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[[File:NES_Console.jpg|thumb|NES]] [[File:Famicom_Console.jpg|thumb|Famicom]]
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.
==NES vs Famicom==
Although the Japanese Famicom, North American and European NES versions included essentially the same hardware, there were certain key differences among the systems.
