades ago with playing cards, they thought they could bring back video games from the brink of death. They would at least try.

From this trial came forth the Nintendo Entertainment System. In Japan, the system was much more compact and had a top-loading cartridge port. What did Nintendo Do to succeed? They had a variety of games and this little franchise known as Mario. This series sold many of the 40 million systems sold.

I remember receiving an Nintendo on my tenth birthday. It was the must have item in the fourth grade. I was ecstatic after removing the wrapping to find out that it was a great system. The first game that I bought was Mike Tyson's Punch Out. It was a great game. I enjoyed it for many, many years later. Occasionally, I take out the classics and go for a few rounds to relive my childhood.

The system itself saw many peripherals that include the Light Gun, the Power Pad, the Power Glove, and let's not forget R.O.B. - you're game playing robot buddy. The system was so great, that early games even had the option of playing them with, get this, 3D glasses. That was cool.

Overall, the system had something to offer for everyone. The competition would release a system to compete with it that was technically superior, however, the system could never match the amount of games that the Nintendo Entertainment System had. Nintendo would later release a top loading system. If you could find one of these systems, by all means pick it up. Loading a cartridge was the most painful aspect of the system, and is its only weakness. How many times did I have to blow on the the cartridge connectors to get the game to work? I lost count many years ago. Still, it doesn't detract from an already classic system.


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