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The '''Nintendo Entertainment System''' (also abbreviated as '''NES''' or simply called '''Nintendo''') is an [[8-bit]] video game console that was released by [[Nintendo]] in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987. In Japan (where it was first launched in 1983), it was released as the '''Family Computer''' <span style="font-weight: normal">(ファミリーコンピュータ ''Famirī Konpyūta''<sup>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Installing_Japanese_character_sets <span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color: #00e; font: bold 80% sans-serif; text-decoration: none; padding: 0 .1em;">?</span>]</sup>)</span>, commonly shortened as either the '''Famicom''' <span style="font-weight: normal">(ファミコン ''Famikon''<sup>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Installing_Japanese_character_sets <span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color: #00e; font: bold 80% sans-serif; text-decoration: none; padding: 0 .1em;">?</span>]</sup>)</span>, or abbreviated to '''FC'''. In South Korea, it was known as the '''Hyundai Comboy''' (현대 컴보이 ''Hyeondae Keomboi'') and was distributed by SK Hynix which then was known as Hyundai Electronics.
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The '''Nintendo Entertainment System''' (also abbreviated as '''NES''' or simply called '''Nintendo''') is an [[8-bit]] [http://retroconsoles.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Console video game console] that was released by [[Nintendo]] in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987. In Japan (where it was first launched in 1983), it was released as the '''Family Computer''' <span style="font-weight: normal">(ファミリーコンピュータ ''Famirī Konpyūta''<sup>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Installing_Japanese_character_sets <span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color: #00e; font: bold 80% sans-serif; text-decoration: none; padding: 0 .1em;">?</span>]</sup>)</span>, commonly shortened as either the '''Famicom''' <span style="font-weight: normal">(ファミコン ''Famikon''<sup>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Installing_Japanese_character_sets <span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color: #00e; font: bold 80% sans-serif; text-decoration: none; padding: 0 .1em;">?</span>]</sup>)</span>, or abbreviated to '''FC'''. In South Korea, it was known as the '''Hyundai Comboy''' (현대 컴보이 ''Hyeondae Keomboi'') and was distributed by SK Hynix which then was known as Hyundai Electronics.
 
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The Nintendo Entertainment System (also abbreviated as NES or simply called Nintendo) is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987. In Japan (where it was first launched in 1983), it was released as the Family Computer (ファミリーコンピュータ Famirī Konpyūta?), commonly shortened as either the Famicom (ファミコン Famikon?), or abbreviated to FC. In South Korea, it was known as the Hyundai Comboy (현대 컴보이 Hyeondae Keomboi) and was distributed by SK Hynix which then was known as Hyundai Electronics.

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