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5 unusual facts about NES


Beinisvørð

The triangular top of Beinisvørð is visible from many places in Suðuroy, including Lopra, Nes and Marknoyri, the easternmost part of Vágur.

Elisabeth Bas

It was on the corner of the Nes and the Pieter Jacobszstraat and was patronised by politicians, artists and writers.

Fauna of the Faroe Islands

Rabbits also established colonies in the extreme south of Eysturoy (Eystnes) in the 1960s and 1970s, but they were also exterminated.

Nes, Ameland

Nes is the second largest village on the island of Ameland, one of the West Frisian Islands in the northern Netherlands.

Nes, Vágur

Some of them can be seen in the Ruth Smith Art Museum in Vágur and some in Listasavn Føroya in Tórshavn.


Abie Nathan

Nathan led a party called Nes (Miracle) in the 1965 Knesset elections, but failed to cross the electoral threshold.

Aran Ryan

He cited the fact that he had not played much of the Super NES Super Punch-Out!!, making Ryan's fighting style new to him.

Arnes

Årnes, the administrative centre of Nes municipality, Akershus, Norway.

Åsmund Esval

Åsmund (Aasmund) Esval (February 16, 1889 in Nes in Romerike, Norway – October 17, 1971 in Oslo, Norway) was a Norwegian painter.

Ataxx

Around the same time, Virgin released its own version of the game, Spot for NES, PC, and Game Boy, based on Cool Spot, a character from a 7 Up marketing campaign of the time.

Boston 8-Bit

These concerts exclusively feature artists who use re-purposed gaming systems (especially the Game Boy and the NES) as a means for the creation of electronic music and Video game art.

Claus-Frenz Claussen

In 1974, he co-founded the international Neurootological and Equilibriometric Society (NES) in Bad Kissingen and, in 1981, the "Research Society for Smell, Taste, Hearing and Equilibrium Disorders at Bad Kissingen“ (4-GF e.V), of which he remains president.

Digger T. Rock: Legend of the Lost City

Digger T. Rock: Legend of the Lost City is an NES game developed by Rare and released by Milton Bradley in December 1990.

Double Dragon II: The Revenge

Yoshihisa Kishimoto(director)
NES version:
Hiroyuki Sekimoto (director)

Gamestation

They also sell, and accept as part exchange, games and consoles from older generations, such as the Sega Master System, Mega Drive, Sega Saturn, Dreamcast, NES, Super NES, Nintendo 64 and PlayStation, although this practice looks set to cease due to Game disposing of old "retro" stock.

Gametraders

Gametraders accepts trade-ins of any game, regardless of what console it was designed for, and is the only retail chain in Australia that sells games from any gaming console, including the Atari 2600, Commodore 64, Amiga, NES, Game Boy and many other consoles that are now unsupported by most stores.

Generation NEX

The console takes both the Japanese Famicom 60-pin and North American/European NES 72-pin cartridges used by Nintendo.

Gun.Smoke

Los Pubro was made the final boss in the NES version as Wingate, a Mexican sadistic and bloodthirsty bandit with some features of an guerrillero of the Mexican Revolution, with a slash over one of his eyes, a cape and a machine gun.

Hallingby

The church was built from the same drawings originally designed by architect Christian Heinrich Grosch for the Nes Church.

Henry Nes

In 1846 Nes ran as a Whig candidate for the same seat in the 30th United States Congress and was elected.

Nes served in the 31st United States Congress from March until September 1850, when he died in office.

Nes ran as an Independent Democrat for one of the Pennsylvania seats in the US House of Representatives in the 28th United States Congress (1842).

Hydlide

The NES version of Hydlide is also infamously known for its repetitive music that bears similarity to John Williams' Indiana Jones theme.

I Wanna Be the Guy

These are the first seven bosses: Mike Tyson; Mecha Birdo; Dracula; Kraidgief (a parody of palette-hacked character glitches); Mother Brain; Bowser, Wart and Dr. Wily in the Koopa Klown Kar; and a mix between the Mecha Dragon from Mega Man 2 and the Yellow Devil from Mega Man and Mega Man 3.

J. Steven Griles

Prior to joining NES, he was Senior Vice President for Public, Environmental and Marketing Activities for the United Company.

Kirvi

The mountain is visible from the villages Lopra and from Nes, which is between Vágur and Porkeri.

Magic Johnson's Fast Break

The NES version is one of a handful of NES software titles to support three- and four-player simultaneous play using either the NES Satellite or NES Four Score console accessories.

Masami Kurumada

Saint Seiya videogames have been released for old consoles such as Famicom/NES, Game Boy and more recently for PlayStation 2, the latest released in 2011 for PlayStation 3, and a Saint Seiya Omega game for PSP was released in December 2012.

Mega Kid MK-1000

In its box is contained a Famicom cartridge containing several NES applications that work with the keyboard, such as crude word processors, keyboard exercises, mathematical games, G-BASIC and a handful of first generation NES games such as F-1 Race, Track & Field and "Jewel Tetris".

MicroRhythm

MicroRhythm along with MicroDisco, MicroLatin, MicroVocals and MicroTuned was part of a set of music creation software (then advertised as games) developed by Simon Pick (developer of Daredevil Dennis and Rod Land on NES) for Commodore 64/128.

Multicart

Although most commonly associated with NES and SNES, multicarts, both authorized and unauthorized, have appeared for many cartridge-based systems, among them the Atari 2600, Intellivision, Odyssey 2, Sega Master System, Sega Genesis, Game Boy.

National Football League Properties

There have been several American football video games based on NFL teams created for various consoles over the years, from 10-Yard Fight and the Tecmo Bowl series for the NES to the more well known Madden series that have been released annually since 1988.

NES High School

National Education Society High School and Junior College is commonly known as NES High School, which is located in suburb of Mumbai, in Bhandup.

NES Sound Format

NES PowerPak is a NES cartridge that has a CompactFlash card port that enables the transfer of ROM images to this cart.

New Economic School

New Economic School, NES (in Russia known as the “Russian Economic School” — Российская экономическая школа, РЭШ) is a graduate school of economics in Moscow, Russia.

Ninja Gaiden

Both games also feature Jason Voorhees look-alikes and the final boss in the arcade game vaguely resembles Bloody Malth from the NES game.

Nintendo Entertainment System Game Pak

Some early NES games, most commonly Gyromite, are actually 60-pin Famicom PCBs and ROMs with a built-in converter.

Nintendo S-SMP

The Sony SPC 700 is the S-SMP's integrated 8-bit CPU core manufactured by Sony with an instruction set similar to that of the MOS Technology 6502 (as used in the Commodore 64 and Vic 20, Apple II, BBC Micro and the original NES).

Operation Secret Storm

Operation Secret Storm is an action-oriented NES game where you control a secret agent named George B. (which was seen by many as a caricature of then-President George H. W. Bush) as he fights the Iraqi army.

Picopict

UGO Networks' Paul Furfari called it "pure retro love packaged in a clever puzzler", commenting that comparing it to Tetris is a "disservice" due to it putting "enough twist on the falling block formula to provide a stylish and full experience" as well as the inclusion of an NES theme and YMCK-made retro music.

Player Uno

Player Uno became popular for basing his gimmick, moveset, and attire around video games, specifically games for the NES and SNES consoles.

Punch-Out!!

It has since spanned home consoles, including the Famicom and NES Punch-Out!! / Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!, an SNES and Super Famicom sequel Super Punch-Out!!, and a Wii sequel Punch-Out!!.

Similarity heuristic

For example, when Nintendo wished to launch its Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in the United States, it did so in the middle of a video game depression; Atari had managed to make video games one of the least popular American pastimes.

Skate or Die 2: The Search for Double Trouble

It is well known for successfully using digitized vocals and electric guitar in the opening theme (composed, along with the rest of the game's music, by Rob Hubbard), rarely seen on the NES.

Stupefied

Stupefied bases his gimmick, moveset, and attire around video games, more specifically games for the NES and SNES consoles.

Super Nintendo Entertainment System accessories

Many of these devices were modeled after earlier add-ons for the NES: the Super Scope is a light gun functionally similar to the NES Zapper (though the Super Scope features wireless capabilities) and the Super Advantage is an arcade-style joystick with adjustable turbo settings akin to the NES Advantage.

The Death of Seasons

The original music used in the film was in the form of midi files taken from NES games such as Contra, Final Fantasy, and Dragon Warrior, among others.

The Incredible Crash Dummies

A video game also called The Incredible Crash Dummies was developed by Gray Matter Inc. and published by LJN, Ltd. in 1993 for Super Nintendo and the NES.

Total!

Other notable high scores included 99% for Super Mario All-Stars on the SNES, in September 1993, and 98% each for Super Mario Bros. 3 on the NES and Super Mario World on the SNES, both in 1992.

Wolverine: Adamantium Rage

Both versions have a time limit that expires if the player takes too long, whereupon the Wolverine comic character Elsie-Dee automatically finds Wolverine and kills him, wasting one of his five lives (Genesis version) or giving you a Game Over (Super NES version).


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